b0399 Edgar A. Wedgwood Papers, 1836-1920 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 399 Wedgwood, Edgar A., General, 1856-1920. Edgar A. Wedgwood Papers, 1836-1920 2 lin. ft. (4 boxes) Salt Lake City, Utah lawyer and Utah National Guard officer in the 1898 war with Spain, where he served in the Phillipines. Personal and family correspondence, diaries, photographs, clippings, miscellaneous other records. Topics: Spanish-American War. United States -- History -- War of 1898 -- Sources. Organizations: Utah. Places: United States -- National Guard. Form or Genre: Diaries. Background Biographical Note

Salt Lake City, Utah lawyer and Utah National Guard officer in the 1898 war with Spain, where he served in the Phillipines.

 Scope and Content

Personal and family correspondence, diaries, photographs, clippings, miscellaneous other records.

Series Descriptions

Correspondence

Miscellaneous

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Edgar A. Wedgwood Papers, 1836-1920, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Edythe Rahas.

 Restrictions on Use

The Edgar A. Wedgwood Papers are the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by staff Finding aid compiled by staff Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1988 (RLIN ID: UTSX88-A277). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Separations

Photographs have been removed to Mss C 399. Includes family photos and pictures taken with the Utah National Guard in the Philipines during the Spanish-American War.

 Container list Box Folder Contents Correspondence 1 1 1836-1889 1 2 1890-1898 1 3 1899 1 4 1900-1901 1 5 1907 1 6 1908 1 7 1909 1 8 1910 1 9 1911 1 10 1912 1 11 1913 1 12 1914-1915 2 1 1916 2 2 1917 2 3 January - May 1918 2 4 June - August 1918 2 5 September - December 1918 2 6 1919 2 7 1920 Miscellaneous 2 8-9 Miscellaneous papers 2 10 Culver Military Academy Yearbook, 1910 3 1 Diary: July 1898 3 2 Diary: May - September 1898 3 3 Diary: February - March 1899 3 4 Quartermaster's Cash Book, November 1898 - July 1899 3 5 Equipment lists [by individual soldier] 3 6 Ledger, 1898-1899 3 7 Poetry scrapbook 4 1 Certificates and maps of military theater in Philippine Islands, 1898-99 [14 items]