Processed by
Barbara Quigley
31 March 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
2 folders |
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COLLECTION |
1916–1919 |
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PROVENANCE: |
William F. Ricketts, Jr., Tucson, Arizona, received on 22 December 1983. |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
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RELATED |
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ACCESSION |
1983.1208 |
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NOTES: |
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William Fred Ricketts was born on 2 June 1893 in Pickard, Indiana. He was in the Indiana National Guard, Battery “B”, by the Rio Grande in 1916 from 10 July – 16 September. His World War I draft registration card, dated 1917, indicates that he was then at Fort Benjamin Harrison. At that time he had two years of experience in the National Guard, and was a corporal in an artillery unit. He was in the 326th Field Artillery from August 1917 – March 1919. Ricketts was a 1918 graduate of Purdue University. He died on 24 February 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama. He is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Frankfort, Indiana.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 (http://www.gale.ancestry.com). Accessed 29 March 2004.
This collection consists of four photographs. Three are black-and-white copy photographs of the Indiana National Guard by the Rio Grande in 1916. These show an encampment and guardsmen with horses. William F. Ricketts is identified in two of these photos.
The fourth photograph is a color copy of a sepia-tone portrait of William F. Ricketts in his uniform, taken in 1919. He was in the 326th Field Artillery from 29 August 1917 – 6 March 1919.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Black-and-white copy photograph of rows of tents for the Indiana National Guard, near the Rio Grande in 1916. |
Photographs, Folder 1 |
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Black-and-white copy photograph of Indiana National Guardsmen, Battery “B,” with horses and wagons, near the Rio Grande, 1916, between 10 July and 16 September. William F. Ricketts is in the center of the photo. |
Photographs, Folder 1 |
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Black-and-white copy photograph of Indiana National Guardsmen and horses resting alongside the Rio Grande in 1916. William F. Ricketts is in the foreground of the photo. |
Photographs, Folder 1 |
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Color copy of sepia-tone portrait of William F. Ricketts in uniform, taken in 1919. |
Color photographs, |
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