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Bates family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0758
Abstract
The Bates family papers comprise 1.3 linear feet of correspondence, diaries, and ephemera documenting the personal and professional lives of three generations of Bates family members and largely centering on materials relating to writer Arlo Bates. The collection also offers insights into the archeological work of Arlo’s son, Oric Bates, while documenting the social and professional lives of Arlo’s daughter-in-law Natica Inches Bates and his grandson John Chester Bates. Arlo Bates...
Dates:
1879-1940
The Loss of Pier No. 4
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0003
Abstract
Short account of activities at a World War I cargo operation located at "Southern Railroad pier No. 4".
Dates:
undated
Black family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0249
Abstract
The Black Family Papers contain 174 items, including letters, greeting cards, postcards, telegrams, pamphlets, programs, photographs, and diaries pertaining to Helen Black Stewart, Lynam Stewart and other members of the Black Family. The papers span the dates 1889-1982, with the bulk of the material dating from 1917-1919 when Willard Black, Helen Black's brother, served in World War I.
Dates:
1889-1982
A diary of the American Red Cross Sanitary Commission to Serbia 1915-16
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0056
Abstract
The journal of Dr. Stanley Hart Osborn describes his work with the Red Cross in Serbia and Montenegro during World War I, where he joined a group of doctors and sanitary engineers volunteering to fight typhus and other epidemic diseases. The journal is a carbon copy of a typescript of the daily journal kept by Osborn from May 1915 to Jan 1916 and relates his experiences as a member of a neutral organization during the war. The journal also features over 300 photographs taken by Osborn,...
Dates:
1915-1917