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gardnerfw Inventory of the Frank W. Gardner Letters, 1938-1947 Processed by: Jill Katte; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jill Katte David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003869180

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: June 2007Processed by Jill Katte, June 2007; Finding Aid encoded by Jill Katte, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, June 2007 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Inventory of the Frank W. Gardner Letters, 1938-1947 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Gardner, Frank W., d. 1944 Frank W. Gardner Letters, 1938-1947 Material in English 0.2 Linear Feet 150 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. 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. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Frank W. Gardner Letters, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

Provenance

The Frank W. Gardner Letters were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2006.

Processing Information

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.

Biographical Note

Frank W. Gardner lived in Massachusetts and married Jennie Snow sometime during the early 1940s. They had a daughter, Susan, in 1942. Frank Gardner served as a captain in the United States Army during World War II. He was stationed at Camp Edwards, Fort Bragg, and Camp Wheeler, before being deployed to France. He was killed in action in Lorraine, France in Nov. 1944.

Collection Overview

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.

Collection Arrangement

The letters are arranged chronologically.

Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Gardner, Frank W., d. 1944. Gardner, Jennie. Families of military personnel--United States. Military spouses--United States. Soldiers--United States--Correspondence. Soldiers--United States--Family relationships. United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence. United States. War Dept. War casualties--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Lorraine. World War, 1939-1945--Correspondence. World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States. Photographs. Contents of Collection Frank W. Gardner letters, 1938-1947 1 Box 11938-1941 1942 1943 1944 Jan.-Sept. 1944 Oct.-Dec. 1945-1947 Undated Photographs