Arden Ray Chapman papers, 1898-1944.

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Arden Ray Chapman papers, 1898-1944.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/772470037

This collection consists of personal and military papers of Arden Ray Chapman of Lincoln, Neb. Included are handwritten and typed correspondence, telegrams, photographs, certificates, military medals including a Purple Heart medal, genealogical information concerning members of the Chapman, Carruth, and Watson families, a hand-drawn map, newspaper clippings and other printed items, and a bound ledger which was used as a scrapbook. Later-era typed transcriptions of the correspondence are included.

0.5 linear feet (1 box)

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8190640

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Watson family.

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United States. Army. Nebraska Volunteer Regiment, 1st

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Chapman family.

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Carruth family.

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Chapman, Arden Ray.

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Arden Ray Chapman served in Company M of the First Regiment of Nebraska, in the Spanish-American War, and in the Philippine Insurrection of 1899. His service took him to the Pacific; his letters home were written in Denver, Pueblo, San Francisco, Hawaii, Manila, and other locations. He was shot in the right forearm in battle, April 23, 1899, and wrote letters home from the hospital with his left hand. From the description of Arden Ray Chapman papers, 1898-1944. (Tulane University). W...