Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. THE ALLIED ATHLETIC MEET AT JOINVILLE LE PONT, JULY 4-6, 1919

Poincaré, Raymond, 1860-1934

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President and statesman, and author of France. From the description of Address of Raymond Poincaré, 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449397 President of the French Republic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to an unidentified correspondent, 1908 Mar. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617750 ...

Allen, Henry T. (Henry Tureman), 1859-1930

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Army officer. From the description of Papers of Henry T. Allen, 1806-1933 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 66095804 Henry Tureman Allen (1859-1930), U.S. Army officer, was born at Sharpsburg, Kentucky, the thirteenth child and ninth son of Ruben Sanford and Susannah Shumate Allen. The immigrant ancestor on his father''s side went to Virginia in 1636; his mother descended from a Huguenot settler in Virginia whose name, de la Soumatte, was transformed to Shumate. Al...

Harbord, James G. (James Guthrie), 1866-1947

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Army officer and business executive. From the description of James G. Harbord papers, 1886-1938 (bulk 1918-1919). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82223891 Harbord was a Major General and commanded the Services of Supply of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. He became Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1921-22. As a civilian, he became president of the Radio Corp of America (RCA) and resided in Rye, N.Y. He died in 1947. From the desc...

Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928

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United States secretary of state, 1915-1920. From the description of Robert Lansing miscellaneous papers, 1916-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866993 Robert Lansing (b. Oct. 17, 1864, Watertown, New York-d. Oct. 30, 1928, New York, New York) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Legal Advisor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1915 to 1920. He was married to Eleanor ...

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Knapp, Harry Shepard, 1856-1923

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Wolf, Paul Alexander, 1868-1954

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Paul Alexander Wolf (b. Dec. 23, 1868, Kewanee, Ill.-d. Jan. 12, 1954), Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, graduated from West Point in 1890. He saw action in the Sioux Indian campaign, in Cuba, in the Philippines, and on the Mexican border. He was commander, 66th Brigade Infantry, 33rd Division, with the American Expeditionary Force. General Wolf was a champion marksman. He retired from the military in 1933. From the description of Wolf, Paul Alexander, 1868-1954 (U.S. National Arc...