Papers of James Rogers McConnell, 1915-1977 (bulk 1915-1917).

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Papers of James Rogers McConnell, 1915-1977 (bulk 1915-1917).

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The collection consists chiefly of letters from McConnell to his friend Paul Ayres Rockwell and to Marcelle Guérin de Précourt, a French nurse. The letters describe McConnell's tour as an ambulance driver in France, training and flights as a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, convalsecence in an army hospital after a 1916 crash, trench warfare, aerial combat with German planes, and life in a French town near the front. Specific topics include a typical night on ambulance duty; dissension in the Escadrille and the abilities and dedication of each member; near wrecks in flight training; a French military funeral; German goose stepping and camouflage; Verdun battlefield from the air; downing of a German plane by French gunners; last flights of Kiffin Rockwell and Victor Chapman; and the bombardment of Pont-à-Mousson. Correspondents other than Rockwell and Guérin de Précourt include Edwin A. Alderman, Lewis D. Crenshaw, Edmund C.C. Genet, Armistead C. Gordon, Charles Chouteau Johnson, Henry Alan Johnston, Jean A.S.J. Jusserand, Walter Lovell, Ward McLanahan, Charles E.A. Marshall, Norman Prince, Georges Thenault, Frank Tupper, and McConnell family members. Most of these are located only on the Smithsonian microfiche, Mf-5. Memorial and printed material include photographs, clippings, proof of Georges Thenault's book "The Lafayette Escadrille," and memoirs of Marcelle Guérin de Précourt; pre-war articles by McConnell promoting North Carolina railroads; an article "With the American Ambulance," printed in "The Outlook"; a poem by him, a cigarette case given to him by Paul A. Rockwell; and a copy of a 1916 film "Escadrille Américaine." Subjects in the photgraphs include McConnell, his friends Kiffin Yates Rockwell and Victor E. Chapman, and commanding officer Georges Theanult; McConnell's grave near Flavy-y-Martel, Aisne, France; a monument to him in Carthage, N.C.; McConnell family members; Guérin de Précourt family members; and Rockwell family members.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Guérin de Précourt, Marcelle

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McConnell, James R. (James Rogers), 1887-1917

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University of Virginia student; ambulance driver in France and aviator in the "Lafayette Escadrille"; author of "Flying for France"; killed in aerial combat above the Somme battlefields, March 19, 1917. From the description of Papers of James Rogers McConnell, 1915-1977 (bulk 1915-1917). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50861130 ...

Gordon, Armistead C. (Armistead Churchill), 1855-1931

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Armistead Churchill Gordon, a Virginia native, attended schools in Charlottesville and later became a successful attorney and historian in Staunton, Va. From the description of Papers, 1868-1875. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 34272410 Rector of the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Armistead Churchill Gordon [manuscript], 1887-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647884483 Attorney ;Rect...

McConnell, James R. (James Rogers), 1887-1917

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University of Virginia student; ambulance driver in France and aviator in the "Lafayette Escadrille"; author of "Flying for France"; killed in aerial combat above the Somme battlefields, March 19, 1917. From the description of Papers of James Rogers McConnell, 1915-1977 (bulk 1915-1917). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50861130 ...

Rockwell, Paul Ayres, 1889-1985

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Rockwell was a member of the Washington and Lee University Class of 1912, a member of the French Foreign Legion, a journalist in France during World War I, and a colonel in the U. S. Army. From the description of Papers, 1914-1985. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 192139558 From the description of Papers, 1915-1980 (bulk 1915-1919, 1960-1980). (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 192139541 ...

Johnston, Henry Alan, 1874-1954,

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Chapman, Victor Emmanuel, 1890-1916

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Johnson, Charles Chouteau,

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France. Armée. Escadrille Lafayette.

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Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931

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Educator and orator. From the description of Letter to a former student [manuscript], 1920 June 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976354 From the description of Edwin Anderson Alderman papers [manuscript], 1881-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925708 University of Virginia president. From the description of Sketch of Edwin Anderson Alderman [manuscript], ca. 1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64781...

Crenshaw, Lewis Dabney, 1884-1947,

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Secretary, University of Virginia Alumni Association; Director, University of Virginia European Bureau. From the description of Papers of Lewis Dabney Crenshaw [manuscript], 1917-1936. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647829427 Crenshaw was a University of Virginia student and secretary of the Alumni Association. From the description of Photograph : of Lewis Dabney Crenshaw, 1908 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833551 ...

Genet, Edmond Charles Clinton, 1896-1917

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Guérin de Précourt, Marcell

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Rockwell, Kiffin Yates, 1892-1916

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Army officer and aviator. From the description of Certificate of Kiffin Yates Rockwell, 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83402740 ...