WILLARD E. HAROLD DIARIES AND PAPERS, 1860s-1988

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1 Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts & Archives WILLARD E. HAROLD DIARIES AND PAPERS, 1860s-1988 Collection # M 520 OM 230 BV 2538 Table of Contents User Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Box and Folder Listing Cataloguing Information Processed by Paul Brockman 20 February November 1997 USER INFORMATION VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 16 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize file folders, 1 bound volume, 9 boxes of photographs, 46 Artifacts [R ]. COLLECTION DATES: 1860s-1980s PROVENANCE: Gift of Richard E. Harold, 6104 N. Broadway, Indianapolis, IN, 31 August 1988 RESTRICTIONS: None REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society. ALTERNATE FORMATS: None OTHER FINDING AIDS: None RELATED HOLDINGS: None ACCESSION NUMBER: NOTES:

2 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Willard Ellis Harold ( ) was born in Lafayette, Indiana. His father was a physician who died of tuberculosis two years after his son's birth. Willard lived with several different relatives in central Indiana while his mother worked in Canada. After attending high school in Noblesville, Indiana, Harold went to work on a ranch 700 miles northwest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada for two years ( ). While working in Canada, Harold furthered his education by taking correspondence school classes. After returning from Canada, he worked for the Prestolite Company in Indianapolis for a short period of time. In 1923 Harold enrolled at the Cleveland Advertising Club's Advertising School at the recommendation of his uncle, Emmett W. Rutledge, who was also in the advertising business in that city. After completion of the course, Harold joined the Henry Packer (later Central) Outdoor Advertising Company where he worked as a representative in Cleveland, Richmond, Indiana, Chicago, and Cincinnati. In 1942 Harold enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was assigned as a supply officer for a fighter squadron that was stationed in England, France, Belgium, and Germany, Also in 1943, Willard Harold married Alma Barmes of Los Angeles. After the war, Harold returned to Central Advertising, but he left in 1946 and formed his own outdoor advertising company in Newark, Ohio, with the assistance of his wife. The Harolds continued to run their advertising company until their retirement around Harold was an avid golfer and involved in several charitable organizations as well as serving as an officer in the Lions and Rotary Clubs. Alma Barmes Harold ( ) was born in Los Angles, California and was a legal secretary for the chief counsel of the Automobile Club of Southern California prior to her marriage to Willard Harold. She later assisted her husband in his advertising business. Source: Information in collection. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection contains the diaries and papers of Willard E. Harold, and the correspondence and papers of his wife, Alma, and his parents, Mae Rutledge Harold and Dr. Henry E. Harold. Among the Mae and Henry Harold materials are the correspondence from Mae to Henry prior to their marriage, and letters to Mae from friends and relatives in Westfield, Noblesville, Lafayette, and Indianapolis, There are also the medical school records, physician patient accounts, insurance policies, and personal finances for Dr. Harold, Willard Harold's correspondence includes letters from his mother in Saskatchewan, Canada, and California, and from friends and relatives, living in Indiana, Ohio, and California, , regarding general personal subjects and family matters while he was attending school and living with relatives in Noblesville, Westfield, Brownsburg, and Fort Wayne, and while he was working in Canada, Cleveland, Ohio, and Richmond, Indiana. There are also personal business correspondence, records and examinations from the correspondence classes Harold took in Canada, , fiction and travel articles submitted for publication, and general correspondence from friends and relatives, Additional items include prize ribbons from animal contests in Hamilton County, Indiana, in the 1920s. There are also papers from Harold's career in advertising with the Packer and Central Advertising companies, Included are correspondence with clients and other company employees, published materials, contracts, legal statements, company newsletters, and company stock reports. In addition, there are class notes and exercise from the Cleveland Advertising School, which Harold attended in The collection also contains Harold's World War II Army Air Corps papers and printed materials, Among the items are orders and memos, class notes, examinations, and publications, lecture notes, and course outlines and from OCS (Officer Candidate School) and other training classes in Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and New York. Also, reports, orders, correspondence, published regulations and procedures, and manuals from his duties as supply officer for the 48th Fighter Squadron stationed in England, France, Belgium, and Germany. There also Squadron

3 reunion materials from the 1970s and 1980s as well as the squadron's newsletter from the same period. Also included in the collection are military insignia for American, British, and German forces and foreign currency Harold collected while overseas. Also included are Willard Harold's letters to Alma Barmes Harold, Most are of a romantic and personal nature with most being written while Willard Harold was in military service, During his assignment in Europe, he wrote almost daily of his activities, although very little personal war information is contained because of censorship. There are also other correspondence and papers of Alma Barmes and family in California, The largest portions of the collection are 74 daily diaries kept by Willard Harold from 1915 (as a youth) and In these volumes, Harold describes in great detail his daily activities, events in the news such as politics, economics, and sports, personal opinions of individuals and events, and thoughts and feelings. Subjects included are advertising (clients, contracts, employers, and fellow workers), military experiences (training camp and the war in Europe), home and family life, vacations, and other leisure activities. These are often very candid. The collection also contains a significant number of photographs including those from the Harold, Barmes, and related families including family, 1860s-1980s. There also are photographs taken by Willard Harold of his vacations and various daily life images, 1920s-1960s, as well as his World War II related photographs, , and his advertising billboard photographs, 1930s-1960s. BOX 1. Correspondence & Papers, Mae Rutledge & Henry E. Harold Correspondence, Mae Rutledge & Henry E. Harold Correspondence, Mae Rutledge & Henry E. Harold Correspondence, 1899 BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY 4 Mae Rutledge & Henry E. Harold Correspondence, Henry E. Harold, Educational Materials and Doctor's Patient Ledgers, (Also OM 230) 6 Harold Family Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, n.d. (ca. 1910s)

4 16 Willard Harold, School Report Cards, BOX 2: Willard Harold Correspondence & General Items, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Willard Harold Correspondence & Papers, Correspondence, School Examinations, , Folder 1 11 Correspondence, School Examinations, , Folder 2 12 Willard Harold Correspondence, Willard Harold Correspondence, Willard Harold Correspondence, Willard Harold Correspondence, "Mexican Sojourn," Willard Harold, Correspondence and Papers, Willard Harold, Correspondence and Papers, Family Genealogy, General Family Items, 1910s-1920s & n.d. 21 Humor, n.d. BOX 3: Advertising Papers & Correspondence, ; World War II Papers, Notebook - Cleveland Advertising School, Advertising Correspondence and Printed Materials, Advertising Publication, Materials and Correspondence, Packer Advertising,

5 4 Advertising Correspondence and Printed Materials, Packer Advertising Corp., Stock Reports and Correspondence, Advertising Correspondence and Printed Materials, , Employee Newsletter, Central Advertising/Packer Corp., General Advertising Materials, n.d. 9 U.S. Army Air Corps, Correspondence, U.S. Army Air Corps, Classes (Aircraft Identification, Speech, English), U. S. Army Air Corps, Classes (Administration), U. S. Army Air Corps, Classes (Mess Administration), U. S. Army Air Corps, Classes (Notes & Printed Materials), U. S. Army Air Corps, Classes (Supply Class Laboratory), U. S. Army Air Corps, Classes (Laboratory Forms), U.S. Army Air Corps, Orientation on ASC, 1942 BOX 4: World War II Papers, U.S. Army Air Corps, Orientation Charts, Organization of Supply Class Notes, Property Class Notes, Supply Requisition Forms, Reports, Memos, and Other Papers, Reports, Memos, and Other Papers, Reports, Memos, and Other Papers, Classroom Notes and Printed Material, Reports and Orders, Fuel Storage System, Training School Notes, Orders, and Reports, Officers Supply Manual, 1942 BOX 5: World War II Papers, U.S. Army Air Corps, Supply Regulations and Procedures, "201" (Orders) File,

6 3 Reports, Orders, and Publications, Service Applications and Selective Service Papers, Official Records and Documents, Publications, Correspondence, rd Fighter Bomber Squadron, 48th Fighter-Bomber Group, Reunions, (ART) Military Insignia and Foreign Money, 1940s-1950s [R ] BOX 6: Alma L. Barmes [Harold] Papers, Report Cards and Memory Book, (also BV 2538) 2 Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, Jan., 1944-June, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, July, 1944-Dec., 1944 Box 7. Alma L. Barmes [Harold] Papers, ; Willard E. Harold Diaries, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, Jan., 1945-March, Correspondence from Willard E. Harold, April, 1945-Sept., Correspondence from Harold & Legal Documents, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, 1915, Willard Harold Diaries, 1920

7 7 Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, 1921; Willard Harold Diaries, 1926, 1927 BOX 8: Willard E. Harold Diaries, 1928-October, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, May, Willard Harold Diaries, May, October, 1938 BOX 9: Willard E. Harold Diaries, November, 1938-December, Willard Harold Diaries, November, February, Willard Harold Diaries, February, March, Willard Harold Diaries, March, April, Willard Harold Diaries, April, July, Willard Harold Diaries, July, September, Willard Harold Diaries September, December, 1946 BOX 10: Willard E. Harold Diaries: 1947-April, Willard Harold Diaries, August, Willard Harold Diaries, September, March, Willard Harold Diaries, March, July, Willard Harold Diaries, July, April, 1955 BOX 11: Willard E. Harold Diaries, April, Willard Harold Diaries, April, January, Willard Harold Diaries, January, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries,

8 5 Willard Harold Diaries, BOX 12: Willard E. Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, 1973 BOX 13: Willard E. Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, 1982 BOX 14: Willard E. Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, 1987 BOX 15: Willard E. Harold Diaries, 1988; Loose Items Removed From Diaries, Willard Harold Diaries, Loose Items From Diaries, Loose Items From Diaries, Loose Items From Diaries, Loose Items From Diaries, Loose Items From Diaries,

9 7 Loose Items From Diaries, BOX 16: High School Yearbooks, ; Levinson Hamiltonian, ; Autograph Books, 1888, 1893; Stanley, Barmes, & Parsons Family Papers, Noblesville High School Yearbook, Levinson Hamiltonian, Oct., 1918-March, Noblesville High School Yearbook, Anaheim (CA) High School Yearbook, Anaheim (CA) High School Yearbook, Anaheim (CA) High School Yearbook, Whittier (CA) High School Yearbook, Autograph Book Henry Harold, Autograph Book, Alice Harold, Stanley, Barmes, & Parsons Papers, (Also ART) BOX 17: Harold Family Photographs, 1880s-1940s (Stored with Visual Collections) 1 Harold Family Photographs, 1890s-1910s 2 Harold Family Photographs, 1900s-1920s 3 Harold Family Photographs, 1880s-1890s 4 Harold Family Photographs, 1910s-1920s 5 Harold Family Photographs, 1890s-1900s 6 Harold Family Photographs, 1890s-1900s 7 Harold Family Photographs, 1900s 8 Harold Family Photographs, 1890s-1900s 9 Harold Family Photographs, Harold Family Photographs, 1900s-1940s 11 Harold Family Photograph Album, n.d. BOX 18: Weathers, Barmes, & Rutledge Families, Photographs, 1860s-1945 (Stored with Visual Collections) 1 Weathers/Barmes Family Photographs, 1860s-1880s (also tintypes) 2 Weathers/Barmes Family Photographs, 1900s

10 3 Weathers/Barmes Family Photographs, ca. 1910s-1920s 4 Weathers/Barmes Family Photographs, ca. 1890s 5 Weathers/Barmes Family Photographs, ca. 1880s-1900s 6 Weathers/Barmes Family Photographs, ca. 1900s-1910s 7 Barmes Family Photographs, 1910s-1930s 8 Rutledge Family Photographs, 1870s-1910s, Folder 1 9 Rutledge Family Photographs, 1870s-1910s, Folder 2 10 Rutledge Family Photographs, 1870s-1910s 11 Barmes Family Photograph Album, 1910s-1940s 12 Alma Barmes Photograph Albums (3), BOX 19: Barmes & Stanley Family Photographs, 1870s-1950s (Stored with Visual Collections) 1 Stanley Family Photographs, 1870s (tintypes) 2 Stanley Family Photographs, 1870s-1910s, Folder 1 3 Stanley Family Photographs, 1870s-1910s, Folder 2 4 Stanley Family Photographs, 1870s-1910s, Folder 3 5 Stanley Family Photographs, 1870s-1910s, Folder 4 6 Stanley Family Photographs, 1880s-1910s, Folder 1 7 Stanley Family Photographs, 1880s-1910s, Folder 2 8 Barmes Family Photographs, ca. 1900s-1940s 9 Barmes Family Photographs, ca. 1930s-1940s 10 Barmes Family Photographs, ca. 1930s-1940s 11 Barmes Family Photographs, 1950; Barmes Family Photographs, 1950s (color) BOX 20: Vacation and Family Photographs, 1910s-1940s (Stored with Visual Collections) 1 Travel Photographs, 1930s, Folder 1 2 Travel Photographs, 1930s, Folder 2 3 Travel Photographs, 1930s, Folder 3

11 4 Travel Photographs, 1930s, Folder 4 5 Chicago World s Fair, California Vacation, Dec., 1932-Feb., Utah, San Francisco & Los Angeles, Royal Gorge & Colorado, San Antonio, San Jose, & Salt Lake City, Butte, Montana, Everett, Washington & Victoria British Columbia, Mexico, 1941, Folder 1 14 Mexico, 1941, Folder 2 15 Mexican Vacation, Venezuela Photographs, n.d., Folder 1 17 Venezuela Photographs, n.d., Folder 2 18 Postcards from Vacations, n.d., Folder 1 19 Postcards from Vacations, n.d., Folder 2 20 Willard Harold Photograph Album, 1910s-1920s BOX 21: Vacation & Family Photographs, 1930s-1940s (Stored with Visual Collections) 1 Chicago, Chicago, Svithoid Club, Hayward, WI, Aug., 1938, Folder 1 4 Hayward, WI, Aug., 1938, Folder 2 5 Hayward, WI, Aug., 1938, Folder 3 6 Hayward, WI & Brecksville, Ohio, Golf Tournament, Chicago Artist s Guild, Lake Zurich, IL, Chicago and Indianapolis, Holland, MI, n.d. 10 Family Photographs & Advertising Billboards, 1930s (Richmond, IN)

12 11 Family Photographs & Advertising Billboards, 1930s (Ohio & IN) 12 Family Photographs & Advertising Billboards, 1930s 13 Family Photographs & Advertising Billboards, n.d. (Cleveland) 14 Family Photographs & Advertising Billboards, n.d. 15 Family Photographs, 1930s 16 Family Photographs, 1930s 17 Family Photographs, Family Photographs, ca. 1930s (mostly airplane flight) 19 Family Photographs, Family Photographs, 1930s (Richmond, IN) 21 Family Photographs, Oct., 1934 (Richmond, IN) 22 Family Photographs, Oct., 1934 (Richmond, IN) 23 Family Photographs, 1937 (Richmond, IN) 24 Family Photographs, Ohio & California, California Photographs, Family Photographs, General Subjects, 1940s 28 Anderson, IN Photographs, Postcards from Indiana & Midwest, n.d. BOX 22: Family Photographs, 1940s-1950s (Stored with Visual Collections) 1 Family Photographs, 1940s 2 Family Photographs, Vacation Photographs, Family Photographs, Family Photographs, Family Photographs, ca., 1940s-1950s 7 Vacation Photographs, Sept., Family Photographs, Nov., 1950

13 9 Family Photographs, Family Photographs, Family Photographs, Family Photographs, ; Family Photographs, Family Photographs, Family Photographs, Family Photographs, 1956 (color) 17 Family Photographs, Family Photographs, Family Photographs, 1950s 20 Family Photographs, 1950s 21 Vacation Photographs, 1950s 22 House Construction, House Construction, ca. 1950s 24 Fields, ca., 1950s 25 Family Photographs, ca. 1950s 26 Family Photographs, ca. 1950s (color) 27 Photograph Greeting Cards, ca., 1950s BOX 23: Family Photographs, 1920s-1980s; Dietman Family, 1910s-1960s (Stored with Visual Collections) 1 General Photographs, 1920s (Harold Family) 2 Harold Family Photographs, 1920s, n.d. 3 Harold Family Photographs, n.d. 4 Family Photographs, ca. 1920s 5 Family Photographs, Cleveland, ca. 1930s 6 Family Photographs & Advertising Billboards, Cleveland, ca. 1930s 7 Family Photographs, 1900s-1940s 8 Family Photographs, ca. 1930s

14 9 Family Photographs, ca. 1930s 10 Family Photographs, 1920s-1960s 11 Family Photographs, 1940s 12 Barmes Family, Hawaiian Vacation, "50th Wedding Anniversaries," 1950, n.d. (also color) 14 Photographs, (color) 15 California Trip, Family Photographs, 1970s-1980s (color) 17 "Big Change," Hebron Rd., 1952, 1974 (color) 18 Dietman Family Photographs, 1910s-1960s, Folder 1 19 Dietman Family Photographs, 1910s-1960s, Folder 2 20 Dietman Family Photographs, 1910s-1960s, Folder 3 21 Dietman Family Bobby, Patty, Lou, and Billy Dietman, 1944 BOX 24: World War II Photographs, ; 1980 (Stored with Visual Collections) 1 World War II Photographs, Aug., 1944-Sept., World War II Photographs, 493rd Fighter Squadron, Aug., 1944-Feb., World War II Photographs, Aug., 1944-April, World War II Photographs, France & Belgium, Oct., World War II Photographs, Nov., World War II Photographs, Dec., World War II Photographs, Dec., 1944-May, World War II Photographs, Belgium, Jan., World War II Photographs, Feb., World War II Photographs, Paris, March, World War II Photographs, May, World War II Photographs, Rothenberg, Germany, May, World War II Photographs, 1945

15 14 World War II Photographs, n.d. 15 World War II Photographs, Contact Strips, World War II Photographs, Contact Strips, World War II Era Related Photographs, 1946, 1980 (color) 18 World War II Photographs, Taken From Captured Germans?, 1940s BOX 25: Advertising Billboards, 1930s-1960s (Stored with Visual Collections) 1 Advertising Billboards, Packer Co., Cleveland, ca. 1930s 2 Advertising Billboards, Advertising Billboards, 1930s Office Photographs, Chicago, March, Advertising Billboards, Newark, Ohio, Advertising Billboards, Advertising Billboards, (Color) 8 Advertising Billboards, (Color) 9 Advertising Billboards, Safety Extras, (Color) 10 Advertising Billboards, Political Extras, 1956 (Color) 11 Advertising Billboards, 1957 (Color) 12 Advertising Billboards, (Color) 13 Advertising Billboards, (Color) 14 Vandalized Billboards, Granville, Ohio, 4 Sept (Color) 15 Advertising Billboards & Other Photographs, n.d., Folder 1 16 Advertising Billboards & Other Photographs, n.d., Folder 2 17 Advertising Billboards & Other Photographs, n.d., Folder 3 18 Advertising Billboards & Other Photographs, n.d., Folder 4 19 Advertising Billboards & Other Photographs, n.d., Folder 5 20 Advertising Billboards & Other Photographs, n.d., Folder 6 21 Advertising Billboards & Other Photographs, n.d., Folder 7 22 Advertising Billboards, n.d.

16 23 Advertising Billboards, Construction, 1950s (Ed Harold, Harrisburg, IL), Folder 1 24 Advertising Billboards, Construction, 1950s (Ed Harold, Harrisburg, IL), Folder 2 25 Advertising Billboards, Construction, 1950s (Ed Harold, Harrisburg, IL), Folder 3 26 Advertising Billboards, 1950s (Ed Harold, Harrisburg, IL) 27 Advertising Billboards, 1950s (Ed Harold, Harrisburg, IL--color) CATALOGUING INFORMATION MAIN ENTRY: Harold, Willard E. (Willard Ellis), SUBJECT ENTRIES: Harold, Willard E. (Willard Ellis), Diaries Harold, Alma Barmes, Harold, Henry E., Harold, Mae Rutledge Harold family--photographs Barmes family--photographs Stanley family--photographs Packer Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) Central Outdoor Advertising Co., Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) Harold Advertising Company (Newark, Ohio) Harry H. Packer Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) United States. Army--Handbooks, manuals, etc. United States. Army. Air Corps. Fighter Group, 48th Advertising Advertising, Outdoor Billboards--Photographs World War, Aerial operations, American World War, Equipment and supplies World War, Europe--Photographs Soldiers--Diaries Military education

17 Medicine--Practice--Indiana--Lafayette Medical fees--indiana--lafayette Physicians--Indiana--Lafayette Correspondence schools and courses Love-letters Adolescent boys--indiana--diaries END