Environment

Margaret Campbell Papers

MS73-08 consists of correspondence written by Margaret Campbell from Murray to relatives at Lebanon, Tennessee during the 1937 flood. The letters contain descriptions of the flooding in Paducah, refugees fleeing the disaster, and its effects upon Murray State Teachers College. Included in the collection are photographs, transcripts of the correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a 1993 journal article that was based on her letters.

Margaret Campbell writes her father and sister about her experience helping flood refugees from Paducah who sheltered at Murray State.