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Military

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 145 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Ervin A. and Dutch Schultz

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11254
Abstract

Oral history interview with spouses Ervin A. Schultz and Dutch Schultz, conducted by Jim Strassmaier from March 2-23, 1984. Ervin A. Schultz discusses his family background and career in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1929 to the late 1940s. Dutch Schultz discusses her family backround, her experiences raising a child while living in the Philippines after World War II, and her work for NASA as an employee of the Pan American airline.

Dates: 1984 March 2-23

Engraving of Brigadier General James Shields

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5275
Abstract

Engraving of Brigadier General James Shields by John Chester Buttre after a photograph by Brady.

Dates: circa 1850-1893

J. W. Shields, likeness from the latest photograph from life

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5276
Abstract

Engraving of Brigadier General James Shields by Alonzo Chappel after a photograph.

Dates: 1862

Erastus A. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 994
Abstract

Papers of Erastus A. Smith (1868-1950) relating to his military and religious careers, including certificates, letters of recommendation, and reminiscences. Smith was a Baptist minister from Oregon who preached at churches in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, and who served in the Oregon National Guard in the mid-1890s and in the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War.

Dates: 1896-circa 1940

Lester P. Smith letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 767
Abstract

Typescript letter to family from Lester P. Smith on board the Steamship City of Sidney, concerning the Spanish-American War. Smith served as a member of Company I, Second Oregon Volunteers, in the Philippines during the war.

Dates: 1898 June 27

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2937
Abstract

Records of a local unit, based in Portland, Oregon, of a patriotic and civic society composed of male descendants of Union Civil War veterans. The records consist of correspondence, reports, memoranda, membership rosters, newsletters, charter certificates, and biographical sketches.

Dates: 1913-1978; Majority of material found within 1962-1978

Albert M. Southwick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2714
Abstract

Albert M. Southwick was a native of Salem, Oregon, and served with the Oregon Volunteer Infantry 2nd Regiment in the Spanish-American War. Collection includes correspondence with family, 1898-1907, regarding army life and conditions in Manila, Philippines; rosters and booklets describing the Oregon Volunteer Infantry, 1898; and newspaper clippings regarding the Spanish-American War, 1898-1899.

Dates: 1898-1907

Uriah O. Springer account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 896
Abstract

Bound account book kept by Uriah O. Springer, containing mostly accounts and some genealogical material. Springer enrolled in the First Oregon Volunteers in 1865 and died August 2, 1871, on the Lewis River, Washington, at age 25.

Dates: circa 1865-1871

Spruce Production Division lantern slides

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1062
Abstract

Lantern slides depicting activities of the Spruce Production Division in Oregon and Washington State during World War I.

Dates: circa 1917-1919

World War I letters from Bertrand St. Marie and George St. Marie

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 482
Abstract

Letters written by brothers George St. Marie and Bertrand (Bert) St. Marie during World War I, while they were serving in the United States Army. The letters were written to their mother, Blanche St. Marie, and sister, Dorothy St. Marie, who were living in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1917-1919