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Cleage, Earl B. (First World War collection)
2017.240.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Earl B. Cleage First World War collection
Creator:
Cleage, Earl B.
source:
Woolston, Linda
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.240.w.r
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
(2 folders, 1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1918 - 1919
Abstract: This collection contains postcards, a hat and pin from Pvt. Earl B. Cleage during the First World War.
Physical Location: Leatherby Libraries, Special Collections, CAWL Archives
Language of Material:
English
, French
.
Container: WWI 4
Container: 1-2
Container: 1-2
Container: Earl B. Cleage- Series 3: Realia
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Linda Woolston
This collection is arranged in the donor's orginal order by material type, recipient, and date.
- Series 1, Correspondence to Lillian Cleage
- Series 2, Correspondence to Mrs. A. B. Cleage and Clifford Cleage
- Series 3, Realia
This note is from information provided by the donor. Private Earl B. Cleage, American Expeditionary Force was born around
1900 and was the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cleage of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His younger siblings were Lillian
and Clifford. The household also included his mother's sister and her daughter from about 1914. This daughter was the donor's
husband's mother, Josephine Farris Burdine Woolston. The Cleage children never married and resided together in a house purchased
by Lillian in Collingswood, NJ. Lillian and Farris were very close and visited each other often. Earl died around 1954 and
Lillian died around 1976.
- [Item title, Box number, Folder number],Earl B. Cleage First World War collection (2017.240.w.r), Center for American War
Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
This collection contains 21 postcards from Pvt. Earl B. Cleage, AEF to his sister Lillian Cleage, his mother Mrs. A. B Cleage,
and his brother Clifford Cleage during the First World War. These postcards are prominently of French origin and feature photos
of French towns or text written in French. Most of these postcards are holiday cards. This collection also contains a wool,
army tan enlisted man's hat and a brass enameled pin of bird with blue wings with the inscription "Lorraine" that belonged
to Cleage.
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. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1914-1918)
Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918
World War (1914-1918) -- France
Postcards.
World War (1914-1918) -- Christmas
Woolston, Linda
Cleage, Lillian
Cleage, Mrs. A.B.
Cleage, Clifford