Carl Robinson, Soldier, Photographs from Post-World War I AEF Military Tour in France and Other Material, 1919-1941 , A&M 3737

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Carl Robinson, Soldier, Photographs from Post-World War I AEF Military Tour in France and Other Material, A&M 3737, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Records of Carl Robinson, a West Virginian who, as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, toured France as a member of an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) military observation tour from 10 July to 26 September, 1919. The collection contains an archive of photographs taken of the tour, apparently by Carl Robinson. There are also service records for Robinson dating from 1919 to 1941. Subjects of photographs include battlefields, grave markers and cemeteries, damaged villages and towns, railroad transportation, Reims Cathedral, weapons, and ship transport (on the vessel "Leviathan").

Container List

Service Records

1919–1941

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
General (includes record in folder 2 that lists the 1919 observation tour that Robinson participated in)
1919–1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
General
1919–1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
General
1919–1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
General
1919–1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
General
1919–1941

Photographs

1919

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Miscellaneous (12 items; includes view of base with barracks, tent encampment, outdoor scenes, and other subjects)
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Battlefield Tour (25 items; includes photos of trenches, pill boxes, fields of barbed wire, as well as pictures of the military tour group)
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Battlefield Tour (19 items; includes photos of trenches, pill boxes, fields of barbed wire, as well as pictures of the military tour group)
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Grave Markers and Cemeteries (11 items)
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Damaged Villages and Towns (16 items)
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Railroad Transport (8 items; includes photos of troops embarking or dis-embarking on trains in France)
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Reims Cathedral (5 items; includes photos of damaged Gothic cathedral)
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Weapons (11 items; includes photos of artillery pieces, gun emplacements, ordinance, and airplanes)
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Ship Transport (12 items; includes photos of troops on board the transport ship Leviathan)
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Non-U.S. Troops (7 items; includes photos of British and French troops, and one picture with German prisoners)
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Portraits (5 items; includes photos of two group portraits of American soldiers, one including identifications, and three candid portrait shots)
1919