Corporal Major R. Wilson scrapbook
Collection — Volume: V178
Identifier: V178
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one bound scrapbook of newspaper clippings, mainly cartoons, from the Kokomo Daily Tribune in Kokomo, Indiana. Photographic prints of ships, including the Raleigh, Baltimore, Concord, Petrel, Iowa, New York, Amphitrite, and Indiana are included as well as various Spanish American War-related military scenes and leaders. A section of the clippings focuses on heroes and stories told after the completion of the war. Adhered to the last few pages are envelopes addressed to Miss Georgia Hilligoss in Shelbyville, Indiana from Corporal Major R. Wilson, Company C, 161st Regiment, Indiana Volunteers.
This scrapbook was created using a Clemens Vonnegut Hardware catalog as the surface.
This scrapbook was created using a Clemens Vonnegut Hardware catalog as the surface.
Dates
- 1898-1899
Creator
- Wilson, Major R., 1878-1923 (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.
Historical Note
On April 19, 1898, Congress adopted a Joint Resolution for war with Spain, and on April 23, President William McKinley issued a proclamation calling for 125,000 volunteers to serve in the army for two years in what became known as the Spanish-American War.
Biographical Note
Major R. Wilson was born in 1878. Corporal Major R. Wilson enlisted on June 29, 1898 and mustered out on April 30, 1899. He served in Company C, 161st Regiment, Indiana Volunteers during the Spanish American War. He died on September 23, 1923 and is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville, Indiana.
Sources:
Gore, James K, Gen. Record of Indiana Volunteers in the Spanish-American War. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wm. B. Buford, 1900.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Sources:
Gore, James K, Gen. Record of Indiana Volunteers in the Spanish-American War. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wm. B. Buford, 1900.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection includes one scrapbook.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed by Bethany Fiechter on 2019/08/27.
Creator
- Wilson, Major R., 1878-1923 (Person)
- Title
- Corporal Major R. Wilson scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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
