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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02679.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Correspondence by and to Charles Gates Dawes, who worked alongside General Pershing in the American Expeditionary Force |
| Title | Letter from Charles Dawes to his mother with vague details of his life with the army, due to censorship |
| Date | 26 August 1917 |
| Author | Dawes, Charles Gates (1865-1951) |
| Recipient | Dawes, Mary Beman Gates |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The censor prevents him from writing anything significant but says he is keeping a record of what happens so he will remember after the war. Tomorrow he will have a special birthday dinner. He expects to leave on special detail very soon. |
| Subjects | Progressive Era World War I Soldier's Letter Military History Children and Family Government and Civics Diplomacy Censorship Holidays and Celebrations Diet and Nutrition |
| People | Dawes, Charles Gates (1865-1951) Dawes, Mary Beman Gates (1842-1921) |
| Theme | World War I; Naval & Maritime; Health & Medicine; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Dawes joined the AEF in France to monitor finances, based upon a recommendation of the Secretary of Treasury. Most of the letters are to his mother. Postwar letters are mostly from Chicago, where he was President then Chairman of a bank, and then from Washington where he served in the Treasury Dept. Bureau of Finance under Harding. The final folders include materials which may in fact have been enclosed by Dawes with letters to his mother. Additional Dawes materials are in GLC 1601 and GLC 4048. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |