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James Terrence McCabe letters

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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206

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Born on February 17, 1890, James Terrence McCabe served in the United States Army during World War I. He was stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia and in France during the end of the war. His wife, Joye Rapp, to whom he was engaged during his service, died in 1921. Mr. McCabe and his family were Catholic and from Easton, Pennsylvania. McCabe was a bookkeeper in the years following his service in the Army, working for John Schaible and Ingersoll Rand. He died in January 1975.

This collection contains letters to and from James Terrence McCabe, his family, fiancée, and neighbors, primarily written between July 1918 and August 1919, during his service as a private with the American Expeditionary Forces. The bulk of the letters are between McCabe and his future wife, Joye M. Rapp (who died in 1921). Others with whom McCabe frequently corresponded include his mother, sister Sadie, and various other female friends. There are also 45 assorted photographs of family and friends in both the United States and France, as well as a few newspaper clippings and miscellaneous documents and diary pages.

McCabe's letters concern his experiences while stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia and in France during the tail-end of the war and the year following the Armistice. The letters of his family and non-army friends address home-front life in Easton, Pennsylvania, including the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. Several of the letters touch on issues of religion, as McCabe, his relations, and many of his friends were devout Catholics, and his future wife a Protestant.

The letters are arranged alphabetically by author of the letter.

Purchased in 2007.

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University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Finding Aid Author
Nicole Love
Finding Aid Date
2015 May 1
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Arnold, Marie, 1919.
Box 1 Folder 1
Arnold, Mary McCabe, 1918-1919.
Box 1 Folder 2
Boylan, Katie L., 1918.
Box 1 Folder 3
Boylan, Katie L., 1918-1919.
Box 1 Folder 4
Bright, Mr. H. and Mrs. K., 1919.
Box 1 Folder 5
Brooks, William, 1873.
Box 1 Folder 6
Brown, Frank, 1917-1918.
Box 1 Folder 7
Ducy, John, 1919.
Box 1 Folder 8
Gallagher, Hannah, 1913.
Box 1 Folder 9
Hackman, Elizabeth, 1918.
Box 1 Folder 10
Heap, Mrs. J., 1918.
Box 1 Folder 11
The Illustrated Review, 1918.
Box 1 Folder 12
Jackson, Mrs. Frank, 1919.
Box 1 Folder 13
McCabe, Alfred, 1918.
Box 1 Folder 14
McCabe, James Terrence to Peter Arnold, 1919.
Box 1 Folder 15
McCabe, James Terrence to "Chas", 1919.
Box 1 Folder 16
McCabe, James Terrence to Alfred McCabe, 1919.
Box 1 Folder 17
McCabe, James Terrence to Sadie V. McCabe, 1918-1919.
Box 1 Folder 18
McCabe, James Terrence to Sarah Coyle McCabe , 1918 July-November.
Box 1 Folder 19
McCabe, James Terrence to Sarah Coyle McCabe , 1918 December-1919 January.
Box 1 Folder 20
McCabe, James Terrence to Sarah Coyle McCabe , 1919 February-March.
Box 1 Folder 21
McCabe. James Terrence to Sarah Coyle McCabe , 1919 March-April.
Box 1 Folder 22
McCabe, James Terrence to Sarah Coyle McCabe , 1919 April-May.
Box 1 Folder 23
McCabe, James Terrence to Sarah Coyle McCabe , 1919 June-July.
Box 1 Folder 24
McCabe, James Terrence to Terrence McCabe, Sr., 1919.
Box 1 Folder 25
McCabe. James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1918 July.
Box 1 Folder 26
McCabe. James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1918 August 1-8.
Box 1 Folder 27
McCabe. James Terrence to Joye Rapp , 1918 August 10-17.
Box 1 Folder 28
McCabe. James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1918 August 18-30.
Box 1 Folder 29
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1918 September 2-10.
Box 1 Folder 30
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1918 September-October.
Box 1 Folder 31
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1918 November.
Box 1 Folder 32
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1918 December 2-14.
Box 1 Folder 33
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1918 December 17-19.
Box 1 Folder 34
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1918 December 21-29.
Box 1 Folder 35
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 January 1-12.
Box 1 Folder 36
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 January 20-31.
Box 1 Folder 37
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 February 3-8.
Box 1 Folder 38
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 February 8-15.
Box 1 Folder 39
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 February 16-19.
Box 1 Folder 40
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 February 20-26.
Box 1 Folder 41
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 February 27-March 13.
Box 1 Folder 42
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp , 1919 March 4-12.
Box 1 Folder 43
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 March 13-31.
Box 1 Folder 44
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 April 1-6.
Box 1 Folder 45
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 April 7-14.
Box 1 Folder 40
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 April 15-20.
Box 1 Folder 47
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 April 21-29.
Box 1 Folder 48
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 April 29-May 8.
Box 1 Folder 49
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 May 9-15.
Box 1 Folder 50
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 May 16-23.
Box 1 Folder 51
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 June 1-11.
Box 1 Folder 52
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 June 14-30.
Box 1 Folder 53
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp, 1919 July-August.
Box 1 Folder 54
McCabe, James Terrence to Joye Rapp , undated.
Box 1 Folder 55
McCabe, Sadie V. , 1918 July-August.
Box 1 Folder 56
McCabe, Sadie V. , 1918 August 19-September.
Box 1 Folder 57
McCabe, Sadie V. , 1918 October-November.
Box 2 Folder 58
McCabe, Sadie V. , 1918 December-1919 February 11.
Box 2 Folder 59
McCabe, Sadie V., 1919 February 18-June.
Box 2 Folder 60
McCabe, Sarah Coyle , 1918 July-October 8.
Box 2 Folder 61
McCabe, Sarah Coyle, 1918 October 20-1919 January.
Box 2 Folder 62
McCabe Sarah Coyle, 1919 February-June.
Box 2 Folder 63
Mundy, William C. , 1918 November-December.
Box 2 Folder 64
O'Brien, Bernard J. , 1919 July.
Box 2 Folder 65
Pennsylvania National Army, 1918 July.
Box 2 Folder 66
Rapp, Elsie Ruth, 1918 August-1919 April.
Box 2 Folder 67
Rapp, Joye , 1918 July-August 11.
Box 2 Folder 68
Rapp, Joye , 1918 August 12-28.
Box 2 Folder 69
Rapp, Joye , 1918 August-September 15.
Box 2 Folder 70
Rapp, Joye , 1918 September 17-November 21.
Box 2 Folder 71
Rapp, Joye , 1918 November 21-December 13.
Box 2 Folder 72
Rapp, Joye , 1918 December 15-1919 January 2.
Box 2 Folder 73
Rapp, Joye , 1919 January 14-March 2.
Box 3 Folder 74
Rapp, Joye , 1919 March 4-23.
Box 3 Folder 75
Rapp, Joye, 1919 March 30-May 18.
Box 3 Folder 76
Rapp, Joye , 1919 May 22-August.
Box 3 Folder 77
Rapp, Leila, 1919 February-March.
Box 3 Folder 78
Rapp, Renton, 1919 March.
Box 3 Folder 79
S., Ethel, undated.
Box 3 Folder 80
Saylor, Laura, 1918 August-1919 January.
Box 3 Folder 81
Schaible, John E., 1919 February.
Box 3 Folder 82
Seibel, Evelyn, 1918 February-December.
Box 3 Folder 83
Seibel, Evelyn , 1919 January-July.
Box 3 Folder 84
U.S. War Department Local Board for City of Easton, PA, 1918 February-April.
Box 3 Folder 85
Vivian, Jo. C., 1919 March.
Box 3 Folder 86
Young, Daisy Hackman, 1919 January-April.
Box 3 Folder 87
Young, Robert O., 1919 March.
Box 3 Folder 88
Miscellaneous documents, 1919 March-May.
Box 3 Folder 89
Photographs, undated.
Box 3 Folder 90
Newspaper clippings from McCabe correspondence, 1918 July-August.
Box 3 Folder 91
Luggage tags, United States Army patch, and 2 envelopes, undated.
Box 3 Folder 92

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