Contents Certificate of Enlistment for Hamilton Coolidge, March 1, 1917. Certifies his enlistment as a Sergeant in Aviation Section of the Signal Corps.Honorable Discharge paperwork for Hamilton Coolidge, October 3, 1917. Certifies his release from the Reserve Corps so he could take a commission with the Allied Expeditionary Force.Personal Report – Officers form from 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge for October 1917. The form lists his duties performed during the month....

Contents Envelope from the United States Signal Corps, addressed to 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge in Toul, France, undated.Telegram, J. H. Coolidge Jr. to Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge, June 18, 1918. The note is from Coolidge's brother Joseph, who sends greetings from his brother John Gardner and sister Mary Eliza, via their parents.Letter, Douglas Campbell to Hamilton Coolidge, May 20, 1918. The letter describes some of the recent air battles that Campbell was involved in...

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Individual Clothing Slip for Sergeant Hamilton Coolidge, July 20, 1917.

Acknowledgement of Hamilton Coolidge receiving one wool overcoat and three blankets from military stores, July 20, 1917.

List of items checked out from Ordnance stores to Private Hamilton Coolidge, undated.

Memorandum receipt for items that Hamilton Coolidge received from Lieutenant F.T. Blakeman (Aviation Section, Signal Corps, Army Reserve), July 20, 1917.

Contents Special Orders No. 21, May 29, 1917. Orders Sergeants Hamilton Coolidge and Edmund E. Bates to be relieved from the Curtiss Aviation School and to proceed to Boston for instruction at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Letter from Curtiss Aviation School, June 5, 1917. The school certifies that Sergeant Hamilton Coolidge received 1206 minutes of flying instruction, passed the Preliminary Flying Test and is ready to take the Reserve Military Aviators Test....

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Reserve Corps Service Record for Hamilton Coolidge, March 1-October 3, 1917.

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Twocopies of the Reserve Corps Final Statement for Hamilton Coolidge, circa October 1917.

Letter from the Depot of the Quartermaster for the American Expeditionary Forces, November 7, 1917. The letter references the Final Statements in this folder, which were incorrect and needed to be amended. The amended Final Statement is not part of this collection.

Contents Special Orders No. 123, October 11, 1917. Assigns 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge to active duty and requires that he reports to the Commanding Officer of the Aviation Detachment at Issoudun, France.Special Orders No. 21, November 3, 1917. Gives several orders to men in the 3rd Aviation Instruction Department, including assigning 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge as the commanding officer of the Provisional School Company #4.Special Order No. 104, November 20, 1917. The...

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Four (4) exhibit labels, undated. These formerly accompanied the display at the Champlin Fighter Museum in Mesa, Arizona.

Contents Newspaper clipping of a eulogy for Quentin Roosevelt, undated. 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. From unknown publication.Newspaper clipping on the flying activities of the U.S. Army at the Marne, July 8, 1918. Taken from the Boston Herald.Newspaper clipping commemorating Lieutenant Coolidge achieving Ace...

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Thirty-seven (37) photographs of World War I era pilots and aircraft, circa 1917-1918. Images include aerial photographs and portraits of pilots. Some of the photographs are labeled with the names of training fields in the United States, while other images were taken in Europe. Locations include Benbrook Field, Kellar, Camp Bowie (Texas); Ypres (France). Identified aircraft include Curtiss JN-4, Salmson 2 A2, and Albatros CIII (L10).