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Collection includes clippings, correspondence, a memoir, transcription of memoir, military papers, photographs, and a video recording of two speeches given to the Southern Cayuga Central School in 1987, documenting Bailey's service during World War I.

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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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Frederick C. Stilson served as an engineer during World War I. Collection includes a memoir and photographs.

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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

Abstract The Harold Benjamin Graham collection documents Graham's United States Army service from 1917-1920. Harold Benjamin Graham was born on July 7, 1899, in Spring Valley, New York. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States Army and served with the 147th Aero Squadron at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York and at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. He was discharged in 1920 and died in 1948. Spanning 1917-2012, collection includes correspondence from Graham, his mother, and other...

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The William Hurn, Jr., collection primarily documents Hurn’s United States Army service during World War I. Items include biographical information; civilian papers; clippings; correspondence; creative works: diaries and journals; military papers; printed matter; and photographs.

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The John McRae Kennelly Collection contains correspondence relating to the veteran’s service with the United States Army during World War I.

Abstract 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...

Abstract William Sylvanus Morris was born on May 5, 1888, in Lynchburg, Virginia. He served in the United States Army, 1917-1919, with the Headquarters Lines of Communication, American Expeditionary Force, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Paris, France and Bordeaux, France. The veteran served as a camp engineer and camp commander. He worked in a water supply department and designed water systems for camps, hospitals and training centers throughout France. He also oversaw the...

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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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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.

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The Wallace E. Rand collection consists of correspondence, photographs, military papers, and civilian papers relating to the veteran’s service during World War I. Topics covered in the correspondence include mail delivery, living conditions in France, finances, injury while in France, and letters of sympathy after veteran’s death. Photographs include portraits of the veteran and family portraits.

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The Howard Elbridge Robbins collection includes correspondence and military papers related to Robbins' service in the United States Navy during World War I.

Abstract 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,...

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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.

Abstract 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...

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The LeRoy Feay Thompson collection documents the veteran’s United States Army service during World War I. Spanning 1918-2011, the collection includes correspondence, printed matter, transcripts, digital prints and an optical disc.

Abstract The Frank Van Pelt collection documents Van Pelt's United States Army service during World War I. The collection includes correspondence, memoirs, and photographs dating 1917-1931. Born and raised on the Kansas-Oklahoma border, he served in Fort Logan, Colorado; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; and in France with the Company A, 101st Field Signal Battalion. He worked primarily in radio companies and was discharged as a Sergeant First Class on April 29, 1919. Frank Van...

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Businessman and entrepreneur. Correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, diary, printed matter, and photographs primarily pertaining to the financial standing and inventories of Woolworth's five-and-dime stores and to the creation and management of the Woolworth Building in Manhattan, New York.

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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.