Series IX: Ephemera, 1820-1976
Scope and Contents note
This series includes primarily items related to 7th Regiment events, World War I, the 7th's Mexican border service, companies, and veterans. Material related to 7th Regiment events includes programs, tickets, announcements, and menus for various dinners, balls, excursions, celebrations, and concerts (1820-1964). World War I material contains instructional, promotional, and recruitment items from the Red Cross and other relief organizations, the armed services, the U.S. Food Administration, and various other sources. Ephemera related to the 7th's Mexican border service in 1916 is primarily newspaper clippings, also some New York State election material. Company ephemera mostly documents company events, such as dinners, parties, and entertainment. Veteran material is also mainly events related, especially annual dinners and reunions.
Other material in this series includes 7th Regiment and National Guard recruitment items; pamphlets, brochures, flyers, posters, and circulars from various sources; Civil War broadsides that advertise amusements; training material; divine service and memorial programs; various ads and catalogs; election nominee slips and calling cards; postcards; non-military or 7th Regiment certificates; and newspaper clippings.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital copies of selected ephemera are available in the Shelby White and Leon Levy Digital Library.
Events, 1820-1879
Events, 1880-1887
Events, 1888-1906
Events--Centennial Celebration, 1906 May 6
Events, 1908
Events--Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Departure for Washington, April 19, 1861, 1911
Events, 1912-1916
Events, 1918-1921
Events, 1922-1937
Events--Farewell Dinner, 207th Coast Artillery, 1940 Dec. 16
Events, 1940-1947
Events--Military Ball, 1948 Dec. 11
Events, 1948-1964, undated
World War I--Circulars, Pamphlets, Flyers, 1916-1922, undated
World War I--Booklets, 1916-1918, undated
World War I--Booklets, 1918-1919, undated
World War I--Memorials, 1919, 1927, undated
Mexican Border Service--Election Material, 1916, [1916]
Mexican Border Service--Clippings, 1916, [1916]
Mexican Border Service--Clippings, 1916, [1916]
Mexican Border Service--Clippings, 1916, [1916]
Co. B, 1863-1893
Co. B, 1903-1949
Co. C-I, 1833-1924
Co. K-M, Various, 1879-1955
Veterans Material, 1869-1935
Veterans of the 7th Regiment, 1897-1952
Veterans of the 7th Regiment, 1953-1967
Recruiting Material, 7th Regiment, 1879, [1940s]
Recruiting Material, National Guard, 1948, [1940s]
Pamphlets, Brochures, 1876-1976, undated
Flyers, Posters, Circulars, 1948, undated
Civil War Broadsides--Amusements, 1862
Training Material, 1865-1866, 1918, 1944, undated
Divine Services, Memorials, 1860-1872, 1903-1915
Ads, Catalogs, 1934, 1951, undated
Election Slips, Calling Cards, Postcards, 1889, undated
Sketches, Undated
Certificates, 1860, 1884, 1885, undated
Blank Stationary, Undated
Photostats--Civil War Recruitment Broadsides, Undated
Clippings re: Col. William Kipp, 1908-1919
Clippings, 1865-1964, undated
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Events--Centennial Celebration, 1906
Events--Various, 1908-1932
Events--Gen. Louis Fitzgerald, Retirement Testimonial, [c1898]
Existence and Location of Copies
A digital copy of the General Louis Fitzgerald retirement testimonial is available in the Shelby White and Leon Levy Digital Library.