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Guide to the Eric G. Lindquist Papers
1915-1919, 1960-1961
 MS 3129

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Container List

Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 1 Folder : 1 "Written and Pictorial Diary" | loose clippings (2)

Scope and Contents

"A National Shrine for Pershing / Mementoes of his great military career now rest in the boyhood home of this famous soldier," World-Telegram and Sun, Feature Magazine Section, Saturday, September 10, 1960.

"Maj. Gen. John O'Ryan, Ex-Police Head, Dies / Served 8 Months for La Guardia; Led 27th Division in World War I,"  New York Herald Tribune, Tuesday, January 31, 1961.

1960-1961
Box: 1 Folder : 2 "Written and Pictorial Diary" | dog tag and medals

Scope and Contents

The medals and dog tag are sewn to a loose scrapbook page.

01 | Dog tag engraved "ERIC G. LINDQUIST" (obverse); "1201333" (reverse).

02 | "For Service On The Mexican Border"; no. 3357 (on rim); plus ribbon bar.

03 | "Mexican Border Service / 1916-1917 / Presented By / State of New York"; no. 10050 (on rim).

04 | World War I Victory Medal ("The Great War for Civilization") with bars for "Somme Offensive," "Ypres-Lys," and "Defensive Sector"; plus ribbon bar with three battle stars.

05 | "For Faithful State Service in the Field During the World War" (obverse); "Presented by the State of New York / 1917 / 1918 / 1919" (reverse); no. 3105 (on reverse).

06 | "World War" (obverse); "For Service 1917-1919 Presented by the State of New York" (reverse); no. 52119 (on reverse).

1917-1919
Box: 1 Folder : 3 "Written and Pictorial Diary" | pocket diary

Scope and Contents

Printed "Knickerbocker Diary" for 1916, but used by Lindquist for the period May 9 through December 8, 1918. Lindquist recorded names and addresses on the pages for January through April. His daily diary entries are written in pencil in a microscopic script that requires magnification to be read. The small (2 x 3.25-inch) volume is sewn to a loose scrapbook page.

1918
Box: 1 Folder : 4-6 "Written and Pictorial Diary" | text and images [part 1] (3 folders)

Scope and Contents

"Written and Pictorial / Diary / Service Prior to and During / World War / With / 71st New York Infantry / 105th Infantry / 102nd Engineers / 27th Division, U.S.A. / Eric G. Lindquist 1915-1919"

1915-1919
Box: 2 Folder : 1-3 "Written and Pictorial Diary" | text and images [part 2] (3 folders)

Scope and Contents

"Written and Pictorial / Diary / Service Prior to and During / World War / With / 71st New York Infantry / 105th Infantry / 102nd Engineers / 27th Division, U.S.A. / Eric G. Lindquist 1915-1919"

1915-1919
Box: 2 Folder : 4-5 [Typescript memoir] (2 folders)

Scope and Contents

Chapter titles and page numbers:

01 | Intrigued, 1
02 | First Call to Arms, 8
03 | The Vagaries of Men and Nature, 26
04 | Quarantined, 50
05 | The Will of the People, 54
06 | Camp at Van Courtlandt, 71
07 | Scattered to the Four Winds, 76
08 | The Engineers, 84
09 | A Messenger in the Night, 98
10 | Off on the Great Adventure, 117
11 | An Exciting Voyage, 127
12 | In Northern France, 146
13 | A Grueling March, 162
14 | On to Mount Kemmel, 214
15 | Nights of Hell at Mount Scherpenberg, 269
16 | A Strange Rest, 352
17 | The Great Battle of the Hindenberg Line, 394
18 | The Canadian Hospital at Trouville, 437
19 | The Battle of La Salle River and Jonc de Mer Ridge, 445
20 | I Meet Michael [changed to "Gervaise"], 453
21 | The Armistice, 460
22 | A Colonel Goes Berserk, 484
23 | A Wild Voyage, 493
24 | Farewell to Arms, 499

[1915-1919]