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Series I: Manuscripts
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BOX-FOLDER OVZ107 |
Clippings, 07/04/1919
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1 folder |
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MS01: Page from newspaper Ivy Leaves with article "New York Paper Features Work
of 'Forgotten' Fourth Division" (7/4/1919). |
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BOX-FOLDER MSS1740/1-7 |
Correspondence, 1914-1924
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7 folders |
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MS02: Letter collection from before, during, and after WWI (1914-1924). Letters
written by the veteran are to his father and one to a girlfriend named Nina.
The veteran received letters from a number of people including several serious
girlfriends (Gertrude, Kathryne, Nina, and a woman identified only as "Sissums"), his sister Madge, a
business associate Edward Albin, and various notes from other women the veteran
befriended in his travels.
From veteran to his father, 7 letters (10/7/1918 -
6/13/1919). Letters written when the veteran was deployed with the AEF in
France. Includes veteran's discussion of his war experience and physical
destruction of France, comments on his status of rank, and his future career
once the war concludes.
From veteran to his sister Eddie, 1 letter (1/20/1919).
Letter from Gathings to his young sister. Includes letter from Billie (Eddie's
friend) to Eddie. From veteran to Nina, 1 letter (6/2/1918). Letter written by
veteran to Nina while with AEF in France. Letter appears to not have been sent
as there is no postmark stamp. From Madge Pake (veteran's sister) to veteran,
2 letters (9/22/1917, 10/5/1917). Letters discuss life in Dundee, Mississippi,
while veteran is at Camp Stanley.
From Edward R. Albin to veteran, 2 letters
(10/15/1917, 2/9/1918). Letters dicuss the return of the veteran's belongings
from his shared space with Albin. From Gertrude to veteran, 17 letters
(5/13/1915 - 5/18/1921, several with no date). Letters sent to veteran primarly
during period prior to war experience, while veteran and Gertrude were students
at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). Letters include wedding
announcement for Getrude Lassiter.
From Kathyrne/Katrina Harper to veteran, 15 letters
(11/3/1914 - 5/17/1917). Letters written to veteran prior to his war experience
from Washington D.C., discussing their courtship and daily activities. From Nina
Uzzelle to veteran, 41 letters (5/2/1917 - 1/12/1925). Letters discuss daily
activities for Nina in Pecan Point, their courtship, the death of father
William Tipton Uzzelle (10/2/1917). Nina's letters are directed to him
predominately at Camp Stanley prior to 1918. A wedding announcement for Nina's
sister Helen Semmes Uzzelle is included announcing her wedding to Jesse Patrick
Farrell (1/12/1925), as well as a letter ending Nina's relationship with the veteran (3/31/1920).
From Sissums to veteran, 14 letters (9/17/1914 - 7/27/1917) Letters to veteran
sent prior to his war service while he was attending Ole Miss. They discuss
daily activites for Sissums while in Jackson, Tennessee, and her courtship with
Gathings. From Stella McCoy to veteran, 2 letters (3/13/1916 - 4/13/1916).
Topics covered include her opinions of Jackson, Tennessee, and of baseball. From
various friends to veteran, 10 letters (5/12/1917 - 12/24/1924). Letters from
Martha Blair, Julia, Iada, Jeanelle, Louise Vian, Ohas Schraenen, Jack, and
Anna. |
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BOX-FOLDER MSS1741/1-5 |
Correspondence, 1914-1924
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5 folders |
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MS02 continued |
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BOX-FOLDER MSS1741/6 |
Military Papers, 1917 - 1936
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1 folder |
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MS03: Elks membership card (11/18/1922); Officer's Identity Card with original
photo; Officer's Record Book (1918) including receipt from the Young Men's
Christian Association (YMCA) (11/18/1918), application for transfer of money
(6/16/1918), correspondence from the American Express Company regarding money
transfer (11/9/1918), calling cards for Edward M. Salomon, Leon Geerinckx,
Alfred Vian and Joseph R. Gathings including various notes of other people's
names and addresses, vaccination register (1917-1919), clipping with notes
written by veteran, clipping with units and their states, notes with various
names written down.
Portrait of veteran, blank photo (see photograph folder for
originals); discharge orders (4/16/1919); clearance certificate (8/19/1919);
special orders for honorable discharge (8/20/1919); correspondence regarding
eligibility lists to Clayton Erskine (2/21/1919); certificate of honorable
discharge (8/20/1919) with military record and certificate of record
(2/6/1936); list of 4th Division photo descriptions with identification numbers
[from] the Signal Corps Office's Photographic Department. |
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BOX-FOLDER MSS1741/7 |
Regimental/Unit Histories, 1927
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1 folder |
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MS04: History of Battery "B", 13th Field Artillery (8/4/1927). |
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Series II: Photographs
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BOX-FOLDER MSS1741/8 |
Photographic prints, 1917 - 1919
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1 folder |
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PH01: Veteran in uniform (center) with two women in doorway.
PH02: Veteran in uniform (left) with two other servicemen.
PH03-PH09: Portraits of Veteran's girlfiriend Nina
PH09: Veteran's girlfriend Nina, photo originally included with letter dated 9/1/1917
from Nina to veteran.
PH10-PH43: Photos of World War I scenes in France and Belgium. Scenes include
the damage of the war in civilian areas, newly erected statues as a result of
the outcome of war, First Lieutenant, Quentin Roosevelt's grave marker,
and a number of photos that document dead soldiers throughout unidentified
battlefields of World War I. |
