Gabriel family papers, 1916-1925.

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Gabriel family papers, 1916-1925.

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The collection includes primarily the papers of Harry S. Gabriel including letters to his mother and fiancee, Ellen Wigsten, depicting daily life before and after the armistice, written from American training camps and the French front, his war diary (October - November 1918) describing night patrols, documents relating to his military service and awards, photographs of Gabriel in uniform and of Camp Dix, New Jersey, and related printed matter, including an orientation pamphlet titled "France Our Ally" (1918); also Gabriel's letters from England (1919) giving impressions of the country and describing life at Oxford University, his travels in England, and his farm observations near Oxford, letters (1916-1918) in French to Miss Wigsten from a Belgian soldier, containing scattered references to the war, and other subjects.

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University of Oxford

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United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Infantry Regiment, 316th.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Wigsten, Ellen Cecilia

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Gabriel, Harry S., 1892-1959.

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Gabriel family.

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Harry S. Gabriel served as 1st Lieutenant in the American Expeditionary Forces, where he saw combat with the 316th Infantry. After the war, he studied agriculture at Oxford University. He graduated with the Cornell University Class of 1915 and received his M.S. in 1920 and his Ph.D. in 1925. From the guide to the Gabriel family papers, 1916-1925., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) ...

Kaufman, Nestor.

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