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| Title | Benson, William |
| Author of Finding Aid | Riggs, Bertram G., 1954-
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| Subject | Benson, William J., 1899-1918
Benson, Irene, b. 1904
World War, 1914-1918
Soldiers--Newfoundland and Labrador
War casualties--France
Correspondence
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| Scope and Content of Fonds | This fonds represents a very small portion of the short life of William J. Benson. It consists of letters home to his sister, Irene Benson, from several of the locations where he was stationed during the last year of World War I; official government correspondence informing Irene of her brother's death; personal correspondence from people who had met Benson in Europe; photocopies of official war diary for October 1918, the month in which Benson was wounded and died; two photographs; various other pieces of memorabilia associated with his war service or with his childhood. |
| Extent of Fonds | 2 centimeters of textual materials, 2 photographs, 1 identity disk |
| Creator of Content | Benson, William J., 1899-1918
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| Date of Content | 2004 |
| Publisher | Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries |
| Location | Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Resource Type | Finding Aid |
| Type | Text |
| Format | Text/xml |
| Identifier | Coll-324; AMD-EAD0007 |
| Language | en |
| Provenance | Robert Benson (nephew of William J. Benson), December 3, 2003 |
| Collection | Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids (EAD) |
| Sponsor | Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Division |
| CONTENTdm file name | 9.xml |
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