John J. Pershing papers, 1882-1971 (bulk 1904-1948).

By: Contributor(s): Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsDescription: 141,000 items; 437 containers plus 5 oversize; 10 microfilm reels; 180.6 linear feetContained works:
  • Pershing, John J. 1860-1948. My experiences in the World War. 1931
Subject(s): Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Microfilm edition of scrapbooks available, no. 19,612.
Summary: Correspondence, diaries, speeches, statements, writings, notebooks, orders, biographical material, clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, maps, posters, photographs, and other papers primarily documenting Pershing's career in the U.S. Army, especially as commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. Documents his military service in the Indian campaigns in the American West; the Spanish-American War, 1898, in Cuba; the Philippine American War, 1899-1902, at Fort William McKinley, Philippines; and the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916. Also documents his service as military attaché in Japan and Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, as chief of staff, U.S. War Department, until 1925; and as president of the Comisión Plebiscitaria de Tacna y Arica in efforts to establish the boundary between Chile and Peru, 1925-1926. Includes greetings from French municipalities (1919) containing expressions of appreciation and gratitude to the U.S. and to Pershing; notebooks documenting his student years at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.; material pertaining to his goodwill tours of Europe and Latin America; drafts of Pershing's book titled My Experiences in the World War (1931) and his unpublished memoirs; and family papers including correspondence and diaries of Pershing's wife, Helen F. Pershing.
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Correspondence, diaries, speeches, statements, writings, notebooks, orders, biographical material, clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, maps, posters, photographs, and other papers primarily documenting Pershing's career in the U.S. Army, especially as commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. Documents his military service in the Indian campaigns in the American West; the Spanish-American War, 1898, in Cuba; the Philippine American War, 1899-1902, at Fort William McKinley, Philippines; and the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916. Also documents his service as military attaché in Japan and Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, as chief of staff, U.S. War Department, until 1925; and as president of the Comisión Plebiscitaria de Tacna y Arica in efforts to establish the boundary between Chile and Peru, 1925-1926. Includes greetings from French municipalities (1919) containing expressions of appreciation and gratitude to the U.S. and to Pershing; notebooks documenting his student years at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.; material pertaining to his goodwill tours of Europe and Latin America; drafts of Pershing's book titled My Experiences in the World War (1931) and his unpublished memoirs; and family papers including correspondence and diaries of Pershing's wife, Helen F. Pershing.

Microfilm edition of scrapbooks available, no. 19,612.

Microfilm edition produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1987.

Books transferred to Library of Congress General Collections.

Broadsides and volumes transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

Some photographs, posters, postcards, paintings, and cartoons transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Army officer.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013112

Card index of the General Correspondence series available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.

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