American Legion Auxiliary, Dexter Allen Unit, Post 90

Inventory




Non-Military Patriots
- biographies of members
- Mrs. America Olliff Blitch
- Mr. Albert Mitchell Deal
- Mr. William Henry Deloach
- Mrs. Lula Rawls Groover
- Honorable Green Sharpe Johnston
- Walter Edwin McDougald
- Mr. Charles Pigue
- Dr. James Hamilton Whiteside
- Mr. John W. Williams
- notes on activities
- Statesboro, Ga., May 8th, 1917
- 3rd and 4th Liberty Loan
- War-Saving Stamps
- War-Saving Certificates and Thrift Stamps
- Board of Registrars of Bulloch County
- 2242 Young Men Register in Bulloch County
- Statesboro, Ga., Sept. 12th, 1917
- Statesboro, Ga., Thur. Apr. 19th, 1917
- Bulloch's Army Growing Slowly
- Bulloch's Army Growing
- Statesboro, Ga., Oct. 25th, 1917
- Local Red Cross Chapter has Formal Meeting
- letter to D. B. Turner, Bulloch Times, from W. E. McDougald [4-11-19]
- List of World War Veterans - Bulloch County
- newspaper clippings on Bulloch County men joining armed forces [1917]


Letters from Soldiers (1)
- letters to D. B. Turner, Bulloch Times, from Captain Homer C. Parker, 5th American Train, 5th Division [6-16-17, 11-7-18]
- letters to W. C. Parker family from Captain Parker [6-12-18, 6-24-18, 7-11-18, 8-26-18, 9-8-18, 9-15-18, 10-8-18, 10-15-18, 10-29-18, 11-9-18, 11-17-18, 11-24-18, 12-1-18, 12-28-18, 5-11-19, 5-20-19]
- letter to Mrs. Howell C. Cone (formerly Kate Parker) from Captain Parker [9-25-18]
- letter to W. J. Rackley from Private Herbert Winn [1-12-18]
- post card to W. J. Rackley from 2nd Lieutenant Rupert L. Rackley, 124th Infantry, 31st Division [10-17-18]
- letters to W. J. Rackley from 2nd Lieutenant Rackley [10/18, 10-26-18, 11-1-18, 11-10-18, 11-15-18, 11-29-18, 12-3-18, 12-9-18, 12-26-18, 2-8-19]
- letter to Alma Rackley from 2nd Lieutenant Rackley [10/18]
- letter to Mrs. W. J. Rackley from 2nd Lieutenant Rackley [5-10-19]
- telegram to W. J. Rackley from 2nd Lieutenant Rackley [5-27-19]
- letter to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rouse from Private Dreyfus O. Rouse [6-28-17]
- letters to Valerie Rouse from Private Rouse [12-15-17, 1-8-19, 3-3-19]
- letter to J. S. Rouse from Private Rouse [11-24-18]
- letter to Statesboro Bakery from Private Rouse [12-27-18]


Letters from Soldiers (2)
- letter to U. S. soldiers from King George V of England [4/18]
- letter to parents from Dock H. Bennett [10-21-18]
- letter to D. B. Turner, Bulloch Times, from Joseph Lee Brown [1-14-18]
- letters to Reverend and Mrs. T. J. Cobb from Durham Cobb [5-17-18, 6-20-18, 6-29-18, 11-23-18, 12-29-18]
- letter to Clara Cobb from Durham Cobb [12-5-18]
- letters to Mrs. J. B. Cone from Wesley Cone [2-18-18, 5/18]
- letter to Dr. J. B. Cone from Wesley Cone [5-19-18]
- letter to Claudia Cone from Wesley Cone [8-12-18]
- copy of two receipts written by Lt. Leroy Cowart, Paymaster, 336 Machine Gun Battalion [11-21-18, 1-2-19]
- letter to O. C. Cox from M. E. Cox [3-11-18]
- letter from A. W. Daughtry (no greeting) [11-23-18]
- letter to Mrs. L W. Deal from Carter Deal [11-18-17]
- letter to Mr. L. T. Barkett from Corporal E. B. Gibson [6-6-18]
- letter to "Father" from John B. Kennedy [11-24-18]
- letter to Dan D. Arden, Jr. from Lt. Fleetwood Lanier [10-20-18]
- letter to Dr. M. M. Lively from George Lively [4-30-19]
- letter to Walter McDougald from Fred Fletcher [10-23-18]
- letter to Walter McDougald from Private George Spivey [10-23-18]
- letter to Walter McDougald from Jesse O. Johnston [10-23-18]
- letter to Walter McDougald from Corporal Dedrick Proctor [10-23-18]
- letter to Walter McDougald from Tom C. Denmark [10-23-18]
- letters to Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Martin from Joe Martin [7-9-17, 5/18]
- letter to Mrs. W. L. (Mamie) Hall from Ed Moore [8-20-18]
- letter to Mrs. J. S. Newsome from Rufus Newsome [1918]
- letter to D. B. Turner, Bulloch Times, Thomas J. Sasser [10-8-17]
- letter to father from Private Leon V. Swell [11-24-18]
- letter to Ruby Akin from Lewis O. Stanford [6-21-18]
- letters to Mary Walkaways from Allen M. Macule [12-15-18, 3-10-19]
- letter to John Walkaways from Private Clark R. Walkaways [12-9-18]
- letter to Mrs. John Walkaways from Private Clark R. Walkaways [12-14-18]
- letters to Mrs. R. E. Brannen from Cuyler Waters [5/18, 9-9-17]
- letters to Mrs. Brooks Simmons from Madame Alfred Latourie and Rene Latourie [received 1-9-19]
- letter to Mrs. W. W. Webb from Marcelle Deronne [11/18]
- draft of manuscript - "When the Sea shall give up its Dead," by H. M. Laurene (visited Statesboro 5-31-17]
- letter to Mr. Headquarters, U. S. Armory, from Mrs. Paul Sims [1918]
- "From Our Boys Over There" - newspaper column featuring letters written home by American soldiers in Europe

World War I Veteran Children
- Record of World War Veteran Child - (This is a half sheet of paper listing the veteran, his wife, and his children with children's dates of birth and also date of marriage given. They are listed under the name of the veteran.)
- Daniel Douglas Arden, Jr.
- James Desmond Alderman
- James Barney Averitt
- Quinnie Ferlow Baxter
- Caryl Fenn Coffin
- Leroy Cowart
- John Leon Durden
- Dr. Waldo Emerson Floyd
- Charles Avner Groover
- Charles Waldron Hagan
- Roger Josiah Holland
- Lawson Howard
- Jesse Outland Johnston
- Edgar Patterson Josey
- Clifford Jerome Lee
- Harville Marsh
- Thaddeus James Morris
- Charles Brooks McAllister
- Joshua Thomas Nesmith
- William Paul Northcutt
- Overton Reeves Nowell
- Homer Cling Parker
- Ernest Lee Poindexter
- Allen Dean Quattlebaum
- Rupert Lamar Rackley
- Dreyfus O'Restes Rouse
- Francis Albert Smallwood
- Dew Hines Smith
- Joseph Gerome Tillman
- Arthur Curtis Turner
- George Washington Turner
- Cuyler J. Waters
- William Henry Waters
- Cameron Weeks
- Programme from Theatre Municipal de Dijon [3-11-19]
- Duty Pass for B. D. Arden [1-14-19]
- French advertisement
- leaflet - Songs the Soldiers and Sailors Sing
- envelope addressed to Miss Irene Arden with notes on Poppy Publicity for the 1934 Sale


Citations and Promotions
- photo of Daniel Douglas Arden, Jr.
- Navy commendation of Daniel Douglas Arden, Jr. [11-16-18]
- news release re: Lt. Stewart Bird decorated with French Croix de Guerre [6-4-18]
- photo of John S. Connor; caption for photo - Connor cited for gallantry in Meuse Argonne [4-1-19]
- announcement of intended promotion for Lt. Leroy Cowart [1-31-19]
- promotion of Edgar R. Josey to 1st Lieutenant [10-30-18]
- news release - "Bulloch Young Men Commissioned Officers" [8-23-17]
- news release - Jim Rigdon sees surrender of German fleet
- news release re: Sgt. J. Lonnie Jones [2-3-19]
- photo of 2nd Lieutenant Rupert Lamar Rackley
- "My experience on the Troopship Otranto," by Harville Marsh


Miscellaneous Records and Minutes
- news clippings re: American Legion Auxiliary
- invitation to American Legion Auxiliary of Atlanta Post Number 1 reception at Governor's Mansion
- minutes of various meetings [1927-1930]
- composition book containing minutes of meetings [1929-1933]
- Poppy Booklet of the American Legion Auxiliary


History of Dexter Allen Unit
- History of the Dexter Allen Unit Number 90, American Legion Auxiliary
- First District Meeting
- memo from Lucy Bonds, National Secretary of American Legion Auxiliary
- Application for Unit Charter of the American Legion Auxiliary
- three essays (contest winners) - "Why the United States Entered the War"
- Caroline Keel(?), First Place
- William Sidney Smith, Jr., Second Place
- Brinelle(?) Deal, Third Place
- bulletin - Unit Publicity
- handbill - on one side: "Farewell to Kaiser Bill", on other side: "The Oath"


List of Bulloch County WWI Dead
- map of Bulloch County showing locations of graves of WWI dead
- biographies and obituaries of WWI dead
- Dexter Allen (with card marked Deceased, giving information re: death)
- Carswell Deal
- James Frank Scott
- Brooks Beasley
- Homer Van Buren Warnock (with photos of Warnock, his grave, and the ship he died on, as well as condolence letters from two of his friends)
- James Warren Williams (with photo of Williams and Francis Parker Scott)
- Ernest Cammon
- Herbert Folsome
- World War Veteran Dead - biographies/obituaries of veterans who died
- Dr. Frank Forrest Floyd
- Carl Conrad Holland (with photo of Holland)
- Allen D. Quattlebaum (with photo of ship he sailed to France on)
- Mrs. Effie Sasser Snipes (Mrs. Snipes served as a nurse in France)


Post Cards from Soldiers
- forty-four pages of WWI post cards which soldiers sent home during the war (Note: These are glued to the page, so in most cases it is impossible to find out who sent them.)


Item not in File Folders
- Charter of American Legion Auxiliary, Dexter Allen Unit Post 90 [10-27-27]