The first section of this collection houses letters written to J. T. Sloan regarding events at home. Although the majority of Sloan's correspondents lived in Nashville, he also received letters from friends and family in Murfreesboro (Tenn.), Birmingham (Ala.), Memphis (Tenn.), and Atlanta (Ga.). The second section houses letters that J. T. Sloan wrote describing his life in camp and in the field, reporting on family members and friends also serving in the Army, and expressing his desire to return home soon. Among Sloan's most frequent correspondents are Anna (Toon) Sloan, Emma I. Sloan, Emma D. Sloan, John W. Barnes, Georgie Brown, Inez West, Celine Wright, Bertha Cox, David Spence, Gladys Glover, Nell D. Watkins, William J. Bill Wood, Ione Henderson (1899-), Frances Brielmaire, Pete Brielmaire, Estelle Brielmaire (1891-1967), Mary Brielmaire (1894-1968), Edith Brielmaire (1898-1993), and Joseph B. Joe Branham (1895-1993). Researchers should note that Sloan corresponded with two women named Emma Sloan: his sister, Emma I. Sloan (who signs herself Emma) and his sister-in-law, Emma Davidson (Brown) Sloan (who signs herself Emma D.)

Also included are transcriptions of some of Sloan's letters home in both paper and digital format, a partial index to these transcriptions, and a panoramic picture of Sloan's unit taken at Camp Sevier, South Carolina in March of 1918.