Claude Douglass Funk collection
Collection
Identifier: L271
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, papers, financial documents, reunion programs, reports, a roster, a pamphlet, certificates, and photographs from Charles D. Funk and Ralph W. Wick in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1907 to 1971 and undated, largely regarding the Third Battery Field Artillery, Second Officers' Training Camp from World War I.
There is also two certificates from Ralph W. Wick (1907-1917) and a map of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, 1918 (OBE016).
There is also two certificates from Ralph W. Wick (1907-1917) and a map of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, 1918 (OBE016).
Dates
- 1909-1971, undated
Creator
- Funk, Claude Douglass, 1892-1976 (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Claude Douglass Funk, son of Edward and Kate Funk, was born August 17, 1892 in Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. Funk was a 1st lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I and attended the Third Battery Field Artillery, Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis from August 27-November 27, 1917. Following the war, he married Clothilde Embrel August 23, 1931 in Marion, Indiana. Funk died in December 1976.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Findagrave.com. "Claude Douglass Funk." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed December 13, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194122532/claude-douglass-funk.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Findagrave.com. "Claude Douglass Funk." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed December 13, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194122532/claude-douglass-funk.
Extent
0.45 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box, 1 extra-large oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Clothilde Embree Funk on 1977/11/08.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2015/02/23 by Brent Abercrombie. EAD finding aid created 2015/02/23 by Brent Abercrombie. EAD finding aid revised 2021/11/24 by Lauren Patton; 2022/11/09; 2024/12/13 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Funk, Claude Douglass, 1892-1976 (Compiler, Person)
- Title
- Claude Douglass Funk collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
