Clay Ragland First World War correspondence, 1918 June 21 - 1919 February 18

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Summary

Creators:

Wiles, Gene Ellen, Meyer, Rosalind, Montgomery, Mary, and Ragland, Oren Clay, Private, 1892-1930

Abstract:

This collection contains eight letters from Pvt. Oren Clay Ragland, AEF to his half-sister Clola Horner, and one from "Mina" to Clola, during the First World War. Also included is one copy of two photographs of Pvt. Ragland as well as an Ancestry.com printout.

Extent:

0.075 Linear feet (1 folder)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Clay Ragland First World War correspondence (2018.159.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.

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Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains eight letters from Private Oren Clay Ragland, American Expeditionary Force (2/1892 - 5/7/1930) to his half-sister Clola Horner, and one from "Mina" to Clola, during the First World War. Also included is one copy of two photographs of Pvt. Ragland as well as an Ancestry.com printout.

Pvt. Ragland's correspondence to his sister discusses his time at Camp Lee in Petersburg, Virginia and Camp Humphrey in Belvoir, VA before deploying oversees with Company B 51st Engineers to Tours, France. He describes the landscape and the French towns, and women, and patiently awaiting returning home while working on French railroads, the same work he did in St. Louis, Illinois as a civilian. His unit changed its name to the 51st Regiment Transportation Corps and moved to Is-sur-Tille in February 1919.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Gene E. Wiles, Rosalind Meyer and Mary Montgomery.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: World War (1914-1918)
Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918
Names:: Wiles, Gene Ellen
Meyer, Rosalind
Montgomery, Mary

Access and use

Restrictions:: This collection is open for research.
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