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[Detail] Ralph Emerson Jones during World War I

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1914-1918
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 333rd Infantry
  • Location of Service: Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky; Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; Camp Merritt, New Jersey; Camp d'Auvours and Le Mans, France
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/5651

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"My own dear wife--gee, it thrills me to write that." (letter to Josephine Jones, 8/12/1917)

While Captain Ralph Emerson Jones did not have to face the horrors of trench warfare during his service in France, his time in the Army was marked by hardships nonetheless-namely, his separation from his beloved wife, Josephine. A newlywed when he departed for France in the summer of 1918, he was a prolific correspondent. In addition to recording his leisure activities and observations of French life, nearly all of his letters mention his love for Josephine and his loneliness without her. As his correspondence illustrates, being apart from loved ones often made the challenges of service overseas even harder to bear.

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[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [6/23/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/5/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/12/1917] ]
[ Telegram to Josephine Thomas [7/12/1917] ]
[ Telegram to Josephine Thomas [7/11/1917] ]
[ Telegram to Josephine Thomas [7/11/1917] ]

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[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/13/1917] ]
[ Telegram to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/15/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/15/1917] ]
[ Telegram to Josephine Thomas [7/12/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/16/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/17/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/19/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/20/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/21/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/25/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/30/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [8/1/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [8/2/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [8/12/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [8/13/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [8/18/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [9/22/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [9/10/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [9/26/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [9/30/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [October 2, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [October 6, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [October 12, 191] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [October 13, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [October 21, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [October 28, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [November 20, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [November 22, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [November 24, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [November 30, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [December 6, 1917] ]
[ [Fragment] Letter to Josephine Thomas [December 19, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Monday Nite [December 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [December 28, 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [December 29, 1917] ]
[ [Fragment] Letter to Josephine Thomas [January, 1918] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas January 4, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [January 8, 1918] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [January 12, 1918] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas January 14, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Thursday [undated] January 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas January 18, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas January 20, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas January 22, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas January 23, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas February 10, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas February 13, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas February 17, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas February 22, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas February 25, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas February 26, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas March 5, 1918 ]
[ [Fragment] Letter to Josephine Thomas March 6, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas March 14, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas March 17, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas March 20, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas March 27, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas March 31, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas April 18, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas April 18, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas June 3, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas June 8, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas June 10, 1918 ]
[ Western Union Telegram to Josephine Thomas July 9, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas July 10, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas July 12, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas July 12, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas July 21, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Mr. And Mrs Thomas August 17, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas August 20. 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas August 22, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas February 10, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas February 27, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas June 8, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas June 14, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas June 16, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas June 18, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas October 18, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones [undated] September, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones [undated] September, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones [undated] September, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones [undated] September, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones [undated] September, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones [undated] September, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones September 14, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones September 16, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones September 18, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones September 19, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones September 22, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones September 23, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones [undated] September, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones September 27, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones September 28, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones September 29, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 1, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 2, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 4, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 9, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 10, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 16, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 16, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 18, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 19, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 20, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 12, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 13, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 12, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 5, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 15, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 21, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 23, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones [undated] October, 1918 [fragment] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 29, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 25, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones October 27, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 1, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 3, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 7, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 10, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 11, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 15, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 7, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 17, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 21, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 24, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 26, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones November 27, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones [undated] Novemeber, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 1, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 2, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 3, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 6, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 9. 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 27, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 9, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 15, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 22, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 26, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 29, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones December 31, 1918 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 3, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 7, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 9, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 11, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 13, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 14, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 16, 19191 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 18, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 19, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 20, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 23, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 26, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 27, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 27, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 29, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 30, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 2, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 4, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 6, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 11, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 14, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 20, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 21, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 22, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 23, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 24, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones February 25, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones January 28, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 2, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 4, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 8, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 10, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones from French Girl, March 3, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 13, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 12, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 16, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 17, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 19, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 22, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Jones March 31, 1919 ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/3/1919 and 4/8/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/7/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/8/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/10/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/11/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/12/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/14/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/18/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/19/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/20/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/24/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/22/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/22/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/26/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/27/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/28/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [4/30/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [3/2/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/3/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/5/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/9/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/7/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/12/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/15/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/16/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/18/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/20/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/23/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/25/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/27/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/28/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/17/1916] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [10/7/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [11/30/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [5/27/1925] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [6/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [6/6/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [6/20/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [6/21/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/7/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [7/8/1919] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas Jones [7/9/1919] ]
[ Telegram to Josephine Thomas Jones [7/11/1919] ]
[ Envelope addressed to Mrs. Ralph E. Jones [7/1919] ]
[ Telegram to Josephine Thomas Jones [7/7/1919] ]
[ Letter written by Josephine Thomas to her mother [November 1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [December 1917] ]
[ Correspondence to Captain Ralph E. Jones [9/27/1918] ]
[ Letter from Josephine Thomas to Mrs. Walker ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [9/11/1917] ]
[ Letter to Josephine Thomas [9/13/1917] ]

About this Item

Title

  • Ralph Emerson Jones Collection

Names

  • Jones, Ralph Emerson
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, Harrison Colony Chapter/Boone County Heritage Museum
  • Jones, Jane G.

Headings

  • -  Jones, Ralph Emerson
  • -  World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

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: 333rd Infantry
    • Location of Service: Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky; Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; Camp Merritt, New Jersey; Camp d'Auvours and Le Mans, France
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1917-1919
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: According to the manuscript data sheet, veteran was transferred from the Army to the Judge Advocate Corps after the Armistice.

Materials

  • Manuscript: Correspondence [245 items] -- (collected 1917-1919)
  • Photograph: Copy photographic print [2 items] -- (collected unknown)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/5651

Cite as

  • Ralph Emerson Jones Collection (AFC/2001/001/5651), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

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Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

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:

Jones, Ralph Emerson, Harrison Colony Chapter/Boone County Heritage Museum Daughters Of The American Revolution, and Jane G Jones. Ralph Emerson Jones Collection. 1917. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.05651/.

APA citation style:

Jones, R. E., Daughters Of The American Revolution, H. C. C. C. H. M. & Jones, J. G. (1917) Ralph Emerson Jones Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.05651/.

MLA citation style:

Jones, Ralph Emerson, Harrison Colony Chapter/Boone County Heritage Museum Daughters Of The American Revolution, and Jane G Jones. Ralph Emerson Jones Collection. 1917. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.05651/>.