December 31, 1890

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling wife and baby"

re: Hartsuff reports that the war commenced almost without warning. Four companies of Infantry had already struck their tents and gotten ready to leave and another four were under orders to strike their tents when the fight broke upon them. Hartsuff reports that his hospital is full of the dead and dying, that upwards of one hundred Indian women and children have sought refuge at the Agency and that the hostiles are now less than twelve miles away. Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

GLC05201.020

January 16, 1891

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling little buttercup"

re: Hartsuff opens with the speculation that his address may be "Pine Ridge, &c. &c." forever and goes on to complain about the speed with which the Indians continue to deliberate and negotiate the settlement. He also asserts that peace is the only alternative, for resistance, while they are all on the reservation and under the gun, would mean "annihilation." Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

GLC05201.022

19 June 1891

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling Florence"

re: Hartsuff's advice to his daughter on the subject of her course of study in the next year. He implores her to take a mathematics course, and strongly advises her to take German, literature and physics so she can enter college in the sophomore class. Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

GLC05201.023

January 21, 1891

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling Florence"

re: Hartsuff asks Florence when her first and second term classes begin and tells her that he will forward her tuition as soon as possible. He claims that he still has no news about when he might be coming home Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

GLC05201.024

January 29, 1891

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling Florence"

re: wrote too fast, hope she understands, concentrate on lessons, advice on math classes, describes large gathering of Indians, wishes she could see. Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

GLC05201.025

18 September 1891

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling Florence"

re: misses her. Written at Fort Omaha

GLC05201.026

22 November 1891

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling Florence"

re: can't go to church because of a blizzard, so is writing her, local news, importance of education, her holiday plans. Written at Fort Omaha

GLC05201.027

14 March 1892

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling"

re: delighted, have told everybody (unknown reason) Written at Fort Omaha

GLC05201.028

8 April 1893

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling wife and children"

re: hopes enjoying Italy and Geneva Written at Fort Omaha

GLC05201.029

June 17, 1876

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to unknown]

re: "The great Indian army under the Command of General George Crook leaves this post today."

GLC05201.030

1861-1877

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

re: "A quiet, lonesome, pleasant Sunday afternoon, the grass is commencing to look green . . . ."

GLC05201.031

Circa 1893

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

re: "It just occurs to me that if you enclose this letter in one of your own nice letters to Sister, it will save me some work," [1893/4/8, and the next three undated letters may have been part of a packet of letters sent from Arthur Hartsuff to his wife at one time, do not separate]

GLC05201.032

13 March 1893

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Envelope

Title: to Florence Hartsuff

re: Florence Hartsuff, 147 Montagne St. Brooklyn, N. Y. , envelope with two cent postage stamp and cancellations for Fort Omaha (March 13), Omaha, NEB (March 13), and Brooklyn, N. Y. (March 15).] Written at Fort Omaha

GLC05201.033

circa. early summer 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Describes the experience of being subjected to a dose of chloracetophenone (tear gas) in order to demonstrate to the soldiers the value of the gas mask. Outlines the rest of the day's schedule - a class in military customs and the History of chemical warfare, a class on the identification of airplanes, a session during which the company were forced to lay out field wire and telephones and sessions with both the rifle and revolver. Explains the etymological root of the expression, a "gig", meaning a special detail assigned after hours as a mode of punishment

GLC09120.046

circa. early summer 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Expresses concern that Estelle is losing weight, and reassures her that he has attempted to stay away from anything dangerous and that he has every intention of returning. Registers surprise at the fact that his Southern compatriots had never tasted Chinese chow mein before, and instructs them on how to eat it when presented with this food at dinner. Describes a lecture that the company had received on dealing with chemical agents, protection against them, use of gas etc.

GLC09120.047

circa. early summer 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Runs through the day's rather hectic schedule, apologizing for the brevity of the letter.

GLC09120.048

23 June 1942.

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Describes a simulated "moving up" maneuver that the company had carried out early in the morning. Sid then goes on to detail the rest of the day's events which included a lecture on meteorology, a session on map-reading and map-making and a session on the impact of different weather conditions on chemical operations.

GLC09120.049

circa 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Brief letter written while waiting for the company to be inspected by the captain. Mentions that he is now a qualified rifleman and pistolman.

GLC09120.050

26 June 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Apologizes for irregularity with which he has been writing letters recently, explaining that he has had very little sleep lately. Sid then describes an overnight excursion that his company had been taken on

GLC09120.051

27 June 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Describes an argument that he has had with Carter, a soldier from Tennessee, on the "negro question". photocopy

GLC09120.052

28 June 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Letter written while on guard duty. Discusses the possibility of obtaining a night pass. Attempts to convince Stella that she is "political" with regard to the "negro question".

GLC09120.053

29 June 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that his is the only group left at the barracks, other than a group of African-American troops left to clear up vacated barracks. Mentions that he has become known as "nigger lover Diamond" by the Southern soldiers, and speaks of his desire to give the soldiers in question a solid blow on the head to make them see reason.

GLC09120.054

30 June 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Letter written while on guard duty. Diamond describes a formal dance to mark the opening of the camp's new recreation hall that he had attended the night before. He also runs through the couple's financial situation, having been paid that morning. Discusses the training in communications that he has been receiving. Sidney mentions that Carter, his friend, is a member of the Ku Klux auxiliary in Nashville, Tennessee, and states that he is disgusted by "man's inhumanity to man." Diamond expresses his belief that once the war is over the Civil War should be refought, in order to "really…

GLC09120.055

June 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Brief letter mentioning that Sid has been through the obstacle course twice during that day, and that he is waiting to find out whether he is to receive a leave pass or not.

GLC09120.056

June 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Describes an air raid alert and black out that occurred shortly after he came off guard duty

GLC09120.057