Finding Aid for the Robert Gordon and family Second World War and post-war correspondence 2017.392.w.r

Andrew Harman

Center for American War Letters Archives

10/29/2020

Leatherby Libraries

Chapman University

Orange, CA 92866

speccoll@chapman.edu

URL: http://www1.chapman.edu/library/archives/

Note

This finding aid was partially created by Rob on August 11, 2017 and never completed. Work continued and the finding aid was partially completed by Andrew Harman on October 29, 2020. More accessions belonging to this collection were subsequently found and added by Andrew Harman beginning on March 2, 2022. More description needed.

Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives

Title: Robert Gordon and family Second World War and post-war correspondence

Identifier/Call Number: 2017.392.w.r

Physical Description: 1.3 Linear feet (2 cartons)

Date (inclusive): 1942-1962

Abstract: This collection contains correspondence between from Pvt. Robert M. Gordon, USA and his family during and after the Second World War.

Language of Material: English .

Container: WWII 158

Container: 1-5

Container: WWII 159

Container: 1-5

Container: 6-10

Container: WWII 160

Container: 1-20

Container: 11-30

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Gary Gordon.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in chronological order.

Preferred Citation

[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Robert Gordon and family Second World War correspondence (2017.392.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 contains correspondence from 2nd Lt. Robert M. Gordon, USA and his family during and after the Second World War. Also included are correspondence from Robert's brother PFC Russell D. Gordon, USA and various authors. The correspondence in this collection was written to their parents, William and Faustina Gordon in Medford, Massachusetts.

Some of the letters were also written by Robert during his postwar military career from various places including Okinawa, Japan; Paris, France; and Eritrea in East Africa. This collection also contains photographs and background information concerning the letters.

Items of interest include a letter postmarked May 13, 1955 that discusses an atomic bomb test.

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

Nuclear Energy History

Nuclear energy -- History

Atomic bomb -- United States -- History

Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects

Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945

World War (1939-1945)

World War (1939-1945) -- Japan

Okinawa Island (Japan) -- History, Military.

Paris, France