Finding Aid for the Allen M. Boyden Second World War correspondence 2015.101.w.r
Rebecca Woolf
Center for American War Letters Archives
5/24/2016
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
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
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Frank Boyden
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
Major Allen Marston Boyden, United States Army
[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.
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.
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
box WWII 128, folder 1-7, folder 1-7, box WWII 129, folder 1-4, folder 8-11
Series 1, Correspondence from Allen Boyden 1942 January 02 - 1945 June 25
Physical Description: 0.7 Linear Feet(11 folders)
Language of Material: English.
Correspondence from MAJ Allen Boyden, USA to Margery Boyden.
*V-mail that had not been photographed and miniaturized are counted as regular letters.
Folder 1 (January 02, 1944 – December 30, 1944) contains 19 total correspondence consisting of 7 V-mail, 1 postcard, and 11
letters.
Folder 2 (January 01, 1943 – April 15, 1943) contains 53 total correspondence consisting of 21 V-mail, 1 greeting card, and
31 letters.
Folder 3 (April 17, 1943 – July 29, 1943) contains 33 total correspondence consisting of 5 V-mail, and 28 letters.
Folder 4 (August 5, 1943 – September 30, 1942) contains 27 total correspondence consisting of 10 V-mail, and 17 letters.
Folder 5 (October 01, 1943 – December 31, 1943) contains 42 total correspondence consisting of 21 V-mail, and 21 letters.
Folder 6 (January 01, 1944 – March 15, 1944) contains 50 total correspondence consisting of 21 V-mail, and 29 letters.
Folder 7 (March 16, 1944 – May 31, 1944) contains 43 total correspondence consisting of 15 V-mail, and 28 letters.
Folder 8 (June 02, 1944 – September 03) contains 41 total correspondence consisting of 3 V-mail and 38 letters.
Letter dated June 14, 1944 contains correspondence relating to the invasion of Nazi occupied France on the beaches of Normandy
during Operation Overlord on June 06, 1944.
Folder 9 (October 01, 1944 – December 28, 1944) contains 35 total correspondence consisting of 1 V-mail, and 34 letters.
Folder 10 (January 10, 1945 – March 30, 1945) contains 43 total correspondence consisting of 11 V-mail, and 32 letters.
Folder 11 (April 01, 1945 – January 25, 1945) contains 40 total correspondence consisting of 6 V-mail, and 34 letters.
Letter dated May 11, 1945 contains correspondence and 3 photographs relating to a concentration camp in Germany (Buchenwald).
Letter dated May 16, 1945 contains 1 negative photograph of MAJ Boyden.
Letter dated May 20, 1945 contains correspondence and 4 photographs pertaining to a concentration camp in Germany (Buchenwald).
Letter dated June 17, 1945 contains 3 photographs of MAJ Boyden with locals and a fellow soldier.
box WWII 129, folder 5-6, folder 12-13, box WWII 130, folder 1-6, folder 14-19
box WWII 131, folder 1-5, folder 20-24, box WWII 132, folder 1-2, folder 25-26
box WWII 132, folder 3-5, folder 27-29