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Estes, Arthur J. (Second World War, Korean War, and Vietnam War correspondence and photographic slides)
2021.030.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Arthur J. Estes Second World War, Korean War, and Vietnam War correspondence and photographic slides
Creator:
Estes, Arthur Jeffry, Chaplain (Colonel), 1921-2012
Creator:
Estes, Jeanne Louise née Elliot
source:
Estes Knapp, Sharon
Identifier/Call Number: 2021.030.w.r
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(39 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1942 June 16 - 2013 March 6
Date (bulk): 1942 June 16 - 1969 November 17
Abstract: This collection contains approximately 1,200 letters written by CH (Col.) Arthur J. Estes, USAR to his wife Jeane E. Estes
throughout the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Also included is one box of slides, one self-published
memoir, and several personal histories and resumes. Estes served as a chaplain during all three conflicts.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: Cold War 5
Container: 1 - 9
Container: 1 - 9
Container: Cold War 6
Container: 10 - 21
Container: 10 - 21
Container: Cold War 7
Container: 22 - 30
Container: 22 - 30
Container: Cold War 8
Container: 31 - 38
Container: 31 - 38
Container: VW O-F 1
Container: 39
Container: Estes 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Sharon Estes Knapp.
This collection is arranged into five series.
- Series 1, corresponde from Arthur J. Estes
- Series 2, correspondence from other authors
- Series 3, Arthur J. Estes memoir
- Series 4, other documents
- Series 5, photographic slides and other materials
Chaplain (Colonel) Arthur Jeffry Estes, United States Army (1921 - 2012) was born to Arthur M., and Bernice B. Estes in Jacksonville,
Florida. Arthur married Jeanne Louise Estes née Elliot on September 5, 1943. Arthur and Jeanne had two daughters, Sharon Jeane
and Patricia Suzanne Estes, as well as one son [name unknown].
Statement on 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This collection may contain materials that are difficult to view, are potentially harmful, or use outdated and culturally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.
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[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Arthur J. Estes Second World War, Korean War, and Vietnam War correspondence
and slides (2021.030.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.
This collection contains approximately correspondence from CH (Col.) Arthur J. Estes, USAR to his wife Jeane E. Estes throughout
the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Also included is one box of slides, one self-published memoir,
and several personal histories and resumes. Estes served as a chaplain during all three conflicts.
Series 1 contains approximately 1,200 letters written by Estes to his wife. Estes continued to write to his family between
each conflict while serving from the home front or from abroad. Most of his correspondence records his experiences as a military
chaplain, military career goals, and his relationships with military chaplains of different religious sects.
Series 2, also contains two letters written by Jeane E. Estes to Arthur J. Estes, and two letters written by Donald E. Shook
to Sharon Estes [Arthur and Jeane's daughter].
Series 3, contains a signed copy of Arthur J. Estes' 2008 memoir,
Paratrooper Chaplain: The memoirs of a lifetime of service to military personnel.
Series 4, contains approximately three resumes, one "brief biography" on Arthur J. Estes, and one photocopy of Arthur J. Estes'
"Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge" document.
Series 5, contains approximately 200 Kodachrome transparency slides. Most of these slides appear to have been taken in Saigon
[Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam] during the Vietnam War.
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)
Korean War, 1950-1953.
Korean War -- (1950-1953) -- Correspondence
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Correspondence
Christianity
Jesus Christ.
Photographs
Slides (Photography)
Newspaper clippings
World War (1939-1945) -- Personal Narratives
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Personal narratives, American
Estes Knapp, Sharon