Archer B. Bass World War I papers, 1917/1922

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16267, Archer B. Bass World War I papers, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.07 Cubic Feet One document box and one half-size document box of World War papers.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16267, Archer B. Bass World War I papers, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Archer B. Bass World War I papers, 1918-1922, .07 cubic feet, consists of correspondence with his wife while he was assigned as a military chaplain to a machine gun company within the 27th Division. There is also correspondence with his mother, Sue G. Bass, and his mother-in-law, V. H. Legg.

Included are official military communications to Chaplain Bass, newspapers (United States Bulletin, The Saturday Evening Post Christian Church), photographs and diaries, which describes his voyage on the "Leviathan" from Hoboken, New Jersey to Europe.

Deutschmark in between the pages of the diary.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Beltrone Company by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on December 13, 2016.
Arrangement:

The collection totals .07 cubic feet and is arranged with the family letters first in chronological order, followed by the official letters of Chaplain Archer Bass, then military papers, newspapers, personal information (about travel), photographs and diaries

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard