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Contains 28 Results:

Folder 20: College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1917 April

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: Folder 20
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 April

Folder 21: College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1917 May

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: Folder 21
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 May

Folder 22: Military Training: Harvard's Reserve Unit, 1917 June

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: Folder 22
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 June

Folder 23: Military Training: Harvard's Reserve Unit, 1917 July

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: Folder 23
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 July

Folder 24: Military Training: Harvard's Reserve Unit, 1917 August

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: Folder 24
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 August

Folder 25: Military Training: Leon Springs, Texas, 1917 September

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: Folder 25
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 September

Folder 26: Military Training: Leon Springs, Texas, 1917 October

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: Folder 26
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 October

Folder 27: Military Training: Leon Springs, Texas, 1917 November

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: Folder 27
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 November