Guide to the Jay E. Allen Letters MSS.2342
Allen, Jay E.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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Jay E. Allen Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2342
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (12 letters)
- Dates:
1917-1919
- Abstract:
Twelve letters from Jay E. Allen of Co. D, 1st Ammunition Train, 4th Motor Battalion of the American Expeditionary Forces, written between November 1917 to January 1919, to his sister, Lucy (Mrs. John) Davis of Lansing, Michigan.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains letters written by Private (later Wagoner) Jay E. Allen, between November 1917 and January 1919, to his sister, Lucy (Mrs. John) Davis of Lansing, Michigan, while he was in the Army. He first trained at Camp Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan, and then Camp Merritt in New Jersey before being sent to France and Germany with the 4th Morot Truck Company, 1st Division Ammunition Train of the American Expeditionary Forces.
Allen's letters to his sister are chatty, dealling mainly with the harvest, the mail he has (or has not) received, his brother and brother-in-law, and with what he was allowed to tell her before leaving for France. Once in France he again focuses on the harvest, this time in France, and going home - particularly after the signing of the Armistice.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2010
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
donated by Wade Hall, 2006
Biographical/Historical note
Jay Elmer Allen was born on October 18, 1889 in Michigan, the oldest son of Elmer E. Allen. He registered for the draft in June 1917 and was at Camp Custer (Michigan) in November 1917, Camp Merritt (New Jersey) in February 1918, and in France by Mother's Day (May 1918).
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Jay E. Allen Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Letters Box SC0010 Folder 2342.01