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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE. SEPTEMBER 26 TO NOVEMBER 11, 1918, 1ST DIVISION

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE. SEPTEMBER 26 TO NOVEMBER 11, 1918, 1ST DIVISION

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Parker, Frank, 1872-1947. Frank Parker papers, 1890-1946.

Title: Frank Parker papers, 1890-1946.

Correspondence and other papers, volumes, and pictures, semi-official, and personal, of Frank Parker, documenting his career as a student at the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1890-1894; as a United States Army officer at Tampa during the Spanish-American War; as a military attaché in Venezuela, Argentina, and Cuba, 1904-1908; as an instructor and organizer of cavalry in Cuba, 1909-1912; as an observer in France before the United States entered World War I, as commander of the 1st Division of the American Expeditionary Forces, and chief American officer at French headquarters during the war; as assistant chief of staff of the army, 1927-1929; as commander of the 6th Corps, 1929-1932, of the 2nd Army, 1932-1933, and of the Philippines Department, 1933-1935; and, after his retirement in 1936, as director of the Illinois War Council during World War II. Much of the correspondence is in French or Spanish. Topics of correspondence include military affairs (including cavalry in the early days and aviation later), sport and social life, army and national politics, the American Legion, personal experiences, and official activities. Correspondents include Douglas MacArthur, Robert T. McCormick, George C. Marshall, Charles P. Summerall, and Henry C. Wilbur. Volumes include a small 1897 diary kept by Parker's wife while a college student; diaries and notebooks relating to Parker's World War I service; and post-war and undated manuals, scrapbooks, and other volumes relating to Parker's army activities, including some about the Philippines and others about his studies in French military schools. Pictures include photographs of army activities before and after World War I, including several relating to airplanes and pilots. There are also about 500 lantern slides from Parker's service in the Philippines, 1933-1935; service in World War I; and travels in China, Indonesia, and the Malay Peninsula, 1934-1935.

ArchivalResource: 8000 items (14.0 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23874917 View

Charles Pelot Summerall Papers, 1880-1955, (bulk 1917-1919)

Title: Charles Pelot Summerall Papers 1880-1955 (bulk 1917-1919)

Army officer and college president. Correspondence, diaries, reports, speeches, writings, maps, charts, printed matter, memoranda, orders, memorabilia, and photographs concerning Summerall's military and academic career.

ArchivalResource: 10,000 items; 40 containers plus 2 oversize; 16 linear feet

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Parker, Frank, 1872-1947. Frank Parker papers, 1918-1947.

Title: Frank Parker papers, 1918-1947.

Correspondence, military records, addresses, and news clippings re Parker's command of the First Division American Expeditionary Force in France (1917-1918) and his subsequent involvement with the American Legion. Includes military commendations (1918) from Gens. Robert L. Bullard, Charles P. Summerall, and John J. Pershing; Marshall Phillippe Petain, Commander-in-Chief of the French army; Gen. Debeney, Chief of Staff of the French army (1920); Gen. Malin Craig, Chief of Staff of U.S. Army (1936); Harry H. Woodring, Secretary of War (1936); and President Harry S. Truman (1945). Of special interest is Parker's account of a meeting with the German Ambassador on the eve of Germany's declaration of war against France (Aug. 1914).

ArchivalResource: 128 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32878206 View

Joseph Ralston Hayden Papers, 1854-1975

Title: Joseph Ralston Hayden Papers 1854-1975

University of Michigan professor of political science, specialist in Philippine Island politics and government, vice governor of the Philippines in the 1930s; correspondence, collected Philippine materials, course materials.

ArchivalResource: 56 linear ft. and 1 oversize folder

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-851643?rgn=main;view=text View

Frank Parker Papers, 1890-1946

Title: Frank Parker Papers, 1890-1946

Major General Frank Parker, a native of South Carolina, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1894; served in the United States Army, 1894-1936; and was director of the Illinois War Council, 1942-1945. The collection includes correspondence and other papers, volumes, and pictures, semi-official, and personal, of Frank Parker, documenting his career as a student at the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1890-1894; as a United States Army officer at Tampa during the Spanish-American War; as a military attache in Venezuela, Argentina, and Cuba, 1904-1908; as an instructor and organizer of cavalry in Cuba, 1909-1912; as an observer in France before the United States entered World War I, as commander of the 1st Division of the American Expeditionary Forces, and chief American officer at French headquarters during the war; as assistant chief of staff of the army, 1927-1929; as commander of the 6th Corps, 1929-1932, of the 2nd Army, 1932-1933, and of the Philippines Department, 1933-1935; and, after his retirement in 1936, as director of the Illinois War Council during World War II. Much of the correspondence is in French or Spanish. Topics of correspondence include military affairs (including cavalry in the early days and aviation later), sport and social life, army and national politics, the American Legion, personal experiences, and official activities. Correspondents include Douglas MacArthur, Robert T. McCormick, George C. Marshall, Charles P. Summerall, and Henry C. Wilbur. Volumes include a small 1897 diary kept by Parker's wife while a college student; diaries and notebooks relating to Parker's World War I service; and post-war and undated manuals, scrapbooks, and other volumes relating to Parker's army activities, including some about the Philippines and others about his studies in French military schools. Pictures include photographs of army activities before and after World War I, including several relating to airplanes and pilots. There are also about 500 lantern slides from Parker's service in the Philippines, 1933-1935; service in World War I; and travels in China, Indonesia, and the Malay Peninsula, 1934-1935.

ArchivalResource: 8000; 14.0

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Parker, Frank W. Frank W. Parker papers, 1880-1933.

Title: Frank W. Parker papers, 1880-1933.

Summary: Collection consists of documents concerning Parker's legal career and a folder of materials relating to Billy the Kid (William Bonney). Includes various certificates and appointments to the positions held by Parker; his attorney's docket book; and photographs of Parker with other prominent New Mexicans, including a group photo with John R. McFie, L. Bradford Prince, Miguel A. Otero, Thomas B. Catron, and others. The folder of Billy the Kid materials consists of photocopies of four 1881 documents: a death warrant signed by New Mexico Governor Lew Wallace; a note written by Sheriff Pat Garrett explaining that Bonney's death warrant was not carried out because he escaped custody; and Spanish and English versions of the coroner's jury report on the death of Bonney, July 15, 1881.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37653301 View

George Murphy papers, 1911-1961

Title: George Murphy papers 1911-1961

Judge of the Recorder's Court in Detroit and Frank Murphy's brother; contain correspondence, legal briefs, newspaper clippings, and other materials concerning Detroit politics, 1935-1961, the grand jury investigation of Detroit street railways, 1936, arbitration of labor disputes, 1936-1941, investigation of the Charles Street housing project, 1939-1940, as well as materials illuminating the careers and personal affairs of both George and Frank Murphy, especially in relation to Detroit and the Philippine Islands.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet, 1 volume, and 1 oversize folder

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-86484?rgn=main;view=text View