Remsen P. King World War I papers
Scope and Content
This collection contains three folders with documents from Remsen P. King’s WWI service. The first folder contains eight photos of himself and other soldiers at a base in England. It also contains nine postcards sent to his mother from various places in France, such as; the Puy-de-Dome, le Rochefort Montagne, Clermont-Ferrand, and l’Auvergne. The second folder contains a cross of service medal awarded to him posthumously by the United Daughters of the Confederacy on November 11, 1932. The collection contains an order that reassigns King and tells him to return to the United States and a letter regarding his transportation arrangements to his mother’s house. Also included is a mimeographed copy of a telegram listing reassignments and King’s official assignment to the Fifteenth Field Artillery Camp Bowie, Texas. The third folder of the collection contains twenty six letters and postcards King wrote to his mother and sister while in Europe. The correspondence consists of details of his camp life, a course he is taking on gas warfare, his job of censoring other soldier’s letters, his health and safety, and details on his trips to Paris and the French Countryside. Also included in this folder is a newspaper clipping describing the Army versus Navy baseball game and the fourth of July celebrations in London and Paris.
Dates
- 1918, undated
Creator
- King, Remsen P. (Remsen Porter) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Administrative/Biographical History
Remsen Porter King (1888 - 1922) was born September 25, 1888 in Atlanta, Georgia to Caroline P. and Porter King (1857-1901). He attended Boys High School, the University of Georgia, and then Yale University Law School. King practiced law in Atlanta until the United States entered World War I. He went to France with the 320th 7a, field artillery, 82nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces as a captain. After the war King worked with several different firms. He died suddenly in an electrical accident January 12, 1922.
Extent
55 item(s)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1974
General Physical Description note
Extent: 55 items (3 folders)
Description Control
Collection reprocessed in 2007.
- Title
- Remsen P. King World War I papers
- Author
- Helen Matthews
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository