Mina Curtiss Collection 1910-1945

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Mina Curtiss Collection 1910-1945

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The original accession consists of original and typed copies of letters sent home by American servicemen from various training camps in the United States and from overseas campaigns during World War II, many of which Mina Curtiss used for her 1944 book, . The addition consists of Henry T. Curtiss papers and photographs. There are a diary and book relating to Curtiss's 1910 trip to Europe on the S.S. , which included stops in the British Isles, Holland, Germany, Venice, Scutari and Dalmatia; a volume of letters and photographs sent by members of the Scroll and Key Society to one another from 1920-1923, with reminiscences about Curtiss after his death in 1928; and eight large photographs of Curtiss alone and with friends, circa 1910. Letters Home Arabic

1.5 linear feet (4 boxes)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351157

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale College (1887- ). Class of 1949

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Clement, Stephen Merrell, 1887-1943.

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Roome, Reginald, 1888-1949.

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Yale University. Students. 20th century.

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Platt, Joseph Curtis, 1887-1950.

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Williams, Earl Trumbull, 1888-1918.

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Curtiss, Henry Tomlinson, 1888-1928.

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Curtiss, Mina Kirstein, 1896-1985

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Mina Stein Curtiss was born on October 13, 1896, in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from Smith College in 1918, received a M.A. in English from Columbia University in 1920, and returned to Smith, where she was an associate professor until 1934. She was a research assistant for the Mercury Theater from 1935 to 1938, and she worked for the Office of War Information during World War II. She taught at Smith from 1940 to 1941. In 1942, Curtiss wrote and produced a local radio program in Des Moin...