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Taliaferro, Fontaine Newton, 1894-1949. Fontaine Newton Taliaferro diary and related papers [manuscript], 1917-1918, 1921.

Title: Fontaine Newton Taliaferro diary and related papers [manuscript], 1917-1918, 1921.

Taliaferro's diary describes life as an ambulance driver on the front in World War I. Taliaferro enlisted with the University of Virginia unit and was stationed at a base near the Alsace region and later near Dunkirk. The diary contains details of his training, voyage to France on the San Jacinto, mechanical work on Ford ambulances, driving through bombardments, adventures of his fellow drivers, Croix de Guerre awards, sightseeing, and off duty carousing. He frequently mentions fellow University of Virginia students including Louis Astor, R. H. Baker, Marvin L. Bishop, Frank S. Darwin, Joseph H. Fee, Edward G. Fenwick, Charles D. Fox, Edwin C. Hathaway, Tarleton F. Heath, Philip L. Johnson, Jack Leathem, James E. Moore, Peter Upton Muir, William H. Rogers, Jennings B. Rust, [George Scott Shackelford?], Charles H. Sheild, Philip B. Sheild, Brenton A. Tilghman, Charles V. Tompkins, and Dr. Benjamin C. Willis. With the diary are related items including letters from family; two small snapshots of Taliaferro and his shelled ambulance; newsclippings mentioning Taliaferro; inventory books for his ambulance and miscellaneous souvenirs.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

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