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Merritt Austin Edson papers, 1905-2000

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BOX 59-64 2018 Addition, 1910-2000
Correspondence, diaries, orders, field message books, an account book, log books, notebook and notes, a radio talk, writings, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material relating to his early military service, his childhood, and his years as a student at the University of Vermont.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein alphabetically.
BOX 59 Book, Edson's Raiders: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion in World War II, by Joseph H. Alexander, 2000
BOX 59 Military file
BOX 59 Ashurst, W. W., 1939-1941
(5 folders)
BOX 59 Correspondence and orders, 1929-1931, 1939-1940
(2 folders)
BOX 59 Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., 1925-1926
BOX 59 Log book of Edson, 1927-1931
BOX 59 Rio Coco patrol file
BOX 59 Article by Edson, 1931
BOX 59 Company fund account, 1927-1929
BOX 59 Correspondence and orders
BOX 59 1928
BOX 60 1929-1931, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 60 Field message books, received, 1928-1929
(2 folders)
BOX 60 Field message books, sent
BOX 60 1928, Feb.-Nov.
(4 folders)
BOX 61 1928, Oct.-1929, Mar.
(4 folders)
BOX 61 Miscellany, 1928-1930
BOX 61 Newspaper clippings and printed matter, 1928-1929
BOX 62 Notebook and notes, 1928
BOX 62 Radio talk by Graves B. Erskine, 1931
BOX 62 Record of events, United States Marine Corps., 1928-1929
(5 folders)
BOX 62 Supply service, 1929-1934
BOX 62 Translations of captured papers, 1928
BOX 62 Small arms used by marines, undated
BOX 62 Small wars training, 1930-1933
BOX 62 Personal file
BOX 62 Business and membership cards, 1951-1955
BOX 63 Chester High School, Chester, Vt., baseball team, 1913-1914
(3 folders)
BOX 63 Diaries, 1909-1916
(2 folders)
BOX 63 Family correspondence
BOX 63 Letters from mother, father, grandfather, sister, and cousin, 1913-1917
(3 folders)
BOX 63 Letters to son, Merritt A. Edson, Jr., 1928
BOX 63 Letters to wife, Ethel Robbins Edson, 1928-1929
(3 folders)
BOX 64 Inventory, household goods, circa 1925
BOX 64 Log book, 1924-1927
BOX 64 Personal correspondence, 1913-1917, 1939-1940
(5 folders)
BOX 64 University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt., 1915-1917
BOX OV 1 Oversize
Awards, certificates, and diplomas.
Described according to the series and container from which they were removed
BOX OV 1 Miscellany
Awards, certificates, diplomas (Container 35)

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