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Letter to Mrs. Howard E. (Hilda) Babcock from Dimijian focus on his activities during the first World War, including information on army camp, military training, personal problems, his experiences with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, the city of Tours, Jacob Gould Schurman's visit to the front (August 27, 1918), Dimijian's membership on the Allied War Claims Commission (1919), and his return to the United States. Also, one photograph of Dimijian.

Scope and content Business and family papers of Clarence Beverly Davison, Millbrook, Dutchess County, New York. Business papers include materials relating to the Petroleum Investment Company, investments, securities, and tax records. Also, business records of the Millbrook Pheasant Farm, 1929-1954 and three silent films on the subject of pheasant hunting. Family papers include wills; genealogical materials; photograph negative albums; address book; land maps; photographs; diaries; and material concerning...

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Scrapbooks chiefly concern Letsche's service as an American Expeditionary Force officer in World War I; included are letters to his family from training camps in Georgia and Tennessee and from France; postcards, pictures, maps, military orders, commissions, citations, and other items pertaining to his active duty; newspaper clippings and personal items from the postwar period; and a copy of the history of the 326th Regiment.

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Letters mainly written to his mother and sister describe Logsdon's experience preparing for war and the conditions upon arriving in France. He mentions living at the 15th century castle Countess d'Cadillac's Chateau, discusses transportation, food, the Spanish influenza, pay, stocks his family is invested in, and his fellow colleagues amongst other subjects. Also included are typed transcripts of the letters in physical and electronic format.