Postcards: Toledo Military
Images feature the Armory, Camp Taft, and soldiers' homecoming
Remembering Battery B: Toledo Boys in World War I.
A cover story by Robert G. Morris in Toledo Magazine (March 27, 1988)
Remembering Battery B (introduction by Sue Stankey and Bill Hinch in The Sunday Blade)
The Men of Battery B (by Robert G. Morris)
Toledo Area World War II Veterans
The Ward M. Canaday Center in Carlson Library at the University of Toledo is fortunate to have the manuscript collection of "Steph" Pecsenye, including numerous "V-mail" letters he sent home during the War. "V-mail" or "Victory Mail" was written by service people on pre-printed envelope sheets supplied by the government. The letters were microfilmed and sent back to the United States where they were printed out on paper and mailed to the addressee. V-mail dramatically reduced the bulk of mail, freeing thousands of tons of shipping space for war materials. [Read the complete article]
Related exhibits and collections
Toledo Area World War II Veterans (slide show)
Veterans History Project (Library of Congress Website)
Index to Oral History Interviews with Toledo-area Veterans (search results)
Veterans History Interviews - with audio (Ward M. Canaday Center, University of Toledo Libraries)
Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections - War, Soldiers, and Veterans
Steven Pecsenye Collection, 1942-1983, MSS-084 (Canaday Center finding aid)
Toledo's Firefighters
The Toledo Fire Department dates back to 1837. This exhibit explores the rich and colorful history of the fire department, examining the firefighters, their equipment, and the fires that they fought through newspaper articles, remembrances, fire station documents, and photographs. The earliest known action taken to form the Toledo Fire Department was on May 29, 1837. At this time, City Council selected a committee to determine the cost of two fire engines for the City of Toledo. On September 25, 1837, the firm of Hoisington and Manning was given the contract to build Engine House No. 1 and the following year to build Engine House No. 2. In December of 1837, Council appointed the first officers and fire warden of our new department. [Read the complete article]
Related exhibit and collections
Toledo's Firefighters (slide show)
Toledo Firefighters Museum (Website)
Toledo Police Museum (virtual exhibits)
War in Their Own Words
The best picture of the realities of war is painted by the words of those who lived it. The Ward M. Canaday Center is honored to hold several collections of veterans’ letters and diaries, and this exhibit will highlight some of these items to give historical wars a fresh perspective, in the soldiers' own words. Featured are letters and diaries from Cyrus Hussey, Alexander Weber, Frank Canaday, Herbert White, Carl Joseph, Steven Pecsenye, and Leo Barlow. Each veteran is listed chronologically by the time period of the war he experienced. [view the virtual exhibit]
