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Carl Hayden Quinn Collection, 1911-1919

 

Summary

Extent:
2.25 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Carl Hayden Quinn Collection, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains correspondence, documents, a newspaper clipping, maps, photographs, and an artifact; all primarily related to World War I. The correspondence is military in nature. It consists of an intelligence report, a letter requesting appreciation and recognition for the 6th Division of the 1st Army, and a General Order in response to the request. The documents are Mr. Quinn's Certificate of Battle Service and his enlistment record that includes records documenting his honorable discharge his final compensation. The newspaper clipping acknowledges the experience of the 6th Division's service. The photographs include a portrait of Mr. Quinn, a group photo with Mr. Quinn pictured with fellow soldiers, and two aerial photographs showing trench systems located in northern France. The maps show different areas of northern France related to the Meuse-Argonne offensive that led up to the Armistice of November 11, 1918, known today as Veteran's Day.

Biographical / historical:

Carl Hayden Quinn was born in 1890 in Rockwood, Tennessee. At a young age, his family (father, mother, and sister) moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Prior to World War I, Quinn worked as a bookkeeper and contractor in Chattanooga. According to his Army discharge papers, he enlisted at the age of 27 (1918) and was discharged a year later. He served in Alsace in the Lakes Vosges Mountains September 1st to October 14th. He also served in the Neuse Argonne from November 2 – 11, 1918. According to family history, Quinn and his fellow soldiers were camping in an abandoned church, rolled up in an old wool carpet, when the news came that the war had ended.

Quinn married Mary Chappell Anderson in 1923 and had two daughters, Marilyn and Sylvia. When the daughters were very young, the family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida with Carl's sister (Carrie) and her husband (Charles O. Smith) to start a business focused on a miniature golf course. A few years later, they moved back to Chattanooga. Quinn worked as a contractor, building many houses in Chattanooga.

Quinn was referred to as "Boydie" by the family, which was shortened from "Daddie Boy;" a name his mother called him. Family recalls their grandmother, Mary Chappell Anderson, saying Quinn was a cartographer in WWI, which explains the box of maps found in the attic of the family's home.

Carl Hayden Quinn died in 1948 and buried in the family plot in Chattanooga.

Acquisition information:
The collection was acquired through donation from William B. Hardie, 2014
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research by appointment only. Please contact lib-special@unf.edu to schedule an appointment.

Terms of access:

Materials in the collection may be subject to copyright and are to be used for private study, scholarship, or research in accordance with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Use of reproductions of copyrighted works in excess of "fair use," may result in the user's liability for copyright infringement and be subject to the civil and criminal penalties of federal law. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for further information

Preferred citation:

Carl Hayden Quinn Collection, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Location of this collection:
Thomas G. Carpenter Library
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville
FL
32224
USA