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World War I Bible with Notations, 1918-1919

 Item
Identifier: B255.01.0001.0003.00001

Abstract

Readings from the Holy Scriptures for Jewish Soldiers and Sailors with diary entries on the inside cover pages. Sidney Israelski was an American soldier in the First Corps Artillery Park, Truck Unit Two, Third Army Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces. The entries begin with his enlistment on January 15, 1918 and ends with Beaufort, Luxembourg on December 1, 1918. ''Compliments of Jewish Welfare Board'' and handwritten around ''Jewish'' is ''Truck Co. #2 - 1st C.A.P.''

Dates

  • 1918-1919

Rights and Usage Statement

This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Extent

1 Items (Bible)

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series includes documents and photographs of Sidney Israelski and the First Artillery Park (a World War I truck unit).

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Poor See condition history 13 x 9 centimeters.

Condition Report

The cover is bent, torn and stained. Many of the pages are bent and some are loose. (TKW, 2010-02-20)

Provenance

Donated by Jay E. Lutz, a great-nephew of Sidney Israelski.

General

Title supplied by archivist.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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