The Donald B. Adams and Helen Besler Adams papers, 1914-1969 (bulk 1914-1947).

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The Donald B. Adams and Helen Besler Adams papers, 1914-1969 (bulk 1914-1947).

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Official and personal correspondence: Helen Besler Adams (1918-1919, 1945); John Bennett Adams (1917-1969). Diploma from US Army Command and General Staff College (1935); official promotion certificates (1917-1918); separation qualification records; Field of Honor Certificate (1917); yearbook of CGSC's Class of 1935 - The Descisions and Indiscretions of General A; Souvenir de la Grande Guerre; biographical information on Edmund L. Daley; invitations; Wells Fargo Messenger (Oct. 1914); Field message book; roster; National War Work Council of the YMCA certificate (1919); Certificate of the War Camp Community Service (1919?); photograph (1918-1919?); post cards; song sheets; programs, newspaper clippings; propaganda sheets, magazines, pamphlets, rosters; booklet: The Rhine and its legends.

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