John Robert Carter papers, 1913-1924

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John Robert Carter papers, 1913-1924

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The Military records and newspaper clipping contain muster rolls, a copy of general orders for the 25th Infantry, and a newspaper clipping on the military execution of thirteen African-American soldiers in the early 1900's. The Correspondence folder consists of postcards written from relatives and friends to Carter from 1916-26. The Military photographs are almost entirely of African-American soldiers in uniform and off duty. The Non-military photographs are mostly of African-American civilians. The "Sandbur" is a 1924 yearbook of Camp Harry J. Jones, Douglas, Arizona, where Carter's Company C was posted at various times. Photographs and postcards of Nogales, Arizona and Mexico are mostly of buildings, some include people. Postcards from Hawaii and the Phillipines are on a variety of subjects. "Scenes Taken in the Phillipines, China, Japan, and On the Pacific" is a photograph book published in 1912.

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