Descriptive Summary and Abstract
Cushing Memorial Library
College Station, TX 77843-5000
Inventory of the Mexican
Revolution "Quincy Letters":
May-June 1914.
.25 linear ft.
Consists of letters
written by Quincy Adams on various topics, primarily personal life, but also
touching on US and Mexican troop activity during the Mexican
Revolution.
Ragan MSS 00235
English.
Biographical Note
Quincy Adams, at the time of the letters, was twenty-eight years old
and an officer in the United States Marine Corp. He had family in
Baltimore, including his mother, father, and a
brother
Billie and a girlfriend or perhaps
fiancée in England.
Scope and Content Note
The
Quincy Letters contain nine letters
totaling sixty-five pages from
Quincy Adams to his
darling sweetheart Viviane in
England.
Quincy is an officer with the 1st Regiment, 1st
Brigade, 2nd Battalion, USMC stationed in
Vera Cruz, Mexico during the Mexican
Revolution. The letters consist primarily of petitions
for Viviane to come to
New York so that the two can marry, despite apparent
objections by both their families, and there are also occasional descriptions
of daily life in the camp (patrol duty, playing baseball against another
Regiment, going to town) and a handful of descriptions of battle (many of which
Quincy seems to have gleaned from newspapers or
secondhand accounts). Many of the people referred to in the letters are given
only first names or rank and last names.
Organization of the Papers
This collection is organized into 1 series:
- Series 1. Correspondence from Quincy to Viviane, May – June
1914
Access
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Usage Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog of Cushing Memorial Library. Researchers wishing to find related
materials should search the catalog under these index terms.
Names
Quincy "Chow"
Adams
Billie Adams
General Frederick Funston
Subjects
Marriage
Mexico
Revolution
Places
Vera Cruz,
Mexico
Baltimore,
Maryland
New York, New
York
Provenance
Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum in September 2004.
Processing Information
Processed by Jeff Stumpo in
June-July 2005.
Detailed Description of the Collection:
Series 1. Correspondence from Quincy to Viviane,
May –
June 1914.
1/1
Correspondence,
May 20, 1914.
1/2
Correspondence,
May 23, 1914.
1/3
Correspondence,
May 28, 29, and 30 and
June 1, 1914.
1/4
Correspondence,
June 2 and 3,
1914.
1/5
Correspondence,
June 4, 1914.
1/6
Correspondence,
June 5, 1914.
1/7
Correspondence,
June 6 and 8,
1914.
1/8
Correspondence,
June 9 and 10,
1914.
1/9
Correspondence,
June 11, 1914.