Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library
Anne Lewis Jones Collection (MS010)
Jones, Anne Lewis, 1882-1967
MS010
/repositories/2/resources/41
.02375 Cubic Feet
5 folders.
July 1918 - June 1919
English
AB01
Content Description
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.
Arrangement
Chronological
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.
Preferred Citation
[Item identification], Anne Lewis Jones Collection, MS010, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Thomas C. Jones donated Dec. 2003
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States.
Letters.
Correspondence
Appointment as Stenographer, Pay Schedule & Travel/repositories/2/archival_objects/2313July 12, 1918; July 1918-July 1919AB0110-1Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/58331918 Dec.-1919 Jun.EnglishAB0110-2Letter - 'Dearest Mama'/repositories/2/archival_objects/23141918, December 18AB0110-21Letter - 'Aunt Cora'/repositories/2/archival_objects/23151918, December 28AB0110-22Letter - 'Darling Aunt'/repositories/2/archival_objects/23161919, January 23AB0110-23Letter - 'Dearest Mother'/repositories/2/archival_objects/23171919, February 18AB0110-24Letter - 'Aunt Cora'/repositories/2/archival_objects/23181919, April 19AB0110-25Letter (incomplete) - 'Aunt Cora'/repositories/2/archival_objects/23191919, April 23AB0110-26Letter - To Mother/Aunt/repositories/2/archival_objects/23201919, June 9AB0110-27Embarkation Orders - Returning to U.S./repositories/2/archival_objects/23211919, June 6AB0110-3Final Pay Voucher & Discharge/repositories/2/archival_objects/23221919, September 26AB0110-4Remembrances/repositories/2/archival_objects/23231919AB0110-5