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Byrnes, Ben

 Person

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

"Another Victim of War to Be Buried by Legion", 1921-10

 Item
Identifier: 2010.044.1.34
Scope and Contents

Press cutting of an Associated Press article, excised from an unidentified [Dallas] newspaper.

Dates: Publication: 1921-10

Ben Byrnes collection of John Oscar Miller WWI archive

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-044
Content Description Correspondence, press cuttings, snapshots, documents, and memorabilia, all assumed to have originally been pasted onto black paper pages and housed in a post-bound,scrapbook with dark gray, cloth-covered covers. "My Memory Book" is stamped in gold in upper left corner of the front cover. Pages on which items were pasted are extremely soft, powdery and fragile; All items were carefully removed from the pages by archivist. The original order of the items appeared to be destroyed before...
Dates: 1912 - 1921

"Bodies of Texas Soldiers Will Arrive Thursday", 1921-10

 Item
Identifier: 2010.044.1.34
Scope and Contents

Press cutting of an Associated Press article, excised from an unidentified [Dallas] newspaper.

Dates: Publication: 1921-10

"Body of Dallas Soldier to be Buried by Legion", 1921-10-21

 Item
Identifier: 2010.044.1.34
Scope and Contents

"The body of Sergeant John Oscar Miller...Dallas soldier, who was killed near Romagne France...will be received in Dallas by Ed C. Smith and Bros Undertaking Company Thursday morning...."

Dates: Publication: 1921-10-21

Card from Bell Telephone System to John S. Miller, 1921-10

 Item
Identifier: 2010.044.1.37
Scope and Contents

Sympathy card from John S. Miller's co-workers at Bell Telephone.

Dates: 1921-10

Commemorative portrait of J.O. Miller, Undated

 Item
Identifier: 2010.044.1.1
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of a studio portrait of John Oscar Miller, framed in a rectangular red and blue vertical stripes,surrounding a cream rectangle with gold-rimmed oval; a gold-rimmed 5-point star gloats above the oval which frames the portrait.

Dates: Undated

"Country Lads Answer Roll and Prepare for War...", 1917-10

 Item
Identifier: 2010.044.1.3
Scope and Contents

"Bid Good-bye to Wives and Sweethearts and Go with Stout Hearts."

Dates: 1917-10

"Dallas Soldier Killed in Action", 1918-12

 Item
Identifier: 2010.044.1.30
Scope and Contents

Press cutting, excised from an unidentified newspaper, announcing the death of Sgt. John Oscar Miller.

Dates: Publication: 1918-12

"Dallas Soldier Killed in France Buried Here", 1921-10

 Item
Identifier: 2010.044.1.34
Scope and Contents

Press cutting of an Associated Press article, excised from an unidentified [Dallas] newspaper.

Dates: Publication: 1921-10

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  • Subject: Special Collections -- Scrapbooks -- World War I. X

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Type
Archival Object 70
Unprocessed Material 1
Collection 1
 
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 -- Correspondence. 25
World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties. 21
World War, 1914-1918 -- Death and burial 15
Funeral rites and customs -- United States. 5
United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. 5