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Finding Aid to the American Revolutionary War Postcard and Photograph Collection

Truax, Allen L., 1871-1965, collector American Revolutionary War postcard & photograph collection 1007 postcards (3 ½ x 5 ½) & photographs (6" x 4") Collection number: Photo 2073

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OVERVIEW

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Access: The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.

Provenance: Deposited by Mr. Truax, 1955 (Acc. 361).

Property rights: The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.

Copyrights: Copyrights to this collection remain with the creator.

Citation: Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (item number)

BIOGRAPHY

Allen L. Truax (1871-1965) came to Crosby, N.D., Divide County in 1908. At that time he was a railway mail clerk on the Great Northern Train. Prior to then (1895) he attended Valley City Normal. Allen L. and Evelyn (Baldwin) Truax were married in 1901 and both taught school in Page, N.D. during 1893-1894. They had four children, two dying in infancy. He retired from the railway mail service in 1932. He and Mrs. Truax traveled over 100,000 miles and visited every state in the Union spending a good share of their time in the Eastern States visiting historic sites. During this part of his travels he wrote a history of the American Revolution, which was never published.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Allen L. Truax’s American Revolutionary War postcards & photographs were originally part of his manuscript entitled "Guide to the American Revolution" (processed as Institute Manuscript Collection 361) and based on his travels in the eastern United States. His unpublished manuscript is modeled upon Benson J. Lossing's Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution (1857), which is divided by state with a narrative of events in that state and travelogue of historic sites. Photo 2073 American Revolutionary War Postcard and Photograph Collection Page 2 of 5

The photographs, mainly snapshots, and postcards are organized by state and then arranged alphabetically therein by town or historic site. There are also a small number of images from Canada which is filed first in the collection.

BOX/FOLER CONENTS (No. of items)

1/0 Finding aid

Canada

1/1 Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick (18) 1/2 Montreal (18) 1/3 Quebec (City) (18) 1/4 Quebec (Province)- Cape Diamond, Chutes Monmorency, Fort Chambly, Meganhic„ St. John's (24)

Connecticut

1/5 Brooklyn, Danbury, Fairfield, Groton& Greenwich (15) 1/6 Hartford, Lebanon, Litchfield, Milford, Mystic, New Haven, New London (23) 1/7 Norwich, Redding, Ridgefield, Stonington, Torrington, Wethersfield (21)

Delaware

1/8 Dover, Glasgow, New Castle, Wilmington (11)

Florida

1/9 St. Augustine (1)

Georgia

1/10 Augusta (10) 1/11 Savannah, St. Simon's Island (12) 1/12 Illinois- Prairie Du Rocher (4)

Indiana

1/13 La Fayette& Vincennes (6)

Kentucky

1/14 Blue Licks Battlefield State Park (10) 1/15 Boonesboro, Frankfort, Harrodsburg, Lexington, Louisville (10)

Maine

1/16 Arnold's Trail, Augusta, Bingham, Fryeburg, Kittery Point, Pemaquid (21)

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Maryland

1/17 Annapolis, Baltimore, Boonsboro, Cumberland, Frederick, Havrc De Grace (24)

Massachusetts

1/18 Acton & Boston (10) 1/19 Cambridge & Charleston (10) 1/20 Concord (15) 1/21 Dedham, Fairhaven, Haverhill& Hingham (18) 1/22 Lexington (12) 1/23 Marblehead & Medford (13) 1124 New Bedford, Newburyport, Plymouth & Provincetown (10) 1/25 Quincy, Somerville & Woburn (11)

New Hampshire

1/26 Newcastle & Portsmouth (3)

New Jersey

2/27 Burlington, Hachensack, Hancock Bridge, New Brunswick, Newark, Springfield & Elizabeth (13) 2/28 Freehold (7) 2/29 Morristown (5) 2/30 National Park & Monuments (8) 2/31 Princeton (10) 2/32 Trenton (4) 2/33 Washington Headquarters (4)

New York

2/34 Albany (Schuyler Mansion) (12) 2/35 Baron von Stueben, Herkimer, Hurley, & Kingston (13) 2/36 Canajoharie (4) 2/38 Dobbs Ferry, Fort Crailo, Bear Mt. Park, White Plains (8) 2/39 Fish Kill, New Rochelle, Fort Beacon (9) 2/40 Fort Ann, Fort Edward, Cherry Valley, Fort Klock (12) 2/41 Fort Crown Point, Lake Champlain, and Lake George (15) 2/42 Fort Ticonderoga (23) 2/43 Goshen-Minisink Battle, photos of monuments & sites at Hudson Falls, Andrustown, Stone Arabia Park, Sam Corks Bridge, and Cohoes (19) 2/44 Johnstown, Putts Rock, Sullivan's monument, and Schohare (13) 2/45 Little Falls (4) 2/46 Old Fort Niagara & Fort Plain (11) 2/37 New York City- Fraunces Tavern, Dyckman House Museum, Morris-Jumel Mansion, Van Cortland Park, Billop House, Trinity Church, Phillipse Manor Hall (26) 2/47 Newburgh & West Point (11) 2/48 Rome (5) 2/49 Saratoga (18) 2/50 Tappan (13) 2/51 Tarrytown (11)

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North Carolina

2/52 Bath, Beaufort, Charlotte, Edenton, Fort Raleigh, Hillsboro, King's Mountain, Willington, and New Bern (28) 2/53 Monuments (photographs) (11)

Ohio

2/54 Circleville, Fallen Timbers, Fremont, Gnadenhutten, Perrysburg, Upper Sandusky (17)

Pennsylvania

3/55 Bethlehem, Brandywine, Carlisle, Chad's Ford, Donegal Springs, Ephrata, Hat Boro (19) 3/56 Lancaster, Malvern, Morrisville, Paoli, Perryopolis, Philadelphia, Radnor (28) 3/57 Schwenksville, Stenton, Trappe, Uniontown, Valley Forge, Wyoming York (24)

Rhode Island

3/58 Anthony, East Greenwich, Newport & Providence (24)

South Carolina

3/59 Beaufort, & Camden (8) 3/60 Charleston, Cowpens, & Georgetown (20) 3/61 Greenwood, Pendleton, Spartanburg, Sumter, & Winnsboro (7) 3/62 Historic monuments & sites (photos) (29)

Tennessee

3/63 Nashville (2)

Vermont

3/64 Bennington (19) 3/65 Burlington, Green Mountains, Hubbardton, Mt. Independence, Montpelier, Panton & Vergennes (10)

Virginia

3/66 Alexandria (11) 3/67 Charlottesville (13) 3/68 Fredericksburg (19) 3/69 Gloucester (11) 3/70 Greensprings, Great Bridge, New Kent Co., Gwyn's Island, Hanover Ct., Washington D.C. (6) 3/71 Jamestown (9) 3/72 Maps - Norfolk, Petersburg, Colonial Natl. Park at Tidewater, Fredericksburg (4) 3/73 Mount Vernon (7) 3/74 Norfolk (3) 3/75 Petersburg (6) 3/76 Richmond (9) Photo 2073 American Revolutionary War Postcard and Photograph Collection Page 5 of 5

3/77 Smithfield (4) 3/78 Wakefield (6) 3/79 Williamsburg (12) 3/80 Winchester (6) 3/81 Yorktown (13)

West Virginia

3/82 Mt. Pleasant & Wheeling (4)