Research Catalog

Title

Mamie Casey and William Dye Smith letters, 1899-1920.

Author

Casey, Mamie

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Smith, William Dye, 1881-1951.

Description

.4 lin. ft. (1 archival box)

Summary

• The Mamie Casey Letters consist primarily of letters written by William Dye Smith to Casey, his cousin, during the period he served in the army. The letters principally discuss his romantic relationship with Casey that began in 1896. Since there are no letters from Casey to Smith, it is not clear what her feelings were. The letters also reveal that Smith was married and had four children.
• Smith's discussions of military life are very limited however, of special interest is a hand-drawn map of a section of the Philippines where the Battle of Castillejos took place.

Subjects

• African American soldiers > Mexico
• Philippines > Maps, Manuscript
• Spanish-American War, 1898 > Participation, African American
• United States > Army > African American troops
• African American families
• Love-letters
• African American soldiers > Philippines

Source (note)

• Mari Evans

Biography (note)

• Mamie Casey of St. Louis, Missouri, was the cousin of William Dye Smith, a soldier in Company B, 25th Infantry of the United States Army from his enlistment in November 1898 until ca. 1917. He served in various clerical posts and ca. 1914 was promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant. Following the Spanish-American War, Smith served in the Philippines from approximately 1900 until 1908 and then again from 1912-1914, and in Mexico during the American expedition in 1916 to quell the raids by the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. There is very little information about Casey in the collection.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Preliminary finding aid available.

Call Number

Sc MG 675

OCLC

496030603

Author

Casey, Mamie, collector.

Title

Mamie Casey and William Dye Smith letters, 1899-1920.

Biography

Mamie Casey of St. Louis, Missouri, was the cousin of William Dye Smith, a soldier in Company B, 25th Infantry of the United States Army from his enlistment in November 1898 until ca. 1917. He served in various clerical posts and ca. 1914 was promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant. Following the Spanish-American War, Smith served in the Philippines from approximately 1900 until 1908 and then again from 1912-1914, and in Mexico during the American expedition in 1916 to quell the raids by the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. There is very little information about Casey in the collection.

Indexes

Preliminary finding aid available.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Smith, William Dye, 1881-1951.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 675