Violette, E. M. (Eugene Morrow), 1873-1940

1st Sgt. Carl McKeehan, 139th Infantry, Somewhere in Germany, to Professor J. R. Howey, Kirksville, Mo., 1918 August 4.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters, written from the field in Europe, relating living and battle conditions; many in response to a campaign by the Normal School and Kirksville Rotary Club to see that Adair County soldiers received mail, some donated by the soldiers' families; nearly all were printed in the Kirksville Daily Express or Normal School Index.These letters were collected by Professor E. M. Violette, head of the History Department at the First District State Normal School (now Truman State University), for...

Dates: 1918 August 4.

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / E. M. Violette Collection of World War I Soldiers' Letters / Series I: Letters "A" through "R" / M

1st Sgt. Van Wimber, 139th Infantry, 1919.

File — Folder W4

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contents: Folders S1 through Y1 Are No Longer Available. Although these letters have been missing for several years, we are leaving them listed here as the entries contain valuable information such as the soldier's rank, military unit, parents, home address and, occasionally, his location on a given date.

Dates: 1919.

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / E. M. Violette Collection of World War I Soldiers' Letters / Series II: Letters "S" through "Z"

278th Air Service Squadron, [Europe], to Miss Dola Caldwell, Kirksville, Mo., 1918 September 7.

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Scope and Contents

Contents: Postcard.

Dates: 1918 September 7.

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / E. M. Violette Collection of World War I Soldiers' Letters / Series I: Letters "A" through "R" / Pvt. Carl R. Ibach, 3rd Provisional Squadron, Military Aeronautics

A. P. "Mack" Rotta, 443rd Emergency Transport Service Engineer, 1918.

File — Folder R2

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters, written from the field in Europe, relating living and battle conditions; many in response to a campaign by the Normal School and Kirksville Rotary Club to see that Adair County soldiers received mail, some donated by the soldiers' families; nearly all were printed in the Kirksville Daily Express or Normal School Index.These letters were collected by Professor E. M. Violette, head of the History Department at the First District State Normal School (now Truman State University), for...

Dates: 1918.

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / E. M. Violette Collection of World War I Soldiers' Letters / Series I: Letters "A" through "R"

Aboard USS Hartford, in "the States," to Aunt Etta, 1919 November 16.

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Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contents: Folders S1 through Y1 Are No Longer Available. Although these letters have been missing for several years, we are leaving them listed here as the entries contain valuable information such as the soldier's rank, military unit, parents, home address and, occasionally, his location on a given date.

Dates: 1919 November 16.

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / E. M. Violette Collection of World War I Soldiers' Letters / Series II: Letters "S" through "Z" / Pharmacist's Mate Hoyt B. Trimble, United States Navy

Adra R. Finegan, Scott Field, to Mr. Stephen Blackhurst, Kirksville, Mo., 1918 May 5.

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Scope and Contents

Contents: Postcard. Letter added 2013 September.

Dates: 1918 May 5.

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / E. M. Violette Collection of World War I Soldiers' Letters / Series I: Letters "A" through "R" / F

Ben T. Weaver, 137th Ambulance Company

File — Folder W2

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contents: Folders S1 through Y1 Are No Longer Available. Although these letters have been missing for several years, we are leaving them listed here as the entries contain valuable information such as the soldier's rank, military unit, parents, home address and, occasionally, his location on a given date.

Dates: 1917-1919.

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / E. M. Violette Collection of World War I Soldiers' Letters / Series II: Letters "S" through "Z"

Bugler Guy Miller, Drum Corps, 4th Battalion, Queen's Own, 1918.

File — Folder M4

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters, written from the field in Europe, relating living and battle conditions; many in response to a campaign by the Normal School and Kirksville Rotary Club to see that Adair County soldiers received mail, some donated by the soldiers' families; nearly all were printed in the Kirksville Daily Express or Normal School Index.These letters were collected by Professor E. M. Violette, head of the History Department at the First District State Normal School (now Truman State University), for...

Dates: 1918.