Joseph B. Wilkinson First World War correspondence
Content Description
This collection is available online in Chapman University's Digital Commons: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/jbwilkinson_collection/
This collection contains three postcards from PFC Joseph B. Wilkinson, AEF written to his mother in Meridan, Connecticut. This collection also contains Wilkinson's dog tags.
Dates
- Creation: 1919 January - April
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.
Biographical / Historical
Private First Class Joseph Benjamin Wilkinson, AEF (8/31/1892 - 9/1974) was born to Benjamin and Mary Wilkinson in Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut. His parents were immigrants from England. PFC Wilkinson was twentyfour years old when he registered for the draft and later deployed to France. He died in September 1974 in Providence, Rhode Island.
Extent
0.025 Linear Feet (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains three postcards and the dog tags of PFC Joseph B. Wilkinson, AEF during the First World War.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically and by material type.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jane C. Clancy. Legacy collection from Andrew Carroll.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Joseph B. Wilkinson First World War correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lauren Menges
- Date
- 12/20/2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Center for American War Letters Archives, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives Repository
