| 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_017 |
| 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 Sunday Evening Sept 15th 1918 Didnt leave Camp this weekend. No money to go to San Fran and didn’t want to go alone anyway. Everyone almost from this Company except the Intelligence bunch, out on the range today. I stayed in Camp yesterday and cleaned up that shell shorthand Got a dandy letter from Lee today. He’s in the M.G. Bn. now. The gang is all separated except Lee and Hy. They are in same Company as Lundberg. I went over to Palo Alto this afternoon and wrote some letters then came back to camp. Perhaps I can go to San Fran next week. Had YMCA services at Palo Alto Sung I need Thee Every hour (16) and I thought how applicable it was to me and could join in the song: “I need Thee oh I need Thee Every hour I need Thee”— And no matter where I go I’ll always keep that in mind The greatest help I have is prayer, whenever things don’t go just right. Monday Sept 16th 1918 Haven’t had a very heavy day Went out with the Int. Sec. this morning had proclcol experience as observers, out at the trenches. The Non Coms got in the trenches while we went out about two hundred yards on a hillside and separated into twos one observing the other recording I was a recorder. This afternoon we had drill in crawling, and in road sketching I fell down. |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
wsu_wwi_sp |
| ID |
83873 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6qssfcv/83873 |
