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McClelland's receipt for a barracks bag, purchased shortly after the war's end.

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A receipt for Kellogg McClelland's military uniform. The uniform cost $60.50.

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The Red Cross auxiliary at Knox College, despite only meeting "about six times," produced 1,581 articles for the troops. The Hostess House provided a place where S.A.T.C. members could "meet their relatives and friends, especially on Sunday…

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McClelland assigned to the Reference Library Branch of the Information Sector as he "has been doing this work in a volunteer capacity since the second week in February."

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Members of Knox's Students' Army Training Corps rest and relax in the barracks.

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Former Knox student Robert Clark writes to Dr. Simonds to thank him and Knox College for awarding him a diploma even though he didn't quite finish his studies, as he was called into military service before he had entirely completed his degree.

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Robert Clark takes advantage of his "first idle moment since Monday" at training camp to express "the feelings of the four Knox Betas who are here at camp" about the publication of a seemingly scandalous and unauthorized campus publication, 'The…

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Dr. Simonds, in one of his letters to Robert Midkiff, refers to Midkiff's "smile that never comes off," and this photograph shows said smile well.

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Lt. Robert Midkiff in uniform.

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Knox student and Phi Gamma Delta ("Fiji") fraternity member Robert Sinclair served in the Ambulance Corps during World War I.

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Many military vehicles are lined up next to a building.

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Rubble, rocks and dirt.

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Russell C. Hartman was a Knox student who served in the Naval Hospital Corps. This letter inquires about pathways for making up college coursework after he is released from active duty.

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Participants in Knox's division of the S.A.T.C. practice a voluntary drill on Willard Field. The auxiliary gymnasium is located on the left side of the photograph.

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A picture of the S.A.T.C. of Knox College is featured on this postcard. Knox College's observatory is on the left side of the photograph. Old Main is at the center of the photograph. The barracks erected on campus are visible on the right side of the…
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