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Adams, Charles C. (First World War correspondence)
2017.141.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Charles C. Adams First World War correspondence
Creator:
Adams, Charles C., LT, b. 1892
source:
Davidson, Laura Smith
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.141.w.r
Physical Description:
.01 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1918 September 17
Abstract: This collection contains one correspondence from Lieutenant Charles C. Adams, American Expeditionary Force to friends during
the First World War.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWI 6
Container: 14
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Laura Smith Davidson.
Lieutenant Charles C. Adams, American Expeditionary Forces (b. 1892) lived in Longview, Texas and worked as a doctor before
and after the First World War. After the war, he lived with his wife Madge Campbell Adams and her parents in Longview and
continued to work as a doctor (living with her parents as late as 1930, per the census). He was the family doctor for William
Garrett "Uncle Billy" Ingram and his family to whom the letter is addressed.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Charles C. Adams First World War correspondence (2017.141.w.r), Center for
American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains one correspondence from Lt. Charles C. Adams, AEF to William Garrett "Uncle Billy" Ingram, and correspondence
from Mattie Lee Ingram Wood (Uncle Billy's daughter and the grandmother of the donor) to a teacher describing the existence
of the letter.
The correspondence written from France by Lt. Adams mentions a new draft law that might see "Aubrey" forced to register, but
assures Uncle Billy that it will be an educational experience as long as he "gets back not permanently disabled." He also
assures him that not as many get killed as one might think.
Lt. Adams also discusses surgery and his work at the front, with some work similar to civilian life (i.e. appendicitis), though
he could "cut off an arm or leg blindfolded and in the dark now." He also mentions that he prefers to work at the front because
it feels "more like you're at war up here" and he wants to help the men who "face the music." He describes the American soldiers
as determined and feeling a sense of duty, and also being humane to the surrendering Germans "as a general rule." "It bewilders
the Germans, French and all to see the grit and determination of an American soldier. They can't understand how green untrained,
unseasoned soldiers can face the music till he falls and never give an inch..."
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918
War -- Medical aspects
World War (1914-1918) -- Casualties
World War (1914-1918) -- Prisoners and prisons.
Prisoners of war
Davidson, Laura Smith