Box 1
Container
Contains 49 Results:
Letter signed John [Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Mother [Alice Barron], Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 4pp., envelope. Describes the big guns in their battery; Uncle Frank sent him a Smileage Book (tickets for Liberty Theatres); writes while waiting for the picture show to start at the YMCA; plans to go to Lawton for Easter service, 1918 Mar 30
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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:
1918 Mar 30
Letter signed from John, Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Pop, [St. Louis Mo.] 2pp. Pop has a new job, supposes he will sell Lizzie since a machine is furnished for him; hopes to get a furlough in a month; explains his position on the big guns, 1918 Apr 4
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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:
1918 Apr 4
Letter signed John [Barron], Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Mother, Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 2pp., envelope. Sure of his furlough in three weeks; promoted to private first class tonight; is studying to ride a motorcycle for an exam in two days; received the money order from Pops, 1918 Apr 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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:
1918 Apr 8
Letter signed from John, Camp Doniphan, Okla. to Pop, 4025 Park Ave., St. Louis Mo. 3pp., envelope. Attended motorcycle school for three days; two prisoners escaped while his battery was on guard duty; rumors abound but he hopes to be home on furlough in two weeks; recommends getting an improved crank for the car, 1918 Apr 12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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:
1918 Apr 12
Letter signed from John, France to Governor [Will S. Barron], American Railway Express Co., Chemical Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 6pp, envelope. Censor removed a strip of paper from page 3; recounts being battle at the front, praises the doughboys; describes the luxuriousness in the German trenches; compares French towns destroyed by battles to Clayton; describes the sounds made by German shells; watched Allied planes shoot down a German plane that had been flying over their position, 1918 Oct 7
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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:
1918 Oct 7
Letter signed John, France to Samp [brother William S.], [St. Louis, Mo.] 7pp. Asks to have Pop send him a big knife and Gillette razor blades; explains that Samp’s request for a German revolver and helmet is difficult to fulfill, “Besides…if I get myself safely back to little old Missouri I’ll consider it souvenir enough”; tells him to wait until he returns home to join the Navy; describes the German shelling that is occurring as he writes the letter; talked with Lt. Harry Vaughn; cooking in the dugout , 1918 Oct 22
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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:
1918 Oct 22
Letter signed from John, France to Governor [father Will S. Barron], American Railway Express Co., Chemical Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 4pp., envelope. “I’m still living in my little underground bungalow at the front…”; a German plane flew over camp at night firing its machine gun, no fatalities; laments missing quail season and describes a similar bird in France; look forward to reading letters from home about the peace talks, 1918 Oct 23
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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:
1918 Oct 23
Letter signed John [Barron], France to Mother, Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 2pp., envelope. “Fritz doesn’t show any pep at all,” the Germans haven’t shelled camp in the past few days; made fudge; eats almost everything the Army gives him except carrots, 1918 Oct 25
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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:
1918 Oct 25
Letter signed from John, Cousances-aux-Bois [France] to Pop [Will S. Barron], American Railway Express Co., Chemical Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 3pp., envelope. Trainwreck; firewood is sparse; hopes to leave soon, a detail left to return their heavy equipment; hopes to get home and secure a good job before they are all taken, not sure he wants to return to the Bleachery, 1919 Feb 4
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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:
1919 Feb 4
Postcard (photo “Bombardement de Verdun”) from John, [France] to Wm. S. Barron Jr., Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. Tells brother to write, 1919 Feb 5
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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:
1919 Feb 5