New Testament of John A. Steel, World War I.
Collection
Identifier: MM.2008.011
Scope and Contents
Pocket-size New Testament of John A. Steel, World War I. On the flyleaf is a place to print the soldier’s name, address, service, and remarks. Steel served in the Aviation Section, Sig. Corps, U. S. Army. John Albert Steel (1892-1980) was born in Fayetteville, N. C., and died in Knoxville, Tenn. He attended Trinity (now Duke), the University of the South and the University of Minnesota, attaining a B. S. in civil engineering. He was an officer in World War I flying fighter aircraft in combat. He used the New Testament as an abbreviated diary to record the places he was sent and other events during service. The writing was very small script around the margins. He was a bridge builder between the two wars. He went back into active service in WWII and was promoted from Major to Colonel. He worked for the V. L. Nicholson Co. in Knoxville after WWII. Two projects that he worked on were the Sears Building on Central Avenue and the viaduct around Gatlinburg into the GSMNP.
Dates
- 1917-1918
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 soldiers pocket testament (New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons)
- Aviators Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bibles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- John Albert Steele Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- New Testament of John A. Steel, World War I.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
Contact:
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
