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Thomson, Wendell B. (First World War correspondence)
2017.112.w.r
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box WWI 5, folder 3, folder 1
Series 1, Correspondence from Wendell B. Thomson 1917-1919
Physical Description: .025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
This series contains letters written by PFC Wendell B. Thomson, AEF to his mother and sister while he served with the Army
in France during World War I.
Letters of interest include a letter written on November 11, 1918 in which Thomson writes about the end of the war. Another
letter from September 5, 1917 has portions cut out by a censor. In the September 5, 1917 letter, Thomson also writes about
a baseball game between Yale and Harvard.
box WWI 5, folder 4, folder 2
Series 2, Other correspondence 1918 December
Physical Description: .025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
This series contains a single postcard that was written by Sgt. Howard Welch, AEF to Mr. I. W. Delp, which appears to be the
husband of Wendell Thomson's sister. It is unclear if there is a connection between Welch and Thomson.