Papers, 1900-1954.

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Papers, 1900-1954.

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Collection contains materials relating to Price's military career, including speeches on the role of engineering in the military (1938-1944); newspaper clippings (1930-1944); correspondence (1917-1954); subject files with correspondence, research notes, maps, photographs and reports dealing with the American Battle Monuments Commission (1918-1938). Collection also includes photographs of France in World War I; 22 photograph albums of American battlefield monuments in Europe, Price and his family, and the Normandy invasion (1900-1946); 1 scrapbook of the U.S. Military Academy (1914); 130 slides from World War II, mostly of the Normandy invasion; and miscellaneous maps.

4.5 cubic ft. (10 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7261593

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United States Military Academy

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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American forc...

Price, Xenophon Herbert, 1892-

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Xenophon Herbert Price (1892-1979) graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1914 and was commissioned in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served with the U.S. Army 11th Engineering Regiment in World War I. In 1923 Price was commissioned by Herbert Hoover to be the secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission, which also oversaw American battlefield monuments in Europe. From 1941-1944 he was on the U.S. Army General Staff, and witnessed the Normandy invasi...

American Battle Monuments Commission

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Commission established after World War I to oversee memorials in Europe to the American war dead. From the description of Correspondence to Paul Philippe Cret, 1932-1944. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155905749 ...