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Smith, Addison H., papers Addison H. Smith papers MSS 15056

Addison H. Smith papers MSS 15056


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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Ellen Welch

Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Identification
MSS 15056
Title
Addison H. Smith papers 1917-1922; 1970 1917-1922
URL:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/11
Quantity
1.6 Cubic Feet, 4 document boxes, 456 items
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Provenance

Purchased 13 August 2010.

Biographical Note

Addison H. Smith enrolled in the United States Ambulance Service in 1917 at the age of twenty-two years old. He arrived in Italy in June 1918, and was transferred to the front in France in September 1918. Most of the letters he wrote were to his mother, Martha Smith.

Scope and Contents

The Addison H. Smith papers (1917-1970; 1.6 cubic feet) includes many letters between 1917 and 1919 to Addison Smith's mother and his battlefield diary from 1918, which describes in vivid detail the voyage to Europe and his work as an ambulance driver in France. It also includes his certificates of discharge and service in the United States Army Ambulance Service, photographs, postcards, and newspaper clippings. The majority of the collection dates between the years of 1917 to 1922, and there are also newspaper clippings and legislation letters from the 1970s.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic and subarranged chronologically within each folder.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
  • diaries
  • photographs

Container List

Mixed Materials [X030898964] box: 1 Box 1
Correspondence, Journals, Bibles, and Newspaper Clippings
0.4 Cubic Feet
English.
  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 1
    Correspondence
    17 items
    1917-1918-07
  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 2
    Correspondence
    24 items
    1918-08-1919, 1922
  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 3
    Correspondence
    6 items
    undated
  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 4
    Correspondence- Congress
    6 items
    1932, 1970-1978, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Addison Smith and his representative about investing in stock for a sales firm, and letters from Addison Smith's widow about veteran's compensation. There are also letters from Addison's widow and her congressman about legislation to support veteran benefits

  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 5
    Correspondence Financial
    1 items
    1935
    Scope and Contents

    Buckeye Commercial Savings Bank about stock investments and debts.

  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 6
    Correspondence- Postcards
    46 items
    1917-1919, undated
  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 7
    Correspondence- Postcards in German
    14 items
    1904-1912, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Postcards written in German between Anna Gurgen and the Leppin family

  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 8
    Certificates
    3 items
    1919, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Addison Smith's certificate for Honorable Discharge and his certificate for being a Charter Member of the United States Army Ambulance Service Association

  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 9
    Journals and Bibles
    4 items
    1918, undated
    Scope and Contents

    A common prayer book, the New Testament, and an agenda book in which Addison Smith wrote a diary He also described women, bohemians, his trip across the Atlantic, his time in Italy, on the front, and the armistice.

  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 10
    Newspaper Clippings- Miscellaneous
    8 items
    1971, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Addison Smith's marriage announcement to Phyllis Frizzell

  • Text [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 11
    Newspaper Clippings- War related
    7 items
    1917-1919, 1924, undated
  • Photographs [X030898964] box: 1 folder: 12
    Photographs from the war and Europe
    132 items
    1917, undated
Mixed Materials [X030898965] box: 2 Box 2
Photographs, Postcards, Programs, and Wartime material
0.4 Cubic Feet
English.
  • Photographs [X030898965] box: 2 folder: 1
    Photographs and Negatives from the war and Europe
    59 items
    undated
  • Text [X030898965] box: 2 folder: 2
    Postcards (labeled)
    30 items
    undated
  • Text [X030898965] box: 2 folder: 3
    Postcards (blank)
    79 items
    undated
  • Text [X030898965] box: 2 folder: 4
    Programs
    5 items
    1919, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Theater programs and a copy of a miscellaneous painting

  • Text [X030898965] box: 2 folder: 5
    Wartime Material
    12 items
    1922, 1947, undated
    Scope and Contents

    A letter from the War Department about an Italian Commemorative medal Addison Smith received, an Italian train ticket, and information for soldiers about how to get a job after they were discharged from the army

Mixed Materials [X030866785] box: 3 (artifacts)
Buttons and uniform parts, souvenirs, and medals
0.4 Cubic Feet
1910-1920s
Mixed Materials [X030866782] box: 4 (artifacts)
Buttons and uniform parts, souvenirs, and medals
0.4 Cubic Feet
1910s-1920sEnglish.