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Byrnes, Ben

 Person

Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Byrnes collection of Jouett Fitch Singleton WWI archive, 1898-1932

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-040
Scope and Contents

Collection of maps, letters, photographs, and burial records

Dates: 1898 - 1932

Ben Byrnes collection of Leonard H. Urquhart WWI archive, 1916-1941

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-026
Scope and Contents

Contains letters, uniforms and miscellaneous materials of Leonard H. Urquhart, of Company F, 2nd Virginia Infantry, and later Co. F, 116th Inf Regt, 22nd Inf Div.

Dates: 1916 - 1941

Ben Byrnes collection of miscellaneous WWI photographs, 1912-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-034
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of twenty photographs ranging in dates from 1866 -1917. Seventeen of the photos were taken during World War I, mostly of U.S. and European soldiers in uniform. The WWI photographs were taken in England, France, and Russia. Two other photos were taken in 1866 and 1867 respectively, one is of a man in civilian clothing, the other is of a man in military uniform. Accompanying the picture of the soldier from 1867 are five military documents/correspondence ranging...
Dates: 1912 - 1919

Ben Byrnes collection of Norman Sweetser WWI archive, 1874-1945

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-019
Scope and Contents

Contains Edwin C. Sweetser's 5 volume set of hand-written material in large journals; as well as photographs and letters by and about Norman Sweetser, an American flying a Caproni bomber for the Italians.

Dates: 1874 - 1945; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1918

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

Ben Byrnes collection of Rholie Ward WWI letters, 1918-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-021
Scope and Contents

98 letters from Rholie Ward, an American YMCA Secretary attached to French Army, most of which are written to his wife, Rudy (Atlanta, Georgia), the remaining few written to his mother and relatives. Almost all are handwritten and signed, with only 2 or 3 typewritten and signed.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

Ben Byrnes collection of Rumsey Bissell Marston WWI letters, 1918-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-022
Scope and Contents

This collection contains twelve letters written by Rumsey Bissell Marston just prior to and during his deployment to France and Great Britain during WWI to his father, mother, brother and sisters. Additional items in the collection are: his military service record, a photograph, a drawing, and the envelopes in which the letters were sent.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 109
Collection 20
Unprocessed Material 13
 
Subject
World War I Collection 99
World War, 1914-1918. 96
Special Collections -- Scrapbooks -- World War I. 72
World War, 1939-1945 -- Correspondence. 40
World War, 1939-1945. 39
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Asiatic - Pacific Campaign 38
World War, 1914-1918 -- Correspondence. 37
World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties. 21
World War, 1914-1918 -- Death and burial 16
World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs. 9
World War, 1914-1918 -- Diaries 6
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives -- United States. 6
Funeral rites and customs -- United States. 5
United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. 5
Camp Travis (Tex.) 4
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- World War, 1914-1918. 3
Special Collections -- Photographs -- World War, 1914-1918. 3
World War, 1914-1918 -- France 3
World War, 1914-1918 -- Manuscripts 3
Armed Forces 2
Military chaplains -- United States. 2
Military hospitals. 2
Postcards -- World War I. 2
Special Collections -- Correspondence. 2
United States. Army. Engineers, 315th. 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Maps 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives -- United States 2
Brest (France) -- History. 1
Camp Mills (N.Y.) 1
Civilian war casualties -- Laos 1
Medicine, Military -- France 1
Orléans (France) -- History. 1
Photography, Military. 1
Postcards. 1
Special Collections -- Diaries -- Singleton, Jouett Fitch. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Ayres, Henry Fairfax. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Brome, Denton E. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Campbell, Howe. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Clement, Charles G. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Creamer, Ralph B. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- James, Earl Ceedric 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Stewart, Ermon 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Travilla, Thomas H. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Ward, Rholie 1
St. Mihiel (France), Battle of, 1918. 1
Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) 1
State governments -- Texas -- Officials and employees. 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. 1
United States. Signal Corps. 1
United War Work Campaign, Inc. -- 1910-1920. 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Artwork 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- United States 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia 1
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