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Scrapbook, 1917-1919

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 18

Abstract

Postcards, clippings, telegrams, one page of photographs. The letters contained in this scrapbook are from Sergeant Paul Gillette to his father, Edwin S., and his brothers, Edwin S. ("Red") and Douglas and to Art Dean (Arthur Hobson Dean, (C.U.'19.) Several letters and telegrams were sent from Fort Slocum, N.Y., Camp Greenleaf of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, but the majority were sent from France before November 18, 1918, probably at Souilly, Meuse, while Gillette was with the Quartermaster Corps, Medical Department, American Expeditionary Force, Evacuation Hospital No.#6. The rest of the letters were sent from Coblenz (on the Rhine River) Germany, while Gillette was with the Quartermaster Corps., Army of the Occupation, Third Army, Evacuation Hospital #27.

Dates

  • 1917-1919

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

1.1 cubic feet.

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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