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Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Swope Family Correspondence
Creator:
Swope (Family : Swope, Charles Byron))
Creator:
Swope, Charles Byron
Creator:
Swope, Gretchen
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0510
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 archives box)
Date (inclusive): 1917-1918
Abstract: Letters from Charles Byron Swope to his wife, Gretchen, written during his tour of duty during World War I at Fort McDowell
on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Swope Family Correspondence contains letters from Charles Byron Swope to his new wife Gretchen, written from Fort McDowell
on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, between December 1917 and November 1918. The letters begin shortly after Swope's induction
into the US Army and end the day before the World War I Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. Swope wrote about personal
and financial matters, the loneliness of his separation from his wife, his efforts to increase his income as a musician and
photographer, and his dream of owning a farm. His letters also provide insight into everyday life on a stateside military
base during World War I.
The collection also contains letters from Gretchen to Charles, although far fewer in number; letters from siblings and parents
to Gretchen or Charles; and letters from friends. As a group, these letters relate family news and occasional gossip.
Arranged in three series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS and 3) MICROFILM.
Digital copies of this material are intended to support research, teaching, and private study. This work may be used without
prior permission. The original manuscripts for this collection are held by Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Swope Family Correspondence. MSS 510. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquired 2000.
This collection has been microfilmed and digitized.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California -- History -- 1850-1950
Angel Island (Calif.)
World War, 1914-1918 -- California -- Personal narratives
Fort McDowell (Calif.) -- History
Swope, Charles Byron -- Correspondence
Swope, Gretchen -- Correspondence
Swope (Family : Swope, Charles Byron)) -- Correspondence