United States -- Armed Forces
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
Kelion Franklin Peddicord Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1195
Scope and Contents
Collection includes several letters of Kelion F. Peddicord to his family while he was imprisoned during the Civil War; letters of fellow war veterans R.M.J. Arnette, G.H. Blakeslee, and J. Ogden Murray, to Peddicord; and correspondence to and from Kelion Peddicord’s sister Mrs. India P. Logan. Collection also contains rolls and reminiscences compiled by Peddicord regarding his military service and that of his unit.
Dates:
1862-1910
Seth Ledyard Phelps Letterbook
Collection
Identifier: A1211
Scope and Contents
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1861-1864
David D. Porter Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1238
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1862-1864
Presidents Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1250
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers signed and/or written by United States presidents. They were gathered together because of their signatures, not because of the content of the documents. The two boxes contain papers from James Madison through Richard Nixon. The papers vary from land grants to appointments to offices. There are many letters included in this collection that were written to friends and well-wishers. In the oversize folder, there are news clippings about President John F....
Dates:
1802-1969
Prior Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2290
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mainly of correspondence between William King Prior and his wife Helen while he was serving in World War II and she was home in Jefferson City, Missouri. Also included in the last two folders are a history of the Prior family, several photographs, and programs.
The collection also includes a packet of translated emails between Nikolaus Messmer and Prince Maximilian of Germany. Apparently, Prior had taken some family heirloom...
Dates:
1944-1945
Rausendorf Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1802
Scope and Contents
The Rausendorf Family Papers consist of correspondence, including letters written during World War I and World War II, family records, passports, certificates, notebooks, programs, newspaper clippings, journals, medals, and foreign currency.
The Family Records consist of general Rausendorf family documents, ranging in date from 1864 to 1947, including ancestry charts, Charles Rausendorf’s citizenship papers, baptismal...
Dates:
1892-1988
Harry Lee Reisenleiter World War II Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3112
Scope and Contents
The papers are comprised of military documents, correspondence/telegrams, 82nd Airborne Division war-time publications, ration books, and newspaper clippings relating to Harry Lee Reisenleiter’s World War II military service. The collection is arranged alphabetically by type of document and dates from 1942 to 1986. The bulk of the papers date from 1944 to 1945. Date gaps exist from 1946 to 1958 and from 1960 to 1985.
Military documents regarding Reisenleiter’s service include...
Dates:
1942-1986; Majority of material found within 1944-1945
Rice Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1293
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of letters to Maurice Rice from his family while he was stationed at Camp McArthur in 1918. Collection also contains other family correspondence; newspaper clippings regarding the Rice, Ritter, and Kenney families; and a family photograph album.
Dates:
1879-1961; Majority of material found in 1918
Eugene Oberly Sanguinet Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2981
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of military papers of Eugene O. Sanguinet, including appointments, commissions, correspondence, orders, enrollment certificate, and discharge certificates.
Dates:
1875-1943
Edgar Ferdinand Schmitz Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3130
Scope and Contents
The papers contain a passport, World War I military documents, and a newspaper clipping relating to Dr. Edgar Ferdinand Schmitz. The papers date from 1913 to 1919, with a gap from 1915 to 1916, and are arranged chronologically.
Schmitz’s passport was issued in 1913 and has stamps from Berlin, Germany, dating August 26, 1914, which was weeks after the First World War began. The first military document is a circular from the Surgeon General to the officers in the Medical Officers...
Dates:
1913-1919