Overview of the Lewis S. Wisner collection

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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

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