James William Milton Folder #15 (9 -18) (World War I materials)

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

ARC60o

Scope and Content

Collection of items related to James William Milton: Book of poetry, entitled Yanks, published in France by The Stars and Stripes, 1918 (paperback) Book entitled Soldiers' French Course, Justice B. Detwiler, editor, printed by Foreign Trade Press (hardback) (On exhibit in Case 10) Book entitled American Soldiers' and Sailors' Diary, arranged and compiled by Mary Parker Converse, E.P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1918 (hardback), slipped between pages for April 28 and April 29 was a newspaper clipping entitled "Yank Detachment Takes 165 Boches in Cunel Attack" (On exhibit in Case 10) Individual Pay Record Book for Milton, James (On exhibit in Case 10) Postcard from the Y.M.C.A. office in Paris Transient Pass giving JWM permission to be absent from Camp Merritt from noon on March 19th, 1919 until 8 AM on March 20th, 1919 Telegram undated Ship card for the H.M.S. [sic] Aquitania, showing berth, section, etc. (ship that transported JWM either to or from France, probably to France) 5 postcards: R.M.S. [sic] Aquitania; Square des Lions in Beaune, France; Ruines de l'Abbaye, Beaune-Bouilland; 2 of Espagne de la Compagnie Generale Transatlantique Booklet entitled "Victory Songs", Department of the East, National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Association (paperback) (On exhibit in Case 10) 4 notecards with handwritten notes re JWM's service, Mary Milton Simmons' notes based on Carlotta Dice Gruber Milton's memory 6 torn scraps of paper with handwriting + one envelope flap from Mrs. Joe Perks 4 typed sheets entitled "World War 1917-1918 White", and listing names in alphabetical order (no date or other identifying information) Honorable Discharge from the United States Army and Enlistment Record of JWM Postcard addressed to JWM sent from Germany, postmarked "Third Army / Jun. 4.19 / A.P.O. 740", from someone in Company I, 30th Infantry

Acquisition

Accession

311

Source or Donor

Milton, Jeral A.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1917 - 1919

Archive Size/Extent

folder is approximately 1" thick

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1919 Date(s) Assembled: 1917-1919 Appraisal: To be held permanently in the Jefferson County Museum. Associated Material: Old Charles Town Library's Perry Room has copy of The Milton Family (genealogy) by Ethel Milton Hughes. Call # LR929.2H. Level of Description: Series