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Box 2

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Contains 4 Results:

Photo album of Army training in the United States, 1916

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Avery and Ford Gilleo photographs and letters collection consists primarily of two photo albums documenting training and service in World War I and letters Avery and Ford Gilleo wrote home during their service. Many of the soldiers and locations are identified in the photo albums. Transcriptions Joan Vondra created of Ford’s letters, in which she added photographs and contextual notes, have been printed from the digital versions Joan provided upon donation and included in the collection....
Dates: 1916

Photo album with photos taken by Ford and Avery Gilleo at Camp Custer, 1913

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Avery and Ford Gilleo photographs and letters collection consists primarily of two photo albums documenting training and service in World War I and letters Avery and Ford Gilleo wrote home during their service. Many of the soldiers and locations are identified in the photo albums. Transcriptions Joan Vondra created of Ford’s letters, in which she added photographs and contextual notes, have been printed from the digital versions Joan provided upon donation and included in the collection....
Dates: 1913

Avery and Eleanore (Alten) Gilleo around the time of their marriage in 1920 and an image of an unknown training camp.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Avery and Ford Gilleo photographs and letters collection consists primarily of two photo albums documenting training and service in World War I and letters Avery and Ford Gilleo wrote home during their service. Many of the soldiers and locations are identified in the photo albums. Transcriptions Joan Vondra created of Ford’s letters, in which she added photographs and contextual notes, have been printed from the digital versions Joan provided upon donation and included in the collection....
Dates: 1911 - 1919

Grand Rapids Herald newspaper clipping; obituary of General Earl Steward, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Avery and Ford Gilleo photographs and letters collection consists primarily of two photo albums documenting training and service in World War I and letters Avery and Ford Gilleo wrote home during their service. Many of the soldiers and locations are identified in the photo albums. Transcriptions Joan Vondra created of Ford’s letters, in which she added photographs and contextual notes, have been printed from the digital versions Joan provided upon donation and included in the collection....
Dates: 1911 - 1919