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Robert J. Godbey Collection

M2003.8.1-5


"Officer's Identity Card," Robert J. Godbey Collection

D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804

Title Robert J. Godbey Collection
Creator Robert J. Godbey ;
Subject Keyword :
 Robert J. Godbey ; World War I ; World War II ; American Expeditionary Force ; France ; U. S. Army
Subject LCSH :
Robert J. Godbey
World War 1914-1918
World War 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
World War 1914-1918 -- Participation, American
World War 1914-1918 -- France
World War, 1939-1945
Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries
Description Personal experiences of Robert J. Godbey, Army Field Clerk  in France with the American Expeditionary Forces from February 18, 1918 through August 12, 1919. Five of six bound volumes of reminiscences describing travels in France while on leave from the Services of Supply, with photographs, postcards, theater programs and other memorabilia,  two small handwritten journals, one scrap- book with newspaper clippings of World War II, one scrap-book of clippings and personal memorabilia, complete file of Stars and Stripes published in France from February 18, 1918 to June 13, 1919.
Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor Robert J. Godbey
Date 1918-02-18
Type Collection ; Text 
Format 1.5 linear feet
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/godbey/godbey.htm
Source M2003.8.1-5
Language English
Relation  Peckham collection.
Coverage 1918-1950 (?)
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor Donor number 196
Acquisition  2003-11-13
Citation Robert J. Godbey Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff, 2003 , 2005 , 2006 ; Scott Mckenzie
Biography Robert J. Godbey was a Clerk for the American Expeditionary Forces, Statistical Office in France during the World War, in the years of 1918-1919.
Historical Context
Box Folder Item Description
M2003.8.1 1 Personal journal, vol. 2  [vol. 1 is missing]
2 Personal journal, vol. 3
M2003.8.2 3 Personal journal, vol. 4
4 Personal journal, vol. 5
M2003.8.3 5 Personal journal, vol. 6
6 Handwritten journal
7 Handwritten journal
M2003.8.4 Scrapbook of WWI memorabilia
M2003.8.5 Scrapbook of WWII memorabilia and newspaper clippings
OS2003.8.1 Vol. 1, "Stars and Stripes" Printed in France 1918-1919

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