Summary Information
Glenn W. Garlock Papers
1898-1919, 1926-1936
- Garlock, Glenn W., 1877-1939
Micro 704
1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Diaries and correspondence between Glenn Garlock and his family while he was on Army active duty in the Spanish-American War (1898), the 1916 Texas border incidient with Mexico, and World War I (1916-1919). Garlock's World War I letters describe his duties as an officer in the 128th Infantry, 32nd Division, conditions in the trenches while in France, as well as the impact of the war on the French people and countryside. The correspondence describes life in army camps prior to shipping out for the Philippines at Camp Harvey, Wisconsin and Camp Cuba Libre, Florida. Also included are letters from the World War I training camps at Waco, Texas and Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
English
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Biography/History
Glenn W. Garlock, Wisconsin editor and publisher, was born December 27, 1877, at Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, the eldest son of William and Nellie Hudson Garlock. Following high school graduation he served on the staff of the Fort Atkinson Democrat and later became a post office clerk and operator of a small poultry farm. In August 1914 he moved to West Salem, Wisconsin to assume the editorship of the monthly magazine The Wisconsin Poultryman and the weekly newspaper The West Salem Nonpareil Journal.
In addition to his activities as a journalist, Garlock served for twenty-four years in the National Guard. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in Company B, 1st Wisconsin Infantry, which was called to active duty in the Spanish-American War, the 1915 Texas border expedition, and World War I. As a lieutenant colonel in the 128th Infantry, 32nd Division during World War I, he participated in offensives at Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, and Meuse-Argonne. He subsequently published a book about his experiences, Tales of the Thirty-Second.
Returning to West Salem in 1919 he continued his editorship of The West Salem Nonpareil Journal until his death in 1939 at the age of sixty-one. In 1935 the paper was awarded second place for editorial excellence among Wisconsin weekly newspapers.
Scope and Content Note
The collection documents Garlock's military career. The main portion of the collection consists of correspondence between Garlock and his family while he was on active duty. Early Spanish-American War (1898) letters from Garlock originated at Camp Harvey, Wisconsin, and Camp Cuba Libre, Florida. A few letters (1916) were written by Garlock from Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Texas, when the raids of Pancho Villa prompted the U.S. Army to activate several National Guard units.
The most significant correspondence was written by Lt. Colonel Garlock to his wife Anna and children while he was serving in World War I. Included are letters from training camps in Waco, Texas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma; as well as from overseas. They present detailed accounts of Army training activities, effects of the war on the French countryside, conditions in the trenches and the daily routine of American officers in France and in Germany with the occupation army. Correspondence is filed chronologically. His active duty is also described briefly by three diaries which he kept in 1898, 1917, and 1918.
One folder of miscellaneous papers including post war correspondence and photographs of his army service is filed at the end of the collection.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Originals loaned for microfilming by Mildred Garlock Morris, West Salem, Wisconsin, 1978. Accession Number: M78-450
Processed by Mary Diezel and Max J. Evans, December 1978.
Contents List
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Correspondence
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Spanish-American War, 1898
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366
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Texas Border Expedition, 1916
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443
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World War I, 1917-1919
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777
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Diaries, 1898, 1917, and 1918
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913
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Miscellany
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943
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Photographs
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