Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Bullitt Family Papers - Oxmoor Collection, 1683-2003. 164 cu.ft.
Call No.
Mss. A B937c / 458, 480, 623, 645, 693, 696, 778- 781, 859, 1405, 1409, 1411- 1439, 1442, 1444- 1445, 1461, 1474, 1698- 1699, 1783, 1785, 2247- 2257, 2289, 2295- 2296, 2320, 2336-2337, 2568, 2667, 2715, 2866- 2870, 2878- 2879, 3243- 3244, 3292 OVSZ, 3299 OVSZ
Content
Undated broadside announcing upcoming speeches re: the war by Otto F. Mear, John E. Nottingham, and William Bullitt Fitzhugh. (458) Letter dated 21 May 1915 from Oscar Iasigi to his aunt Amy Iasigi re: his work as a medic in France and the battle for Ypres.(480) Letter dated 3 February 1919 from Helm Bruce to William Marshall Bullitt re: Bruce's son Jim's involvement in the war as the captain of an ambulance unit. (623) Newspaper clippings re: the war.(645) Correspondence and clippings dated 1917-1918 re: Joshua F. Bullitt Gr.' s service in the Army during the war. (693,696) There are many letters in Nora Bullitt's correspondence dated August 1914-1919 re: the war, its causes, and consequences; and 22 September 1922 and 15 August 1924 re: the battlefields in France. (778-781) Composition re: construction of warships in Great Britain in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I.(859) Among William Marshall Bullitt's personal correspondence there are numerous letters dated 1914-1921 re: the onset of the war, the issue of United States' neutrality, which Bullitt was against, his work with Red Cross in France during and after the war, and the outcome and consequences of the war, including the establishment of the League of Nations and the Peace Commission. In one particular letter dated November 1918 Bullitt described the celebration in Paris after the armistice was signed. Some of the letters dated July-October 1915 were to and from General Leonard Wood re: the U.S. preparedness for war and the need for military training camps.(1405,1409,1411-1439) Among Bullitt's correspondence there were letters dated June-July 1923 re: the French Restoration Fund. (1442) Letter dated 26 January 1924 from W.W. Davies to Bullitt lists all the Louisville lawyers who served in combat during World War I.(1444) Correspondence between George C. Marshall and Bullitt dated April 1924 re: books that had recently been published on World War I.(1445) Correspondence between Cyril Falls and Bullitt dated March-April 1928 re: the book he wrote about the Palestine campaign during World War I.(1461) Letter dated 17 April 1933 from Arnold Strode-Jackson to Bullitt re: a map of the World War I trenches he was sending Bullitt and he described the Battle at Arras in 1917.(1474) Diary dated December 1918-March 1919 kept by Bullitt while he was in Europe during World War I working with the Red Cross. In his diary Bullitt gave detailed accounts of his drive through France to view the battlefields, as well as his travels to Germany and Italy. He gave good descriptions of the work that the Red Cross was doing in regards to the care of soldiers. He also discussed the policies of President Woodrow Wilson, and his relationship with Clemenceau and Lloyd George and talks of the peace conference and the future of the League of Nations. Included in this folder is a copy of an article titled, "Healing the Honourable Scars," by Mary Ashe Miller. (1698-1699) Among Bullitt's business correspondence there is a letter dated 4 June 1915 re: the sinking of the Lusitania and Bullitt's opinion about the war, and 1916 re: likelihood of U.S. involvement in the war. (1783,1785) Among Bullitt's military papers there are pamphlets, documents, and newspapers dated 1915-1927 re: his training at the Plattsburgh military training camp and his involvement in the Military Training Camp Association, as well as documents concerning World War I and his service with the Red Cross.(2247-2257) Also among Bullitt's papers are copies of speeches dated 1915-1925 re: the causes and destruction of World War I, and the need for military preparedness by the United States, clippings dated 1918, copy of the Illustrated War News dated 10 February 1915, and pamphlets.(2289, 2295-2296,2320,2336-2337,2568,2667) Among Barbara Bullitt Watkins Christian's papers there are postcards from France that depict the destruction resulting from the war. (2715) Correspondence dated 1917-1919 between General Enoch Crowder and William Marshall Bullitt re: the controversy surrounding the court martial system and the administration of military justice during the war. (2866-2870) Correspondence between Chester Dewey and William Marshall Bullitt dated 1917-1919 re: his military career and his service during the war. (2878-2879) Among Carl Bullitt Rauterberg's papers there are newspaper clippings dated 1917-1919 re: his service in the military during World War I.(3243) Among Mirah Bullitt Rush's correspondence there were letters dated 1917-1919 re: her opinion on the war and its outcome. (3244) Broadside of President Woodrow Wilson's speech re: the reasons why the U.S. had to get involved in World War I.(3292 ovsz) Among the Bullitt family oversize papers there is a map of the world dated 1917 detailing how Germany wanted the world to look after World War I.(3299 ovsz)
