World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Rupert Taylor Journals
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0244
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of four journal volumes, two pages of notes and an advertisement tipped into one of the volumes, and six photographs, which were also tipped into one of the volumes. The first volume covers the period April 5, 1907-May 17, 1909, the second June 1, 1909-March 13, 1911, the third March 18, 1911-December 31, 1913, and the fourth January 4, 1914-December 1, 1926. The journals have numerous gaps; there are no journal entries for 1915-1916 and 1922 and only one or two...
Dates:
1907 - 1926
Scott Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0277
Abstract
The lives of siblings David Stuart (Scotty), and Lillian Scott (Jit), were impacted by war and the military; specifically during World War I. As a member of the Twenty-Seventh Division out of New York, David Stuart witnessed first hand the ravages of trench warfare while with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe; his correspondence vividly details the life of the American soldier. His sister Lillian, or "Jit" as she is referred to kept up a correspondence with many gentlemen who were...
Dates:
1916-1945