Augustus Trowbridge papers 1917-1919

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Augustus Trowbridge papers 1917-1919

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Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Engineer Department of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, heading its Sound and Flash Ranging Service. Fifty-one original letters, mostly from G.H.Q., Chaumont, France, to his wife and other relatives in America, and typewritten extracts (245 p.) from letters and diaries, 28 Aug. 1917-19 Jan. 1919, concerning army life, hardships, experiences at the front, recreation, and his observations on the war.

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Trowbridge, Augustus, 1870-1934

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Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Engineer Department of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, heading its Sound and Flash Ranging Service. From the guide to the Augustus Trowbridge papers, 1917-1919, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...