Augusta University Libraries Finding Aids

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Letters written from soldiers to Alice F. Stewart, a nurse in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I (WWI).  Bulk of material is in French. Majority of correspondence is written on postcards.

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This collection is comprised of the single map of the Augusta Arsenal, station 09-034.

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This collection is comprised of a single map of the Augusta Arsenal.

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Correspondence concerning reassignment of Sargent Andrew Cheek

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This collection is comprised of a single folder of correspondence between Captain F.B Hunt and H. Bowen, 1871.

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This collection is comprised of a map of the Fort Gordon cemetery, in 3 pieces.

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This collection is comprised of three maps of Fort Gordon, showing chain link fences installed on post cemeteries. Published by the U.S. Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon Directorate of Facilities Engineering.

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This collection is comprised of the military discharge certificate of John Hales Bufford, as well as a printed sheet of biographical information on Bufford (dated 1977), and a single photograph of Bufford during his WWI military service.

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This collection is comprised of the single military discharge certificate of Lewis Wesley Soper, dated 1899.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 1800 19th and 20th century photographs depicting a range of subjects, which include: buildings and scenes of Augusta, Georgia, images of the American Civil War, individuals, and local events. Use and Rights statement: Provenance (where available) is stated in the description for each photograph. The majority of the photographs were added to the collection by the Augusta Richmond County Historical Society and the Reese Library...

Abstract Robert Walton Jr (1894-1987) was born in Augusta, Georgia on January 22, 1894, the son of Lucy Eleanor Wilson Walton and Robert Walton. He entered the United States Army at the age of 23 in 1917. He received his initial training at Camp Gordon (Atlanta), and was ultimately commissioned a Second Lieutenant on August 15, 1917 in the infantry of the 82nd "All American" Division. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on December 31, 1917. Camp Gordon was then moved to Augusta, Georgia in...

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This collection is comprised of 12 folders of the papers of Samuel Vance Fulkerson. The collection includes correspondence, notes, and military related documents.

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This collection is comprised of a single copy of a map of the Southern states produced by Laurie and Whittle in 1794. The map was originally compiled by Bernard Romans for use in the American Military Pocket Atlas.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of records of Archie Butt Camp No. 5 (Augusta, Ga.) of the United Spanish War Veteransfrom 1898-1928. The records include minutes, a ledger, a scrapbook containing clippings pertaining to Spanish War veterans in Georgia, applications for membership, and a printed volume (1903) of general orders of the U.S. Army. The minutes (1912-1916) document the activities of the organization including election of officers, application of members, and memorials to Spanish War and...

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Military documents, personal letters, photos and newspaper clippings written by or about William H. Fletcher during his WWII service.  Also includes information on boyhood friends who enlisted with Fletcher in Augusta, Georgia and comrades from the 350^th Bomb Squadron, 100^th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbots, England.

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The Arsenal Collection of William Joseph Bignon contains books about World War II and tool making, as well as a dictionary. It also contains a military first aid kit, a masonic cap and case, a photograph, and a large framed piece of art.