WORLD WAR I COLLECTION

Finding Aid

Size: 0.25 linear feet

Literary rights:
Literary rights were not granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine the manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research.

Restrictions: None

Content note:
The World War I Collection contains the diary of an American artilleryman, Charles Daley, of Naugatuck, Connecticut. His entries describe battles and camp life between 1917 and 1919. Many small, unidentified snapshots and other photographs accompany. Other miscellaneous military records, newspaper clippings, and other documents in the collection relate to Charles Gardner Coffin, another soldier from Catskill, New York. Also included is Howard E. Dudley's certificate of honorable discharge dated 1921.

Acquisition: Purchased from ADS Autographs

Processed by: TGT, 10-24-1991; JEF, 10-20-1998