Guide to the Arley E. Hughes, Sr. Letters MSS.3696
Hughes, Arley E., Sr.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
December 2012
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Arley E. Hughes Sr. Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.3696
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.4 linear foot
- Dates:
1918-1919
- Abstract:
Letters written by Arley Hughes while serving in the Army during World War I
- creator
Hughes, Arley E., Sr.
- Acquisition Information:
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Arley E. Hughes, Jr., 2012
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2012
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Arley E. Hughes, Sr. Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None. Several of the letters are fairly fragile and are interleaved for protection; the photocopies of these should be used rather than the originals.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
Biographical/Historical note
Arley Ezra Hughes was the oldest of eleven children of James H. and Louise Thornton Hughes of Kennedy, Fayette County, Alabama, born on 9 January 1891. He graduated with his law degree from the University of Alabama in May 1917, and was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in Montgomery, Alabama, on 44 June 1917. He married Virgie Ellen Doughty on 15 August 1917.
Hughes was inducted into the U.S. Army on 2 April 1918, and served in Sanitary Squad No. 59 of the Army's 81st Infantry ("Wildcat") Division. He joined the American Expeditionary Forces in France from August 1918 until his discharge in late June 1919.
After the war, he and Virgie moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He died on 12 March 1969 in Tuscaloosa.
Scope and Contents note
The collection includes 64 letters written by Arley Hughes while serving in the Army during World War I. The letters are written to various family members in Kennedy, Alabama. The letters are arranged chronologically and have photocopies in separate folders. Several letters are fairly fragile and have been interleaved for their protection.
Source(s)
Hughes, Arley E., Jr. (local)
War and Military (localbroad)
World War I (localbroad)
Letters, July - September 1918 Box 3696.001 Folder 1
Letters, October - December 1918 Box 3696.001 Folder 2
Letters, January - April 1919 Box 3696.001 Folder 3
Letters, May - June 1919 Box 3696.001 Folder 4
Photograph Box 3696.001 Folder 5
Letters, July - September 1918 (Photocopies) Box 3696.001 Folder 6
Letters, October - December 1918 (Photocopies) Box 3696.001 Folder 7
Letters, January - April 1919 (Photocopies) Box 3696.001 Folder 8
Letters, May - June 1919 (Photocopies) Box 3696.001 Folder 9