| Scope and content |
Correspondence (1917-1919) of Guy P. Stone, a U.S. Navy enlisted man. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Guy P. Stone Papers (#697), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Friends of ECU Library. |
| Biographical note | Guy P. Stone was raised on his family's farm in Thompson, OH, enlisted in the Navy and trained on a receiving ship on the Great Lakes, and served as a quartermaster and carpenter during and after World War I. Stone served at the Charlestown, MA, Navy yard, helped construct a naval base in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, was assigned to the destroyer USS HALE (DD-133) during that ship's goodwill tour through Europe and the Balkans after the Armistice. |
