Charles Bailey Reed correspondence, 1918-1921 and undated, bulk 1918 May-November
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Summary
- Creator:
- Reed, Charles Bailey.
- Abstract:
- Forty-one manuscript letters from Charles Bailey Reed to his mother (Delia B. Reed), his father (Dr. William Reed), his sister and his grandparents (Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bailey). Most of the letters are written during his Medical Corps tour of duty in France, 1918-1919. There is also a typed transcript of a poem, "The doings over there," by Kent Thurber.
- Extent:
- 41 items (1 folder)
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.10808
Background
- Scope and content:
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Forty-one manuscript letters from Charles Bailey Reed to his mother (Delia B. Reed), his father (Dr. William Reed), his sister and his grandparents (Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bailey). Most of the letters are written during his Medical Corps tour of duty in France, 1918-1919. There is also a typed transcript of a poem, "The doings over there," by Kent Thurber.
- Biographical / historical:
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Medic specializing in radiology (Roentgenology, as it was known then) in U.S. Medical Reserve Corps in France during World War I, originally from Newburgh, Orange County, New York State.
- Acquisition information:
- Transfer, 2011
- Processing information:
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Processed by: Rubenstein Staff
Finding aid derived from MARC record using DukeMARC2EAD-HOMproject.xsl, December 2014
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- General note:
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Forms part of the Trent Manuscripts Collection.
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