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Clyde Gilbert Truitt collection

1 box, 1 folder (0.25 linear feet)

(1916 – 2011)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2012.015
Creator(s) Truitt, Clyde Gilbert
Acquisition

This collection was loaned to the Nabb Research Center by Jim and Charlotte Wootten 2012, 2018. A donation of physical materials was also made in 2012 (2012.015 and 2012.019)
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Margaret Long, 2018.
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Lynn Perry papers (1880 – 1960)

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Separated Materials

Loaned materials digitized and accessible in Dropbox
Abstract

The Clyde Gilbert Truitt collection includes numerous photographs, documents, newspaper clippings, and handwritten information cards detailing Clyde G. Truitt’s military service in World War I. Other local men’s military careers are also included in this collection, but the main focus of the collection is on Clyde Truitt. Information surrounding Clyde’s family is present in the collection. Documents pertaining to Truitt’s family include birth certificates, wedding announcements, report cards, and other genealogical documents. A vast majority of the collection is made up of photographs. Half of the photographs detail Truitt’s military experience, while the other half depict the Truitt family, the Truitt family home, and Clyde’s career with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company.

Biographical History

Clyde Gilbert Truitt was born in Salisbury, Maryland on April 29, 1888 to John and Mary Elizabeth Truitt. Truitt served as a Sergeant in the Maryland National Guard Company I and the U.S. Army, Company I, 115th Infantry, Center Sector in Meuse-Argonne, France from June 15, 1918 to May 24, 1919. Truitt became a Private on August 10, 1918 and a Sergeant on October 6, 1918. He was honorably discharged on June 6, 1919.

After the war, Truitt was a commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 194 and a district commander of the VFW. He worked for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company.

Truitt married Grace Perry and together had four daughters: Mary Rosalie, Margaret F., Martha Ray, and Grace C. Truitt’s daughter, Mary Rosalie, married James Thomas Wootten and together had James Wootten. Clyde Truitt died on April 15, 1961 and was survived by his wife and children.

Scope and Content Note

While the collection includes discharge papers and other publications, the digital component of the collection includes photographs, report cards, wedding announcements, birth certificates, obituaries, handwritten military records, and other genealogical documents surrounding Clyde Gilbert Truitt’s World War I experience and family history. The bulk of materials depicts Truitt’s time in the military from 1916 to 1919. Parts of the collection were handwritten and detail the military careers of other men from Salisbury who fought in World War I. Photographs throughout the collection depict locations that Truitt’s company visited, such as Eagle Pass, Texas as well as the unit leaving Salisbury. Recent newspaper clippings that mention Truitt’s unit are present in the collection and are from the 2000s. A letter to Grace Perry is also included in the collection along with some postcards. The documents pertaining to Truitt’s family include items surrounding his daughter, Mary, and her husband and son, James and Thomas respectively. Among these documents are military records pertaining to James and Thomas’ military careers in World War II. Photographs in the collection that depict World War II showcase Holland, France, and Germany in 1944 and 1945. Other photographs and materials depicting Truitt and his family’s life in Salisbury, Maryland are present. These materials are mainly from the early 1900s, but later materials, such as Truitt’s obituary from 1982, are also present.

Arrangement Statement

The loaned component of the Clyde Gilbert Truitt collection has been digitized and kept in original order. 2012.015.078 was digitized when the collection was on loan previously in 2012, but was not re-digitized in 2018. Some items were digitized and given two identifiers, the second instance of the document relates the first instance’s identifier.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Truitt Family
    • World War, 1914-1918
    • World War, 1939-1945
    • Personal Correspondence
    • Military History
  • Location Terms
    • France
    • Germany
    • Salisbury (Md.)
    • Texas

Inventory List

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Box 1

  1. Photographs and Papers, 1918-1919
  2. Clyde G. Truitt discharge papers, 1916-1919
  3. "To the Homebound Americans" by B. Van Vorst, 1919
  4. 115th Infantry: The World War yearbook, 1920
  5. "History of a Combat Regiment: 104th Infantry," circa 1945 and "A Guide to the American Battle Fields in Europe," 1927

2012.015.001 - 2012.015.6b       Service cards of multiple soldiers.  

2012.015.007a-b                         At the Railroad Station, Salisbury Md. June 1916. The Leaving of Co. I

2012.015.008                              Leaving the Station. The crowd watching.

2012.015.009                              Cylde Gilbert Truitt dressed in uniform. 1916

2012.015.010                              Clyde Truitt on right. Three soldiers.

2012.015.011                              Photograph, James Russell, Clyde Truitt, William Booth in Uniform. 1916.

2012.015.012                              Photograph, Roland Johnson, Jon Russell, Clyde G. Truitt

2012.015.013                              Photograph, Uncle Sam’s Mules

2012.015.014                              Sargent Gunky & His Burrooe [Burro]

2012.015.015a-b                         Service men washing their clothes.

2012.015.016                              See 2012.015.007a/b

2012.015.017                              Wagons on the Plains.

2012.015.018                              Main Street Eagle Pass

2012.015.019                              Men at camp.

2012.015.020                              Rail Road Station at Eagle Pass in Texas

2012.015.021                              Train at Eagle Pass

2012.015.022                              Boarding the Train at Eagle Pass

2012.015.023                              Pontoon boats for bridges

2012.015.024                              The Boys Dressed in Uniform

2012.015.025                              Captain Woudcock [Woodcock] and Trente Canery.

2012.015.026                              Sun off Russell's Shelter tent on the hike.

2012.015.027                              Tunney, Russell, Gordy.(Sergt)

2012.015.028                              Army Trucker-Camp Bird- Eagle Pass

2012.015.029                              Photograph, Resting after relieved from post while on guard at International Bridge.

2012.015.030a-b                        Clyde Truitt leaning on rock

2012.015.031                             Men on cart.

2012.015.032                             Artillery October 1916

2012.015.033                             Clyde Truitt

2012.015.034                             Clyde Truitt with cacti.

2012.015.035                             Relaxing and Reading

012.015.036                               Target Practice

2012.015.037                             Sargent Truitt in the trenches.

2012.015.038                             Postcard, Major Records of the 2nd Battalion. 1st Maryland Infantry.

2012.015.039                             Postcard, Presentation of flag by Captain Woodcock

2012.015.040                             115th Co. 1

2012.015.041                             Men in aprons

2012.015.042                             Pitching Shelter Tents on Hike.

2012.015.043                             See 2012.015.093

2012.015.044                             Mentor France February 26, 1919

2012.015.045                             Motorcycle

2012.015.046                             Sitting down behind camp.

2012.015.047                             International Bridge

2012.015.048                             First Greiver searching for Munitation of War

2012.015.049                             Sargent Russel & Corp. A. Burton.

2012.015.050                             See 2012.015.015a/b

2012.015.051                             Jim Russell, Sheley Jarman, Clyde Truitt

2012.015.052                             Clyde Truitt Practice Shooting

2012.015.053                             1st Maryland Infantry Camp

2012.015.054                             Service Men at Camp. Clyde Truitt front on right.

2012.015.055                             Clyde Truitt in Uniform

2012.015.056                             Clyde Truitt outside house

2012.015.057                             Red Cross Boxes. Clyde Truitt first in front row.

2012.015.058                             Clyde Truitt Passing Out Boxes

2012.015.059                             Olin whitewashing the Incinerator

2012.015.060                             Eddie 9/21/1917

2012.015.061                             See 2012.015.036

2012.015.062                             Clyde Truitt at Camp

2012.015.063                             See 2012.015.036

2012.015.064                             See 2012.015.035

2012.015.065                             Restaurant Ceremony

2012.015.066                             In the trenches.

2012.015.067                             Relaxing at Camp.

2012.015.068                             House in woods

2012.015.069                             Regiment after haircuts.

2012.015.070                             Regiment before haircuts

2012.015.071                             See 2012.015.079

2012.015.072                             Jim Russell

2012.015.073                             Regiment with guitar.

2012.015.074                             Jim Russell, Shelby Jarman, Clyde Truitt

2012.015.075                             The 4th N.J. Camp

2012.015.076                             Co. I Street 9/21/1917

2012.015.077                             5th Maryland Regiment camp. October 17, 1917

2012.015.078                             Truitt in uniform.

2012.015.079                             First Maryland Infantry Quarters

2012.015.080                             Hospital Wards WWI

2012.015.081                             Hospital Ward (3rd Infantry)

2012.015.082                             In lines preparation for war

2012.015.083                             On the Train.

2012.015.084                             First Sergeant Tent of Ammunition

2012.015.085                             Getting Mail WWI

2012.015.086                             In Uniform (unknown)

2012.015.087                             Unknown Soldier

2012.015.088                             Clyde Truitt

2012.015.089                             Sargent J.S. Russell

2012.015.090                             Lieutenant Grier

2012.015.091                             Sergeants. Clyde Truitt, James Russell.

2012.015.092                             Whertan and a Burra

2012.015.093                             Clyde Truitt in Front, Waiting in Trench

2012.015.094                             A Machine Gun under cover

2012.015.095                             Outside House

2012.015.096                             Truitt working for Salisbury Phone Company

2012.015.097                             Postcard to Grace

2012.015.098                             Three men, Claude Dorman, and Clyde Truitt

2012.015.099                             Clyde Truitt, Roland Johnson, Bevy Givens and Norman Holland

2012.015.100                             PARADE. Clyde Truitt, Carol Dixon

2012.015.101                             Howard Cartwright, Grace Truitt, Clyde Truitt

2012.015.102                             Article on Clyde G. Truitt's death. 11/11/1982

2012.015.103                             Clyde Truitt on Left, during wedding

2012.015.104                             Clyde Truitt on Left laughing at man behind bars

2012.015.105                             Clyde Truitt Home (Clyde on Left)

2012.015.106                             Right Front Clyde Truitt

2012.015.107                             Claude Hastings obituary -Service

2012.015.108 - 2012.015.111    Service cards of multiple soldiers.

2012.015.112                             Joseph Y. Gunby Obituary

2012.015.113                             S. Norman Holland Obituary

2012.015.115 - 2012.015.190   Transparency slides  

2012.015.191                             Unknown soldier

2012.015.192                             Co. I Street 1st MD Int

2012.015.193                             Clyde Truitt

2012.015.194                             Earnest T. Frosbey service card

2012.015.195                             Clyde Truitt discharge form

2012.015.196                             Clyde Truitt discharge letter

2012.015.197 - 2012.015.203    Letter to Grace Perry with envelope.

2012.015.204                             Grace Perry Truitt

2012.015.205                             Clyde Gilbert Truitt

2012.015.206                             Clyde Truitt

2012.015.207                             Right Front, Clyde Truitt

2012.015.208                             Truitt discharge

2012.015.209 – 2012.015.212   Truitt letter

2012.015.213                             "Gas experience"

2012.015.214                             Lineage and Honors

2012.015.215                             Headquarters paper

2012.015.216                             War Department letter

2012.015.217                             James Wooten birth certificate

2012.015.218                             James Wooten discharge

2012.015.219                             V-Mail

2012.015.220 – 2012.015.221   James Wooten service records

2012.015.222                             Mary Truitt birth registration

2012.015.223                             Mary Truitt baptism record

2012.015.224 - 2012.015.228    History of Maryland Army National Guard

2012.015.229                             Mary and James Wooten wedding announcement

2012.015.230                             William Truitt death certificate

2012.015.231- 2012.015.232     Mary and James Wooten marriage license

2012.015.233- 2012.015.234     Mary Truitt report cards

2012.015.235                             Richard Wooten obituary

2012.015.236- 2012.015.238     Motor Vehicle Permit cover

2012.015.239- 2012.015.240     James Wooten pass

2012.015.241- 2012.015.242     James Wooten VFW membership card

2012.015.243- 2012.015.244     Pennsylvania Railroad pass

2012.015.245                             Tom Wooten leaning on car

2012.015.246                             Tom Wooten on step

2012.015.247                             Tom Wooten standing beside car

2012.015.248                             Tom Wooten in shorts

2012.015.249                             Tom Wooten, Delmar MD

2012.015.250                             James T. Wooten on bike

2012.015.251                             State Street, Delmar

2012.015.252                             Railroad Station, Delmar

2012.015.253                             State Street looking East, Delmar

2012.015.254                             German prisoners running down the stop bank across footbridge

2012.015.255                             Potomac River Naval Command

2012.015.256                             British Information Services Photo

2012.015.257                             Holland, 9/2/45, Montgomery's British and Canadian tanks await signal advance

2012.015.258                             Holland, 11/10/44, R.A.F. Officer examines pieces ME.262 shot

2012.015.259                             Germany, 13/1/45, Unexpected burst of flame envelopes mid-section of ship.

2012.015.260                             Company List

2012.015.261                             Company List on YMCA paper

2012.015.262 - 2012.015.263    Parts List

2012.015.264                             Daily Times (Oct. 15, 1989) "National Guard Consists of 'Maryland's Finest'"

2012.015.265                             "A Time For Remembering the Veterans"

2012.015.266                             "They Shall Live In Our Hearts Forever"

2012.015.267                             "Salisbury Man First Md. Casualty"

2012.015.268                             "Company I Suffers Its First Fatality"

2012.015.269                             "Salisbury Men Prepare for War in 1917"

2012.015.270                             "World War I Saw Birth of Selective Service"

Artifacts

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