Register of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin collection

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Title: State Historical Society of Wisconsin collection
Date (inclusive): circa 1900-1919
Collection Number: 69024
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 2 card file boxes (1.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Depicts military camps in the United States during World War I, miscellaneous World War I scenes in Europe, and scenes from the Boxer Rebellion in China. Includes glass plate negatives. Collected by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Creator: State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Boxes 3-4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1969.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], State Historical Society of Wisconsin Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Depicts military camps in the United States during World War I, miscellaneous World War I scenes in Europe, and scenes from the Boxer Rebellion in China. Includes prints, negatives, postcards, and glass plate negatives. Collected by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the original organization, titles, and numbering have been retained.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into three series: Military camps negatives, prints and postcards, World War I miscellaneous prints, and World War I and Boxer Rebellion glass plate negatives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Pictorial works
World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 -- Pictorial works
United States. Army

 

Military camps negatives, prints and postcards 1917-1918

Scope and Contents note

Contains images relating to United States military camps of the period 1917-1918. It is arranged by camp name or location.
box 1, folder 1

Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas (20 negatives, 33 prints)

box 1, folder 2

Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas (1 negative)

box 1, folder 3

Fort Casey, Washington (6 negatives)

box 1, folder 4

Charleston, South Carolina, U.S Naval training camp (70 negatives)

box 1, folder 5

Fort Devens, Ayer, Massachusetts (148 negatives)

box 1, folder 6

Fort Dix, Wrightstown, New Jersey (48 negatives, 30 prints, 2 postcards)

box 1, folder 7

Camp Doniphan and Fort Sill, Oaklahoma (33 negatives)

box 1, folder 8

Camp Fremont, California (42 negatives)

box 1, folder 9

Camp Funston, Kansas (25 negatives)

box 1, folder 10

Camp Grant, Rickford, Illinois (2 negatives)

box 1, folder 11

Hampton Roads, Virginia, Naval Operating Base; Naval Aviators (80 negatives, 1 print)

box 1, folder 12

Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia (41 negatives)

box 1, folder 13

Camp Harry Jones, Douglas, Arizona (29 negatives, 1 print)

box 1, folder 14

Camp Humphreys, Virginia (84 negatives, 1 print)

box 1, folder 15

Camp Johnston, Jacksonville, FL (22 postcards)

box 1, folder 16

Camp Kearney, California (64 negatives)

box 1, folder 17

Laredo, Texas (4 negatives, 1 print)

box 1, folder 18

Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia (13 negatives, 13 prints)

box 1, folder 19

Camp Lewis, Washington (81 negatives, 4 prints)

box 1, folder 20

Camp Logan, Houston, Texas (2 negatives)

box 1, folder 21

Camp Lynch, Washington, DC, American University camp (17 negatives, 16 prints)

box 1, folder 22

Fort Myer, Virginia, Washington, DC) (24 negatives, 11 prints)

box 2, folder 1

Newport News, Virginia (6 negatives)

box 2, folder 2

Parris Island, South Carolina (198 negatives, 4 prints)

box 2, folder 3

Camp Pike, Little Rock, AR (46 negatives)

box 2, folder 4

Portsmouth, Virginia battleships (2 negatives)

box 2, folder 5

Quantico, Virginia (U.S. Marine) (41 negatives, 28 prints)

box 2, folder 6

U.S. Hospital Ship Repose, 1946 (16 negatives)

box 2, folder 7

Camp Roberts, California (1 negative)

box 2, folder 8

Saint Helena, Norfolk, Virginia (Naval Training Station) (39 negatives, 6 prints)

box 2, folder 9

Camp Shelby, Mississippi (44 negatives)

box 2, folder 10

Fort Sill, Oaklahoma (9 negatives)

box 2, folder 11

Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas, 1918 (3 negatives)

box 2, folder 12

Camp Vail, New Jersey (3 negatives)

box 2, folder 13

Washington, D.C. Marine barracks (36 negatives)

 

Miscellaneous prints World War I circa 1900-1919

box 2, folder 14

World War I in France (3 prints)

box 2, folder 15

One little map of Hungary

box 2, folder 16

Pamphlet, Young Women's Christian Association Overseas 1919

box 2, folder 17

Panoramic portraits, World War I (2 prints)

 

World War I and Boxer Rebellion glass negatives circa 1900-1919

Scope and Contents note

Contains images related to Allied Europe, Belgium, the Boxer Rebellion, and Canada. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Access

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Allied Europe (42 glass negatives)

box 3

2461 - 2463

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2465

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2477 - 2479

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2481

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2485 - 2489

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2494 - 2496

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2498 - 2512

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2514 - 2518

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2520

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box 3

2523 - 2525

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2529

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2532

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"Belgium's Pathetic Story" (18 glass negatives)

box 3

3393

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3464

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box 3

3470

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3486

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box 3

3498 - 3499

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3503 - 3504

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3509

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box 3

3512 - 3514

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box 3

3516

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3520

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3529

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3534 - 3536

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Boxer Rebellion (35 glass negatives) 1898-1901

box 3

14070 - Chinese "Boxer"

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box 3

14071 - Inside a Chinese arsenal, Tientsin (Tianjin), China

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14072 - British Indian troops in camp, Peking (Beijing), China

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14073 - Fortifications, Taku (Dagu), China

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box 3

14074 - The Great Wall of China, near Shan-Hai-Kwan 1901

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box 3

14075 - The Summer Palace, near Peking (Beijing) 1900

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14076 - Russian troops returning from march into the Forbidden City, Peking (Beijing), China

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14081 - Group of distinguished Chinese officials calling on General Chaff at his headquarters in the Temple of Agriculture, Peking (Beijing), China

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14083 - British Marines, Tientsin (Tianjin), China

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14084 - U.S. Army officers with Japanese and American soldiers, Taku (Dagu), China

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14085 - Japanese troops returning from their march through the Forbidden City, Peking (Beijing), China

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14086 - Near the U.S. Legation, looking N.W. from Ft. Myer on the Tartar Wall, Peking (Beijing) 1900

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box 3

14087 - Pagoda on wall about Peking (Beijing), China

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14088 - Russian troops

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14089 - American artillery during the march on Peking (Beijing) 1900 August

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14303 - Company of American soldiers

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14304 - Russian troops entering Peking (Beijing), China 1900 August

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14305 - Fort No. 2, Shan-Hai-Kwan, in March 1901, from south corner (point "C" on sketch 1901)

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14312 - 12th Royal Field Artillery (British) with Chinese Relief Expedition, Peking (Beijing) 1900

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14316 - Japanese troops

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14317 - Scene in front of Temple of Agriculture, Peking (Beijing), Camel train bringing in coal 1900

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14576 - Japanese pack train en route to Peking (Beijing), China

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14580 - Fortifications, Taku (Dagu) 1900

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box 3

14581 - View of fortifications and harbor, Taku (Dagu) 1900

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14582 - Japanese artillery, Peking (Beijing) 1900

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14583 - British and native officers-16th Bengal Lancers 1900

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14584 - Fort No. 1, Shan-Hai-Kwan 1900

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14585 - Japanese pack train

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14586 - Peking (Beijing), China

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14587 - American troops scaling walls of gate to Peking (Beijing), China

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14588 - Japanese troops

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14589 - Fortifications, Taku (Dagu), China

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14590 - Artillery in action

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14595 - Temple near Ching-Hing, on road from Peking (Beijing) to Nan-Kow pass 1901

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14601 - Tower in Black Fort, Tientsin (Tianjin) 1901

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Canada (5 glass negatives)

box 3

22333 - French refugees returning to the re-conquered land 1917

Scope and Contents note

(from Great War painting hanging in Senate Chamber at Ottawa)

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box 3

22340 - Canadian Veterinary Unit in France 1915

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22889 - Landing of the 1st Canadians at St. Nazaire, France 1915

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22890 - Canadian Railway Construction Corps in France 1915

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22891 - Canada's "Watch on the Rhine"

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Glimpses of the Great War (83 glass negatives, 1 glass positive)

box 4

5589 - 5597

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5598

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5599 - 5607

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5609 - 5633

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5635 - 5640

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5641 - Italian King with troops

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5642 - Italian armored motorcar

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5645 - 5652

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5655 - 5660

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5663 - 5668

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5671 - 5672

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5677 - 5683

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5686 - 5687

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5688 - 5713

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5714

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5715 - 5724

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box 4

from Allied Europe (1 glass negative)

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2578 - 2579

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