United States Army Kirksville (Missouri) Recruiting Station Enlistment Records
Scope and Contents
Enlistment forms completed by the United States Army Recruiting Officer from information provided by prospective soldiers who enrolled at the Kirksville Recruiting Station during World War I. There are two types of forms included in this collection, an enlistment record and what appears to be the record of the recruit's physical exam; neither form is labeled and there are different versions of each. None of the versions asks for exactly the same set of personal information, but common to all is: name; age, (date and place of birth on some versions); occupation; current residence; next of kin, relationship and address; physical description; disposition of application (for various reasons, not all were accepted).
Dates
- Creation: 1916-1918
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Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized into a single series - Enlistment records, United States Army Recruiting Station, 1916-1918.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These forms were obtained for the Normal School History Museum by Professor E.M. Violette probably not long after the end of World War I.
- Title
- United States Army Recruiting Station, Kirksville, Missouri, Enlistment records, 1916-1918
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Elaine Doak.
- Date
- [1993-2010]
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts Repository