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Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs. 1860 - 1952. General Correspondence. 1918 - 1921. 300, Commissions, 1-100. 1918 - 1921. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to General Peyton March, Chief of Staff

Title: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs. 1860 - 1952. General Correspondence. 1918 - 1921. 300, Commissions, 1-100. 1918 - 1921. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to General Peyton March, Chief of Staff

In this letter written from Oyster Bay, New York, Theodore Roosevelt writes the Chief of Staff of the United States Army about his son, Kermit, whom he wishes to be transferred to the front line in France to be alongside his brothers during World War I. Attached to the letter is the response from Chief of Staff Peyton March to President Roosevelt that Kermit Roosevelt will report to Spain to receive further orders.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. MEMORIAL SERVICES AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY (1920)

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. MEMORIAL SERVICES AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY (1920)

Boy Scouts and veterans of the Civil, Spanish, and World Wars decorate graves. Addresses are made in the old amphitheater. Gen. Miles leads a parade from the White House to Arlington. Sec. of War Baker and Gen. March speak as the new amphitheater is dedicated. Gens. John A. Lejeune and Hanson E. Ely and veterans and soldiers of the 2nd Division decorate graves and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Feb. 12, 1920.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES OF THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS IN THE U.S.A

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES OF THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS IN THE U.S.A

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Vaughan, John, 1755-1841. Papers, 1768 - ca. 1936

Title: John Vaughan papers, 1768 - Circa 1936

The collection of about 850 items covers the period from 1782 to c. 1936, with the bulk dating to the 1780s to 1840s. The collection is divided into four series. Series I contains correspondence relating to a wide variety of topics, including French and English politics, business, trade, religious matters, and personal affairs. Many of the items are letters of introduction. There is also information on John Vaughan’s immigration to America, Joseph Priestley, vaccines and inoculation (with Jefferson's comments on the same), Vaughan's business in Philadelphia, and the American Philosophical Society. Also included in this series are 2 boxes with copies of Vaughan correspondence as well as miscellaneous notes by E. W. Madeira, gathered in the course of his research on Vaughan in the 1930s. Series II consists of three volumes. Included are two of Vaughan's commonplace books. One, entitled, "J. Vaughan's book," May 17, 1779 (47 pp., in Latin; 870/L34), includes mostly Latin notations. The other commonplace book, dated 1783 (ca. 66 pp.; B V 462.c), includes comments on several prominent Americans, such as Benjamin Rush and David Rittenhouse, as well as American society generally. The third volume is a copybook with thirty letters spanning the period 1784 to 1801 (B V462.1). Series III includes material relating to Vaughan's administration of the estate of the Philadelphia merchant Samuel Merrick, 1796-1822 (Vaughan-Merrick Papers, B V462.m; 2 boxes). Series IV consists of correspondence between Vaughan and the DuPont Co. for which he served as agent (B V462.4; photocopies of 73 letters).

ArchivalResource: 5.0 Linear feet, Ca. 850 items

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. GENERAL PERSHING IN PEACETIME

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. GENERAL PERSHING IN PEACETIME

Pershing arrives by auto at the Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, Tex. Mayor Bell speaks. Pershing's motorcade arrives at Fort Sam Houston. The 14th Cavalry is inspected. The General rides a horse at Camp Travis. Pershing reviews troops. He is awarded the Medaille Militaire by Gen. Fayolle at Fort Myer, Va. Sec. of War Baker and Gen. March are present. Troops pass in review. Pershing presents diplomas and reviews troops at Camp Humphries, Va. The general reviews Citizens' Military Training Camp mounted troops near the Washington Monument, Wash., D.C.

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Irvine Luther Lenroot Papers, 1858-1971, (bulk 1900-1944)

Title: Irvine Luther Lenroot Papers 1858-1971 (bulk 1900-1944)

Jurist, lawyer, and United States representative and senator from Wisconsin. Correspondence, biographical material, legal papers, speeches, articles, political and subject files, reports, scrapbooks, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to Lenroot's political campaigns, association with Robert M. La Follette, role in the Wisconsin Progressive movement, and relationship with national political leaders.

ArchivalResource: 10,000 items; 33 containers plus 1 oversize; 13.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012172 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. WOODROW WILSON [1917-1921]

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. WOODROW WILSON [1917-1921]

Reel 1, Wilson watches sheep graze on the White House lawn; proclaims a declaration of war on April 6, 1917; and speaks to a crowd. Ex-Pres. Taft is present. Pres. and Mrs. Wilson and Post-master Gen. Burleson inspect an airmail plane as service is opened between Washington and New York. Wilson and Vice Pres. Marshall attend an A. F. of L. conference in Buffalo, N.Y. (1917), and pose with Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison. Shows the Labor Day parade in Buffalo. Reel 2, Wilson receives French Foreign Legion members at the White House; reviews Army units at Fort Myer, Va., with Sec. of War Baker; inspects a Handley Page airplane at Bolling Field with Gen. March and Mrs. Wilson; receives Italian Alpine troops at the White House; and leads the Army Day parade of 1918. Reel 3, Sen. Carter Glass greets Wilson, at his D. C. home on Armistice Day, 1920. Wilson attends the burial of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington, Va. Wilson's body is carried from his S Street home to the burial grounds of the Washington Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. ACTIVITIES AT THE ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTERS AT VALDAHON AND SAUMUR [1917-1919]

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. ACTIVITIES AT THE ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTERS AT VALDAHON AND SAUMUR [1917-1919]

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. Draft and Mobilization Activities

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. Draft and Mobilization Activities

Summary: Reel 1, Pres. Wilson, Vice Pres. Marshall, Sen. Saulsbury, Rep. Champ Clark, and Sec. of the Navy Daniels draw draft numbers in Washington, D.C. The numbers are posted on bulletin boards in Herald Square, New York City. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder works on a questionnaire for prospective draftees. A typical candidate fills his out. Theodore Roosevelt views a parade In New York City. Draftees arrive at a receiving station, are fed, receive bedding. Military police round up draft evaders. Reel 2, Recruits shower and take aptitude test. The Dutch steamer Amsterdam is boarded and seized in the New York City harbor. Sec. of War Baker, Senator George E. Chamberlain, Senator Francis E. Warren, and Gens. March and Crowder draw draft numbers in July 1918. German and Hungarian citizens parade in New York City in support of the draft. Draftees board trains, arrive at a receiving station, and are drilled. Shows German prisoners of war digging ditches, eating, and playing with puppies in prison camps at Fort McPherson and Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Reel 3 Germans, interned during the war, board the liner Martha Washington at Charleston, S. C. to be deported.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24614 View

Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. 1798 - 2007. Moving Images Relating to Naval Activities. 1942 - 1947. VICE ADMIRAL ALBERT GLEAVES, ETC

Title: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. 1798 - 2007. Moving Images Relating to Naval Activities. 1942 - 1947. VICE ADMIRAL ALBERT GLEAVES, ETC

Part 1, Admiral Gleaves visits officers aboard a cruiser. Part 2, Admiral Hugh Rodman greets King George V of Great Britain aboard the New York and poses in front of the U.S. Embassy, London. Part 3, Pres. Wilson, Sec. of the Navy Daniels, and Adm. W.S. Benson draw draft numbers in the Senate Office Building. Includes shots of Daniels in his office. Part 4 shows gunnery practice aboard a destroyer. Part 5, Mrs. George Dewey is welcomed aboard a cruiser. Part 6, Sec. Daniels and Admiral Benson leave the White House. Part 7, General Pershing, General March, Admiral Gleaves, and Sec. of War Baker attend a military review in France.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5932 View

St. Jacques, E. J. E.J. St. Jacques photograph collection.

Title: E.J. St. Jacques photograph collection. 1917-1921.

Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following war: World War I (WWI). General description of the collection: The E.J. St. Jacques photograph collection consists of small original snapshots made during and after WWI in the United States (U.S.)and Europe. St. Jacques is said to have taken the photos himself. The photos fall under the following categories: VIPs (including Peyton C. March, Newton D. Baker and Franklin D. Roosevelt); depot and ship / shipboard scenes, 1917; Ambulance Service scenes, 1917; medal presentations to aviators, 1917; Paris parade, July 4, 1918; Paris parade and scenes, July 1919; miscellaneous scenes in France, 1918-1919; Rome scenes 1919; welcome home parades in New York City and Washington, D.C., 1919; and salute to the Unknown Soldier in Washington D.C. in 1921.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (92 photographs)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49222964 View

William Shepherd Benson Papers, circa 1791-1952, (bulk 1915-1928)

Title: William Shepherd Benson Papers circa 1791-1952 (bulk 1915-1928)

Naval officer and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, speeches, reports, maps, naval appointments, family papers, photographs, and printed materials relating primarily to Benson’s naval career, including service as chief of naval operations during World War I.

ArchivalResource: 17,000 items; 51 containers plus 6 oversize; 26.3 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289 View

Harbord, James G. (James Guthrie), 1866-1947. James G. Harbord papers, 1886-1938 (bulk 1918-1919).

Title: James G. Harbord papers, 1886-1938 (bulk 1918-1919).

Correspondence, personal diary, confidential cables, administrative memoranda of General John J. Pershing, records of conversations, clippings, scrapbooks, operation maps, barrage charts, sketches, a portrait, and other papers pertaining to Harbord's service in the U.S. Army. Pertains primarily to his service as Pershing's chief of staff during World War I; commander of a marine brigade during the battle of Chateau-Thierry, France, in 1918; commander of the U.S. Army 2nd Division in the Soissons offensive; and commander of U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces Service of Supply (1918-1919). Also documents Harbord's service as chief of the American Military Mission to Armenia (1919) as well as his service prior to World War I, especially as assistant chief of the Philippine Constabulary. Subjects include politics within the U.S. Army and Newton Diehl Baker's activities during World War I. Includes records of the U.S. Army 2nd Division and translations of war diaries of units of the German Army (Heer). Correspondents include Newton Diehl Baker, Harry Hill Bandholtz, Tasker Howard Bliss, Jean Degoutte, Sir Douglas Haig, W.W. Harts, Herbert Hoover, Hugh S. Johnson, Peyton Conway March, Frank Ross McCoy, Frank McIntyre, John McAuley Palmer, John J. Pershing, Philippe Pétain, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Leonard Wood.

ArchivalResource: 24,000 items.38 containers.14 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82223891 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. PERSHING'S FAREWELL TO FRANCE

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. PERSHING'S FAREWELL TO FRANCE

Reel 1, Gen. Pershing reviews a composite regiment at Vincennes; detrains at Brest and is greeted by Marshal Foch and Adm. Salin; boards a lighter while naval guns salute him; is greeted by Adm. Halstead aboard the Leviathan; bids Marshal Foch goodby; and, with Gen. Connor, waves to those ashore. Shows the Leviathan at sea and G.H.Q. officers. Reel 2, Pershing and aides stroll on the ship. Gens, Hines, Davis, Brewster, and Summerall chat. The Leviathan comes into New York harbor; Gens. Pershing and Connor wave to crowds; Pershing is greeted by Sec, of War Baker and Gens, March and Bullard as the ship docks.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. GENERAL PERSHING'S RETURN [1919]

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. GENERAL PERSHING'S RETURN [1919]

Summary: Gen. Pershing and the 1st Division are welcomed in New York City, Philadelphia, Wilmington (Dela.), and Washington. Reel 1, Gen. Pershing, Gen. March, and Sec. of War Baker arrive by ferry at a New York pier. Pershing rides to City Hall where Gov. Al Smith greets him. Crowds cheer Pershing in Central Park. Pershing leads the 1st Div. down 5th Avenue. Baker, March, Smith, Mayor Hylan, John Wanamaker, and Sec. of the Treasury McAdoo review the 1st Div. In Philadelphia, Pershing is greeted by Gov. Sproul and Mayor Smith, plants a tree at Independence 1124 Hall, inspects cadets at Wanamaker's store, and arrives at the Union League. Gen. Pershing speaks to crowds from a train platform in Wilmington. Reel 2, Vice Pres. Marshall, Baker, and March meet Pershing at Union Station in Washington. Marshall and Pershing motor to the Shoreham Hotel. Pershing attends a track meet at Central High School and a baseball game at Griffith Stadium with Clark Griffith. Marshall, Baker, and Pershing review a 1st Division parade.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24629 View

March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955. Peyton C. March papers, undated.

Title: Peyton C. March papers, undated.

Contains the following type of material: lectures. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: World War I (WWI) -- Western Front; 1899-1921. Contains information pertaining to the following military unit and organization: Army Chief of Staff; Japanese Army. General description of the collection: The Peyton C. March papers include a transcript of a lecture given at the U.S. Army War College (AWC) on April 16, 1934, in which he recalled various incidents during his career and following retirement from active duty. It focused mainly on Czarist and Soviet Russia, including Russo-Japanese War and American relations with Russia during World War I, and an assessment of Germany during his visit in 1921.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50623405 View

Jones, Glenn I. Glenn I. Jones papers, 1928-1940.

Title: Glenn I. Jones papers, 1928-1940.

General description of the collection: The Glenn I. Jones papers consist of twenty-four letters, one telegram, 2 news articles with translations, and four photographs. Eight letters from Major General (MG) Leonard Wood, commander, 10th Infantry Division, to COL Jones talk about the Jones's job as division surgeon for the 10th Infantry Division and Camp Surgeon for Camp Funston, KA, recommend his promotion, congratulate him for receiving a medal. After Wood's retirement, Wood writes about health, his service in the Philippines, and the Catholic - Masonic controversy when he was contemplating running for the Republican Party's nomination for President in 1920. One letter from COL E.H. Humphrey, Chief of Staff for the 10th Infantry Division, commends Jones for his work as Division and Camp Surgeon in training the division sanitary detachments. One telegram (18 Feb 1919) tells that the Department of War can not release Jones to become the Central Department Surgeon. Two letters from Surgeon General MG Merritte W. Ireland received while COL Jones was accompanying GEN John J. Pershing as a medical aide on the Plebiscite Commission to Chile, talk about a new drug for the treatment of amoebic dysentery, about GEN Pershing's dental problems, and department budget difficulties. Eleven letters from GEN Pershing (26 June 1928 - 11 Mar 1940) are of a personal nature and discuss Pershing's travels and health issues. One letter to GEN Peyton C. March deals with an article written by GEN March concerning GEN Pershing's service on the plebiscite commission and disputed by COL Jones. GEN March's answer to Jones is also included. One article from Chilean newspaper El Corvo accuses GEN Pershing of doing nothing for the plebiscite commission, and the second from La Aurora praises COL, then Major, Jones for his work among the local population while he served on the commission. One undated autographed photograph of COL Jones was cut from a publication. Two undated photographs are of GEN Pershing, COL Marchand, Commandant of the Chilean Carabineros, MAJ Jones, MAJ John Quekemeyer, and unidentified others during the Plebiscite Commission trip to Chile in 1925 and 1926. One undated photograph shows COL Jones and his wife Elizabeth, Dorothy Grant, and unidentified others at Kelley Field, Ft. Sam Houston, TX for an airplane ride.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56842616 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. Cabinet Members and Prominent Officials of the Second Administration of Woodrow Wilson

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. Cabinet Members and Prominent Officials of the Second Administration of Woodrow Wilson

Reel 1, Sec. Baker poses at his Washington-home and at the Old State Dept. Bldg. with Sec. Daniels and Gens. P.C. March and E. H. Crowder. Shows Sec. Lansing at his desk and at home and strolling with his wife. Reel 2, Daniels greets Lt. Cmdr. A.C. Read, transatlantic flyer, at the Washington Navy Yard. Shows Read's NC-4 seaplane. Treasury Sec. McAdoo and his wife join carolers at the Treasury Bldg. Sec. Lane poses at the Interior Bldg. Shows Post-master Burleson, Commerce Sec. Redfield, Agriculture Sec. Houston, and Labor Sec. Wilson. Reel 3 shows Herbert Hoover, E. N. Hurley, Thomas Edison, Charles M. Schwab, Harry A. Garfield, Gen. L. A. Wood, Sen. John W. Weeks, et al. Walter Camp leads cabinet members in calisthenics on the White House lawn. Lansing greets Lord Balfour; they ride to the White House. Gen. P.C. Harris is decorated by French and Italian officials at the Old State Bldg. Shows Sen. W. L Harris. RelatIves receive French awards for soldiers who died in France. Daniels and Baker watch Army and Navy chaplains receive decorations at the Old State Bldg.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24611 View

March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955. Papers of Peyton Conway March, 1897-1955.

Title: Papers of Peyton Conway March, 1897-1955.

Diaries and notebooks, correspondence, speeches and writings, scrapbooks, reports, photographs, printed matter, and other items. Includes letters from Newton Diehl Baker.

ArchivalResource: 9,900 items.24 containers plus 9 oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83755161 View

Henry T. Allen Papers, 1806-1933, (bulk 1883-1933)

Title: Henry T. Allen Papers 1806-1933 (bulk 1883-1933)

Army officer. Correspondence, diaries, writings, reports, military documents, photographs, printed matter, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material relating mainly to Allen's military career.

ArchivalResource: 15,000 items; 62 containers plus 11 oversize; 22 linear feet; 3 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009314 View