Finding Aid for the Muard M. Naugle First World War correspondence 2019.183.w.r

Andrew Harman

Center for American War Letters Archives

12/5/2019

Leatherby Libraries

Chapman University

Orange, CA 92866

speccoll@chapman.edu

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

Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives

Title: Muard M. Naugle First World War correspondence

source: Frantz, Molly M.

Creator: Naugle, Muard Melvin, Sr., 1892-1966

Identifier/Call Number: 2019.183.w.r

Physical Description: 0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Date: 1918 September 26

Abstract: This collection contains one letter from Muard M. Naugle, USN aboard the USS New York to his future wife Oleta Bardo during the First World War.

Language of Material: English .

Container: WWI 16

Container: 9

Container: 1

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from the Montgomery County Thrift Shop in Bethesda, Maryland and donated by Molly M. Frantz.

Biographical / Historical

Muard Melvin Naugle (7/10/1892 - 2/27/1966) lived in Pennsylvania and married Oleta Elsie Bardo (5/14/1892 - 4/15/1956). Together they had five children; Robert Eber, Elizabeth J., Katherine, Muard M., Jr., and Barbara. Oleta passed away in Reading, PA at the age of 63 in 1956 and Muard passed away ten years later in 1966, aged 73. They are both interred at Roselawn Cemetery in Berwick, PA.

Preferred Citation

[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Muard M. Naugle First World War correspondence (2019.183.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.

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Content Description

This collection contains one letter from Muard M. Naugle, USN aboard the USS New York to his future wife Oleta Bardo during the First World War. In his letter Muard writes about hoping the war would end by Christmas but that would require the German ships coming out of hiding. He begins by discussing the slow mail and how much it means to the crew to receive letters, he asks for a photograph with some light flirting, discusses the new draft age and a Harry Smith coming "into that," though he "served in the Spanish American Army and then he is ruptured and has flat feet." He also briefly discusses working throwing coal in the engines aboard the ship and how messy it can be and hoping to get leave soon.

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

United States. -- Navy

World War (1914-1918)

Frantz, Molly M.

Naugle née Bardo, Oleta Elsie, 1892-1956