75th anniversary Battle of Gettysburg: a photographic essay on the 1938 reunion with biographical data on selected veterans / edited by Gary T. Hawbaker
This book contains over 130 photos taken during the 1938 Reunion of the Battle of Gettysburg. It includes images of veterans, the dedication of the Peace Light Memorial, the parade, a demonstration of maneuvers by tanks and cavalry of the regular United States Army. The books also identifies twenty-nine soldiers indivdually including:James White Cloud, William Henry Jackson, Carter Bishop, George N.Lockwood, A. G. Harris, Charles T. Bugg, and Williams Barnes.
World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel
Description
The World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel collection contains materials written and collected by three brothers who fought during World War I in the 109th Machine Gun Battalion. The collection contains letters written by the brothers to their families while in the service, and some other letters from their loved ones. There are also newspaper articles, literature on the battalion they fought in, post cards, military paperwork, and photographs.
Admin/Biographical History
Thomas Kegel (1895-1958), James Kegel (1891-1927), Victor Kegel (1898-1923) were three brothers who served together in the 109th Machine Gun Battalion during World War I. Their parents were Charles and Mary Rogers Kegel, and they had eleven children. Their family home was on 59 Locust Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They were all drafted in 1917, and were trained in Camp Hancock in Augusta, Georgia. After their extensive training, they were sent to fight in the trenches in France. On separate occasions, each brother was wounded during the war, but they all survived and came home to Lancaster after the war in 1919.
James L. Kegel was born on August 10, 1891. He was a poultry dresser and dealer and was married to Arabella E. Raymond Kegel (1884-1966) on August 27, 1911. They had three children: Charles, James, and Mary Annabelle. James passed away at the age of 35 on February 9, 1927, due to pneumonia.
Thomas Kegel was born on January 18, 1895. He married Veronica R. "Fannie" Karch Kegel. Together, they had four children: Thomas, Helen, Dorn Anne, and John. He was a watchmaker, in addition to other various occupations. By a doctor's recommendation in 1939, Thomas and his family moved to Miami, Florida, due to his injuries and struggles with PTSD. He passed away on February 18, 1958.
Victor A. Kegel was born on March 29, 1898. He was a poultry dresser after coming back to Lancaster from the war in 1919. He was married to Ellen F. Kegel. He passed away on December 26, 1923, due to inflammation of the brain. He was 25 years old.
The dosuments in folders 24, 33, and 47 are fragile and require staff supervision.
Object ID
MG0798
Related Item Notes
World War I Collection, 1916-1972, MG-45
World War I Papers for Frank Schober, MG-797
Charles E. Schuler Papers, MG-780
William Barlow Papers, MG-781
William Raymond Elbert Papers, MG-784
Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger, MG-782
Diary Collection, 1836-1978, MG-247
William J. Buch Papers, 1917-1958, MG-658
Notes
Donation was made possible with the assistance of Charles and Mary Brill.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level. The documents in Folders 24, 33, and 47 are fragile and require staff supervision. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-798
Other Number
MG-798
Classification
MG0798
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by EM, January/February 2019.
Eastwind Publishing for The Historical Society of Berks County,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
vii, 103 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 x 29 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
"This book is published in conjunction with The Historical Society of Berks County exhibit, Berks County Longrifles & Gunmakers, held in the Fall of 2009. It is a concise look at the firearms made in Berks County from the 1750s through 1900 ... The rifles and other artifacts shown in this book are the same as displayed in the exhibit, and although other gunsmiths may be mentioned occasionally, the book's intention is to feature only the examples in the exhibit. The collection of firearms is in no way the limit of the guns made in Berks County during its 150-year reign of gun making. Indeed, it only scratches the surface of the 170 or so gunsmiths that worked in the County during that century and a half. It is not my goal to give a detailed history of firearms in America ... What the exhibit and book feature are some of the most important examples of firearms ever produced in Berks County"-Source: Publisher
Contents
Preface -- Author's note -- Born of necessity -- Centers of Berks County gun making [map] -- Centers of gun making in Berks County -- The early Reading gunsmiths -- The Blue Mountain gunsmiths -- The Tulpehocken gunsmiths -- The Oley Valley gunsmiths -- Below the Schuylkill gunsmiths -- Reading redux: James Schnader, Nelson Delaney, Louis Royet & the end of Berks County gunmaking.
v. 1. West Main Street : Saucony Bridge to Keystone State Normal School -- v. 3. The neighborhoods: Greenwich, Noble, Whiteoak, W. Walnut, and Baldy Streets
New York State censuses & substitutes : an annotated bibliography of state censuses, census substitutes, and selected name lists in print, on microform, or online : with county boundary maps, 1683-1915 : and state census examples and extraction forms, 1825-1925
"This book identifies the state census manuscripts that survive, and the microfilmed copies available for New York's sixty-two counties"--Preface, p. xiii.
