Camp Greene (N.C.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Guion Family Papers, 1891-1918
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-2022-008
Abstract
This collection contains materials relating to the Guion family of Charlotte, North Carolina. Many of the items in the collection pertain to military service, including the Spanish-American War and World War I. Clyde Doyle Guion served in US Army from 1918-19 and in the American Expeditionary Forces for 3 months. C.D. Guion was also a pharmacist in Cornelius. Several items are related to the USS Relief, a hospital ship in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War, confined to...
Dates:
1891 - 1918
Jack Dillard Collection, Camp Greene Records, 1917-1919
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-2020-053
Abstract
Camp Greene was a training camp for American soldiers during World War I, 1917-1918. Located about three miles west of uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, it quickly grew to surpass the size of the city, reaching 60,000 troops at its height. The majority of soldiers came from the northern states, in particular Massachusetts, and although segregated, included both black and white troops. The first troops arrived in September 1917, and continued until the armistice was signed on November 11,...
Dates:
1917 - 1919
Julia McNinch Camp Greene Scrapbook, 1918
Item — Box 1
Identifier: MS-2021-015
Abstract
Julia McNinch (1891-1975) was born in 1891 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Samuel Sylvanus McNinch and Julia Magill McNinch. Julia was a schoolteacher and married John Klump Slear of Pennsylvania, who had been a soldier training at Camp Greene. This collection includes one scrapbook with documents, photographs, postcards, songs, stamps, and textiles relating to Camp Greene. The scrapbook is dated 1918 and in good condition.
Dates:
1918
