Jay Earle Spaulding papers, 1917-1920, 1940

Summary

Creator:

Spaulding, Jay Earle, 1894-

Abstract:

Papers of a soldier with the 310th Engineers in the Allied intervention in Russia, 1918-1919, the "Polar Bear Expedition."

Extent:

1 digital files (55.4 MB)

Language:

English

Call Number:

2009083 Aa 2

Authors:

Finding aid created by Len Coombs, 2010

Background

Scope and Content:

This collection contains digital reproductions; the original papers and/or photographs are owned by the donor. The digital items in this collection were digitized from originals by the individual donors before being received by the Bentley Historical Library. Preservation copies of these files with their original file names and CD-ROM file structures intact have been submitted to Deep Blue. Access copies of these digital files can be viewed by clicking on the links next to the individual folders in the Content List below.

In this finding aid, the files have been arranged into one series, Papers. Within each series, files are listed numerically according to the file arrangement they were given by the donor. The file in this collection is in PDF format.

Includes a file containing the digitized diary and narrative reminiscence of Spaulding's service; file also contains a brief biographical note with photographs, written by his son.

Biographical / Historical:

Resident of Detroit, Mich. who served in Co. B, 310th Engineers during the U.S. intervention in North Russia, 1918-1919.

Acquisition Information:

The collection was donated by Russ Spaulding, of Huntington, Massachusetts, in 2009 (Donor No. 10181 ).

Accruals:

No further additions to the papers are expected.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

World War, 1914-1918.
Polar Bear Expedition.

Names:

United States. Army. Engineer Regiment, 310th.
Polar Bear Expedition (1918-1919)
Spaulding, Jay Earle, 1894-

Places:

Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920.