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Collection Reference Number GLC02766.64
From Archive Folder Papers of General Fenton regarding the Treaty of Versailles and the plebiscite in Upper Silesia 
Title "Le Mie Prigioni" [German], "Ideal Poland", "The Epitaph" and "Appel à La France" [French]
Date June 1916
Document Type Miscellany
Content Description A collection of poems in different languages. "Ideal Poem" was written for the Princess Maria-Sorguéevna Troubetskoy. A Fullness of Unspent Passion/And Passing the Love of a Woman/A Glory on Faces Ashen/A Pain Which is Scarcely Human …
Subjects Global History and Civics  World War I  Women's History  Poetry  Love Letters  
Theme World War I; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Fenton served with British forces on the Continent. He was an accomplished linguist and commanded considerable respect in France and Germany. The papers include numerous printed items relating to the Plebiscite in Upper Silesia. Part of the collection is in French and German.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945