Spanish-American War collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of journal entries, letters, and publications related to the Spanish-American War. There is also one lithograph. The journal entries were written by Samuel H. Edwards, a sergeant of Troop C First Calvary during the war. He wrote down accounts of the war, the names of his troop members and leadership, as well as the casualties they incurred. Willis O. Johnson wrote letters during the war from Camp Alger, VA. Included are also publications about the Spanish-American war from the 1980s and 1990s.
Dates
- Creation: 1898
- Creation: 1983 - 1998
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Biographical / Historical
The Spanish-American War lasted from April to August of 1898. It took place following an explosion on the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, which led to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence from Spain. The war was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific with US naval forces. Spain was also taking Cuban insurgent attacks and losing many soldiers to yellow fever.
The war ended with the 1898 Treaty of Paris, giving ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine islands to the United States from Spain. It also granted the United States temporary control of Cuba.
Extent
0.438 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of journal entries, letters, and publications related to the Spanish-American War.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Spanish-American War collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu