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C.O. of the 157th Indiana Volunteers. Consists of three letters detailing life at military camp in Tampa, Fla., to his father was on the board of the Studebaker Company in South Bend, Ind. Also includes a document detailing the sending of food and ammunition provisions to soldiers fighting in Cuba. Soldiers' letters, military logistics, military provisioning. Partial geographical list: Tampa (Fla.), Jacksonville, South Bend.

Consists of letters to Oliver E. Wood, the chief commissary of the Province of Havana, in American Cuba in 1899. Correspondences generally pertain to logistical and supply concerns for American soldiery stationed around Havana, including supplies of foodstuffs (particularly meat and fresh vegetables) and ice (as an anti-inflammatory tool to combat typhoid--a December letter by Joaquín Ramos informs Wood that logistical concerns have raised the price of ice shipped from Ramos's ice and beer factory in Havana). Military logistics, military correspondence. Partial geographical list: Havana/Habana (incl. Camp Columbia, Cuba), Pinar del Río (Cuba), Puerto Principe (Cuba), Washington (D.C.), Buena Vista (Cuba), Guanajay (Cuba).

Consists of American soldiers' and sailors' letters sent from the Spanish-American War front--particularly the areas of Guantánamo Bay and Santiago during the June-July siege and battle--to friends and relatives in the States, as well as a despatch from Maj.-Gen. Nelson Miles to Maj.-Gen. James Wade to initiate the land invasion of Cuba in May. The enlisted soldiers and sailors often have vivid descriptions of siege and guerrilla warfare. Also includes notes sent (with American approval) through the blockade by the British consul in Cuba, Frederick Ramsden, who empathized with the Cuban rebels. Many soldiers make note of the yellow fever and typhoid outbreaks during the latter stages of the war in Santiago. Additional soldiers and sailors wrote home in the aftermath of the Spanish surrender at Santiago. One letter to Atlantic City evinces that the author reflects on his own patriotism due largely to his disgust for Cubans who, in the author's opinion, did not deserve American support. Much reference is made in the letters to the yellow fever outbreak that reached American troops in the aftermath of the Battle of Santiago, which prompted a push to evacuate U.S. troops from Cuba as early as August. Also included are a friendly telegraph from Lt. Richmond Hobson to Adm. Pascual Cervera, a prisoner-of-war in Annapolis; a letter from Cmdr. A.P. Niblack of the USS Topeka to an admiral in the Austro-Hungarian Navy about the circumstances of the Cuba blockade; and several telegraphs and despatches concerning the treatment and movement of Spanish war prisoners. Lastly, this group of materials includes correspondences, despatches, and orders given in the context of the American occupation of Cuba after 1898, beginning with the raising of the U.S. flag in early January 1899. Occupying soldiers found that they were able to cultivate good relations with many Cubans as the Spaniards were leaving, and the supply issues of the previous year had mostly been resolved. However, reference is made to delays in setting up the Cuban postage system. After a delay, Máximo Gómez paraded into Matanzas, then Cienfuegos. The U.S. army continued to struggle with issues of diseases, as well as logistical issues accessing the interior. Many of the letters (from various soldiers) are addressed to a barrister or lawyer Richard Fishman in St. Louis. Some of the letters are on Spanish military stationery taken when the Spanish military evacuated. Two letters from 1907 advise suppression of anti-American activities on the island as well as the revision of Cuban laws. Rough Riders, military strategy and operations, guerrilla warfare, Monroe Doctrine, yellow fever, typhoid, Anglo-Spanish relations, Anglo-American relations, U.S.-Cuba relations, U.S. occupation of Cuba, Máximo Gómez, parades, USS Maine. Partial geographical list: Havana/Habana (including Camp Columbia, Cuba), Gibara (Cuba), Cienfuegos (Cuba), Guanajay (Cuba), Matanzas (Cuba), Bayamo (Cuba), Santiago (Cuba), Guantánamo, San Juan (Cuba), Siboney (Cuba), "Passo Cabalo" (Passacaballos?) (Cuba), Elizabeth City (Va.), Richmond (Va.), Chicago (Ill.), Key West, Tampa (Fla.), Steubenville (Ohio), Toledo (Ohio), Medway (Mass.), Washington (D.C.), London (England), Traverse City (Mich.), Wyandotte (Mich.), Shepherd (Mich.), Cedar Rapids, Atlantic City (NJ), Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Troy (N.Y.), Lyons (N.Y.), Orange (N.J.), Annapolis (Md.), Wilmington (Del.), East Liverpool (Ohio), Adams (Mass.), West Point (N.Y.), Kansas City (Mo.), Brookfield (Mo.), St. Louis (Mo.), Toledo (Iowa), Reinbeck (Iowa), Jennings (La.).

Consists of correspondences and despatches sent from American soldiers fighting in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War, 1898. Includes several sent from the beachhead that was established in Ponce, then notes from the immediate aftermath of the Spanish surrender in August, including details about the treatment of Spanish prisoners and American discontent at conditions in Puerto Rico (including health/safety and food quality). Many American troops evacuated from Puerto Rico very shortly after arrival. USS Maine, Puerto Rico campaign, Battle of Yauco, Battle of Guayama, Battle of Coamo, 1898 Blockade of Cuba, soldiers' letters, sailors' letters, military strategy and operations, guerrilla warfare, Monroe Doctrine, yellow fever, Spanish prisoners of war, American occupation of Puerto Rico. Partial geographical list: San Juan (Puerto Rico), Guernica (Puerto Rico), Yauco (Puerto Rico), Ponce (Puerto Rico), Guánica (Puerto Rico), Coamo (Puerto Rico), Guayama (Puerto Rico), Caribbean Sea, USS St. Louis, Tampa (Fla.), Earlville (Ill.), Pontiac (Mich.), Springfield (Oh.), Mellen (Wis.), Long Island (N.Y.), Aurora (Ill.), Philadelphia (Pa.), South Charleston (Ohio), Amesbury (Mass.), Falls Church (Camp Alger, Va.).

Includes letters, telegraphs, and other documents pertaining to American involvement in Cuba and the Caribbean during the active phase of the Spanish-American War in 1898. Letter from a representative of the De Lane Company, in the business of bulletproof vests and shields, to (U.S. consul to Cuba) Fitzhugh Lee's wife suggesting she purchase one for Fitzhugh in the aftermath of the Maine explosion (suggesting that the French president was quite satisfied with his own bulletproof vest); several military telegrams (including some translated from cyphers) pertaining to the issuance of orders and the establishment of bulk purchases from suppliers (such as clothing and grooming supplies); and descriptions of military conditions in the training camps and during the initial phases of deployment by several enlisted men and officers, particularly to relatives back home. One letter, sent by a Cavalry officer named Bill to a female relative or acquaintance in Denver, was written during the Battle of Santiago. The tone of the end of the letter differs markedly from the beginning, as news of the surrender reached Bill during the letter-writing. Several other army letters make note of training camp and military conditions, including volunteer Wallace Downs's glowing self-assessment of his own 71st New York Infantry as well as both complimentary and derogatory references to training camp life. Includes letters sent by soldiers and sailors to friends, acquaintances, and relatives in the aftermath of the Battle of Santiago and afterwards. In summer 1898, diseases such as yellow fever and typhoid spread through many U.S. military camps as well as in Cuba and on ships stationed in the Caribbean. Several letters make reference to the theatre of war moving towards the Pacific, and one makes reference to an episode of racial violence that erupted at Camp Poland in Tennessee that required a military police detachment to stand between white and African American regiments to prevent a "battle." Included is a copy of a telegraph sent to U.S. consul to Cuba announcing an end to hostilities in Cuba after the surrender of Santiago, but hostilities in Luzon continued after the war in the Caribbean ended. Also included are a membership and recruitment letter for the Rough Riders, a 1900 letter from the deceased soldier Harvey Knight's chaplain to Harvey's mother in San Francisco concerning the circumstances of Harvey's death and the loss of a ring on his hand in the Philippines; confirmation of the death of soldier Richard Eisenach in the Philippines to his family in Wisconsin; a note between two doctors concerning wartime wounds sustained by their patients in the Philippines; and a list of tickets for a charity event held by the United Spanish War Veterans on Memorial Day 1917. Partial geographical list: New York, Havana/Habana (Cuba), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Tipton (Iowa), Iowa City, Gaffney (S.C.), Columbia (S.C.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Key West, Washington (D.C.), New Orleans (La.), Lakeland (Fla.), Columbus (Ohio), Massillon (Ohio), Denver (Colo.), San Francisco (Calif.), Augusta (Maine), Tampa (Fla.), Port Tampa (Fla.), Steubenville, Nappanee (Ind.), Albany (N.Y.), Lytle (Ga.), Saxville (Wis.), Garrettsville (Ohio), Monmouth (Ill.), Falls Church, Jacksonville, Fort Myers (Va.), San Francisco (Calif.), Pierre (S.D.), Fort Monroe (Va.), Hart (Mich.), Key West, Chicago (Ill.), Argentine (Kansas City, Kan.), Chickamauga Park (Ga.), Litchfield (Conn.), Ripon (Wis.), Fort Leavenworth (Kan.), Atchison (Kan.), Edgemont Key (Fla.), Traverse City (Mich.), Fernandina (Fla.), Camp Thomas (Ga.), Cumberland (Iowa), St. Louis (Mo.), Hampton Roads (Va.), Indianapolis (Ind.), Fort Wayne (Ind.), Colorado Springs (Colo.), Norwalk (Conn.), Jerry City (Ohio), Knoxville (Camp Poland), Fort McPherson (Ga.), St. Petersburg (Fla.), Morgan Park (Ill.), Oakville (Tex.), Racine (Wisc.), Cincinnati (Ohio), Reinbeck (Iowa), Savannah (Ga.), Ponce (Puerto Rico), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Los Angeles (Calif.), Luzon (Philippines), West Springfield (Mass.).

Includes portraits of U.S. soldiers in the Spanish-American War, as well as a letter containing photographic portraits of each member of the Spanish-American War Peace Commission despatched to Paris in October 1898. The photographs of the Peace Commission include an attached letter expressing gratitude for water supplied during the trans-Atlantic voyage. The military photograph of a soldier named Woodward includes an example of pre-1933 swastika symbolism. Diplomats, diplomacy. Partial geographical list: Havana/Habana (Cuba), Chicago (Ill.), Jacksonville (Fla.), San Jose (Calif.), Boston (Mass.), Paris, other locations not specified.

Includes propaganda pieces meant for American soldiers and civilians during the Spanish-American War, including the lyrics to a repurposed minstrel song. Also includes directives concerning the establishment of postal services in U.S.-occupied Cuba, with a complete list of postal stations attached to each U.S. unit serving in Cuba. Partial geographical list: Havana/Habana (Cuba), Columbus (Ohio), Washington (D.C.), Chattanooga (Tenn.), Haverhill (Mass.).

Includes a photograph of a man labelled as "Aguinaldo's Adj[utant]-Gen[eral]." A note scrawled by Gen. Artemio Ricarte Vibora to Mariano Trías on one of Ricarte's cards recommending José Pilar as clerk, "8/1/99." A note by Adriano Hernández dated December 28, 1898, to the War Commissioner/Commissar(?) of the Northern Military Zone sending a service record [NB: not present]. A note by General Pío del Pilar dated July [14?], 1898, in [Manila?] to someone he calls his "dear mother" (though he signs this off with a highly formal "Q[ue] S[us] M[anos] B[esa]" salutation unusual for immediate relatives, and the recipient, seemingly named Sur Consuelo, does not share Pío's mother's name of Antonia Castañeda-- it could be to his mother-in-law, an abbess, etc.). A brief correspondence between Miguel de los Santos and Mariano Trías, September 28-29, 1899, concerning Miguel de los Santos's military career. Also includes two partial 2-cent red revolutionary stamps issued by Philippines Post (Correas Filipinas). Philippine Liberation Army. Partial geographical list: Philippines, Northern Military Zone (Philippines), Santa Ana (Cagayan, Philippines), San Francisco (Cebu, Philippines).

Includes documents related to the Philippine Revolutionary and Philippine-American war efforts, including a war bond issued to Catalino Angelo for 10 pesos at 6% interest by the Revolutionary Government; some notes by Andrés Cacho[?] concerning war financing; and a military inventory list signed by Revolutionary Government treasurer Silvestre Legaspi. Also includes an order issued in Tagalog. Partial geographical list: Philippines, Manila (Philippines), Malolos (Philippines), Bolinao (Luzon, Philippines), Masbate y Ticao/Tikao (Philippines), Zamboanga (Philippines).

Includes four full length portrait/group portrait photographs, two on mounts of Manila photographers. Includes Gregorio Aglipay (in military uniform), with him "Carmen" and "Mercado," and other military officials. Philippine Liberation Army. Partial geographical list: Philippines, Manila (Philippines).