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Battle of Manila commemorative scarf, 1898
Item
Identifier: 2014-023
Scope and Contents
Scarf commemorating the Battle of Manila in which Rear Admiral George Dewey, USN, commanded the Asiatic Squadron to their victory against the Spanish Fleet, 1898 May 1. Main text reads: "Battle of Manila, May morning with Dewey, P.I. 1st May 1898 Manila Day. Text accompanying cameo inset: "Rear Admiral George Dewey, USN, Commander of the Asiatic Squadron and hero of the glorious victory over the Spanish Fleet under Admiral Montijo ini Manila Bay, P.I., May 1,...
Dates:
1898-05-01
Beaumont Bruestle - Charles Sweir collection, 1937-1980
Collection
Identifier: 1987-007
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the scripts for 52 plays with corresponding musical scores plus 16 musical scores without scripts. Included in the collection are autograph and typescript lyrics, correspondence, theatre programs, press cuttings, and miscellaneous. The dated scripts and their corresponding musical scores are arranged chronologically; undated scripts and scores follow in an alphabetical sequence. Any correspondence and/or press cuttings related to a play's production are...
Dates:
1937 - 1980
Bela Rozsa archive, 1923-2006
Collection
Identifier: 2006-001
Scope and Contents
Contains manuscripts, ozalid prints and masters, photocopies, and sketches of Rozsa's works, student notebooks, correspondence, ephemera, and materials relating to his enthusiasm for chess; scores by Rozsa's friends, colleagues, and students also included, as well as ephemera from the School of Music's annual Bela Rozsa Memorial Concert and Student Composition competition.
Dates:
1923 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1968
Ben Byrnes collection of Aubrey C. Ross WWI letters, 1903-1970
Collection
Identifier: 2010-041
Scope and Contents
Correspondance of Aubrey C. Ross, a chaplain who served with the Y.M.C.A. through the Army's 79th Infantry Division during World War I. In addition to the 104 letters exchanged between Aubrey and his wife, Laura L. Ross, during World War I, the collection includes correspondance between Ross and various members of his immediate family from 1903 to 1970. The majority of the Rosses were Missouri farmers, and even Aubrey, who lived in New Yok until the 1940s, held a deed to farmland in...
Dates:
1903 - 1970
Ben Byrnes collection of Chaplain George Copeland WWI archive
Item
Identifier: 2010-054
Content Description
Letters, 2 manuscript books, and copy of Trench and Camp, in very poor condition. Stateside letters from Copeland at Fort Meade
Dates:
1911 - 1950
Ben Byrnes collection of Charles Gaston Clement letters
Collection
Identifier: 2010-055
Scope and Contents
Contains many of the letters of Charles G. Clement home during the first part of his time in the army. Also contains materials noting his mother's search to discover where he was buried and the 1930 Pilgrimage of War Mothers and Widows to visit his grave. There are also some letters to her younger son, Dennis.
Dates:
1913 - 1962; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1919
Ben Byrnes collection of Denton E. Brome, Jr. WWI diary, 1917-1918
Collection
Identifier: 2010-035
Scope and Contents
World War I diary, written by Denton E. Brome Jr., beginning on approximately September 14, 1917 and ending on August 17, 1918. The diary chronicles Brome's duties as a Navy Corpsman stationed in France. Subject matter includes the daily duties of hospital maintenance, wound clean-up, and patient care, as well as excursions from the hospital to tourist sites, restaurants, and other hospitals. The diary is 200 pages in length with 20 pages containing full diary entries and numerous other...
Dates:
1917 November 27 - 1918 July 14
Ben Byrnes collection of Earl Ceedric James WWI letters, 1917-1921
Collection
Identifier: 2010-037
Scope and Contents
Letters and photographs from Earl C. James to his mother, Emily James, and sisters Gwynneth James and Daisy James, describe basic service training at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, and his service overseas, where he was assigned to Battery F 5th, Field Artillery. Photocopied correspondence between the U. S. Army and the James family discusses the soldier's death 1919 April 21 and return of his body from Germany to the United States. Earl Jones was killed in a motocycle accident, in Simmern,...
Dates:
1917-1921, undated
Ben Byrnes collection of Edwin Conroy WWI correspondence, 1918-1919
Collection
Identifier: 2010-020
Scope and Contents
Letters and other materials from Edwin Conroy, 29th Division. The collection contains a personal account of being gassed, writing a letter from a shell hole, and so on.
Dates:
1918 - 1919
Ben Byrnes collection of Ermon Stewart WWI letters, 1918-1920
Collection
Identifier: 2010-036
Scope and Contents
Ermon Stewart died of influenza which he contracted on the ship while being transported to England. The collection includes Ermon's letters to his mother, a letter from Aunt Maggie to Kate Stewart (his mother), a letter from Kate Stewart to Ermon Stewart, and documentation (concerning his death, his persoanal effects, burial, war risk insurance, and re-burial) from the War Department, American Red Cross, American Legion, Treasury Department, and the American Expeditionary Forces Knights of...
Dates:
1918 - 1920