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Parish, William F. (First World War correspondence)
2017.399.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: William F. Parish First World War correspondence
source:
Parish, William White, Jr.
Creator:
Parish, William Francis, 1874-1939
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.399.w.r
Physical Description:
0.08 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1918 July 1
Abstract: This collection contains one correspondence and one photocopied obituary for William F. Parish, USA during the First World
War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWI 6
Container: 13
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William W. Parish, Jr.
William Francis Parish, United States Army (1874 - 1939) worked as an engineer specializing in lubricants all of his professional
life. He worked for several companies before serving with the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War aboard the
USS monitor Terror in 1898 as a petty officer of the Naval Engineers Division. he returned to civilian life until the government
called on him once again as an aeronautical engineer and then to head the newly formed lubrication department of the Signal
Corps. He continued in this work and was conducting active research for the government at the time of his death in March 1939
at the age of 65.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], William F. Parish First World War correspondence (2017.399.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 from William F. Parish, USA to his wife during the First World War. The envelope that
the letter is kept in re-addresses the letter to Parish's son when he was six and was sixteen. The holder of the envelope
was instructed to give the letter to Parish's son when he turned twenty one years old, which would have been 1943 during the
Second World War. The letter was written to his wife and discusses what he concisdered the alarmingly unpreparedness of the
United States military as it pertained to mechanized warfare as opposed to the old method of transporting supplies and troops
using horses and mules. Also included is one photocopied obituary for Parish, New York Times, March 8, 1939.
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
Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918
World War (1914-1918) -- Homefront
Parish, William White, Jr.