Daniel Otto Blackmon:

An Inventory of His Papers, 1907-1991 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Biographical Sketch

Daniel Otto Blackmon was born in 1896 in Bald Prairie, Robertson County, Texas. He lived in Lamesa, Texas after serving in the U.S. Army during World War I. Daniel was a member of the 142nd Infantry, 36th Division and camped at Camp Bowie near Fort Worth, Texas. He was a member of the Selective Service Board during the 1920s and worked for the U.S. Postal Service. He corresponded with his future wife Earle Elizabeth Barrett (1898-1976) during the war and they married in 1920. He died in 1991 in Lamesa. They had one daughter Lucille Blackmon Everett and her husband was Jack Everett.

Scope and Contents

This small collection contains correspondence, some legal papers, genealogy, printed materials, scrapbook material, and memorabilia. Of interest are the personal letters dated 1918 written by Daniel O. Blackmon to his future wife Earle Elizabeth Barrett during his time of military enlistment during World War I. Other correspondence deal with his duties with the Selective Service System and his daughter Lucille Blackmon Everett, especially her European trip in 1973. Also of interest are the brochures and travel guides from the Texas Centennial of 1936, Chicago World’s Fair of 1933, and the New York World’s Fair of 1939. This collection also includes several items from Norton Fuller, a friend he met in the military. Mr. Fuller had left the items in Blackmon’s possession over the years. They contain souvenir post cards bought in France, 1918.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Daniel Otto Blackmon Papers, 1907-1991 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Collection accession #(s):
2003-0186-B, 2004-0022-B

Gifts, 2003-2004

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, February 2004.

Collection Inventory