Title Page | Collection Summary | Arrangement | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content
Collection Summary
| Title | Frank Van Pelt collection, 1917-1931 : Veterans History Project (U.S.) |
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| Inclusive Dates | 1917-1931 |
| Call No. | AFC 2001/001/104650 |
| Creator | Van Pelt, Frank, 1890-1949. |
| Extent (Photographs) | 3 photographs. |
| Extent (Manuscripts) | manuscripts: 42 items. |
| Language | In English. |
| Location | Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadvhp.vh017015 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2017655249 |
| Summary | The Frank Van Pelt collection documents Van Pelt's United States Army service during World War I. The collection includes correspondence, memoirs, and photographs dating 1917-1931. Born and raised on the Kansas-Oklahoma border, he served in Fort Logan, Colorado; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; and in France with the Company A, 101st Field Signal Battalion. He worked primarily in radio companies and was discharged as a Sergeant First Class on April 29, 1919. Frank Van Pelt died on August 13, 1949. |