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Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Index Terms

Pro Patria Collection

Biographical Note

There are thirty-four Hobart men and one William Smith woman who are written about in Pro Patria. Their class years ranged from 1914 through 1947, with the majority being from the years 1940 and 1944.

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Scope and Contents

Pro Patria was printed for remembrance of those Hobart and William Smith students who died in World War II. This collection has every step of the process from the making of the Pro Patria publication including receipts, correspondences, associated texts, and edited copies of the publication. There is a scrapbook with a page for each individual honored, including biographic information and other primary sources. Within the collection there are letters from the 1940's from the actual service men and women honored. Also, correspondences from the early 1990's between the Eatons and family members of those honored and other historical institutions.

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Arrangement

Series Titles

I. Individual Information/ Family Contact Information

II. Thank You Letters (from recipients of the publication)

III. Draft Copy and Military Insignia

IV. Richard Blanford Correspondences with the Eatons and Government Officials.

V. "From Alumni/ae Office to the Eatons"

VI. Photographs and Negatives

VI. Receipts of Expenses

VII. Miscellanea I

VIII. Copy Reviewed by Professor Juliet at St. Bonaventure University

IX. Correspondence of Capt. George Ashmun

X. "Found Between Pages of Green Pro Patria Scrapbook Near Herbert Jacob Welker"

XI. Ed Crone and Slaughterhouse Five

XII. Scrapbook of indiviuals honored

XIII. World War II monographs

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

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