Aaron R. Gould papers
Content Description
This record group consists of 23 letters, some typed, others handwritten, which Private Gould sent to his father, Owen J. Gould, in which he mentions family and friends, military camp activities, and his own feelings about the war. It is evident from reading the letters that some of them are missing.
There are two other items in this collection, a letter from the Army effects bureau sending Aaron's property to his father, and a printed broadside Nez... Perce County Honor Roll, World War II, which lists Gould along with other county residents who died in the war.
Dates
- Creation: 1940-1945
Creator
- Gould, Aaron R., 1919-1944 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Private Aaron Roy Gould was born on December 12, 1919 to Julia Hoty Gould and Owen J. Gould in Lapwai, Idaho. He married Audrey Pauline Pinkham and together they had a son named Lyle.
Gould enlisted in the United States Army in September of 1940. In August 1944, Gould and the rest of his fellow service members were sent to fight in the European Theater. He was originally in Company M, 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army from his joining to 1944.... It was during his time at Fort Carson in Colorado that he and other members of the 4th Division were absorbed into the 414th Anti-Tank Company, an attachment of the 104th Infantry Division - known as the Timberwolves. This specialized unit earned their fame in the Armed Forces by their well-defined training of hand-to-hand combat and a particular specialization: night fighting.
Private Aaron R. Gould was killed in action on December 9, 1944 in Germany. He was buried at Ahsahka, Idaho with full military honors.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letters from Private Aaron R. Gould to his father, Owen J. Gould.
Arrangement
The letters were arranged chronologically and placed in two folders. An asterisk (*) following the entry in the following list indicates a typed letter.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The letters of Private Aaron R. Goul were purchased from rare book dealer, Charles Apfelbaum of Valley Stream, New York, in January 1993.
Existence and Location of Copies
Each letter and envelope was scanned to provide a high resolution digital copy which is kept by the Special Collections and Archives department.
Bibliography
1. "Aaron Roy Gould". 2. "Pvt. Gould Memorial". 3. "Three Men Listed Killed In Action In Leyte, Belgium and Germany".
General
Materials in this collection may contain images, language, or other content that may be offensive or disturbing. These materials are a product of a time and place in history and should be viewed within their historical context. To maintain historical accuracy, the materials appear as they were originally created to serve as historical evidence of the social mindsets, occurrences, behaviors, and norms of their time. They do not reflect the current views of the University of Idaho. For more information about how we treat materials with offensive or disturbing content, please see the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections & Archives Offensive Content Policy.
- Title
- Guide to Aaron R. Gould papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Sara Szobody in 2022.
- Date
- 1993
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository