Beck Family. Letters. ALS. 1918-1919. 20 Items.
Mss. C B
Series of letters between 2 brothers serving in the field signal corps during the last days of World War I to their mother in Philadelphia; correspondence includes descriptions of the effects and casualties caused by the Spanish flu outbreak and the brothers' service on hospital duty at Fort Thomas in Newport, Ky.
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