Buford Williams correspondence with Elizabeth Leslie Roos,
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Title: Buford Williams correspondence with Elizabeth Leslie Roos,
Dates: 1918
Collection Number: SFH 464
Creator/Collector:
Williams, Buford, 1891-1955.
Extent: 1 folder (8 letters and four photo postcards)
Repository:
San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco History Center
San Francisco, California 94102
Abstract: Letters written by Americans in Camp Lewis, Washington and in France to a San Francisco resident
Language of Material: English
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Biography/Administrative History
Buford Williams was born in Missouri and attended Stanford University, receiving his A. B. in Economics in January 1917.
Further studies were put aside in April 1917 when he joined
Stanford’s second unit in the American Ambulance Field Service. Williams and others from Base Hospital No. 30 returned to
San Francisco May 14, 1919. Elizabeth Leslie Meyerfeld of San Francisco was married to Leon Lazare Roos; Leon’s brother,
Major Robert A. Roos, commanded the 36th Company of the 166th Depot Brigade at Camp Lewis, Washington.
Scope and Content of Collection
Eight manuscript letters written to Elizabeth (Leslie) Roos, San Francisco, and four photo postcards of the Base Hospital
No. 30 officers and staff, American Ambulance Field Service, Royat, France, which Buford Williams was assigned to. Five letters
are from Buford (Sonny), accompanied by two letters from “Bernard” at Camp Lewis, Washington, and one from Robert A. Roos,
probably written from Camp Lewis:
Bernard to Mrs. Roos, January 17, 1918, Camp Lewis, WA;
Bernard P. M. to Leslie, February 13, 1918, Camp Lewis, WA;
Sonny to Mrs. Roos, March 26, 1918, [Camp Merritt, NJ];
Buford to Mrs. Roos, May 21 [1918], Base Hospital No. 30, France;
Yours Truly [Robert A. Roos] to Leslie, circa May 29 [1918];
Sonny to Mrs. Roos, July 9, 1918, Base Hospital No. 30, France;
Buford to Mrs. Roos, [July 1918], Base Hospital No. 30, France;
Sonny to Mrs. Roos, Monday [1919?].
Americans--France—Correspondence.
World War, 1914-1918 – Personal narratives, American.
Roos, Elizabeth Leslie, 1888-1977 -- Correspondence.
Roos, Robert A., 1883-1951 -- Correspondence.
Roos family.
United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 30
United States. Army. Depot Brigade, 166th
American Field Service
Camp Lewis (Wash.)