Manuscripts Department
           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                              #4731
                  ARTHUR G. FOARD, JR., PAPERS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Arthur G. Foard, Jr., was an insurance agent of
           Lenoir, N.C.  He began basic training for the U.S.
           Army at Camp Wheeler, Ga., in November 1943 and
           received a temporary office assignment at Fort Bragg,
           N.C., in January 1945.  Foard's wife "Bunny" ran the
           insurance agency in her husband's absence.
               Letters and other materials, November 1943-January
           1945, of Foard during his time at Camp Wheeler.  Most
           letters are from him to Bunny, but there are also a
           few letters from Bunny to Foard and one or two from
           others to Foard.  Also included are a few clippings,
           programs from camp activities, and newsletters.  In
           most of the letters, Foard complained about army life
           and described his efforts to obtain a medical
           discharge, either for flat feet or for a heart murmur.
           He also described his interest in Officers' Candidate
           Training School, which he eventually declined to
           attend, and his daily activities, chiefly working as a
           movie projectionist and talking to doctors about his
           health.  Some letters refer to activities of friends
           and relatives in war theaters and others contain
           instructions for Bunny as she operated the insurance
           agency.  Most letters, however, are filled with
           expressions of Foard's dislike of the army and
           inquires about routine family matters. 

Online Catalog Terms:
   Camp Wheeler (Ga.)--History--World War, 1939-1945.
   Foard, Arthur G.
   Insurance--Agents--History--20th century.
   Soldiers--United States--Correspondence--World War, 1939-1945.
   United States. Army--Military life--History--World War, 1939-
       1945.

Size:  About 300 items (1.0 linear feet).

Provenance:    Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum of Valley Stream,
               N.Y., in November 1994 (Acc. 94170).

Access:        No restrictions.

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.

Table of Contents:
   Shelf List...................................................2

                           Shelf List

Box 1      November 1943-July 1944             (folders 1-7)
Box 2      August 1944-January 1945            (folders 8-13)