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  • Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives
    Title: Mack E. Franklin First World War correspondence
    Creator: Franklin, Mack E.
    source: Scribner, Eleanor J.
    Identifier/Call Number: 2014.016.w.rd
    Identifier/Call Number: 727
    Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet 1 folder
    Date (inclusive): 1919-02-1919-08
    Abstract: This collection contains correspondence from Pvt. Mack E. Franklin, USA to Laura Stanley, his friend's cousin's wife, during the First World War. Of particular note are letters pertaining to racial tensions.
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: WWI 1
    Container: 8

    Conditions Governing Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Eleanor J. Scribner

    Arrangement

    The collection is arranged chronologically.

    Preferred Citation

    [Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Mack E. Franklin First World War correspondence (2014.016.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 is available online in Chapman University's Digital Commons: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/mfranklin_collection/
    This collection contains correspondence from Private Mack E. Franklin, United States Army to Laura Stanley, his friend's cousin's wife, during the First World War. In some of his letters, written while in the U. S. Army, Pvt. Franklin wrote about a riot between blacks and whites in Washington D.C. (July 22, 1919) and a patrol around the Mexican border looking for bandits (August 6, 1919).
    Mack E. Franklin was friends with Albert Parsons (collection 2014.015.w.r).

    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 (1914-1918)
    Military
    United States -- Race Relations
    Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918
    Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919)
    Scribner, Eleanor J.
    Stanley, Lora