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Ragland, Clay (First World War correspondence)
2018.159.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Clay Ragland First World War correspondence
source:
Wiles, Gene Ellen
source:
Meyer, Rosalind
source:
Montgomery, Mary
Creator:
Ragland, Oren Clay, Private, 1892-1930
Identifier/Call Number: 2018.159.w.r
Physical Description:
0.075 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1918 June 21 - 1919 February 18
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.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWI 3
Container: 19
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Gene E. Wiles, Rosalind Meyer and Mary Montgomery.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
[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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collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
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.
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1914-1918)
Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918
Wiles, Gene Ellen
Meyer, Rosalind
Montgomery, Mary