Guide to the E. F. Nickerson Letter MSS.2334
Nickerson, E. F.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2009
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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E. F. Nickerson Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2334
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (one letter)
- Dates:
1945 November 15
- Abstract:
A letter from Corporal E. F. Nickerson, stationed in Fort Barrancas (Pensecola), Florida, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Nickerson of Worcester, Massachusetts, written in November 1945.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a letter from Corporal E. F. Nickerson, stationed in Fort Barrancas (Pensecola), Florida, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Nickerson of Worcester, Massachusetts on November 15, 1945. In it he tells them that he had been working in the battery office for about a week but that he was back at the Breeze office, which he very much preferred. He also says that several of the "overseas" boys have been discharged - many had been in Europe for a year or more.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2010
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
donated by Wade Hall, 2006
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
E. F. Nickerson Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Biographical/Historical note
In 1945E. F. Nickerson was a Corporal in Battery "B" Harbor Defenses of Pensacola, Florida.
Letter Box SC0010 Folder 2334.01