United States. Army.
Organization
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Charles S. Farnsworth Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 616
Abstract
Career military man who saw action in conflicts with Native Americans, the Spanish-American War, and World War I.
Dates:
1888-1955.
Cressida Lyons Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1933
Abstract
Correspondence with Michael J. Naylor, soldier, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and Fort Monmouth, N.J., relating to army life and his reactions to the Vietnamese conflict and protest movement, and with Dean Francis Schoeder, prisoner at North Dakota State Penitentiary, Bismarck, N.D., concerning prison life; together with book of poems by Naylor.
Dates:
1968-1971
Daniel J. Dill Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 39
Abstract
Muster roll (1862) of 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment; quarterly returns of ordnance and stores; abstract of receipts and expenditures at Fort Rice; and other papers.
Dates:
1862-1917
Fred T. Erickson World War I Diaries
Collection
Identifier: SC 736
Scope and Contents
Two quite complete pocket diaries kept by Erickson, beginning with his enlistment in August 1917. Diaries become more detailed in late December of 1917. The first volume also includes drill regulations for a wedding. The second diary continues on Nov. 1, 1918. It was a German printed booklet and includes three German (revenue?) stamps. It has had some water damage thus making reading somewhat difficult. The diaries end on Sept. 9, 1919. There is a handwritten transcript of the first diary for...
Dates:
1917-1919
George N. Lamphere Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1151
Abstract
George Lamphere was a Civil War veteran and owner of Moorhead Daily News. The papers consist of a scrapbook containing clippings on government and politics, articles by Mr. Lamphere, reviews on his book, The United States Government, poems, family and other subjects.
Dates:
1863-1967
Gertrude Olson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 301
Abstract
The papers of Gertrude Olson (Sullivan) are comprised entirely of letters received in 1918 and 1919. The majority of these letters are from male friends then at camps around the country, including her future husband, though some are from the battle lines in France. In addition to outstanding depictions of camp living, there are some excellent documentations of daily life.
Dates:
1918-1919
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Gertrude Olson Papers
Herbst Department Store Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 158-Mss 1596.12
Abstract
Started by Issac Herbst in 1891 as a dry goods store, Herbst's survived several fires and continually expanded with stores in Bismarck, Devils Lake, Jamestown and West Acres Shopping Center in Fargo in the 1970s. The store went out of business in 1982.
Dates:
1891-1979
Korean War Psychological Warfare Propaganda Leaflets Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 159
Abstract
Korean War Psychological Warfare Propaganda Leaflet Collection developed by Brauer who served in the U.S. Army and was in charge of the unit developing these leaflets.
Dates:
1951-1956.
Matthew Forney Steele Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 128
Abstract
His admiration of the generals who led the South during the Civil War prompted him to pursue a military career.
Dates:
1899-1907, 1920-1952.
Oscar B. Barrett Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 1001
Abstract
Diary (1863) relating to Barrett's experiences with 1st Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War; transcript of diary by Niva Miller Henson; and biographical sketch by his son, Ben Barrett, and others.
Dates:
1863-1980.