Research Catalog

Title

Henry Plummer Cheatham collection, 1912-1941.

Author

Cheatham, Henry Plummer, 1892-1940.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Cheatham, Charles.

Description

3 file folders.

Summary

This collection contains personal correspondence to Cheatham's siblings (Mamie and Charles) describing his military experience while serving in the Philippine Islands as well as correspondence relating to military regulations during World War I. Also included in the collection is correspondence pertaining to funeral arrangements for Cheatham addressed to his brother Charles Cheatham. There are also programs, an obituary for Cheatham, a speech (possibly by former Congressman Cheatham), and announcements/flyers for an appearance by the congressman.

Subjects

• World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Philippines
• African American soldiers
• African American lawyers
• United States > Army > African American troops
• Black author
• World War, 1914-1918 > African Americans
• Cheatham, Henry Plummer, 1892-1940

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Biography (note)

• Henry Plummer Cheatham (1892-1940) was born in Henderson, North Carolina to ex-Congressman and superintendent of the Colored Orphanage at Oxford, North Carolina, Henry Plummer Cheatham (1857-1935) and his wife Louise Cherry. The younger Cheatham was educated in the public schools of Washington, D.C. and later graduated from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina and Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1925) where he received a law degree with honors. Prior to attending Temple University, Cheatham enlisted in the United States Army (ca. 1912).
• Cheatham served with the 24th infantry in the Philippines Island for almost the entirety of his enlisted years and earned the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major. After serving in the Philippines he resided in New York at which time he enlisted in the 15th New York City Infantry. When the United States entered World War I, the 15th was taken over by the War Department and became the 369th United States Infantry. Cheatham served with the 369th in France, and later, he was transferred to the 370th Infantry.
• After he was admitted to the Bar, he opened offices in Philadelphia where he practiced law until a few months prior to his death.

Call Number

Sc MG 660

OCLC

122517238

Author

Cheatham, Henry Plummer, 1892-1940.

Title

Henry Plummer Cheatham collection, 1912-1941.

Biography

Henry Plummer Cheatham (1892-1940) was born in Henderson, North Carolina to ex-Congressman and superintendent of the Colored Orphanage at Oxford, North Carolina, Henry Plummer Cheatham (1857-1935) and his wife Louise Cherry. The younger Cheatham was educated in the public schools of Washington, D.C. and later graduated from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina and Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1925) where he received a law degree with honors. Prior to attending Temple University, Cheatham enlisted in the United States Army (ca. 1912).

Cheatham served with the 24th infantry in the Philippines Island for almost the entirety of his enlisted years and earned the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major. After serving in the Philippines he resided in New York at which time he enlisted in the 15th New York City Infantry. When the United States entered World War I, the 15th was taken over by the War Department and became the 369th United States Infantry. Cheatham served with the 369th in France, and later, he was transferred to the 370th Infantry.

After he was admitted to the Bar, he opened offices in Philadelphia where he practiced law until a few months prior to his death.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Cheatham, Charles.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 660