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[Division Headquarters at Camp MacArthur Postcard]

Postcard of Camp MacArthur with tents on the right side, division headquarters in the back (center), and houses and cars on the left side. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Division Headquarters. Camp MacArthur Waco Texas. Mann." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: May 11, 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, January 11, 1918 (open access)

The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, January 11, 1918

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 11, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from R. G. Lane to Camp MacArthur Personnel Adjutant, November 11, 1918] (open access)

[Memo from R. G. Lane to Camp MacArthur Personnel Adjutant, November 11, 1918]

Memorandum from Capt. R. G. Lane, commander of SATC Simmons College Unit, to the personnel adjutant of Camp MacArthur regarding a previous transportation request needing a signature.
Date: November 11, 1918
Creator: Lane, R. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - November 11, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - November 11, 1918]

Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing the end of the war, newly drafted men, the fair that was occurring and the movie he saw. Mac's father has died and he was sent home on furlough. he asks Emma to write him everyday. In he postscript he talks about am buttons for his coat.
Date: November 11, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 11, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 11, 1918]

Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing updates from Washington regarding his discharge. Married men will be discharged but no personnel men will be. The mail was sent to another company and there will be a party in the evening where Hector hope to speak with the Captain regarding discharge.
Date: December 11, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Camp MacArthur Junkyard]

Photograph of the junkyard at Camp MacArthur. Many trash items are scattered haphazardly in piles and stacks; most prominent at center is a heap of used oil lamps, next to bunches of wooden crates and containers. At left are long rows of pipes and piles of ceramic-like cylinders. Behind these remain further piles of pillows and pipes. A paper attached to the bottom of the photograph describes the junkyard's operation.
Date: June 11, 1918
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History