Finding Aid for the Lindstadt brothers First World War correspondence 2014.031.w.rd

Lauren Menges

Center for American War Letters Archives

12/19/2016

Leatherby Libraries

Chapman University

Orange, CA 92866

speccoll@chapman.edu

URL: http://www1.chapman.edu/library/archives/

Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives

Title: Lindstadt brothers First World War correspondence

source: Glemby, Scott

Creator: [unknown last name], Alfred

Creator: Anderson, Albin

Creator: Voelker, Carl E.

Creator: Lindstadt, Varnie

Creator: Lindstadt, Robert

Identifier/Call Number: 2014.031.w.rd

Identifier/Call Number: 748

Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (3 folders)

Date (inclusive): 1917 December 4 - 1919 April 19

Abstract: The collection contains the correspondence of Varnie and Robert Lindstadt, USA, during the First World War.

Language of Material: English .

Container: WWI 6

Container: 1-3

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Scott Glemby. Legacy collection from Andrew Carroll.

Arrangement

This collection has been arranged by author and date.

Biographical / Historical

Varnie Lindstadt served with Company A, 339th Field Artillery, American Expeditionaty Force and Robert Lindstadt served with Company E, 33rd Engineers, American Expeditionary Force. They both served overseas in England and France.

Preferred Citation

[Item title, Box number, Folder number], Lindstadt Brothers First World War correspondence (2014.031.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Content Description

This collection is available online in Chapman University's Digital Commons: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/lindstadt_brothers_collection/

This collection contains 82 letters written by Varnie Lindstadt and Robert Lindstadt during the First World War. They wrote to family, specifically to their sister Clara, a third brother Elmer, and to their mother Sophia. Also included in the collection are letters by several other soldiers writing to members of the Lindstadt family.

Some of the authors in this collection are connected with some of the authors in ACC# 2014.032.w "Dorothy Hornberger First World War Correspondence" Some of them were possibly friends.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War (1914-1918)

Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918

United States. -- Army. -- Field Artillery

Military training camps

Basic training (Military education)

World War (1914-1918) -- France

World War (1914-1918) -- England

Glemby, Scott