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Charles Stanley (Stan) Lamb in NYC

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1914-1918
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: Company B, 1st Battalion, 318th Engineers Regiment, 6th Division, 1st Army Corps
  • Location of Service: United States; France
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/1627

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"By firelight on the fought-over ground of this stricken country I pause to rush word to you of my safety and well-being." (Letter to his mother, November 16, 1918)

A company clerk with a regiment of engineers stationed in France, Stan Lamb was a prolific correspondent to more than a dozen family members and friends. In a letter dated September 25, 1918, he reported that in the previous three days he had received 35 letters from 22 different people. During the war, censors sometimes chastised Lamb for being indiscreet, but once the Armistice was signed, his honest descriptions of postwar devastation-he once saw starving citizens reduced to eating horses--were no longer subject to review.

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More Resources

[ Special Orders, No. 91, Headquarters Sixth Division [4/1/1919] ]
[ Letters Home: World War I Letters of Charles Stanley Lamb, Edited by Betty Boyd and George Lamb ]
[ "Dear Stanley," [3/9/1918], Duluth, Minn. ]
[ "Dear Mother," [3/9/1918], Vancouver Barracks ]
[ "Dear Dad," [4/4/1918], Vancouver, Washington ]
[ "Dear Dad," [4/11/1918], Vancouver Barracks ]

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[ "Dear Mother," [4/28/1918], Camp Merritt, NJ ]
[ "Dear Dad," [5/1/1918], Camp Merritt, NJ ]
[ "Dear Mother and Folks," [5/3/1918], Camp Merritt, NJ ]
[ "Dad," [5/6/1918] ]
[ "Dear Folks," [5/6/1918], Camp Merritt ]
[ "Dear Mother and all," [5/1918], On board ]
[ "Dear Dad," [5/21/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Mary," [5/23/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Mother," [5/27/1918] France ]
[ "Dear Mother," [5/31/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Dad," [6/5/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Mary," [6/6/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Uncle Lon," [6/6/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Dad," [6/9/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Mother," [6/18/1918], France ]
[ "Ma Chere Mary," [6/20/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [6/24/1918], Mehun sur Yerre ]
[ "Dear Dad," [6/25/1918], Mehun sur Yevre ]
[ "Dear Dad," [7/1/1918], Mehun sur Yevre; Cher, France ]
[ "Dear Mother," [7/10/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mary," [7/16/1918], Chateauroux Indre, France ]
[ "Dear Mother," [7/16/1918], Chateauroux Indre, France ]
[ "Dear Dad," [7/21/1918], Chateauroux Indre, France ]
[ "Dear Mother," [7/28/1918], Chateauroux Indre, France ]
[ "Dear Mary," [8/3/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [8/3/1918], Chateauroux Indre, France ]
[ "Dear Dad," [8/8/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [8/25/1918], La Ferte ser-Avb, near Bricon ]
[ "Dear Uncle Lon," [8/25/1918], Bricon ]
[ "Dear Mother," [8/30/1918] ]
[ "Dear Dad," [9/5/1918], France ]
[ "My dear Mrs. Lamb,"[ 9/5/1918], San Francisco, CA ]
[ "My Dear Friend," [9/5/1918]. Includes four additional letters sent by G. Jugand to Charles Lamb ]
[ "Dear Mother," [9/9/1918], France, Hotzplatz ]
[ "Dear Mother," [9/15/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Mary," [9/17/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Mother, Father, et.al," [9/25/1918], Kruth, Germany ]
[ "Dear Dad," [9/30], includes letter to Mother ]
[ "Dad," [10/2/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mary," [10/2/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [10/13/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Grandma and Florence," [10/13/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mary," [10/13/1918] ]
[ "Dear Dad," [10/14/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [10/20/1918], Bussang, France ]
[ Postcard to "Dad," [10/20/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mary," [11/29], France ]
[ Postcard to "Dad," [10/29/1918] ]
[ "Dear Stanley," [10/31/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [11/1/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [11/16/1918], near Verdun, France ]
[ "Dear Folks," [11/20/1918], near Verdun, France ]
[ "Dear Dad," [11/20/1918] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [11/29/1918], between Wassy and Chaumont, South West ]
[ "Dear Mother," [12/3/1918], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Dad," [12/8/1918], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Mother," [12/9/1918], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ Transcript of "Dear Mother," [12/9/1918], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Dad," [12/25/1918], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Mother," [12/25/1918], France ]
[ "Dear Mary," [12/26/1918], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Mary," Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Mother Dear," [1/5/1919], Central France in the Auverghe Mountains, 180 miles southwest of Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Dad," [1/12/1919] ]
[ "Dear Dad," [1/17/1918 sic] ]
[ "Dear Mary," [1/19/1919] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [1/20/1918 sic] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [1/24], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "My dear Lamb," [1/24/1919], Malesherbes ]
[ "Dear Mother," [1/30/1919], France ]
[ Postcard to "Mother," [2/3/1919], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Mother," [2/ 5], Bure-les-Templiers, France ]
[ "Private Charles S. Lamb," [2/8/1919], Paris, France ]
[ "Dear Dad," [2/12/1918 sic], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ Letter from Charles S. Lamb ]
[ "Dear Mother," [2/20/1919], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Smith Folks and Claudia," [3/5/1919] ]
[ "Dear Mother Mine," [3/5/1919], France ]
[ "Dear Dad," [3/8/1919] ]
[ "Dear Mary," [3/9/1919], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Mother," [3/12/1919], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Mother," [3/28/1919], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Dad," [3/29/1919], Bure-les-Templiers ]
[ "Dear Mother," [3/30/1919] ]
[ "Dear Mary," [3/31/1919] ]
[ "Dear Mother," [4/6/1919], France ]
[ "Dear Mother," [5/15/1919], Paris, France ]
[ Biographical information ]

About this Item

Title

  • Charles Stanley Lamb Collection

Names

  • Lamb, George S.
  • Lamb, Charles Stanley

Home State

  • Oregon

Headings

  • -  Lamb, Charles Stanley
  • -  World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Form

  • Correspondence

Extent

  • 85 items

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1914-1918

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: Company B, 1st Battalion, 318th Engineers Regiment, 6th Division, 1st Army Corps
    • Location of Service: United States; France
    • Highest Rank: Private First Class
    • Dates of Service: 1918-1919
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Correspondence [85 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1918-1919)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/1627

Cite as

  • Charles Stanley Lamb Collection (AFC/2001/001/1627), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

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Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

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Citing VHP Materials

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Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Lamb, George S, and Charles Stanley Lamb. Charles Stanley Lamb Collection. 1918. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01627/.

APA citation style:

Lamb, G. S. & Lamb, C. S. (1918) Charles Stanley Lamb Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01627/.

MLA citation style:

Lamb, George S, and Charles Stanley Lamb. Charles Stanley Lamb Collection. 1918. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01627/>.