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Robert Lanter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2014A015

Scope and Contents

Robert Earl Lanter enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and much of this collection consists of correspondence with friends and family during his service in World War II in the Pacific Theater. Besides the war correspondence there are also letters to various women he dated, materials relating to his and his father's business, and documentation of his final years in a nursing home and his death and estate settlement.

Dates

  • Creation: 1892 - 2005
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1940 - 1970
  • Acquisition: 2005-05-09

Creator

Full Extent

1.40 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Source of Acquisition

Lanter, Robert E. via William C. Adams

Title
Robert Lanter Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Kyle Beeler
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository

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