Abstract

Forty-four letters from C.R. Gross to members of his family concerning his service with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I and afterward with the army of occupation in Luxembourg. Also included are newspapers, monographs on agricultural chemistry, postcards, and other printed items.

Scope and content Includes letters (1929-1936) in English, French, and Italian from Perry Cornell Dechert (later known as Pierre François Cornell-Dechert) to Selma Marian Urband (later Mrs. Willis W. Pratt), mainly dating before 1933 and concerning Dechert's friends and travels in France while he was studying at the Université de Delaware (Section d'Etudes a l'Etranger) and the Sorbonne and later teaching at the Collège de Normandie; two letters (1929) from Perry Cornell Dechert to Edith Cornell Dechert,...