PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu01703::A Guide to World War I Postcards and Miscellany)//EN" "viu01703.xml" A Guide to World War I Postcards and Miscellany 1917-1918World War I, Miscellany, 1917-1918 10875-fSpecial Collections Staff Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library © 2001 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word 2000, created by Sue Cuthbertson, 8/30/2001 Description is in English Feb 18, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu01703::A Guide to World War I Postcards and Miscellany)//EN" "viu01703.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to World War I Postcards and Miscellany 1917-1918 A Collection in The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection The Special Collections Department 10875-f

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 2001 Special Collections Department Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library World War I Postcards and Miscellany 1917-1918 10875-f 5 items English The collection contains a letter, 1918 Dec. 17, from a mother to a son in the army conveying news of home; two pictorial postcards of an American soldier and of a group of soldiers eating in the trenches; general orders regarding the appointment of engineering officers; and a cover sheet for an insurance certificate. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

World War I postcards and miscellany, 1917-1918, in the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, Accession #10875-f, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisition Information

These items were given to the Library on April 2, 1991, by Matthew Bruccoli of Columbia, South Carolina.

 Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of five items, ca. 1917-1918, including a letter from a mother to "my dear son," December 17, 1918, with news of neighbors and relatives, especially concerning their impatience with the delay in the discharging of the American soldiers and the purchase of a mattress for the comfort of Uncle Rufus [Turtello?]; a postcard showing "Chow Time"; a sepia photograph of (or to) Peter Minek, of Eyota, Minnesota; a government pamphlet, "Appointment of Officers of Corps of Engineers (1917); and a cover sheet for a certificate of insurance issued by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance.