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Title	000_Edmond A. Littlefield Diary 1917-1918
Contributors	Edmond "Ted" Littlefield, Denise Sobel
Description	This collection contains a diary, personal letters and photos of Edmond Arthur Littlefield principally from his service in the American Field Service during World War I. Other items include pre and post WWI letters and photos.
Subject	World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--France; World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--United States--Ambulance Service with the French Army; Littlefield, Edmond Arthur, 1887-1965
Digital Publisher	Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original	1917; 1918
Date	1917; 1918
Date Digital	2010
Temporal Coverage	1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928
Item Size	8.5x6 inch
Medium	Diary
Item Description	Green covered composition book containing 55 pages of handwritten diary entries.
Type	Text
Master Format	image/TIFF
Conversion Specifications	Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use.
Language	eng
Relation	https://archivesspace.weber.edu/repositories/3/resources/453
Rights	Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Source	MS 303 Box 1, 3-4 Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University
Format	application/pdf
ARK	ark:/87278/s6my9mmn
Setname	wsu_wwi_ted
ID	97049
Reference URL	https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6my9mmn

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Title	004_Oct 12-20
Contributors	Edmond "Ted" Littlefield, Denise Sobel
Description	This collection contains a diary, personal letters and photos of Edmond Arthur Littlefield principally from his service in the American Field Service during World War I. Other items include pre and post WWI letters and photos.
Subject	World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--France; World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--United States--Ambulance Service with the French Army; Littlefield, Edmond Arthur, 1887-1965
Digital Publisher	Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original	1917; 1918
Date	1917; 1918
Date Digital	2010
Item Description	Green covered composition book containing 55 pages of handwritten diary entries.
Type	Text
Master Format	image/TIFF
Conversion Specifications	Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use.
Language	eng
Relation	https://archivesspace.weber.edu/repositories/3/resources/453
Rights	Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Source	MS 303 Box 1, 3-4 Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University
OCR Text	Show October 12 Report out to police and take train to Waterloo Station for Southhampton where we take ship Hantonia (Hantonia was built in 1912 for Southampton-Le Havre services of the LSWR.)for Havre. Leave Eng. 930 pm. Small boat and pitches terribly. October 13 Havre and Paris. Hotel Continental. Report of A.F.S. 2. Rue Ranovard. All day fixing papers and barracks. About broke. October 14 Salaried as corporal of squad wood pile exams. Sworn into service. Repair work on fords. October 15 Work on fords. Schedule Breakfast 745 am, Roll Call 850, Detail, Lunch 1230, Roll Call 115, Detail, Dinner 630, Dismissed. October 16 Routine, Downtown Visit Eiffel Tower, Napoleon s Tomb, Invaladies, Royal Tombs, Joan of Arc Statue, Evening go to show Come Along (A musical set in New York City and Alsace, France in 1917.) Bed 1130 pm October 17 Detail, Clean Barracks. Orders to join Section 18 tomorrow. 10 am for train. Given afternoon to get what we wish. Bought a cigarette lighter. Had dinner at De La Parix, coffee at Pausset. Crawford and Murphy ask to go to 18 with me. Both fine lads, so we three will leave together. Bed 1000 pm October 18 Packed things and left Paris for Chalons sur Marne at 1200 noon. (Raining) arrived at Chalons 3pm met at station by French corporal. Arrived barracks 430 pm. Given good arrival, Big Hospital (La Veuve) capacity 3,000. Dinner 530 pm. Cabbage soup, bread, coffee, pinard and jam. Bed 930 pm. Almost frozen. October 19 Roll Call 730 am, Breakfast 800 am, Police Barracks 830900 am., work on cars 91200. Lunch. Work on cars 100300 pm, Bath 400 pm, Tea 430pm, work on cars (if necessary) 600 Dinner, Lights out 930 pm October 20 Cleaned my car yesterday so Love and I cleaned staff car today. Will give my opinion of the men as far as I know them. Love regular and full of pep. Magnus a rustler but quiet. Kemble, good scout. (think I ll like him) Les Cognats, Southern gentleman, noisy and boozy. Johnson, Cutler, Corcoran, Peirce college types (cultured and lazy) Guess Wright might be put in this class also, but hold out hope for him. Miller says Sir every time you speak to him. Think he must have been a clerk. Hale an artist (looks like boozer)
Format	application/pdf
Setname	wsu_wwi_ted
ID	97441
Reference URL	https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6my9mmn/97441