Guide to the Sam Groff Letter and Sketch MSS.2338
Groff, Sam
- 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
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Sam Groff Letter and Sketch
- Unit ID:
MSS.2338
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (one letter and one drawing)
- Dates:
1917 June 14
- Abstract:
A letter and an ink drawing from Sam Groff to his parents in Ridgefield, Washington. In 1917, Groff was in Vallejo, California, probably in naval basic training.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a letter and an ink drawing from Sam Groff to his parents in Ridgefield, Washington. In 1917, Groff was in Vallejo, California, probably in naval basic training since he mentions standing in line for hours waiting to "draw clothes" and the sailors having to wait to eat until the electricians were finsihed in the mess hall: "the sailors and electrical school men nearly clash every meal time - I expect they will fight some time - We always work hard and the electricians get in first chow, then we have to wait an hour." He includes a blue ink sketch of a sailor holding a bottle of rum with the caption "Old Masterpiece by Rum Brandy, A Full Sailor"
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2010
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
donated by Wade Hall, 2006
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Sam Groff Letter and Sketch, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Biographical/Historical note
Sam Groff was in naval basic training in Vallejo, California, in 1917.
Letter and Sketch Box SC0010 Folder 2338.01