Veterans -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Allen-Rodgers Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0021
Scope and Contents
The Allen-Rodgers Family Papers consist of correspondence and business papers of Thomas Allen and his family, as well as correspondence and G.A.R. papers of Thomas Rodgers.
Dates:
1858-1924; Majority of material found within 1871-1889
Warren D. Crandall Research Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0339
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence and reminiscences of veterans of the Mississippi River Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade to Warren D. Crandall, and also material gathered by Crandall for his book, History of the Ram Fleet and Mississippi Marine Brigade, published in 1907. The bulk of the correspondence contains responses from veterans of the Mississippi Marine Brigade to invitations from Crandall to attend reunions of the brigade. Occasionally...
Dates:
1863-1922; Majority of material found within 1887-1909
Carl Lippman Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: P0982
Scope and Contents
The Carl Lippman Scrapbook documents Lippman’s service with the 153rd Infantry and QMC Labor Company 5 during World War I and his active involvement with veterans’ organizations after the war.Snapshots taken during the war show Lippman and his fellow soldiers, as well as the cities, villages, and battlefields of Europe. The scrapbook also includes documents such as draft registration cards, a form letting the recipient know that the soldier’s ship arrived safely overseas, a troop...
Dates:
ca. 1890-ca. 1965; Majority of material found within 1918-ca. 1965
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
William Tecumseh Sherman Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1508
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence and invitations. The majority of the collection consists of documents written by W.T. Sherman during the course of his military career. Most of the documents are original although some photocopies and facsimiles are present.
Folder 1 contains correspondence relating to Sherman’s early military service as a commissary officer in St. Louis and New Orleans, his years as a banker in the employment of...
Dates:
1850-1916
Samuel H. Starr Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1558
Scope and Contents
The Samuel Starr Papers consist primarily of correspondence, military papers, and miscellaneous material regarding Starr's family and his service with various military units. The papers also include several folders of papers regarding William D. Price and his family.
Dates:
1846-1904
Tredway Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1648
Scope and Contents
The collection contains several loose papers and a scrapbook of the Tredway and Greeley families, which include several military and professional papers of William W. Tredway while he resided in New York and Wisconsin in the 1820s and 1830s; several documents relating to Jefferson Davis that appear to have been taken from Davis’ home by Dwight Tredway during the Civil War; several Confederate letters captured by Tredway; papers of Charles S. Greeley, many of which relate to...
Dates:
1803-1944