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Title

William L. Estes, Jr. Diaries of Army Service in France

Authors

• Estes, William L. (William Lawrence), 1885-1971

Call number

SC MS 0014 1.06
(Bethlehem, Special Collections, Lehigh University Libraries, William L. Estes, Jr. Papers, 1895-1971)

Publisher

Special Collections, Lehigh University Libraries

Language

Primary language: English.

Origin

Date

1918

Place

France

Summary

William Estes, Jr. was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Moravian Parochial School, Lehigh University (1905), Johns Hopkins Medical School (1909), and was a resident in surgery at the Mayo Clinic (1909-1912). Estes served as an Army surgeon in France (1918-1919); was a respected surgeon in Bethlehem, and was the chief surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital from 1929-1950. He was also President of the State Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association of the Surgery of Trauma. Estes was a leader in community activities. He was President of the Bach Choir from 1942-1961, an active Episcopal churchman, and an avid fisherman. This six-volume diary traces Estes' time in Europe as an Army surgeon during WWI. The second volume of the diary begins on August 5, 1918 and ends on October 31, 1918.

Subjects names

• Estes, William L. (William Lawrence), 1885-1971

Subjects topical

• World War, 1914-1918

Subjects geographic

• France

Genres

• Diaries

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — 5 August 1918
• fol. 2r — 6 August 1918
• fol. 3r — 7 August 1918
• fol. 3v — 8 August 1918
• fol. 5v — 9 August 1918
• fol. 8r — 10 August 1918
• fol. 9v — 11 August 1918
• fol. 11r — 12-13 August 1918
• fol. 11v — 14 August 1918
• fol. 16v — 15-16 August 1918
• fol. 17v — 17 August 1918
• fol. 18r — 18 August 1918
• fol. 20v — 19 August 1918
• fol. 21v — 20 August 1918
• fol. 22r — 21 August 1918
• fol. 24r — 22 August 1918
• fol. 26r — 23 August 1918
• fol. 27r — 24 August 1918
• fol. 28r — 25 August 1918
• fol. 30r — 26 August 1918
• fol. 32v — 27 August 1918
• fol. 33v — 28 August 1918
• fol. 34v — 29 August 1918
• fol. 35v — 30 August 1918
• fol. 38v — 31 August 1918
• fol. 39r — 1 September 1918
• fol. 40v — 2 September 1918
• fol. 41r — 3 September 1918
• fol. 41v — 4 September 1918
• fol. 42v — 5-6 September 1918
• fol. 43r — 7 September 1918
• fol. 43v — 8 September 1918
• fol. 51v — 9-10 September 1918
• fol. 52r — 11 September 1918
• fol. 52v — 12 September 1918
• fol. 53v — 13 September 1918
• fol. 54v — 14-15 September 1918
• fol. 55r — 16 September 1918
• fol. 55v — 17 September 1918
• fol. 56r — 18 September 1918
• fol. 57v — 19 September 1918
• fol. 58r — 20 September 1918
• fol. 61v — 21 September 1918
• fol. 63r — 22 September 1918
• fol. 63v — 23 September 1918
• fol. 64r — 24 September 1918
• fol. 67r — 25 September 1918
• fol. 68v — 26 September 1918
• fol. 71v — 27 September 1918
• fol. 72r — 28 September 1918
• fol. 73r — 29-30 September 1918
• fol. 74r — 1 October 1918
• fol. 76r — 2-4 October 1918
• fol. 76v — 5-6 October 1918
• fol. 77r — 7 October 1918
• fol. 77v — 8 October 1918
• fol. 78r — 9-10 October 1918
• fol. 79r — 11 October 1918
• fol. 82r — 12 October 1918
• fol. 83r — 13 October 1918
• fol. 84r — 14 October 1918
• fol. 85r — 15 October 1918
• fol. 90v — 16 October 1918
• fol. 91v — 17 October 1918
• fol. 94v — 18 October 1918
• fol. 96r — 19-20 October 1918
• fol. 96v — 21 October 1918
• fol. 104v — 22-23 October 1918
• fol. 105r — 24 October 1918
• fol. 111v — 25 October 1918
• fol. 112r — 26-27 October 1918
• fol. 112v — 28 October 1918
• fol. 113r — 29 October 1918
• fol. 116r — 30 October 1918
• fol. 118r — 31 October 1918