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Title

Finding Aid for the Midwest Genealogy Center Military Collection

Rights

Rights Information

Type

Collection

Date

1800s-1900s

Language

English

Publisher

Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri

Extent

2 Boxes

Identifier

MGC 1082

Subject

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Spanish-American War, 1898

World War I, 1914-1918

World War II, 1939-1945

Veterans

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Midwest Genealogy Center Military Collection
Descriptive Summary
Creator: Various, Midwest Genealogy Center
Dates: 1800s-1900s
Identification: MGC1082
Extent: 2 Boxes
Language: Materials in the collection are in English.
Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri

Scope and Content
The following wars are included in this collection:
Civil War (1861-1865)
Spanish-American War (1898)
World War I (1914-1918)
World War II (1939-1945)
The dates reflect the entirety of the war, not necessarily the time that the United States
was involved in the war. Items contributed to this collection came from various donors.
The common theme to the items is that they all relate to military service. Most items
were donated to the Midwest Genealogy Center with little information about the original
owner of the items. Some do contain names and genealogical or background
information. The series within the collection are arranged chronologically by war. Not all
items in the series fall within the dates of the war, but relate to the war in some way.
Items include photographs, ration books, military patches, flags, and printed materials.
This collection represents contributions made by individuals and families to the war
through the items that they kept.

Restrictions
Access: This collection is open for research.
Conditions governing reproduction and use: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce
must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.

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Administrative Information
Immediate source of acquisition: This collection was donated by various individuals.
Additions donated by Patricia Ross, 2025.
Citation: The Midwest Genealogy Center Military Collection (MGC1082), Midwest
Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri
Processing Information: This collection was processed by Jolene Clark, 2019; John
Mason, 2025.

Container List
Series 1: Civil War
Box 1
Folder 1, The American Civil War, documentary information
Item 1, Letter from Adams Dairy Farm with documentary information
Item 2, reprint of photograph of bridge over Antietam Creek (2 copies)
Series 2: Spanish American War
Box 1
Folder 1, The Spanish War Veteran, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 15, 1929
Folder 2, List of Company “F”, 3rd Missouri Volunteers
Folder 3, William C. Jungmann
Item 1, Description of photograph
Item 2, Photograph Tent #4, Company C, 21st Kansas US Volunteers
Item3, Reprint of photograph
Item 4, “Kansas in the Spanish-American War, History of Kansas, p. 130
Item 5, Notes on information in donation
Item 6, Photograph, W.C. Jungmann store
Item 7, Photograph, man and woman on steps
Item 8, Postcard
Item 9, photograph, Mineral Springs hotel

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Item 10, photograph, vanadinite collected in North Geronimo Mine, AZ
Item 11, photocopy of photograph, William C and Minnie (Graham)
Jungmann
Item 12, emails
Item 13, photocopy of photograph of Carbondale Community band with list
of people in photograph
Item 14, photocopy of plaque photograph to Charles “Pat” Jungmann
Item 15, copy of newspaper article, Charles “Pat” Jungmann
Item 16, “My recollections of Carbondale in the 1920s, 30s, and Until
Wartime” by Nadine Cavanaugh
Item 17, Jungman Brothers Drilling Company
Item 18, Main Street (Carbondale, Kansas)

Series 3: World War I
Box 1
Folder 1: Troop D. 8th Cavalry at Fort Bliss, 1916
Item 1: Photograph, unidentified
Item 2: Photograph, unidentified
Item 3: Christmas Menu, Fort Bliss, TX, December 25, 1916 (includes
group photo, roster, toasts, menu, poem, brief history)

Series 4: World War II
Box 1
Folder 1, Ration books
Folder 2, Ration book for ladies’ brassieres
Folder 3, Pocket Bible from William R. Noland, Chaplain, U.S. Army
Folder 4, Patches
Item 1, 33 Infantry division Golden Cross
Item 2, 6th Army “A”
Folder 5, Military Publications

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Item 1, Army Talks, Vol. 1, No. 9, 24 Nov 1943
Item 2, A Short Guide to Great Britain
Item 3, Stark General Hospital, Charleston, SC
Item 4, A Camera Trip Through Duncan Field
Item 4, New Orleans Army Air Base, Air Depot Training Station, New
Orleans, LA
Folder 6, Merchant Ship Recognition Manual
Folder 7, Michael Shine (1924-2018) combat engineers
Item 1, blank V-mail form
Item 2, service flag
Folder 8, Robert A. Higgins, Joplin, MO
Item 1, Letter from Public Relations Office, Pampa Army Air Field, Pampa,
TX
Item 2, Photo, 2nd Lt Robert A. Higgins with attached press release for
News Herald, Joplin, MO

Series 5: Unknown Military Service
Box 1
Folder 1, Richard Westermann photographs [accrual, 2020]
Item 1, Photograph of Richard Westermann and others
Item 2, Photograph of Richard Westermann in cockpit of KC-97g in
Lincoln, NE
Item 3, Photograph of Aerial refueling B-47 and KC-97g
Item 4, Wedding photo [Stephen Westermann]
Box 2
Folder 2, Richard Westermann pins [accrual, 2020]
Box 1, dog tags
Box 2, military ribbons
Box 3, Insignia and pins

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Series 6: Oversize Items
Box 2
Folder 1, Oversize items
Item 1, Lafayette County’s Honor Roll, 1917-1918/Lafayette Mounted
Volunteers Mexican War Company B.
Folder 2, Oversized items
Item 1, Certificate of Service in World War for Charles Schultz, Oneida
County, NY, 1919
Item 2, Army Diploma for Thomas S. Gosch, 1863
Item 3, Camel advertisement with service medals, decorations, and
designations
Item 4, We Remember, 90th Anniversary Commemorative poster for Freda
I Provost
Item 5, Stars and Stripes, Vol. 4, No. 279, September 25, 1944
Item 6, Stars and Stripes, Liege Edition, Vol 1, No. 23, February 11, 1945
Folder 3, Group Photographs
Item 1: Radio School – Class 10-44-Sect. 66-67-68, U.S. Naval Training
Station – Farragut, Idaho
Item 2: 594th Joint Assault Signal Company, Camp San Luis Obispo,
California, 1944
Item 3: Company D 301 Q.M. – Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 1943
Item 4: Company 556-43, Regiment 5 Battalion 19 – U.S. Naval Training
Station - Farragut, Idaho

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