Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
Content Description
Conditions Governing Use
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Allen M. Boyden Second World War correspondence
source:
Boyden, Frank
Identifier/Call Number: 2015.101.w.r
Identifier/Call Number: 1337
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(2 cartons)
Date (inclusive): 1942 January 02 - 1945 June 25
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence written by Maj. Allen M. Boyden, USA and his family members during the Second World
War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 128
Container: 1-7
Container: 1-7
Container: WWII 129
Container: 1-6
Container: 8-13
Container: WWII 130
Container: 1-6
Container: 14-19
Container: WWII 131
Container: 1-5
Container: 20-24
Container: WWII 132
Container: 1-6
Container: 25-30
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Frank Boyden
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in five series by author in chronological order.
- Series 1, Correspondence from Allen Boyden
- Series 2, Correspondence from Margery Boyden
- Series 3, Correspondence from Mrs. Frank Boyden
- Series 4, Correspondence from Dr. Frank Boyden
- Series 5, Correspondence, miscellaneous
Biographical / Historical
Major Allen Marston Boyden, United States Army
Preferred Citation
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Allen M. Boyden Second World War correspondence (2015.101.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.
Content Description
This collection contains correspondence written by Maj. Allen M. Boyden, USA, his wife Margery, and his parents Dr. and Mrs.
Frank E. Boyden dated between 1942 and 1945. MAJ Boyden was a member of the 3rd Aux. Surgical Group in the United States Army.
He wrote letters from San Francisco and New York, and then overseas from Sicily, North Africa, England, Belgium, France, Germany,
and Czechoslovakia. He was present at D-Day where he performed some of the first surgeries on Omaha beach. MAJ Boyden was
also present during the Battle of the Bulge, and eventually made his way into Germany with allied forces where he witnessed
two different concentration camps. He continued to perform surgeries on the front lines until the end of the Second World
War.
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. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945) -- Germany
World War (1939-1945) -- Homefront
United States. -- Army. -- Auxiliary Surgical Group, 3rd
World War (1939-1945) -- Belgium
World War (1939-1945) -- England
World War (1939-1945) -- France
World War (1939-1945) -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945) -- Photography
Boyden, Allen Marston
Boyden, Frank