Charles Apfelbaum Rare Manuscripts and Archives
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
Leo McCusker WWI diary, 1918
Item
Identifier: 2009-032
Scope and Contents
Pocket diary of Captain Leo McCusker (US Army, HQ Troop, 4th Div) dating from May 6 through September 26,1918. The diary begins with McCusker's boarding ship for England. It continues with excellent detailed descriptive accounts of battles (including September 25th battle on Hill 304), German bombing and shelling raids, the elaborate German dugouts, dead and wounded on the battlefields, prisoners of war, etc at and near the Front in France. It also includes his experiences in various...
Dates:
1918
Unknown soldier WWI diary, 1918
Collection
Identifier: 2009-029
Scope and Contents
Pocket journal or notebook kept by an unidentified AEF Field Artillery soldier/officer, Company A, 114th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, while in France, 1918.
Handwritten contents include: various lists of names of section members, men on specific details, surnames, supplies; disciplinary actions taken; daily schedules and routines; diagrams of manuevers; etc.
Dates:
1918