Guide to the Elmer Tanner Letter MSS.2031
Tanner, Elmer--Letter
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by April Burnette
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
2008
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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Elmer Tanner Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2031
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter, 1 envelope)
- Dates:
1918 November 18
- Abstract:
This collection contains one letter from Elmer Tanner, at Camp Sherman in Chillicothe, Ohio, to his mother, Mrs. A. Tanner, Geneva, Ohio, November 18, 1917, during World War One. He tells his mother about some of his daily activities, other people who have written him, and that he had received his pay.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains one letter from Elmer Tanner, at Camp Sherman in Chillicothe, Ohio, to his mother, Mrs. A. Tanner, Geneva, Ohio, November 18, 1917, during World War One. The letter is written on Army and Navy YMCA stationery. He tells his mother about some of his daily activities, other people who have written him, and that he had received his pay.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
April Burnett, 2008
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
The Elmer Tanner Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2007
Biographical/Historical note
In June 1917, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, was one of several army training camps that the United States Federal Government built. It was the third largest in the United States. It housed over 40,000 soldiers.
Elmer Tanner Letter Box SC0005 Folder 2031.01