Gabriel family papers, 1916-1925.
Collection Number: 2482
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Gabriel family papers, 1916-1925.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2482
Abstract:
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.
Creator:
Gabriel family.
Quanitities:
.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Gabriel family papers, #2482. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Gabriel, Harry S., 1892-1959.
Gabriel, Ellen W. (Date of work: 1893-1976..)
Kaufman, Nestor.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Infantry Regiment, 316th
University of Oxford
Subjects:
England -- Description and travel.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Belgian.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
United States -- Army -- Military life.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Nestor Kaufmoy Letters (in French)
|
1916-1918 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Nestor Kaufmoy Letters (translations)
|
1916-1918 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Harry Gabriel Letters
|
1917 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Harry Gabriel Letters
|
1917 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Harry Gabriel Letters (Feb.-Aug.)
|
1918 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Harry Gabriel Letters (Sept.-Dec.)
|
1918 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Harry Gabriel Letters
|
1918 |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Harry Gabriel Letters
|
1919 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Harry Gabriel Letters
|
1919 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Harry Gabriel Military Papers
|
1918-1919 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Harry Gabriel Diary and Transcription (Oct.-Nov.)
|
1919 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Newspaper Clippings re Harry Gabriel
|
1918-1919, n.d. |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence
|
1918-1921, n.d. |
Box 1 | Folder 14-15 |
Photographs
|
1917-1925 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Negatives
|
1917 |
Box 1 | Folder 17-18 |
Miscellaneous Printed Material
|