Military - Overview
The Museum's superb military collections document the history of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States. The collections include ordnance, firearms, and swords; uniforms and insignia; national and military flags and banners; and many other objects.
The strength of the collections lies in their enormous depth. Some 3,000 military small arms and 2,400 civilian firearms document the mechanical and technological history of the infantryman's weapons from the beginning of the gunpowder era to the present. Among the 4,000 swords and knives in the collection are many spectacular presentation pieces. The collections also include Civil War era telegraph equipment, home front artifacts from both world wars, early computers such as ENIAC, Whirlwind, and Sage, and materials carried at antiwar demonstrations.
"Military - Overview" showing 8 items.
Order to Report for Induction
- Description
- Physical Description
- Order to Report for Induction
- Specific History
- The Order to Report for Induction for Benjamin Layton of Georgia.
- General History
- The United States government established a draft board during World War II. The purpose was to establish which men were or were not qualified for military duty. Males were required to register and complete a physical and a written exam as part of their screening. After testing was completed, men were placed into various “categories.” Category one was the best-qualified while Category four indicated a male disqualified for one of many reasons, such as too many children, flat feet, or poor education. The draft board issued notices to report for classification, medical exams, and induction.
- date of mailing
- 1941
- associated dates
- 1941-08-29
- recipient
- Layton, Benjamin T.
- sender
- Local Board Number 12
- ID Number
- 1993.3172.04
- catalog number
- 1993.3172.04
- nonaccession number
- 1993.3172
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Song and Service Book for Ship and Field, Army and Navy
- Description
- Physical Description
- Song and Service Book for Ship and Field, Army and Navy, edited by Ivan Loveridge Bennett. Gilt title on maroon boards, 192 pp.
- General History
- The Song and Service Book for Ship and Field, Army and Navy, edited by Ivan Loveridge Bennett, features prayers, hymns, and patriotic songs used in various military ceremonies and religious services.
- date made
- 1942
- printer
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- ID Number
- 1982.0372.01
- accession number
- 1982.0372
- catalog number
- 1982.0372.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from Charles R. Speaker & Co., Inc.]
- Date
- 1900s
- Company Name
- Charles R. Speaker & Co., Inc.
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_21462
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- No Image Available
Notice of Classification
- Description
- Physical Description
- Tan cardboard with black lettering.
- Specific History
- Notice of Classification for Christian Stokstad, 1942.
- General History
- The United States government established a draft board during World War II. The purpose was to establish which men were or were not qualified for military duty. Males were required to register, complete a physical, and a written exam as part of their screening. After testing was completed males were placed into various "categories". Category one was the best qualified while cat-four indicated a male was disqualified for one of many reasons such as too many children, flat feet, or poor education. The draft board issued notices to report for classification, medical exams and induction.
- Date made
- 1942
- recipient
- Stockstad, Christian A.
- ID Number
- 1986.3089.03
- catalog number
- 1986.3089.03
- nonaccession number
- 1986.3089
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from United States Underseas Cable Corp.]
- Date
- 1900s
- Company Name
- United States Underseas Cable Corp.
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_28250
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from Machinery & Allied Products Institute]
- Date
- 1900s
- Variant company name
- Multiple locations: Chicago, IL
- Company Name
- Machinery & Allied Products Institute
- Related companies
- MAPI ; Council For Technological Advancement ; MAPI Accounting and CTA Financial Councils
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_29098
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from Meat Machinery Manufacturers' Institute]
- Date
- 1900s
- Company Name
- Meat Machinery Manufacturers' Institute
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_30563
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from Engleman & Co., Inc.]
- Date
- 1900s
- Company Name
- Engleman & Co., Inc.
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_15932
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries