Finding Aid for Donald Booth Korean War correspondence 2014.043.w.r

Daniel Levy
Center for American War Letters Archives
5/15/2014
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu


Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Don R. Booth Korean War correspondence
Creator: Booth, Donald
Identifier/Call Number: 2014.043.w.r
Identifier/Call Number: 149
Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1950 September 5 - 1982 March 31
Date (bulk): 1950 September 5 - 1954 January 10
Abstract: Approximately 275 correspondence written by Cpl. Donald Booth,USMC, also a Chapman University Professor, to his parents and younger brother during his enlistment during the Korean War, 1950-1953.
Language of Material: English .
Container: Korea 4
Container: 1-6
Container: 1-6
Container: Korea 5
Container: 1-4
Container: 7-10
Container: Oversize 1
Container: 5

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically. Letters of an unknown date and miscellaneous material are collected in the rear of the last folder.

Biographical / Historical

Donald Booth, United States Marine Corps joined the Marines at the beginning of the war and served most of his enlistment at Camp Pendelton, California. Don Booth began teaching at Chapman University in 1959 as a professor of business and economics before retiring in 2013.

Preferred Citation

[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Donald Booth Korean War correspondence (2014.043.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains approximately 275 correspondence from Donald R. Booth, USMC to his younger brother Bob and his parents, Maude and Floyd Booth during the Korean War. His correspondence was written mostly from Camp Pendleton in Southern California during the war.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Korean War, 1950-1953.
Korean War -- (1950-1953) -- Correspondence
Military training camps
California -- Camp Pendleton