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Preferred Citation:

Ridell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in February 2011. Arrangement and finding aid completed by Leigh Soares, SCRC staff, in May 2011.

Biographical Information:

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Scope and Contents

The Ridell Family papers is primarily correspondence between Robert Calvin Ridell and his parents in Kerny, Nebraska. There is also correspondence from other family members, friends, and others. Ridell is nearly always addressed as Calvin. Ridell was a member of the United States Navy and correspondence dates from his time in training and while he was deployed at sea during World War II. Much of the correspondence and other printed material in the collection is from 1943-1946.

Arrangement of Materials:

This collection is arranged in two series: Series 1: Correspondence; Series 2: Printed Material.

Related Material

A Guide to World War II Resources in the Special Collections Research Center

Information about related materials is available at http://guides.swem.wm.edu/content.php?pid=4775

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Comic strips
• Letters (correspondence)
• United States. Navy--History--20th century
• United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations