Guide to the Edgar Hale Musser Papers SC0773
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Title: Edgar Hale Musser papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0773
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1918-1962
Date (bulk): 1918
Abstract: Papers pertain to his service with the
Stanford Red Cross ambulance unit in Italy during World War I and include a transcript of
his diary, photograph album, letters to parents, postcards collected while in Europe, Red
Cross discharge letter, and Red Cross instruction booklet. The diary transcript also
includes a photo of the villa he lived in taken during a visit to Italy in 1962. The album
includes images of fellow Stanford volunteers Frank Thomas, Edward Harper, and Stirling
Pillsbury.
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Edgar Hale Musser Papers (SC0773). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Edgar Hale Musser earned his a.b. in geology at Stanford University in June 1920; while
still an undergraduate he joined the Stanford Italian Ambulance Unit, serving from May to
December 1918.
Papers pertain to his service with the Stanford Red Cross ambulance unit in Italy during
World War I and include a transcript of his diary, photograph album, letters to parents,
postcards collected while in Europe, Red Cross discharge letter, and Red Cross instruction
booklet. The diary transcript also includes a photo of the villa he lived in taken during a
visit to Italy in 1962. The album includes images of fellow Stanford volunteers Frank
Thomas, Edward Harper, and Stirling Pillsbury.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photoprints.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
Diaries.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Red Cross.
Harper, Edward.
Musser, Edgar Hale
Pillsbury, Stirling Gainer.
Thomas, Frank Newton.
Papers ARCH-2005-191
Box 1
Stanford Red Cross ambulance unit in Italy during World War I