Collections : [University of Michigan Special Collections Research Center]

Correspondence of the McCaskey family between 1899 and 1906, when both William S. McCaskey and his son Hiram McCaskey were stationed in the Philippines. Letters are primarily from William McCaskey to his wife Eleanor "Nellie" Garrison McCaskey, as well as to his daughter Margaret. A number of letters are authored by Hiram, who was employed in the Philippines by the Mining Bureau (449). Also included are letters written by other family members, including relatives Gregg, Nellie, and Ethel.

Correspondence includes descriptions of U.S. army life in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War, as well as news about personal and family life from relatives in the U.S.

A collection of 8 letters written by George R. Osborn from Negros Island to his parents in Ohio. Osborn discusses army life, war and military action on the Islands, and family affairs at home in the U.S.