Inventory of the Frank W. Gardner Letters, 1938-1947

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Gardner, Frank W., d. 1944

Frank W. Gardner Letters, 1938-1947

Material in English

0.2 Linear Feet

150 Items

Frank W. Gardner served in the U. S. Army during World War II and was killed in action in Lorraine, France, in 1944.

The collection consists primarily of handwritten letters Frank W. Gardner sent home to his wife, Jennie, between 1941 and 1944, during his military service in World War II. Also present are some letters Jennie Gardner mailed to Frank around the time of his death, which document her life on the home front in Arlington, Mass. The collection also contains some letters from the United States War Department, greeting cards, postcards, and photographs. Materials range in date from 1938 to 1947.

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[Identification of item], Frank W. Gardner Letters, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

The Frank W. Gardner Letters were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a purchase in 2006.

Processed by Jill Katte, June 2007

Encoded by Jill Katte, June 2007

Accession 2006-0084 is described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

The collection consists primarily of handwritten letters Frank W. Gardner sent home to his wife, Jennie, between 1941 and 1944, during his military service in World War II. These frequent letters detail Gardner's day-to-day life in the United States Army. His last letter is dated, Nov. 8, 1944. The letters Jennie Gardner mailed to Frank around the time of his death were marked "Deceased" and returned by the postmaster. These are present in the collection and document Jennie's life on the home front in Arlington, Mass. during 1944. There are also some letters Jennie Gardner received from the United States War Department notifying her of her husband's death. In addition, the collection features some unidentified snapshots, as well as negatives of a military portrait of Frank Gardner.

The letters are arranged chronologically.

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