Samuel Dewitt Pepper papers, 1893-1952.

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Samuel Dewitt Pepper papers, 1893-1952.

Biographical material; correspondence with family and friends concerning in part current events and politics in pre-World War I Canada; correspondence with wife Katherine while serving in France 1918-1919; papers relating to his official responsibilities with the Michigan National Guard, as Judge Advocate, and as member of veterans organizations; include files relating to the Copper Miners' Strike of 1913 and to the Flint Sit-Down strike; also diaries, 1916-1919, of his experiences serving on the. Mexican border and in France during the First World War; papers relating to Republican party activities in 1920 and 1924; and photographs.

3 linear ft. and 1 oversize folder (UAm)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7359694

Bentley Historical Library

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Republican Party (Mich.)

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Pepper, Samuel Dewitt, 1877-1960.

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Port Huron, Michigan attorney; officer in the Michigan National Guard beginning in 1905, later Judge Advocate with the U.S. Army during World War I. After the war, Pepper was chief law officer of the MNG where he was adivsor during the Flint Sit-Down strike of 1937. From the description of Samuel Dewitt Pepper papers, 1893-1952. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419068 Samuel DeWitt Pepper was born on December 27, 1877 at Middlesex, Ontario, Canada...

Michigan. National Guard

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...