Anne Lewis Jones Collection (MS010)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], Anne Lewis Jones Collection, MS010, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.02375 Cubic Feet 5 folders.
Creator:
Jones, Anne Lewis, 1882-1967
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], Anne Lewis Jones Collection, MS010, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes travel records, embarkation orders, pay voucher, letters written to her mother and Aunt Cora, and her own remembrances of her time spent in France.

Biographical / historical:

Anne Lewis Jones (1882-1967) was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Marshall Jones of Alexandria, Virginia. A descendant of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, Miss Jones lived her entire life in Alexandria. She served as a civilian employee in the United States Medical Department during World War I. As a stenographer for the Office of the Chief Surgeon AEF, she spent a year working in France during the war. She operated the Blue Door antique store at 708 Wolfe Street for a number of years. She died in Alexandria December 14, 1967 and is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Acquisition information:
Thomas C. Jones donated Dec. 2003
Arrangement:

Chronological

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard