Charles Pelot Summerall papers, 1880-1955 (bulk 1917-1919).
- 10,000 items. 40 2 containers plus oversize. 16.3 linear feet.
- Arranged in 10 series. Series 1: Diaries, Notebooks, Engagement Books, 1918-1930; Series 2: Correspondence and Memoranda, 1900-1940; Series 3: Orders, Decorations, and Citations, 1894-1931; Series 4: Commands and Duties, 1894-1931; Series 5: Subject File, 1917-1931; Series 6: Speech and Article File, circa 1892-1941; Series 7: Maps and Tables, 1918-1930; Series 8: Photographs, 1894-1930; Series 9: Clippings, 1900-1955; and Series 10: Miscellany, 1880-1930.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, writings, reports, orders, printed matter, maps, charts, photographs, and other papers relating to Summerall's military and academic career. Relates primarily to Summerall's World War I service as field commander of the U.S. Army's 1st Division and other American Expeditionary Forces units in France. Also documents his presidency of Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.; political activity in Florida; and retirement in Eustis, Fla. Includes two letters written to David Taylor Morgan by George Henry Preble and William T. Sherman. Summerall's correspondents include Newton Diehl Baker, Albert Jesse Bowley, Robert Lee Bullard, Arthur Capper, Hugh Aloysius Drum, Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, James G. Harbord, Patrick J. Hurley, Douglas MacArthur, Robert Rutherford McCormick, Frank Parker, John J. Pershing, Philippe Pétain, Theodore Roosevelt, and Charles A. Vandenberg.
Army officer and college president.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013019
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Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 --Correspondence. Bowley, Albert Jesse, 1875-1945 --Correspondence. Bullard, Robert Lee, 1861-1947 --Correspondence. Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951 --Correspondence. Drum, Hugh Aloysius, 1879-1951 --Correspondence. Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw, 1859-1936 --Correspondence. Harbord, James G. 1866-1947 --Correspondence. Hurley, Patrick J. 1883-1963 --Correspondence. MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 --Correspondence. McCormick, Robert Rutherford, 1880-1955 --Correspondence. Morgan, David Taylor--Correspondence. Parker, Frank, 1872-1947 --Correspondence. Pershing, John J. 1860-1948 --Correspondence. Pétain, Philippe, 1856-1951 --Correspondence. Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 --Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 --Correspondence. Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 --Correspondence. Vandenberg, Charles A.--Correspondence.
United States. Army. United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. United States. Army. Division, 1st. Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.
World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918--France. Universities and colleges--South Carolina--Charleston.
Florida--Politics and government--1865-1950. Florida--Social life and customs.