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0559: Benson J. Lubin Papers, 1904-1935, Marshall University Special Collections
0559: Benson J. Lubin Papers, 1904-1935, Marshall University Special Collections
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Huntington, West Virginia, businessman, real estate agent. Papers relate primarily to his service in the first world war as a second lieutenant in the 58th Balloon Company, A.E.F., in France and include embarkation, payroll and other papers related to his duties as officer in charge of African American Brest Casual Company 1740 during its demobilization period; photographs and negatives.
To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Benson J. Lubin Papers, 1904-1935 here.
0181: Lillian Morrison Pyle Papers, 1917-1977, Marshall University Special Collections
0181: Lillian Morrison Pyle Papers, 1917-1977, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is composed of letters and postcards to Lillian from her brothers Donald and Darrell while they served and trained for WWI. Included in the collection are Lillian’s personal papers during her high school and early college years, such as programs, yearbooks, student publications, and grade reports. Also included are collected publications, clippings, and ephemera related to her brothers’ service in WWI.
It is uncertain how the folder of Clendenning letters written during WWI were added to the collection, but they are from Robert Clendenning (serving in the war) to his father on the home front.