Discher Family Papers, 1917-1921.
Title
Discher Family Papers, 1917-1921.
Subject
United States. Army -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918.
Epidemics -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Influenza -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Camp Zachary Taylor (Ky.) -- History -- Sources.
Louisville (Ky.) -- Social life and customs.
Description
Papers are primarily composed of family letters to Louis Discher, a soldier serving in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. The letters relate life in Louisville during the war, discussing family news and activities, Catholicism, Camp Zachary Taylor, and the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic.
Creator
Discher family.
Source
Manuscript Collection, The Filson Historical Society.
Date
1917-1921.
Rights
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Format
20 items.
Language
English
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
Mss. C D
Collection Items
Letter, 31 January 1919
Clara to Corporal Louis J. Discher, Co. F, 120 Infantry, 30 Division, American Expeditionary Forces.
Letter, 27 January 1919
Clara to Corporal Louis J. Discher, Co. F, 120 Infantry, 30 Division, American Expeditionary Forces.
Letter, 11 November 1918
"Aunt Maggie and Uncle Frank" to Corporal Louis J. Discher, Co. F, 120 Infantry, 30 Division, American Expeditionary Forces.
Letter, 13 April 1918
Clara, Louisville, Kentucky, to Louis J. Discher, Co F 120 Infantry, Camp Sevier, S.C.
Letter, 6 April 1918
Clara in Louisville, Kentucky, to Louis J. Discher, Co F 120 Infantry, Camp Sevier, S.C.
Letter, 3 April 1918
Mary Frances in Louisville, Kentucky, to Louis J. Discher, Co F 120 Infantry, Camp Sevier, S.C.
Letter, 1 November 1918
Dorothy Shelley, Louisville, Kentucky, to Corporal Louis J. Discher, Co. F, 120 Infantry, 30 Division, American Expeditionary Forces.
Letter, 25 October 1918
Clara to Corporal Louis J. Discher, Co. F, 120 Infantry, 30 Division, American Expeditionary Forces.
Letter, 14 October 1918
Mary Frances, Louisville, Kentucky to Corporal Louis J. Discher, Co. F, 120 Infantry, 30 Division, American Expeditionary Forces.