Edith Lincoln Leonard collection
Collection 2113
1916-1945(0.25 Linear feet ; 1 box)
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Leonard, Edith Lincoln
- Title
- Edith Lincoln Leonard collection
- ID
- 2113
- Date [inclusive]
- 1916-1945
- Extent
- 0.25 Linear feet ; 1 box
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Susan M. Kearney
- Language
- English
- Text [Box]
- 1
- Abstract
- Edith Lincoln Leonard (1900-1989) was a teacher at Tredyffrin Easttown High School. During World War II she received and preserved letters from her former students. With the except of one letter dated July 23, 1916 from L.P. Wood to J.B. Leonard with comments on Naval action at the close of World War I and some miscellaneous items, the bulk of this collection focuses on World War II. The correspondents include Phil Huffman, Alan Grout, Dick Thomas, J.P. Danton, George Dawson Perry, and Warner Bunden. The letters discuss life in the service from training camp through to the end of the men's service. Some topics include censorship, active duty in the Army, Naval Air Combat Intelligence, West Coast and Pacific assignments, the Zoot Suit Riots, Marine and Navy life.
Preferred citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Edith Lincoln Leonard collection (Collection 2113), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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.
Provenance
Gift of Edith Lincoln Leonard, 1983.
Accession number 83.71.
Related Materials
Related materials
At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
A Soldier Called Keith (typescript), 1944-1945 (Am .19105)
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)
John Dawson World War II letters, 1943-1944 (Collection 3782)
William Keebler papers, 1939-1945 (Collection 2166)
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
Subject(s)
- World War, 1939-1945--Correspondence.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
Collection Inventory
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Letter from James P. Sparks to Uncle James Tho (?) August 20, 19xx |
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Letter from L.P. Wood to Mr. J.B. Leonard 23 July 1916 |
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Letters from Warner Bunden 1942-1944, undated |
1 | 3 | ||
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Letters from J.P. Danton, USNR 1943-1944 |
1 | 4 | ||
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Letters from Alan L. Grout 1943-1944 |
1 | 5 | ||
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Letters from Phil Huffman 1943-1945 |
1 | 6 | ||
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Letters from George Dawson Perry 1943, undated |
1 | 7 | ||
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Letters from George Dawson Perry 1943 |
1 | 8 | ||
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Letters from George Dawson Perry 1943-1944 |
1 | 9 | ||
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Letters from George Dawson Perry 1944-1945, undated |
1 | 10 | ||
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Letters from Dick Thomas 1944 |
1 | 11 | ||
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Miscellaneous 1935-1944, undated |
1 | 12 | ||
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