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Ambrose, Herbert A Guide to the Herbert Ambrose Letters MG 133

A Guide to the Herbert Ambrose Letters MG 133


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Steven Bookman, University Archivist

Repository
ODU Community Collections
Identification
MG 133
Title
Herbert Ambrose Letters 1942-1945 Date acquired: 08/24/2018
URL:
https://archivesguides.lib.odu.edu/repositories/5/resources/56
Quantity
1.00 Linear Feet
Quantity
Two Hollinger document cases and one half Hollinger document case. boxes
Creator
Ambrose, Herbert
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Source of Acquisition

Gift of Matthew Whitlock, Department of History

Method of Acquisition

Acc. 2018.018 was received by Special Collections and University Archives by the donor on 8/24/2018.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kayne Bartholomew, Special Collections and University Archives Student Assistant, in August-September 2018.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes letters written by Sergeant Herbert Ambrose while he worked in the 506 United States Army Infantry Postal Unit during World War II. Most of the letters are written by Ambrose to his parents about his daily life from various locations throughout the war including Boston, Scotland, Southern England, France, and Germany.

Arrangement Note

The letters are arranged chronologically.

Related Material

Walter C. Ansel Papers (MG 29); Howard Bertram Aison Papers (MG 61). Other collections related to armed conflicts can be found on the Special Collections and University Archives research guide at http://guides.lib.odu.edu/specialcollections .

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • United States. Army. Infantry, 506th
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
  • letters (correspondence)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Ambrose, Herbert
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Container List

Mixed Materials box: 01 Box 1
Box 1
  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 1 Folder 1
    Folder 1: Letters
    1942 March
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Letters, 1942 March, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 2 Folder 2
    Folder 2: Letters
    1942 April
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Letters, 1942 April, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 3 Folder 3
    Folder 3: Letters
    1942 May
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Letters, 1942 May, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 4 Folder 4
    Folder 4: Letters
    1942 June
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, Letters, 1942 June, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 5 Folder 5
    Folder 5: Letters
    1942 July
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, Letters, 1942 July, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 6 Folder 6
    Folder 6: Letters
    1942 August
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, Letters, 1942 August, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 7 Folder 7
    Folder 7: Letters
    1942 September
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, Letters, 1942 September, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 8 Folder 8
    Folder 8: Letters
    1942 October
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, Letters, 1942 October, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 9 Folder 9
    Folder 9: Letters
    1942 November
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, Letters, 1942 November, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 10 Folder 10
    Folder 10: Letters
    1942 December
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 10, Letters, 1942 December, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 11 Folder 11
    Folder 11: Letters
    1943 January
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 11, Letters, 1943 January, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 12 Folder 12
    Folder 12: Letters
    1943 February
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 12, Letters, 1943 February, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 13 Folder 13
    Folder 13: Letters
    1943 March
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 13, Letters, 1943 March, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 14 Folder 14
    Folder 14: Letters
    1943 April
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 14, Letters April, Letters, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Mixed Materials box: 02 Box 2
Box 2
  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 1 Folder 1
    Folder 1: Letters
    1943 May
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 1, Letters, 1943 May, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 2 Folder 2
    Folder 2: Letters
    1943 June
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 2, Letters, 1943 June, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 3 Folder 3
    Folder 3: Letters
    1943 July
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 3, Letters, 1943 July, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 4 Folder 4
    Folder 4: Letters
    1943 August
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 4, Letters, 1943 August, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 5 Folder 5
    Folder 5: Letters
    1943 September
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 5, Letters, 1943 September, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 6 Folder 6
    Folder 6: Letters
    1943 October
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 6, Letters, 1943 October, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 7 Folder 7
    Folder 7: Letters
    1943 November
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 7, Letters, 1943 November, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 8 Folder 8
    Folder 8: Letters
    1943 December
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 8, Letters, 1943 December, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 9 Folder 9
    Folder 9: Letters
    1944 January
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 9, Letters, 1944 January, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 10 Folder 10
    Folder 10: Letters
    1944 February
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 10, Letters, 1944 February, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 11 Folder 11
    Folder 11: Letters
    1944 March
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 11, Letters, 1944 March, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 12 Folder 12
    Folder 12: Letters
    1944 April
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 12, Letters, 1944 April, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 13 Folder 13
    Folder 13: Letters
    1944 May
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 13, Letters, 1944 May, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 14 Folder 14
    Folder 14: Letters
    1944 June
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 14, Letters, 1944 June, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 15 Folder 15
    Folder 15: Letters
    1944 July
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 15, Letters, 1944 July, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Mixed Materials box: 03 Box 3
Box 3
  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 1 Folder 1
    Folder 1: Letters
    1944 August
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 1, Letters, 1944 August, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 2 Folder 2
    Folder 2: Letters
    1944 September
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 2, Letters, 1944 September, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 3 Folder 3
    Folder 3: Letters
    1944 October
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 3, Letters, 1944 October, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 4 Folder 4
    Folder 4: Letters
    1944 November
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 4, Letters, 1944 November, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 5 Folder 5
    Folder 5: Letters
    1944 December
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 5, Letters, 1944 December, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 6 Folder 6
    Folder 6: Letters
    1945 January
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 6, Letters, 1945 January, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 7 Folder 7
    Folder 7: Letters
    1945 February
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 7, Letters, 1945 February, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 8 Folder 8
    Folder 8: Letters
    1945 March
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 8, Letters, 1945 March, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 9 Folder 9
    Folder 9: Letters
    1945 April
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 9, Letters, 1945 April, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 10 Folder 10
    Folder 10: Letters
    1945 May
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 10, Letters, 1945 May, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 11 Folder 11
    Folder 11: Letters
    1945 June
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 11, Letters, 1945 June, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 12 Folder 12
    Folder 12: Letters
    1945 July
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 12, Letters, 1945 July, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 13 Folder 13
    Folder 13: Letters
    1945 August
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 13, Letters, 1945 August, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 14 Folder 14
    Folder 14: Letters
    1945 September
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 14, Letters, 1945 September, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

  • Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 15 Folder 15
    Folder 15: Letters
    1945 October
    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 15, Letters, 1945 October, Herbert Ambrose Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.