322nd Field Artillery Reunion Association Records
Scope and Content
The records of the 322nd Field Artillery document the history of the organization from its earliest days at Camp Sherman to its final days as a reunion association. The collection is evenly divided between the active regiment and the reunion association.
The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, reunion programs, news bulletins, obituary notices, scrapbooks, military maps, photographs, and books. Included is an excellent day-by-day account of the regiment in World War I, History of the 322nd Field Artillery.
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1981
Creator
- 322nd Field Artillery Reunion Association (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on accessing materials in this collection.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
History of 322nd Field Artillery
The 322nd Field Artillery was formed at Fort Benjamin Harrison on June 15, 1917. From September 5, 1917 to June 3, 1918 the regiment trained at Camp Sherman, near Chillicothe, Ohio. Artillery practice was conducted on a range at Stoney Creek.
On June 12, 1917 the regiment departed for Europe aboard the S.S. Canopic. After twelve days at sea, they arrived at Le Havre, France, with stopovers in Liverpool and Southhampton, England. The regiment left for the front on September 9th, where it participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive until the end of the war on November 11, 1918. In that offensive, thirty men were killed, seventy-eight were wounded, and sixty were gassed.
After the war, the 322nd was assigned to the 32nd Division as part of the Army of Occupation. The regiment remained in Germany until April 1919, when it was ordered home.
The first annual reunion was held at Dayton, Ohio in 1920. After sixty-two reunions, the 322nd Field Artillery Association closed its books for the final time in 1981. It was the oldest continuing reunion of a military unit in the United States.
Extent
3 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The 322nd Field Artillery received basic training at Camp Sherman in Ohio, and saw service in Europe during World War I. The records in this collection are evenly divided between the active regiment and the reunion association. They consist of minutes, correspondence, reunion programs, bulletins, obituary notices, scrapbooks, maps, and photographs. Also included is a published history of the regiment.
Statement of Arrangement
Materials are arranged by material type and by date thereunder.
Acquisition Information
The records were acquired from the 322nd Field Artillery Association with Erwyn Huls acting as its representative.
Existence and Location of Copies
Portions of this collection, particularly items from the World War I era, have been digitized and are available online in CORE Scholar, Wright State University’s Campus Online Repository, at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms100/. For details, see the collection inventory, where specific materials available online have been identified.
In addition, scrapbooks in the collection were microfilmed circa 1980 by Wright State University (MFM-27, DB Rolls 1950-1951).
Separated Material
Oversize materials are located in Oversize Location 76, Folder 8.
Processing Information
Processed by Randall D. Green, June, 1982.
Subject
- 322nd Field Artillery Reunion Association (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the 322nd Field Artillery Reunion Association Records (MS-100)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Randall D. Green, 1982
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
