<I>Army and Navy Diary Including French-English Words</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1917-1919
name: label: Written by
content: Roy Underwood Plummer, American, 1896 - 1966
label: Published by
content: Stanton and Van Vliet Co., American, ca. 1905 - ca. 1927
notes: label: Description
content: World War I diary of Roy Underwood Plummer. The hardback book has a green cloth cover with black lettering that reads [ARMY AND NAVY / DIARY / FRENCH-ENGLISH WORDS / AUTOGRAPHS OF COMRADES]. The first page bears a handwritten inscription that reads [Roy Underwood Plummer / With Best Wishes / From / Your Sincere Friend / Albert L. Boddy / Xmas 1917.] At the front of the diary is an English-French Vocabulary section. This is followed by pages for Addresses of Home Friends and Autographs of Comrades. Plummer's first entry was made on December 15, 1917, and his final entry on June 5, 1919. The final entry reads [Honorably discharged. / Buy ticket for Washington, D.C., arriving / there early the / morning of the 6th.] The diary entries discuss several topics including Plummer’s insights on relations between US and French soldiers and citizens, segregation, the 1918 flu epidemic, weather conditions, food and places that he visited, African American companies and their bands that provided entertainment, German prisoners of war, the study of French language by African American soldiers, and the racial conflict between U.S. servicemen.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: France, Europe
title: label: Title
content: WWI diary of Roy Underwood Plummer
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: World War I
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the family of Robert L. Plummer, Sr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.14
objectType: label: Type
content: diaries
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cloth , ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 5 9/16 × 3 11/16 × 11/16 in. (14.1 × 9.4 × 1.7 cm)