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  • 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