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Disasters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Charles A. Hiemenz Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0981
Scope and Contents The Charles A. Hiemenz Photograph Collection contains photographs documenting the destruction of the 1927 tornado, as well as a photograph showing children competing in a fashion show. The bulk of the collection consists of snapshots showing extensive tornado damage to homes and businesses. Several locations are identified, including addresses on West Pine, Westminster, Sarah, and West Bell. Several photographs show African American women and children posing in front of destroyed...
Dates: 1915; 1927

Francis Hurd Stadler Titanic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1554
Scope and Contents

This collection contains original correspondence, telegrams, magazines, newspaper clippings, whole newspapers and memorabilia collected by Frances Hurd Stadler’s parents, Carlos and Katherine Hurd, between 1912 and 1949, as well as newspaper and magazine clippings relating to her parents and the Titanic disaster that she collected over the intervening years.

Dates: 1912-1996