Fontaine Newton Taliaferro diary and related papers [manuscript], 1917-1918, 1921.

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Fontaine Newton Taliaferro diary and related papers [manuscript], 1917-1918, 1921.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648013323

Taliaferro's diary describes life as an ambulance driver on the front in World War I. Taliaferro enlisted with the University of Virginia unit and was stationed at a base near the Alsace region and later near Dunkirk. The diary contains details of his training, voyage to France on the San Jacinto, mechanical work on Ford ambulances, driving through bombardments, adventures of his fellow drivers, Croix de Guerre awards, sightseeing, and off duty carousing. He frequently mentions fellow University of Virginia students including Louis Astor, R. H. Baker, Marvin L. Bishop, Frank S. Darwin, Joseph H. Fee, Edward G. Fenwick, Charles D. Fox, Edwin C. Hathaway, Tarleton F. Heath, Philip L. Johnson, Jack Leathem, James E. Moore, Peter Upton Muir, William H. Rogers, Jennings B. Rust, [George Scott Shackelford?], Charles H. Sheild, Philip B. Sheild, Brenton A. Tilghman, Charles V. Tompkins, and Dr. Benjamin C. Willis. With the diary are related items including letters from family; two small snapshots of Taliaferro and his shelled ambulance; newsclippings mentioning Taliaferro; inventory books for his ambulance and miscellaneous souvenirs.

1 volume.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7936767

University of Virginia. Library

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Taliaferro, Fontaine Newton, 1894-1949.

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University of Virginia alumnus; ambulance driver in World War I; insurance salesman. From the description of Fontaine Newton Taliaferro diary and related papers [manuscript], 1917-1918, 1921. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648013323 ...

San Jacinto (Troop transport)

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Hathaway, Edwin Clark.

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Bishop, Marvin Lord, d. 1973.

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Johnson, Philip Ludwell.

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Darwin, Frank Sharp, 1895-1947.

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Rust, Jennings Bryan, d. 1971.

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Jones, James Thomas.

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Tompkins, Charles Vawter, 1896-1977.

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Fox, Charles Dunsmore, 1896-1976.

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Jenkins, Charles Edward

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Sheild, Charles Hansford.

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Leathem, John Conn, d. 1973.

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Heath, Tarleton Fleming, 1897-1937.

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Fenwick, Edward Gulagher, 1897-1956.

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Moore, James Edwin, d. 1949.

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Fee, Joseph Hamilton, d. 1968.

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Rogers, William Hudson, 184-1975.

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Willis, Benjamin Coleman, d. 1951.

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Sheild, Philip Barney.

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United States. Army. Ambulance Company, 517th.

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Baker, Richard Henry, 1897-1981.

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Muir, Peter Andrew

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Astor, Louis.

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Shackelford, George Scott, 1897-1965.

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