A Guide to Albert Latham Postcards sent to May Edgington 1915-1917 World War I, Postcards, 1915-1917 10875-w

A Guide to Albert Latham Postcards sent to May Edgington 1915-1917

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

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10875-w

Title

Albert Latham Postcards sent to May Edgington 1915-1917

Physical Characteristics

300 items

Language

English

Abstract

This collection consists of 300 postcards, 1915-1917, of scenes of Europe and World War I, collected by Albert Latham while on active service in France and sent to Miss May Edgington.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Albert Latham Postcards sent to May Edgington, 1915-1917, in the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, Accession #10875-w, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection of postcards was given to the University of Virginia Library by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Columbia, South Carolina, on January 13, 1994.

Biographical/Historical Information

Albert Latham was on active service at Marlborough, England, on February 4, 1915, with the No. 6 Ambulance Convoy, M.A.C., "C" section, 2nd Army, British Expeditionary Force, prior to embarkation for the front. By May 13, 1915, Latham was with the 1st Army and attached to a hospital.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection consists of ca. 300 postcards, ca. 1915-1917, black-and-white and color, of scenes of Europe and World War I, collected by Albert Latham while on active service in France and sent to Miss May Edgington, Upper House Farm, Shamley Green, Guilford, England, who arranged them in a postcard album. The cards have been removed from the album, kept in their original order, and placed in groups of twenty-five in photographic envelopes.

Albert Latham wrote letters as well as postcards to May Edgington. The postcards were sent mainly to let her know he was alive and well and to add to her collection and do not contain a great deal of information about the war. Many of the cards lack identifying inscriptions because they have been censored. The postcards are almost exclusively of cities, cathedrals, chateaus, street scenes, ruins, battles scenes, and monuments in France. There are also two series of cards in color featuring the soldiers of different nations and women dressed in native attire.