A Guide to World War I Papers Chiefly Regarding Siegfried Sassoon 1917-1918 World War I, Papers, 1917-1918 10875-u

A Guide to World War I Papers Chiefly Regarding Siegfried Sassoon 1917-1918

A Collection in
The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10875-u


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
10875-u
Title
World War I Papers Chiefly Regarding Siegfried Sassoon 1917-1918
Physical Characteristics
300 items
Language
English
Abstract
This collection consists of a scrapbook containing material concerning Battery A, Colorado Artillery; a Victory Liberty Loan flag; and newsclippings pertaining to the career of Siegfried Sassoon.

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Preferred Citation

World War I Papers Chiefly Regarding Siegfried Sassoon, 1917-1967, in the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, Accession #10875-u, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These items were given to the University of Virginia Library by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Columbia, South Carolina, on November 5, 1993.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Great War Collection consists of a scrapbook, 1917-1918, containing photographs, newsclippings, and other material concerning Battery A, Colorado Artillery, later to be the 148th Field Artillery, compiled by Doug Ellis, a sergeant of the unit which was composed of Colorado National guardsmen and participated in several major battles, the Second Battle of the Marne, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne offensive; a Victory Liberty Loan flag; and about three hundred newsclippings, 1929-1967, pertaining to the literary career of Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), poet, biographer of George Meredith, and author of Memoirs of an Infantry Officer , where relying on his own experiences during the Great War, he described the horrors of trench warfare.