| Title |
Stanley Purrington WWI Journal May 1918 - April 1919 |
| Creator |
Purrington, Stanley, 1889-1971 |
| Description |
Stanley Purrington was originally from Ogden, Utah and joined the Army in 1918. He and sixty other young men from Ogden were sent to Camp Fremont, California for training. Upon completion of his training he was dispatched to France to become part of the occupying forces at Camp Pontanezen. During his time there, he was a battalion sergeant major in the 8th Infantry. Purrington returned home to Ogden on August 30, 1919. The diaries in this collection detail his time in service from August 12, 1918 to March 26, 1919 and May 29, 1919 to Sept. 28, 1919, along with his experiences overseas. The view book includes photographs and postcards collected by Purrington during his time in Europe as well as some biographical information. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918; Soldier; Personal narratives |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA |
| Date Original |
1918; 1919 |
| Date |
1918; 1919 |
| Temporal Coverage |
1918; 1919 |
| Medium |
Journal |
| Item Description |
Brown, leather covered journal. It has a snap closure on the front and the contents are a small, silver three ring binder holding lined paper. There is a leather loop on the inside flap to hold a writing utensil. This journal measures 6 inches long, 3.5 inches wide and 1/4 inch tall when closed. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Fremont, Alameda, California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5350734 , 37.54827, -121.98857; Long Island, Suffolk, New York, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5125123 , 40.81677, -73.06622; Brest, Arrondissement de Brest, Finistere, Brittany, France, http://sws.geonames.org/3030300 , 48.39029, -4.48628 |
| Type |
Text |
| Conversion Specifications |
Images were scanned with an Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner as TIFFs. JPGs were created for general use. Transcription done by VC. |
| Language |
eng |
| Relation |
https://archivesspace.weber.edu/repositories/3/resources/426 |
| Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit WSU Stewart Library Special Collections, Ogden, Utah. |
| Source |
MS-274 WSU Stewart Library Special Collections, Ogden, Utah |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6qssfcv |
| Setname |
wsu_wwi_sp |
| ID |
83850 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6qssfcv |
| Title |
Purrington Brown Journal_010 |
| Description |
Journal containing entries from May 1918 - April 1919 |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918; Soldier; Personal narratives |
| Type |
Text |
| Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit WSU Stewart Library Special Collections, Ogden, Utah. |
| OCR Text |
Show big as Ogden, about two miles from camp. We walked around for awhile, then went to the army Y.M.C.A. which is the most comfortable place I’ve been in since I came out here. We wrote some letters (I wrote to shorthand telling of the change in my address. and we then hunted some feed and went to a picture show It sure seemed good to get away from Camp and see a little city life again No one seems to know what became of Paulsen in the shuffle on Friday. Curley Mack hunted us up this morning He was sent to A Co. 13th Infantry, alongside of ours. Don’t know where we’ll go this afternoon; Bramwell Curley and I will go somewhere We went over to see John Parker (8) Aug. 25th 1918 this morning but he wasn’t in his tent. Guess he beat it somewhere rather early. Almost time for mail call I hope there’s some for me this time. I’d like to hear from Mother or some of the folks Monday Aug 26th 1918 Had drill on the Manual of arms this morning. It’s awful stuff to learn and it never will be used in battle but is given merely to get a solider used to the gun and to discipline them. We, Bramwell, Curley and I went over to Palo Alto yesterday At the “Y” they served us ice cream cake and punch. They held a short religious service in the evening and a sermon on “Christ and Zaccheus was preached by one of the Army Chaplains |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
wsu_wwi_sp |
| ID |
83866 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6qssfcv/83866 |
