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Carl Hayden Quinn's United States Army Enlistment & Honorable Discharge Records, United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces Jul 2015

Carl Hayden Quinn's United States Army Enlistment & Honorable Discharge Records, United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

Carl Hayden Quinn Collection Textual Materials

Carl Hayden Quinn's United States Army Enlistment & Honorable Discharge Records. Includes some health information, some previous emplyment information, final compensation, and medals issued.


Faces Of The Civil War, Steven J. Semmel Jul 2015

Faces Of The Civil War, Steven J. Semmel

Blogging the Library

As the internship enters its final month of the summer, I’ve been processing and looking at various Civil War collections. This era in history is well known for the bloody conflicts that separated the nation. However, not much is known about most individuals that fought in different regiments across the country, or even what they looked like. Special Collections is home to a few faces that at Gettysburg, out West, prisoners at Andersonville, or stationed in places like Florida. The collections I have recently processed included photos of those soldiers at different stages in their life. [excerpt]


Making A Statement: The Alabama Memorial At Gettysburg, Matthew D. Laroche Jul 2015

Making A Statement: The Alabama Memorial At Gettysburg, Matthew D. Laroche

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

This post is part of a series featuring behind-the-scenes dispatches from our Pohanka Interns working on the front lines of history this summer as interpreters, archivists, and preservationists. See here for the introduction to the series.

Every generation has plenty to remember about its time spent shaping the human story. But despite this, some generations are better at writing their stories than others. Or perhaps some generations leave more unfinished work for their descendants to sift through. Either way, the legacy of the Civil War still lays heavy on our shoulders. Here at Gettysburg, in particular, the memory of the …


Once More Unto The Breach: 2015 Pohanka Interns Engage Public History, Kevin P. Lavery Jul 2015

Once More Unto The Breach: 2015 Pohanka Interns Engage Public History, Kevin P. Lavery

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Every summer, we feature posts on the blog that provide a behind-the-scenes view of what it’s like to practice history on the frontlines at some of the nation’s leading Civil War sites. Our contributors – Gettysburg College students doing summer internships under the auspices of CWI’s Brian C. Pohanka Internship Program – share their experiences giving tours, talking with visitors, and working with historical artifacts, educational programs, and archival collections. This summer, we’ve asked our Pohanka interns to reflect on an assortment of questions dealing with Civil War monuments and historical memory, broadening interpretation at Civil War battlefield sites, social …


Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 - Letter To (Sc 2926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2015

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 - Letter To (Sc 2926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2926. “A Letter to Hitler” from “America,” handwritten on letterhead of The Armored Force, Fort Knox, Kentucky. The mocking letter describes in explicit verse what awaits Hitler when U.S. forces arrive in Berlin.


"The Battle For Manchuria And The Fate Of China: Siping, 1946 (Book Review)" By Harold M. Tanner, Tyler Wentzell Jul 2015

"The Battle For Manchuria And The Fate Of China: Siping, 1946 (Book Review)" By Harold M. Tanner, Tyler Wentzell

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


"A Time Such As There Never Was Before: Canada After The Great War (Book Review)" By Alan Bowker, Brian Douglas Tennyson Jul 2015

"A Time Such As There Never Was Before: Canada After The Great War (Book Review)" By Alan Bowker, Brian Douglas Tennyson

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


"Irish Canadian Conflict And The Struggle For Irish Independence, 1912-1925 (Book Review)" By Robert Mclaughlin, Brendan O’Driscoll Jul 2015

"Irish Canadian Conflict And The Struggle For Irish Independence, 1912-1925 (Book Review)" By Robert Mclaughlin, Brendan O’Driscoll

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


"Cold War Comforts: Canadian Women, Child Safety, And Global Insecurity (Book Review)" By Tarah Brookfield, Ian Muller Jul 2015

"Cold War Comforts: Canadian Women, Child Safety, And Global Insecurity (Book Review)" By Tarah Brookfield, Ian Muller

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


"Verdun: The Longest Battle Of The Great War (Book Review)" By Paul Jankowski, Nathaniel L. Moir Jul 2015

"Verdun: The Longest Battle Of The Great War (Book Review)" By Paul Jankowski, Nathaniel L. Moir

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


"Boundless Optimism: Richard Mcbride’S British Columbia (Book Review)" By Patricia Roy, Barry Gough Jul 2015

"Boundless Optimism: Richard Mcbride’S British Columbia (Book Review)" By Patricia Roy, Barry Gough

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


"Boys And Girls In No Man’S Land: English Canadian Children And The First World War (Book Review)" By Susan R. Fisher, Kyle Falcon Jul 2015

"Boys And Girls In No Man’S Land: English Canadian Children And The First World War (Book Review)" By Susan R. Fisher, Kyle Falcon

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


"Modern Warfare: Armed Groups, Private Militaries, Humanitarian Organizations, And The Law (Book Review)" Edited By Benjamin Perrin, David A. Borys Jul 2015

"Modern Warfare: Armed Groups, Private Militaries, Humanitarian Organizations, And The Law (Book Review)" Edited By Benjamin Perrin, David A. Borys

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Sir Richard Turner And The Second Battle Of Ypres, April And May 1915, Mark Humphries, Lyndsay Rosenthal Jul 2015

Sir Richard Turner And The Second Battle Of Ypres, April And May 1915, Mark Humphries, Lyndsay Rosenthal

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


A Symbolic Return Of Communitas William Macdonnell’S Modernizing Mostar, Craig Leslie Mantle Jul 2015

A Symbolic Return Of Communitas William Macdonnell’S Modernizing Mostar, Craig Leslie Mantle

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Memorializing Lieutenant-Colonel John Mccrae Civic Commemoration And The 100th Anniversary Of “In Flanders Fields”, Debra Nash-Chambers Jul 2015

Memorializing Lieutenant-Colonel John Mccrae Civic Commemoration And The 100th Anniversary Of “In Flanders Fields”, Debra Nash-Chambers

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Montreal And The Battle Of Ypres 1915 One Hundred Years, Roman Jarymowycz Jul 2015

Montreal And The Battle Of Ypres 1915 One Hundred Years, Roman Jarymowycz

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


An Administrative Learning Curve Casualty Rehabilitation In The Canadian Expeditionary Force, Richard Holt Jul 2015

An Administrative Learning Curve Casualty Rehabilitation In The Canadian Expeditionary Force, Richard Holt

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


The Barrier And The Damage Done Converting The Canadian Mounted Rifles To Infantry, December 1915, William Stewart Jul 2015

The Barrier And The Damage Done Converting The Canadian Mounted Rifles To Infantry, December 1915, William Stewart

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


The Art Of Minor Operations: Canadian Trench Raiding, 1915-1918, Colin Garnett Jul 2015

The Art Of Minor Operations: Canadian Trench Raiding, 1915-1918, Colin Garnett

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


The Second Battle Of Ypres And 100 Years Of Remembrance, Ryan B. Flavelle Jul 2015

The Second Battle Of Ypres And 100 Years Of Remembrance, Ryan B. Flavelle

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


The Second Battle Of Ypres, Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson Jul 2015

The Second Battle Of Ypres, Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


"The List Of The Nation’S Heroes": Voluntary Enlistment In Chatham, Ontario 1914-1916, Matt Baker Jul 2015

"The List Of The Nation’S Heroes": Voluntary Enlistment In Chatham, Ontario 1914-1916, Matt Baker

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


New Brunswick’S Artillery Goes To War, 1914-1915, Lee Windsor, Roger Sarty Jul 2015

New Brunswick’S Artillery Goes To War, 1914-1915, Lee Windsor, Roger Sarty

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Did The French Canadians Cause The Conscription Crisis Of 1917?, Desmond Morton Jul 2015

Did The French Canadians Cause The Conscription Crisis Of 1917?, Desmond Morton

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Enlistment In The Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1918, Chris Sharpe Jul 2015

Enlistment In The Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1918, Chris Sharpe

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Jul 2015

Table Of Contents

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Review Of Tim Brady, A Death In San Pietro: The Untold Story Of Ernie Pyle, John Huston, And The Fight For Purple Heart Valley, Jared Dockery Ph.D. Jul 2015

Review Of Tim Brady, A Death In San Pietro: The Untold Story Of Ernie Pyle, John Huston, And The Fight For Purple Heart Valley, Jared Dockery Ph.D.

Faculty Research & Publications

No abstract provided.


The Octofoil, July/August/September 2015, Ninth Infantry Division Association Jul 2015

The Octofoil, July/August/September 2015, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.


Mason, Mildred A. (Wild), 1899-1997 (Sc 2922), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2015

Mason, Mildred A. (Wild), 1899-1997 (Sc 2922), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2922. Receipts, certificates and four pins relating to World War I war bonds and civilian service organizations, issued to supporter Mildred Wild of Latonia, Kentucky.