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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 third volume begins on October 31, 1918 and ends on December 23, 1918.

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: 1918
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:
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• fol. 1v — 31 October 1918
• fol. 2v — 1 November 1918
• fol. 4r — 2-3 November 1918
• fol. 8r — 4 November 1918
• fol. 9v — 5 November 1918
• fol. 10r — 6-7 November 1918
• fol. 11r — 8 November 1918
• fol. 12r — 9 November 1918
• fol. 12v — 10 November 1918
• fol. 13v — 11 November 1918
• fol. 14v — 12 November 1918
• fol. 15v — 13 November 1918
• fol. 18r — 14 November 1918
• fol. 18v — 15 November 1918
• fol. 19r — 16 November 1918
• fol. 24v — 17-18 November 1918
• fol. 28v — 19 November 1918
• fol. 31r — 20 November 1918
• fol. 33r — 21 November 1918
• fol. 39v — 22 November 1918
• fol. 41v — 23 November 1918
• fol. 42r — 24 November 1918
• fol. 42v — 25 November 1918
• fol. 44r — 26 November 1918
• fol. 46r — 27 November 1918
• fol. 46v — 28 November 1918
• fol. 47r — 29 November 1918
• fol. 48v — 30-31 November 1918
• fol. 51r — 1 December 1918
• fol. 52r — 2 December 1918
• fol. 53r — 3 December 1918
• fol. 53v — 4 December 1918
• fol. 54r — 5 December 1918
• fol. 55v — 6 December 1918
• fol. 58v — 7 December 1918
• fol. 62v — 8 December 1918
• fol. 67r — 9-10 December 1918
• fol. 67v — 11 December 1918
• fol. 68r — 12 December 1918
• fol. 68v — 13 December 1918
• fol. 70v — 14 December 1918
• fol. 72r — 15 December 1918
• fol. 74v — 16 December 1918
• fol. 75r — 17 December 1918
• fol. 77v — 18 December 1918
• fol. 78v — 19 December 1918
• fol. 80v — 20 December 1918
• fol. 83v — 21 December 1918
• fol. 90r — 22 December 1918
• fol. 91r — 23 December 1918