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Correspondence of the Story and Justus families
Collection
Identifier: 2019-004
Content Description
Collection consists of approximately 150 pieces of correspondence created by the Story and Justus family members and their relations, most of whom resided in Texas and Indian Territory/Oklahoma. Primary correspondents include U.S. Navy sailor Vaughan Story (1919-2007), son of Arthur and Lillie Story; and U.S. Army Sgt. Stanley Story (1915-1981), son of Arthur and Lillie Story. Other correspondents include Mrs. Arthur L. (Lillie Justus) Story (1879-1972); Faye Story Anderson (1908-2004),...
Dates:
1899 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1944
Edward Thomas Van Wart WWI diaries
File
Identifier: 2018-033
Scope and Contents
Three volume handwritten diary. Vol I [address book]: Thursday, May 2, 1918 - Monday, May 13, 1918. 24 pages of mss entries, 24 lines per page, ~ 2000 words. Vol II: July 11, 1918 - September 7, 1918. 54 pp of mss entries, 24 lines per page, ~ 6000 words. 2 typed sheets with entries: "War Warnings, September 2nd, 1918" and "Extract taken from ship's log July 25, 1918.” Tipped in newspaper extract, "German Taken By Amexes Shoots Sniping Comrades." Laid-in a typed page, apparently from the...
Dates:
1918-05 - 1918-11