Clayton C. Grandy Collection, 1917-1919
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Title: Clayton C. Grandy Collection, 1917-1919
ID: RG1/016
Extent: 0.18 Cubic Feet
More Extent Information
3 folders
Arrangement
The notebooks and military orders are arranged by material type and date in three folders.
Abstract
Clayton C. Grandy served with TMU 397 of the American Field Service and the United States (U.S.) Motor Transport Company during World War I. The Clayton C. Grandy Collection contains U.S. military orders and two notebooks of convoy logs by U.S. Motor Transport Company 369, which were handwritten by Grandy.
Administrative/Biographical History
Clayton Curtis Grandy (b. ca. 1890) of Cleveland, Ohio, attended Cornell University. In July 1917 he entered the American Field Service, a volunteer ambulance corps serving with the French Army in World War I. Grandy served with Transport Matériel [Etats-] Unis (TMU) 397, also known as the Réserve Mallet, transporting munitions and supplies to French troops. When the United States (U.S.) entered the war, the AFS was absorbed by the U.S. Army and ceased to exist as an independent organization. At that time, Grandy enlisted with the U.S. Army and served as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Motor Transport Company 369 from November 1917 until May 1919. After the war he held a career in advertising and publishing in Cleveland, Ohio.
Subjects (links to similar collections) Administrative InformationAcquired:
1976.
Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Rights: Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the AFS Archives. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.
Acquisition Note:
The collection was donated to the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs by Mrs. Clayton Grandy in 1976.
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], [Date]; Clayton C. Grandy Collection; Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs, New York, NY.
Scope and Contents: The Clayton C. Grandy Collection includes two bound notebooks of handwritten convoy logs by the United States (U.S.) Motor Transport Company 369, written by Clayton Grandy, covering the periods April 9 through August 31, 1918 and December 1, 1918 through May 6, 1919. The notebooks report the date, time, and destination of the convoys, what they carried (troops, refugees, foodstuffs, lumber, etc.), and expenses. The collection also includes one folder of U.S. military orders from December 1917 through January 1919.