World War I Papers Chiefly Regarding Siegfried Sassoon 1917-1918

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
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Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

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.

Summary

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.
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.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:
These items were given to the University of Virginia Library by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Columbia, South Carolina, on November 5, 1993.
Physical description:
300 items