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Ed F. Dunbar letters from the Spanish-American War, 1898-1899 : ALS : and related materials, 1898-1950 (bulk 1898-1899).
BANC MSS 90/181 zLOCAL
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Title:

Ed F. Dunbar letters from the Spanish-American War, 1898-1899 : ALS: and related materials, 1898-1950 (bulk 1898-1899)
Ed F. Dunbar letters from the Spanish American War 1898-1899

Creator/Contributor:

Dunbar, Ed F., creator

Abstract:

Letters from Dunbar to his "sweetheart" and future wife, Maud Miller, in Santa Rosa, and to her brother, Edgar, during Dunbar's service with the First California Volunteers. Also includes a typed partial transcript of the letters, with additional information provided by Dunbar in 1963 and a roster of Company "C."

Date:

1898 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-hi -- a-ph---
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Regimental histories -- California
Guerre hispano-américaine, 1898 -- Récits personnels
Guerre hispano-américaine, 1898 -- Histoire des unités -- Californie
Regimental histories
California

Note:

Group portrait of Company "C", 1st Regt. Cal[ifornia] Vol[unteers] (c. 1899) and of veterans at their annual dinner (Olympic Club, [San Francisco], Nov. 16, 1935) transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1991.047--B).

Type:

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

1 box, 2 oversize folders

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 90/181 zLOCAL

Origin:

California