Scope and Contents Contains correspondence between Clinton Larson and Lillian Foster Larson, with a small amount of correspondence from various authors, including family members and friends of the Lillian and Clinton. In June and July of 1919, Clinton traveled to Europe to compete in the inter-allied games. The letters from those months describe tourist sights of France and Great Britain, war zones including burned villages, the trenches of French battle fields, underground cities built for protection, and the...

Scope and Contents

Collection focuses on Clinton Larson's athletic, military, and physical education careers and include correspondence between him and his wife between 1917 and 1921, photographic slides from his larger collection, books that largely feature Clinton Larson as an athlete, clothing and accessories both from World War I and track meets, trophies and medals, scrapbooks that include newspaper clippings and photographs, and personal and professional documents, all dating between 1892 and 1980.