- Description
- 1 box.
- Summary
- Fifty-one original letters, mostly from G.H.Q., Chaumont, France, to his wife and other relatives in America, and typewritten extracts (245 p.) from letters and diaries, 28 Aug. 1917-19 Jan. 1919, concerning army life, hardships, experiences at the front, recreation, and his observations on the war.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Biography (note)
- Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Engineer Department of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, heading its Sound and Flash Ranging Service.
- Call Number
- MssCol 3036
- Author
Trowbridge, Augustus, 1870-1934.
- Title
Augustus Trowbridge papers, 1917-1919.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
- Reproduction
Published, with omissions, as the War Letters of Augustus Trowbridge, in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, v. 43-44.
- Biography
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Engineer Department of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, heading its Sound and Flash Ranging Service.
- Occupation
Physicists United States.
Soldiers.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 3036