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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Scope and Content of the Collection
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Inventory of the Ira M. Whiteman Collection of Photographs and Military Paraphernalia, 1898-1899
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Alison Hinderliter, 2007. ©2007. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Whiteman, Ira M., 1871-1944 |
| Title | Ira M. Whiteman Collection of Photographs and Military Paraphernalia |
| Dates | 1898-1899 |
| Extent | 0.5 cubic ft. (1 box) |
| Abstract | Sixteen photographs and fourteen artifacts of military paraphernalia belonging to Ira M. Whiteman, relating to the Spanish-American War. Includes commercial photographs by Waterman of Chicago showing Cuba in 1899 and Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, Fla.; other photos are of Havana Harbor, of Whiteman and other soldiers, and of “Muster-Out Day”. Military artifacts include badges, buttons, an epaulet, medals and a reputed piece of the USS Maine. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Whiteman |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 44 3 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Ira M. Whiteman Collection of Photographs and Military Paraphernalia, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, James Holloway, 2004.
Processed by
Virginia Hay Smith, 2007.
Access
The Ira M. Whiteman Collection of Photographs and Military Paraphernalia is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Ira M. Whiteman Collection of Photographs and Military Paraphernalia is the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Ira M. Whiteman
Illinois soldier.
Ira Whiteman was born in 1871 and lived in the small Illinois farming town of Lexington, located near the twin university towns of Bloomington and Normal. He married Flora Belle Faddis in 1904. In 1910 they adopted a daughter, Grace Irene Smith, from an Industrial Home in Bloomington. Grace died two weeks after the birth of her son, James Holloway, who with his siblings, grew up in Chicago. These Holloways were the grandchildren of Whiteman, who had served in the army in the Spanish-American War.
Ira Whiteman was mustered in as a private in the 2nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry in May, 1898, and then appointed corporal in Jan.,1899, at Havana, Cuba. Returning to Lexington, Illinois in April, 1899, Whiteman brought back with him a number of army photographs and military artifacts, including metal buttons, some medals and pins, an epaulet and what is said to be a piece of the USS Maine.
Whiteman died in 1944.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Spanish-American War photographs and military artifacts. Includes sixteen photographs, some by Waterman of Chicago, which show Cuba in 1899 and Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, Fla., other Havana Harbor scenes and a picture of Waterman in his uniform at home. Artifacts include a wood fragment purported to be from the USS Maine, an epaulet, several badges, medals and ribbon bars, and two metal buttons.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Photographs, 1898-1899 and undated. Box(es) 1
- Series 2: Artifacts, ca. 1898-1899. Box(es) 1
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Maine (Battleship)
- United States. Army. 2nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899)
- Whiteman, Ira M., 1871-1944
Subjects
- Camp Cuba Libre (Fla.) -- Photographs
- Cuba -- Photographs
- Photographs -- 1898-1899
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Campaigns -- Cuba
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Medals
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Container List
Series 1: Photographs, 1898-1899 and undated |
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| Sixteen photographs, some by Waterman of Chicago, which show Cuba in 1899 and Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, Fla., other Havana Harbor scenes and a picture of Waterman in his uniform at home. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1-3 | Havana, Cuba by Waterman of Chicago | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | "Wreck of the Maine" by Waterman of Chicago | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville, Fla., by Waterman of Chicago | |||||||||
| 1 | 6-7 | Soldiers, by Moore of Eufaula, Fla., undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Two officers (carte de visite), undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Havana Harbor, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | "Muster out day", April 26, 1899 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | "Mouth of the Cave", Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Cuban Officers, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | John C --, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | "Our First Camp in Cuba", undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | "Digging a trench and blasting the stone", undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | "Me at home", 1899 | |||||||||
Series 2: Artifacts, ca. 1898-1899 |
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| A wood fragment purported to be from the USS Maine, an epaulet, several badges, medals and ribbon bars and two metal buttons. . | |||||||||||
| Arranged together in a box within the collection's box. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | NL 1331 | Medals and pins, buttons and epaulet: Wood fragment purported to be from USS Maine; Epaulet, red and yellow circle, white strip with silver inscribed button; White 7-pointed copper/enamel hat badge; Leather circle number 600 embossed; Metal badge: crossed rifles with a “2” and a “K”; Metal segmented badge, “Camp”,”8”,”S. of V.”,“ILLINOIS DIV.”; Medal with green and yellow ribbon and bar: “For Service In the Spanish War”; Good conduct medal with red and white ribbon; Bar of red, blue and yellow; Enamel badge:“66-86”,”Cuban Service”, “U.S.V.”; Metal buttons (two); Segmented medal: eagle on wreath, American flag with 13 stars, crossed rifles, cross inscribed with “Spanish War Veteran.” ca. 1898-1899 | |||||||||