Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16267, Archer B. Bass World War I papers, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Beltrone & Company by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on December 13, 2016.

Scope and Contents

Archer B. Bass World War I papers, 1918-1922, .07 cubic feet, consists of correspondence with his wife while he was assigned as a military chaplain to a machine gun company within the 27th Division. There is also correspondence with his mother, Sue G. Bass, and his mother-in-law, V. H. Legg.

Included are official military communications to Chaplain Bass, newspapers (United States Bulletin, The Saturday Evening Post Christian Church), photographs and diaries, which describes his voyage on the "Leviathan" from Hoboken, New Jersey to Europe.

Arrangement

The collection totals .07 cubic feet and is arranged with the family letters first in chronological order, followed by the official letters of Chaplain Archer Bass, then military papers, newspapers, personal information (about travel), photographs and diaries