Violette Collection of WWI Soldiers' Letters 
Musdp Collection V1

Return to Letters "A" through "R"

For information concerning this collection or to request copies contact:
speccoll@truman.edu

Copy Policies, Copyright Law & Acknowledgements

Folders S1 through Y1 Are No Longer Available

• Marion Shoop, Chairman Local Board for Selective Service, 29 Sept 1917 [postmark], to Edward N. Howell, Kirksville, MO;  redirected to Unionville, MO --  Notice of selection for military service [preprinted postcard]
• Gerald Shumate, Some where in France, 15 Sept 1918, to Mother, Mrs. James A. Boone
• Cpl. Ben H. Spenser (of Brashear, MO) and Pvt. Pete Kachulis (of Kirksville, MO), 351st Infantry, [Europe] to [no addressee] -- Poem “To the Stay-at-Home’s” written by the two men 
• Pvt. Melvin Stivers, 50th Artillery, Camp Eustis, VA, 7 Sept 1918, to Grandmother, Miss [sic] Esther Stivers, Kirksville, MO 
• Fred Shaw, France, 19 July 1918, to Mother & All 
• Charles Seaver, with the YMCA, Hoboken, NJ, 16 Dec 1918, to E.E. Swain and C.C. Howard 
• Cpl. John A. Scobee,  129th Machine Gun Battalion, Chounville, France, 23 Nov 1918, to Father and Family 
• Pvt. Charles R. Schmidt, 352nd Field Hospital, 313th Sanitary Train, France, 18 Oct 1918, to Dr. George [Still] 
• Horace M. Swope, Marseilles, France, 5 Oct 1918, to Adair County Chapter, American Red Cross, Kirksville, MO -- French picture postcard “Allons tous á la consultation” with typed “form” message about Red Cross services in France 
• Cpl. Guy O. Sallade, 356th Infantry, Schweich, Germany, 23 Feb 1919, to Sis & Family

• France, 13 Nov 1918, to [E.M.] Violette, Kirksville, MO; 11 empty envelopes (apparently those originally containing the documents) -- Transmitting French documents for the Normal School’s Museum (not enclosed)
• [Europe], 4 July 1918, to [E.M.] Violette, Kirksville, MO -- Transmitting April 1918 letter from King George of England to the Soldiers of the United States for the Normal School’s Museum (enclosed)
• Prüm, Russia, 15 Dec 1918, to Mother, Mrs. H. Selby, Kirksville, MO
• [Europe], 25 Oct 1918, to Mother

• Some where in France, 23 Sept 1918, to Folks at Home
• Some where in France, 13 Nov 1918, to Folks at Home
• Marseilles, France, 3 Mar 1919, to Folks at Home
• Marseilles, France, 17 Apr 1919, to Home Folks
• Marseilles, France, 17 Apr 1919, to Home Folks
• Marseilles, France, 8 Apr 1919, to Folks at Home

• [Europe], 8 Oct 1918, to Brother, Roy H. Singley, Kirksville, MO
• Camp Merritt, Jersey City, NJ, 26 May 1918, to Brother, Roy H. Singley, Kirksville, MO
• [Europe], 24 July 1918, to Brother, Roy H. Singley, Kirksville, MO

• Houdelaincourt, France, 15 Dec 1918, to Sister, Laura Sullivan & Mrs. Lizzie Sullivan
• Some where in France, nd, to Mother & Sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, Yarrow, MO

• David Turner, Camp Doniphan, OK, nd, to Mother, Mrs. Carrie Turner, Kirksville, MO

• Santiago, Dominican Republic, 1 Sept 1919, to Miss Etta Caldwell, Kirksville, MO
• Santiago, Dominican Republic, 10 Sept 1919, to Miss Etta Caldwell, Kirksville, MO
• Aboard USS Hartford,  in “the States”, 16 Nov 1919, to Aunt Etta

• Sgt. Roy Unfer, 139th Infantry, [Europe], 3 Jan 1918, to Prof. J.W. Heyd, Kirksville, MO

• Some where in France, 30 May 1918, to Mother 
• Some where in France, -- July 1918, to Sister, Mrs. Ray Leavitt

• Sgt. Oliver S. Wood, 139th, Infantry, Camp Doniphan, OK, 18 Feb 1918 [postmark], to Paul Reggins, Kirksville, MO
• Ethren Watson, France, 18 Oct 1918, to Sister, Mrs. W.C. Unosh
• Pvt. Lorian M. Whitelock, 54th Artillery, Some where in France, 19 Aug 1918, to H.W. Van Skike, Kirksville, MO
• Glenn Winn, Headquarters Battalion, Chaumont, France, 24 Nov 1918, to Mother
• Pvt. Henry Wise & Pvt. Roy G. Jewell, 2nd Infantry, Ft. Shafter, Honolulu, HI,   27 Oct 1917, to Editor of the Daily Express
• Sgt. Wilcher & Bugler McKeehan, 351st Infantry, Houdelaincourt, France, 7 Dec 1918, to John S. McKeehan, Kirksville, MO
• Trausa C. Wynn, 133rd Machine Gun Battalion, [Europe], 15 Mar [1919], to Daily Express News --  Transmitting The Arrow Head, divisional newspaper (not enclosed

• England, 25 June 1918, to Prof. E.M. Violette, Kirksville, MO -- British Military Postcard with preprinted message choices to be checked off; Weaver says, “I am quite well.”
• [Europe], 4 Aug 1918, to Prof. E.M. Violette

• Camp MacArthur, Waco, TX, 20 Aug 1918, to Prof. E.M. Violette, Kirksville, MO -- [picture postcard of Brazos River Bridge at Waco]
• Camp MacArthur, Waco, TX, 20 Aug 1918, to President John R. Kirk, Kirksville, MO - [picture postcard of YWCA Hostess House, Camp MacArthur]
• France, 19 Oct 1918, to Prof. E.M. Violette, Kirksville, MO -- [picture postcard of Saint-Aignan-sur Cher church]

• Commercy, France, 9 Feb 1919, to Mother, Laura Wimber, Kirksville, MO
• Commercy, France, 30 Jan 1919, to Father, Lon Wimber, Kirksville, MO

• Issoudure, France, 12 Feb 1918, to Haus
• Hancock, GA, 23 Feb 1918, to Mother, Mrs. D.O. Yeager, Kirksville, MO