Box 1
Container
Contains 64 Collections and/or Records:
Luxembourg: Vianden
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the correspondence are letters written from Paul B. Hendrickson during his time in service in Quincy, Illinois April 1917-September 1917; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas September 1917-April 1918; and Europe (France and Luxembourg) May 1918-May 1919. Letters were written to his mother and father, and friend Cecil Francis Rife (whom he later married). There are also postcards purchased as souvenirs or sent as correspondence.
Dates:
1917-1925
American Expeditionary Forces - Europe
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the correspondence are letters written from Paul B. Hendrickson during his time in service in Quincy, Illinois April 1917-September 1917; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas September 1917-April 1918; and Europe (France and Luxembourg) May 1918-May 1919. Letters were written to his mother and father, and friend Cecil Francis Rife (whom he later married). There are also postcards purchased as souvenirs or sent as correspondence.
Dates:
1917-1925
U.S. Training Camps: Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.; Camp MacArthur, Waco, TX.; Camp Merritt, NJ; Camp Pontanezen; Camp Lee
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the correspondence are letters written from Paul B. Hendrickson during his time in service in Quincy, Illinois April 1917-September 1917; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas September 1917-April 1918; and Europe (France and Luxembourg) May 1918-May 1919. Letters were written to his mother and father, and friend Cecil Francis Rife (whom he later married). There are also postcards purchased as souvenirs or sent as correspondence.
Dates:
1917-1925
U.S. Army; Life in the U.S. Army Cantonment; Camp Upton, Long Island, NY
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the correspondence are letters written from Paul B. Hendrickson during his time in service in Quincy, Illinois April 1917-September 1917; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas September 1917-April 1918; and Europe (France and Luxembourg) May 1918-May 1919. Letters were written to his mother and father, and friend Cecil Francis Rife (whom he later married). There are also postcards purchased as souvenirs or sent as correspondence.
Dates:
1917-1925
Illinois: Quincy, Danville
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the correspondence are letters written from Paul B. Hendrickson during his time in service in Quincy, Illinois April 1917-September 1917; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas September 1917-April 1918; and Europe (France and Luxembourg) May 1918-May 1919. Letters were written to his mother and father, and friend Cecil Francis Rife (whom he later married). There are also postcards purchased as souvenirs or sent as correspondence.
Dates:
1917-1925
Texas: Houston, Galveston
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the correspondence are letters written from Paul B. Hendrickson during his time in service in Quincy, Illinois April 1917-September 1917; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas September 1917-April 1918; and Europe (France and Luxembourg) May 1918-May 1919. Letters were written to his mother and father, and friend Cecil Francis Rife (whom he later married). There are also postcards purchased as souvenirs or sent as correspondence.
Dates:
1917-1925
Texas: Camp Logan
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the correspondence are letters written from Paul B. Hendrickson during his time in service in Quincy, Illinois April 1917-September 1917; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas September 1917-April 1918; and Europe (France and Luxembourg) May 1918-May 1919. Letters were written to his mother and father, and friend Cecil Francis Rife (whom he later married). There are also postcards purchased as souvenirs or sent as correspondence.
Dates:
1917-1925
War Effort/Propaganda
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the correspondence are letters written from Paul B. Hendrickson during his time in service in Quincy, Illinois April 1917-September 1917; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas September 1917-April 1918; and Europe (France and Luxembourg) May 1918-May 1919. Letters were written to his mother and father, and friend Cecil Francis Rife (whom he later married). There are also postcards purchased as souvenirs or sent as correspondence.
Dates:
1917-1925
Negatives
File — Box: 1, Folder: 60
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paul B. Hendrickson World War I collection contains correspondence written by Hendrickson to his family back home during his time in service. The letters were to his mother and to the girl next door, Cecil Frances Rife, whom he later married. There is a diary kept during the year he was in France and almost 300 postcards which were sent home either individually or in envelopes.The collection also includes negatives and photographs taken at Camp Parker in Quincy, Illinois, and at...
Dates:
1914-1950; Majority of material found within 1917-1919
Paul B. Hendrickson postcard and calling card
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the correspondence are letters written from Paul B. Hendrickson during his time in service in Quincy, Illinois April 1917-September 1917; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas September 1917-April 1918; and Europe (France and Luxembourg) May 1918-May 1919. Letters were written to his mother and father, and friend Cecil Francis Rife (whom he later married). There are also postcards purchased as souvenirs or sent as correspondence.
Dates:
1917-1925