Edward Donald Gehring Second World War correspondence, bulk 1941 April 9 - 1973 May 13

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Summary

Creators:

Gehring, Edward Donald, Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class, 18-08-1923 - 12-02-2011, Wikel, Ethel Elizabeth "Pink", 06-04-1874 - 15-01-1946, Gehring, Elizabeth Margaret, 01-11-1894 - 08-04-1983, Dox, Ralph Watson, 09-05-1885 - 03-03-1951, Woolston, Madeline "Moony", and Rogers, Teresa

Abstract:

This collection contains contains correspondence to AMM Edward Donald Gehring primarily, USN, from his mother, Elizabeth, his grandmother, Ethel, his aunt, Madeline, and her mother's employer, Ralph Dox, during and after the Second World War.

Extent:

.32 Linear feet

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

[Item title, Box number, Folder number], Edward Donald Gehring Second World War correspondence (2017.179.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.

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Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains contains correspondence to Aviation Machinist's Mate Edward Donald Gehring primarily, US Navy, from his mother, Elizabeth, his grandmother, Ethel, his aunt, Madeline, and her mother's employer, Ralph Dox, during and after the Second World War. Along with 134 written correspondences, this collection also contains photographs, newspaper clippings, greeting cards, postcards, and other realia.

Biographical / historical:

Elizabeth Margaret Gehring was born on 1 November 1894 in Pennsylvania. In the 1920s, she and her husband, William, lived in Erie, New York. At some point between 1920 and 1930, she became a housekeeper for Ralph Dox and moved into his home in Niagara, New York. William's status is unknown. She relocated to Van Nuys, California, in the mid-1940s to live near her mother. Elizabeth died on 8 April 1983 at the age of 88.

Ethel Elizabeth Wikel was born on 6 April 1874 in Pennsylvania. At some unknown date, she moved to Van Nuys, California with her family. She died on 15 January 1946 at the age of 71.

Madeline Woolston was born in 1907 in Pennsylvania. By 1940, she had moved to Van Nuys, California with the rest of her family.

Ralph Watson Dox was born on 9 May 1885 in Lockport, New York. He attended Columbia University, where he became an officer of the Philharmonic Society and the Barnard Literary Association. Dox graduated from Columbia Law School in 1909 and served as vice counsel to the United States at Nuremberg, Germany. When the United States was drawn into the First World War in 1916, he returned to New York to work in private practice. He lived in Lockport until his death on 3 March 1951 at the age of 65.

Edward Donald Gehring was born on 18 August 1923 in Pennsylvania and died on 12 February 2011 in Van Nuys, California at the age of 87.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Teresa Rogers.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by material type, author, and date. Series 1: Correspondence Folder 1 -- Series 2: Correspondence Folder 2 -- Series 3: Correspondence Folder 3 -- Series 4: Biographical Ephemera

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: World War (1939-1945)
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
Military training camps
Greeting Card
Names:: Gehring, Edward Donald, Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class, 18-08-1923 - 12-02-2011
Gehring, Elizabeth Margaret, 01-11-1894 - 08-04-1983
Rogers, Teresa
Places:: United States. -- Navy

Access and use

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