Series 10339

National Guard


145th Field Artillery scrapbook, 1917-1918.

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Schedule Description

World War I scrapbook on the 145th Field Artillery which included activated Utah National Guard units. Includes clippings, speeches, orders, etc. Apparently made by the Utah units.
Records which document an agency's history. Includes scrapbooks, photographs, articles, program notes and information about events and programs sponsored or funded by an agency. May also include narrative audio and audiovisual agency histories.

Scope and Content

This series contains a scrapbook of the 145th Field Artillery of Utah explaining how President Wilson tried to persuade the nation into joining the war, how Utah's National Guard was mobilized, and the names of the Utah soldiers. The scrapbook was created by the Statistical Section of the Regiment.
The scrapbook has excerpts from: President Wilson's Address to Congress, 'The War Message and Facts Behind it', and the President's Flag Day Address. It also contains appointments and general orders made by President Wilson reorganizing Utah's 145th. It has the names of the soldiers who were ordered or drafted into the service, enlistments, promotions, transfers, and rosters.

Notes

This series was processed by Avalon Snell in August 2018.