Scope and Content
Collection includes correspondence, a memoir, military papers, photographic prints, transcription of memoir and correspondence, and a DVD containing two speeches given by the veteran. The bulk of the collection consists of a bound and typed memoir of the veteran documenting his period in the United States Army during World War I. He used the memoir as a scrapbook, attaching photographs and newspaper clippings to some of the pages. The memoir also features corrections and annotations created by Bailey, as well as annotations by those who read the memoir. The photographs feature numerous scenes of camp life and destruction caused by the war across Europe. Correspondence is primarily with his sister, Francis Bailey, while overseas in France.