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Box 1

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Contains 26 Results:

Hand-painted holiday card signed P.F.C. Charles A. Stewart, Jr., American Embassy Guard, Peking, China, to Mrs. Charles A. Stewart, Sr., 3501 Itaska St., St. Louis, Missouri., 1941 Nov

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence from Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to his family, various newspaper articles and clippings, and a scrapbook, that document his military service during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war. The correspondence includes letters from Charles A. Stewart Jr. to his family in which he discusses general conditions as a prisoner of war, but without detail presumably due to censorship. The correspondence also includes a letter from Commander Winfield...
Dates: 1941 Nov

Typescript letter signed Charles A. Stewart, Jr., Ward Road Gaol, Shanghai, China, to Mrs. Charles A. Stewart, Sr., 3501 Itaska St., St. Louis, Missouri. Discusses his desire for news from home and the weather in Shanghai. Mentions “Aunt Nell.”, 1943 Mar 26

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence from Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to his family, various newspaper articles and clippings, and a scrapbook, that document his military service during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war. The correspondence includes letters from Charles A. Stewart Jr. to his family in which he discusses general conditions as a prisoner of war, but without detail presumably due to censorship. The correspondence also includes a letter from Commander Winfield...
Dates: 1943 Mar 26

Typescript letter signed P.F.C. Charles A. Stewart, Jr., Shanghai War-prisoner’s Camp, to Mr. Charles A. Stewart, Sr., 3501 Itaska St., St. Louis, Missouri. Birthday note written to his father., 1943 Aug 27

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence from Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to his family, various newspaper articles and clippings, and a scrapbook, that document his military service during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war. The correspondence includes letters from Charles A. Stewart Jr. to his family in which he discusses general conditions as a prisoner of war, but without detail presumably due to censorship. The correspondence also includes a letter from Commander Winfield...
Dates: 1943 Aug 27

Typescript letter signed Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to Mrs. Charles A. Stewart, 3501 Itaska Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Christmas message to family., 1943 Dec 7

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence from Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to his family, various newspaper articles and clippings, and a scrapbook, that document his military service during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war. The correspondence includes letters from Charles A. Stewart Jr. to his family in which he discusses general conditions as a prisoner of war, but without detail presumably due to censorship. The correspondence also includes a letter from Commander Winfield...
Dates: 1943 Dec 7

Typescript notecard signed Charles A. Stewart, Jr., prisoner of war, Shanghai Gaol (Foreign Section), 147 Ward Road, Shanghai, China, to Mrs. Charles A. Stewart, Sr., 3501 Itaska St., St. Louis, Missouri. Congratulates his parents on their silver wedding anniversary on February 14., 1944 Feb 9

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence from Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to his family, various newspaper articles and clippings, and a scrapbook, that document his military service during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war. The correspondence includes letters from Charles A. Stewart Jr. to his family in which he discusses general conditions as a prisoner of war, but without detail presumably due to censorship. The correspondence also includes a letter from Commander Winfield...
Dates: 1944 Feb 9

Typescript letter signed Charles Albert Stewart, Jr., Shanghai War-prisoner’s Camp, to Mrs. Charles A. Stewart, 3501 Itaska St., St. Louis, Missouri. Wishes his mother and brother Bob a happy birthday and that he has not received a letter from the family in nearly three years. Mentions “Aunt Nell.”, 1944 Mar 4

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence from Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to his family, various newspaper articles and clippings, and a scrapbook, that document his military service during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war. The correspondence includes letters from Charles A. Stewart Jr. to his family in which he discusses general conditions as a prisoner of war, but without detail presumably due to censorship. The correspondence also includes a letter from Commander Winfield...
Dates: 1944 Mar 4

Western Union telegram from Gullion [Allen W. Gullion], provost marshal general for the U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Charles A. Stewart, Sr., 3501 Itaska St., STL [St. Louis, Missouri]. States that an intercepted broadcast from Japan contained the following message from Charles A. Stewart, Jr.: “I’m all right and hope you are the same. Don’t worry about me. . . . Let’s hope that I’ll be home soon.”, 1944 May

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence from Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to his family, various newspaper articles and clippings, and a scrapbook, that document his military service during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war. The correspondence includes letters from Charles A. Stewart Jr. to his family in which he discusses general conditions as a prisoner of war, but without detail presumably due to censorship. The correspondence also includes a letter from Commander Winfield...
Dates: 1944 May

Typescript notecard signed Charles A. Stewart, Jr., Shanghai War-prisoner’s Camp, Foreign Section, Shanghai Gaol, 147 Chang Yang Road, Shanghai, China, to Mrs. Charles A. Stewart, Sr., 3501 Itaska St., St. Louis, Missouri. Inquires about the fourth of July and mentions his desire to fish at the “Bagnol Dam” [Bagnell Dam, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri] when he returns home., 1944 July 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence from Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to his family, various newspaper articles and clippings, and a scrapbook, that document his military service during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war. The correspondence includes letters from Charles A. Stewart Jr. to his family in which he discusses general conditions as a prisoner of war, but without detail presumably due to censorship. The correspondence also includes a letter from Commander Winfield...
Dates: 1944 July 1

Letter signed W.S. Cunningham [Winfield Scott Cunningham], commander, U.S. Navy, Kunming, China, to “To whom it may concern.” Discusses Charles A. Stewart’s aptitude for employment. “I do not hesitate to express my opinion that any future employer of Stewart will be fully satisfied with his work.”, 1945 Aug 29

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence from Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to his family, various newspaper articles and clippings, and a scrapbook, that document his military service during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war. The correspondence includes letters from Charles A. Stewart Jr. to his family in which he discusses general conditions as a prisoner of war, but without detail presumably due to censorship. The correspondence also includes a letter from Commander Winfield...
Dates: 1945 Aug 29

Typescript letter signed Jas. A. Mackay [James A. Mackay], vice president, The National City Bank of New York, to Corp. Charles A. Stewart, 3501 Itaska St., St. Louis, Missouri. Saw the story of Charles A. Stewart’s imprisonment in China in The Greenville Advocate given to him by “Mr. Ross of the Borden Company in Larchmont.” He discusses what happened to him after he left Bridgehouse in China, where Stewart was imprisoned. He mentions getting a recent visit from Commander Smith [Columbus Darwin Smith, U.S. Navy, commanding officer of the River Gunboat U.S.S. Wake, which was captured on December 8, 1941] who escaped from Ward Road jail and had previously been in “cell No. 5 at Bridgehouse.”, 1945 Nov 14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence from Charles A. Stewart, Jr., to his family, various newspaper articles and clippings, and a scrapbook, that document his military service during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war. The correspondence includes letters from Charles A. Stewart Jr. to his family in which he discusses general conditions as a prisoner of war, but without detail presumably due to censorship. The correspondence also includes a letter from Commander Winfield...
Dates: 1945 Nov 14