Manuscripts (1910-1942) include copies of census records, burial information, and service information pertaining to Ira Keynon. The newspaper article provides information about Company B receiving orders to move to New Jersey in preparation for their deployment. Further information about the 119th Machine Gun Battalion can be found in the collection of Leo M. Jackson (WVM Mss 8). Jackson served in the 119th during the war, and the collection includes information about the unit and some military records from its service during the war.
Photographs (1917-1919) is comprised of loose images pertaining to the training of the 119th Machine Gun Battalion. The images were originally part of the scrapbooks, but had become loose at some point before being donated to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Most of the photographs are not labeled. The loose photographs are generally similar to the images in the scrapbooks. A miscellaneous folder in the series includes a photograph postcard of the USS George Washington, an ocean liner that was used as a transport ship during the war, and a photograph of what appears to be a dead soldier.
Scrapbooks (1917-1919) make up the bulk of the collection and include six photograph scrapbooks. The collection was donated as four scrapbooks that were arranged into six scrapbooks for preservation purposes. The scrapbooks in boxes three through five were originally one scrapbook that was too large to maintain and preserve as one. They have been labeled in accordance of their original order as volumes one through three. The collection was also in poor condition when it was donated, with water and mold damage present. Preservation efforts managed to maintain most of the images, but some damage and fading is present throughout the collection. The print of Company B is damages on the right side, and the names of some individuals are missing. Scrapbooks featuring images taken at Camp Douglas and Camp MacArthur are located in boxes 2, 3, 4, and 7. The scrapbooks in boxes 5 and 6 are mainly of images taken while in France, with the last scrapbook featuring a few images from the return of the unit to the United States.
