United States. Army
Organization
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Donald Barneclo photograph album
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P073
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph album from Donald Barneclo in Indianapolis, Indiana; Bourges, Paris and other places in France, 1918-1919 regarding Indianapolis street scenes, Barneclo in uniform, sights in France during and after World War I, tickets from sightseeing and travel, a telegram, snapshots of other soldiers and military life, the battlefields in France, destruction from war, including the damge to Reims Cathedral, and casualties.There are also photographs from...
Dates:
1889-circa 1950
George H. Proffit collection
Collection — Folder: S1087
Identifier: S1087
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats and photocopies of handwritten, daily journal entries written by George H. Proffit, from August 20 until October 27, 1837. These entries document the removal of the Potawatomi Indians from a camp on Crooked Creek on August 20th until the last entry made in Harmony, Missouri on October 27th. Proffit titled the entries "Journal of Emigration" and provies the number of miles traveled, rations issued, and facts about the trip.
Dates:
1837
Harland L. Osgatharp collection
Collection
Identifier: L120
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Harland L. Osgatharp’s diaries during World War II from January 1942 to December 1945. The diaries describe Osgatharp’s work in Civilian Conservation Corps camps, his enlistment, training, service in military hospitals, and his return to Otwell, Indiana. Also included in the diaries are his reminiscences of service in World War I. The collection also contains an undated address book.
Dates:
1942-1945
Harold Standish Barr papers
Collection
Identifier: L340
Scope and Contents
This collection includes hand-written and typed correspondences to family and friends from Harold Standish Barr in Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, and France ranging from 1917 to 1918, regarding family, camp life, and military service during World War I.
There is also an oversize Thanksgiving dinner menu with the roster of 7th Company Delaware, Fort Mott, New Jersey, dated November 30, 1917 (OBC141).
There is also an oversize Thanksgiving dinner menu with the roster of 7th Company Delaware, Fort Mott, New Jersey, dated November 30, 1917 (OBC141).
Dates:
1917-1920; 1928
Harry H. Coburn photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: SP032
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Harry H. Coburn in Indianapolis and Greenfield, Indiana ranging from 1913 to 1927, regarding the impact of the 1913 flood on the White River and the surrounding areas, such as Riverside Park, near downtown Indianapolis; James Whitcomb Riley attending his final birthday celebration at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis (October 7, 1915) and the parade at the the Riley celebration in Greenfield, Indiana (October, 1925); and events in Indianapolis during...
Dates:
1913-1927
Ida Strawn Baker collection
Collection
Identifier: L006
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of poetry, sketchbooks, a diary, and datebooks from Ida Strawn Baker in Indiana, California, and Europe, ranging from 1912 to 1940. The diaries include information about Baker’s daily life, business affairs, and various trips to Europe, California, and World War I army camps.
Dates:
1912-1940
Indiana War History Commission collection
Collection
Identifier: L585
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the administrative files of the Indiana War History Commission, including a detailed history of the group, publication plans and ingoing and outgoing correspondence. The commission collected information from most Indiana counties during World War I. This information falls into two categories: service records of soldiers, used for the publication of the "Gold Star Honor Roll" and "Indiana's Roll of Honor"; and war histories, records of civilian activities,...
Dates:
1917-1989
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Training Detachment No. 2 panoramic photograph
Collection — Object: OBF009
Identifier: OBF009
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a black-and-white panoramic photograph taken by R. C. Moorefield in Indianapolis, Indiana of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Training Detachment No. 2. N.A. in 1918.
Dates:
1918
Margaret B. Paulus, Papers of General Robert Huston Milroy compilation
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: V103
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four bound volumes containing typewritten transcriptions of General Robert Huston Milroy’s papers that range from 1854 to 1910. The papers were compiled and transcribed by Margaret B. Paulus in 1965 and include Milroy’s family and military correspondence, newspaper articles, and other documents related to Milroy’s life and his service in the Civil War.
Dates:
1965
Marvin E. Coffman, World War II photograph album
Collection — Folder: SP160
Identifier: SP160
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph with black-and-white snapshot photographs taken by Marvin E. Coffman in Japan during Fall 1945 after the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II. The photographs concern scenes and people in Japan where Coffman was stationed, including American soldiers and military police, Japanese civilians, buildings, local sights, army checkpoints and sites, and destruction from the war. There are also a few pages of Japanese and American stamps.
Dates:
1945
