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The army and the University, 1918

 Collection
Identifier: MG 5118

Scope and Contents

Reminiscences of a member of the Student's Army Training Corps on the University of Idaho campus, Oct.-Dec., 1918, including photographs and copies of his discharge and enlistment record.

Dates

  • Creation: 1984

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Consult Head of Special Collections and Archives on permissions for use.

Biographical / Historical

Howard Ceril Sarvis was born on May 13, 1900 to Eugene and Geneva Sarvis in Cozad, Nebraska. He and his family moved to Boise, Idaho in 1910. Here he graduated from Boise High School and afterward attended the University of Idaho.

While in attendance at the university, Sarvis enlisted in the Army on October 1, 1918 when he was 18 years old. At the university he was a member of the Student Army Training Corps, Section A during World War I. While on campus he also participated in it's betterment. In 1922 he participated in Campus Day, a day where students volunteered to work on projects around campus. This included repairs, clean up, and other duties. He was a lieutenant for Project No. 33, who responsibilities included collection and handing out tools to other group members.

In 1931, Sarvis found himself in Mexico. He allegedly went their to write and while he was there met his wife Carmen Caray Chapa. They married in 1932. Sarvis served at Fort Benning, Georgia, in the Human Recourses Research Unit for the Army. He taught "Train Fire," a program he developed. A large part of his later life was spent working with the timber industry and the army engineers. He also owned a store near New Meadows, Idaho called Boudler Creek Station. One very incredible moment in history Sarvis witnessed was when the United States tested their first atomic bomb at the Nuclear Testing Site in Nevada. He was at ground zero.

Sarvis was a successful writer, artist, inventor, philosopher, and outdoorsman. He died on May 29, 1985 of lung cancer.

Extent

9 items

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Reminiscences of a member of the Student's Army Training Corps on the University of Idaho campus in 1918.

Related Materials

Related materials can be found in MG 531 Howard C. Sarvis papers.

Title
Guide to The army and the University, 1918
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Kelley Moulton.
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository