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Call Number: SC0962
Creator:
Sullivan, Charles J.
Title: Charles J. Sullivan letters
Dates: 1918-1921
Physical Description:
0.75 linear foot
Summary: These letters were written to his fiancée Rowena Gray, in Chowchilla, CA, while Sullivan was at Stanford and training for
the military, 1918, and then working in Los Angeles, June-August 1919, and Salinas, 1919-21. His 1918 letters discuss life
at Stanford, his military training in the Students Army Training Corps, his bout of influenza and time at the Camp Fremont
hospital, the death of “Swede” (a member of his fraternity Delta Tau Delta), and his relationship with Rowena. When he was
working and separated from Rowena he wrote to her almost every day, and sometimes twice a day. His letters generally talked
about his work, his social activities, family affairs, and their relationship. His letters from Los Angeles include watching
the arrival of the Pacific Fleet in Long Beach, August 1919; a visit to a San Pedro shipyard and his attempt to get a tour
of the Mississippi, August 1919; and the adverse affect of the labor strike in LA on transportation and other aspects of daily
life.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Charles J. Sullivan Letters (SC0962). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Charles J. Sullivan attended Stanford University 1916-18; he married Rowena Gray on Feb. 12, 1920.
These letters were written to his fiancée Rowena Gray, in Chowchilla, CA, while Sullivan was at Stanford and training for
the military, 1918, and then working in Los Angeles, June-August 1919, and Salinas, 1919-21. His 1918 letters discuss life
at Stanford, his military training in the Students Army Training Corps, his bout of influenza and time at the Camp Fremont
hospital, the death of “Swede” (a member of his fraternity Delta Tau Delta), and his relationship with Rowena. When he was
working and separated from Rowena he wrote to her almost every day, and sometimes twice a day. His letters generally talked
about his work, his social activities, family affairs, and their relationship. His letters from Los Angeles include watching
the arrival of the Pacific Fleet in Long Beach, August 1919; a visit to a San Pedro shipyard and his attempt to get a tour
of the Mississippi, August 1919; and the adverse affect of the labor strike in LA on transportation and other aspects of daily
life.
Stanford University--Students.
Sullivan, Charles J.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century.