Military life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:
Fred C. Dunlap, Camp Shelby World War I panoramic photograph
Collection — Folder OBF023
Identifier: OBF023
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a black-and-white panoramic photograph taken by Fred C. Dunlap at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on January 24, 1918 of the living quarters of the 151st Infantry Regiment during World War I.
Dates:
1918/01/24
George Head papers
Collection — Folder S1830
Identifier: S1830
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of documents pertaining to George Head’s service with the 21st Regiment, Indiana Infantry and the 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery during the U.S. Civil War. Ranging from 1861 to 1866, the collection includes copies of military papers that record Private Head appearing on muster-in rolls, mustering-out rolls, company muster rolls, and in the company descriptive book and return records. The collection also includes copies of the “Declaration of Recruit”...
Dates:
1861-1866
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George Head papers
George W. Blue letters
Collection — Folder S2680
Identifier: S2680
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies of two letters. In the May 1865 letter, George W. Blue tells his sister about the constant drilling of the regiment, his tiredness of the place of the camp, the felt absence of relatives, and the resignation of a first lieutenant. In the September 1865 letter, Hannah A. Blue writes of family matters, Iowa soil, Dan Dolan, the death of Jim Blue, and expresses the hope that George is at home.
Dates:
1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George W. Blue letters
George W. Roberts collection
Collection
Identifier: L579
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two Civil War diaries, correspondence, papers, a coffee can, and a spoon belonging to George W. Roberts in Indiana and the United States ranging from circa 1861 to 1944. There are also numerous ribbons, buttons, and badges from Roberts, most from Grand Army of the Republic encampments or posts, as well as numerous 69th Indiana Regiment reunion ribbons (1889-1917, undated); an 1895 Indiana Trustees Association annual meeting ribbon; a 19th Indiana Veteran Volunteers...
Dates:
circa 1861-1944, undated
George W. Stephens Civil War letters
Collection — Folder S1247
Identifier: S1247
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises photocopied letters to and from George W. Stephens from 1862 regarding his experiences during the U.S. Civil War and news about his family back home.
Dates:
1862
Harmon S. Dixon diary
Collection — Folder S0361
Identifier: S0361
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopied diary from Harmon S. Dixon in Georgia and Cheyenne, Wyoming, ranging from November 21, 1901 to March 17, 1902 regarding military life, finances, family, weather, and travel.
Dates:
1901-1902
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harmon S. Dixon diary
Harold Wilson Scott collection
Collection
Identifier: L553
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 75 letters written by Harold Wilson Scott to his parents during World War I describing where he is stationed in Europe, his duties, and plans for work following discharge as well as other aspects of military life during the Great War. Also included are photographs, postcards, two World War I helmets, a German gas mask, military spurs and belt. Items in collection range in date from 1917 to 1931.
Dates:
1917-1931
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
Henry E. Wahl collection
Collection
Identifier: L172
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters to Henry E. Wahl from his parents (1936–1945) and letters to his parent during World War II. The letters originate from Bloomington, Indiana, California, Hawaii, and the Pacific. Included are letters from Donald Wahl, a naval officer serving in the Pacific.Additionally, the collection contains a notebook with a diary of a trip from Evansville Indiana to Nashville, Tennessee in and accounts for a schoolteacher in Gibson County in 1866, as well as...
Dates:
1865-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry E. Wahl collection
Herschel Jasper Warner letter
Collection — Folder S1363
Identifier: S1363
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a typed copy of the letter which Herschel Jasper Warner wrote to his little sister Cloe from "Camp near Nashville and the Insane Asylum 1862." He wrote: "we have just drawed five days racions of sugar and Chancy is dealing it out to his men." He told about picket duty. "I have never felt the lest bit afraid when I was on post, away off in wood. Did not know what moment there might [be] a reble slip up and lay we cold. We go from three to five miles from camp." He told...
Dates:
1862
