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John Hayes White Collection
About the Collection
The collection contains 78 photographs and 13 handwritten letters from White to his sister, Rena Spillman, and his mother, Sarah E. White. Also included is the Christmas dinner menu for Company "F," 2nd Battalion U.S. Engineers while they were stationed in the Vancouver Barracks, Washington. There is also a booklet, "The Second Division: Syllabi of the histories of regiments and separate organizations," which details the formation, mobilization, training, embarkation, service in France, and discharge of the Second Division during their service in World War I. Finally, the collection includes a leaf that gives the names of men of the Ninth Infantry who received mentions in dispatches and other honors during World War I.
Most of the photographs feature the 2nd Division Engineers, of which John Hayes White was a member, and were taken during WWI. The photograph subjects include WWI, the Philippines, Cuba, and portraits of White as a soldier and later, with his wife.
This collection was generously donated to OSU Libraries by White's great-great niece, Barbara Tessman, in December 2011.
Access the Physical Collection
These materials are housed in the Archives. They can be consulted by appointment in the Archives office (2nd floor) of the Edmon Low Library at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. For more information please contact the Archives at 405-744-6311 or libscua@okstate.edu.
In addition, OSU Libraries has a great deal of material related to World War I. You can see our holdings at our catalog by searching for World War, 1914-1918 as a subject search.
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The Archives at the OSU Library204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-6311
libscua@okstate.edu
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