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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 88583 Collections and/or Records:

World War I--sample letters, 1916-1917

 File
Identifier: MSS 8680 File TSA_PER_122_1_2_259
Scope and Contents

File consists of letters, written to, about, and from soldier scouts during World War I. The subjects addressed include condolenses following the death of soldiers, military advancement, encouragement, and trepidation about individuals heading to the front. Dated 1916-1917.

Dates: 1916-1917

World War I--Victoria Crosses, 1916-1920

 File
Identifier: MSS 8680 File TSA_PER_122_1_2_272
Scope and Contents

File contains accounts, news clippings, and letters concerning the winning of the Victoria Cross. The file contains "How I Won the Victoria Cross" by Piper Laidlaw whose ankle was badly wounded in the war. File also contains articles of Cates, Haig, and Craig--other scout awardees of the Victoria Cross. File also containt the details regarding the awarding of the cross to White and Cruikshank. Dated 1916-1920.

Dates: 1916-1920

World War II, [Los Angeles Times]

 File — Box 117: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231222396], Folder: 34
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 26 File 81

Worlds Fair correspondence, 1963

 File — Box 308: Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197239259747], Folder: 3
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 6 Sub-Series 80 File 1

William Jenkins Worth letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233291670]
Identifier: Vault MSS 633
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter. This item was written at the headquarters of the Irish brigade at Corpus Christi, Texas on February 24, 1846 and is addressed to Zachary Taylor. Worth defends his actions in the field and explains that he cannot render himself subject to the appropriate authority.

Dates: 1846 February 24

W.P. Eckels autograph letter signed to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, 1893 March 17

 Item — Box 37: Series 7 [Barcode: 31197232551033], Folder: 2
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, from W.P. Eckels, Supt. of Schools, Smethport, to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, Kane, he must decline her invitation, but would like to speak some other time on the subject she named, 1 p., 17 March 1893; found on otherwise blank page labeled “Bills Payable, November.”

Dates: 1893 March 17

W.P. Faulkner letter to Gail S. Halvorsen, 1949 May 12

 File — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232568979], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 1 Sub-Series 1

WPC

 File — Box 91: [Barcode: 31197225540357], Folder: 16
Identifier: UA 1306

W.R. Thomas

 File — Box 100: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231222495]
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 22 File 100