7th Regiment records
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Abstract
This collection documents the history and administration of the 7th Regiment of New York. The bulk of the material pertains to regimental management, organization, and events, rather than its participation in combat and other military activities. Items include orders, correspondence, financial and legal records, reports, by-laws, enlistment records, and rosters from 7th Regiment headquarters and companies. Also included is material relating to the regiment's armories (especially the Park Ave. and 66th St. location), veterans' organizations, music, athletic clubs, recreational activities, and entertainment. The collection contains numerous scrapbooks, visual materials, publications, artifacts, and ephemera.
Selections from the 7th Regiment Records are digitized and available in the Shelby White and Leon Levy Digital Library.
Portions of the collection relating to the Civil War are available to on-site researchers and to users affiliated with subscribing institutions via EBSCOhost.
Chronology
Adoption of gray uniforms.
Declaration of intention to become a regiment.
Hospital Corps/ Medical Detachment is formed.
HQ and HQ Battery becomes HQ and HQ Battery 207th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group
1st Battalion becomes 771st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
2d Battalion becomes 7th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
3d Battalion becomes 247th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion.
7th A.A.A. Battalion serves in Pacific, on Guam, Leyte, and in the Ryukyus.
771st A.A.A. Battalion serves in Pacific at Oahu, Eniwetok, Ulithi, and Guam.
247th A.A.A. remains in U.S.
Prominent colonels of the 7th Regiment:
Arrangement
The 7th Regiment Records are organized in sixteen series:
Series I: Headquarters, 1767-1970
Series II: Companies, 1806-1949
Series III: Depot (Home) Battalion/Aqueduct Service, 1916-1929
Series IV: Francis D. Landon, 1908-1918
Series V: Robert M. Lester, 1942-1951
Series VI: Armory, 1860-1888
Series VII: Histories, 1831-1956
Series VIII: Scrapbooks, 1852-1946
Series IX: Ephemera, 1820-1976
Series X: Music, 1862-1952
Series XI: Recreational Activities, 1873-1950
Series XII: Library, 1860-1940
Series XIII: Publications, 1811-1976
Series XIV: Visual Materials, 1806-1983
Series XV: Maps, 1912-1948
Series XVI: Artifacts, 1806-1961
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the history and administration of the 7th Regiment of New York. The bulk of the material pertains to regimental management, organization, and events, rather than its participation in combat and other military activities. Items include orders, correspondence, financial and legal records, reports, by-laws, enlistment records, and rosters from 7th Regiment headquarters and companies. Also included is material relating to the regiment's armories (especially the Park Ave. and 66th St. location), veterans' organizations, music, athletic clubs, recreational activities, and entertainment. The collection contains numerous scrapbooks, visual materials, publications, artifacts, and ephemera.
Material documenting the regiment's military service includes reports and rosters from the Depot (Home) Battalion, 7th Infantry who defended the Pleasantville, NY aqueduct in 1917. Items relating to World War I can be found in Company F's files in Series II, including orders, memos, bulletins, and schedules. World War I Ephemera in Series IX contains instructional, promotional and recruitment material. In addition, numerous WWI posters are located in Visual Materials. The collection also contains correspondence, personnel, publications, clippings, visual materials, and a scrapbook pertaining to the 7th Regiment's service on the Mexican border, while stationed at McAllen, Texas in 1916.
Other military documentation includes a brief account of the regiment's participation in quelling the Astor Place Riots, scrapbooks relating to 1909 and 1912 war game maneuvers, and visual materials depicting camp life. Material on military training and instruction can be found in the headquarters and Francis Landon series. Civil War material includes enrollment lists found in Personnel (Series I), a number of photographs and photo albums in Visual Materials (Series XIV), and two diaries in Histories (Series VII): an anonymous diary describing training at Camp Scott on Staten Island in 1860, and a copy of Alexander Shaler's diary as a prisoner of war in 1864. There is little or no material regarding the 7th Regiment's participation in suppressing the 1863 Draft Riots.
Throughout its history, the 7th Regiment's military designation changed several times (see historical note). Folder titles reflect the various identities of the regiment, when applicable. The arrangement of the 7th Regiment Records partially follows military entities, particularly headquarters and company material. Items from military levels higher than regiment, such as division or brigade, can be found in the headquarters series.
Additional descriptive notes are included at the Series level.
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Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as the 7th Regiment Records, MS 556, The New-York Historical Society.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donation by the 7th Regiment, 1948. Subsequent donations include 1961, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1977.
Existence and Location of Copies
Selections from the 7th Regiment Records are digitized and available in the Shelby White and Leon Levy Digital Library.