Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Chastoni, Alfredo, Chastoni, Guido, and Chastoni, Ugo
- Abstract:
- Letters sent on military postcards from the three Chastoni brothers to friends and relatives in Naples and Mantua from 1916-1919, relating to their wartime service. Alfredo Chastoni was with the 85th Regiment and was the Major Medical Director in Hospital #0125 in 1916-1917 and Hospital #0106 in 1918-1919. Ugo Chastoni was a Captain of Artillery with the Comando 51st Division. Guido Chastoni was a Grenadier with the 124th Machine Gun Company.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box (0.2 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In Italian
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Chastoni brothers correspondence, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Letters sent on military postcards from the three Chastoni brothers to friends and relatives in Naples and Mantua from 1916-1919, relating to their wartime service. Several dozen of the letters are from other soldiers, including Agatino Di Salvatori assigned to a Soldiers Hospital camp # 95, Pompeo Biocchi with the 50th Battalion, Filippo Perrotta with the 148th Fanteria Regiment, and several others. The authors are Alfredo, Guido and Ugo Chastoni, writing to their father and relatives in Naples and Mantua. The letters date from 1916-1919 and are all written on military postcard stock and stamped. There are 136 letters in total.
- Biographical / historical:
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Alfredo Chastoni was with the 85th Regiment and was the Major Medical Director in Hospital #0125 in 1916-1917 and Hospital #0106 in 1918-1919. Ugo Chastoni was a Captain of Artillery with the Comando 51st Division. Guido Chastoni was a Grenadier with the 124th Machine Gun Company.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2021.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Chastoni brothers correspondence, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563