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  • Title: Lewis S. Wisner collection
    Date (inclusive): 1864-1919
    Collection Number: 78044
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1 album box, 2 envelopes (0.6 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Clippings, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia relating to World War I. Includes a dagger made from shells and casings by German hospital prisoners, and a photograph of a Civil War drawing by L. S. Wisner's grandfather of Spottsylvania, Virginia, 1864.
    source: Wisner, Lewis S., 1893-1973
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Lewis S. Wisner collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Clippings, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia relating to World War I. Includes a dagger made from shells and casings by German hospital prisoners, and a photograph of a Civil War drawing by L. S. Wisner's grandfather of Spottsylvania, Virginia, 1864.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918
    United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works
    Wisner, Lewis S., 1893-1973