Scope and Contents The Lonore Kent Collection on the Bonus Army March, 1932, 1976, comprises two folders of materials relating to the Bonus Army March of 1932. This collection focuses on Lonore Kent Van Swearingen and Ruth Sarles Benedict's eye witness accounts of President Herbert Hoover’s attempted eviction of the Bonus Army from Washington D.C. on July 28, 1932.Included in the collection are New Bonus Army March flyers inviting "paint and varnish veterans" to attend a march on June 17, 1932, a...

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A mimeographed booklet of many examples of Lemmer's column, "In the Wake of the News", which was usually no more than a few lines of witticism appended to the sports pages; a printed copy of an article Lemmer co-authored, entitled "Thomas Edison's Experimental Work with Michigan Iron Ore"; and a copy of a Chicago Tribune sports page commenting on the admission of women to Notre Dame.