Brzezicki Family Letters Guide to the Brzezicki Family Letters Mss. Acc. 2007.40

Guide to the Brzezicki Family Letters Mss. Acc. 2007.40

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Finding Aid Authors: Jack Fiorini.

Repository

Special Collections Research Center

Identification

Mss. Acc. 2007.40

Title

Brzezicki Family Letters 1968-1972

Quantity

0.80 Linear Feet

Quantity

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

Brzezicki Family Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase

Processing Information:

Processed by Jack Fiorini during summer 2007.

Biographical Information:

Daniel Brzezicki was born at Quakerstown, PA in 1949 the son of Theodore J. and Martine Erney Brzezicki. Daniel served in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. He died in May 1972. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Letters, 1968-1972, of the Brzezicki family of Quakerstown, Pennsylvania, including 71 of Daniel Brzezicki's letters home during his time in the Marine Corps (1968-1970). Daniel's letters begin with his training at Parris Island, South Carolina starting in May 1968, and continue through his service. He spent most of his service years at Camp Pendleton, California, and then, beginning roughly in March of 1969, at an I-Corps ammo dump approximately 10 miles north of Da Nang in Vietnam. The collection also contains six letters from Daniel's brother Michael in the Navy (1970-1972), six letters from their sister Katie B. Place in Lawton, Oklahoma, (1968-1969), 75 condolence cards from various people to the Brzezicki family upon Daniel's death in 1972, and miscellaneous items.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Correspondence
Photographs
United States. Marine Corps
Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1

Box 1

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Correspondence
1968 May-October
Scope and Contents
Letters from Parris Island, Camp Legune, and Quantico
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Correspondence
1968-1969
Scope and Contents
Letters from Camp Pendleton
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Correspondence
1969 March-April
Scope and Contents
Vietnam letters
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Correspondence
1969 May-July
Scope and Contents
Vietnam letters
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Correspondence
1989 August
Scope and Contents
Vietnam letters
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Correspondence
1969 September
Scope and Contents
Vietnam letters
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Correspondence
1969 October
Scope and Contents
Vietnam letters
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Correspondence
1969 November-December
Scope and Contents
Vietnam letters
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Correspondence
1970 and undated
Scope and Contents
Vietnam letters
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Condolence cards A-C
1972

Mixed Materials Box: 2

Box 2

Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Condolence cards D-F
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Condolence cards G
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Condolence cards H-K
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Condolence cards L-R
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Condolence cards S
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Condolence cards T-?
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Miscellany