Finding Aid for the Grover H. Catt Collection (MUM00695)

Authors

Document Type

Finding Aid

Collection Date

1939-1987

Identifier

MUM00695

LCSH

Catt, Grover H.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans; Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945; Women -- Mississippi -- Social conditions; Contraception -- United States; Popular culture -- United States -- 20th century; Albuminuria -- Personal narratives; Pregnancy -- Personal narratives; Childbirth -- Personal narratives; Transportation -- Mississippi; Enola Gay (Bomber); Mississippi -- Pictorial works; United States. Air Force. Bombardment Wing (M), 509th

General Physical Description Note

16 boxes (8.5 linear feet)

Link to Digitized Collection

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cattg/

Description

The collection is chiefly a complete set of letters written between Grover H. Catt and Winnie Bethea Catt between 1940-1945. Letters span the period of time the two spent apart because of Grover's military service, including the period before their marriage in 1941 and excluding any time the two were able to live together throughout his military service. Photographs and miscellaneous other materials are also included.

Recommended Citation

Grover H. Catt Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi