John Dawson World War II letters
Collection 3782
1943-1944(0.4 Linear feet ; 1 box)
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Dawson, John.
- Title
- John Dawson World War II letters
- ID
- 3782
- Date [inclusive]
- 1943-1944
- Extent
- 0.4 Linear feet ; 1 box
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Susan M. Kearney
- Language
- English
Preferred citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], John Dawson World War II letters (Collection 3782), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Scope and content note
This collection contains letters written during World War II from John Dawson, Company F, 2nd Platoon, 300th Infantry, to his wife Anne Dawson. The Dawsons lived in Philadelphia, but the couple eventually moved to Broomall. The letters, which are cordial and general in nature, have been bundled according to dates, and they originated from various bases, including Camp McCain, Mississippi; Camp Haan, California; and Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. By late July 1944, the letters indicate that he has been sent to England where he arrives by 7 August 1944. A letter dated 12 August 1944 is written from "Somewhere in France." Later letters indicate he was wounded in France on 29 August 1944 when hit by shrapnel. He is back in England for recovery as indicated by the letters found in Folder 14 dated August-October 1944.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2022.
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Access restrictions
The collection is open for research but please the Processing Note for handling information.
Provenance
Gift of Katherine Weinel, 2013.
Accession number 2013.079.
Processing note
Many of the letters in the collection were rolled and remain warped. Researchers are asked to use extra care when handling the letters and when removing folders from and returning them to the box.
Related Materials
Related materials
At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
A Soldier Called Keith (typescript) by Keith Winston, 1944-1945 (Am. 19015)
Jasper Bentley World War II scrapbooks, 1939-1944 (Collection 3869)
Frank Gordon Bradley World War II correspondence, 1942-1945 (Collection 3548)
Frank Connolly papers and World War II letters, 1939, 1943-1946 (Collection 4310)
William Keebler papers, 1939-1945 (Collection 2166)
Edith Lincoln Leonard collection 1916-1945 (Collection 2113)
Albert Lerner papers, 1918-1969 (Collection 1974)
McCracken and Sonet World War II correspondence, 1942-1943 (Collection 3940)
Edward A. Psulkowski letters, 1939-1968 (Collection 3123)
Scrapbooks on merchant marines during World War II, 1942-1945 (Collection 3320)
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Correspondence.
Personal Name(s)
- Weinel, Katherine.
Subject(s)
- Husband and Wife--Correspondence.
- Personal Correspondence.
- World War, 1939-1945--Correspondence.
Collection Inventory
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Letters August 1943 |
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Letters September 1-15, 1943 |
1 | 2 | ||
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Letters September 16-30, 1943 |
1 | 3 | ||
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Letters October 1943 |
1 | 4 | ||
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Letters November 1943 |
1 | 5 | ||
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Letters December 1943 |
1 | 6 | ||
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Letters January 1944 |
1 | 7 | ||
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Letters February 1944 |
1 | 8 | ||
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Letters March 1944 |
1 | 9 | ||
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Letters April 1944 |
1 | 10 | ||
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Letters May 1944 |
1 | 11 | ||
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Letters June 1944 |
1 | 12 | ||
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Letters July 1944 |
1 | 13 | ||
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Letters August-October 1944 |
1 | 14 | ||
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Miscellaneous undated |
1 | 15 | ||
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