Scope and Contents The material consists of correspondence from John R. Bradstreet, S.J., a California Province Jesuit, to his sister Consuelo in the years just prior to, during, and immediately after his service as a United States Army chaplain in the Second World War. There are also a few letters to Bradstreet from soldiers with whom he had served, and several notes to Consuelo from family members as well as acquaintances of her brother. The letters in this collection give an account of the daily experiences...

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This series contains a biographical sketch of Bradstreet along with a transmittal letter from Tom Marshall, S.J., Archivist of the California Province of the Society of Jesus, whose archives contain more Bradstreet material.

Scope and Contents Most of Bradstreet's letters were written to his sister Consuelo and describe the opening days of the Second World War on the home front, Bradstreet's baptism of fire as a chaplain at an Army camp in Oregon, and his subsequent adventures overseas in England and Hawaii. The correspondence ends with his return to Jesuit mission work in California. Also here are several letters to Bradstreet from soldiers with whom he remained in touch, which give the average G.I.'s view of the war effort,...

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This series consists of the following Army forms: owner's inventory and customs declaration, a medical certificate, and a certificate in view of marriage.