(SR 5/7/5/61)
I. 	West Point Records, 1883-1887:
	Appointment to the U.S. Military Academy, July 1883
	Account ledger folio, 1883
	Civil Engineering Textbook, 1886 [partial]
	Map drawn while a cadet, 1884
		
(oversize box SR 4/1/1/b)
		Map drawn while a cadet, undated

(SR 5/7/5/61)
II. 	World War I and 38th Infantry Regiment History, 1918-1939:
	"Rock of the Marne" by Ulysses G. McAlexander [typescript - 2 original copies, 
		1 photocopy]
	List of Casualties
	Brief History of the 38th Infantry
	Historical Data on the "Rock of the Marne," 1918-1939 [also box 7/1/3/k]
	Historical Records, 1918-1939 [2 folders]

(SR 4/1/1/b - 20x24 oversize box)
	Copy of inscription, "Le Rocher de la Marne," possibly used in Memorial Union exhibit
	"Remembering" rotogravure section with photographs of McAlaxander. Oregon Sunday 
		Journal, Feb. 4, 1940
		

(SR 5/7/4/61 - legal-size document case)
III. 	Correspondence, 1911-1964:
	Clippings and correspondence, 1911-1964
	Souvenir Program of the 146th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, 1921
	Correspondence Regarding Bronze Bust and Other Gifts to Oregon State College, 1934-
		1937

IV. 	Published Volumes, 1905-1928:
	Illustrated book, Zwischen Maas und Mosel (Between the Maas and Moselle Rivers),
		ca. 1918
	Published military histories:
		History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry, U.G. McAlexander, 1905
		The Story of the Thirty-Eighth, C.E. Lovejoy, 1919
		History of the 18th U.S. Infantry First Division, 1812-1919, Ben H. Chastaine, 1919
		"Rock of the Marne: A Narration of the Military Exploits of Gen. Ulysses Grant  McAlexander 
			at the Second Battle of the Marne", compiled and edited by Frank M. Fretwell
		A Guide to the Military History of the World War, 1914-1918, Thomas G. Frothingham, 1921
		Rank and File: True Stories of the Great War, Theodore Roosevelt, 1928

(7/1/3/k - 12x17 oversize box)
V. 	Scrapbook:
	Scrapbook and loose items – photographs, clippings, documents, ca. 1910-1940

(SR 4/1/1/b - 20x24 oversize box)
VI. 	Commissions, honors, citations and certificates, 1887-1931:
	Diploma, U.S. Military Academy, 11 June 1887
	Commission as 2nd Lieutenant, 25th Regiment of Infantry, 23 January 1888
	Certificate admitting to practice of law in Montana, 2 June 1891
	Commission as 1st Lieutenant of Infantry, 23 August 1894
	Commission as Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain, 23 May 1898
	Commission as Captain of Infantry, 13 April 1899
	Commission as Captain of Infantry, 26 December 1899
	Companion of the First Class of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 
		31 August 1904
	Certificate of completion, U.S. Army War College, 1906-07
	Commission as Major of Infantry, 2 February 1911
	Commission as Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, 27 July 1916
	Commission as Colonel of Infantry, 12 June 1917
	Citation, Distinguished Service Cross, U.S. Army, 7 December 1918
	Citation for distinguished and exceptional gallantry, U.S. Army, 27 March 1919
	La Croce al Merito di Guerra, by the Italian government, 14 April 1919
	Citation a l'Ordre de l'Armee for exceptional courage at Jaulgonne, France (Battle of the 
		Marne), 8 May 1919
	La Decoration d'Officer de l'Ordre National de la Legion d'honneur, Republic of France, 
		29 May 1919
	Accolade of the New chivalry of Humanity for service "with honor in the World War and was 
		wounded in action," United States, ca. 1919
	Certificate of completion, General Staff College, 1920
	Commission as Brigadier General, 16 July 1920
	Commission as Brigadier General, 27 April 1921
	Croix de Guerre, Republic of France, 12 April 1924
	Commission as Major General, 21 July 1924
	Distinguished Service Medal for Exceptionally Meritorious and Distinguished Services, 
		10 November 1925
	Distinguished Service Cross for Extraordinary Heroism, 14 November 1925
	Silver Star for gallantry in action against Spanish forces at Santiago, Cuba in July 1898, 
		12 April 1927
	Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, Oregon State Agricultural College, 2 June 1930
	Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts of America, 28 November 1931

(SR 4/1/1/b - 20x24 oversize box)
VII. 	Drawings, 1919 and undated:
	Charcoal sketch of McAlexander made in Paris, 1919

(SR 4/1/1/a - 23x31 oversize box)
	Charcoal drawing of McAlexander

(SR 4/1/1/b - 20x24 oversize box)
VIII. 	Military Service Medals [framed]

IX. 	Newspapers and Magazines, 1911-1919:
	Bound volume of The Stars and Stripes, printed in France, Feb. 8, 1918 to June 13, 1919

(oversize cabinet)
	Telegram Magazine, 8 April 1911 with cover article "Major U.G. McAlexander, USA, Commandant of the OAC Cadet Corps
	Rock of the Marne newspaper issued by VFW Post no. 138, 17 May 1919, 31 May 1919 & 21 June 1919

(SR 4/1/1/a - 23x31 oversize box)
X. 	Military Maps, 1918 and undated:
	Hand colored map of the Second Battle of the Marne, by Robinson Murray, ca. 1918 [verified by McAlexander in 1920 and 1922]
	Locations of U.S. forces at the Second Battle of the Marne [5 photostatic copies]

(SR 4/1/1 [back] )
	Three aerial photos of the Marne River region, ca. 1918
	Photos of German battle maps [2 maps]
	French and American telephone lines in the Marne area, ca. June 1918
	French battle maps, June 1918 [2 maps]
	Topographical markings near the Marne River, ca. 1918
	Troop movements?, ca. 1918

(oversize cabinet)
	Map showing boundaries of the 1st and 2nd armies, 29 Aug. - 11 Nov., 1918
	
(2/2/9/11 and SR 3/3/7 [nitrate negatives])
XI. 	Photographs, 1889-1942:
	Fort Missoula, Montana, Battalion, 25th Infantry - about 1889
	Officers quarters, Fort Missoula, Montana, winter, ca.1889
	Presentation of Distinguished Service Cross to McAlexander [6 photos]
	Portrait photo [2 originals and 2 copies of the same]
	Map of the Battle of the Marne [print and nitrate negative]
	38th Infantry Boxing Team, 1942 [2 photos]
	Award presentation, boxing

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