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Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Campaigns -- Philippines

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 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

James Harrison Collins correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 014
Abstract

James Harrison Collins (1836-1890) was a teacher, superintendent of schools, and a representative in the Oregon State Legislature. Collection contains 733 letters organized chronologically.

Dates: 1884-1924

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

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

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

Harry L. McAlister mementos of the Spanish-American War, Philippines campaign

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA M119] 1: [Barcode: i50171677]
Identifier: CA M119
Abstract

Harry L. McAlister served in the Spanish American War in the Philippines as an enlisted man, Company A, of the Oregon Volunteers. The collection (1898-1899) contains mementos of the war including a copy of a diary by American prisoners, photographs, gathered correspondence, clippings, and other mementos, orders, Philippine publications, and an Oregon Volunteers flag.

Dates: 1898-1899; 1928-1946

Ara W. McLaughlin diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 279
Abstract

Collection consists of two original diaries, transcripts of the diaries, and a photocopy of diary no. 1. The collection also contains a reprint of a drawing of the battleship Oregon, presumably owned by McLaughlin.

Dates: 1898-1899

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

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

Arthur R. Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 406
Abstract

Arthur Wilson (1881-1953) was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, and a politician. The collection (1895-1902) includes Wilson's diary, newspapers and news clippings, publications, financial records, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs, all documenting his time serving in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

Dates: 1895-1902