Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Biographical / Historical
Statement of Potentially Harmful Content
Preferred Citation
Content Description
Conditions Governing Use
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Robert L. and Beulah M. Biehler Second World War correspondence
Identifier/Call Number: 2022.184.w.r
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(8 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1940 August 27 - 1942 April 14
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence to and from Cdt. Robert L. Biehler, USAAC and Beulah M. Peterson during the Second
World War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 166
Container: 1-8
Container: 1-8
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Susan Schenk.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by author and chronology.
- Series 1, Correspondence from Robert to Beulah
- Series 2, Correspondence from Beulah to Robert
- Series 3, Correspondence from various authors to Robert
- Series 4, Correspondence from various authors to Beulah
Biographical / Historical
Cadet Robert Lee "Bob" Biehler, United States Army Air Corps (11/10/1916 - 10/17/1991) was born in Omega, Oklahoma. Before
enlisting in the Army, he worked as an electrician and lived with his aunt and uncle in Washington County, Oregon. After joining,
he trained for the Air Corps at Sheppard Field in Wichita Falls, Texas before being granted a medical discharge in early 1942
due to chronic headaches.
Robert's brother, Private First Class Kenneth P. Biehler, United States Army also served overseas during the war. He served
with Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 158th Field Artillery, 45th Division first at Camp Barkeley, Texas and then at Camp
Chorrera, Panama Canal Zone.
Beulah M. "Pete" Peterson (11/19/1924 - 8/25/2015) was born in Oregon to Ole H. Peterson and Laura K. Peterson.
Statement of Potentially Harmful Content
This collection may contain materials that are difficult to view, are potentially harmful, or use outdated and culturally
insensitive language. Chapman University preserves and makes these materials accessible to researchers to ensure long-term
accuracy of these historical records. This repository aims to not promote or otherwise celebrate this content, but to use
it for educational and research purposes.
Please see the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) "Statement on Potentially Harmful Content" for more information:
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Preferred Citation
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Robert L. and Beulah M. Biehler Second World War correspondence (2022.184.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.
Content Description
This collection contains 77 correspondence to and from Cdt. Robert L. "Bob" Biehler, USAAC and Beulah M. "Pete" Peterson before
and during the Second World War. Included are 34 letters from Robert to Beulah and two from his brother PFC Kenneth P. Biehler,
USA, as well as five letters from Beulah to Robert, one each to Robert from family, a coworker named Bill, and Adel Peters,
and five Christmas cards.
Also included in the correspondence are letters to Beulah from other authors, including one from Robert's sister Elizabeth,
two from Henry B., ten from Charles "Buster" Amon, and fourteen from Kenneth "Kenny" Mandel.
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
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
Military training camps
War -- Medical aspects
United States -- Army -- Air Forces