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Summary Information
Reuben B. Lewis Papers and Photographs
1917-1987
WVM Mss 26
1.0 linear ft. (2 archives boxes, 1 card file box, 1 flat box and 2 oversize folders) of papers, 0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box) of photographs and 1 video cassette.
Wisconsin Veterans Museum (Map)
Papers and photographs of Reuben B. Lewis, a bugler and military policeman with the 32nd Division during World War I, a County Veterans Service Officer for Portage County, and an active participant in many veterans organizations, especially Company “C” from the 4th Wisconsin Infantry. A large portion of the papers relate to Lewis's involvement in the Company “C” organization, which held annual reunions through the 1980's. Membership files and rosters, reunion announcements and reports, and newspaper clippings document the activities of the group and the camaraderie that the men shared. Scattered personal papers give some details about his World War I service, and ephemeral items show his involvement in numerous other veterans organizations. Home appraisals document his work in helping veterans buy their own homes. Photographs include group shots from Company “C” reunions and a photograph album from Lewis's World War I service. The video shows the 1986 Company “C” reunion where the last five surviving members share a seventy-year old bottle of cognac.
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