Eulalia Rose Nutter ("Lollie") was born in Carroll, Iowa, on October 15, 1900 or 1901, the daughter of Edward Nutter and Otillia Zerwas. The Nutter family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, before 1910. During World War I, Eulalia R. Nutter corresponded with several United States servicemen, including sailors Andrew C. Dickinson, Mel McLaughlin, Ed W. Fleming, and Ray D. Lilley. Eulalia R. Nutter died in Los Angeles, California, on October 3, 1985.
Andrew C. Dickinson of Texas, Nutter's most frequent correspondent, was a radio operator on the USS Bridgeport at Brest, France, from March 1918-September 1919.
From the guide to the Eulalia R. Nutter collection, Nutter, Eulalia R. collection, 1917-1920, 1917-1919, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)