Box 1
Container
Contains 49 Results:
Letter signed John [Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Samp [brother William S. Barron]. 4pp. Aeroplanes fly over camp often and sometimes do stunts; today is Liberty Bond Day; has not seen Ed Lewis at camp; asks for cigarettes , 1917 Oct 24
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 47 letters and postcards, most of which were written by John K. Barron during his service in the Army during the First World War, and undated notes. Items date from October 1917 to December 1919 with the following gaps: May to September 1918, November 1918 to January 1919, and June to November 1919. The collection is arranged chronologically.
John K. Barron wrote to his mother, father, sister, brother, and friend Myron Maynard while he was away. He...
Dates:
1917 Oct 24
Letter signed from John [Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla., to Pop [Will S. Barron], 1413-18 Pierce Bldg., St. Louis Mo. 2 pp., envelope. The men are kept busy with drills; arm is sore from vaccinations; advises to drain the radiator and jack the wheels off the floor if he puts the “machine” in the garage; inquires about a land sale; asks for a loaf of sugar , 1917 Oct 27
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 47 letters and postcards, most of which were written by John K. Barron during his service in the Army during the First World War, and undated notes. Items date from October 1917 to December 1919 with the following gaps: May to September 1918, November 1918 to January 1919, and June to November 1919. The collection is arranged chronologically.
John K. Barron wrote to his mother, father, sister, brother, and friend Myron Maynard while he was away. He...
Dates:
1917 Oct 27
Letter signed Sween [John Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Ignatz [sister Harriet G. Barron], 507 Hampton Ave., Clayton, Mo. 6pp. envelope. Thanks her for the fudge; thoughts on Fort Riley officers; saw John Cunningham of Battery A; asks her to get a box of candy for Nina’s birthday; mentions several men from Westminster [College?], Gray from Soldan, and Dr. Vaughn’s son, 1917 Nov 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 47 letters and postcards, most of which were written by John K. Barron during his service in the Army during the First World War, and undated notes. Items date from October 1917 to December 1919 with the following gaps: May to September 1918, November 1918 to January 1919, and June to November 1919. The collection is arranged chronologically.
John K. Barron wrote to his mother, father, sister, brother, and friend Myron Maynard while he was away. He...
Dates:
1917 Nov 3
Letter signed John [Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Mother [Alice Barron]. 8pp. About inspections; was a witness at a court martial; his health and homesickness; encourages her to go back to the farm; Uncle Frank sent a box of candy; asks for $2, stamps, and his brown gloves, 1917 Nov 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 47 letters and postcards, most of which were written by John K. Barron during his service in the Army during the First World War, and undated notes. Items date from October 1917 to December 1919 with the following gaps: May to September 1918, November 1918 to January 1919, and June to November 1919. The collection is arranged chronologically.
John K. Barron wrote to his mother, father, sister, brother, and friend Myron Maynard while he was away. He...
Dates:
1917 Nov 3
Letter signed from “Small Boy” [John Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla., to Pop [Will S. Barron], St. Louis Mo. 4 pp., envelope. Guard duty; received stamps and $2 from his mother; discusses an order for stationery that he can sell at camp, talks of other ways soldiers make extra money, 1917 Nov 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 47 letters and postcards, most of which were written by John K. Barron during his service in the Army during the First World War, and undated notes. Items date from October 1917 to December 1919 with the following gaps: May to September 1918, November 1918 to January 1919, and June to November 1919. The collection is arranged chronologically.
John K. Barron wrote to his mother, father, sister, brother, and friend Myron Maynard while he was away. He...
Dates:
1917 Nov 8
Letter signed Your loving son [John Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Mother [Alice Barron]. 3pp. Had a letter from Myron; Grandma invited him to Thanksgiving dinner but he has to stay at camp; thinks they might go to France soon; went Lawton and met Mary Hempstead from Cape Girardeau whom Ignatz might know, 1917 Nov 25
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 47 letters and postcards, most of which were written by John K. Barron during his service in the Army during the First World War, and undated notes. Items date from October 1917 to December 1919 with the following gaps: May to September 1918, November 1918 to January 1919, and June to November 1919. The collection is arranged chronologically.
John K. Barron wrote to his mother, father, sister, brother, and friend Myron Maynard while he was away. He...
Dates:
1917 Nov 25
Letter signed John [Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Mother [Alice Barron], Clayton, Mo. 5pp., envelope. Thanksgiving Day. Received her box; the battery is having 32 roasted turkeys; describes a regimental inspection; Aunt Fannie sent a box of cigarettes; Pop sent a silk cap in which he sleeps, 1917 Nov 29
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 47 letters and postcards, most of which were written by John K. Barron during his service in the Army during the First World War, and undated notes. Items date from October 1917 to December 1919 with the following gaps: May to September 1918, November 1918 to January 1919, and June to November 1919. The collection is arranged chronologically.
John K. Barron wrote to his mother, father, sister, brother, and friend Myron Maynard while he was away. He...
Dates:
1917 Nov 29
Letter signed Sween [John Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Ignatz [sister Harriet G. Barron]. 2pp. Describes Thanksgiving dinner at camp, 1917 Nov 29
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 47 letters and postcards, most of which were written by John K. Barron during his service in the Army during the First World War, and undated notes. Items date from October 1917 to December 1919 with the following gaps: May to September 1918, November 1918 to January 1919, and June to November 1919. The collection is arranged chronologically.
John K. Barron wrote to his mother, father, sister, brother, and friend Myron Maynard while he was away. He...
Dates:
1917 Nov 29
Letter signed from John [Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla., to Pop [Will S. Barron], St. Louis Mo. 3pp., envelope. Aunt Mary Dorcas’ death; thinking about hunting makes him homesick; thanks Pop for the cap and paper vest which he wears at night, 1917 Nov 30
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 47 letters and postcards, most of which were written by John K. Barron during his service in the Army during the First World War, and undated notes. Items date from October 1917 to December 1919 with the following gaps: May to September 1918, November 1918 to January 1919, and June to November 1919. The collection is arranged chronologically.
John K. Barron wrote to his mother, father, sister, brother, and friend Myron Maynard while he was away. He...
Dates:
1917 Nov 30
Letter signed John [Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Mother [Alice Barron], Clayton, Mo. 4pp., envelope. Dr. Vaughn’s son is center on the 128th football team; has sold most of the stationery for which he is still waiting; drew socks and breeches for his winter uniform, 1917 Dec 2
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 47 letters and postcards, most of which were written by John K. Barron during his service in the Army during the First World War, and undated notes. Items date from October 1917 to December 1919 with the following gaps: May to September 1918, November 1918 to January 1919, and June to November 1919. The collection is arranged chronologically.
John K. Barron wrote to his mother, father, sister, brother, and friend Myron Maynard while he was away. He...
Dates:
1917 Dec 2