Oral History Interview with Anne Pearsall Karr, June 22, 1997

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Transcript of an interview with Anne Pearsall Karr from Elgin, Illinois, concerning her experiences on the home front during World War II. Karr discusses her youth in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Depression on Pearsall family; college at Iowa State; courtship with Kenneth Karr, her future husband; reaction to Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor; changes on Iowa State campus after American entry into World War II; wartime rationing and Victory Gardens; effects on Pearsall family having a son and daughter in military service; her marriage to Kenneth Karr, early 1944; housing shortage in Corpus Christi, Texas, during World War II; birth of their daughter; wartime entertainment; experiences as a military wife; attitudes toward the Japanese; husband's training as a naval air cadet at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. Appendix includes various photographs [5] pages.
Date: June 22, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Sarah C. & Karr, Anne Pearsall, 1923-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1997 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 5, 1997
Creator: Judson, Mary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1997 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 12, 1997
Creator: Judson, Mary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1997 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 19, 1997
Creator: Judson, Mary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1997 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 26, 1997
Creator: Judson, Mary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1997 (open access)

South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1997

Bi-weekly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: June 13, 1997
Creator: Espitia, Paula
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1997 (open access)

South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1997

Bi-weekly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 1997
Creator: Espitia, Paula
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History