Correspondence, and Photographs
- US TxAM-C 1577-2
- Box
- 1917-1919
12/10
Correspondence from Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson [Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas] to his wife and family.
Envelope containing a handwritten note and two pressed flowers. postmarked May 16, 1918
"My dear Wife". ALS, 3 leaves, with original envelope. May 17, 1918
"My Sweetheart". ALS, 4 leaves, with original envelope. May 18, 1918
"My dear Wife". ALS, 4 leaves. May 19, 1918
"My dear little daughter". ALS, 3 leaves, with original envelope. May 19, 1918
12/15
Photocopies of the letters in File 12/10
12/20
Correspondence from Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson [Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas] to his wife and family.
"My dear Wife". ALS, 3 leaves, with original envelope. May 21, 1918
"For the Little Folks". ALS, 4 leaves, with original envelope. May 22, 1918
"My dear Wife". ALS, 4 leaves, with original envelope. May 25, 1918
"My Patsie". ALS, 3 leaves, with original envelope. May 26, 1918
12/25
Photocopies of the letters in File 12/20
12/30
Correspondence from Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson [Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas] to his wife and family.
"My dear Patsie". ALS, 3 leaves, with original envelope. June 1, 1918
"My dear Wife". ALS, 4 leaves, with original envelope. June 2, 1918
"My dear Patsie". ALS, 1 leaf, with original envelope. June 3, 1918
"Dearest". ALS, 3 leaves. June 24, 1918
"My dearest". ALS, 3 leaves. June 25, 1918
12/35
Photocopies of the letters in File 12/30
12/40
Correspondence from Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson [Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas] to his wife and family.
"Dear Alice". ALS, 1 leaf. July 2, 1918
"My dear Wife". ALS, 5 leaves. July 3, 1918
"My dearest". ALS, 3 leaves. July 14, 1918
"My dearest". ALS, 3 leaves. July 15, 1918
12/45
Photocopies of the letters in File 12/40
12/50
Correspondence from Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson [Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas] to his wife and family.
"My dear Wife". ALS, 3 leaves. July 16, 1918
"My own dear Wife". ALS, 5 leaves. July 17, 1918
"Sweetheart". ALS, 3 leaves. July 18, 1918
"My dear Wife". ALS, pages 1 and 4 only. July 21, 1918
12/55
Photocopies of the letters in File 12/50
12/60
Correspondence from Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson [Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas] to his wife and family.
"Dear Alice". ALS, 3 leaves. July 26, 1918
"My dear little girl". ALS, 3 leaves. July 28, 1918
ALS, 2 leaves. July 30, 1918
"For my little Folks". ALS, 2 leaves. July 31, 1918
12/65
Photocopies of the letters in File 12/60
12/70
Correspondence from Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson [Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas] to his wife and family.
"My dear Wife". ALS, 3 leaves. August 5, 1918
ALS, 2 leaves. August 6, 1918
ALS, 5 leaves. August 9, 1918
"My dear Margaret". ALS, 2 leaves. August 10, 1918
12/75
Photocopies of the letters in File 12/70
12/80
Correspondence from Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson [Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas] to his wife and family.
"Sweetheart". ALS, 1 leaf. undated
"My dear Alice". ALS, 1 leaf. undated
12/85
Photocopies of the letters in File 12/80
12/90
Various empty envelopes from Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson [Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas] to his family.
Postmark dates:
January 29, 1918
January 30, 1918
January 31, 1918
February 1, 1918
February 2, 1918
February 4, 1918
March 30, 1918
12/100
Four color postcard with printed pictures regarding World War I
"Infantry Drill at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
"U.S. Battalion Artillery Drill, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
"Entrance to Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
"The Canteen"
One black and white (B&W) photograph with inscription on back:
"See letter Jan. 10. F.C.T. right rear. Over the top of some real trenches. Taken by a soldier soon after I arrived here. Note the lumpy crumbly soil. All that is not lumps is stone. Makes a fine dust that penetrates anywhere and a mud that sticks exactly like so much glue. Arrow shows long row of wire entanglements"
12/110
Six color postcard with printed pictures regarding World War I
"Entrance to Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
"Double Time"
"Shelter Tent Inspection"
"U.S. Artillery Drill, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
"The Beauty Shop"
"Bird-eye View of Army Post, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
Four B&W photographs with inscriptions:
"Chapel at Fort Sam Houston. Here 13 negroes were recently sentenced to death for mutiny"
"F.C.T. Winter 1918. Travis"
"Where they hung the thirteen mutinous negroes - part of the company that shot up Houston recently"
"Where they buried the thirteen"
12/120
Four B&W photograph with no inscriptions.
Twenty-five B&W photographs with inscriptions:
"Camp Travis Review. (Use magnifying glass)"
"Review on March 13, 1918 for Gov. of Oklahoma"
"Review of Gov. of Oklahoma" [4 scenes]
"This building is three days old and 300-350 feet long"
"A company street with a company assembled"
"A company street barrack housing 125 men. These buildings stretch as far as one can see"
"A picture taken in the middle of the day, of a stretch of track 1/3 mile long. (Where they load up for France) This was taken during a norther and the cloud of dust obstructs the view. The arrow points to a building only 50 feet from the camera. About 100 feet of tracks (right) and 150 (left) show - the edge of the dust cloud is thus outlined. No dust at extreme left, see freight car"
"An army balloon, almost a daily sight"
"Where a small part of the hay goes"
"Count the bales of hay here"
"A part of one detail of the general problem of maintenance. Piles of baled hay. Note the horse and buggy to get relative size - 3 times as high. As big as a house"
"Camp Travis Post Office"
"Air and plenty of it"
"Streets at Camp Travis"
"You can count the trees but not the soldiers in this camp"
"Writing letters, playing the piano, holding a talk fest. The usual afternoon use of the Y. In this type of building the other wing 60x30 is used for reading, games and writing too"
"A good view of the main room of a Y building. In some cases this is the only large room. Note the permanent movie screen, stage, piano. Two little rooms, class, dressing or bed, one each side of stage. Folding writing tables across benches at posts. Also two rows additional at outside walls. Capacity of hall about 650. Main room of Y #30. Camp Travis. 1. Jos. W. Nory, Educ. Sec'y, 2. E.O. Williams, Physical, 3. Hume Frost, Asst., 4. W.M. __, Ex-religious Sec'y"
"The Texas Soldiers opinion of a Yankee preacher. (2/3 of the audience is shown) 4000 men - and all quiet. Note the outdoor stage, with a wrestling mat, and the movie screen. Half the end of the Y building shows. My room at present (only one on second floor) is marked by the X"
"F.C.T. on right"
"A part of the outgoing mail of 2 regiments 358-359th. Part goes to the reg. P.O. Here we took n 2 sacks of parcel post and 1120 letters. January 6, 1918"
"Travis Post Office"
"A Y.W.C.A. Hostess house 5 now in R.S. Serve meals and provide a place for women to meet their soldier friends. L shaped. Note the large enclosed veranda. Everything permanently screened here. Camp Travis"
12/130
Six B&W photographs with inscriptions:
"Y.M.C.A. No. 29 Play Room"
"F.C.T.'s Bldg., Camp Travis"
"Rev. Franklin Condit Thompson YMCA Sec'y. Camp Travis, 1918. Bldg. #29"
"Reading room wing on the left. Office int he center of the H (right behind the soldier). My window, first floor just to left of fire escape. The funny little windows above the triangle and to the right are for the light for outdoor moving pictures"
"Y.M.C. No. 29"
"The main room of the Y. It will hold 7 or 8 hundred people. The wing is used now as a store, but this week we will fix it up for the officers to use. The only man in camp from connecticut is standing on the corner. This land is full of small stones. So we pick them up, make side walks and fences of them and paint them white. Notice how high our grass has grown. Mar. 19"
12/140
Five B&W photographs with inscriptions:
"Pack Train - 8th U.S. Cavalry. Marfa, Texas"
"1918"
"Fairrs left! ho"
"Tug of War"
"Mexican refreshment stand near the Mission San Jose"
12/150
Six B&W picture postcards of various scenes of Mercedes, Texas
Sixteen B&W photographs with inscriptions:
"After the hurricane, Camp Mercedes"
"After the hurricane, May, 1919, Camp Mercedes"
"Camp Mercedes, 1919"
"Headquarters in foreground, Hospital in background, Barracks on right, Officers Qrs on left"
"Barracks and stables and sand, Camp Mercedes.
"Irrigation Canal West boundary of Camp"
"Notice 2nd Barracks from right - hurricane"
"Officers Qrs. Barracks. Headquarters bldg. Y.M.C.A., Camp Mercedes"
"Officers Qrs. Non-Com. Hospital"
"Parade Ground & Barracks, Camp Mercedes, Tex"
"View of Parade Ground & Barracks, Camp Mercedes, Texas"
"Y.M.C.A., Camp Mercedes, 1919"
"Camp Mercedes, Spring 1919" [three scenes]
"YMCA Camp Mercedes, Spring 1919. F.C.T. by Fireplace"
12/160
Five B&W photographs with inscriptions:
"Rio Grande, Spring 1919"
"Rio Grande, 1919" [two scenes]
"Barricade at Outpost. Llano Grande Pump"
"Mercedes, 1919. An old mill, the first to be built in this section - now in the center of a Mexican village"
12/170
Johnston, Captain Frank H. [Company M, 1st Regt. Connecticut Home Guards] to Franklin C. Thompson. TLS, 1 leaf. January 15, 1918
Fitch, C.L. [Camp Logan, Houston TX] to F.C. Thompson. ALS, 2 leaves. March 23, 1917
Sherry, Will to Mr. Thompson. ALS, 1 leaf. undated
Nash, Lyman J. [Camp Beauregard, La.] to Mr. Thompson. TLS, 1 leaf. March 23, 1918
Reese, Clarence [Chaplain, 360th Infantry, Camp Travis] to Mr. F.C. Thompson. TLS, 2 leaves. March 25, 1918
Oakes, Clay O. to Mr. Williams. TL, carbon copy, 1 leaf. March 3, 1918
12/180
One printed postcard showing three B&W photographs with inscriptions:
"A General View of Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas, Where an Army of 46,000 Men is in Training"
"The Historic Alamo, San Antonio, Texas"
"View of General Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
Booklet contained B&W photographs:
"The Alamo - Built 1718"
"Delivering Supplies to Company Kitchen"
"Home of the Commanding Officer"
"Company on Drill Ground"
"Company Lined up in Front of Barracks"
"Field Artillery"
"Signal Corps at Work"
"U.S. Wireless Station, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
"Gift Chapel, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
"Officers Quarters, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
"Main Entrance to Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas"
"United States Aeroplane"
"Recruits Arriving at Camp Travis"
"More Recruits"
"Getting "Shot"
"One of the Barracks"
"Partial View of Camp Travis"
"Looking up a Company Street"
"Setting-up Exercises"
"Inspection in Company Street"
"Another Partial View of the Many Buildings"
"Lined up for Mess"
"The Men who Bake the Bread"
12/190
One sheet of unused YMCA writing paper.
12/200
Printed postcard with picture of various flags.
War Roll Card of Membership.
YMCA printed color Christmas card, with envelope.
Pencil sketch by B. Gerhardt [a soldier at Camp Travis]. Titled "The Conquers Fate"
Typed copy of verse "In My Castle on the River Rhine," 1 leaf.
Typed list of General Orders at Camp Mercedes. July 19, 1919
12/210
Two B&W photographs of F.C. Thompson in uniform, 1918.
Typed note from A.T. Powell explaining circumstances regarding "The Little Folks at Home: Their Book" 1 leaf.
Photocopy of a handwritten booklet by F.C. Thompson, "The Little Folks at Home: Their Book" 15 leaves.
12/220
Extracts from various letters from F.C. Thompson. Typed, 15 leaves.
12/230
Note from A.T. Powell regarding the extracts from letters. Typed, 1 leaf.
Extracts from missing letters. Typed, 3 leaves.
12/240
Powell, Alice [Concord, NH] to Donald Dyal. TLS, 2 leaves. November 2, 1993
Powell, Alice [Concord, NH] to Donald Dyal. TLS, 2 leaves. July 5, 1993
Attached is:
Notes re: corrections to printout of letter transcriptions. Handwritten, 1 leaf.
Three leaves of printouts showing corrections.
Addendum to letter. Typed, 1 leaf.
Excerpt from "Camp Travis: The National Army Cantonment at Fort Sam Houston, 75th Anniversary" booklet. Photocopy, 3 leaves.
Excerpt from "Camp Travis and Its Part in the World War" booklet. Photocopy, 7 leaves.
Powell, Alice [Concord, NH] to Donald Dyal.. ALS, 1 leaf. August 28, 1993
Attached is: Fifteen pages from printout of letter transcriptions showing corrections to be made.
12/250
Davis, Jacqueline B. [Museum Technician, Fort Sam Houston Museum] to Donald H. Dyal. TLS, 1 leaf. January 30, 1993