A Guide to World War I Postcards and Miscellany , 1917-1918 #10875-f

A Guide to World War I Postcards and Miscellany 1917-1918

A Collection in
The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10875-f

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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Abstract

The collection contains a letter, 1918 Dec. 17, from a mother to a son in the army conveying news of home; two pictorial postcards of an American soldier and of a group of soldiers eating in the trenches; general orders regarding the appointment of engineering officers; and a cover sheet for an insurance certificate.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

World War I postcards and miscellany, 1917-1918, in the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, Accession #10875-f, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These items were given to the Library on April 2, 1991, by Matthew Bruccoli of Columbia, South Carolina.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of five items, ca. 1917-1918, including a letter from a mother to "my dear son," December 17, 1918, with news of neighbors and relatives, especially concerning their impatience with the delay in the discharging of the American soldiers and the purchase of a mattress for the comfort of Uncle Rufus [Turtello?]; a postcard showing "Chow Time"; a sepia photograph of (or to) Peter Minek, of Eyota, Minnesota; a government pamphlet, "Appointment of Officers of Corps of Engineers (1917); and a cover sheet for a certificate of insurance issued by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance.