WORLD WAR I COLLECTION
MS 92-6
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WORLD WAR I COLLECTION |
| Box 1 | FF 1 | Photographs taken during World War I. Most are photographs of groups of soldiers or individuals in uniform. There is little accompanying identification on photographs. |
| Box 1 | FF 2 | Small notebook diary of Charles Daley, an American artilleryman from Naugatuck, Connecticut. In the diary, Charles describes daily events and activities. He does mention arriving at Nova Scotia on October 11, arriving at a French town on October 31, fighting between November 1 and March 20, and bombarding Germany on April 6. He goes into detail of distances to camp, when the camp sleeps, eats, and other miscellaneous activities. Dating probably from 1917 to 1919, the entries are from October 1 through September 12. |
| Box 1 | FF 3 | Form postcard to Charles Coffin's father on February 6, 1919. Charles signs as a sergeant: (1) Charles Coffin's Registration Certificate Card issued June, 1917; (2) Charles Coffin's Military Census and Inventory of the State of New York, issued in 1917; (3) Articles which reproduce Charles Coffin's letters home from the Examiner, October 12, 1918 and October 19, 1918; (4) Order of Induction into Military Service issued May 20, 1918 for Charles Coffin; (5) National Guard Honorable Discharge Certificate issued to Howard E. Dudley on February 1, 1921. |
| Box 1 | FF 4 | Publicity card for Charles Coffin as Republican Candidate for District Attorney of Catskill, New York. |