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The President of the United States of America

Document appointing Eugene Warsenure Williams First Lieutenant, Air Corps. Below the title, an engraving of an eagle. Signed by the Adjutant General (illegible).

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Dear Mrs. Williams

A letter to Cordelia Williams informing her when Eugene Williams' remains will arrive in the country. It is signed Norman S. Wiggs, Lieutenant Colonel and Quartermaster General of the United States Army. It is written on letterhead from the...

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My dear Mrs. Williams

A condolence letter to Cordelia Williams from Hoyt S. Vandenburg, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, regarding the death of Eugene Williams.

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Headquarters 969th Field Artillery Battalion

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. The 969th Battalion left Cheshire, UK on June 21,1944 for Chipping Norton. On 4 July, 1944, the battalion departed to the marshalling area in Dorchester...

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Headquarters 969th Field Artillery Battalion

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. The document details action against enemy and the after-action report for the month of August. The battalion was assigned to the 333rd F. A. Group in...

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Headquarters 969th Field Artillery Battalion

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. The document details action against enemy and the after-action report for the month of September. The primary objective was the reduction of the enemy at...

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Headquarters 969th Field Artillery Battalion

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C.The troops marched through France and Belgium at the beginning of October to a town near Weiswampach in Luxemburg. It was a very rainy month. A list of...

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Headquarters 969th Field Artillery Battalion

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington D.C. The weather is cold, rainy, and snowy. This has necessitated troop movement and fortification of resources. A Sanitary Engineer visited because Hoof and...

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Headquarters 969th Field Artillery Battalion

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. The report begins on January 1, 1945. Once the troop was successful at Houffalize, Belgium, they marched to Selestat, France where the battalion joined the...

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Headquarters 969th Field Artillery Battalion

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. During this month, the Colmar operation was successfully executed despite very difficult circumstances due to weather. A record of damage to the enemy is...

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Headquarters XXI Corps

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. detailing the month of March for the troop. A table of battle and non battle casualties is included and a summary of damage to the enemy. The men watched a...

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Headquarters XXI Corps

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. A table is listed indicating battle and non battle casualties. The continued troop movement made re-supplying difficult and maintenance, so vehicles were...

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Headquarters XXI Corps

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. Barnes notes that the German soldiers have lost battle resolve. On May 6th, it was announced that German Army group "G" surrendered, thus ending the...

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True Blue

"Uplift" poster sold to African American families with relatives in the service during World War I. This poster features a family with a young girl, a young boy, a baby and the wife, looking at a fireplace and mantle. Above the mantle is a picture of...

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Twice a Patriot!

Poster reads, "Twice a patriot! ex-private Obie Bartlett lost left arm -- Pearl Harbor -- released Dec., 1941 -- now at work welding in a west coast shipyard." Shows a photograph of Obie Bartlett holding a welding torch and wearing an uplifted welder...

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Christian banner. [Vol. I, no. 6 (June 11, 1862)]

Pro-slavery newspaper, vol. 1 no. 6. Misdated June 11 but actually 14th, as noted inside newspaper. Anti-secessionist newspaper speaks of disloyal slaves now fighting against the survival of Virginia. There are also articles that argue that in...

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to Estelle Spero

Diamond writes that, as a result of his position as executive officer, he now gives instructions on Japanese weapons. He also comments that, having "fought and worked…side by side with the negro soldiers", he is "nauseated" by the reports of growing...

GLC09120.408

The Search for Military Justice, Report of an NAACP Inquiry into the Problems of the Negro Serviceman in West Germany

One pamphlet entitled, "The Search for Military Justice, Report of an NAACP Inquiry into the Problems of the Negro Serviceman in West Germany," dated 1971. Discusses concerns and examples of discrimination against African Americans serving in the...

GLC09640.169

Step by Step with Interracial Groups

One pamphlet entitled, "Step by Step with Interracial Groups," by Dorothy I. Height dated 1948. Height analyzes the meaning of "interracial," at that time, a call for for those in power to not see a racial minority rather a person, and outlines...

GLC09640.307

Tuskegee Community Council Year Book

One pamphlet entitled, "Tuskegee Community Council Year Book," dated 1941. This item served the purpose of periodically updating the concerns of the community as well as the coucil's efforts to address them. Also included is a history of the Tuskegee...

GLC09640.310

Freedom to Serve: Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services

One pamphlet entitled, "Freedom to Serve: Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services," by the President's Committee dated 1950. Following President Harry S. Truman's executive order, mandating that there would be no discrimination in...

GLC09640.312

United Asia: The American Negro [Vol. 5, No. 3 (1953)]

One issue of United Asia dated 1953. The periodical is focused on the news related to Asians. This issue highlights the culture of race discrimination in the United States that the magazine states is slowing down their full potential to make...

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to Mary Marbery

One letter addressed to Mary Marbery from her brother, William Marbery dated Summit House Hospital, November 11. He relays financial woes to her as well as expressing happiness that Abraham Lincoln has been elected as president to the United States...

GLC09826

Papers of Staff Sergeant Robert A. Washington [Decimalized .01-.28]

WWII soldier collection Sgt. Robert A. Washington - includes 11 letters, 7 photos, 3 postcards, 3 military passes, 1 wallet, and 2 documents regarding discharge.

GLC09829

Our Colored Soldiers in Action

A chromolithographic poster depicting African American soldiers fighting in World War I. In the poster an American bombers are flying overhead and an American soldier is boyoneting an enemy soldier. Featured prominently in towards the middle of the...

GLC09563

[Muster roll of Company H, Nineteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops]

Muster roll of Captain Dan Mason, Company H, Nineteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, commanded by Colonel Joseph Perkins, while stationed at Chapin's Farm, Virginia. Pre-printed form completed in manuscript, with signatures on verso by Capt...

GLC09583

[Collection of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, F company, 7th regiment, Indiana, infantry] [decimalized]

Includes over 110 letters to his parents with commentary on seeing Lincoln, commanding colored troops, baseball, etc.; with tintype photo of Van Nuys and 2 other officers.

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to Dear Parents

Written at Camp Elkwater.

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to Little Brother Charlie

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to Pa

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to Dear Cousins

Written on Hopewell Academy stationary.

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to Parents

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Written along the Rappahannock River

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to Pa

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to Parents

Written at Camp White Oak Church

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Written in Camp of the 7th Indiana Volunteers

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Written in Camp of the 7th Indiana Volunteers

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Written in Camp of the 7th Indiana Volunteers

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Written in Camp of the 7th Indiana Volunteers

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Written in Camp of the 7th Indiana Volunteers

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Written at Camp Belgar.

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Written at the Belger Barracks

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Written at the Belger Barracks

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to Pa

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Written at the Belger Barracks

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Written at the Belger Barracks

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to Bro John

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to Bro Charlie

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Written in Camp Hamilton, first named Camp Troy. The Fortress Monroe lies in the same vicinity.

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to Parents

Written in Camp Hamilton, first named Camp Troy.

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