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Robert Lansing papers, 1831-1959
6,150 items. 80 containers plus 6 oversize. 32 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, diplomat, secretary of state during the Wilson administration, and member of the American mission to negotiate a peace treaty following World War I. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, resolutions, desk diaries, book manuscripts, speeches, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, paintings, drawings, and other papers relating chiefly to Lansing's years (1914-1920) as counsel to the Department of State and as secretary of state and particularly to American foreign relations during World War I, the Paris Peace Conference, and Lansing's relations with President Woodrow Wilson and with various foreign diplomats and statesmen.
Edmund Randolph Purves papers, 1916-1964
2,000 items. 7 containers. 2.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Architect. Correspondence, speeches, articles, appointment calendars, architectural drawings, and printed material relating to Purves's career as director and executive director of the American Institute of Architects.
John Carroll Parent, Sr., collection, 1907-2015 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
19 folders.. graphic images: 21 photographs : black and white ; various sizes.. manuscripts: 130 items.. artifacts: 1 item.. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The collection includes biographical information, books, clippings, correspondence, creative works, memoirs, military papers, printed matter and photographs relating to John Carroll Parent's service in the United States Army in the Philippines, France, and the United States.
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Thomas Estévez Terry collection, 1918-1919 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
2 diaries. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The collection includes two diaries documenting Thomas Estévez Terry's service in the United States Army during World War I. The first diary contains daily entries documenting his deployment from Camp Merritt, New Jersey, to France in January of 1918, and concludes with a December 31, 1918, entry, written while he was with American Expeditionary Forces in Occupied Germany. The second diary begins in January of 1919 while he was still stationed in Occupied Germany and contains daily entries by Terry until his return to the United States in August 1919. Topics covered include travel to Europe, training, office duties in France and Germany, the current state of the war in 1918, German atrocities, and the Paris Peace talks of 1919.
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William Hamilton Felton, Jr., collection, 1917-1918 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
1 photograph.. manuscripts: 75 items. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The William Hamilton Felton, Jr., collection documents Felton's United States Army Coast Artillery Corps service during World War I. Born in Macon, Georgia, Felton was stationed in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Fort Monroe, Virginia; and throughout France. He was commissioned as a First Lieutenant and promoted to Captain. Felton died on May 28, 1956. Dating 1917-1918, the collection contains correspondence to Felton's wife, Luisa, and a photograph of Felton with another soldier.
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Edward Henry Loudenbeck collection, 1917-1919 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
manuscripts: 57 items.. 1 photograph.. 56 letters (186 pages).. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Edward Henry Loudenbeck collection documents Loudenbeck's World War I service. Born in Iowa and raised in Michigan, Loudenbeck served in the United States Army from 1917-1919 reaching the rank of Private First Class. He participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Battle of Saint-Mihiel, and traveled through Camp Custer, Michigan; Camp Greene, North Carolina; Camp Mills, New Jersey; England; Belgium; and France. Spanning 1917-1919, the collection contains correspondence to his family, a daily diary, printed matter, and a photograph of Loudenbeck at Camp Greene.
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Philip E. Scholz collection, 1918-1920 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
manuscripts: 55 items.. graphic images black and white ; various sizes.. 45 letters (81 pages).. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Philip Scholz collection documents Scholz's World War I service. Born in Wisconsin, Scholz was a private in the United States Army and served at Camp Grant, Illinois; Camp Upton, New York; England; and France. Dating 1918-1920, materials include correspondence, a memoir, military papers, printed matter, and photographs.
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Charles Edmund Worth collection, 1917-1919 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
graphic images: 26 photographs : black and white ; various sizes.. manuscripts: 24 items.. 50 letters. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Charles Edmund Worth collection includes clippings, correspondence, military papers, photographs, and creative works relating to Charles Edmund Worth’s service in the United States Navy in Brazil, and the United States during World War I. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Worth to his mother during his year stationed in Brazil, as well as personal essays on his observations of Brazil.
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Clyde Wilbur Russell collection, 1917-1919 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
46 letters (80 pages). manuscripts: 52 items.. artifact: 1 item.. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The collection consists of correspondence, military papers, and artifacts relating to Clyde Wilbur Russell’s service in the United States Army during World War I. Correspondence includes letters to his mother and father, his brother and sister (both unidentified), and an additional brother, Roy, written while the veteran served with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in France. Topics covered include training in France, excitement to experience combat, the experience of the Armistice, and the French people.
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Joseph Royston Gathings, I, collection, 1914-1936 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
manuscripts: 181 items.. graphic images: 43 photographs : black and white ; various sizes.. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Joseph Royston Gathings, I, collection includes clippings, correspondence, military papers and photographs relating to Joseph Royston Gathings' service in the United States Army in France during World War I
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