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The George E. Boggs collection contains one photograph album, one letter, and one box of ephemera. These materials document the First World War service of George E. Boggs and to a lesser extent his brother Hamilton Irwin Boggs. Also included are numerous photographs of the Boggs family both prior to and after the war.

The George E. Boggs collection contains one photograph album, one letter, and one box of ephemera. These materials document the First World War service of George E. Boggs, and to a lesser extent his brother Hamilton Irwin Boggs. Also included are numerous photographs of the Boggs family both prior to and after the war.

The album does not have a strict order; many photographs from Boggs’ time in France are interspersed with images of family and at training camps in the United States prior to going to France. Captions are apparently written by both George Boggs and his mother Caroline. The majority of the images from France are of Châtillon-sur-Seine but other places are also represented. Please see the Subject Terms for a more complete list of locations.

• George and Hamilton Irwin Boggs in uniform with their Great-Uncle James P. Boggs, Civil War veteran who was wounded at Second Battle of Bull Run (loose photo in front of scrapbook, duplicate copy on page 46)
• General Pershing awarding the Distinguished Service Cross to members of the 81st Division. (page 18)

The letter, written in France on December 28, 1918, is from Hamilton Irwin Boggs to an "Uncle Jim" (possibly his great-uncle James P. Boggs). In the letter, Hamilton Boggs gives a summary of his service in the army, and mentions George Boggs’ service.

The ephemera includes George E. Boggs' dog tags, an embroidered souvenir French handkerchief, an United States Army Air Service insignia pin, and a piece of "trench art" made from a French 75mm shell casing. Also present are eleven track and field ribbons and two medals, all from 1913-14.

The George Fiske Yosemite photograph album (19 x 27 cm) contains 24 albumen print photographs primarily of landscape views of Yosemite Valley.

The George Fiske Yosemite photograph album (19 x 27 cm) contains 24 albumen print photographs primarily of landscape views of Yosemite Valley. Images of note include a coach drawn by a 6-horse team moving down a dusty track ("Going to Yosemite"); and a photograph of Galen Clark standing in front of the "Grizzly Giant" sequoia. Includes one laid in photograph.

All photographs are marked on negative with a number and "Fiske;" two photographs marked, "Copyright 1884 by Geo. Fiske." Bookplate advertisement affixed to verso of last page: George Fiske, Landscape photographer. Views & Groups to Order.

Going to Yosemite -- Yosemite Valley during a storm -- Up the valley from Bridal Veil Meadow -- Bridal Veil Fall -- El Capitan -- Cathedral Rocks -- Cathedral Spires -- Mirror view of Three Brothers -- Yosemite Falls -- Instantaneous view of Upper Yosemite Falls -- Glimpse of the North Dome -- Sentinel Rock after a snow storm -- Sentinel Rock from near Union Point -- The Domes from Moran's Point -- Overhanging Rock at Glacier Point -- Half Dome and Glacier Point -- Half Dome, Vernal and Nevada Falls; Mt. Clark and Mt. Starr King from Glacier Point -- Merced River from near Tissack Bridge -- Mt. Watkins and Mirror Lake -- Vernal Fall -- Profile of Nevada Fall -- Wawona, Mariposa Grove -- Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove [with Galen Clark].

The album has a purple cloth binding, housed in three-part wrap with brown cloth spine.

The George Hunt papers include two pocket diaries kept by Hunt during his service in the 15th New York Cavalry, a memoir, "Custer and his Red Necks: A brief Sketch of incidents of the Civil War of 61 & 65," written at least a decade later, and a pocket-sized carte de visite album containing photographs of Hunt and fellow cavalry members.

The George Hunt papers include two pocket diaries kept by Hunt during his service in the 15th New York Cavalry and a memoir, "Custer and his Red Necks: A brief Sketch of incidents of the Civil War of 61 & 65," written at least a decade later. The diaries consist of terse entries that provide few details about battles and events.

In contrast, his memoir is fully fleshed out and filled with anecdotes and patriotic flourishes, suggesting that in writing this account, he may have relied as much on printed works as on his own notes and memory. "Custer and his Red Necks" has the earmarks of an address written for a veterans' reunion, and was clearly written after Custer's death. Slightly over half of the memoir concerns Custer's early life and military experience before Hunt's regiment were placed under his command. Hunt was enamored of the dashing figure cut by Custer, and the memoir is celebratory of the man and his achievements.

The collection also includes several other items, including Hunt's pocket-sized carte de visite album, containing photographs of Hunt, fellow members of the 15th New York Cavalry, and selected generals, including Grant and Sheridan; a pocket New Testament; an Ithaca Trust company notebook containing miscellaneous notes (1907); and a file of newspaper clippings relating to veterans' reunions.

This collection contains approximately 50 letters that Private First Class George W. Ingram wrote to his mother and siblings in Boyne City, Michigan, while he served with the United States Army between 1943 and 1945. Ingram corresponded with his family while in training in the United States and while stationed in North Africa, Italy, and southern France with a military police unit. The collection also includes a document, 2 postcards, photographs, a photograph album, and ephemeral items.

This collection contains approximately 50 letters that Private First Class George W. Ingram wrote to his mother and siblings in Boyne City, Michigan, while he served with the United States Army between 1943 and 1945. Ingram corresponded with his family while in training in the United States and while stationed in North Africa, Italy, and southern France with a military police unit. The collection also includes a document, 2 postcards, photographs, a photograph album, and ephemeral items.

The Correspondence series contains George Ingram's letters to his family, as well as 2 postcards and 1 document. He wrote regularly to his mother, Sadie Ingram, and less frequently to his siblings, Bob and Guy, between January 1943 and February 1945. In his earliest letters, he commented on his experiences at Camp Grant, Illinois, and Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, where he attended basic training. By March, he relocated to Camp River Rouge, Michigan, and anticipated being sent to military police training. In July 1943, he reported that he had been deployed overseas as a member of the "149th Prov. M.P. Det.," and that he would help guard prisoners of war.

Ingram wrote about his service in North Africa, Italy, and southern France, and he frequently responded to news of friends from home. He occasionally mentioned his religious habits. After his return to the United States in late 1944, Ingram discussed his wife Betty, expressing hopes that his family would approve of her and inquiring about their opinions of her. He shared some of his postwar plans and related his efforts to obtain a medical discharge from the army. Ingram spent much of early 1945 as a member of the Army Service Forces at Camp Peary, Virginia. Throughout his service, he occasionally wrote on illustrated stationery, and he sent his mother 1 postcard from Wisconsin, which includes an image of two Mongolian pheasants. The series holds a "War Savings Bond Pay Reservation Application," signed by George W. Ingram in January 1943.

The Photographs series includes 4 individual photographs, a photographic negative, and 1 photo album. The photo album (52 pages) contains snapshots and portraits taken primarily in and around Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Michigan, between 1941 and 1943. Most pictures depict soldiers, young women, and a baby. Other scenes include St. Petersburg, Florida; Niagara Falls; and the United States Capitol.

The Printed items and ephemera series contains newspaper clippings of a poem and an image of a bride, a certificate for Bob Ingram's service in the United States Crop Corps Victory Farm Volunteers program in 1945, and a booklet illustrating methods for creating shadow illustrations with one's hands.

The Realia series consists of a pair of iron ice tongs.

The German tourists in New York album contains approximately 133 snapshots documenting the visit of an unidentified German couple to New York City and Long Island from October 1925 to June 1926.

The album (17.5 x 25.5 cm) is string-bound with brown leather covers. The front cover has "Photographs" stamped in gold as well as a pasted photo-mechanical color print of a house. Snapshots included in this album show many locations in New York City and environs visited by a German couple during a nine-month period in 1925 and 1926. Many images have both German and English captions identifying the location and in certain instances the individual(s) represented in the photograph, as well as the month and year the photo was taken. The woman's first name is given in one caption as "Liesel," while the man's name is not listed anywhere. It appears that the couple based themselves in Bronxville and visited sights in Manhattan; made an extensive tour of Long Island in a Ford coupe; traveled up the Hudson River; visited with other German friends; and visited Atlantic City, New Jersey. Images of particular interest include photographs of Broadway at night; traffic on Fifth Avenue; the ocean liners including Leviathan and Berengaria, both of which were formerly German ships that were confiscated after World War I; and the visits to New York and Atlantic City of Baden Baden, the Flettner rotor ship. Also present is an engraved portrait of Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen.

The Germany, Austria, France travel photograph album contains approximately 146 photographs documenting a trip to Europe.

The Germany, Austria, France travel photograph album contains approximately 146 photographs documenting a trip to Europe.

The album (27 x 37 cm) is book bound and an inscription on the spine reads "Germany, Austria, France 1888 Daniel." Images begin with scenes in Germany including views of Cologne, castles on the Rhine, Leipzig, and Berlin and the City Palace. Also present are images of the Sanssouci in Potsdam, the cities of Dresden and Carlsbad and Vienna, Austria, as well as photographs of works of art, Munich, and Baden-Baden. The album finishes with a series of images of French scenes including views of Strasbourg, Montecarlo, Monaco, Cannes, and Marseilles.

Glimpses of Loma Land contains 16 photographs related to the Theosophical community of Lomaland established in the year 1900 by Katherine Tingley in Point Loma, California.

Glimpses of Loma Land contains 16 photographs related to the Theosophical community of Lomaland established in the year 1900 by Katherine Tingley in Point Loma, California. The album (37 x 30 cm) is string-bound and has brown leather covers with the words "Glimpses of Loma Land" sylistically illustrated on the front. All of the photographs are supplied with manuscript captions that are often accompanied by elaborate illustrations and/or quotes from Tingley.

The first page bears the inscribed Theosophical motto "There is no Religion higher than truth", while an inscription on the second page reads: "The Universal Brotherhood Organized by Katherine Tingley for the benefit of the people of the earth and all creatures Among the various Departments are the Theosophical Society The Isis League of Music and Drama and the International Brotherhood League The international headquarters are at Point Loma California." The photographs begin on the third page. Images in order of appearance include a half-length portrait of Katherine Tingley in profile accompanied by an exalting inscription; the "Aryan Temple" built by Tingley in memory of "H. P. Blavatsky" and "W. Q. Judge"; a group portrait of some of Tingley's female students; a group of "Cuban boys of the Raja Yoga School" picking flowers to be used during a celebration of the arrival of 11 Cuban children described as having been previously "imprisoned at Ellis Island by the Gerry Society"; a group of American and Cuban girls "of the Raja Yoga School"; a man dressed as George Washington for "one of the character studies in the historical drama given by the Raja Yoga students"; a group portrait including "Emilio Bacardi - Mayor of Santiago de Cuba" (a personal acquaintance of Tingley's who took part in the inspection of Lomaland during the Cuban children controversy) and "Daniel Faiardo Ortiz - Editor of 'El Cubano Libre' - Santiago de Cuba" posing with students of Tingley at the "Loma Homestead"; a photograph of a Theosophical painting by Lomaland pupil A. Markell entitled "The Path"; three of the "Eleven Cuban Children" that have "become famous through the persecution of Katherine Tingley By the Gerry Society"; four Cuban girls at the Raja Yoga School "Receiving instructions in the Department of Silk Industry"; the Raja Yoga Chorus assembled for a performance; a daily calisthenics course; a group of "Comrades and Students Near One of the Ideal Homes"; the "Great Amphitheatre," the first of its kind in the United States; the "Egyptian Gate" which served as an "Entrance to the School of Antiquity"; the "Entrance to the caves of Loma Shore"; and a group portrait of several young girls at a dining table captioned "Tiny Lotus Buds - Some of the little Homemakers of the Raja Yoga School."

The Gloversville, New York photograph album contains 100 photographs taken in Gloversville, New York, and the surrounding area ca. 1905.

The Gloversville, New York photograph album contains 100 photographs taken in Gloversville, New York, and the surrounding area ca. 1905. The first portion of the album consists of natural landscape and scenic cyanotypes. Also included are photographs of a flood, street-railroad cars, city street views, a photographer's studio, children, a farm, dogs, a drugstore, and a soda fountain. The last few pages of the album contain 60 small portraits.

The album is 20 x 14.5 cm with black cloth covers.

The Great Lakes Region cities and rivers photograph album contains approximately 125 photographs of Detroit, Grand Rapids, Chatham, Minneapolis, and Saginaw from 1916 to 1919.

The Great Lakes Region cities and rivers photograph album contains approximately 125 photographs of Detroit, Grand Rapids, Chatham, Minneapolis, and Saginaw from 1916 to 1919. The images show many of the same people canoeing, skiing, and fishing. Most album pages include handwritten captions with date, location, and names, and some photographs have handwritten notations on the back. Individuals referred to as John, Mother, Wahnita, and Aunt Anna appear most frequently. Also included are images of a Peace Day and Armistice Day parade in 1918 and a Standard Oil fire in July, 1919. A few images show scenes from the Panama Canal Zone.

The album is 21.75 x 13.5 cm with dark brown cloth covers.

The Greenwood family Christmas album, 1891 (13.25 x 23.5 cm) is a paper album containing 6 cyanotype photograph views of James and Marcellus Greenwoods' homes in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and two portraits.

The Greenwood family Christmas album, 1891 (13.25 x 23.5 cm) contains 6 cyanotypes in an album of cream textured paper, bound with a turquoise ribbon. "Christmas 1891." is written on the cover in blue ink.

The first page states "Dear Louise, Please accept this reminder of our family, with much love from Uncle James and Aunt Thankful."

The first photograph is a view of James and Thankful Greenwood's home in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

The second photograph is an interior view of the same house.

The third and fourth photographs are views of the interior and exterior of the home of Marcellus Greenwood.

The fifth cyanotype is of James Greenwood in front of a yeast cart.

The last image is of six children with play guns. Marcellus' young children George and Frederick Greenwood are present.