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United States. Army (Military life)

 Organization

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Barnitz papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1294
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, diaries, military papers, and other material documenting the military career of Albert Barnitz and Barnitz family life. The papers concern such subjects as cavalry operations, military life, relations between parents and children, and child rearing practices.

Dates: 1852-1978

John Breon papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, diaries, writings, subject files, and personal papers of John Breon concerning his World War II experiences, correspondents include Pat Carroll, Charles Cerbone, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and Carl Van Vechten.

Dates: 1936-1984, bulk 1944-1951

W. W. H. Davis papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1323
Abstract: The W. W. H. Davis Papers consist of correspondence, writings, journals, diaries, drawings, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia which document the life and career of W. W. H. Davis. The five scrapbooks chronicle Davis's participation in the Mexican War and Civil War, service in New Mexico, and his interest in Democratic party politics. The correspondence and memorabilia in the scrapbooks are arranged according to major themes. The autobiographical writings series contains...
Dates: 1846-1896, bulk 1846-1864

Diaries (Miscellaneous) collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 181
Abstract:

An artificial collection of diaries relating to Connecticut and other states and regions in the United States. Topics including farming, religion, military life, student life, travel, and the weather are documented.

Dates: 1681-1945

Charles Augustus Ropes Dimon papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1308
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence and military papers documenting the military career of Charles Dimon in 1864-65.

Dates: 1863-1907

John W. Dodd papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1300
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence and other papers documenting John W. Dodd's service in the Mexican War and the effect the conflict had on his wife Eliza in Marion, Indiana.

Dates: 1845-1862

Ethan Allen Hitchcock collection on Indian removal

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2678
Abstract:

The collection documents several episodes in the history of Indian removal in the southeastern United States and Missouri, focusing on the activities of Generals Ethan Allen Hitchcock and Thomas Sidney Jesup in the 1830s and early 1840s. Material includes autograph letters, signed, and manuscript reports, diaries, and maps.

Dates: 1804-1896

James Jones papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 23
Abstract:

The papers contain writings, correspondence, family papers, photographs, and printed works documenting the life and writing career of James Jones. Included among the writings are drafts of six published novels and one unpublished one, poetry, screenplays and short stories. The papers also provide documentation on his personal life, particularly during World War II, his early efforts to find a publisher for his works, and his long association with Harry and Lowney Handy.

Dates: 1926-1977

John Vance Lauderdale papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1317
Abstract:

The papers include correspondence, journal entries, photographs, sketches, and printed ephemera that document the life and military career of John Vance Lauderdale. Originally bound in thirteen indexed scrapbooks. Subjects discussed include family life, military life, treatment of Indians and blacks, and the practice of medicine. Two boxes of lantern slides accompany papers.

Dates: 1838-1931

Joseph Verner Reed papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1222
Abstract:

Personal and professional correspondence, administrative files, writings and genealogical manuscripts, notebooks, news clippings, memorabilia, loose photographs and photograph albums relating to the Reed family and Reed's service as captain in the U.S. Army at Camp Murphy, Florida.

Dates: 1862-1964, bulk 1942-1946

Abraham L. Sands papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 705
Abstract:

Correspondence, orders, requisitions, legal papers, invoices, and inventories of Abraham L. Sands, Army officer. The papers relate primarily to the routine details of Army life in Florida and the Southeastern U.S. from 1818-1825. Correspondents include John C. Calhoun, Richard K. Call, Henry Dearborn, and James Wilkinson. There is also a small amount of material relating to the Sands and Beekman families.

Dates: 1808-1830

Alfred Sully papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1311
Abstract: The papers document the career of an United States Army officer who served on the western frontier. The papers contain correspondence between Sully, his family, and colleagues, army records from Sully's positions at posts in California and the northern plains, as well as records from his appointment as Superintendent of the Indians for the Territory of Montana.There are some personal papers and research material on Alfred Sully gathered by his grandson Langdon Sully as he wrote the...
Dates: 1816-1974

Thomas Fry Tobey papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1354
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, appointments, discharge certificates, photographs, printed material, and other military papers documenting Tobey's life and career, particularly during the Civil War years. There is additional material concerning his later career during which time he served at several Far Western posts.

Dates: 1808-1929

William Henderson Woolverton papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1748
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, and genealogical material, primarily documenting the World War I service of William H. Woolverton. The papers also include personal papers and materials relating to the Woolverton family.

Dates: 1912-1994

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Soldiers -- United States 8
Diaries -- United States 3
Families 3
Indians of North America -- Government relations 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 3
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Women 3
Apache Indians 2
Armed Forces 2
Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1862-1865 2
Drawings -- United States 2
Europe -- Description and travel 2
Fort Berthold (N.D.) 2
Fort Rice (N.D.) 2
Indians of North America -- New Mexico 2
Mexican War, 1846-1848 2
Military orders -- United States 2
Navajo Indians 2
Photographs -- United States 2
Soldiers 2
Southern States 2
United States -- Description and travel 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
West (U.S.) 2
Affidavits -- United States 1
Africa, North -- Description and travel 1
African Americans -- Social conditions 1
Agriculture 1
Alabama 1
Alabama -- Description and travel 1
Albumen prints 1
Alcoholism 1
Antislavery movements 1
Arapaho Indians 1
Arikara Indians 1
Arizona -- Description and travel 1
Army spouses 1
Asia 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Description and travel 1
Authors 1
Authors and publishers 1
Basic training (Military education) 1
Best sellers 1
Black Hills War, 1876-1877 1
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847 1
Business 1
California -- History -- 1846-1850 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Cherokee Indians 1
Cheyenne Indians 1
Child care 1
Choctaw Indians 1
Civil service -- United States 1
Clergy 1
Connecticut 1
Connecticut -- Social life and customs 1
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry 1
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States 1
Courtship 1
Creek Indians 1
Creek War, 1836 1
Crow Indians 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) -- United States 1
Dakota Indians 1
Davidsville (Pa.) -- Description and travel 1
Democrat (Doylestown, Pa.) 1
Depositions -- United States 1
Diaries 1
Divorce 1
Doylestown (Pa.) -- Description and travel 1
Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863 1
Drinking of alcoholic beverages 1
Editors -- United States 1
Education 1
Europe 1
Father and child 1
Florida 1
Florida -- History -- 1821-1865 1
Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1784-1821 1
Fort Boise (Idaho) 1
Fort Bridger (Wyo.) 1
Fort Clark (Tex.) 1
Fort Concho (Tex.) 1
Fort Davis (Tex.) 1
Fort Gibson (Okla.) 1
Fort Lowell (Ariz.) 1
Fort McDowell (Ariz.) 1
Fort Omaha (Neb.) 1
Fort Ontario (N.Y.) 1
Fort Randall (S.D.) 1
Fort Sully (S.D.) 1
Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Fort Vancouver (Wash.) 1
Fort Wayne (Ind.) 1
Fort Wingate (N.M.) 1
Fort Yuma (Ariz.) 1
Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862 1
Friendship 1
Frontier and pioneer life 1
Generals -- United States 1
Geneseo (N.Y.) -- History 1
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