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William Estes, Jr. was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Moravian Parochial School, Lehigh University (1905), Johns Hopkins Medical School (1909), and was a resident in surgery at the Mayo Clinic (1909-1912). Estes served as an Army surgeon in France (1918-1919); was a respected surgeon in Bethlehem, and was the chief surgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital from 1929-1950. He was also President of the State Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association of the Surgery of Trauma. Estes was a leader in community activities. He was President of the Bach Choir from 1942-1961, an active Episcopal churchman, and an avid fisherman. This six-volume diary traces Estes’ time in Europe as an Army surgeon during WWI. The fourth volume begins on December 23, 1918 and ends on February 4, 1919.

Title: William L. Estes, Jr. Diaries of Army Service in France
Authors: Estes, William L. (William Lawrence), 1885-1971
Call number: SC MS 0014 1.06
(Bethlehem, Special Collections, Lehigh University Libraries)
Publisher: Special Collections, Lehigh University Libraries
Language: English.
Date: From 1918 to 1919
Place: France
Subjects names: Estes, William L. (William Lawrence), 1885-1971
Subjects topical: World War-1914-1918
Subjects geographic: France
Genres: Diaries

Table of Contents (links lead to images on OPenn)

• fol. 1r — 23 December 1918
• fol. 2r — 24 Decemer 1918
• fol. 7r — 25 December 1918
• fol. 11r — 26 December 1918
• fol. 11v — 27 December 1918
• fol. 12r — 28 December 1918
• fol. 13r — 29 December 1918
• fol. 13v — 30 December 1918
• fol. 16r — 31 December 1918
• fol. 17r — 1 January 1919
• fol. 18r — 2 January 1919
• fol. 20v — 3 January 1919
• fol. 21r — 4 January 1919
• fol. 21v — 5 January 1919
• fol. 22r — 6 January 1919
• fol. 23r — 7 January 1919
• fol. 24r — 8 January 1919
• fol. 26v — 9 January 1919
• fol. 27v — 10 January 1919
• fol. 30r — 11 January 1919
• fol. 31v — 12-13 January 1919
• fol. 32r — 14 January 1919
• fol. 33r — 15 January 1919
• fol. 36v — 16 January 1919
• fol. 38v — 17 January 1919
• fol. 44r — 18-19 January 1919
• fol. 50v — 20-21 January 1919
• fol. 52r — 22 January 1919
• fol. 53r — 23 January 1919
• fol. 67r — 24 January 1919
• fol. 77r — 25 January 1919
• fol. 80v — 26 January 1919
• fol. 83v — 27 January 1919
• fol. 84r — 28-29 January 1919
• fol. 84v — 30 January 1919
• fol. 89v — 31 January 1919
• fol. 90r — 1 February 1919
• fol. 91v — 2 February 1919
• fol. 92r — 3 February 1919
• fol. 95r — 4 February 1919