Finding Aid for the Henry H. Horner First World War correspondence 2018.157.w.r
Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
11/7/2018
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Henry H. Horner First World War correspondence
Creator:
Kershaw, Simon P., Private, 1889-1939
Creator:
Ingram, John, b. 1894
source:
Wiles, Gene Ellen
source:
Meyer, Rosalind
source:
Montgomery, Mary
Identifier/Call Number: 2018.157.w.r
Physical Description:
0.025 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1918 July - 1919 February 9
Abstract: This collection contains four correspondence to Henry H. Horner from coworkers while they served during and after the First
World War. Included are three letters from Pvt. Simon P. Kershaw, AEF and one letter from John Ingram, AEF.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWI 3
Container: 18
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 in chronological order.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Henry H. Horner First World War correspondence (2018.157.w.r), Center for
American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains four correspondence to Henry H. Horner (1892 - 1984) from coworkers while they served during and
after the First World War. Included are three letters from Private Simon P. Kershaw, American Expeditionary Force (1889 -
1939) and one letter from John Ingram, American Expeditionary Force (b. 9/14/1894). Also included in the collection are three
pages of biographical information found on Ancestry.com by the donor.
Ingram served with Company E 24th Infantry and Pvt. Kershaw served first with Co. G 152 Infantry and later with Co. I 328
Infantry, 82nd Infantry Division. Both Ingram and Kershaw mention briefly their time with Horner working on the Illinois
Central Railroad in St. Louis, Illinois, as well as back pay owed them and Horner's help in getting that money to their parents.
Pvt. Kershaw mentions in his last two letters that he will be coming home soon and cannot wait to be back on the railroad
with Horner, whom he calls "Hiney."
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1914-1918)
Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918
Railroad
Horner, Henry Harmon , 1892-1984
Wiles, Gene Ellen
Meyer, Rosalind
Montgomery, Mary