World War I Collection
Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
Notice of certification to District Board...., 1917-09-04
"You are hereby notified that you were on the 3rd day of Sept 1917, certified by this Local Board [Dallas County] to District Board [Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth] as having been called for the military service of the United States and not exempted or discharged...."
Order to report for military duty, 1917-10-05
From the War Department Local Board for Dallas County, Texas: Order to report to the local board at 10 a.m. on the 10th day of Oct 1917 for military duty and for transportation to the Army Mobilization Camp at Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas. Order No. 966 addressed to Jno. O. Miller, 5747 Prospect, Dallas, TX.
Permission to be Absent from Camp, 1917
Headquarters, 315th Engineers, Camp Travis, TX. Six permission slips granting J.O. Miller permission to be absent from camp, pasted together in pairs.
Personal ephemera, Undated
Western Union telegraph receipt, received from Edith Miller; portion of a studio photo portfolio, Watt and Sons, Dundee; calling card for Miss Laura V. Haynes.
Portrait of an officer
Litho-reproduction featuring an unidentified middle-aged, mustached man, dressed in a double-breasted jacket with buttons and shoulder insignia.
Portrait of John O. Miller and two young men
Studio portrait featuring John O. Miller and two young men in, all dressed in suit coats, neck ties and hats, posing shoulder to shoulder.
Portrait of Rev. George W. Truett, Undated
Press cutting of an image of Rev. George W. Truett, pictured in profile, exised from an unknown source.
Postcard from J.O. Miller to his father, 1918-06
"Dear Dad, I am traveling. Will write soon. Everything looks good along the country. Fine crops."
Registered Mail receipt, 1917-08-10
Received and registered mail receipt with postmark, signed by J.O. Miller.
Report of Dis-Internment and Reburial, 1919-06-30
Photocopy of a report of dis-internment and reburial of the remains of John Oscar Miller. Includes the exact location of the orginal grave, the nature of burial, the conditionn of the body, that no identification was found on the body, etc.