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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 5 Oct 2009
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| 23 Apr 2018 | Processed and rehoused (PRB) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | McLennan, Carter R. |
| Title: | Carter R. McLennan Manuscript |
| Dates: | 1946 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Autobiographical manuscript based on the diaries of the United States Army colonel. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Colonel Carter R. McLennan (1894-1961) was a United States army officer who fought in World War II. Part of his service was spent on Negros Island in the Philippines. In 1945 he received the Distinguished Service Cross for action against enemy forces on Dec 18, 1941, in recognition of "outstanding leadership, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty."
The Carter R. McLennan Manuscript is an unpublished autobigraphical typescript based on Colonel McLennan's diaries from 1940-1946.
The collection is a single typescript manuscript.
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Persons
McLennan, Carter R.
Corporate Bodies
United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Regiment, 57th.
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
Places
Negros Island (Philippines)
Genres and Forms
Diaries.
Typescripts.
Occupations
Armed Forces -- Officers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Carter R. McLennan Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Carter R. McLennan, 1964.
Untitled manuscript
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| Box 1 | Volume 1 1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Volume 2 1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Volume 3 part 1 1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Volume 3 part 2 1946 | ||||||||||