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Jonathan Letterman Correspondence and Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 96
Abstract

Telegraph transcripts of military orders and directives sent and received by Letterman during his Civil War service. The diaries describe a trip from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Union, N.M. and back. Evidence indicates that the diary was not kept by Letterman.

Dates: 1860-1864; 1924; 1972
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collection

Theodore C. Lyster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 611
Abstract

Collection of background research materials and copies of original Lyster manuscript materials from other repositories gathered by Stephen Craig during the creation of his biographical article about Lyster. Lyster served under William Gorgas in Cuba and the Panama Canal Zone, was head of the aviation medical corps during WWI, and was a director of the Rockefeller Foundation Yellow Fever Commission. He was an ophthalmologist in private practice.

Dates: 1898-1990
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collection

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Craig, Stephen C., 1955- (collector) 1
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