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MUM00118
Finding-Aid for the James E. Edmonds Collection (MUM00118)
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PURL:
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00118/
Creator:
Edmonds, James E.
Title:
James E. Edmonds Collection.
Inclusive Dates:
1886-1934
Materials in:
English
Abstract:
Collection consists of autograph and typed letters, postcards, photographs and ephemera related to the life of James E. Edmonds spanning the time period, 1886-1934.
Quantity:
3 boxes.
Number:
MUM00118
Location:
F-12.
Repository :
The University of Mississippi
J.D. Williams Library
Department of Archives and Special Collections
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848, USA
Phone: 662.915.7408
Fax: 662.915.5734
E-Mail: archive@olemiss.edu
URL: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/files/archives/
J.D. Williams Library
Department of Archives and Special Collections
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848, USA
Phone: 662.915.7408
Fax: 662.915.5734
E-Mail: archive@olemiss.edu
URL: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/files/archives/
Cite as:
James E. Edmonds Collection (MUM00118). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
James E. Edmonds, was the son of Major and Mrs. J.E. Edmonds of Rosedale, Mississippi. Major Edmonds was a 1854 graduate of the University of Mississippi. James E. Edmonds also attended the University, and a significant number of letters in the collection were written during his tenure as a student between 1896 and 1900. Edmonds first entered the University in the fall of 1896, at the age of 16. Although Edmonds attended the University for four years, neither the Alumni Directory nor the Historical Catalogue list his as a graduate. During this years at the University, Edmonds was affiliated with the Hermaean Society and the Blackstone Society. He studied law, and played on both the baseball and football teams. Perhaps his greatest distinction as a student is his work as the illustrator on the first "Ole Miss" yearbook, printed in 1897. Edmonds was a talented artist, as the sketches he included in his letters will attest.
Edmonds was also a very informative and interesting correspondent. The letters he wrote while at the University cover a wide array of topics. He discusses University affairs: professors, students, fraternities, athletics, course work and, of course, production of the yearbooks. He also chronicles local events of interest, such as an outbreak of typhoid fever at Union Female College. National and international issues also did not escape his interest. He writes of the 1896 election and local reaction to the defeat of William Jennings Bryan, whom he supported, and he writes passionately of the oncoming of the Spanish-American War.
After leaving the University in 1900, Edmonds briefly returned to the Delta, but by 1902 he was working as a newspaper correspondent/artist in New Orleans, Louisiana. During this time he married Rosa Warfield of Natchez, a girl to whom he had been introduced by one of his college friends. His letters from New Orleans are equally interesting, covering topics ranging from squalid conditions in charity hospitals to the outbreak of yellow fever in 1905.
In 1902, Edmonds and Rosa had their first, and only mentioned, child, James E. Edmonds, Jr. In 1918, James Jr. was enrolled in the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Walworth, Wisconsin. The collection contains a significant number of letters written by James Jr. to his parents during his time at the academy.
At some point in the late 1910s (1917-1918), James Edmonds, Sr., became affiliated with the United States Army, for his letters are sent from military bases in Kentucky and Oklahoma. The capacity in which he was associated with the military, whether as an enlisted man or some other position, is unclear from the letters. While a student at the University of Mississippi, however, James had looked forward to the possibility of participating in an American conflict with Spain and was greatly chagrined when his parents refused their consent. One can assume that perhaps he met the American entry into the first world war with equal ardor and enlisted.
In 1924, James Jr. married a woman named Rosaleen in New York. Almost immediately after the wedding James Jr. and Rosaleen left for Paris, where James Jr. was employed by the Paris Branch of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York. Both James Jr. and Rosaleen wrote letters to his parents describing their life in Paris. In 1925, Rosaleen gave birth to a daughter, whom they named Roseanne. Rosaleen's labor and delivery were complicated and the letters written to James' parents from the American Hospital in Paris, while not tremendously detailed, are useful for the information regarding surgery and obstetrical practices in the early twentieth century.
Collection consists of autograph and typed letters, postcards, photographs and ephemera related to the life of James E. Edmonds spanning the time period, 1886-1934.
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BOX 1 CORRESPONDENCE, 1886-1898
Folder No.:
1. Inventory and A.L.S. [Photocopy] Charles Sullivan to Dr. Thomas Verich, 29 November 1995, 2 pp.
2. A.L.S. James E. Edmonds , Bolivar, Mississippi, to "Cousin Alice" [Weeks], 1 June 1886, 1 p./ "Hot weather has come again . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E. to Alice [Weeks], [21] October 1887, 1 p./ "I thought I would . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E. to Alice [Weeks], 16 December 1887, 1 p./ "I only a few . . "
3. A.L.S. J.E.E. to Alice [Weeks], 5 February 1888, 1 p./ "Guess what I did . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E. to Alice [Weeks], 5 June 1889, 1 p./ "Got on the boat . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E. to Alice [Weeks], 13 May 1889, 1 p./ "The reason why I . . "
4. A.L.S. [Maynard], Alameda, California, to "Sir James," 12 April 1893, 2 pp./ "As is my custom . . "
5. A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father" [Major and Mrs. Edmonds] 19 September 1896, 1 p./ "Am now a full-fledged student . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 20 September 1896, 2 pp./ "I went to church again . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 28 September 1896, 2 pp./ "Here is my usual . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 30 September 1896, 1 p./ "The faculty have been . . "
6. A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 13 October 1896, 2 pp./ "I am very sorry . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 15 October 1896, 2 pp./ "It was just as . . '
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 27 October 1896, 2 pp./ "I received the note . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," October 1896, 2 pp./ "The letter is written . . "
7. A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 9 November 1896, 2 pp./ "And Sunday comes once again . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 16 November 1896, 2 pp./ "And so you captured . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 20 November 1896, 2 pp./ "And here I am . . "
8. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 6 December 1896, 2 pp./ "I received your note . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 15 December 1896, 2 pp./ "I received your note . . "
9. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 12 January 1897, 2 pp./ "I, as your already . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 24 January 1897, 2 pp./ "No - I had not . . "
10. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 8 February 1897, 3 pp./ "I cannot imagine why . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 16 February 1897, 2 pp./ "I did not write . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 21 February 1897, 3 pp./ "You say I have not . . "
11. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 6 March 1897, 5 pp./ "This letter will reach . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 13 March 1897, 5 pp./ "Here I am again . . '
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 21 March 1897, 3 pp./ "I received your letter . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father and Cousin Lillie," 28 March 1897, 7 pp./ "Your box and and [sic] . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father and Cousin Lillie," 3 March 1897, 4 pp./ "Stop scolding! Now, and . . "
12. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 22 April 1897, 5 pp./ "I am very much surprised . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," April 1897, 3 pp./ "I have received the . . "
13. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 2 May 1897, 4 pp./ "I received the note . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 16 May 1897, 5 pp./ "Here I am again . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E. to "Mother and Father," 30 May 1897, 5 pp./ "I received your letters . . "
14. A.N.S. J.E.E., Holly Springs, Mississippi, to "Dear Mother," 15 September 1897/ "Am I not in . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," November 1897, 5 pp./ "Well! Sunday has come . . "
15. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 12 December 1897, 5 pp./ "Conference has been going . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 14 December 1897, 5 pp./ "Here is the weekly . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 20 December 1897, 4 pp./ "I got the curtains . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 27 December 1897, 5 pp./ "And so Christmas is . . "
16. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 1897, 2 pp./ "The box was received . . "
17. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 24 January 1898, 2 pp./ "Exams are at last over . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 30 January 1898, 4 pp./ "I have heard from one . . "
18. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," [6] February 1898, 2 pp./ "Tis Thursday morning once . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," University, Mississippi, 14 February 1898, 4 pp./ "I received the note . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 25 February 1898, 4 pp./ "This is Friday night . . "
19. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 6 March 1898, 2 pp./ "I received your letter . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 15 March 1898, 2 pp./ "Your letter was received . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 27 March 1898, 6 pp./ "And it is over . . "
20. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 3 April 1898, 4 pp./ "I have heard from . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 10 April 1898, 5 pp./ "Your letter was received . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 23 April 1898, 8 pp./ "The letters containing the . . " with A.L.S. J.E.E. to "Major" [James E. Edmonds], 23 April 1898, 2 pp./ "You see the war . . "
21. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 2 May 1898, 4 pp./ "I suppose in-as-much . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 6 May 1898, 4 pp./ "I received your telegram . . "
22. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 16 May 1898, 1 p./ "Please excuse this paper . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 25 May 1898, 4 pp./ "We meet again . . "
BOX 2 CORRESPONDENCE, 1900-1926
Folder No.:
1. A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," [2] February 1900, 5 pp./ "I drew for my . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother" 11 February 1900, 1 p./ "Sunday afternoon and here . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Oxford, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 26 February 1900, 8 pp./ "Second term examinations are . . "
2. A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 25 March 1900, 5 pp/. "Sunday afternoon again . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., to "Major," [10] April 1900, 3 pp./ "I know my expenses . . "
3. A.L.S. [C.H.J.], Rosedale, Mississippi, to "My Dearest Aunt," 9 April 1900, 2 pp./ "We are all so . . " in envelope with A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother and Father," 9 April 1900, 4 pp./ "Monday morning - 8 a.m. . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Father and Mother," 6 May 1900, 6 pp./ "In my letter last . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Mother," 22 May 1900, 4 pp./ "I have not heard . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., University, Mississippi, to "Major," 16 June 1900, 2 pp./ "My trip to Vicksburg . . "
4. A.L.S. J.E.E., Erwin, Mississippi, to "My dearest little woman," [10] July 1901, 2 pp./ "Never again had I . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., to "My dear 'little woman'," 20 July 190, 2 pp./ "The love of my boy-hood . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Greenville, Mississippi, to "Dear little woman," 18 August 1901, 2 pp./ "No, my dear, I . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Erwin, Mississippi, to "My dearest Rosa," 9 September 1901, 2 pp./ "I suppose my letter . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Erwin, Mississippi, to "My dear little woman," 15 October 1904, 2 pp./ "You cannot know what . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Erwin, Mississippi, to "Dearest Rosa," [Warfield] 10 November 1901, 2 pp./ "At last I can see . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Erwin, Mississippi, to "My dearest little woman," [Rosa Warfield], 4 August 1901, 3 pp./ "What a poor figure . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Erwin, Mississippi, to "My dear little woman," 14 December 1901, 2 pp./ "You have by this . . "
5. A.L.S. J.E.E., Erwin, Mississippi, to Rosa, [20] April 1902, 2 pp./ "Really I am at . . "
T.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to "My dearest little woman," 29 April 1902, 1 p./ "You see that I . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E. to Rosa, [20 May] 1902, 1 p./ "Bob and I will . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., to [Rosa], 24 May 1902, 3 pp./ "How your mother - you sister . . "
6. A.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to "Dearest little woman," 4 September 1902, 4 pp./ "Have just come in . . "
Telegram. Waterman, [New Orleans, Louisiana], to Edmonds, 13 September [1902], with attached A.L.S. Mary, to "Dearest little Mother," n. d., 3 pp./ "We heard the great news . . " and A.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to "My dearest little woman," 7 September 1902, 3 pp./ "Your letter of yesterday . . "
7. T.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to "Dearest little woman," 9 August 1904, 1 p./ "Your letter today brought . . "
8. A.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to Rosa, 14 September 1904, 4 pp./ "Are you angry . . "
9. A.L.S. J.E.E., Allegan, Michigan, to "Dearest little woman," 8 April 1905, 8 pp./ "Will you pardon the sort . . "
10. T.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to Rosa, 1 August 1905, 1 p./ "Pardon paper, pardon typewriter . . "
T.L.S. J.E.E. to "Dearest little woman," n. d., 2 pp./ "Have you thought I . . " with attached T.L.S. J.E.E. to Rosa, 25 August 1905, 1 p./ "Thursday, and tomorrow 'pay-day'".
T.L.S. J.E.E. to "My dear little refugee," August 1905, 1 p./ "Have I your pardon . . "
11. T.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to "Dearest little woman," 11 August 1905, 1 p./ "So you have learned . . "
T.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to "Dearest little woman," 13 August 1905, 2 pp./ "It is Sunday night . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to "Dearest little woman," 15 August 1905, 1 p./ "I am altogether too . . "
12. A.N.S. J.E.E. to Rosa, [20 August 1905], 1 p./ "Am in an 'awful hurry . . "
T.L.S. J.E.E. to "Dearest little woman," New Orleans, Louisiana, 25 August 1905, 1 p./ "I wrote you last night . . "
T.L.S. J.E.E. to Rosa, [30 August 1905], 1 p./ "Well, it is noly [sic] . . "
13. A.L.S. J.E.E., Allegan, Michigan, to Rosa, 11 September 1905, 4 pp./ "Since I wrote again . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to Rosa, 19 September 1905, 3 pp./ "Find enclosed check for . . "
T.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, to Rosa, 24 September 1905, 1 p./ "Yours of today has . . "
T.L.S. J.E.E. to "Dearest little woman," [26 September 1905], 2 pp./ "I know that I . . "
14. A.L.S. J.E.E., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to "Dearest little woman," 29 May 1906, 4 pp./ "Just about this time . . "
15. T.L.S. J.E.E., Shreveport, Louisiana, to Rosa, 17 March [1907], 1 p./ "I started to write to . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., [Shreveport, Louisiana], to Rosa, [19 March 1907], 8 pp./ "I have appreciated your . . "
T.L.S. J.E.E., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to "Dearest little woman," 11 September 1907, 1 p./ "You don't know how . . "
16. T.L.S. J.E.E., New Orleans, Louisiana, 2 August 1908, 1 p./ "Where is that letter ? . . "
17. A.L.S. J.E.E. to Rosa, [9 September 1909], 4 pp./ "I have finished my . . ", with attached A.L.S. J.E.E. to Rosa, n. d., 2 pp./ "I have just found . . "
Telegram. J.E.E., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Rosa, 23 December 1909, 1 p./ "Fighting over safe . . "
18. A.L.S. J.E.E., Veracruz, to "Dearest little woman," 1911, 5 pp./ "Instead of five days . . "
19. T.L.S. J.E.E. to "Dearest," [7 September 1913], 2 pp./ "I cannot go home . . "
20. A.L.S. J.E.E., on board the S. S. City of Grand Rapids, to "Dearest," [29 September 1914], 2 pp./ "I am on board . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Camp Taylor, New York, to "Dearest," 25 March 1914, 4 pp./ "I seem not to . . "
21. A.L.S. J.E.E., [Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania], to "Dearest," [12 July 1915], 2 pp./ "You certainly have a . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Jr., The Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association, National Headquarters, New York City, to "Dear Mother," 14 June 1915, 1 p./ "You said in your . . "
22. A.L.S. Mary [Cornell], to "My dear children," 6 July 19[16], 1 p./ "I want you three . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E, Jr., New York City, to "Dear Mother," 10 June 1916, 2 pp./ "This is the only . . "
23. A.L.S. J.E.E., Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to "Dearest," 2 January 1917, 3 pp./ "Not a word from you . . ", with A.L.S. J.E.E., Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to "Dearest," 6 January 1917, 6 pp./ "Just a word before . . ", A.L.S. J.E.E. to "Dearest," n. d., 3 pp./ "Just a line to . . ", A.L.S. J.E.E., Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to "Dearest little woman," 19 December 1917, 1 p./ "It's Monday and only . . ", and A.L.S. J.E.E., Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to "Dearest," [1] January 1917, 5 pp./ "Arrived safely late yesterday . . " (Note: These letters were in one envelope together, so I have chosen no to separate them.)
24. A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Chicago, Illinois, to "Dear Mother," 8 January 1917, 2 pp./ "Well I'm still at . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 10 January 1917, 1 p./ "The snow is a . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dearest Mother," 27 January 1917, 2 pp./ "I am so glad . . "
25. A.L.S. J.E.E., Fort Sill, [Oklahoma], to "Dear little woman," 11 January 1918, 4 pp./ "No long letter tonight . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 14 January 1918, 2 pp./ "I am writing this . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to "Dear Laddie," 29 April 1918, 6 pp./ "You letter has just . . "
26. A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear papa," 27 September 1918, 2 pp./ "Well I am here . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 6 October 1918, 2 pp./ "Well we are back . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 4 pp./ "I received the fountain . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear papa," 9 October 1918, 2 pp./ "I received your letter . . "
27. A.L.S. James [J.E.E, Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 13 October 1918, 2 pp./ "Yesterday we went out . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear papa," 18 October 1918, 2 pp./ "I just heard from . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 20 October 1918, 2 pp./ "We have been in . . "
28. A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 3 November 1918, 2 pp./ "I received the notebook . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 4 November 1918, 1 p./ "I haven't heard from . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear papa," 5 November 1918, 4 pp./ "Well from yesterday's news . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear papa," 8 November 1918, 1 p./ "Have just heard the . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 10 November 1918, 2 pp./ "I was certainly glad . .
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29. A.L.S. James [J.E.E, Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 17 November 1918, 2 pp./ "Well we beat Morgan . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 18 November 1918, 2 pp./ "It seems to me . . "
A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 24 November 1918, 2 pp./ "Well there are only . . "
30. A.L.S. J.E.E., Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to "Dearest 'little woman'," 11 January 1919, 3 pp./ "I played myself a . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Camp Taylor, Kentucky, to "Dearest little woman," 9 February 1919, 2 pp./ "Friday night - and I . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., [Camp Taylor, Kentucky], to "Dearest Sweetheart," [9 March 1919], 2 pp./ "Two passes and you . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., to "Dearest Sweetheart," [Camp Taylor, Kentucky], [17 March 1919], 2 pp./ "Another 48 hours gone . . "
31. A.L.S. J.E.E., [Camp Taylor, Kentucky], to "Dearest Sweetheart," [16 March 1919], 2 pp./ "It's a merry world . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Camp Taylor, Kentucky, to "Dearest," 18 March 1919, 2 pp./ "Two passes and I . ."
T.L.S. J.E.E., Camp Taylor, Kentucky, to "Dearest," 22 March 1919, 2 pp./ "Sunday afternoon, and a . . '
32. A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Walworth, Wisconsin, to "Dear Mother," 12 April 1919, 4 pp./ "Well, the tanks have . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Washington, D. C., to "Dear Laddie," 19 May 1919, 2 pp./ "How comes 'commencement? . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Birmingham, Alabama, to "Dearest," 23 June 1919, 3 pp./ "Just a line or . . "
33. A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, to "Dear Mother," 8 July 1921, 4 pp./ "You have probably wondered . . "
T.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Buenos Aires, Argentina, to "Dear Mother," 4 October 1921, 4 pp./ "Well how do you . . "
Telegram. Feely to J.E.E., 3 January, 1 p./ "Employed this office doing . . " with attached T.L.S. Raleigh a. Gibson, American Vice Consul in Charge, American Consular Service, Buenos Aires, Argentina, to James E. Edmonds, 2 December 1921, 1 p./ "In reply to your . . "
34. A.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], on board the S.S. Veerdan, 24 January 1924, 6 pp./ "Everything has been wonderful . . "
T.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Paris Branch of the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, to "Dear Papa," 30 January 1925, 3 pp./ "At last, after much . .
A.L.S. James [J.E.E, Jr.], Paris, France, to "Mother Dear," 16 July 1925, 2 pp./ "If my handwriting seems . . "
A.L.S. Rosaleen, Paris, France, to "Dear James" [J.E.E.], 1 December [1925], 2 pp./ "Just to congratulate you . . "
A.L.S. Edith B. McKenna, The American Hospital, Paris, France, to "My Dear Mrs. Edmonds," 6 March [1926], 2 pp./ "I am so sorry . . "
BOX 3 CORRESPONDENCE, PHOTOGRAPHS & MISCELLANY
Folder No.:
1. A.L.S. J.E.E., [Camp Taylor, Kentucky], to "Dearest little woman," n. d., 2 pp./ "Work has been edging . . "
T.L.S. J.E.E., to "My dearest 'little woman'," n. d., 2 pp./ "Here, at the tail-end . . "
A.L. and T.L. J.E.E., to Rosa, n. d., 6 pp./ "The mail boat leaves . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., to Rosa, n. d., 3 pp./ "Today is Sunday and . . "
2. T.L.S. J.E.E. to "Dear Laddie," n. d., 3 pp./ "Thank you for the . . "
A.N.S. J.E.E. to "My Dear Laddie," n. d., 1 p./ "With the hope that . . "
3. A.L.S. Rosaleen, American Hospital, [Paris, France], to "Rosa Dear," 5 January, no year, 2 pp./ "Just a short note . . "
A.L.S. Rosaleen to "James Dear," n. d., 4 pp./ "This afternoon to a . . "
A.L.S. Rosaleen, Homestead Farm, to "Rosa Dear," n. d., 2 pp./ "Just a week ago . . "
4. A.L.S. Rosaleen, to "Dear Mother," n. d., 2 pp./ "This my evening to . . "
A.L.S. Rosaleen, to "Dear Mother," Paris, France, n. d., 2 pp./ "I always think of . . "
A.L.S. Rosaleen, [Paris, France], to Rosa and James, 21 November, no year, 4 pp./ "A gala day for . . "
5. A.L.S. J.E.E., to "Dear Major," n. d., 1 p./ "Send in place of . . "
6. A.L.S. J.E.E. to "Dear Mother," n. d., 1 p./ "You need not be . . "
7. A.L.S. J.E.E., to [Rosa], n. d., 10 pp./ "Life is complex, sweetheart . . '
A.L.S. J.E.E., New York City, to "Dearest," n. d., 2 pp./ "Have had about four . . "
8. A.L.S. J.E.E. to [Rosa], n. d., 3 pp./ "Cousin Jane has just . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E., Caddo Club, Shreveport, Louisiana, to "Dear little woman," n. d., 2 pp./ "Just a word to . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E. to Rosa Warfield, n. d., 1 p./ "Am verry sorry you . . "
A.L.S. J.E.E. to "Dearest little woman," n. d., 1 p./ "I expected to stay . . "
9. T.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], Paris, France, to "Dear Papa," 25 September, no year, 5 pp./ "It seems about time . . "
T.L.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], to "Dear Papa," n. d., 2 pp./ "At last, I can . . "
10. A.L.S. James [J.E.E. Jr.], The Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association, National Headquarters, New York City, to "Dear Mama," n. d., 2 pp./ "I wrote you a . . "
11. A.L. Unsigned [Rosaleen] to "Dear Rosa," n. d., 4 pp./ "I had no idea . . "
12. A.C.S. [---] Bell, to Mrs. N. N. Edmonds, 9 July 1906. Postcard of Gibralter Rock from San Felipe.
13. A.C.S. [Mama], to Arthur H. Jones, 26 October 1909. Postcard of Lyceum building, University of Mississippi.
14. A.C.S. [---], to Mrs. James Edmonds, 1 September 1911. Postcard of First Avenue Hotel, London, England.
15. A.C.S. [---], to "My Dear Auntie" [Mrs. A. M. Edmonds], 27 August 1913. Postcard of Ocean View Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia.
A.C.S. [C.N.L], to "My Dearest Auntie" [Mrs. A. M. Edmonds], 17 September 1913. Postcard of Union Central Life Insurance Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
A.C.S. [Coralie] to "Dear Auntie" [Mrs. A. M. Edmonds], 10 November 1912. Postcard from Belgian Congo.
A.C.S. Helen and Kelly to Mrs. James Edmonds, 31 December 1912. Postcard of unidentified house.
16. A.C.S. [R.A.L.], to Mrs. A. M. Edmonds, 19 July 1913. Postcard of University of Chicago.
A.C.S. [C.N.L.], to "My Dearest Auntie" [Mrs. A. M. Edmonds], 3 August 1913. Postcard of Niagara River, Nigara Falls, New York.
17. A.C.S. Amelia, Lucerne, Switzerland, to Mrs. James E. Edmonds, 31 July 1914. Postcard of "Kapellbrude und Wassertum mit Pilatus, Luzern".
A.C.S. Amelia, Lucerne, Switzerland, to Master James Edmonds, 31 July 1914. Postcard of "Lowendenkmal, Luzern".
A.C.S. Joe, Rome, Italy, to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, 1914. Postcard of "Arco di Tito nel foro Romano".
A.C.S. Joe Etta, Rome, to Mr. James Edmonds, Jr., 1914. Postcard of ruins of Pompeii.
18. A.C.S. J.E.E., Jr. to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, 31 May 1915. Postcard of Cable Incline, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
A.C.S. J.E.E., Jr. to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, 31 May 1915. Postcard of White House, Washington, D. C.
A.C.S. J.E.E., Chattanooga, to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, 31 May 1915. Postcard of Lookout Mountain from Tennessee River.
A.C.S. J.E.E., Jr., to Mrs. A. M. Edmonds, 31 May 1915. Postcard of Lookout Mountain and the Cravens House, Tennessee.
A.C.S. J.E.E., to Mrs. J.E. Edmonds, 8 June 1915. Postcard of Company Street, 3rd Artillery Practice Camp, Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania.
A.C.S. James [J.E.E., Jr.], to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, 10 June 1915. Postcard of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania.
A.C.S. Edith B., Breward, North Carolina, to James Edmonds, 26 July 1915. Postcard of Whitewater Falls.
A.C.S. [---], Vancouver, to Mrs. James E. Edmonds, 8 September 1915. Postcard of Hotel Vancouver.
19. A.C.S. Bessie Q. Thatcher, Savannah, Georgia, to Mrs. James Edmonds, 11 May 1915. Postcard of Spanish Moss, Savannah.
A.C.S. J.E.E., Jr. to Mrs. A. M. Edmonds, 3 June 1915. Postcard of 3rd Field Artillery in Action, Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania.
A.C.S. J.E.E., Jr., to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, 3 June 1915. Postcard of Tobyhannah, Pennsylvania.
A.C.S. J.E.E., to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, 9 June 1915. Postcard of Tobyhanna Creek.
A.C.S. Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield, Prouts Neck, Maine, 17 August 1915. Postcard of Public Gardens, Boston.
A.C. To James Edmonds, 17 August 1915. Postcard of Daisy Geyser, Yellowstone Park.
A.C.S. "Sis," Los Angeles, California, to Mrs. Rosa Edmonds, 25 August 1915. Postcard of Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.
A.C.S. L. L. [Swaye] to Mrs. James Edmonds, 11 September 1915. Postcard of a Mexican Store, New Mexico.
20. A.C.S. R. F. Bacon to Mr. Richard Nugent, 16 April 1916. Postcard of Riverside Drive and Hudson River, New York.
A.C.S. M.C.W., to "My dear R," [Mrs. James Edmonds], 19 July 1916. Postcard of Luzerne Hotel, Lincoln Park.
21. A.C.S. M. to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, 5 January 1917. Postcard of Sunset Route, High Bridge.
22. A.C.S. James, to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, [30 January] 1925. Postcard of L'Hotel de Ville et la Pont d'Arcole, Paris.
23. A.C.S. [Tom], to Mrs. W. H. Sorrels, 24 August 1934. Postcard of Ferry Landing, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
A.C.S. H., to Mrs. H. W. Sorrells, 9 October 1934. Postcard of American Colonial Village, Chicago World's Fair.
24. A.C.S. J.E.E., Jr. to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, 18 June, no year. Postcard of American Museum of Natural History, New York.
A.C. To Mrs. James E. Edmonds, 17 August, no year. Postcard of Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone Park.
A.C.S. [T. Durrells], to Major and Mrs. Edmonds, n. d. Postcard of "Le Rocher de Haute-Pierre".
A.C.S. J.E.E., Jr. to Edith Bradley, n. d. Postcard of Mount Saint Mary's Seminary, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
A.C. "From H. O. Allison," n. d.
A.C.S. J.E.E, to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, n. d. Postcard of Hotel Continental, Naples, Italy.
A.C.S. J.E.E., to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, n. d. Postcard of Venice, Italy.
A.C.S. [J.E.E.], to Mrs. J. E. Edmonds, n. d. Postcard of Apple Tree and Olympian Garden at Colazzi's.
A.C.S. J.E.E., Jr., to Edith Bradley, n. d. Postcard of Umbrella Rock on Point Lookout Mountain.
25. Blank postcard.
26. Miscellaneous tickets/passes:
L.S.U. Athletic Association Season Ticket for J. E. Edmonds, n. d.
Pass from Camp McClellan, Anniston, Alabama, for admission of Mrs. James Edmonds, dated 25 September 1918.
Pass from Camp McClellan, Anniston, Alabama, for permanent admission of James Edmonds, 29 August 1918.
Pass for Members of Crew of Pan-American voyage Munson Steamship Line, April 1922.
Membership pass issued by House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., to James Edmonds, 17 July 1919.
Tulane University Student Season Athletic Ticket, 1919-1920 issued to J. E. Edmonds.
27. Seaman's Certificate of American Citizenship or Intention Papers, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, issued to James E. Edmonds, 2 June 1921, with attached photo of Edmonds.
28. Miscellanoues business papers.
29. Miscellaneous invitations:
University of Mississippi commencement, 1900.
Wedding of Rosaleen Brinton and James E. Edmonds, Jr., 17 January 1925.
Delta Kappa Epsilon Club, New York City, invitation for guest visit issued to James E. Edmonds, Jr., 19 April 1922.
Thirtieth Annual Senior Hop, Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 10 June 1918.
Thirtieth Annual Graduating Exercises of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 7-10 June 1918.
30. Program from the Pan-American Cabaret, U.S.M.S. Pan America, 13 April 1922.
31. Certificate from Munson Steamship Lines issued to James E. Edmonds, 1922.
32. Miscellaneous documents and deeds, [Buncombe] County, North Carolina, n. d.
33. Miscellaneous envelopes.
34. Miscellaneous.
See also three folders of photographs removed to Collections Photographs. See attached photocopies.