Hitz family papers, 1917-1951.

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Hitz family papers, 1917-1951.

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This collection consists approximately 400 letters between Benjamin and Elizabeth (Holliday) Hitz while Mr. Hitz was serving with the AEF in France during World War I. Most of the letters are of a personal nature and detail everyday life. Mr. Hitz wrote of his duties with supplies for the unit and told of encounters with the French. Mrs. Hitz wrote of her daily activities and news of friends and family. Also included are postcards from France and a photograph of Mrs. Hitz. Additional items include two stock books for the Hitz Realty Company, 1928-1951.

4 manuscript boxes, 1 photograph box, 2 oversize folders.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8036082

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Hitz, Elizabeth Barbara, 1959-

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Hitz, Benjamin

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Benjamin D. Hitz married Elizabeth Holliday and they had two children, Benjamin and Evaline. Mr. Hitz served as an officer in France in World War I. After the war, he returned to the Midwest where he was involved in many intellectual and charitable organizations including his work with the Willa Cather Papers at the Newberry Library, Chicago and the Library Committee for the Indiana Historical Society. From the description of Hitz family papers, 1917-1951. (Indiana Historical Society...

Hitz family

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Hitz Realty Company.

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United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 30

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Base Hospital 19 began in 1916, when 11 Rochester area physicians formed a unit of the Medical Corps Reserve. By 1917, when the unit was mobilized, 134 doctors, nurses and enlisted men from the Rochester area were ready. The unit reached Vichy, France, in June 1918, and established Base Hospital No. 19, a 2,000 bed facility. The hospital served over 11,000 patients during the 6 months it operated. Base Hospital 19 was closed in February of 1919, and its members discharged in early May. ...