Title: John Sherman Crissman papers Creator: Crissman, John Sherman, 1896- Dates: 1918-1919 Extent: 1 folder Abstract:
Soldier from Detroit, Mich., member of Co. A, 339th U.S. Infantry who served in the Allied intervention in Russia, 1918-1920, the "Polar Bear Expedition." Collection includes letters from home and diary concerning living conditions in the army and combat duty with the Polar Bear expedition.
Call number: 86533 Aa 1 Language: The materials are in English. Repository: Bentley Historical Library
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Finding aid prepared by: Len Coombs
Access and Use
Acquisition Information:
The collection was donated by J. S. Crissman, of Port Charlotte, Florida, in 1964 (Donor no.: 4116).
Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
To protect fragile audiovisual recordings (such as audio cassettes, film reels, and VHS
tapes), the Bentley Historical Library has a policy of converting them to digital
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Preferred Citation:
item, folder title, box no., John Sherman Crissman papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Biography
A resident of Detroit, served as sergeant, Co. A, 339th Infantry.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The papers include a typescript, dated 1964, of a diary covering the period July 1918-July 1919, which describes his daily routine, fighting upriver from Shenkursk, Sept. 1918, and fighting at Ust Padenga, Jan. 1919. The correspondence is chiefly to him from his family, and gives little information about the campaign.
Subject Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the finding aid database and catalog of The Bentley Historical Library/University of Michigan. Researchers desiring additional information about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920.
