Walter S. Lemmon collection
Collection — Folder: S2876
Identifier: S2876
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters and papers from Walter S. Lemmon dating from 1884 to 1945 with the bulk of the material being from Lemmon's army service during World War I. There are letters to his family from camp, discharge papers, and a souvenir booklet of Camp McArthur in Waco, Texas. There are also family and school papers, as well as World War II ration books and records.
Dates
- 1884-1945
Creator
- Lemmon family (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Walter Stansbury Lemmon was born on January 16, 1893 to Darius W. (1864-1932) and Ora Bell (McRae) Lemmon (1874-1945). The family were farmers in Harrison, County, Indiana. Lemmon graduated from Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute, presumably with a teaching degree. During World War I, Lemmon enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 2, 1918 in Corydon, Indiana and led the drafted men from Corydon to Camp Grant, Illinois. He was a private in Company D, 5th Infantry Regiment during training at Camp Grant where he caught influenza. A few weeks after the end of quarantine, Lemmon joined Company E, 8th Battalion, Infantry Replacement Camp at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. He was discharged January 10, 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor in Kentucky. He returned to working on the family farm, but became a public school teacher by 1930. In 1945, he lived in Laconia, Harrison County, Indiana, but eventually returned to farming while living in Laconia, Harrison County. Lemmon died of a heart attack on April 29, 1958 in Corydon, Indiana and was buried in Rehoboth Cemetery in Laconia, Indiana.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Walter S. Lemmon." 1900 United States Federal Census. Accessed August 18, 2023. www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Walter S. Lemmon." 1910 United States Federal Census. Accessed August 18, 2023. www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Walter S. Lemmon." 1920 United States Federal Census. Accessed August 18, 2023. www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Walter S. Lemmon." 1930 United States Federal Census. Accessed August 18, 2023. www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Walter S. Lemmon." 1950 United States Federal Census. Accessed August 18, 2023. www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Walter S. Lemmon." Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017. Accessed August 18, 2023. www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Walter S. Lemmon." U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940. Accessed August 18, 2023. www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Walter S. Lemmon." U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Accessed August 18, 2023. www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Walter S. Lemmon." U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Accessed August 18, 2023. www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Walter Stansbury Lemmon." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed August 18, 2023. www.findagrave.com/memorial/5072588/walter-stansbury-lemmon.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed in 1998 by Andrea Bean Hough. EAD finding aid created 2019/09/23 by Lauren Patton. EAD finding aid revised 2023/08/18 by Brittany Kropf.
- Athletics
- Camp Grant (Ill.)
- Camp MacArthur (Tex.)
- Christmas cards
- Correspondence
- Description and travel
- Diseases
- Epidemics
- Germany -- Description and travel
- Harrison County (Ind.)
- Indiana State Normal School
- Influenza
- Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919
- Italy
- Lemmon family
- Lemmon, Darius W., 1864-1932
- Lemmon, Walter Stansbury, 1893-1958
- McRae family
- Menus
- Military discharge
- Pamphlets
- Programs
- Quarantine
- Rationing
- Russia -- Description and travel
- Soldiers
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
- Track and field
- United States. Army
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
Creator
- Lemmon family (Family)
- Title
- Walter S. Lemmon correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
