Collection Description
The Lauren C. Post Papers (1917-1977) document Dr. Lauren Post's involvement with San Diego State College servicemen in World War II as well as his professional output as professor of geography at San Diego State.
This digital collection comes from the World War II San Diego State Servicemen Files series and includes correspondence from Post regarding Aztec News Letter donations, programs from events honoring Aztec servicemen, and annotated address changes for distribution of the Aztec News Letter. Of particular note is an essay written by Post about San Diego State men and women who served in World War II, with a focus on the 134 Aztecs who were killed in action during the war.
Pages
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- Aztec News Letter mailing list addresses
- This small list of addresses was annotated by Lauren Post, noting that two of the addresses were new additions to the Aztec News Letter distribution list. The first address listed is crossed off, indicating the address is no longer valid., Box 1, Folder 4
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- Aztec News Letter mailing list addresses
- This large list of mailing addresses includes brief coded annotations, primarily check marks, pluses, minuses, and occasional numbers., Box 1, Folder 4
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- Aztec News Letter mailing list addresses
- This list of mailing addresses includes annotations in Lauren Post's hand, as well as an unidentified person assisting with the Aztec News Letter. The annotations provide updates on the servicemen's locations and/or duties. In some instances, the addresses provided are only valid for a few days or a few weeks., Box 1, Folder 4
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- Aztec News Letter mailing list addresses
- This mailing address list includes Army Postal Addresses for State alumni overseas as well as addresses of those stationed at traning camps and naval bases in the United States. Several of the addresses have been crossed off, an indication that the address on file is no longer current., Box 1, Folder 4
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- Aztec News Letter mailing list addresses
- This short list of mailing addresses includes annotations in Lauren Post's hand, as well as an unidentified person assisting with the Aztec News Letter. The annotations provide updates on the servicemen's locations and/or duties., Box 1, Folder 4
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- Aztec News Letter mailing list addresses from Fred Lynas Smith, 1943
- Writing on personalized stationery, Smith provides Lauren Post addresses for three San Diego State alumni. This list was originally attached to his letter dated December 3, 1943. It was subsequently separated from the original letter, presumably for the purposes of compiling a list of current addresses for the Aztec News Letter., Box 1, Folder 4
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- Envelope of the Aztec News Letter
- This envelope bears the address stamp of the Aztec News Letter, which includes an image of the San Diego State College sculpture Montezuma. The envelope is addressed to Mrs. Robert Harvey (Mary Louise Harvey), who served in the Women's Army Corps., Box 1, Folder 1
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- Envelope of the Aztec News Letter
- This envelope bears the address stamp of the Aztec News Letter, which includes an image of the San Diego State College sculpture Montezuma. The envelope is addressed to Robert G. Harvey, stationed at Wright Field in Ohio., Box 1, Folder 1
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- Envelope of the Aztec News Letter
- This envelope bears the address stamp of the Aztec News Letter, which includes an image of the San Diego State College sculpture Montezuma. The envelope is addressed to Mrs. Robert Harvey (Mary Louise Harvey), who served in the Women's Army Corps., Box 1, Folder 1
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- Letter from Lauren C. Post, 1943
- Post writes C. N. Harmer a note of thanks for a contribution to the Aztec News Letter Fund. Harmer's contribution is the first "from an outside organization being acknowledged in the News Letter." Post writes, "I have always favored the individual contributions and those especially from acquaintances of the men." Post derives "a great deal of personal satisfaction" providing the newsletter to those that have a "personal interest" in it., Box 1, Folder 1
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- Letter from Lauren C. Post, 1943
- Post sends a letter of thanks to the members of the Darius Chapter No. 143, RAM (Royal Arch Masons), who contributed $25.00 to the Aztec News Letter. He plans to send copies of the newsletter to the chapter "so that [they] may see what [they] have contributed toward.", Box 1, Folder 1
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- Music lyric sheet by Allen Edwards
- A humorous song with serious undertones, "The Buck-Sheesh Mission song," describes the trials in the life of a B-24 bomber., Box 1, Folder 5
