Overview

This collection contains letters written by Captain Adna G. Clarke of Company H of the 20th Kansas Volunteers to his wife and other family members while serving in the Spanish-American War in the Philippines. Also in the collection are some ephemera from Clarke's time in the war and some news articles by and about Clarke from later in his life after he moved to Hawaii.

Overview Collection of newspaper and magazine clippings regarding Kansas-based military leader Frederick Funston, the Kansas 20th Volunteers and other military units Funston later led, and other officers and soldiers in the Kansas 20th, notably Wilder Metcalf. The volumes originally came from the Wilder S. Metcalf Library and were donated to Watson Library at the University of Kansas in 1944, where staff appear to have added some clippings after donation. The collection also inclues some photographs,...

Overview

This collection consists of a single diary with a handful of entries for the spring of 1900, cataloging the movements of the 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Division during the Philippine-American War. The collection also includes one photograph of some men from the division.