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COLLECTION SUMMARY SHEET
COLLECTION: John P. Ambuehl Collection
ACCESSION NUMBER: 195, 199, 215 INCLUSIVE DATES: 1917-1919
DONOR: Carol Frost; Mrs. James E. Higgins RESTRICTIONS: None
DATE OF GIFT: 1981 LOCATION:
SIZE: 1 linear foot COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE: Yes
SUBJECT Ada, Minnesota; Army; Borup, Minnesota; draft; family; France; funeral; travel; U.S. Army; warfare; World War I
FORMS OF MATERIALS: Mostly documents, including letters, brochures, certificates, and photographs. There is also a spiral bound book of letters.
AUTHOR/DONOR: Carol Frost is the daughter of Elsie Ambuehl and the niece of John Ambuehl. She compiled a collection of letters entitled Dear Sister: A Collection of World War I Letters consisting of letters to her mother from her brothers John and Bill.
ARRANGEMENT: The collection is arranged in seven folders by category. The folders are stored in an archival box with two other small collections relating generally to World War I.
BIOGRAPHICAL/ HISTORICAL FEATURES: John Peter Ambuehl of Ada, Minnesota was drafted into the Army in 1917, and left on September 21, 1917 for Camp Dodge, Iowa. Throughout 1917 and 1918, Ambuehl was stationed at Camp Pike, Arkansas, Camp Greene in North Carolina, and Camp Mills, Long Island, New York before shipping out to France in May of 1918. Ambuehl died on 15 October 1918 from a stomach wound received in battle on 4 October 1918. He was buried first in France until his body could be shipped back to his family in Ada, Minnesota.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: These papers consist of seven folders of official documents, letters, telegrams, and memorabilia of Pvt. John P. Ambuehl, who was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1917 and died in 1918. Included are transcripts of two letters from Clarence J. Rohlfing describing life at the front and Pvt. Ambuehl’s wounding. There are also two photographs: one portrait of Private John Ambuehl and one portrait of Clarence J. Rohlfing.
