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| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
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| Series I: Manuscripts | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER MSS2822/1 | Correspondence, 1917-1919 | ||||||||||||
| 1 folder | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available | |||||||||||||
| MS01: Letters by Van Pelt to his family while serving in the Army during World War I. Topics in the letters include camp and military life; references to personal relationships; short anecdotes about visits to federal prisons and food; weather; wheat; Germany; brief descriptions of visits to the front; YMCA and the Red Cross; family relations; and Van Pelt's thoughts regarding the military and war. Most letters span several days of writing. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER MSS2822/3 | Memoirs, 1931 | ||||||||||||
| 1 folder | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available | |||||||||||||
| MS02: An account written by Van Pelt about his service in the Army during World War I. Topics in the memoir include sentiments towards the war and draft; French society; descriptions of battles and skirmishes; radio/telegram duties; YMCA sentiments; short anecdotes; and a general overview of his two year military career. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER MSS2822/4 | Memoirs, 1931 | ||||||||||||
| 1 folder | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available | |||||||||||||
| MS03: A typed version of Van Pelt's account about his service in the Army during World War I. The transcription contains numerous copy editing changes. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER MSS2822/6 | Military papers, 1919 | ||||||||||||
| 1 folder | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available | |||||||||||||
| MS04: Discharge certificate and enlisted record 04/29/1919; and pay receipts with correspondence from the Veterans Bureau 1929-1930. | |||||||||||||
| Series II: Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER MSS2822/7 | Original photographic print, February 22, 1919 | ||||||||||||
| 1 folder | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available | |||||||||||||
| PH01: An image of a field removed from correspondence (MS01) dated 02/22/1919. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER MSS2822/8 | Photocopy of photographic print, undated | ||||||||||||
| 1 folder | |||||||||||||
| PH02: A portrait of Van Pelt wearing his Army uniform. PH03: A portrait of Van Pelt wearing a suit. |
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