Box 1
Container
Contains 49 Results:
Letter signed from John, 27 Grande Rue, Cousances-aux-Bois [France] to Mother [Alice. Barron], Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 3pp., envelope. “We are leaving here next Friday,” they will go to Le Mans first, then to the point of embarkation, hopes to be home in two months, 1919 Mar 2
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:
1919 Mar 2
Letter signed from John, Sarge [France] to Mother [Alice. Barron], Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 3pp., envelope. Waiting their turn to leave, divisions ahead of them are departing about 10 days ahead of schedule; visited LeMans, a YMCA there; lives on a farm just outside town, they can get milk and eggs ($1.20/doz.) from nearby farmers, 1919 Mar 18
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:
1919 Mar 18
Letter signed from John K. Barron, Sarge [France] to Myron [M. A. Maynard, 5455 Delmar Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 3pp., envelope. Waiting to come home, drill daily, inspections every two days; tells a bit about his experiences, which he is glad to have had but would not wish to repeat, 1919 Mar 20
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:
1919 Mar 20
Letter signed from John, Sarge [France] to Pop [Will S. Barron], Oak Knoll, Clayton, Mo. 2pp., envelope. Expects to leave on Apr. 2nd or 3rd, the colonel has them drilling fours hours/day and will have reveille at 6:45 A.M. til they leave; someone came through camp to get volunteers for military police duty in France but he wants to get home and has had enough of army life, 1919 Mar 24
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:
1919 Mar 24
Letter from John [Barron], Camp Devens, Ayers, Mass., to Pop [Will S. Barron]. 2pp. A fine camp near Lowell, Mass.; hopes to leave in the next two days; Boston gave them a fine reception upon arrival; the sea was rough but did not get seasick; “They didn’t try to feed us any rabbit on the way back – rabbit almost caused a riot on the way over”; notes seasonal difference between New England and France, 1919 Apr 24
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:
1919 Apr 24
Letter from Mrs. G. M. Weidhahn, Quincy, Ill. to Mrs. Barron [Alice Barron], Price Rd, Clayton, Mo. 4pp., envelope. She is visiting; asks if John has found a job, sorry she did not see him; asks if Mr. Baron is still away, 1919 May 25
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:
1919 May 25
Christmas card from Mayme K. Stone to Mrs. Will Barron [Alice Barron], Price Road, Clayton, Mo. 1pp., envelope, 1919 Dec 23
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:
1919 Dec 23
Notes / Postcards (blank), No date
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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:
No date
Letter fragment from John [Barron] to [Pop]. 2pp. Out of hospital, cannot hear out of one ear; Pop changed jobs, state of insurance business; “at present it doesn’t look as tho’ this war is going to end anywhere in the future”, ca. 1918 Apr
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:
ca. 1918 Apr