Gilbert and Jean Seeley Ketcham papers, 1937-1947 (majority within 1942-1944)
2 linear feet
Gilbert Ketcham joined the U. S. Army in 1942 and served overseas in North Africa and Italy until 1944. He was then stationed at Camp McQuade in California, where he monitored prisoners. The collection contains approximately 900 pages of correspondence and other material sent between Ketcham and his wife, Jean Seeley Ketcham, during the war.
This collection contains correspondence sent by Gilbert Ketcham to his wife, Jean Seeley Ketcham, while he was deployed overseas. The collection also contains additional correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other ephemera collected by Jean Seeley Ketcham during the war.
The majority of correspondence sent by Ketcham to his wife details the course of daily life in Army camps in North Africa and Italy. He regularly reports on films, parties put on by soldiers, meals, trips into cities and towns, and his relationship with other officers.
The collection has been arranged in a single series, Correspondence, and is stored chronologically in binders.