Homer M. Limbird collection
Date: February 12, 1898-October 13, 1964
Level of Description: Coll./Record Group
Material Type: Manuscripts
Call Number:
Homer M. Limbird Coll. #864
Unit ID: 228938
Summary: These materials pertaining to Homer Martin Limbird's service in Company L, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, during the Philippine American War (1899-1902). The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Limbird to family members in Gardner, Kansas, between June 1898 and October 1899. He describes his experiences in camp in San Francisco and in engagements with insurgents in the Philippines. Two diaries also cover Limbird's experiences in the Philippines in 1899. In addition, the collection contains newspaper articles concurrent with the conflict and later articles pertaining to Limbird's service. Researchers are advised that some of the language in these materials may be considered offensive.
Space Required/Quantity: 1 box
Title (Main title): Homer M. Limbird collection
Scope and Content
Portions of Collection Separately Described:
- Diary, August 19 - October 25, 1899
- Diary, January 1, 1899 - March 27, 1899
- Letter fragments and miscellaneous documents, undated
- Letters, April 14 - April 30, 1899
- Letters, August 13 - August 26, 1899
- Letters, August 1 - August 28, 1898
- Letters, August 4, 1898
- Letters, December 8 - December 25, 1898
- Letters, February 12, 1898
- Letters, February 4 - February 28, 1899
More separate components
Portions of Collection Not Separately Described:
- Letters, February 12, 1898
- Letters, June 17 - June 27, 1898
- Letters, July 1 - July 28, 1898
- Letters, August 1 - August 28, 1898
- Letters, August 4, 1898
- Letters, September 2 - September 28, 1898
- Letters, October 1 - October 27, 1898
- Letters, November 1 - December 7, 1898
- Letters, November 7, 1898
- Letters, December 8 - December 25, 1898
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