Color patches (military patches)

Scope and Contents note

This collection covers nine cubic feet and ranges from 1916-2013 with the bulk the material dating from 1957-1986. It consists of scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, certificates, insignia, patches, medals, awards, books, film reels, DVDs, uniforms, and an ammunition shell. The collection contains six standard cubic foot boxes and three small oversize boxes.

Scope and Content The John A. Rawlins papers contains correspondence from Rawlins to his wife in the first year of the American Civil War. It also contains correspondence between Rawlins and his second wife, incoming correspondence and invitations in his capacity of Secretary of War, condolence correspondence following Rawlins's death, and additional family correspondence. The papers also include a clerk copy of a letter from Rawlins to US Grant, at Vcksburg, concerning Grant's drinking. Finally, the...