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Letter to Mrs. Howard E. (Hilda) Babcock from Dimijian focus on his activities during the first World War, including information on army camp, military training, personal problems, his experiences with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, the city of Tours, Jacob Gould Schurman's visit to the front (August 27, 1918), Dimijian's membership on the Allied War Claims Commission (1919), and his return to the United States. Also, one photograph of Dimijian.

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Forty-four letters from C.R. Gross to members of his family concerning his service with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I and afterward with the army of occupation in Luxembourg. Also included are newspapers, monographs on agricultural chemistry, postcards, and other printed items.

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Letters mainly written to his mother and sister describe Logsdon's experience preparing for war and the conditions upon arriving in France. He mentions living at the 15th century castle Countess d'Cadillac's Chateau, discusses transportation, food, the Spanish influenza, pay, stocks his family is invested in, and his fellow colleagues amongst other subjects. Also included are typed transcripts of the letters in physical and electronic format.

Scope and content Government documents presented to the British Parliament, chiefly concerning Allied shipping casualties (including those lost in the sinking of the Lusitania), the treatment of British prisoners of war by the Germans, and the rupture of relations with Turkey. Also, a brochure issued by the Mounted Service School at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1916, detailing its training methods for cavalrymen and their horses. Maps showing battle lines for various battles, and depicting the European populations...

Scope and content Correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs concerning John Butler's service in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. Includes draft notice, letters to family members describing his training at Camp Dix, April 1918, and battle experiences in France, June through October, 1918. Also, photographs of the Butler family; correspondence from the War Department concerning Butler's death in the Argonne Forest and his interrment; and photographs of Butler as well as...