Found matches for military in 803 collections.

The Military collection documents primarily the military activities of African Americans in the United States armed forces, dating from the American Revolution to the mid-1980s. The collection, which depicts mostly the wartime activities of the United States military and is strongest for the period from World War II (1940s) to the mid-1950s, includes single and group portraits of enlisted personnel and officers; views of battles and troop movements; views of military encampments near battle sites or in foreign lands; and views of military bases and training camps, depicting daily military life and basic training, mainly from the 1940s to the mid-1950s. The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps are the most represented branches of the armed services. Images from the 1700s, the 1800s, the Korean War and Vietnamese Conflict, and the late-1950s to the 1890s are limited. Images depicting civilians employed in the war industries during World War II are filed separately. There are some depictions of foreign troops, mainly during World War II. less

Records include accounts of money received by Governor Edward Cornwallis, 1749-1750; disbursements to officers and other army staff, 1749-1750; accounts of settlers and laborers provisioned at Halifax, 1749-1751; lists of Colonel Hopson's eight companies of Rangers victualled at Halifax, Chignecto, and Annapolis Royal, 1752-1755; and lists of foreigners, artificers, and others victualled at Lunenberg, 1753-1756. Documents are signed by P. T. Hopson, R. Bulkley, Horatio Gates, Charles Lawrence, and others less

James Benedict was an officer in the Corps of Artillery of the New York State Militia. Papers relate chiefly to his advancement in rank and retirement from the New York State Artillery, 1817-1829, serving as Colonel, 11th Regiment; Brigadier General, First Brigade; and Major General, Second Division. less

An African American career soldier, Jesse J. Johnson authored eight books and several plays about the military service of black men and women. The Jesse J. Johnson military collection consists primarily of secondary sources and printed material, along with typescripts of his plays and one of his books. less

Born in Columbia, Tennessee, in 1867, Melvin McCaw was a veteran of the Spanish-American wars in Cuba and the Philippines, and a non-commissioned officer in the 9th Regiment of U.S. Cavalry, the first detachment of African American troops assigned to West Point in 1907. Military records documenting Melvin McCaw's career as a non-commissioned officer in the 9th Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry from 1896 to 1917, and the activities of this segregated African American regiment at West Point after 1907. The collection consists of McCaw's certificates of discharge and reenlistment, including his 1917 memorandum regarding his retirement; letters from military and civilian authorities commenting favorably on the behavior of troops at West Point and on their efficiency and good spirit; military reports; McCaw's certificates of marksmanship (1896) and of proficiency in Cavalry and Drill, Outpost Duty and Army Regulations (1905); and newspaper articles relating to activities of the Lincoln League of Colored Citizens in Newburgh, New York, in 1908. The collection includes both original and photocopies. less

Statement written by General James Miles Hughes describing his service in the Continental Army from July 1775 to December 1781. Hughes began his service in Col. McDougall's Regiment, became Aide de Camp to General Gates in 1777, and ended his service at Fort Schuyler in 1781. less

Guilderland, in Albany County, New York, was settled in the 17th century by Dutch farmers expanding from Schenectady and Albany. Originally part of the town of Watervliet, it was annexed and renamed Guilderland, after the Dutch city of the same name, in 1903 The collection consists of a military roll; voters' lists from 1839, 1859-1861, 1864-1865, and 1867; and a tax assessment roll from 1904 less

The Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training was a racial advocacy group that protested biases against Americans of African descent in the United States armed forces. Lobbying efforts consisted of direct appeals to government representatives, mass rallies, and citizens' hearings with elected officials, civil rights leaders, and retired army personnel. Affiliated organizations included the Committee to End Segregation in the Armed Forces, the League for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation, and the Commission of Inquiry into the Effect of Segregation and Discrimination on the Morale and Development of the Negro Soldier. Grant Reynolds, a World War II veteran and former army captain, and A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Association, served as co-chairs. This collection consists of correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, transcripts of hearings, and printed matter of the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training and affiliated organizations and individuals advocating for equal treatment of African Americans in the United States armed forces. less

Augustus Fleming was a New York State Militia officer. Collection consists of correspondence, orders, appointments, rosters, accounts, and other papers of Fleming when he was colonel of the 106th Regiment, brigadier general commanding the 10th Brigade, and major general commanding the 3rd Division, Infantry. less

Includes letters sent to Leroy F. Vermeule from friends serving in the armed forces during World War I, letters sent by Vermeule to his family while he was in military training, diaries (1870, 1921), and miscellaneous letters and papers of a family residing in Belleville, New Jersey less

DeWitt Clinton Falls (1864-1937) was a military historian. Collection consists of reports, articles and manuscripts of writings by Falls, clippings, photographs, and drawings. Includes materials related to European and American military uniforms; the armies of Belgium and Great Britain in 1914; and military affairs in England, France, Italy, and elsewhere in Europe, 1926-1930. less

Details of uniforms and equipment of the British army, 1742-1881, collected by Samuel M. Milne of Leeds, England ca. 1913. Includes specimens of cloth, braid, and other material, mounted, with descriptive notes in manuscript, colored sketches, photographs, drawings, and letters relating to the specimens less

Letters written between 1858 and 1866 from William J. Hardee, later a General in the Confederate Army, during his tenure as Commandant of Cadets at West Point. Letters are addressed to Miss Clara K. Paige, daughter of statesman Alonzo C. Paige. The letters discuss social and family matters, and daily life and student culture at West Point. Typed and annotated transcriptions are present less

Papers relating to the service and responsibility of Captain John Sawyer of the 110th New York Volunteers (New York Infantry Regiment), Company E. Includes Sawyer's commission certificate, general orders, correspondence, muster rolls and enrollment lists, requisitions and returns, and material relating to his honorable discharge for illness and subsequent pension request. less

A notebook kept circa 1812 containing "observations respecting the banks of the James River (Virginia) with a view to the intended public work to be erected on that river, and inquiries respecting materials for the erection of said works." Also includes notes on river navigation and natural resources in the area less

A register of the U.S. Army containing promotions to October, and corrections up to January 1, 1815, with manuscript emendations giving biographical data dated 1815 to 1829. The fly leaves contain Army records in manuscript from 1787 to 1823, and statistics of the War of 1812 less

Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler (1770-1843), Swiss-born, American geodesist and mathematician, was superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. Collection consists of correspondence chiefly relating to Hassler's position as instructor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and to his service with the United States Coast Survey. less

Timothy Francis Leary, clinical psychologist and Harvard professor, became an advocate for the use of psychedelic drugs and a counterculture icon after conducting experiments with psilocybin mushrooms and LSD. The collection consists of fifty letters from Leary to his childhood friend and classmate, William Scanlon. The letters span Leary's late high school years through his enrollment at the United States Military Academy at West Point, his studies at the University of Alabama, and his subsequent enlistment in the United States Army. Also included is one undated letter to "Rosemary," ostensibly Rosemary Woodruff, Leary's fourth wife. less