Hamilton Coolidge World War I Collection

Title

Hamilton Coolidge World War I Collection

Description

The Hamilton Coolidge World War I Collection contains materials related to the wartime experience of Hamilton Coolidge, a fighter ace who served with the 94th Aero Squadron and who was killed in action. Most of the collection contains official military documents related to Captain Coolidge and his squadron, such as memos and orders from Headquarters and his personnel record.

The collection also contains some photographs, a plane manual, and awards and certificates granted to Captain Coolidge. Though a published volume of his correspondence is included with this collection, only one telegram (from the Coolidge family) and one letter (from Douglas Campbell) can be found in this collection. The location of the remainder of Coolidge's correspondence, if it still exists, is unknown.

Please note that some of the items contain graphic images of wartime casualties.

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Date

circa 1917-1925

Language

English

Rights Holder

The Museum of Flight Archives

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Hamilton Coolidge World War I Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.

Bibliographic Citation

The Hamilton Coolidge World War I Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2000-10-16.101

Collection Organization

Collection Items

[U.S. Army Reserve Corps Service Record for Hamilton Coolidge, March 1 - October 3, 1917]
U.S. Army Reserve Corps Service Record for Hamilton Coolidge, March 1 - October 3, 1917. 14 pages.

[Hamilton Coolidge]
Identification photograph of Hamilton Coolidge, circa 1918.

[Grave of Captain Hamilton Coolidge]
Photograph of the gravesite of Captain Hamilton Coolidge, France, circa 1918-1919.Inscription on marker: "Capt. Hamilton Coolidge. Killed in Action Oct 27, 1918. 94th Aero USA."

[Newspaper clipping of eulogy for Quentin Roosevelt, circa 1918]
Newspaper clipping of a eulogy for Quentin Roosevelt, circa 1918. Written by Reverend Endicott Peabody (1857-1944), an American Episcopal priest and founder of Groton School, which was attended by many members of the Roosevelt family.

[Certificate of Commission issued to Hamilton Coolidge, September 29, 1917]
Certificate of Commission issued to Hamilton Coolidge, September 29, 1917. Acknowledges Coolidge's receipt of a commission to be 1st Lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States.

[Certificate awarding Distinguished Service Cross to Hamilton Coolidge, March 28, 1925]
Certificate awarding the Distinguished Service Cross to Hamilton Coolidge, March 28, 1925.

[Air Service Institute membership card for Hamilton Coolidge]
Air Service Institute membership card for Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge, 1918.

[American Expeditionary Forces identity card for Hamilton Coolidge]
American Expeditionary Forces identity card for 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge, circa 1917-1918

[Aero Club of America Aviator's Certificate for Hamilton Coolidge]
Aero Club of America Aviator's Certificate for Hamilton Coolidge, August 30, 1916.

Avion Morane-Saulnier [Manual]
Manual for a Morane-Saulnier Type AI airplane, February 1918. The manual originally belonged to Dardenne Allyre, the French mechanic who is mentioned in a memo in Folder 7.
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