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Scottini (John F.) diaries, photographs, and ephemera
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: John F. Scottini diaries, photographs, and ephemera
Creator:
Scottini, John Frank, 1894-1972
Identifier/Call Number: 6283
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3432
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1900-1919
Language of Material:
English
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Container: 1
A collection of two diaries, photographs, a published book, and ephemera relating to John F. Scottini (1894-1972), a Los Angeles
man who served as a Private with the 364th Infantry during World War I. The diaries recount Scottini's day to day experiences
as a soldier leaving the United States to fight in Europe, marching from place to place, and encountering danger along the
way. A section of one of the diaries has several pages devoted to the names of unit comrades with their addresses, many of
which are in California. This diary also includes the sewing needle Scottini kept at hand to mend what he was wearing. Photographs
in the collection include images of Scottini as a soldier, civilian, and child. Tickets to a military ball and reception in
honor of the 160th and 364th Infantries at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in May 1919 are also included in the collection.
The book is a published history of Scottini's unit titled
With the 364th Infantry in America, France, and Belgium, published in 1919 by the Knickerbocker Press in New York.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Beltrone and Company, September 21, 2023.
[Box/folder no. or item name], John F. Scottini diaries, photographs, and ephemera, Collection no. 6283, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soldiers -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives -- Archival resources
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Archival resources
Admission tickets
Books
Diaries
Ephemera
Photographs
Scottini, John Frank, 1894-1972 -- Archives