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William J. Milne, Elements of Algebra: A Course for Grammar Schools and Beginners in Public and Private Schools (New York: American Book Company, 1894). Used by Blank at Camp Zachary Taylor.

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Manual of Interior Guard Duty: U.S. Army, 1914 (New York: Military Publishing Company, 1914). Also includes clipping of a stockade.

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U.S. Army, Engineer Field Manual: Parts I-VII (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1917). Fifth (Revised) Edition. Part of the Professional Papers of the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.

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Maj. George R. Guild and Maj. Robert C. Cotton, Military Field Note Book (Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company, 1918). Third Edition.

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Instructional memoranda from Camp Lee, Virginia and the Field Artillery Central Officers Training School (F.A.C.O.T.S.) at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. Lecture topics include, in part: Artillery Tactics, Military Topography, and Protection of Guns and Ammunition.

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Blank's personal notes from officer training classes held at Camp Zachary Taylor

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Blank's personal notes from officer training classes held at Camp Zachary Taylor

Scope and Contents Contains a letter sent from Marie A. Dunlop Moore to Blank at Camp Zachary; a postcard of a WWI soldier; the pamphlet "The Red Triangle at Camp Zachary Taylor, The Army YMCA"; a card entitled "Flag Signal Instructor" illustrating U.S. Army and Navy Semaphore Code and Morse Code; and the Pictorial Section of The Bayonet (September 6, 1918) including information on African-American recruits. Also contains three issues of ...

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Blank's reminiscences about training at the Tobyhanna Military Reservation while a member of the 1st New York Artillery Company in the early 1910s. Also included are letters from Blank to Alice Schreyer, former Assistant Director of Libraries at the University of Delaware, further explaining the Tobyhanna material that he donated to Special Collections.

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Transcript of the case Warner Moore and Thomas L. Moore, co-partners, doing business under the firm name and style of Dunlop, Mills, Warner, Moore & Co., Proprieters vs. Steamship "Sif," her engines, etc., Aktieselskabet Jacob R. Olsen

Scope and Contents Transcript of the case Frederic Blank, et. al. Against United States of America and the International Mercantile Marine Corporation . This case arose when a ship on which Blank was exporting codfish did not unload its cargo in Greece in a timely manner resulting in a loss in value of the fish. The shipping company was deemed not liable due to the Harter Act of 1893 that stipulated that vessels could alter their course during times of war. Blank...

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Materials related to the boycott of Salubra and Tekko undertaken by the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America due to the belief that the wall coverings were products of Germany. The products were accepted as being Swiss-made in 1935 and the boycott was rescinded.

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Information on color theory. Includes a copy of Baumann's Color Guide by Paul Baumann.