Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John F. Scottini diaries, photographs, and ephemera
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058603433]
Identifier: 6283
Scope and Contents
A collection of two diaries, photographs, a published book, and ephemera relating to John F. Scottini (1894-1972), a Los Angeles man who served as a Private with the 364th Infantry during World War I. The diaries recount Scottini's day to day experiences as a soldier leaving the United States to fight in Europe, marching from place to place, and encountering danger along the way. A section of one of the diaries has several pages devoted to the names of unit comrades with their addresses,...
Dates:
1900 - 1919
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Roman Robert Söllner illustrated notebook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6207
Abstract
A notebook created in 1948 by Roman Robert Söllner, a German American soldier, containing hand-drawn and colored illustrations, original verse, and notes in German and English. Pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations accompany the verse and notes. The author of the notebook generally signs himself "Roman," but also as "Roman Roberts" and "Roman Robert Söllner." Ancestry.com includes a number of records for a Roman Robert Söllner (1925-1995) born in Germany and naturalized as an American...
Dates:
1948
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections