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Researchers are responsible for addressing copyright issues.
Bryant E. Foster served with the 89th Division, 314th Ammunition
Train, in World War I. Following the war he worked for the Great Western Sugar
Company in northern Colorado, and beginning in 1933 worked as an appraiser with
the Federal Land Bank. Foster was born on July 25, 1891, in New Mexico, and
died in Fort Collins, Colorado, in October of 1968. Foster received a B.S.
degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1917. He
returned to school at the Colorado Agricultural College and received a B.S. in
agronomy in 1926.
Foster married Lucy Chapin on December 21, 1917. They had one
daughter, Katharine, born May 30, 1928.
The Papers of Bryant Edgar Foster consists of documents dated 1891 to
1969, with the bulk falling from 1917 to 1943. This collection contains
material primarily from Foster's service in the Army, including correspondence
(much by Bryant Foster and his wife Lucy Chapin Foster), military papers such
as copies of orders, photographs, maps, postcards and a war scrapbook. Also
included are a number of diaries by Lucy Chapin Foster that cover the war years
as well as earlier and later periods. Some miscellaneous materials relating to
both the Foster and Chapin families are also included.
The collection consists of seven series in four boxes and three
oversized folders:
Papers of Bryant Edgar Foster, Archives and Special Collections,
Colorado State University.
The Papers of Bryant Edgar Foster was acquired by James E. Hansen for
the Colorado Agricultural Records Project in July 1981, and was transferred to
the Colorado Agricultural Archive in February 2004. In 2008 the collection was
transferred from the Colorado Agricultural Archive to the manuscript
collections.
Processing was completed in September 2007. Materials were re-housed
in acid-free folders and boxes and partially rearranged to correspond to
series. Metal fasteners were removed and news clippings and letters were placed
between sheets of acid-free paper. The scrapbook was digitized, photographs
removed and placed in protective sleeves, paper currency removed and placed in
protective sleeves, and papers removed to acid-free folders.
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Series IV: Personal and family papers
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Alumni directory of the College of Engineering,
University of Colorado. 1937, 1947. |
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Burdick, R. T.
Net returns from winter feeding, cattle
and lambs, northern Colorado. Fort Collins, Colo.: Colorado
Agricultural Experiment Station. Misc. series paper no. 112. 1941. |
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Clippings. 1913, 1917-1919, 1923, 1936, undated. |
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26 |
The Coloradoan, 1917, compiled and
published by the Junior Class, University of Colorado. 1916. |
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El Coyote [yearbook Roswell High
School, N.M.]. 1913. |
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28 |
[Credits made by Foster, Bryant E., Colorado
Agricultural College]. 1923-1925. |
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29 |
[Foster field book]. undated. |
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30 |
Foster report to C.E. Till. 1956. |
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Homestead in New Mexico. 1919-1927. |
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32 |
Irrigation in Colorado and Wyoming. undated. |
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33 |
[Ledger, shipping of potatoes, onions, cabbage, Texas,
Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Nebraska, Wyoming,
Louisiana, Arizona Territory, Mississippi, New Mexico]. 1891-1922. |
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Lucy Chapin scholarship certificate. 1915. |
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Miscellaneous. 1926, 1941, undated. |
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[Monday Club, program, Hillrose, Colorado]. 1927. |
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37 |
Mrs. Bryant (Lucy) Foster genealogy, 17th
century. 1957. |
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[Postcards, United States, Germany, France]. undated. |
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39 |
[Program commencement week]. 1926. |
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[Ration books]. undated. |
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Silver Spruce [yearbook Colorado
Agricultural College]. 1927. |
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Trier (Treves) and its curiosities,
illustrated guide of the town and its environs. Trier:
Lintz]. 1918. 56pp. |
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2 |
[University of Colorado, College of Engineering, 1917
graduates, retired, deceased, no record]. 1962. |
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Welcome guest [guest book]. 1919-1938. |
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This is in Preservation for mold assessment. |
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Series VI: Photographs and scrapbook
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Photographs. |
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[Photographs]. 1916-1938, undated. Many unidentified, with a total of 77 photographs, 2
postcards and 5 negatives |
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[314th Ammunition Train]. 1919, undated. 3 photographs |
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341st Field Artillery. undated. |
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U.S.N.G. U.S. Mobilization Camp 9-27-16,
engineers. 1916. |
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Scrapbook. 1918-1919, undated. |
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Photographs. |
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[Loose items at front: 1 postcard, 1 photograph, 1
identity card for Bryant Foster]. |
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[Page 1]: [Birds eye view, Camp Funston, before
completed]; Gun drill; Getting shot; Tug of war. |
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6 |
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[Page 2]: Receiving recruits [Camp Funston]; Ready
for drill [Camp Funston]; Bathing at Rockaway Beach; Retreat at Camp
Mills. |
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6 |
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[Page 3]: Servant of Madam Lafon; Capt. Hunt; Capt
Hunt & servant; Maison Lafon; unlabeled. |
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[Page 4]: Side view of chateau; French kiddie; Front
view of chateau; Entrance to chateau. |
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[Page 5]: Explosion of a hand grenade; Capt.
McPheters at home; Heinie and his equipment; Entrance to kitchen at St.
Baussant; Front door to kitchen. |
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[Page 6]: Trenches near St. Baussant [photograph
missing]; Communicating trench; Old German trench; Smashed wire after the
drive. |
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[Page 7]: When Fritz got our balloon; St. Baussant;
St. Baussant; Fritz did not have time to use them. |
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[Page 8]: Entrance to deep dugout; From the air
[photograph missing]; From the air [photograph missing]; Pannes before the
drive [postcard]; Pannes before the drive [postcard]. |
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6 |
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[Page 9]: Waiting for the "Zero Hour"; Over the top;
British tank; Some of the results. |
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6 |
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[Page 10]: German kitchen; They needed training;
German cavalry patrol; Shell explosion set fire to building. |
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6 |
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[Page 11]: Captured doughboy helping carry away
wounded Germans; Fritz under fire; Finis; The scene of much
fighting. |
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[Page 12]: A deserted trench; Shell explosion blew
horse into tree; Reims Cathedral from the air; Shell unearthed the dead;
Skeletons in an old French church. |
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[Page 13]: After a German attack; Bolsheviki
methods; Slaughtered Roumanians. |
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[Page 14]: Film taken from body of dead German and
prints made [4 photographs on page]. |
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[Page 15]: [Unlabeled]; In the air; A Frenchman shot
down; A burning German plane. |
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[Page 16]: Two Germans after one Frenchman
[photograph missing]; A British flyer and his plane [photograph loose];
[unlabeled]; Fritz and his plane [photograph loose]. |
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[Page 17]: A Frenchmans last dive; Quentin Roosvelt
and his wrecked plane; Quentin's grave. |
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[Between page 16-17]: Two loose photographs,
unlabeled. |
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[Page 18]: Dutch aviator and mechanics; Frenchman
after a Dutch balloon; German archie. |
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[Page 19]: Communicating trench; Similar to the one
that fired on Paris; German "77" in emplacement ready for action; A German
"Heavy". |
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[Page 20]: The German retreat through Luxemburg;
American entrance to Luxemburg; Guarding road across "no mans land" for
Armistice Commission. |
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[Page 21]: The Kaiser on the Roumanian Front; Kaiser
and staff; Kaiser reviewing troops; German retreat through
Luxemburg. |
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[Page 22]: Hindenburg flooded the Russians and
captured 40,000 early in the war; A canal in Flanders; During the Spartist
uprising in Berlin. |
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[Page 23]: On way to St. Nazaire; Convoy in park at
Toul; Stuck in the mud at St. Nazaire; Stopped for lunch at Chateau
Briant. |
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[Page 24]: French kids near St. Nazaire; Helping the
poor quad; Such was life at St. Nazaire; Assembly park at St.
Nazaire. |
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[Page 25]: Pvt. Peterson; Near St. Nazaire; Charles
Curry; Non commissioned officers Co.D. 314 Amm. Train; Capt. Hunt and Capt.
Long. |
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[Page 26]: Capt. Hunt; 1st Sgt. Bradstreet; Capt.
Hunt at desk; Baby tank rescued from shell hole; Wrecked quad. |
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[Page 27]: Sgt. Spiker; Lt. Hennigan & Capt.
Manning; Pvt. Wagoner; Farming in Germany; The women do the work. |
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[Page 28]: Capt. Hunt; Lt. Bryan; Capt. Hunt; A view
near Speicher; Gas station in Badem. |
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[Page 29]: Old church in Badem, built in 12th
century; Ox team in Badem; Vianda on the Luxemburg border; Near Speicher
Germany [photograph missing]. |
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[Page 30]: Baby tank; Unfortunate quad; Railroad
yards at Bitburg; Switch station at Erdorf. |
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[Page 31]: Range practice; Near Dudledorf; Rapid
fire; Ammunition dump near Motsch. |
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[Page 32]: Lined up for mess; Co.D's kitchen in
Badem; Corp. Plunk at the cross roads; The laborers of Badem. |
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[Page 33]: Division headquarters at Kylburg [color
postcard]; View of Kylburg from high hill [postcard]; Tunnel guard and guard
house at Kylburg; Kylburg [color postcard]. |
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[Page 34]: City of Luxemburg [postcard]; Old Roman
acqueduct near Metz [postcard]; Bridge designed by an American [postcard];
Winding road near Speicher. |
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[Page 35]: Near Speicher; Porta Nigra Hotel Trier;
Vianda on Luxemburg border; Aviation field at Trier. |
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[Page 36]: Trier bombed by British in 1917; Capt.
Hunt; Statue at junction of Rhine and Moselle; Roman ruins Trier [photograph
loose]; Lined up for Pershings review, Trier Germany. |
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[Page 37]: YMCA fest hall at Coblenz; Statue at
Coblenz; Amusement directory at Coblenz; Coblenz and Kaisers Castle. |
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[Page 38]: Kaisers Castle at Coblenz; Rhine;
Excursion boat on Rhine; Fort Ehrenbreitstein opposite Coblenz. |
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[Page 39]: Railroad bridge at Coblenz; Railroad yard
at Trier; Pontoon bridge at Coblenz. |
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[Page 40]: Agamemnon, the boat that brought us
"Home"; First view of Statute of Liberty; Taken at the halfway
house. |
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Currency. |
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[Page 43. Paper currency. 5 bills]: 5 Funf Franken,
Luxemburgischer Staat; 5 Francs, Banque Nationale de Beligique; 2 Zivei
Franken, Luxemburgischer Staat; Funf Mark, Darlehnskassenschein; Gutschein iber
Funf Mark [verso up]. |
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[Papers]. |
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[Page 44]: Anfrage der Deutschen Regierung,
1918. |
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[Page 45]: Headquarters 164th F.A. Brigade, Camp de
Souge, France, July 24, 1918, Special Orders: no. 76. |
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[Page 46]: Headquarters 89th Division, American
Expeditionary Forces, December 13, 1918, standard of conduct in
Germany. |
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[Page 47]: Headquarters 314th Ammunition Train,
American Expeditionary Forces, 12 November 1918, [letter of commendation for
314th Ammunition Train from Edward T. Donnelly conveyed by J.D.
Tilford]. |
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[Page 49]: Confidential, 37th Division, A.E.F.,
Second Section... summary of intelligence, October 13 to October 14,
1918. |
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[Page 51]: Headquarters, Eighty Ninth Division,
Germany, 16 February 1919. Special orders, no. 47. |
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[Page 53] Headquarters Motor Batalion [sic],
Ammunition Train, Sept. 22, 1918. Ammunition order, no. 4. |
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[Page 54]: Headquarters 314th Ammunition Train, 22nd
September 1918, movement order, no. 33. |
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[Page 55]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314th
Ammunition Train, September 25, 1918. Ammunition order, no. 11. |
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[Page 56]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314th
Ammunition Train, September 25, 1918. |
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[Page 57]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314th
Ammunition Train, September 26, 1918, Ammunition order no. 13. Office of
Division Munition Officer, 26 September 1918, memorandum to commanding officer
314th Ammunition Train. Headquarters, Corps Artillery, Fourth Corps, American
Expeditionary Forces, France, Sep. 26. [3 sheets clipped together]. |
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[Page 58]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, September 27, 1918. Ammunition order no. 18. |
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[Page 59]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, September 27, 1918. Ammunition order no. 24. |
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[Page 60]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, September 28, 1918. Ammunition order no. 30. |
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[Page 61]: Headquarters 314th Ammunition Train,
American Expeditionary Forces, 29 September 1918. Special orders no.
125. |
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[Page 62]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, September 30, 1918. memorandum [on ammunition orders 40 and
41]. |
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[Page 63]: Headquarters 314th Ammunition Train,
American Expeditionary Forces, 30 September 1918. Headquarters Motor Battalion,
314 Ammunition Train, September 30, 1918, Ammunition order no. 40. [2 sheets
clipped together]. |
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[Page 64]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, October 2, 1918. Ammunition order no. 51. |
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[Page 65]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, October 4, 1918. Ammunition order no. 57. |
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[Page 66]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, October 5th, 1918, Ammunition order no. 66 Headquarters Motor
Battalion, 314 Ammunition Train, October 8, 1918, Ammunition order no. 72. [2
sheets clipped together]. |
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[Page 67]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, October 9, 1918, Ammunition order no. 79. Headquarters Motor
Battalion, 314 Ammunition Train, October 20, 1918, Ammunition order no. 103. [2
sheets clipped together]. |
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[Page 68]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, October 21, 1918, Ammunition order no. 113. Headquarters
Motor Battalion, 314 Ammunition Train, November 4, 1918, Ammunition order no.
176. [2 sheets clipped together]. |
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[Page 69]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, October 25, 1918, Ammunition order no. 133. Headquarters
Motor Battalion, 314 Ammunition Train, October 28, 1918, ammunition order no.
140. [2 sheets clipped together]. |
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[Page 70]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, November 1, 1918, Ammunition order no. 156. |
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[Page 71]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, October 31, 1918, ammunition order no. 152. Headquarters
Motor Battalion, 314th Ammunition Train, November 2, 1918, ammunition order no.
160. [2 sheets clipped together]. |
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[Page 72]: Headquarters 314th Ammunition Train,
American Expeditionary Forces, 7 November 1918, memo to Motor
Battalion. |
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[Page 73]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, October 4, 1918, ammunition order no. 59. |
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[Page 74]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314th
Ammunition Train, November 4, 1918, ammunition order no. 174. Headquarters
Motor Battalion, 314 Ammunition Train, November 7, 1918, ammunition order no.
189. [2 sheets clipped together]. |
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[Page 75]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, November 7, 1918, ammunition order no. 186. Headquarters
Motor Battalion, 314 Ammunition Train, November 8, 1918, ammunition order no.
205. [2 sheets clipped together]. |
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[Page 76]: Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314
Ammunition Train, November 10, 1918, ammunition order no. 211. |
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[Page 77]: Field return of 314th Ammunition Train,
casual detachment for Camp Grant Ill., for June 1st 1919, station Camp Upton,
N.Y. 32) Summary Sam [newsletter]. American Drive in the St. Mihiel Salient
[map] [from Literary Digest for September 28,1918] [sheets clipped
together]. |
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[Page 79]: Photo, unlabeled. Headquarters 314th
Ammunition Train American Expeditionary Forces, Baden Germany 10 Jan. 1919,
special order no. 6. Map of the Marne-Champagne Drive, 1918 [from Literary
Digest for August 3, 1918]. [sheets clipped together]. |
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[Page 81]: Pass [to visit Cologne], April 11th,
1919. Pass, 23 Dec 1918. Second battle of the Marne [map] [from Literary Digest
for August 10, 1918]. [3 sheets together]. |
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[Loose in book following a few pages]: Headquarters
Motor Battalion, 314 Ammunition Train, October 25, 1918, ammunition order no.
124. |
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[Loose at back of scrapbook]. |
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Photographs [33 black and white, including some
duplicates]. |
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Headquarters 314th Ammunition Train, American
Expeditionary Forces, October 27, 1918, Roster of officers with emergency
addresses in the U.S. |
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Nouvelle carte de France, Belgique, Bords du Rhin,
Suisse, etc. A. Taride, ed. Paris. Undated. |
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Thiaucourt. Printed at base printing plant, 29th
Engineers, U.S. Army, 1918. |
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Company D, 314th Ammunition Train, France, Nov.
1918. [list of names with addresses]. |
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Headquarters 314th Ammunition Train, aboard U.S.S.
Agamemnon, 18 May 1919. |
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Memorandum. Headquarters 314th Ammunition Train,
U.S.A. [sic] Agamemnon, May 16/19. Special orders number 88, assignment of
officers. |
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Headquarters Motor Battalion, 314th Ammunition
Train, November 3, 1918, ammunition order no.170 (with handwritten note
attached). |
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Headquarters 314th Ammunition Train, aboard U.S.S.
Agamemnon, 18 May 1919, memorandum [police of decks]. |
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[Scrapbook, with photographs removed]. |
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[Printout of digitized scrapbook
photographs]. |