Caswell & Soltwedel family collection, c.1912-1933 (bulk 1917-1921)

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Caswell & Soltwedel family collection, c.1912-1933 (bulk 1917-1921)

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Collection of letters and photographs sent from George Emery Caswell to his fianceĢe Lillian Soltwedel during his army training at Camp Logan, Texas, and while he was serving in Europe during World War I. Also includes letters to Lillian's sister Myrtle Soltwedel from her beaux John B. Deathe and Rene Joseph Sayers, as well as a variety of family photographs and photograph albums and some ephemera.

535 pieces.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 8099200

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Soltwedel, Myrtle, 1891 (1902?)-1974,

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Caswell, George Emery, 1893-1958.

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George Emery Caswell (1893-1958) was born in Wisconsin and served in France with the 108th U.S. Engineers during World War I. His military records list his occupation as a photographer and he documented his army experiences with an extensive photograph record. Caswell married Lillian Soltwedel (1895-1990), a native of Indiana, in Chicago in 1919. Lillian's sister Myrtle Soltwedel (1891-1974) was engaged to John B. Deathe (1896-1922) until his sudden death in 1922. From the descriptio...

Soltwedel, Lillian, 1895-1990,

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Sayers, Rene Joseph,

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Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...

Deathe, John B., 1896-1922,

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