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Box One

 Container

Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs, circa 1914-1980s

 File — Box: One, Folder: 1
Contents One (1) black and white group portrait of men in uniform, 1918. Photo is mounted on paper with a clipping regarding Hartney becoming an ace. Accompanying envelope includes handwritten notes on the men pictured and caption "leaving Camp Taliaferro, Jan. 23, 1918."Nine (9) photographs of World War I scenes and Hartney family photos, circa 1914-1963.Two (2) scrapbook pages with fourteen (14) black and white photographs and handwritten captions, circa 1915-1920s....

Correspondence, 1919-1943, 1970

 File — Box: One, Folder: 2
Contents Letter, H. H. Saylor, Country Life editor, to Mrs. Harold Hartney, January 20, 1919. Requests a photograph of Major Hartney for their publication listing all Americans awarded medals for their service in the war. One (1) typed page.Holiday card from Harry Crookshank, House of Commons, 1924.Letter, Edward J. Scheiberling, Liaison Committee Chairman, American Legion 1937 Convention Corporation of New York City, to Harold Hartney, November 8,...

Ephemera, 1927-1947, undated

 File — Box: One, Folder: 3
Contents Three (3) invitations to various events, circa 1927-1938.Funeral notice for Annie Evans Hartney, 1934.Certificate of appreciation from the American Legion 1937 Convention Corporation of New York City, circa 1937.Program for annual dinner of the Dutchess County Society (New York), 1938.Air mail first flight cover, Phoenix, Arizona, 1938.Letterhead for Non-Partisan Aviation Committee for the Re-Election of Mayor La Guardia, circa late 1930s....

Articles and clippings, circa 1918-1945

 File — Box: One, Folder: 4-5
Contents Newspaper clippings, press releases, and article excerpts, circa 1918-1945. Topics include Hartney's service during World War I, postwar role as investigator of air crashes, the release of Hartney's book Up and At 'Em, news on Hartney's son's service in World War II and death, family news, and obituaries for Hartney. Note: All clippings have been photocopied onto acid-free paper. Some original clippings are stored with the oversize...

CD of scrapbook scans, 2004

 File — Multiple Containers
Contents One (1) CD with case of scrapbook scans, 2004. The scrapbooks were scanned by family member Dee Klem in October 2004.

Inventories and reproductions of scrapbook scans, circa 2004

 File — Box: One, Folder: 7
Contents Folder and loose sheets including a file list of the scrapbook scans and a number of black and white reproductions of the scrapbook materials, circa 2004.

Reproductions of oversize materials, undated

 File — Box: One, Folder: 8
Contents Reference black and white photocopies of oversize materials from the collection, undated. Scaled-down copies of photograph of Hartney with his Fokker D.VII, 1919, and his Army citation certificate, 1919.

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