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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1862-1862
Abstract:
Brief note to Edwin M. Stanton, then Secretary of War, with Stanton's response below; commission promoting W. S. Hillyer to the rank of colonal and appointing him "Additional Aid de Camp."
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Military commissions.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Presidents -- United States.
Military history
Politics, government and public administration

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895.
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Undated manuscript, "War Stories for Children: the Merrimac and the Monitor," by the American soldier, diplomat, advisor to Ulysses S. Grant and author of Grant in Peace.
Type of Material:
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Juvenile literature.
Authors.
Soldiers.
Literature -- Children's
Military history
Authors, American.
Soldiers, United States.
Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862, Juvenile literature.

3.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Cook, Albert M.
Inclusive Dates:
1862-1878
Abstract:
Papers of the Union soldier (1843-1872). Served as a clerk in the 123rd New York Volunteers during the Civil War, participated in Gettysburg and Atlanta Campaigns. Worked as a surveyor following war. Diaries (1862-1865); family correspondence (1862-1878); and memorabilia, including military certificates, Cook's company's muster-out roll, photographs, and newspapers.
Type of Material:
Certificates.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Muster rolls.
Newspapers.
Photographs.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Military -- To 1900 -- Sources.
Soldiers.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)
Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Soldiers -- United States.

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Snow, Albert Sydney, 1845-1932.
Inclusive Dates:
1907-1908
Abstract:
Letters of the U.S. Navy Admiral.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Armed Forces -- Officers.
Military history
Admirals -- United States.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Simmons, Albert W.
Inclusive Dates:
1878-1902
Abstract:
Letters and documents pertaining to Albert W. Simmons, resident of Auburn, NY, and his attempts (later his widow's attempts) to get a pension for his military service.
Type of Material:
Affidavits.
Correspondence.
Legal documents.
Petitions.
Subject:
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- History.
Soldiers.
Military history
New York State
Military pensions -- New York (State)
Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Watson, Albert, 1909-1993.
Inclusive Dates:
1964-1966
Abstract:
Lieutenant General, United States Army, High Commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands, 1964-1966. Collection contains correspondence, 1964-66; news clippings, 1964-66; press releases, 1964-66; and photographs, 1964.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Press releases.
Subject:
Ryukyu Islands -- History -- 1945-1972.
Ryukyu Islands -- Relations -- United States.
Military history
Politics, government and public administration
Military history -- United States.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Maseker, Alexander D.
Inclusive Dates:
1847-1862
Abstract:
Union soldier during the Civil War. Letters addressed to "Amanda" from "M" (1847-1848), and from Maseker to his wife Margaret while he was a soldier in the 1st Long Island Regiment (1861-1862).
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns -- Sources.
United States -- History, Military -- To 1900 -- Sources.
Soldiers.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)
Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862 -- Personal narratives.
Peninsular Campaign, 1862 -- Personal narratives.
Soldiers -- United States.

8.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Macdonald, Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre, duc de Tarente, 1765-1840.
Inclusive Dates:
1807-1840
Abstract:
Letters from the French military leader and legislator to three generations of the Billacoys family.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
France -- History -- 1789-1815.
France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.
France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Soldiers.
Legislators.
Military history
Politics, government and public administration

Creator:
Quinn, Alfred O.
Inclusive Dates:
1946-1946
Abstract:
Photos and print materials concerning the 1946 atomic weapons tests for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll.
Type of Material:
Bulletins.
Maps (documents)
Magazines (periodicals)
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Press releases.
Subject:
Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands).
Nuclear engineering.
Military history
Science and medicine
Atomic bomb -- Testing.
Atomic bomb -- United States -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- Testing.
Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History.

10.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Vandewater, Allen P.
Inclusive Dates:
1833-1839
Abstract:
Journals kept aboard the U.S.S. Delaware and the U.S.S. Dolphin during tours of the Mediterranean, West Africa, and South America, including drawings and watercolors.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Drawings (visual works)
Subject:
Military history

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Davis, Angela K. (Angela Kirkham)
Inclusive Dates:
1861-1862
Abstract:
Photocopy of a typescript, War Reminiscences: A Letter to My Nieces Emma K. Devlin, Belle K. Page, and Leigh K. Williams, a personal narrative by Batavia-born Angela K. Davis describing experiences living in a border slave state during the Civil War; details events before and after the Battle of Antietam.
Type of Material:
Reminiscences.
Subject:
Maryland, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women.
Military history
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
Maryland Campaign, 1862.

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Grover, Asa M., fl. 1863.
Inclusive Dates:
1863-1863
Abstract:
Diary of a Civil War soldier in the Union army.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Soldiers.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)

13.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Pease, Barzillai, 1773-
Inclusive Dates:
1789-1826
Abstract:
American seaman, pilot, ship's captain. Journals combining ship's logs and personal diaries concerning Pease's career as a merchant seaman and tenure as Commander of United States Transports on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Ships' logs.
Subject:
United States -- History -- War of 1812.
United States -- History -- Naval, To 1900.
Seamen.
Ship captains.
Military history
New York State
Merchant marine -- Officers.
Merchant mariners.
Navigation -- History.
Pilots and pilotage.
Sealing.
Sailors -- United States.
Ship captains -- United States.
Shipwrecks -- Archival resources.
Whaling -- Archival resources.

14.

Collection Title:
Creator:
North, Belus F.
Inclusive Dates:
1862-1870
Abstract:
Papers of the Union Army soldier from Marcellus, New York. Civil War diaries, 1862-1865; personal ledger, 1869-1870; and a photograph.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Ledgers (account books)
Photographs.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- History, Military -- To 1900 -- Sources.
Soldiers.
Civil War (U.S.)
Military history
Soldiers -- United States.

15.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hill, Benjamin S.
Inclusive Dates:
1861-1892
Abstract:
Civil War letters from cousin E. F. Hill; also letters, documents, and forms of the Masons and Knights Templar, 1875-1892.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Civil War (U.S.)
Military history
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Freemasonry.

16.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Austin, Bernard L. (Bernard Lige), 1902-1979.
Inclusive Dates:
1937-1966
Abstract:
Vice Admiral in the United States Navy; held a succession of commands in the U.S. Navy, left retirement in 1964 to assume the chairmanship of the Inter-American Defense Board in Washington, D.C. Collection contains speeches given as President of the Naval War College and as Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board (1962-ca. 1966); photographs of Austin (1937-1961); biographical material; and memorabilia.
Type of Material:
Memorabilia.
Photographs.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Admirals.
Military history
Admirals -- United States.

Creator:
Inclusive Dates:
1968-1972
Abstract:
Photographs of an unknown black serviceman during the Vietnam War.
Type of Material:
Photographs.
Subject:
Vietnam.
Soldiers.
African Americans
Military history
Photography
Politics, government and public administration
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- African Americans.
African-American soldiers.
Vernacular photography.
United States. Air Force.

18.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Clarke, Bruce C. (Bruce Cooper), 1901-1988.
Inclusive Dates:
1960-1965
Abstract:
American army general. Collection contains printed material.
Type of Material:
 
Subject:
Generals.
Military history

19.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Pattie, C. D.
Inclusive Dates:
1861-1864
Abstract:
Papers of the Civil War soldier. Letters from C. D. Pattie (or Pattee) to his wife, Lydia, describing life in camps and his disillusionment with the army; also correspondence between other individuals possibly, but not definitely, related to Pattie.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History, Military -- To 1900 -- Sources.
Soldiers.
Civil War (U.S.)
Military history
Soldiers -- United States.

20.

Collection Title:
Creator:
McLennan, Carter R.
Inclusive Dates:
1946-1946
Abstract:
Autobiographical manuscript based on the diaries of the United States Army colonel.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Typescripts.
Subject:
Negros Island (Philippines)
Armed Forces -- Officers.
Military history
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines.