Schaefer letters

MSA SC 5850

Dates

1940-1946

Medium

original

Restrictions

RESTRICTED: No access or copies without the permission of Governor William Donald Schaefer or his estate.

Storage

RB/01/06/02 [Items 1-99]; RB/01/06/03 [Items 100-200]; RB/01/06/06 [Items 20-310]; RB/01/06/07 [Items 311-413]; RB/01/06/25 [notes]

Description

Personal correspondence between William Donald Schaefer and his parents during his years of military service in and immediately following World War II.

William Donald Schaefer served as an administrator at the 22nd General Hospital based overseas in southern England. The hospital came into full operation of June 1944 and its first patients included wounded evacuated from the D-Day operations. Also included, some letters between the chaplain in Schaefer's unit to Schaefer's parents and a box of research notes pertaining to the 22nd General Hospital which Schaefer administered during the war.

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Box 1
Series 2: Box 2
Series 3: Box 3
Series 4: Box 4
Series 5: Box 5

Microfilm Inventory