Finding Aid for the K.E. Robinson Second World War correspondence 2017.172.w.r
Rob Strauss
Center for American War Letters Archives
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: K.E. Robinson Second World War correspondence
Creator:
Robinson, K. E.
source:
Gross, Paul
source:
Ratcliff, William Ray
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.172.w.r
Physical Description:
.025 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1944 June 3
Abstract: One letter from Private K.E. Robinson to First Lieutenant Paul N. Gross during the Second World War that praises Gross for
his training and leadership.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 14
Container: 2
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William Ray Ratcliff.
[Item title, Box number, Folder number], K.E. Robinson Second World War correspondence (2017.172.w.r), Center for American
War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection includes one letter from Pvt. K.E. Robinson to 1LT Paul N. Gross during the Second World War. The last name
of the recipient on the letter and the envelope is spelled "Grose" but above the last name on the envelope someone has written
"Gross." The donor says his grandfather, Paul N. Gross, received the letter.
In the letter, Robinson praises Gross for his leadership and his training.
The donor states that Gross was in the Navy in the 1920s and in the Army in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1939-1945)
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
Gross, Paul
Ratcliff, William Ray