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Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Lemuel Evans Boren papers

 Collection
Identifier: A 223
Abstract

Lemuel Evans Boren (1879-1961) served in the infantry in Cuba and in the Philippine Islands, was appointed inspector in the Philippine Constabulary in 1901, promoted to major, and resigned in 1909. The collection (1899-1920) contains diaries, a monograph, military records, certificates, photographs, correspondence, and other papers.

Dates: 1899-1920

Simon R. Bowermeister letters to Harriet A. McConnell

 Collection — Multiple collection box [A 173] 1: [Barcode: i49942402]
Identifier: A 173
Abstract

Simon R. Bowermeister was an enlisted man who served in Company D., 3d Regiment, Virginia Mounted Riflemen during the American Civil War. Bowermeister died in a Confederate prison in 1864. The collection (1863) contains letters written to Harriet A. McConnell describing a soldier's life.

Dates: 1863

Jacob A. Bradford papers

 Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025042629267]
Identifier: Ax 119
Abstract

Jacob A. Bradford was an enlisted man in Company F, 2d Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War. The collection (1861-1864) contains diaries, correspondence, miscellaneous Bradford family documents, and Civil War era newspapers.

Dates: 1861-1864

Edward Burns letter to James Boyle

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1862 Dec 18] 1: [Barcode: i50089821]
Identifier: CA 1862 Dec 18
Abstract

Edward Burns was a soldier who served in the American Civil War. The collection contains a photostat copy of a letter from Burns to James Boyle, dated December 18, 1862.

Dates: 1862 December 18

Edwin Deming papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 595
Abstract

Edwin Willard Deming (1860-1942) was an American sculptor, illustrator and writer who lived among Native American tribes when he was young and then dedicated his career to artistically recording and portraying them accurately and with dignity. The collection consists of his correspondence, drawings, sketches, and paintings, as well as anthropological and linguistic material, notes and other documentation of tribes he visited or lived with.

Dates: circa 1860-1942

Harold Hanne Elarth papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 286
Abstract

Harold Hanne Elarth (b. 1885) was a U. S. Army officer who served in the Philippine Constabulary and rose to the rank of Lt. Col. The collection contains research for Elarth's book on the Philippine Constabulary, Philippine Constabulary Officers Association history, a diary, letterpress copybooks, a Philippine Constabulary manual, photographs, and correspondence.

Dates: 1902-1951

John Gamber papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 135
Abstract

John Arthur Gamber was an Oregonian who participated in the Spanish American War. The collection comprises correspondence with Mary McAlister, whom Gamber later married in 1904, as well as diaries, photographs, and mementoes relating to the Philippines Campaign during the Spanish American War.

Dates: 1897-1911

James H. Gillian letter

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1861 Dec 19] 1: [Barcode: i50089730]
Identifier: CA 1861 Dec 19
Abstract

James H. Gillian was a soldier who served in the American Civil War. The collection contains a letter dated December 19, 1861 from Gillian to his mother.

Dates: 1861 December 19

James H. Gillian letter

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1862 Dec 11] 1: [Barcode: i50089742]
Identifier: CA 1862 Dec 11
Abstract

James H. Gillian was a soldier who served in the American Civil War. The collection contains a letter dated December 11, 1862 from Gillian to his mother.

Dates: 1862 December 11

William C. Gleim letters

 Collection — Multiple collection box [A 143] 1: [Barcode: 35025041814308]
Identifier: A 143
Abstract

William C. Gleim was an enlisted man from Chicago during the Philippine-American War (Philippine War of Independence), probably in the 1st Illinois Battalion. The collection (1899) contains correspondence written from Gleim to his parents from the transport ship Sherman en route to the Philippines, and from Luzon.

Dates: September 11-November 4, 1899

Edwin William Hampton correspondence

 Collection — Multiple collection box [A 046] 1: [Barcode: ALMA208120]
Identifier: A 046
Abstract

Edwin William Hampton, from Portland, Oregon, a private in Company H, Oregon Volunteer Infantry, is said to have been the first Oregon soldier killed in the Spanish-American War's Philippines campaign. The letters, with few exceptions, are to and from family members. During the war Hampton was at Presidio, Calif., and in Manila, P.I.

Dates: 1898 May 19-1899 June 24

George Arthur Hartman letters from the Philippines

 Collection — Folder 1 (shares a clamshell): [Barcode: i50164788]
Identifier: A 235
Abstract

George Arthur Hartman (1878-1952), an Oregonian, worked in banking, became the mayor and postmaster of Pendleton, Oregon, and served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The collection (1898-1899) contains letters written by Hartman while he was in the service.

Dates: 1898-1899

Nathaniel Clinton Howard letters

 Collection — Multiple collection box [A 055] 1: [Barcode: i49941550]
Identifier: A 055
Abstract

Nathaniel Clinton Howard was a private in Company D, 135th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers during the America Civil War. The collection (1864) contains correspondence, mostly letters to his wife and children in Pilot, Illinois.

Dates: 1864

Jacob Imhoff letter to Agnes Plummer

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1899 May 24] 1: [Barcode: i5003165x]
Identifier: CA 1899 May 24
Abstract

Jacob Imhoff served in the Spanish American War in the Philippines, in Company E, 14th Infantry. The collection (1899) consists of one letter from Imhoff to Agnes Plummer of Portland, Oregon, in which he describes military life.

Dates: 1899 May 24

Peter Bernard Kyne war correspondence

 Collection — Multiple collection box [Coll 398] 1: [Barcode: 35025032078848]
Identifier: Coll 398
Abstract

Peter Bernard Kyne (1880 - 1957) a soldier who served in the Spanish American War and WWI, became an author whose war experience provided the background for many of his later stories. The collection (1898-1918) contains correspondence written while Kyne served in the Philippines, during his discharge between wars, and a later letter written in France during WWI.

Dates: 1898-1918

Will H. Robinson letter to Grace Plummer

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1899 Feb 12] 1: [Barcode: i50107495]
Identifier: CA 1899 Feb 12
Abstract

Will H. Robinson served in the Spanish American War in the Philippines. The collection (1899) contains one letter from Robinson, sent from Manila, to Grace Plummer of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1899 February 12

Sheldon and Fife family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 079
Abstract The Sheldon and Fife families were joined by the marriage of Sidney R. Sheldon and Eunice M. Fife in 1916. Sidney Sheldon was an engineer, and Eunice Fife was the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries to India. The collection contains genealogical materials, correspondence, diaries, India mission materials, sermons, Nanyang University (Shanghai, China) documents, and maps. Of particular interest is a collection of letters written by David W. Hutchison, a Union soldier during the U.S. Civil...
Dates: 1818-1936

Isobel Walker Soule papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 774
Abstract

Isobel Walker Soule (1820-1883) was a social worker, editor, and journalist active in the social causes of the 1930s. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, subject files including labor groups and committees, a scrapbook, George Soule correspondence and a manuscript, and an autobiography by James Blaine Walker.

Dates: 1914-1971

Maria Van Wagonen collection of letters of J. R. Young and C. Scriber, 24th Regiment, New York Volunteers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: i49941598]
Identifier: A 125
Abstract

J.R. Young and C. Scriber served in the 24th Reginment, New York Volunteers during the America Civil War and were stationed in or near Arlington, Virginia. The collection (1861-1862) contains letters from Young and from Scriber written to a Maria Van Wagonen, illustrated Civil War stationary and envelopes, and a Civil War patriotic fold-out of the "Rose of Washington."

Dates: 1861-1862

George W. Walker letters

 Collection — Folder 1-2 (shares a clamshell): [Barcode: i50008924]
Identifier: A 154
Abstract

George Washington Walker was a soldier in the 32nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The collection consists primarily of correspondence between Walker and his wife, Mary Webster Walker, during the war.

Dates: 1847-1895

William Fursuar Wellington letters

 Collection
Identifier: A 196
Abstract

William Fursuar Wellington (1835 - ) served as a private in Company K, 42d Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the America Civil War. The collection (1864-1865) consists of correspondence to his wife, a photograph, and discharge papers.

Dates: 1864-1865

Frederick W. Wichman diaries and letters

 Collection — Folder 1-3: [Barcode: i49942438]
Identifier: A 152
Abstract

Frederick W. Wichman served as a seaman, and in the infantry in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War, 1898-1901. The collection contains diaries and letters Wichman kept during his military service, and during a voyage around the world in 1901.

Dates: 1898-1901

Edward B. Williams letters

 Collection — Folder 1 (shares a clamshell): [Barcode: i49941458]
Identifier: A 176
Abstract

Edward B. Williams was a soldier of Company C, 32nd Iowa Infantry, during the American Civil War. The collection (1864-1865) contains correspondence and a broadside.

Dates: 1864-1865

Roy Winger papers

 Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025041771631]
Identifier: Ax 411
Abstract

Roy Martin Winger (1885- ?) served in WWI, taught at Army overseas schools during WWII, and was a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon, and at universities in Washington and Illinois. The collection (1918-1968) contains personal letters sent while Winger was a private during WWI, when he taught in Army overseas schools during WWII, and also when he was a professor at the University of Washington.

Dates: 1918-1968