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Spurgin, Hubert A. (Second World War correspondence)
2016.094.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Hubert A. Spurgin Second World War correspondence
Creator:
Spurgin, Hubert
Creator:
Mauldin, Bill (William Henry)
source:
Baca, Barbara Jean (Barbara Jean Spurgin)
Identifier/Call Number: 2016.094.w.r
Physical Description:
.3 Linear feet
(5 folders)
Date (bulk): 1942 January 1 - 1944 December 12
Date (inclusive): 1942-1965
Abstract: This collection contains letters, travel materials, ephemera and news clippings from Pvt. Hubert A. Spurgin, USA.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWII 6
Container: 5-9
Container: Oversize 1
Container: 14
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Barbara Jean Spurgin Baca. Legacy collection from Andrew Carroll.
This collection is arranged by material type and date.
- Series 1: Correspondence
- Series 2: Travel materials
- Series 3: Ephemera
- Series 4: Newspaper clippings
- Series 5: Bill Mauldin materials
[Item title], Hubert A. Spurgin World War Two correspondence (2016.094.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 correspondence written by Private Hubert Albert Spurgin, United States Army, to his wife, Jean B.
Spurgin, in Anadarko, Oklahoma, and to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.V. Spurgin in Craig, Colorado during the Second World War.
Hubert Spurgin was a private in the Army and served at least some of his duty in North Africa. This collection also contains
postcards, war ration books, guides to North Africa, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings, especially articles and cartoons
by war correspondent and editorial cartoonist William Henry "Bill" Mauldin.
- five V-mail letters
- five war ration books
- one mileage rationing record
- one military receipt for delivery of gasoline
- one booklet of 10 postcards of North Africa
- one Atlas of World War II 20th Commemorative Edition
- two copies of Soldier's Guide to Sicily
- one Language Guide to North Africa
- one Pocket Guide to North Africa
- onebooklet by Bill Mauldin titled Mud, Mules and Mountains,1944, with introduction by Ernie Pyle and autographed by some men who served with Spurgin.
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. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1939-1945) -- Caricatures and Cartoons
World War (1939-1945)
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
Art and war
World War (1939-1945) -- North Africa
Soldiers -- United States -- Caricatures and Cartoons
Baca, Barbara Jean (Barbara Jean Spurgin)
Jean Spurgin