Box 1
Container
Contains 18 Results:
Identification Cards
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content
Seven identification cards for William C. Herbert, four of them with photo. 1. Social Security card.2. Honorable Discharge (U.S. Army) card. Date and place of separation is listed as 27 November 1945, Fort
Dix, New Jersey.3. United States Coast Guard card. Name is indicated as William Cyril Herbert. Home address listed as New York, New York. Dated 8 July 1947.4. United States Coast Guard Certificate of Registry as Staff...
Dates:
1930s-1990s
Miscellaneous
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content
Miscellaneous scraps of paper and a small notebook filled with vocabulary words, including their pronunciations and definitions. A few small notes on people and events of the Civil War. An announcement from the University of Southern Califorina that Herbert is a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science (1957). Personalized notecard (William C. Herbert) with picture of U.S. Air Force airplane on front. Three blank envelopes printed with Herbert's return address on them--two with...
Dates:
1930s-1990s
10 July 1940 -- 18 October 1942
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content
The folder begins with Bill's first letter to his mother in July 1940 from Citizens' Military Training Camp in Fort Dix, New Jersey when he was seventeen years old. (Ernestine Herbert, Bill's mother, was living in East Orange, New Jersey.) The letter mentions the clothes, hat, helmet, and guns they have been issued, plus a description of the drill and parade exercises. The remaining letters in this folder and all of the letters in the next folder are dated from September 1942 through...
Dates:
1930s-1990s
26 October 1942 -- 21 December 1942
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content
In this group of letters to his mother, Bill mentions his brother (Ern) being stationed in Hawaii. He talks about getting his first stripe with the hope of receiving more since he is now enrolled in Non-Com school. His letters are addressed from "P.F.C. William C. Herbert, 2nd Signal Service Battalion, Washington, D.C."
Dates:
1930s-1990s
3 January 1943 -- 3 March 1943
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content
News from William to his mother consists of his life as a corporal and his plans for his furlough to New York City (the Metropolitan Opera, Bronx Zoo, etc.) He thanks her for sending him socks and canned juice, and comments on her recent blood donation to the Red Cross.
Dates:
1930s-1990s
7 March 1943 -- 22 May 1943
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content
From the Series:
The Correspondence series plays the most significant role in the collection by revealing William (Bill) Herbert and his family, friends, colleagues, etc. even if for only a brief period of his life. Through the letters between Bill and his mother Ernestine, in particular, a picture of military life in Europe is gleaned as well as everyday life back home in New York where Mrs. Herbert lived.Letters from Bill to his mother actually begin in the summer of 1940 when 17-year-old Bill...
Dates:
1930s-1990s
30 May 1943 -- 3 August 1943
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Content
From the Series:
The Correspondence series plays the most significant role in the collection by revealing William (Bill) Herbert and his family, friends, colleagues, etc. even if for only a brief period of his life. Through the letters between Bill and his mother Ernestine, in particular, a picture of military life in Europe is gleaned as well as everyday life back home in New York where Mrs. Herbert lived.Letters from Bill to his mother actually begin in the summer of 1940 when 17-year-old Bill...
Dates:
1930s-1990s
29 August 1943 -- 8 October 1943
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Content
From the Series:
The Correspondence series plays the most significant role in the collection by revealing William (Bill) Herbert and his family, friends, colleagues, etc. even if for only a brief period of his life. Through the letters between Bill and his mother Ernestine, in particular, a picture of military life in Europe is gleaned as well as everyday life back home in New York where Mrs. Herbert lived.Letters from Bill to his mother actually begin in the summer of 1940 when 17-year-old Bill...
Dates:
1930s-1990s
9 October 1943 -- 10 November 1943
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content
From the Series:
The Correspondence series plays the most significant role in the collection by revealing William (Bill) Herbert and his family, friends, colleagues, etc. even if for only a brief period of his life. Through the letters between Bill and his mother Ernestine, in particular, a picture of military life in Europe is gleaned as well as everyday life back home in New York where Mrs. Herbert lived.Letters from Bill to his mother actually begin in the summer of 1940 when 17-year-old Bill...
Dates:
1930s-1990s
14 November 1943 -- 19 January 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content
From the Series:
The Correspondence series plays the most significant role in the collection by revealing William (Bill) Herbert and his family, friends, colleagues, etc. even if for only a brief period of his life. Through the letters between Bill and his mother Ernestine, in particular, a picture of military life in Europe is gleaned as well as everyday life back home in New York where Mrs. Herbert lived.Letters from Bill to his mother actually begin in the summer of 1940 when 17-year-old Bill...
Dates:
1930s-1990s