.25 linear ft. Chiefly letters (46 items) from Perceval to his family written while serving with 88th Regiment of Foot during the Crimean War; together with a poem written to his cousin and a sketch and sketch map relating to the war. Topics include the ill feeling between British and French troops and fraternization with Russian troops at the time of the 1856 armistice.
First World War: Royal Naval Air Service
2 linear ft. Miscellaneous collection of materials relating to service in the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, and Royal Air Force (in 1914, the naval wing of the Royal Flying Corps became the Royal Naval Air Service, the military wing continuing as the Royal Flying Corps; in 1918 the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were merged as the Royal Air Force). Includes letters (1913-1918) from Maj. Henry Fawcett to his family describing his service in England, Turkey, and Russia; papers of Brig. Gen. R.M. Groves (1880-1919), including a biographical sketch and essays on his military activities; observation notebook containing copies of observers' reports (Aug.-Sept. 1914) in France describing troop movements, bombings, and fires, and carbon copies of letters relating to official business; summary of a war diary written during aerial operations over France and Belgium in 1914; report of operations and intelligence in Italy (1918); photo album of Capt. Sydney H. Gaskell; books of aerial photos of Belgian battlefields; and other papers. Catalogue record: http://libcat.wichita.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=627568
Paul J. Rainey Papers (1918-1919)
0.25 linear feet. The Paul J. Rainey Papers contain a small collection of photographs and manuscript material relating to his “Asiatic Expedition” June 1918 to February 1919, consisting of autograph manuscript summary report, 41 pages, ink and pencil, with corrections and deletions; a revised typed draft, 14 pages; a 3 page manuscript expense report, 38 original prints (approx. 3 x 5 inches) of photographs taken on the trip, and a letter pertaining to the exchange in 1931 between a companion on the trip and another party. This account by an American traveler in eastern Russia comments almost exclusively upon the military situation at the time shortly after the Bolshevik Revolution. He describes the presence and the activities of American, Czech, and Japanese forces in the region, the fitness of the forces opposing the Bolsheviks, the state of the railroads and supply lines, troop movements, engagements, etc. Digitized copy available: http://cdm15942.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15942coll45
William L. McMillen Papers, 1857-1927
.3 linear ft. Papers from the Russian government relating to the award of a knighthood to McMillen for his services as a surgeon in the Imperial Army in Finland during the Crimean War.
