1919 Diary
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Ravitaillement around Château-Thierry; French lessons; on leave on the Côte d’Azur.
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Hopes for Red Cross mission in Germany; on leave in Paris; assignment to University of Dijon.
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RCB leaves his ambulance unit and commences his university studies, first at Dijon and then at Lyon.
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Out of money in Lyon; Easter; a trip to Strasbourg; Berthe Fischer; more opera.
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A quiet month, mostly in Lyon; life with the Alliods; a trip to Avignon
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Being hired to work on the Hoover War Library collections sets Binkley on his career path.
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Binkley starts work in Paris collecting Peace Conference propaganda for the Hoover War Library.
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Binkley settles into the work of collecting materials for the Hoover War Library in Paris, and spends weekends touring castles in the Loire valley.
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In Binkley’s last month in Paris he collects materials from French societies and makes a last visit to the Alliod family in Lyon.
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Binkley arrives in London to continue collecting wartime publications, and acquires two large propaganda collections from the British government.
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Binkley’s time in Europe is almost at an end. He continues collecting materials in England, goes to the theatre, and prepares to return home.
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The end of Binkley’s 18 months in Europe; he sails home in time for Christmas, surviving a collision at sea.