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    In this exhibit, the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections has selected items from their extensive collection of family papers and institutional records to pay tribute to students past and present.
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    Memorial Day is traditionally a day to remember our ancestors and family members who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day was officially proclaimed by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic on 5 May 1868.

    The R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department contains many military records donated by individuals and families documenting military service from the Colonial Wars to the Korean Conflict. In this exhibit we feature some of these items honoring those who not only served on the front lines but on the homefront as well. Click on the photos below for a larger view and more information. 
      

       /uploadedImages/American_Ancestors/Content/Library/Special_Collections/Online_Exhibits/19th_Century_Exhibits/honoring_william_jackson.jpg William A. Jackson (May 17, 1861 - November 11, 1861)Age 29 years. Commissioned June 18, 1861. Mustered in as Colonel of the 18th NYSV on May 17, 1861. Died November 11, 1861 due to hemorrage of the brain in Washington, D.C. 

     

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    George Ranney Myers, Age 24 years. Enlisted May 14, 1861, in Albany. Commissioned as the Major of the 18th NYSV, on May 17, 1861. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on November 11, 1861. Promoted again to Colonel on August 15, 1862. Mustered out with Regiment, May 28, 1863, in Albany.

    John H. Russell, Age 25 years. Enlisted May 14, 1861, in Albany. Commissioned in 18th NYSV, on May 17, 1861. Wounded at Crampton's Gap on June 27, 1862. Died of wounds on July 28, 1862 in Philadelphia, PA Hospital

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    Henry Williamson Hoagland Papers (Mss 940)
    This collection, donated to NEHGS in 1998 and 2001, consists of source material for Advance Man: The Life and Times of Harry Hoagland, Together with a Genealogy of the Hoagland Family, published by Newbury Street Press in 2005. The collection documents the educational, military, political, and business activities of Henry Williamson Hoagland (1912–1995), including his service as assistant to the director of military planning, division of quartermaster general, U.S. Army; deputy director of the joint congressional committee on atomic energy; vice-president of American Research and Development Corp.; president of Fidelity Ventures Associates; and an advance man for the Eisenhower campaigns of 1952 and 1956; and for President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon from 1954 to 1960. The collection also contains letters written by Henry’s parents, Henry Williamson Hoagland Sr. (1874–1942) and Harriet Julia Seldonridge Hoagland (1874–1958), as well as charts, letters, transcribed records, etc., concerning the allied Seldomridge, Hunter, and Dey families.

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    Telegram from Henry Hoagland Sr. to his wife July 19, 1918

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