Letter from Henry Ellsworth to Mrs. Tschan regarding the health of her son, Albert W. Tschan, a soldier in the 158th Depot Brigade who contracted influenza while stationed at Camp Sherman, Ohio, during World War I. Ellsworth describes his efforts to help Albert Tschan recover from his illness, and…
Personal account of Henry Ellsworth of Bowling Green, Ohio, regarding his service in Company 8, 2nd Training Battalion, 158th Depot Brigade, at Camp Sherman, Ohio, during World War I. Ellsworth details a fatal influenza outbreak at the camp and reflects on the place of Christianity in public life,…
Letters home from Esther Martha Palmer of Prairie Depot (Wayne), Ohio , reprinted in the newspapers the "Prairie Depot Observer," "Bloomdale Gazette," and "Pemberville Leader," written while serving during World War I as a nurse at Base Hospital 4 with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe. …
Photocopies of letters written by Myron Hanna, a Deshler, Ohio physician, while serving in the 132nd Ambulance Company, 33rd Infantry Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during World War I. Hanna was wounded during his service from ingesting poisonous chemicals, as he writes in his letter of…
Photocopy of a diary of Ferris Wellman Myrice of Deshler, Ohio, which he wrote while in service with the 332nd Regiment in Italy during World War I.
Letter from Albert Krueger to his family about what he has seen during the war, the weather, and longing to be home.