Dr. William Sutton Collection, 1943-1946. 1943-1946.

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Dr. William Sutton Collection, 1943-1946. 1943-1946.

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The collection includes twelve folders chronologically organized (1943-1946). The folders contain letters written by Professor Sutton to his wife and family while serving in Europe during World War II. The archive also includes four additional folders containing newspaper clippings, photographs, maps, and other ephemera detailing William Sutton's service as a military historian. Another folder contains information pertaining to writer Gertrude Stein. A nearly 700 pages typed manuscript entitled "Once upon a War" is also part of the archive. According to the author, "Once upon the War records the nature of army life, some military history, and details the way the army operates, a matter not accurately depicted or known usually."

17 folders, 1 typescript manuscript.

Ohio State University Libraries

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