Guide to the Jones Family Letters MSS.1980
Jones Family
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
2007
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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- Language Usage:
English
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Jones Family Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.1980
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (4 letters (11 pages), 1 postcard)
- Dates:
1918 -1921
- Abstract:
Letters written by Lt. Alfred E. Jones of the Medical Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces in Germany and France during World War One to his sisters, Catherine M. "Kit" Jones and Anna E. Jones, both of Chicago, Illinois. One postcard from Emma L. Houlsby of Chicago, Illinois and a postcard from Prvt. Jos. F. Durkin, serving in France, to Catherine "Kitty" Jones
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of three letters from Lt. Alfred E. "Al" Jones of the Medical Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces in France and Germany during World War One, to his sisters, Catherine M. "Kit" Jones and Anna E. Jones, both of Chicago, Illinois. In his letters, he asks after family members and describes where to visit in France once the war is over. There is also a letter to Catherine "Kitty" Jones from Emma L. Houlsby of Chicago, Illinois, asking Kitty for her brother's (John's) address. The postcard in the collection is also to Catherine Jones from Prvt. Jos. F. Durkin telling her he had arrived safely in France from Germany.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Jones Family Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
The Jones family, residents of Chicago, Illinois, Emma L. Houlsby, also of Chicago, and Prvt. Jos. F. Durkin, serving in France during World War One.
Letters Box SC0001 Folder 1980
Letter from Emma L. Houlsby, Chicago, Illinois, to Catherine "Kitty" M. Jones, Chicago, Illinois, December 3, 1918 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32200
Letter from Lietenent Alfred E. Jones, France, to Anna E. Jones, Chicago, Illinois, January 21, 1919 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32201
Postcard from Catherine "Kitty" M. Jones, Chicago, Illinois, to Private Joseph F. Durkin, France, February 1, 1919 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32202
Letter from Lietenent Alfred E. Jones to Catherine "Kitty" M. Jones, Chicago, Illinois, August 12, 1920 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32203
Letter from Lietenent Alfred E. Jones, Coblenz, Germany, to Catherine "Kitty" M. Jones, Chicago, Illinois, September 12, 1921 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32204