GGNRA Special Collections Guide

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GGNRA Special Collections Guide

Topic	Catalog .	Accession .	Collection Title	Description

Topic	Catalog .	Accession .	Collection Title	Description
Burton, Philip	12228	523	Program, "Memorial Tribute To Congressman Phillip Burton," 1983	4 programs "Memorial Tribute to Congressman Phillip Burton Memorial Statue" 14 April 1983. Printed on textured cream colored paper with black ink. Black and white photograph of Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Panorama across the top with an inset portrait of Burton Memorial Statue. Program includes location, date and the speakers.
Fort Mason	17966	590	Barbara Baroza Stereograph Collection	Three [3] lithographic color stereographs, two [2] depicting 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire refugee camps located at Fort Mason and one [1] depicting the Cliff House:
Earthquake and Fire of 1906	17966	590	Barbara Baroza Stereograph Collection	Three [3] lithographic color stereographs, two [2] depicting 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire refugee camps located at Fort Mason and one [1] depicting the Cliff House:
Railways/Trams/Trains	16407	615		Calendar with photo of Muir Woods and Mt. Tam Railway, 1952
Presidio-Chapel of Our Lady (Building 45)	14439	809	Raymond H. Clary Collection	The Raymond H. Clary Collection (GOGA 14439) contains various materials pertaining to San Francisco history and Clary’s career in the military during WWII. The collection contains material dating anywhere from 1896 to around 1943. Items include magazines, postcards, negatives and lithographs. The collection consists of personal items from Clary’s life (postcards and correspondence) as well as material from Clary’s work as a historian (event programs, lithographs, and magazines).
National Cemetery	14439	809	Raymond H. Clary Collection	The Raymond H. Clary Collection (GOGA 14439) contains various materials pertaining to San Francisco history and Clary’s career in the military during WWII. The collection contains material dating anywhere from 1896 to around 1943. Items include magazines, postcards, negatives and lithographs. The collection consists of personal items from Clary’s life (postcards and correspondence) as well as material from Clary’s work as a historian (event programs, lithographs, and magazines).
Battery Dynamite	14439	809	Raymond H. Clary Collection	The Raymond H. Clary Collection (GOGA 14439) contains various materials pertaining to San Francisco history and Clary’s career in the military during WWII. The collection contains material dating anywhere from 1896 to around 1943. Items include magazines, postcards, negatives and lithographs. The collection consists of personal items from Clary’s life (postcards and correspondence) as well as material from Clary’s work as a historian (event programs, lithographs, and magazines).
Coast Artillery/Harbor Defense	14439	809	Raymond H. Clary Collection	The Raymond H. Clary Collection (GOGA 14439) contains various materials pertaining to San Francisco history and Clary’s career in the military during WWII. The collection contains material dating anywhere from 1896 to around 1943. Items include magazines, postcards, negatives and lithographs. The collection consists of personal items from Clary’s life (postcards and correspondence) as well as material from Clary’s work as a historian (event programs, lithographs, and magazines).
Golden Gate Bridge	14439	809	Raymond H. Clary Collection	The Raymond H. Clary Collection (GOGA 14439) contains various materials pertaining to San Francisco history and Clary’s career in the military during WWII. The collection contains material dating anywhere from 1896 to around 1943. Items include magazines, postcards, negatives and lithographs. The collection consists of personal items from Clary’s life (postcards and correspondence) as well as material from Clary’s work as a historian (event programs, lithographs, and magazines).
Fort Point	14439	809	Raymond H. Clary Collection	The Raymond H. Clary Collection (GOGA 14439) contains various materials pertaining to San Francisco history and Clary’s career in the military during WWII. The collection contains material dating anywhere from 1896 to around 1943. Items include magazines, postcards, negatives and lithographs. The collection consists of personal items from Clary’s life (postcards and correspondence) as well as material from Clary’s work as a historian (event programs, lithographs, and magazines).
Fort Baker	14439	809	Raymond H. Clary Collection	The Raymond H. Clary Collection (GOGA 14439) contains various materials pertaining to San Francisco history and Clary’s career in the military during WWII. The collection contains material dating anywhere from 1896 to around 1943. Items include magazines, postcards, negatives and lithographs. The collection consists of personal items from Clary’s life (postcards and correspondence) as well as material from Clary’s work as a historian (event programs, lithographs, and magazines).
Sutro Heights	14439	809	Raymond H. Clary Collection	The Raymond H. Clary Collection (GOGA 14439) contains various materials pertaining to San Francisco history and Clary’s career in the military during WWII. The collection contains material dating anywhere from 1896 to around 1943. Items include magazines, postcards, negatives and lithographs. The collection consists of personal items from Clary’s life (postcards and correspondence) as well as material from Clary’s work as a historian (event programs, lithographs, and magazines).
Coast Artillery-61st	14439	809	Raymond H. Clary Collection	The Raymond H. Clary Collection (GOGA 14439) contains various materials pertaining to San Francisco history and Clary’s career in the military during WWII. The collection contains material dating anywhere from 1896 to around 1943. Items include magazines, postcards, negatives and lithographs. The collection consists of personal items from Clary’s life (postcards and correspondence) as well as material from Clary’s work as a historian (event programs, lithographs, and magazines).
Ordnance	17263	1188	Van Cleve-Pratt Family Photographs	The collection consists of thirty-six [36] black and white copy prints and/or copy negatives made from images in a Van Cleve family photograph album possibly given as a Christmas present from Captain Sedgwick Pratt to his cousin, Sally(?) Sprague—great-great grandmother of Lucinda Danielson. Images depict members of the Pratt family at home and on the grounds of Fort Mason and Fort Winfield Scott, specifically Mrs. Martha Pratt, wife of Captain Pratt, and their children.
Burton, Philip	32428	1200	Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Hearings, Ninety-Second Congress, On H. R. 9498. . . "	Phillip Burton's personal copy of "Golden Gate National Recreation Area Hearings, Ninety-Second Congress, H. R. 9498 and Related Bills. The Hearings were held in San Francisco, August 9, 1971 and Washington D.C., May 11-12, 1972.
Uniforms/ Accessories/ Medals	18861	1218	Print	Print: U.S. Army Uniforms 1890, Enl Men Field Khaki W/ legend at bottom "Khaki Field Uniform For Enlisted Men" Dated 1898-1900. Signed lower right
Uniforms/ Accessories/ Medals	18863	1218	Print	Quality full-color litho on heavy white paper W/ legend at bottom "Field Blouse For General Officers/Undress Uniform For Officers And Enlisted Men", & Officers' Summer Whites, Dated 1898-1900.
Alcatraz-Army	18383	1291	Alcatraz Questionnaires	Questionnaires collected by ranger staff on Alcatraz from former correctional officers & their families, former inmates, & Indian occupation residents.
Alcatraz-Federal Penitentiary	18383	1291	Alcatraz Questionnaires	Questionnaires collected by ranger staff on Alcatraz from former correctional officers & their families, former inmates, & Indian occupation residents.
Alcatraz-Federal Penitentiary	18346	1430	Office Of Resource Management Photo Collection/ Joe Simpson Photo Collection	5 series as follows: 1) Jane Moore/Joe Simpson Alcatraz Photo Collection; 2) Alcatraz Historic Register 1975; 3) Office of Resource Management re-pair projects; 4)Alcatraz National Landmark; 5) misc
Port of Embarkation		1460		Fort Mason--Army Transport Ephemera
U.S. Coast Guard	13911	1522	Marin Headlands Photo Collection, 1900-1965	B & W prints of Point Bonita lifesaving station.
Aviation-Military	18477	1562	Carroll Lundeen - Photograph	16mm B & W motion picture film, entitled "On Target," on Army Air Defense.
Fort Funston	18565	1590	Poster	NPS Poster advertising the GGNRA, printed in black, green, and blue on white tag board for posting on S.F. Muni buses to promote visitation by riders. The caption reads, "Land's End To Fort Funston" W/ stylized cartoon depiction of that stretch of S.F. coastline.
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy	18491	1591	Golden Gate National Park Association - Papers	Misc papers of GGNRA's cooperating association. Includes newsletters, "The Park," and "The Pacific Raptor Report. "
Lighthouses/Light House Service	18498	1600	U. S. Lighthouse Society - Photograph	17 copy negatives of Point Bonita light station buildings.
Fort Funston	40055	1610	Fort Funston Coast Artillery Photograph Collection	Three (3) black and white copy photographs of Coast Artillery at Fort Funston, including 2 images of UCLA R.O.T.C. students firing 15mm gun, July 1938, and a "Panama Mount" for 155mm gun, 1937
NIKE Missiles/Sites	18519	1683	George L Walling -- Photographs	Copy negatives from George L. Walling of site SF-87L, Ft Cronkhite.
NIKE Missiles/Sites	40070	1685	CAC/ADA Oozlefinch Christmas Photograph	Black and white photograph of the statue of the Oozlefinch (AKA Ozalfinch) at Fort Bliss, Texas. The oozlefinch is dressed as Santa Claus. The Oozlefinch is the mythical mascot of the Coast Artillery and Air Defense Artillery.
Marin Headlands	9541	1741	Poster	Card signs for display on buses, advertising S.F. Muni's service from S.F. to the Marin Headlands, One plastic-laminated. Text extols beauties of scenic route, gives schedules.
Fort Point	8669	1761	Major Sergeant Lucien B. Ogles Coast Artillery Papers	Seven [7] black and white photographs taken by Master Sergeant Lucian G. Ogles which document the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, particularly its impact on Fort Point, circa 1935. And one [1] copy of General Orders No. 11 from 29 June 1944 documenting Master Sergeant Lucian G. Ogles’ thirty years of service in the Army as part of the 25th Coast Artillery at Fort Miley, the 99th Coast Artillery while stationed at Fort Mills, presumably, Corregidor in the Philippines, the 8th Coast Artillery while at Maine and New Hampshire, the 55th Coast Artillery while overseas, the 6th Coast Artillery while at Fort Scott, and the 18th Coast Artillery very briefly.
Golden Gate Bridge	8669	1761	Major Sergeant Lucien B. Ogles Coast Artillery Papers	Seven [7] black and white photographs taken by Master Sergeant Lucian G. Ogles which document the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, particularly its impact on Fort Point, circa 1935. And one [1] copy of General Orders No. 11 from 29 June 1944 documenting Master Sergeant Lucian G. Ogles’ thirty years of service in the Army as part of the 25th Coast Artillery at Fort Miley, the 99th Coast Artillery while stationed at Fort Mills, presumably, Corregidor in the Philippines, the 8th Coast Artillery while at Maine and New Hampshire, the 55th Coast Artillery while overseas, the 6th Coast Artillery while at Fort Scott, and the 18th Coast Artillery very briefly.
Fort Winfield Scott	8669	1761	Major Sergeant Lucien B. Ogles Coast Artillery Papers	Seven [7] black and white photographs taken by Master Sergeant Lucian G. Ogles which document the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, particularly its impact on Fort Point, circa 1935. And one [1] copy of General Orders No. 11 from 29 June 1944 documenting Master Sergeant Lucian G. Ogles’ thirty years of service in the Army as part of the 25th Coast Artillery at Fort Miley, the 99th Coast Artillery while stationed at Fort Mills, presumably, Corregidor in the Philippines, the 8th Coast Artillery while at Maine and New Hampshire, the 55th Coast Artillery while overseas, the 6th Coast Artillery while at Fort Scott, and the 18th Coast Artillery very briefly.
Coast Artillery-55th	8669	1761	Major Sergeant Lucien B. Ogles Coast Artillery Papers	Seven [7] black and white photographs taken by Master Sergeant Lucian G. Ogles which document the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, particularly its impact on Fort Point, circa 1935. And one [1] copy of General Orders No. 11 from 29 June 1944 documenting Master Sergeant Lucian G. Ogles’ thirty years of service in the Army as part of the 25th Coast Artillery at Fort Miley, the 99th Coast Artillery while stationed at Fort Mills, presumably, Corregidor in the Philippines, the 8th Coast Artillery while at Maine and New Hampshire, the 55th Coast Artillery while overseas, the 6th Coast Artillery while at Fort Scott, and the 18th Coast Artillery very briefly.
U.S. Coast Guard		1762		Plan, Point Bonita Station, 1935
Letterman Hosptials (LGH, LAMC, LAIR)	5327	1766	J. Brooks Hoffman Collection	The collection consists of one [1] black and white photographic print depicting the Post Dispensary (Presidio Building 2) in 1945, as well as three [3] black and white negatives which depict Letterman General Hospital, the Presidio Officers’ Club and the Main Post, also in 1945.
Presidio-Building 0050 (Officers' Club)	5327	1766	J. Brooks Hoffman Collection	The collection consists of one [1] black and white photographic print depicting the Post Dispensary (Presidio Building 2) in 1945, as well as three [3] black and white negatives which depict Letterman General Hospital, the Presidio Officers’ Club and the Main Post, also in 1945.
Presidio-Main Parade Ground	5327	1766	J. Brooks Hoffman Collection	The collection consists of one [1] black and white photographic print depicting the Post Dispensary (Presidio Building 2) in 1945, as well as three [3] black and white negatives which depict Letterman General Hospital, the Presidio Officers’ Club and the Main Post, also in 1945.
Philippine-American Wars	13264	1766	Ross California National Guard Papers and Photographs	The collection consists of photographs, rosters, poetry, a diary, books, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other papers that document the service of Joseph N. Ross and his brother, Frank, in the California National Guard. As a guardsman, Joseph Ross was sent to Stockton and Sacramento in response to strikes in the 1890s; federalized as Company C, 1st California Volunteer Infantry Regiment and sent to the Guam, Hawaii and the Philippines during the Spanish and Philippine American Wars from 1898 through 1899; and responded to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire as part of the 1st Battalion, Coast Artillery, National Guard of California.
Earthquake and Fire of 1906	13264	1766	Ross California National Guard Papers and Photographs	The collection consists of photographs, rosters, poetry, a diary, books, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other papers that document the service of Joseph N. Ross and his brother, Frank, in the California National Guard. As a guardsman, Joseph Ross was sent to Stockton and Sacramento in response to strikes in the 1890s; federalized as Company C, 1st California Volunteer Infantry Regiment and sent to the Guam, Hawaii and the Philippines during the Spanish and Philippine American Wars from 1898 through 1899; and responded to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire as part of the 1st Battalion, Coast Artillery, National Guard of California.
Army-Music	13266	1766	Mary Conway Duryea Family Papers	The collection consists of personal and military papers, American Expeditionary Forces pamphlets and brochures, and Ninth Corps Area and War Department envelopes which pertain to the service of Mary E. Conway as an Army clerk assigned to the Coast Artillery District at the Headquarters of the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco from 1918 through 1921. Additional materials pertain to the life and career of Mary’s father, Eugene Conway, who served with the 5th Regiment of Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco in the 1890s, and include personal and military papers.
Lands End	13266	1766	Mary Conway Duryea Family Papers	The collection consists of personal and military papers, American Expeditionary Forces pamphlets and brochures, and Ninth Corps Area and War Department envelopes which pertain to the service of Mary E. Conway as an Army clerk assigned to the Coast Artillery District at the Headquarters of the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco from 1918 through 1921. Additional materials pertain to the life and career of Mary’s father, Eugene Conway, who served with the 5th Regiment of Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco in the 1890s, and include personal and military papers.
San Francisco	13266	1766	Mary Conway Duryea Family Papers	The collection consists of personal and military papers, American Expeditionary Forces pamphlets and brochures, and Ninth Corps Area and War Department envelopes which pertain to the service of Mary E. Conway as an Army clerk assigned to the Coast Artillery District at the Headquarters of the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco from 1918 through 1921. Additional materials pertain to the life and career of Mary’s father, Eugene Conway, who served with the 5th Regiment of Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco in the 1890s, and include personal and military papers.
Earthquake and Fire of 1906	13266	1766	Mary Conway Duryea Family Papers	The collection consists of personal and military papers, American Expeditionary Forces pamphlets and brochures, and Ninth Corps Area and War Department envelopes which pertain to the service of Mary E. Conway as an Army clerk assigned to the Coast Artillery District at the Headquarters of the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco from 1918 through 1921. Additional materials pertain to the life and career of Mary’s father, Eugene Conway, who served with the 5th Regiment of Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco in the 1890s, and include personal and military papers.
Letterman Hosptials (LGH, LAMC, LAIR)	13266	1766	Mary Conway Duryea Family Papers	The collection consists of personal and military papers, American Expeditionary Forces pamphlets and brochures, and Ninth Corps Area and War Department envelopes which pertain to the service of Mary E. Conway as an Army clerk assigned to the Coast Artillery District at the Headquarters of the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco from 1918 through 1921. Additional materials pertain to the life and career of Mary’s father, Eugene Conway, who served with the 5th Regiment of Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco in the 1890s, and include personal and military papers.
Roosevelt, Theodore	13266	1766	Mary Conway Duryea Family Papers	The collection consists of personal and military papers, American Expeditionary Forces pamphlets and brochures, and Ninth Corps Area and War Department envelopes which pertain to the service of Mary E. Conway as an Army clerk assigned to the Coast Artillery District at the Headquarters of the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco from 1918 through 1921. Additional materials pertain to the life and career of Mary’s father, Eugene Conway, who served with the 5th Regiment of Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco in the 1890s, and include personal and military papers.
Crissy Field	13266	1766	Mary Conway Duryea Family Papers	The collection consists of personal and military papers, American Expeditionary Forces pamphlets and brochures, and Ninth Corps Area and War Department envelopes which pertain to the service of Mary E. Conway as an Army clerk assigned to the Coast Artillery District at the Headquarters of the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco from 1918 through 1921. Additional materials pertain to the life and career of Mary’s father, Eugene Conway, who served with the 5th Regiment of Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco in the 1890s, and include personal and military papers.
Pershing, General John	13266	1766	Mary Conway Duryea Family Papers	The collection consists of personal and military papers, American Expeditionary Forces pamphlets and brochures, and Ninth Corps Area and War Department envelopes which pertain to the service of Mary E. Conway as an Army clerk assigned to the Coast Artillery District at the Headquarters of the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco from 1918 through 1921. Additional materials pertain to the life and career of Mary’s father, Eugene Conway, who served with the 5th Regiment of Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco in the 1890s, and include personal and military papers.
Army-Life/General	13267	1766	1st Lieutenant Harry Wollam Photographs and Papers	The collection consists of fifty-five [55] photographs which document the career of Harry Wollam with the 6th U.S. Infantry during the Philippine American War through the Mexican Punitive Expedition. Additional materials include one [1] diary from 1912 which gives a brief, day to day description of Wollam’s activities in the Philippines, in addition to his time en route to and also while stationed at the Presidio, and also one [1] identity card issued to Wollam while serving in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.
Mexican-American Wars	13267	1766	1st Lieutenant Harry Wollam Photographs and Papers	The collection consists of fifty-five [55] photographs which document the career of Harry Wollam with the 6th U.S. Infantry during the Philippine American War through the Mexican Punitive Expedition. Additional materials include one [1] diary from 1912 which gives a brief, day to day description of Wollam’s activities in the Philippines, in addition to his time en route to and also while stationed at the Presidio, and also one [1] identity card issued to Wollam while serving in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.
San Francisco	15706	1766	Letterman Army Hospital Papers	Papers and photographs generated by or once held by Letterman General Hospital from 1918 to 1993. Items include programs and fliers for event and ceremonies, everyday ephemera, booklets, guest books and news clippings. Photographs are primarily from 1918 to 1967 and contain staff portraits and group photos.
Presidio-Base Closure/Transfer	15706	1766	Letterman Army Hospital Papers	Papers and photographs generated by or once held by Letterman General Hospital from 1918 to 1993. Items include programs and fliers for event and ceremonies, everyday ephemera, booklets, guest books and news clippings. Photographs are primarily from 1918 to 1967 and contain staff portraits and group photos.
Desert Storm/Gulf War 1990-1991	15706	1766	Letterman Army Hospital Papers	Papers and photographs generated by or once held by Letterman General Hospital from 1918 to 1993. Items include programs and fliers for event and ceremonies, everyday ephemera, booklets, guest books and news clippings. Photographs are primarily from 1918 to 1967 and contain staff portraits and group photos.
Army-Nursing Corps.	15706	1766	Letterman Army Hospital Papers	Papers and photographs generated by or once held by Letterman General Hospital from 1918 to 1993. Items include programs and fliers for event and ceremonies, everyday ephemera, booklets, guest books and news clippings. Photographs are primarily from 1918 to 1967 and contain staff portraits and group photos.
Infantry-91st Division	17625	1766	Ernest E. Chaswood Collection	Collection of postcards, clippings, newsletters and other army materials relating to the military life of Ernest E. Chaswood, a member of the Quartermaster Corps, stationed at Fort McDowell and the Presidio during the 1930s.
Army-Transportation	17625	1766	Ernest E. Chaswood Collection	Collection of postcards, clippings, newsletters and other army materials relating to the military life of Ernest E. Chaswood, a member of the Quartermaster Corps, stationed at Fort McDowell and the Presidio during the 1930s.
Women in the Military	17739	1766	Dennis G. Barker Collection	Photograph and special orders referring to Mary E. Argo, a first World War Army nurse. Includes special orders dated 9 August 1918, sending Argo and several other nurses from Letterman Army General Hospital to Europe, via New York, and a photograph of Army nurses in France.
Army-Nursing Corps.	17739	1766	Dennis G. Barker Collection	Photograph and special orders referring to Mary E. Argo, a first World War Army nurse. Includes special orders dated 9 August 1918, sending Argo and several other nurses from Letterman Army General Hospital to Europe, via New York, and a photograph of Army nurses in France.
Army-Medical	17739	1766	Dennis G. Barker Collection	Photograph and special orders referring to Mary E. Argo, a first World War Army nurse. Includes special orders dated 9 August 1918, sending Argo and several other nurses from Letterman Army General Hospital to Europe, via New York, and a photograph of Army nurses in France.
Port of Embarkation	17769	1766	Colonel Arthur E. Ahrends Papers	This collection consists of certificates awarded to Colonel Arthur E. Ahrends, including diplomas from the Central Normal College, the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Infantry School at Fort Benning, the Command and General Staff School, and the Army War College, and also those of appreciation or commendation from the Military Intelligence Division and the San Francisco Port of Embarkation. Also included in the collection is a sketch and a yearbook from West Point, a hand-written essay titled “Concerning the Air Scout” from 1910, a Roster of Company A, 7th Training Regiment in 1916, and, finally, a panoramic photograph depicting the Command and General Staff Class of 1924-1945.
Military-Intelligence	17769	1766	Colonel Arthur E. Ahrends Papers	This collection consists of certificates awarded to Colonel Arthur E. Ahrends, including diplomas from the Central Normal College, the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Infantry School at Fort Benning, the Command and General Staff School, and the Army War College, and also those of appreciation or commendation from the Military Intelligence Division and the San Francisco Port of Embarkation. Also included in the collection is a sketch and a yearbook from West Point, a hand-written essay titled “Concerning the Air Scout” from 1910, a Roster of Company A, 7th Training Regiment in 1916, and, finally, a panoramic photograph depicting the Command and General Staff Class of 1924-1945.
Army-Medical	18197	1766	Letterman General Hospital Fog Horn Collection, 1941-1989	The Letterman General Hospital Fog Horn Collection consists of an incomplete and mismatched series of fifty-one (51) bound editions of Letterman General Hospital's in-house newspaper titled "The Fog Horn" from 1941 to 1989, which began in 1941 and ran then length of the hospital's lifespan.
Army-Nursing Corps.	18197	1766	Letterman General Hospital Fog Horn Collection, 1941-1989	The Letterman General Hospital Fog Horn Collection consists of an incomplete and mismatched series of fifty-one (51) bound editions of Letterman General Hospital's in-house newspaper titled "The Fog Horn" from 1941 to 1989, which began in 1941 and ran then length of the hospital's lifespan.
Presidio-Army	18997	1766	Sergeant Thor R. Milam 6th Coast Artillery Photographs	Five (5) photographs which document Thor R. Milam’s service as a Drum Major with the 6th Coast Artillery Band at the Presidio of San Francisco from 1903 to 1912, and four (4) mounted depicting a human cannonball parade at Fort Point
Angel Island	18999	1766	Peter Buxton Collection: Edgar Mizner Photographs, 1886-1887	Fourteen (14) 6. 5" by 9. 5" cards with 4. 5" by 7. 5" black and white images on both sides (28 images total). The collection images span 1886-1887. Images include landscape views of the Benicia Arsenal and Barracks , San Francisco, Fort McDowell, the Golden Gate, Angel Island, Mexican Dwellings in Arizona, San Xavier Mission in Tucson and Fort Niobrara in Nebraska. Images of people include California Indians, Sioux Indians and Sicangu Lakhota Indians
Infantry-29th	19000	1766	George And Fred Neubert Collection	One (1) 7" by 9" black and white mounted photograph depicting a birds-eye view of the Presidio and the Golden Gate with a caption that reads, "Camped here in tents in 29th U. S. Infantry 1 month 1902. Soldiered here 1 year 4 months in 25th Co. Coast Artillery in 1903 and 4 also 6 weeks on submarine duty on this harbor. "
Angel Island	19555	1766	George And Ray Cobb Collection	Two black and white photographic postcards of Fort Point surrounded and The Light House on the West Garrison of Fort McDowell.
Army-Life/General	20200	1766	Sergeant Harold S. Gilbert Collection	The collection consists of one [1] Arkansas National Bank liberty bond envelope issued to Olive Struvant; one [1] postcard depicting the Officers’ Quarters at the Presidio of San Francisco, one [1] portrait of General John J. Pershing and one [1] scrapbook page featuring three [3] photographs which document and were accumulated during Sergeant Harold S. Gilbert’s at Fort McDowell on Angel Island in 1917. Also included are three [3] newspaper clippings celebrating the Allied victory in World War I and the resultant League of Nations, and one [1] United States Food Administration poster from the same time period. In addition to these materials is one [1] Richfield Reporter “Victory March” Map showing land controlled by the United Nations versus Land controlled by the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II, circa 1944.
World War I	20200	1766	Sergeant Harold S. Gilbert Collection	The collection consists of one [1] Arkansas National Bank liberty bond envelope issued to Olive Struvant; one [1] postcard depicting the Officers’ Quarters at the Presidio of San Francisco, one [1] portrait of General John J. Pershing and one [1] scrapbook page featuring three [3] photographs which document and were accumulated during Sergeant Harold S. Gilbert’s at Fort McDowell on Angel Island in 1917. Also included are three [3] newspaper clippings celebrating the Allied victory in World War I and the resultant League of Nations, and one [1] United States Food Administration poster from the same time period. In addition to these materials is one [1] Richfield Reporter “Victory March” Map showing land controlled by the United Nations versus Land controlled by the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II, circa 1944.
Presidio-Building 0050 (Officers' Club)	27950	1766	Louis L. Stein Collection	Two (2) 3. 5" by 5. 5" hand-tinted lithographic color postcards: one is published by Chas. Weidner of San Francisco, depicts the Presidio Officer's Club and contains 1909 correspondence between Marie and Miss Hannah Smith of San Francisco discussing Marie's possible trip to San Francisco, which is dependent on her ability to accrue the accompaniment of more boys; one is published by the Cardinell-Vincent Co. of San Francisco, depicts Fort Point as viewed from Fort Scott with a glitter appliqué "New Year Greetings" overlaid on the image, and 1908 correspondence between Arthur Anfindsen and Miss May Jensen wishing Miss Jensen good health.
Infantry-1st California Volunteer	27962	1766	Major Richard M. Deasy Collection	One (1) photograph of “Colonel” Isabel Murphy surrounded by possibly the First California Volunteers of which she had just been made Honorary Colonel, 1898, and one (1) “Pacific Daily Journal for 1893” with newspaper clippings from the Spanish American war period and photographs of civilian life during the war, soldier life, journeys at sea, foreign theaters of battle, and domestic encampments. Inserted into the front page is one (1) 4” by 5” black and white lithograph of the Palace of Fine Arts.
Palace of Fine Arts	27962	1766	Major Richard M. Deasy Collection	One (1) photograph of “Colonel” Isabel Murphy surrounded by possibly the First California Volunteers of which she had just been made Honorary Colonel, 1898, and one (1) “Pacific Daily Journal for 1893” with newspaper clippings from the Spanish American war period and photographs of civilian life during the war, soldier life, journeys at sea, foreign theaters of battle, and domestic encampments. Inserted into the front page is one (1) 4” by 5” black and white lithograph of the Palace of Fine Arts.
San Francisco Bay Bridge	27963	1766	Cornita Docks Collection	One (1) souvenir photograph album, “Mementos of Your Ship, San Francisco Port of Embarkation, Bay Area,” which includes five (5) 5” x 8” black and white photographs.
Army-Medical	27965	1766	Jeanne G. Ferrari Collection: Henry P. Hauser Papers	The collection consists of materials relating to the military service of Sergeant Henry Paul Hauser with Base Hospital No. 30 during World War I. Comprised of military orders and registration cards, a manual, certificates, a newspaper clipping, ephemera—such as tickets and programs, and a souvenir book, the collection documents Hauser’s enlistment into the Medical Corps from Stanford University, the Hospital’s training at Fort Mason and embarkation to France via New York, and the unit’s extracurricular activities while abroad. In addition, materials relate to Hauser’s participation in the Inter-Allied Games of 1919, during which he was a member of the American Rugby Team, and his service as an Air Raid Warden in San Francisco during World War II.
Fort Mason	27965	1766	Jeanne G. Ferrari Collection: Henry P. Hauser Papers	The collection consists of materials relating to the military service of Sergeant Henry Paul Hauser with Base Hospital No. 30 during World War I. Comprised of military orders and registration cards, a manual, certificates, a newspaper clipping, ephemera—such as tickets and programs, and a souvenir book, the collection documents Hauser’s enlistment into the Medical Corps from Stanford University, the Hospital’s training at Fort Mason and embarkation to France via New York, and the unit’s extracurricular activities while abroad. In addition, materials relate to Hauser’s participation in the Inter-Allied Games of 1919, during which he was a member of the American Rugby Team, and his service as an Air Raid Warden in San Francisco during World War II.
Cliff House	27966	1766	Bernice Farington Collection	Three [3] items relating to Major Irwin E. Farington’s service with Company C, 1st Army Artillery Park during World War I and stereographs of For t Mason and the Cliff House.
Infantry-2nd	27968	1766	Demetrio P. Harkins Collection	Photographs, correspondence, essays, maps, and newspaper clippings which document the career of Captain Charles Harkins, a pioneer settler in Menlo Park, a commanding officer of the 2nd Infantry during Reconstruction in the South just after the Civil War in the 1870s and a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS).
Army-4th	33318	1766	Colonel George C. Mergens Papers	Materials related to Colonel George C. Mergens as well as items he had collected. Items include photographs of awards ceremonies, reports, rosters, telephone directories, programs, and a historical sketch which document the activities and events of the Fourth and Sixth Armies; the 7th, 19th, 29th, and 31st Infantries in Fort Benning, Oregon, and the Philippines; and the 1 Air Service Area Command from 1891 through 1939. Collection includes materials from the Civil War, the early 1900s, World War II (including the Japanese internment proclamation and report on Pearl Harbor),and the Korean War.
Infantry-7th	33318	1766	Colonel George C. Mergens Papers	Materials related to Colonel George C. Mergens as well as items he had collected. Items include photographs of awards ceremonies, reports, rosters, telephone directories, programs, and a historical sketch which document the activities and events of the Fourth and Sixth Armies; the 7th, 19th, 29th, and 31st Infantries in Fort Benning, Oregon, and the Philippines; and the 1 Air Service Area Command from 1891 through 1939. Collection includes materials from the Civil War, the early 1900s, World War II (including the Japanese internment proclamation and report on Pearl Harbor),and the Korean War.
Infantry-19th	33318	1766	Colonel George C. Mergens Papers	Materials related to Colonel George C. Mergens as well as items he had collected. Items include photographs of awards ceremonies, reports, rosters, telephone directories, programs, and a historical sketch which document the activities and events of the Fourth and Sixth Armies; the 7th, 19th, 29th, and 31st Infantries in Fort Benning, Oregon, and the Philippines; and the 1 Air Service Area Command from 1891 through 1939. Collection includes materials from the Civil War, the early 1900s, World War II (including the Japanese internment proclamation and report on Pearl Harbor),and the Korean War.
Infantry-29th	33318	1766	Colonel George C. Mergens Papers	Materials related to Colonel George C. Mergens as well as items he had collected. Items include photographs of awards ceremonies, reports, rosters, telephone directories, programs, and a historical sketch which document the activities and events of the Fourth and Sixth Armies; the 7th, 19th, 29th, and 31st Infantries in Fort Benning, Oregon, and the Philippines; and the 1 Air Service Area Command from 1891 through 1939. Collection includes materials from the Civil War, the early 1900s, World War II (including the Japanese internment proclamation and report on Pearl Harbor),and the Korean War.
Infantry-31st	33318	1766	Colonel George C. Mergens Papers	Materials related to Colonel George C. Mergens as well as items he had collected. Items include photographs of awards ceremonies, reports, rosters, telephone directories, programs, and a historical sketch which document the activities and events of the Fourth and Sixth Armies; the 7th, 19th, 29th, and 31st Infantries in Fort Benning, Oregon, and the Philippines; and the 1 Air Service Area Command from 1891 through 1939. Collection includes materials from the Civil War, the early 1900s, World War II (including the Japanese internment proclamation and report on Pearl Harbor),and the Korean War.
Civil War	33318	1766	Colonel George C. Mergens Papers	Materials related to Colonel George C. Mergens as well as items he had collected. Items include photographs of awards ceremonies, reports, rosters, telephone directories, programs, and a historical sketch which document the activities and events of the Fourth and Sixth Armies; the 7th, 19th, 29th, and 31st Infantries in Fort Benning, Oregon, and the Philippines; and the 1 Air Service Area Command from 1891 through 1939. Collection includes materials from the Civil War, the early 1900s, World War II (including the Japanese internment proclamation and report on Pearl Harbor),and the Korean War.
Pearl Harbor	33318	1766	Colonel George C. Mergens Papers	Materials related to Colonel George C. Mergens as well as items he had collected. Items include photographs of awards ceremonies, reports, rosters, telephone directories, programs, and a historical sketch which document the activities and events of the Fourth and Sixth Armies; the 7th, 19th, 29th, and 31st Infantries in Fort Benning, Oregon, and the Philippines; and the 1 Air Service Area Command from 1891 through 1939. Collection includes materials from the Civil War, the early 1900s, World War II (including the Japanese internment proclamation and report on Pearl Harbor),and the Korean War.
Infantry-51st Iowa	33320	1766	Charles C. Bagnall Collection	One (1) scrapbook of 115 photographs which belonged Charles Cyrus Bagnall from College Springs, Iowa who served in Company E of the 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Spanish American War.
Great Highway (see Ocean Beach)
Camp Merriam	33320	1766	Charles C. Bagnall Collection	One (1) scrapbook of 115 photographs which belonged Charles Cyrus Bagnall from College Springs, Iowa who served in Company E of the 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Spanish American War.
Camp Merritt	33320	1766	Charles C. Bagnall Collection	One (1) scrapbook of 115 photographs which belonged Charles Cyrus Bagnall from College Springs, Iowa who served in Company E of the 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Spanish American War.
San Francisco	33320	1766	Charles C. Bagnall Collection	One (1) scrapbook of 115 photographs which belonged Charles Cyrus Bagnall from College Springs, Iowa who served in Company E of the 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Spanish American War.
Cliff House	33320	1766	Charles C. Bagnall Collection	One (1) scrapbook of 115 photographs which belonged Charles Cyrus Bagnall from College Springs, Iowa who served in Company E of the 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Spanish American War.
Fort Point	33321	1766	Philip Altshul Collection	One (1) 8” by 10” black and white photo print of Philip Altshul and four other men of his detail, part of the 64th Company of the Coastal Artillery Corp, holding flags and taken on the roof of Fort Point in 1915.
Army-Nursing Corps.	33323	1766	Dr. Willard S. and Mrs. Ruth M. Calden Collection	One (1) 1941 Christmas menu, one (1) personnel roster, and photos Dr. Calden and one (1) photo portrait of Frances Wagner, a U.S. Army Nurse who also served at Letterman General Hospital from 1941 to 1943.
Field Artillery	33325	1766	Janet C. (Fleishhacker) Bates Collection	Four (4) oversized photographic supplements to the San Francisco Examiner documenting the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, one (1) 1908 black and white studio portrait of Herbert Choynski, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, one (1) Defense Stamp Album for the purchase of United States Defense Savings Bonds, one (1) certificate card, issued by the United States Citizens Defense Corps of San Francisco, one (1) Civil Defense Handbook (1944), one Civil Defense pamphlet, Red Cross Blood Donor certificates, and nine (9) ration books .
Presidio-Life/General	33332	1766	Colonel Low Collection	Two (2) 2” by 3” Presidio Service Club property vouchers.
Presidio-Encampments	33334	1766	Andrew E. McIntyre Collection	Currency issued by the Japanese Government, twenty-eight (28) black and white photographs depicting Company I, 1st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment during their encampment at the Presidio of San Francisco in July of 1898. Images also depict Sutro Heights, the Lombard Gate, the Arguello Gate, the San Francisco National Cemetery, as well as general scenes from regimental roll call, guard mounts, and cavalry drills; encampments; and embarkation
Cavalry	33334	1766	Andrew E. McIntyre Collection	Currency issued by the Japanese Government, twenty-eight (28) black and white photographs depicting Company I, 1st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment during their encampment at the Presidio of San Francisco in July of 1898. Images also depict Sutro Heights, the Lombard Gate, the Arguello Gate, the San Francisco National Cemetery, as well as general scenes from regimental roll call, guard mounts, and cavalry drills; encampments; and embarkation
American Expeditionary Forces	33335	1766	Roy J. Haven 1st Army Artillery Park Papers	One booklet, “History of the Army Artillery Park, First Army, A.E.F., France” published by A.L. McEvoy in Oakland, California, June 1919. One [1] Stars and Stripes newspaper clipping titled “Asks Word from 1st Army Buddies” in which Haven asks for his service friends to contact him.
World War I	33335	1766	Roy J. Haven 1st Army Artillery Park Papers	One booklet, “History of the Army Artillery Park, First Army, A.E.F., France” published by A.L. McEvoy in Oakland, California, June 1919. One [1] Stars and Stripes newspaper clipping titled “Asks Word from 1st Army Buddies” in which Haven asks for his service friends to contact him.
Fort Mason	33336	1766	Arthur L. Koch Papers	Photocopied certificates, recommendations, special orders, and a timeline of service relative to the career of Captain Arthur L. Koch, who served in the U.S. Army in various branches from 1898 through 1943. Also included in the collection is a Mortuary Report for William C. Dexter of Company A, 1st Battery of Engineers from December of 1905.
Army-Corps of Engineers	33336	1766	Arthur L. Koch Papers	Photocopied certificates, recommendations, special orders, and a timeline of service relative to the career of Captain Arthur L. Koch, who served in the U.S. Army in various branches from 1898 through 1943. Also included in the collection is a Mortuary Report for William C. Dexter of Company A, 1st Battery of Engineers from December of 1905.

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