Guide to the Postcard from Uncle Bud to Edward Gilmore MSS.3352
Uncle Bud to Edward Gilmore
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Finding aid prepared by March 2011
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W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
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Postcard from Uncle Bud to Edward Gilmore
- Unit ID:
MSS.3352
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 postcard)
- Dates:
1941 November 6
- Abstract:
Uncle Bud writes from Camp Lee, Virginia, to Edward Gilmore in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Bud writes that the Army does not pay well and expresses his hope to see Gilmore at Christmas.
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Postcard from Uncle Bud to Edward Gilmore, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
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Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall 2008
Biographical/Historical note
The writer of the postcard, Bud, was in the United States Army during World War II.
Scope and Contents note
Uncle Bud writes from Camp Lee, Virginia, to Edward Gilmore in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Bud writes that the Army does not pay well and expresses his hope to see Gilmore at Christmas.
The picture on the front of the postcard depicts the unloading of a patient from an ambulance at a post hospital at Camp Lee, Virginia. On the back of the postcard are printed the words, "Defend Your Country - Join the U. S. Army."
Postcard from Uncle Bud to Edward Gilmore Box SC0069 Folder 3352.01