Guide to the A.T. Baumgarten Letters MSS.1982
Baumgarten, A.T.
- 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
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- Language Usage:
English
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A.T. Baumgarten Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.1982
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (5 letters, 20 pages)
- Dates:
1918 -1919
- Abstract:
Letters from Pvt. A.T. Baumgarten of Co. F, 312th Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War One, to his sister, Mabel Baumgarten of Hornell, Steuben County, New York and to Frank Taylor, also of Hornell, New York.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of five letters written by Pvt. A.T. Baumgarten, who served in Co. F, 312th Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War One. Three of the letters are to his sister, Mabel Baumgarten of Hornell, Steuben County, New York, written while he was in the hospital awaiting and recovering from a hernia operation. His fourth letter to her is dated April 12, 1919 which he notes is his birthday. The fifth letter is to Dr. Frank Taylor, also of Hornell, New York. To Dr. Taylor he gives details of his work in the base hospital, including changing dressings, assisting the doctors and nurses, as well as laying out bodies in the morgue.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2007; revised and updated, December 2009
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
A.T. Baumgarten Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
A.T. Baumgarten served in Co. F, 312th Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War One.
A.T. Baumgarten Box SC0001 Folder 1982
Letter from A. T. Baumgarten, France, to Mabel Baumgarten, Hornell, New York, September 13, 1918 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32208
Letter from A. T. Baumgarten, France, to Mabel Baumgarten, Hornell, New York, September 16, 1918 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32209
Letter from A. T. Baumgarten, France, to Mabel Baumgarten, Hornell, New York, September 26, 1918 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32210
Letter from A. T. Baumgarten, France, to Mabel Baumgarten, Hornell, New York, February 25, 1919 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32211
Letter from A. T. Baumgarten, France, to Mabel Baumgarten, Hornell, New York, April 12, 1919 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32212