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Box 2

 File — Box: 2
Identifier: Box 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: circa 1911-1985, undated

Folder 1: Military Training: Douglas, Arizona, 1917 December

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1917 December

Folder 2: Military Training: Douglas, Arizona, 1918 January

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1918 January

Folder 3: Military Training: Douglas, Arizona, 1918 February

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1918 February

Folder 4: Military Training: Douglas, Arizona, 1918 March

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1918 March

Folder 5: New York City, 1918 April

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1918 April

Folder 6: Sailing to and Arrival in France, 1918 May

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1918 May

Folder 7: World War I: France, 1918 June

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1918 June

Folder 8: World War I: France, 1918 July

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1918 July

Folder 9: World War I: France, 1918 August

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1918 August

Folder 10: World War I: France, 1918 September

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1918 September

Folder 11: World War I: France, 1918 October

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after...
Dates: 1918 October