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Start Over Date range 1934 Creator Easton, Jason Clark, 1892-1972
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dr. J.C. Easton, History Professor, Papers

7.72 Linear Feet 7 ft. 9 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 record cartons, 15 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 1.5 in); (1 folder, 0.1 in.)
Lecture notes, clippings, notes, and drafts for A History of European Civilization, Volume 1, and other miscellaneous papers of Jason C. Easton, former professor of history at West Virginia University (WVU). The collection also contains Dr. Easton's correspondence with several former students serving in the military during World War II dating from ca. 1942-1946. Other WWII items include ration books for food, gasoline, and liquor; and two unpublished sound recordings on disc of a radio discussion by J.C. Easton and Clark Ennis regarding the question of which nation the United States should support following World War II, Germany or Russia. There is also an album of photographs, some indentified, of members of the Young family of Charleston, West Virginia, dating from ca. 1860-1890. Addenda to the collection, in two document cases, include Lieutenant Clark Easton's World War I ledger containing class notes and instructional material from an Army Intelligence School, for period 30 September 1918 to 9 November 1918; and a listing of WVU students and graduates killed in World War II. Addenda also include items collected by Easton, including three Civil War documents: 1) payment voucher for Captain John D. Young for work on Bateau No. 16 on the Kanawha River (1962), 2)An eulogy/composition regarding "Stonewall Jackson" by Virginia Military Institute cadet, Samuel Francis Atwill (1863) who was mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market on 15 May 1864, and 3) a three-page narrative by unknown soldier regarding Shenandoah Valley campaign (January to July 1864). There is also a history of Charleston and Kanawha County published in 1911. For photographs related to this collection, go to wvhistoryonview.org and search for this collection's four digit call number (otherwise known as an a&m number).
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Dr. J.C. Easton, History Professor, Papers 7.72 Linear Feet 7 ft. 9 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 record cartons, 15 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 1.5 in); (1 folder, 0.1 in.)

Easton, Jason Clark, 1892-1972
Lecture notes, clippings, notes, and drafts for A History of European Civilization, Volume 1, and other miscellaneous papers of Jason C. Easton, former professor of history at West Virginia University (WVU). The collection also contains Dr. Easton's correspondence with several former students serving in the military during World War II dating from ca. 1942-1946. Other WWII items include ration books for food, gasoline, and liquor; and two unpublished sound recordings on disc of a radio discussion by J.C. Easton and Clark Ennis regarding the question of which nation the United States should support following World War II, Germany or Russia. There is also an album of photographs, some indentified, of members of the Young family of Charleston, West Virginia, dating from ca. 1860-1890. Addenda to the collection, in two document cases, include Lieutenant Clark Easton's World War I ledger containing class notes and instructional material from an Army Intelligence School, for period 30 September 1918 to 9 November 1918; and a listing of WVU students and graduates killed in World War II. Addenda also include items collected by Easton, including three Civil War documents: 1) payment voucher for Captain John D. Young for work on Bateau No. 16 on the Kanawha River (1962), 2)An eulogy/composition regarding "Stonewall Jackson" by Virginia Military Institute cadet, Samuel Francis Atwill (1863) who was mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market on 15 May 1864, and 3) a three-page narrative by unknown soldier regarding Shenandoah Valley campaign (January to July 1864). There is also a history of Charleston and Kanawha County published in 1911. For photographs related to this collection, go to wvhistoryonview.org and search for this collection's four digit call number (otherwise known as an a&m number).
West Virginia and Regional History Center

J. Clark Easton, Soldier, World War I Letters, Diaries, and Other Material

0.08 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)
Papers of West Virginia University history professor, Jason Clark Easton, documenting his experiences as a student at Yale University (1914-1916) and as a soldier in the 77th Division of the United States Army during World War I, including his services as an interpreter on General Pershing's staff during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. There is correspondence from Easton to his mother in Lacrosse, Wisconsin regarding his years at Yale University, his army training, the time he spent on the front lines at Division Headquarters, and as an interpreter at the Peace Conference in Paris. A 32-page letter from 29 November 1918 narrates in some detail his experiences in Europe, including his observation of the frontline and a war torn continent. There are also several post cards of pre and post World War I Europe and candid photograph post cards (possibly taken by Easton) of General Pershing (two items) and of President Woodrow Wilson in France for the Peace Conference (one item). The collection also includes Easton's journals (6 items, 1917 through 1919) containing recordings of events, observations, stories, and word 'sketchings' of his wartime experiences. There are two photographs of Jason Clark Easton from WWI, biographical information, and a scrapbook of memorabilia and letters from students, colleagues, and friends commemorating Dr. Easton's teaching career and retirement from the faculty of West Virginia University in 1963.
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J. Clark Easton, Soldier, World War I Letters, Diaries, and Other Material 0.08 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Easton, Jason Clark, 1892-1972
Papers of West Virginia University history professor, Jason Clark Easton, documenting his experiences as a student at Yale University (1914-1916) and as a soldier in the 77th Division of the United States Army during World War I, including his services as an interpreter on General Pershing's staff during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. There is correspondence from Easton to his mother in Lacrosse, Wisconsin regarding his years at Yale University, his army training, the time he spent on the front lines at Division Headquarters, and as an interpreter at the Peace Conference in Paris. A 32-page letter from 29 November 1918 narrates in some detail his experiences in Europe, including his observation of the frontline and a war torn continent. There are also several post cards of pre and post World War I Europe and candid photograph post cards (possibly taken by Easton) of General Pershing (two items) and of President Woodrow Wilson in France for the Peace Conference (one item). The collection also includes Easton's journals (6 items, 1917 through 1919) containing recordings of events, observations, stories, and word 'sketchings' of his wartime experiences. There are two photographs of Jason Clark Easton from WWI, biographical information, and a scrapbook of memorabilia and letters from students, colleagues, and friends commemorating Dr. Easton's teaching career and retirement from the faculty of West Virginia University in 1963.

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