Box 4
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
Gas mask with canvas hose
Item — Box: 4
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
1 pair of puttees
Item — Box: 4
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
Medals
Item — Box: 4
Scope and Contents
Includes: Croix de Guerre 1914-1915; 2 Bavarian style military merit cross; Iron Cross; French War Cross with star
Dates:
1914-1950; Majority of material found within 1917-1919
Buttons, studs, and Insignia
Item — Box: 4
Scope and Contents
Includes: U.S. Army uniform buttons, 2 screw-collar buttons "ILL."; 2 screw-collar buttons "USNG"; 1 screw band insignia; 1 "Hertfordshire Regiment" button; 1 button "Maurice Bourdon Paris"; 1 button "T F Paris"; Australia Commonwealth insignia
Dates:
1914-1950; Majority of material found within 1917-1919
Canvas shoulder sling
Item — Box: 4
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