The Fred Hays Turner papers, 1877-1920.

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The Fred Hays Turner papers, 1877-1920.

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Contains: diaries pertaining to military life in the Philippines (1899-1908). Consisted primarily of a scrapbook containing: diary of activites at the French front near Soissons (1918); correspondence (1906-1916); numerous photographs of Turner's military service in the Philippines (1899-1911), Texas (1911-1912), and Europe (1916-1919), group portraits of the 23rd Infantry Regiment (n.d.) and 3rd Division (1918); picture post cards and brochures of France especially the Rhine River (1918); commission and promotion certificates (1901-1921); newspaper clippings pertaining to Turner's military career (1917-1920); miscellaneous issues of TWENTY-THIRD INFANTRY LANTAKA and THE TWENTY-THIRD INFANTRY BOLO (1907-1909); and typescript of Turner's LITTLE THINGS IN A BIG PROFESSION (1914).

1 box.

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