Le Roy Farrington Correspondence
This collection houses letters and postcards from Le Roy Farrington to his wife and mother. The letters are dated between May 27, 1918 and July 8, 1919 and are written from Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and from France. The letters describe life in the camps and in France, and most of the letters come with the original envelopes. There is also a letter written by Farrington's wife Alice to Farrington's mother about the birth of her child. The collection also houses Farrington's draft card and certificate, a war risk insurance premium notice, an army patch, a photograph, and a one franc note.
Dates
- 1917 June 13-1919 July 8
General Physical Description
This collection consists of one half box.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses letters and postcards from Le Roy Farrington to his wife and mother. The letters are dated between May 27, 1918 and July 8, 1919 and are written from Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and from France. There is also a letter written by Farrington's wife Alice to Farrington's mother about the birth of her child. The collection also houses Farrington's draft card and certificate, a war risk insurance premium notice, an army patch, a photograph, and one franc.
Biographical/Historical Note
Le Roy Farrington was born in Connecticut in 1897. He married Alice Farrington and had two children, Deborah and Eleanor. They lived in Westchester, New York. Farrington served in France with the American Expeditionary Force as a member of the 2nd Pioneer Infantry Regiment. His service in the war is memorialized on the North Castle World War I Memorial in Westchester.
Arrangement
Letters are arranged in chronological order.
Acquisition Note
This collection was purchased by Special Collections in December of 2011.
General Physical Description
This collection consists of one half box.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository