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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
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  • Content Description
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  • Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives
    Title: Philip C. Haeger Second World War correspondence
    source: Sharp, Joanne R.
    Identifier/Call Number: 2015.102.w.r
    Physical Description: 1 Linear feet (1 carton)
    Date (inclusive): 1943 - 1946
    Abstract: This collection contains correspondence between PVT Philip C. Haeger, USA, and his wife, Barbara M. Haeger, during the Second World War.
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: WWII 28
    Container: 1-4
    Container: 1-4
    Container: WWII 29
    Container: 1-7
    Container: 5-11
    Container: WWII 30
    Container: 8-10
    Container: 12-14

    Conditions Governing Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Joanne R. Sharp

    Arrangement

    This collection is arranged chronologically and by material type:
    • Series 1, Correspondence with Barbara May Haeger, 1945-1946
    • Series 2, Correspondence to Philip Chadwick Haeger, 1944
    • Series 3, Newspaper Clippings

    Preferred Citation

    [Item title, Box number, Folder number], Philip C. Haeger Second World War correspondence (2015.102.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
    For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URL's, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

    Content Description

    This collection contains correspondence between Private Philip Chadwick Haeger, United States Army and his wife, Barbara May Haeger, during the Second World War.
    Also included in the collection are letters written to Philip C. Haeger by other family members and friends, and several newspaper clippings. There are other newspaper clippings throughout the collection but those belong to specific correspondence. Some of the letters came with pieces of ephemera and other paperwork.
    Inventory:
    • 392 correspondence
    • one correspondence (photocopy)
    • 25 newspaper clippings
    • one note (what to telegraph)
    • one menu
    • one stamp
    • two cards
    • two baby announcements
    • four drawings (two in sleeves--color transferring to letter pages)
    • one poem
    • one short story written by Joanne as a child
    • one perfume sample in the shape of a music note
    • one photograph

    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

    World War (1939-1945)
    Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
    Newspaper clippings
    Haeger, Philip Chadwick
    Haeger, Barbara May
    Sharp, Joanne R.