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...

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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.