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Floyd S. Edmiston World War I clothing and equipment collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 101
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center. Request this collection at woodson@rice.edu and allow 24 hours' retrieval time.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of materials relating to the uniform and personal equipment of a soldier of the U.S. Army in World War I. In addition there are maps of the areas of operations and an artillery barrage chart for the Reymonville area, 1 November 1918.

Red piping on the garrison cap indicates Artillery. Shoulder patch is First Army. Collar devices indicate Regular Army, 18th Infantry Regiment, Company D. Chevrons on sleeve indicate 1 year Overseas Service (1 chevron for each six months). Shoulder cord is French Fourragere, given to a person or unit as a commendation, number of commendations are shown by various combinations of cords on the fourragere, in this case probably two unit commendations.

Ribbons: blue/white/red (unidentified). Next, probably Certificate of Merit, US Army, Final: Purple Heart. Grade is likely that of Private, since there are no rank indications on sleeves.

Dates

  • 1914 - 1918

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

Floyd Swansey Edmiston was born in Choudrant, LA, on April 10, 1894. He enlisted in the United States Army June 5, 1917, listing his occupation as “farmer.” At the war’s end he married, became a soil conservationist, an agricultural agent in Mansfield, LA, completed college and, at the start of the Second World War, was employed by Louisiana State University in the Agricultural Extension Department. He died April 10, 1948.

Extent

4 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This collection consists of materials relating to the uniform and personal equipment of a soldier of the U.S. Army in World War I. In addition there are maps of the areas of operations and an artillery barrage chart for the Reymonville area, 1 November 1918.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Steven K. Howell, 2016.

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Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Floyd S. Edmiston World War I clothing and equipment collection, 1914-1918
Status
Completed
Author
Alan Bath
Date
2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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