finding aid for the Harold J. Glickman Second World War correspondence 2014.128.w.rd

Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
6/8/2016
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu


Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Harold J. Glickman Second World War correspondence
source: Schweitzer, Murray H.
Creator: Glickman, Harold J.
Identifier/Call Number: 2014.128.w.rd
Identifier/Call Number: 906
Physical Description: 0.05 Linear Feet (2 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1943 August - 2014
Date (bulk): 1943 August - December
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence written by 2ndLt. Harold J. Glickman, USA to his sister Frances Glickman Schweitzer, and mother Leah Glickman, from the South Pacific during the Second World War. Also included are two photographs of Lt. Glickman and his headstone.
Language of Material: English .
Container: WWII 7
Container: 1-2
Container: 1-2

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Murray H. Schweitzer.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by material type and chronology.
  • Series 1, Correspondence
  • Series 2, Photographs

Biographical / Historical

The cover letter that accompanied this collection stated that Second Lieutenant Harold J. Glickman, United States Army (d. 12/22/1943) was killed by German bombers, a story remembered by the donor's wife and told by the donor's mother. He was Jewish, born and raised in New York to Russian immigrants and lived in a Russian neighborhood. His sister lived in the Bronx during this correspondence. This is inaccurate as Lt. Glickman and the 9th General Hospital were deployed to the South Pacific for the duration of their existence during the war. The 9th General Hospital was a unit formed in New York out of doctors and nurses from New York medical institutions and Cornell University Medical that trained outside of Boston and was deployed to Australia, Guadacanal, and islands near Papua New Guinea. The named general hospitals were directly under the command of The Surgeon General as class II installations. These hospitals were then much freer to grow as professional medical centers with independent budgets and relative freedom from routine field military duties. The unit was disbanded in 1945. Harold Glickman was killed on December 22, 1943.

Preferred Citation

[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Harold J. Glickman Second World War correspondence (2014.128.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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Content Description

This collection is available online in Chapman University's Digital Commons: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/hjglickman_collection/
This collection contains correspondence written by 2nd Lt. Harold J. Glickman, USA to his sister, Frances Glickman Schweitzer, and mother, Leah Glickman from the South Pacific during the Second World War. The correspondence contains three V-Mail and two paper letters. Also included are two photographs; one portrait of Glickman and one photograph of his headstone.

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. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War II
World War (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945) -- Hospitals
World War (1939-1945) -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Tinian.
World War (1939-1945) -- Military operations, Naval -- American
World War (1939-1945) -- Philippines.
Schweitzer, Murray H.

box WWII 7, folder 1, folder 1

Series 1, Correspondence 1943 August - 1943 December

Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains correspondence written by 2nd Lt. Harold J. Glickman, USA to his sister, Frances Glickman Schweitzer, and mother, Leah Glickman from the South Pacific during the Second World War. Included are three V-Mail and two letters.
box WWII 7, folder 2, folder 2

Series 2, Photographs

Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains two photographs: one portrait of 2ndLt. Harold J. Glickman, USA in uniform and one photo of his headstone.