Robert Lincoln O'Connell Papers
The Robert Lincoln O'Connell papers document the service of an Irish-American, born in Massachusetts, but raised in Connecticut, who served as a combat engineer in the First Division of the American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.) in the First World War, 1917-1919. The papers include correspondenc...
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The Robert Lincoln O'Connell papers document the service of an Irish-American, born in Massachusetts, but raised in Connecticut, who served as a combat engineer in the First Division of the American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.) in the First World War, 1917-1919. The papers include correspondence he wrote home to his mother and sisters at home throughout his training and active duty service. Also included are military odds and ends, such as passes and orders, in addition to publications, postcards, and photographs associated with his time in the U.S. Army. There are also some items gathered recently by his family members and/or Archives staff, such as copies of federal census forms and his obituary, to supplement the collection. The postcards have a special circumstance in that Robert tended to divide them into two parts. There were very basic ones, usually with little or no illustration, that he used for correspondence purposes. These have been treated as such and inter-filed chronologically with the letters in the first series. The other type of postcards were the photo and color print ones that he apparently considered as collectibles, either sending them home with his correspondence, or bringing home himself after the war. These have been placed with the photographs in the third series. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 linear foot;2 boxes |
| Access: | None. |