Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind.)--Basketball; Recreation; Softball; Military discharges; Christmas; Homesickness; Softball; Speed Community House (Speed, Ind.); Silver Creek High School (Sellersburg, Ind.)--Basketball
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Basketball; Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Correspondence; Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Correspondence; Military rations
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Military hospitals; Davis, Earl, Jr. (Pood), 1922-1972; World War, 1939-1945--War work--Red Cross
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Military leaves and furloughs; Correspondence; Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Recreation; Swimming; World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--American--Hawaii; Motion pictures
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Military training; Correspondence; USO clubs; Recreation; Journalism
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--American--Idaho; Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Military rations; Snowshoes & snowshoeing; Recreation; Snow; Correspondence; Military leaves and furloughs
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Baseball; Recreation; Dance parties; World War, 1939-1945--Armistices
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Military training; Military spouses; Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Correspondence; Croquet; Heat; Dust storms; Military promotions; Military officers; Whirlwinds; California--Description and travel; Herons; Fishing;...
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Military leaves and furloughs; Military training; Recreation; Aircraft; Christmas; Columbus (Ohio)--Social life and customs--1940-1950
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Military service; Correspondence; Military spouses; Recreation; Boredom; Military air pilots; Military decorations
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Recreation; Military training; USO clubs; Radio programs
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Banners Proclaim Sesquicentennial; Greentown Sesquicentennial Information and Schedule Inside; Marshal Shrock Retires
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: To Redistric or Not Redistrict That Is The Questio; Reminder Of Brush Rules; School to Develop new Website
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Hains Garage Dsetroyed By Fire Sat. Morn.; Beavers Break Even In Week-End Games; Union, Jackson, Liberty In Quarentine;
Youth; Recreation; Music; Juke Box; Junior Women's Club
Members of the Junior Women's Club are shown donating a jukebox to the Youth Center in the Lions Club building in 1957. The Chesterton Women's Club, founded in 1934, and the Junior Women's Club, which had its beginning in 1950, have been active...
Baseball was a very popular sport at the turn of the century. The local team was sponsored by the Chesterton Tribune, which provided detailed reports of the team's progress in each weekly edition. The Tribunes played teams from cities and towns...
Transportation; Ford Model-T; Leisure; recreation; camping
As cars became more affordable in the teens and '20s, people of all ages took to the road in Model-Ts like the 1921 Ford touring car seen in this photograph. In spite of bad roads and infrequent gas pumps, early motorists found camping a...
