Guide to the Bernard Higley Correspondence and Clippings, 1914-1921 SPEC.RARE.CMS.0370 Finding aid prepared by Ashleigh Minor Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2017-10-21T14:13-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Bernard Higley Correspondence and Clippings SPEC.RARE.CMS.0370 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1.04 Cubic feet 1914-1921 Bernard Higley was a farmer from Rutland, Ohio. He served in the Field Hospital for the 37th Division of the 112th Sanitary Train and was stationed at Camp Sheridan in Alabama and Camp Upton in New York before he was sent to France in April 1918. The collection contains letters Higley received during and around his time serving in the Army during World War I, between 1914 and 1921, from his immediate and extended family, friends, neighbors and community members. Some of these include newspaper clippings from Rutland, Ohio. Several pins and buttons from his uniform are also included. (1) 5” letter document box; (1) card box English Higley, Bernard Arrangement of Materials

Materials in the collection are arranged chronologically.

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[identification of item], Bernard Higley Correspondence and Clippings, SPEC.RARE.CMS.0370, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

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Biographical Note

Bernard Higley (1893-1979) was a farmer from Rutland, Ohio. He registered for the draft in June 1917 and was assigned to the Field Hospital for the 37th Division of the 112th Sanitary Train. Higley was stationed at Camp Sheridan in Alabama and Camp Upton in New York before he was sent to France in April 1918.

Scope and Contents

Bernard Higley Correspondence and Clippings contains letters Higley received during and around his time serving in the Army during World War I. The collection spans from 1914-1921, but the majority of correspondence is dated from 1918 while he was stationed in New York and France. The letters are from his immediate and extended family, friends, neighbors and community members. Also included is a wooden box that Higley used to send correspondence to his father, pins from his uniform, blank postcards with images of France, and newspaper clippings sent to him from his correspondents about Rutland, Ohio.

Higley, Bernard -- Correspondence United States. Army--Medals, badges, decorations, etc.. United States. Army--Military life--History--20th century United States. Army--Sanitary affairs. Cultural artifacts Soldiers--Ohio--Correspondence--20th century World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American World War I Red Cross pins 2 1 and 2 circa 1914-1918 Unidentified World War I button 2 3 circa 1914-1918 Unidentified World War I pin 2 4 circa 1914-1918 Wooden box used to mail letters from Bernard Higley at army base to Higley family residence 2 5 circa 1914-1919 Draft letter 1 3 1914 July 31 Newspaper clippings about Rutland, Ohio citizens 1 1 circa 1918 Welcome letter from King George V 1 4 1918 April Higley's mother, Wendell Paddock, Peggy, Thelma B., Evelyn Wright, and Gladys Higley correspondence 1 5 1918 June Uncle Bert & Aunt Bess, Higley's mother, Fay Adamson, Pastor W.F. Parmelee, Seland, L.W. Price, Grandma Lamb correspondence; Rutland Community Newsletter 1 6 1918 July Higley's mother, Gladys Higley, L.W. Price, Asahe, Nell Lawson, Mary Lawson, and cousin Letta Smith correspondence 1 7 1918 August Grandma Lamb, cousin Alfreda, W.J. Lanning, M. Alice Gardner, L.W. Price, and Sedurick White correspondence 1 8 1918 September 1-9 Carl Rutherford, Evelyn Wright, Bernice McCormick, Aunt Lucy, Fay Adamson, his mother, Uncle Bert, Thelma Barton, Ruth Wilhaus, Wendell Paddock, Robert Rawlings, Sedurick White, and Kermit Church correspondence 1 9 1918 September 10-19 Bessie M., Will S. Merritt, cousin Alice, Sedurick White, Uncle Bert, Gladys Higley, his mother, cousin John Higley, Harold, and Helen R. correspondence 1 10 1918 September 20-30 Wendell Paddock, Fay Adamson, Dwight, mother, Asahel, Uncle Bert & Aunt Bess, Ethel Kincaid, Sedurick White, E.B. Bingham, Seland, and Gladys Higley correspondence 1 11 1918 October Higley's mother, Nell Lawson, Aunt Bess, Aunt Gretta Busenbark, Sedurick White, and Wendell Paddock correspondence 1 12 1918 November Ray Rawlings, Higley's mother, Gladys Higley, Will Merritt, Wendell Paddock, Sedurick White, Pastor W. F. Parmelee, Aunt Lucy, Fay Adamson, Carl Rutherford, Florence Merritt, and Grace Raudall correspondence 1 13 1918 December Blank French postcards depicting images of France 1 2 circa 1918-1919 Cousin Jack Higley correspondence 1 14 1919 January L.W. Price and Times Book Club Circulating Library correspondence 1 15 1919 June Cousin Jack Higley correspondence 1 16 1921 December