Box 1
Container
Contains 49 Results:
Letter signed from John, Cousances-aux-Bois [France] to Mother [Alice. Barron], Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 5pp., envelope. Hopes to be home soon; has not been receiving mail regularly; remarks upon the falsehoods in a newspaper article Pop sent about the 35th Division, “If the papers would only print the truth…”; received long letter from Ignatz; still having weekly inspections, 1919 Feb 7
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 7
Postcard (photo Saint Dizier Town Hall) from John, Paris [France] to Sanford Barron [brother], Clayton High School, Clayton, Mo. Tells about armistice celebration in the town of Saint Dizier, marks the window of his hotel room visible in the photo, 1919 Feb 11
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 11
Letter signed from John, Cousances-aux-Bois [France] to Ignatz [sister Harriet G. Barron], Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 3pp., envelope. There is a hill near camp, tells about building a bob sled with an ax, a cross cut saw, and nails pulled from buildings around town “where they weren’t needed”; received letters today from her, Nina, Ted, and Mother; dispels her idea that the 128th in with the army of occupation, although he wishes he could visit Germany without delaying his trip home, 1919 Feb 12
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 12
Letter signed from John, Cousances-aux-Bois [France] to Mother [Alice. Barron], Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 3pp., envelope. “Today the whole division passed in review before General Pershing and the Prince of Wales,” describes both men; thinks they will leave between February 21st and March 7th, 1919 Feb 18
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 18
Letter signed from John, Cousances-aux-Bois [France] to Pop [Will S. Barron], 1413-18 Pierce Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 4pp., envelope. Tells about the inspection with Pershing, his bidding the officers good luck on the way home; expects to leave next week; the latest letter from Ignatz told of the death of Oscar Doerr’s wife; will help Pop when he gets home, 1919 Feb 20
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 20
Letter signed from John, Cousances-aux-Bois [France] to Mother [Alice. Barron], Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 3pp., envelope. Hasn’t heard any more about their departure time, discouraged; saw Harry Vaughn “the day we left the woods,” not sure where he is now, 1919 Feb 23
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 23
Postcard from Mrs. Richmond, Palm Beach, Fla., to Mr. Sanford Barron, Clayton, Mo., 1919 Feb 23
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 23
Typed letter from John, Cousances-aux-Bois [France] to Mother [Alice. Barron], Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 1p., envelope. The New York Herald printed a list of divisions in the order in which they will leave for home, “the 35th was listed for April”; three day passes for Paris are once again being offered, he’d like to see Paris before he leaves, 1919 Feb 26
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 26
Letter signed from Sween [John Barron], Cousances-aux-Bois [France] to Ignatz [sister Harriet G. Barron], Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 3pp., envelope. The 35th Div. vaudeville troupe put on a show at nearby E battery last night; inquired about Bartels and was told he left for West Point after the Argonne; the soldiers regularly cheer the town crier; tried to get a pass for Paris but is disappointed about not getting it; asks if she saw photos in the Feb. 18th issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1919 Feb 28
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 28
Letter signed from John, Cousances-aux-Bois [France] to Pop [Will S. Barron], 232 Pierce Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 5pp., envelope. Steve shared copies of the Watchman Advocate; still no news on departure date; discusses option of working as a clerk in Paris but pay is too low, wanted to go to school but it required 2 years of college, he’s ready to come home; Pop is out of a job, 1 Mar 1919
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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:
1 Mar 1919