Box 2
Container
Contains 15 Collections and/or Records:
Assorted Artifacts – High School and Army, 1854-1973
File — Box: 2
Identifier: Box 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
1854-1973
One Army snap-front canvas pouch containing coinage from various countries, including France, England, Nazi Germany and the United States, 1854-1973
Item — Box: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
1854-1973
One bag of foreign currency and military script from: Holland, 1928 and 1943; France, 1941 and post invasion, 1944; Germany, military script and 1917 and 1923 Reichsbanknotes; Belgium, 1943, 1928-1944
Item — Box: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
1928-1944
One pair of vintage Leedy drum sticks, sold by the Harding and Miller Music Store of Evansville, Indiana [used by Schneck to learn to play drums in high school], circa 1934
Item — Box: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
circa 1934
Wadesville High School athletic letters, one scarlet, one gray, one gray star, circa 1937
Item — Box: 2, Item: 4
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
circa 1937
Wadesville High School graduation certificate, rolled and tied with the original scarlet ribbon, April 22, 1937
Item — Box: 2, Item: 5
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
April 22, 1937
Rawlings baseball glove and 2 baseballs [The donor’s family has noted that the glove was used by Schneck to try out for the St. Louis Cardinals in spring 1941], circa 1941
Item — Box: 2, Item: 6
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
circa 1941
Pilot’s good luck charms given to Ralph Schneck by co-workers just prior to him leaving for the Army. Included are a 1936 penny pressed into an aluminum horseshoe, a 1934 Chicago World’s medallion, a four-leaf clover preserved in a plastic case, a sea shell, a very tiny pocket knife, an oversized 1937 Indian nickel paper weight. Also included is a token from the Posey County or Vandenburgh County fair with Schneck’s name and address on it (The donor’s family indicated this was his personal good luck charm.) [items are in a small box within the artifact box], circa 1934
Item — Box: 2, Item: 7
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
circa 1934
One pair of aviation sunglasses by American Optical with case, circa 1942
Item — Box: 2, Item: 8
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
circa 1942
One lot of World War II era patches which includes air cadet patch, 8[sup]th[/sup] Air Force bullion patch, 8[sup]th[/sup] Air Force, United States made embroidered patch, 8[sup]th[/sup] Air Force, British made embroidered patch, two 329[sup]th[/sup] Bomb Squadron British made embroidered patches, circa 1942
Item — Box: 2, Item: 9
Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
circa 1942
One conductor’s baton that the donor’s family noted was presented to Ralph Schneck by band leader Harry James at the Coconut Grove, Los Angeles, after James had just played He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings, June 30, 1942
Item — Box: 2, Item: 10
Identifier: Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
June 30, 1942
One waterproof bag of survival maps printed on rayon, nylon or silk. Map detail: 43/K, Spain and Portugal [2 versions]; Map H2; Spain and France; Map 43/C Germany [2 versions]; Map 43/D, Germany; Map 43/E, Germany, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. Also included in the bag are four hacksaw blades, three opened, one unopened, circa 1940s
Item — Box: 2, Item: 11
Identifier: Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
circa 1940s
One bag of silk flight gloves, circa 1940s
Item — Box: 2, Item: 12
Identifier: Item 12
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
circa 1940s
One group of United States Army Air Corps uniform items that include: 3” Luxembourg sterling silver, pin back pilot’s wings; large pin back “U.S.” insignia, gold filled; small Balfour clutch-back United States insignia, 10k gold filled; World War II dog tag and a boxed 2 inch Balfour sterling silver sweetheart pilot’s wings, circa 1940s [housed in a smaller artifact box], circa 1942
Item — Box: 2, Item: 13
Identifier: Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
circa 1942
Two copies of Hubert cartoon books, circa 1944
Item — Box: 2, Item: 14
Identifier: Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates:
circa 1944