John Hess Shuman Collection
Title
John Hess Shuman Collection
Description
The John Hess Shuman Collection is primarily comprised of a World War I diary written by Shuman, who served as a member of the ground crew for the U.S. Army Air Service. The diary covers August 30 through December 28, 1918, describing Shuman's experience traveling to and in France, his duties as a groundsman, and post-war homesickness.
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Date
1918-1919
Coverage
France
Creator
Shuman, John Hess, 1896-1972
Language
English
Rights Holder
The Museum of Flight Archives
Rights
Permission to publish material from the John Hess Shuman Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives,
Bibliographic Citation
The John Hess Shuman Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2015-02-03
Collection Organization
Collection Items
Short notes on my Army life beginning Sept. 1, 1918 [Pocket diary by John Hess Shuman]
![Short notes on my Army life beginning Sept. 1, 1918 [Pocket diary by John Hess Shuman]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/2fa3bed24927c9e0ce54044fd8ff1271.jpg "Short notes on my Army life beginning Sept. 1, 1918 [Pocket diary by John Hess Shuman]")
Pocket diary, "Short notes on my Army life beginning Sept. 1, 1918" by John Hess Shuman, 1918-1919. Contains daily handwritten notes from August 30 to December 28, 1918. The narrative begins while Shuman is in transit to France and traces his…
[Rowena Pearl Patterson]
![[Rowena Pearl Patterson]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/f69eb00ae4804ddfd5bf602c94685d11.jpg "[Rowena Pearl Patterson]")
Photographic portrait of Rowena Pearl Patterson (future wife of John Shuman), circa 1917.