Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) 1860-1948 creator mixed material monographic eng 141,000 437 5 10 180.6 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tours of Europe and Latin America; drafts of Pershing's book titled My Experiences in the World War (1931) and his unpublished memoirs; and family papers including correspondence and diaries of Pershing's wife, Helen F. Pershing. Open to research. 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. Pershing family United States. Army History Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. United States. War Department. General Staff. Comisión Plebiscitaria de Tacna y Arica. United States Military Academy. Indians of North America Wars West (U.S.) Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 China Manchuria Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 Japan Spanish-American War, 1898 Campaigns Cuba Tacna-Arica question World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns France Chile Boundaries Peru Europe Description and travel Fort William McKinley (Philippines) Latin America Description and travel Mexico History Revolution, 1910-1920 Peru Boundaries Chile Philippines History Philippine American War, 1899-1902 Army officers Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 Pershing, Helen F. (Helen Frances), 1880-1915 mm 79035949 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013112 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013112.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013112 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013112.3 Open to research. DLC 790419 20260227111656.0 mm 79035949 eng