Collection Overview
Title: Allen B. Brown Papers, 1917-1919, 1929-1933
ID: 41/20/34
Creator: Brown, Allen Brookins (1895-1972)
Extent: 0.3 cubic feet
Arrangement: By type of material
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Papers of Allen Brookins Brown, Class of 1917 (1895- 1972), member of the First Illinois Ambulance Unit in France and Second Lieutenant in the 119th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces in France during the First World War, including correspondence presenting the materials to the University, with an itemized list of the materials; letters of German soldiers (1918) with translations and issues of United States and European newspapers (1917-1919) covering the entry of the United States into the war, events of the war and the Versailles Conference.