World War, 1939-1945 -- Correspondence

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence and postcards from the Baird family in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Most of the collection dates to the 1940s and is related to Roger A. Baird's service in the Navy during World War II. The collection also contains letters from Alice Baird, who was married to Roger Baird in 1942. Another folder includes postcards from 1918 and 1944, as well as Report Cards from the University of Wisconsin.

Scope and Contents This collection primarily contains correspondences, which are sorted into two files. The first file contains correspondences to and from Edward Coles, documenting his experiences in the U.S. Navy near the end of World War I in 1918. Many of these letters come from and were sent to family members located in California. The second file contains correspondences to and from Paul Osmond, who describes his experiences in India and Sri Lanka during and after World War II. The collection also...

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondences between Kenneth Bien and Florence Gorman from the 1939 to the 1940s during World War II, as well as some misc. correspondences. The collection also contains several folders of family photographs, most of which are unidentified. There is also a scrapbook containing numerous photographs and other items from the military servicemen in the 1940s, as well as a folder containing an army air force training certificate from 1945 for Charles DeBaar.