Joseph M. Scammell papers, 1910-1952 and undated

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Summary

Abstract:
Joseph M. Scammell (1888-1953) was a military historian, author, and educator. His papers comprise two main groups: military history education materials in the form of lectures, curricula, and other course materials, and published and unpublished writings by Scammell and others, chiefly articles and lectures on international and U.S. military history from Classical Greece to World War II. There are also files of personal and professional correspondence, printed materials such as clippings, maps, and diaries. Scrapbooks contain articles on World War II campaigns in Britain, Germany, Latin America, and Turkey.
Extent:
14 Linear Feet (34 boxes; 2 oversize folders)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
RL.11846

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of military historian and educator Joseph M. Scammell comprise two main groups: military history education materials in the form of curricula, lectures, student assignments, and other course materials, and writings by Scammell and others, chiefly typed and handwritten manuscripts and published articles on international and U.S. military history from the Greeks to World War II. There are also smaller amounts of personal and professional correspondence, including letters from editors, printed materials, maps, and clippings. Scrapbooks in the Clippings Series contain articles on World War II campaigns in Britain, Germany, Latin America, and Turkey.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph M. Scammell was a military historian, author, and educator. He was an alumnus of the California University system (1915), also serving as a teaching fellow and instructor from 1915-1919. He served as infantry captain in World War I, and in 1917 was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After the war he was a member of the Army Reserve (Officers Reserve Corps, O.R.C.). He studied military history at Oxford, 1923-1924, and served in the National Guard Bureau from 1931-1935. From 1936-1939 Scammell was a Field Supervisor for Military Records for the National Historical Records Survey.

From the 1930s to the late 1940s he taught military history at the following schools: Command and General Staff School and the General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; and the School of Military Government, Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Army Industrial College, Washington, D.C., where in 1945 he was appointed as Historical Officer, Civil Affairs Division.

Scammell's articles on military history appeared mainly in military periodicals in the United States and abroad, including in the Infantry Journal, United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Army Quarterly, and North American Review.

Acquisition information:
The Joseph M. Scammell papers were acquired by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1971 and 1985.
Processing information:

Collection was given core-level processing by library staff.

Collection guide created from inventory by Paula Jeannet, May 2020.

This collection guide was created or updated with information provided by donors or external parties, and box or file lists have not been verified by Rubenstein Library staff. Errors may be present and can be reported to AskRL@duke.edu.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series: Correspondence, Writings and Speeches, Military Education Materials, Printed Materials, Scrapbooks and Clippings, and Diaries and Other Papers.

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