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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.

 Subject
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Howard Orville Babcock papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-2303
Scope and content Student scrapbook, 1910-1914; student diaries, 1912-1913 (2 volumes) describing his academic and social life and some notes about current events, including the Titanic, national elections, and the Lusitania ; diary kept by Babcock from May 31 to Christmas 1918 while he served with the American Expeditionary Force in France, includes note of meeting with U.S. ace Eddie Rickenbacker, description of carnage in and around Verdun; photographs of Howard Babcock, the Cornell Law School Class of...
Dates: 1910-1971.

Kellogg Logsdon World War I letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8122
Scope and content

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.

Dates: 1917-1919.

William D. Warren World War I letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6617
Scope and content

Letters written by William D. Warren while serving in France with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I to his father, sister, and grandmother. Also, "An Imperfect Genealogy: Tates, Hastings, Warrens," compiled by Dorothy Warren Rinaldo, 2005.

Dates: 1918-1919.