Interwar Period Collection
Mss-2930
Location: GV, Sh. 048-049
INTER-WAR PERIOD COLLECTION
1900-ongoing
This collection contains various materials relating to the periods between the major conflicts that the United States has been involved.
BOX 1
1900-1913
File 1 Publications
– Stars and Stripes March 1912 Milwaukee publisher
– Marked Severities in Philippine Warfare 1902
File 2 Military-General
– Infantry Drill Regulations 1911
– General Orders: Headquarters of the Army 1902 (2 items)
File 3 Spanish-American War Events
– Souvenir & History of the National Encampment of United Spanish War Veterans 1905
File 4 Miscellaneous
1918-1941
File 5 Publications – U.S. Printing
– Service Record June 1923
– The Great Lakes Recruit Dec 1918
– The Jews in Nazi Germany 1933
– Catholics and the Civil War in Spain 1937
– Industry After the War 1918
– The Mentor April 1921
File 6 Publications – U.S. Printing
– Hitler Terror in 1935 1936
– Labor Under Hitler 1935
– Italian Intellectuals Under Fascism 1935
– Red Cross Magazine Jan 1919
– Over Here Aug 1919
– Failure of German Compulsory Health Insurance–A War Revelation 1918
File 7 Publications – Foreign Printing for U.S.
– The Rhineland Guide n.d. (U.S. Army of Occupation)
– More Yank Talk n.d. (U. S. Army of Occupation)
– The Skirmisher 1919 (U. S. Army of Occupation)
– Description of the American Bridgehead 1919
File 8 Publications – Foreign
– German booklets 1923, 1935
– Italian 1933
– Chinese 1932
– Japanese/Chinese sheet music 1938
File 9 U.S. Armed Forces
– Facts Regarding Enlistment in the United States Army 1941
– Basic Field Manual: Light Machine Guns Marksmanship 1937
– Notebook of a soldier detailing duties required of a corporal
File 10 WW I Peace Treaty
– pamphlets and booklets dealing with treaty with Germany 1919
File 11 U. S. – Veterans Organizations
– The Service Star Feb 1937 magazine devoted to men and women of WW I
BOX 2
File12 Wisconsin & Milwaukee – Veterans Organizations & Observances
– 16th Annual National Convention booklet Disabled American Veterans of WW I –
Milwaukee, 1936
– By-laws of Hugh McGrath Camp No. 4, Dept. of Wisconsin United Spanish War Veterans 1930
– United Spanish War Veterans Wisconsin Dept. instructions for pension examinations
1935
– 34th National Encampment United Spanish Veterans booklet – Milwaukee 1932
– 38th Encampment United Spanish War Veterans song sheet – Milwaukee, 1937
– Souvenir catalog from War Exposition at Auditorium – Milwaukee, 1919
– War Mothers of Milwaukee County program from Auditorium – Milwaukee, 1919
– U.S.S. Maine memorial service program at Woods, Ward Theater – Milwaukee, 1940
– Committee list of Community Reception Committee for Milwaukee County boys
in service, 1919
– Pamphlet on proposed Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial – Milwaukee, 1919
– Pamphlet on Memorial Building Fund for 32nd Division
– Red Arrow Day Committee list – Milwaukee, 1919
– Program for laying of corner stone for Hospital for Wounded World War Veterans –
Woods, WI 1922
– Armistice Day Committee program and song sheet – Milwaukee, 1919
– St. James Church Thanksgiving Service program – Milwaukee, 1918
– Letter from Milwaukee War Exposition Committee, 1919
– Tree and Shrub planting program pamphlet for United Spanish War Veterans –
Milwaukee, n.d.
File 13 Miscellaneous
1945-Present
File 14 Post-War German issues
– articles, pamphlets, brochures, 1946
File 15 Cold War/Civil Defense
– Milwaukee County Office of Civil Defense Annual Report 1961
– Advertisement for Fallout Shelter doors 1961
– Information bulletin Office of Civil Defense June 1964
– Evacuation instructions from Milwaukee Journal article Oct 1959
File 16 U. S. – Veterans Observances
– 79th National Encampment United Spanish War Veterans program – Rochester, NY, 1977
– 80th National Encampment United Spanish War Veterans program – Des Moines, IA,
1978
File 17 U. S. Armed Forces
– Stars and Stripes European edition Sept 1950
– Military nurses historical information, 1975-77
File 18 U. S. – Miscellaneous
File 19 Wisconsin & Milwaukee – Veterans Observances
– Armistice Day program Dept. of Wisconsin World War I Veterans – Milwaukee, 1979
– 71st Annual Reunion program Society of the 5th Division – Brookfield, 1991
– Memorial Service program for University of Wisconsin alumni lost in WW II, 1946
– American Veterans Committee, Wisconsin Council, 1st Annual Convention program,
Kenosha, 1947
– Program & invitation dedicated to military nurses by Jane Delano Post No . 408, 1977
File 20 Wisconsin & Milwaukee – Miscellaneous
NEWSPAPERS – LO N19
– The Chicago Tribune – Paris Edition March 21, 1919
– The Stars and Stripes – Paris Edition March 21, 1919
– The Stars and Stripes – Paris Edition Feb 28, 1919
– The Doughboy – 7th Infantry Weekly paper – Germany May 3, 1919
– The Doughboy – 7th Infantry Weekly paper – Germany March 1, 1919
– The Doughboy – 7th Infantry Weekly paper – Germany May 10, 1919
– The Amaroc News – Coblenz June 14, 1919
OVERSIZE ITEM – OS XLG
– Charter for the National Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans, Milwaukee Chapter, Richard
Dawson No. 17, May 24, 1916.
OVERSIZE ITEM – OS SM “W”
– Address to officers and men of the 119th Field Artillery on their recent activities in France
By their commander, Colonel Chester B. McCormick, April 27, 1919
– Certificate from Australian Goodwill Lands Pty, Ltd. for 1 sq. inch of land given to 32nd
Division Veterans Assoc., Dec. 10, 1968
OVERSIZE ITEM – OS LG “W”
– Memorial roster 15th Company, Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, 1920
Steve Daily
April 10, 2003
ADDENDUM – Added to File 13 (Dec. 10, 2003, K. Abing)
– Programs (2) & Handbills (5) re: Commando Show at Borchert Field, 1936
ADDENDUM – Added to File 15 (April 9, 2004, K. Abing)
– Newspaper clipping re: Nike Missile Base, 2002