Scope and Contents: The John C. B. Moore Collection includes one scrapbook, two wartime diaries, twenty-nine loose postcards, and twelve loose photographic prints.
The scrapbook contains photographic prints, maps, stamps, correspondence, postcards, and artwork reproductions clipped from a book. The photographic prints are captioned and were taken and/or assembled by John C.B. Moore during his service with Section Sanitaire [Etats-] Unis (SSU) 9 of the American Field Service (AFS) in Alsace-Verdun in France from July to December 1916. Images include landscapes, as well as portraits and candid shots of AFS members, soldiers, and civilians. The maps, stamps, correspondence, postcards and artwork reproductions in the scrapbook date from 1915 to 1919.
The two detailed daily diaries are handwritten on 3.75” x 6.75” unbound loose leaf paper. The first diary consists of 106 sheets of paper, written on both sides, and describes Moore’s daily life from June to December 1916, when he served with SSU 9 of AFS. This diary also includes a supplementary record of the wounded transported in Moore’s car. The second diary consists of 54 sheets of paper, written on both sides, and covers the period from May to December 1917 when Moore served with Transport Matériel [Etats-] Unis (TMU) 526 of AFS.
The collection also contains twenty-eight loose French postcards (depicting landscapes and ruins), nine loose photographs (4.6”x6.6”) depicting French soldiers, cannons, barracks and encampments (printed on the reverse side of copies of a 1917 French menu), two loose landscape photographs depicting the Hartmannswillerkopf battlefield site, one loose group photograph of members of SSU 9, and a postcard view of Thann, Alsace, all from 1916 and 1917.
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