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Charles Apfelbaum Rare Manuscripts and Archives

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Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

B. L. Kennedy Beat Poets audio recordings, 1974-1993

 Collection
Identifier: 1500-020
Scope and Contents

90 cassette tapes containing poetry readings from the collection of Beat-Poet B.L. Kennedy.

Dates: 1974 - 1993

Ben Byrnes collection of Ralph B. Creamer WWI diaries, 1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-001
Scope and Contents

Group of 4 manuscript diaries dated June to December 1918, written in great detail by Ralph B. Creamer (579th Ambulance Service, US Army) about his experiences [as a mechanic] in WWI -- from his training at Allentown, Pennsylvania, to his service in Italy, and including the time leading up to the Armistice.

Dates: 1918-06 - 1918-12

Bert Hebbes WWI letters, 1916-1920

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-017
Content Description A personal archive of a WWI Rifleman stationed in Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Sudan between 1916 - 1920. Comprises primarily of correspondence written to and from Bert Hebbes. Over 240 long detailed letters from Bert Hebbes to his mother, father, and siblings with sketches and drawing throughout, including 4 letters with stunning watercolor drawings. Contains 50 letters written from his mother, siblings, and friends. Also included are over 40 newspaper clippings and 21...
Dates: 1916 - 1920

Charles Alfred Bredin WWI-era papers, 1918-1968

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-020
Scope and Contents

A collection pf papers, letters and ephemera relating to Charles Alfred Bredin. A Diary and some materials set during his time in Co. D, 317th Machine Gun Battalion, 81st Division, AEF during the first World War. He later served with the 15th Infantry Regt. in China. Correspondence with his fiance, Grace Manning (AKA Olivia Lee Bredin). Bredin was originally from New York, and later moved to Tulsa in the 1930s.

Dates: 1918 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1936

DeWitt Clinton Lipe - Cherokee Strip papers, 1870-1913

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-001
Scope and Contents The DeWitt Lipe - Cherokee Strip Papers consist of autographs, autograph transcriptions, and typescript letters and documents of DeWitt Lipe, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation. In general, the papers related to the Cherokee Nation's taxation and licensing requirements of Texas stockmen who grazed cattle on Indian lands west of the Arkansas River, known as the Cherokee Strip, on their way to the Kansas stockyards. Also included in the papers are various acts and resolutions relating to the...
Dates: 1870 - 1913

Eberl family WWI-era letters, 1905-1926

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-009
Scope and Contents

Approximately 600 letters, feldbriefs and feldpostcartes to and from Alois, Gottleib Jr., and Max--three sons serving in the German Army--and their family. Many letters are from France, approximately 130 of which are from Gottlieb Jr. written from an English POW camp.

Dates: 1905 - 1926

Ed Granger journal, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: D640 .G73-1919-Undrsz
Scope and Contents

The diary of Lieutenant Ed Granger from Aug 1917 through Jun 1919. Lt. Granger was a dentist and served the 138th Infantry Regt., 35th Infantry Div. Granger writes about his experiences in WWI. He trained at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma.


A manuscript diary, written is dos-a dos fashion, several pages have been torn out.

Dates: 1917 - 1919

F. Watkins WWI diary, 1919

 Item
Identifier: 2010-015
Scope and Contents Diary of F. Watkins, a US Medical Corps driver. Diary entries generally regard Watkins's activites, primarily in France and include entries regarding his on board experiences and brief notes on the daily weather. The last 20 pages of the diary include 4 pages containing addresses, the remaining 16 pages containing receipts and expenditures.The preliminary pages of the Excelsior diary Include printed yearly and monthly calendars for 1918 and yearly calendar for...
Dates: 1919-01-01 - 1919-12-31

Fred Hickerson WWI diary, 1918-1919, 1960

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-033
Scope and Contents

Private Fred Hickerson's (Company B. 314th Ammo train, 89th Division) 87 page handwritten diary, recorded primarily while he was in France; plus a black/white snapshot of Fred Hickerson at age 60 laid in.

Dates: 1918 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1919

Fred R. Batchelder WWI diary, 1918

 File
Identifier: 2009-034
Scope and Contents

1918 pocket diary of Fred R. Batchelder US Army 401st Telegraph Battalion, Supply Detachment. 165 daily entries documenting his experiences while serving in France. Includes descriptions of the countryside, the extensive damage of country, towns, and villages, German prisoners of war, massive air sortes, bombing and shelling, etc.

Dates: 1918

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World War I Collection 28
World War, 1914-1918. 24
World War, 1914-1918 -- Diaries 14
World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany 12
World War, 1914-1918 -- Correspondence. 9
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives -- United States. 7
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France 4
World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs. 4
World War, 1914-1918 -- Manuscripts 3
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. 3
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- World War, 1914-1918. 2
Special Collections -- Photographs -- World War, 1914-1918. 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 2
American poetry -- 20th century 1
Beat generation -- Poetry 1
Bohemianism -- United States. 1
Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customs. 1
Camp Doniphan (Okla.). 1
Cattle trade -- West (U.S.). 1
Cattle trails. 1
Cherokee Indians -- Government relations. 1
Cherokee Indians -- Land tenure. 1
Cherokee Indians. 1
Cherokee Strip (Okla. and Kan.) -- History 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
Chisholm Trail. 1
Egypt -- Description and travel 1
Egypt -- History -- British occupation, 1882-1936. 1
Fort Sill (Okla.). 1
Government vehicles -- Germany -- History. 1
Humorists, American. 1
Mercedes automobile -- History. 1
New Zealand -- Social life and customs. 1
Oklahoma -- History. 1
Screenwriters. 1
Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Heinrich, H. 1
Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Perelman, S.J. (Sidney Joseph). 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Adams, William G. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Batchelder, Fred R. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Bredin, Charles A. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Creamer, Ralph B. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Granger, Ed. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Watkins, F. 1
Texas -- Ranching. 1
Tulsa (Okla.) -- History 1
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Egypt 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Eastern front 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- France 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- United States 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, New Zealand. 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- New Zealand 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives -- Great Britain. 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Poland 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, English. 1
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