Papers, 1913-1920.

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Papers, 1913-1920.

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Correspondence and printed material relating to Captain (later Colonel) Donovan's military service with the 1st Cavalry, N.Y.N.G., and then with the "Fighting 69th" New York Infantry in World War I; his legal career in Buffalo with O'Brian, Hamlin, Donovan and Goodyear; and his involvement with the American Legion, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association, and Columbia University, ca. 1915-1920. Correspondents include Douglas MacArthur.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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