Edwin F. Conroy scrapbook 1918-1921 1918-1919 Conroy, Edwin F. scrapbook

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Edwin F. Conroy scrapbook 1918-1921 1918-1919 Conroy, Edwin F. scrapbook

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This collection consists of the contents of a scrapbook kept by Effie M. Conroy of the Bronx, New York, who documented the army service of her son, Edwin F. Conroy, a member of the 114th Infantry Regiment during World War I. The scrapbook contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera related to Conroy, to the 114th Infantry Regiment, and to the 29th "Blue and Gray" Division.

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William L. Clements Library

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