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Box 8

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Correspondence (1941) and photographs (ca. 1930s, 1941) from the Kidwell family's brief time in Alexandria, VA. They lived there while Mr. Kidwell worked with eagles at the Washington Zoo, ca. 1930s, 1941

 Item — Box: 8, Item: 1
Dates: ca. 1930s, 1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / John Wade Kidwell Family Papers / Box 8. Four binders

Printed material, ephemera, correspondence, photographs, personnel records, and a newspaper (1938-1946; includes facsimiles) from the time when John Wade Kidwell worked as an Engineering Aide Trainee, a civilian job at Wright and/or Patterson Fields for which he trained at West Virginia Wesleyan College. He eventually moved the family to Dayton, OH, and became Property and Supply Officer during the war. The materials pertain to both his professional life and family life, 1938-1946

 Item — Box: 8, Item: 2
Dates: 1938-1946
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / John Wade Kidwell Family Papers / Box 8. Four binders

Papers of Carol Jean Kidwell Mullennex (March 5, 1939 - August 6, 1993), the oldest child of John Wade and Dessie Judy Kidwell. She reportedly suffered from mental illness, possibly paranoid schizophrenia. Her papers include material related to arrangements for her reinterment in Parsons City Cemetery (2011-2012), financial papers (1970s), and personal correspondence (1971-1980). Much of the correspondence is to Carol from her boyfriend Ed Matthews, and documents their troubled relationship, March 5, 1939-2012

 Item — Box: 8, Item: 3
Dates: March 5, 1939-2012
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / John Wade Kidwell Family Papers / Box 8. Four binders

Addendum of 2013/07/08 containing records regarding Carol Jean Kidwell Mullennex (also went by Schilansky/Schelesky) and her daughter Dana. Includes a typescript biography of Carol, photographs of Carol and Dana, valentine greeting cards and other correspondence, baby booties, and school records. Also includes two WWII ration books, ca. 1939-2013

 Item — Box: 8, Item: 4
Dates: ca. 1939-2013
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / John Wade Kidwell Family Papers / Box 8. Four binders

Box 8. Four binders, ca. 1930s-2013

 Box — Box: 8
Dates: ca. 1930s-2013
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / John Wade Kidwell Family Papers