Finding Aid for the Mildred Sutton Second World War correspondence, photographs, and other materials 2019.074.w.r

Andrew Harman

Center for American War Letters Archives

9/12/2019

Leatherby Libraries

Chapman University

Orange, CA 92866

speccoll@chapman.edu

URL: http://www1.chapman.edu/library/archives/

Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives

Title: Mildred Sutton Second World War correspondence, photographs and other materials

source: Powers née Sutton, Ruth A.

Creator: Fuson, Harley N. , Private First Class

Creator: Fuson, Gladwin K., Private First Class

Creator: McGarry, Philip A. , Private, d. 1944

Creator: Reichert, George, Lieutenant

Creator: Neiderberger, Herb E., Captain

Creator: Bunnell, Ralph

Creator: Hines, Dale, Private First Class

Creator: Hines, L. Myrl, First Sergeant

Creator: Corsetti, Edward W. , Captain

Creator: Corsetti, Richard E., Private First Class

Identifier/Call Number: 2019.074.w.r

Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet (1 flat box)

Date (bulk): 1943 February 16 - 1949 May 13

Abstract: This collection contains correspondence to Mildred Sutton from family and friends serving during the Second World War. Also included are photographs of the soldiers and other materials.

Language of Material: English .

Container: WWII 30

Container: 5

Container: 1

Container: WWII O-F 7

Container: WWII O-F 8

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Ruth Sutton Powers.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by author, determined by original order of the scrapbook in which they were housed, with the exception of outstanding clippings not clearly arranged with any particular author.

Series 1, Correspondence and photographs from Harley N. Fuson
Series 2, Correspondence and photographs from Gladwin K. Fuson
Series 3, Correspondence and photographs from Philip A. McGarry and other materials
Series 4, Correspondence from George Reichert
Series 5, Correspondence and photographs from Herb E. Neiderberger
Series 6, Correspondence and currency from Ralph Bunnell
Series 7, Correspondence and photographs from Dale Hines
Series 8, Correspondence and photographs from L. Myrl Hines
Series 9, Correspondence from Edward Corsetti
Series 10, Correspondence and photographs from Richard Corsetti
Series 11, Clippings

Biographical / Historical

Mildred Sutton was the wife of Dr. Frank Sutton. Dr. Sutton was a physician before he was the Assistant Medical Director, later Medical Director of Rochelle General Hospital. The two lived in Rochester, New York during the Second World War and their nephews, as well as their landlord's two sons, wrote to them during the war. They include:

Private First Class Harley N. Fuson, United States Army

Son of Clara Sutton Fuson (Dr. Frank Sutton's Sister)
HQ 448th AAA AW Bn
HQ 3rd Bn 134th Infantry Regiment 35th Division
Was a corporal, knocked down to private, then promoted to PFC
France, Germany, England

Private First Class Gladwin K. Fuson, United States Army

Son of Clara Sutton Fuson
Battery E 420th C.A. (A.A.), later Battery C
474 Ordinance Evacuation Co. (Camp Hood, TX)
Served in Alaska

Private Philip A. McGarry, United States Army

From Chicago, Illinois. Unknown relation to the Suttons, but known by the Neiderbergers in Chicago
Co. I 377th Infantry (Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania)
Army Special Training Unit 3307th Service Unit, University of Pittsburgh
Killed in Action in Metz, France, November 11, 1944

Lieutenant George Reichert, United States Navy Reserve

Husband of Ida Sutton Reichert (Mildred's sister)
Miami, Florida, as well as Georgia and the Naval Advanced Technical Training Center in Memphis, Tennessee

Captain Herb. E. Neiderberger, United States Army

Husband of Geraldine Sutton Neiderberger (Mildred's sister)
HQ 14th Port (transportation)
Knew Pvt. McGarry, as did Geraldine and Mildred
Visited Pvt. McGarry's grave in France

Ralph Bunnell, United States Navy

Son of Grace Sutton Bunnell (remarried later to Charles Hines, sister of Dr. Frank Sutton)
US Naval Training Center, Barracks 304, Great Lakes, Illinois
AETM NATTC, Ward Island, Barracks 5, Corpus Christi, Texas (December 1945)

Private First Class Dale Hines, United States Army

Son of Grace Sutton Bunnell
375th TC HC Co
5th Replacement Depot (upon return to Portland, Oregon)
Philippines

First Sergeant L. Myrl Hines, United States Army

Son of Grace Sutton Bunnell
Co. C 58th Training Battalion, Camp Barkeley, Texas
225th Medical Supply Detachment, San Francisco Medical Depot
Remained with 225th in Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Then 114th Medical Service Company (Sn)
Promoted to staff sergeant at 8th Station Hospital, Ekahanui Gorge, Oahu
Photo at home shows rank insignia of first sergeant

Captain Edward W. Corsetti, United States Army

Son of the Sutton's landlord at their home in Rochester, NY
4th Battalion, 1st Regiment, Camp Gordon, Georgia

Private First Class Richard E. "Dick" Corsetti, United States Army

Son of the Sutton's landlord at their home in Rochester, NY
Co. A 289th Infantry
HQ Co. HQ Command (guard)
HQ Battery, 208th Field Artillery (October 1945)
Battery A 115th AAA Gun Battalion (February 1946)

Donor created biographical information is included with the collection.

Preferred Citation

[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Mildred Sutton Second World War correspondence, photographs, and other materials (2019.074.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.

Processing Information

This collection was donated in the form of an unbound scrapbook. Correspondence and photographs, including ephemera and clippings, were either glued to the pages or afixed to photo corners. The correspondence, in particular, was folded into their original envelopes and the envelopes were glued to the pages.

For preservation and access purposes, further processing may need to be considered. At the time of initial processing, it was decided to keep the materials in their original order.

Content Description

This collection contains two large scrapbooks containing 193 correspondence to Mildred Sutton from family and friends during the Second World War. Included in the correspondence are telegrams, postcards and holiday cards, from nephews of her and her husband, Dr. Frank Sutton, and two sons of the family's landlord (see bio note for identification of authors). Also included in the collection are 71 photographs, 20 clippings, ephemera such as foreign money and brochures, and 6 copies of correspondence to and from Dr. Charles McGarry after his son had been killed in France. The donor also included 5 sheets of biographical and inventory information.

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

World War II

World War (1939-1945)

Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945

Photographs

War -- Death notification

Last letters before death

World War (1939-1945) -- Hawaii

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.

United States -- Army -- Pacific Theater of Operations

United States -- Army -- European Theater of Operations

United States. -- Navy

United States. -- Army. -- Field Artillery

Postcards.

Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945

World War (1939-1945) -- France

World War (1939-1945) -- Battlefields -- France

World War (1939-1945) -- Germany

Bank notes -- Philippines

World War (1939-1945) -- Philippines.

Bank notes -- Japan

Powers née Sutton, Ruth A.

Sutton , Mildred

Sutton, Frank, Dr.

Series 1, Correspondence and photographs from Harley N. Fuson 1945 March 10 - September 10

Physical Description: 0.15 Linear Feet(1 folder, 5 scrapbook pages)

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains 26 letters and 8 photographs from PFC Harley N. Fuson, USA during the Second World War.

Series 2, Correspondence and photographs from Gladwin K. Fuson 1943 February 16 - 1945 October 15

Physical Description: 0.1 Linear feet(1 folder, 7 scrapbook pages)

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains 40 letters, five postcards, two telegrams, and eight photographs from PFC Gladwin K. Fuson, USA during the Second World War. Some of the photographs and letters were sent from Alaska.

Series 3, Correspondence and photographs from Philip A. McGarry and other materials 1943 December 26 - 1949 May 13

Physical Description: 0.1 Linear feet(1 folder, 5 scrapbooks pages)

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains 30 letters and nine photographs from or concerning Pvt. Philip A. McGarry, USA during the Second World War. One of the photographs is on a clipping and four of the photographs are of his grave stone in France. Also included is one obituary. Pvt. McGarry was killed in action in Metz, France in late 1944.

Seven of the letters, six of which are copies, were to or from Pvt. McGarry's father Dr. Charles McGarry regarding his son's death and deciding whether to retrieve his remains. The decision was to leave him in France, where he was permanently interred at the US Military Cemetery in St. Avold, France in 1949.

Two letters, also included in Series 5, are from Capt. Herb E. Niederberger, USA to his wife. He told her about Pvt. McGarry (apparently she knew him) and how he died. The second letter is a copy made at the time for someone of a letter describing visiting Pvt. McGarry's grave in France in October 1945.

Series 4, Correspondence from George Reichert 1944 July 16 - 1945 August 27

Physical Description: 0.1 Linear feet(1 folder, 2 scrapbook pages)

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains six letters and one postcard from Lt. George Reichert, USNR during the Second World War.

Series 5, Correspondence and photographs from Herb E. Neiderberger 1944 December 31 - 1946 February 12

Language of Material: English.

Preferred Citation

This series contains five letters, one postcard, one Christmas card, and two photographs from Capt. Herb E. Neiderberger, USA during the Second World War.

Included are two letters in Series 3 about Pvt. Philip A. McGarry. The envelope for one and a typed original copy of the other can be found on the pages amoung McGarry's correspondence.

Series 6, Correspondence and currency from Ralph Bunnell 1945 September 18 - 1946 January 14

Physical Description: 0.04 Linear feet(1 folder, 3 scrapbook pages)

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains six letters, five postcards, one telegram, and two Chinese currency notes sent from Ralph Bunnell, USN during the Second World War.

Series 7, Correspondence and photographs from Dale Hines 1945 May 13 - 1946 January 16

Physical Description: 0.15 Linear feet(1 folder, 5 scrapbook pages)

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains 24 letters, one Philippines Christmas card, four photographs, and six Japanese currency notes from the Philippines (centavos) sent from PFC Dale Hines, USA during the Second World War.

Series 8, Correspondence and photographs from L. Myrl Hines 1944 July 16 - 1946 April 6

Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet(2 folders, 10 scrapbook pages)

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains 33 letters, two postcards, 42 photographs, one Hawaiian Christmas card, and one brochure from 1stSgt. L. Myrl "LM" Hines, USA during the Second World War. The brochure is for San Francisco and the photographs includes surfing and tourism in Ekahanui Gorge and Oahu, Hawaii and the boat trip home in 1946 which included B-29 bombers on an airstrip.

The last letter was addressed by Hines as a staff sergeant, but the last photograph of him once he is home is of him in uniform as a first sergeant.

Series 9, Correspondence from Edward Corsetti 1945 April 3 - 1945 September 27

Physical Description: 0.03 Linear Feet(1 folder, 1 scrapbook page)

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains three letters and one postcard from Capt. Edward W. Corsetti, USA during the Second World War.

Series 10, Correspondence and photographs from Richard Corsetti 1945-04-17-1946-02-05

Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet(1 folder, 3 scrapbook pages)

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains eleven letters, one postcard from Bruxelles, four photographs, and one Yank clipping of the cartoon "The Sad Sack" from PFC Richard E. "Dick" Corsetti, USA during the Second World War. Three of the photographs are of Corsetti and one of "Somewhere in Germany."

Series 11, Clippings

Physical Description: 1 Linear feet(3 scrapbook pages)

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains fifteen clippings included in the pages of the scrapbook. There are six Henry W. Clune articles and nine various articles about the war.