Spanish-American War collection, 1983-1998, 1898

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Summary

Creators:
Edwards, Samuel H. and Johnson, Willis O.
Abstract:
This collection consists of journal entries, letters, and publications related to the Spanish-American War.
Extent:
0.438 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Spanish-American War collection, Collection no. 0556, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of journal entries, letters, and publications related to the Spanish-American War. There is also one lithograph. The journal entries were written by Samuel H. Edwards, a sergeant of Troop C First Calvary during the war. He wrote down accounts of the war, the names of his troop members and leadership, as well as the casualties they incurred. Willis O. Johnson wrote letters during the war from Camp Alger, VA. Included are also publications about the Spanish-American war from the 1980s and 1990s.

Biographical / historical:

The Spanish-American War lasted from April to August of 1898. It took place following an explosion on the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, which led to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence from Spain. The war was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific with US naval forces. Spain was also taking Cuban insurgent attacks and losing many soldiers to yellow fever.

The war ended with the 1898 Treaty of Paris, giving ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine islands to the United States from Spain. It also granted the United States temporary control of Cuba.

Processing information:

This collection is unprocessed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Spanish-American War collection, Collection no. 0556, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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