Guide tothe Weir _____ Letters MSS.1981
Weir
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
2007
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Weir _____ Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.1981
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (3 letters, 4 pages)
- Dates:
1918 July 19-November 6
- Abstract:
Three letters from Weir ______, who served in France in a field hospital during World War One.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of three letters from Weir ____, serving in France in a field hospital during World War One, to various unnamed members of his family in the United States. He describes the number wounded treated in his unit after a battle and noted that some of the younger doctors must still be in the States. He indicates that they should come to France and let the older doctors go home. He also talks about the various souvenirs he has sent home, including a helmet.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2007, revised and updated, December 2009
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Weir _____ Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
Weir______ served in France in a field hospital during World War One.
Letters Box SC0001 Folder 1981
Letter from Weir _____, France, to "Kiddo," July 19, 1918 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32205
Letter from Weir _____, France, to "Father" and "Mother," October 8, 1918 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32206
Letter from Weir _____, France, to "Mother" and Genie, November 6, 1918 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32207