Collections : [University of Michigan William L. Clements Library]

The John H. Stillions collection is made up of one photograph and six letters written between June 1918 and November 1918, while Private Stillions was stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. The letters, written to and from future wife Mamie Catherine Smith, Alverta E. Remsberg, and various family members, discussed life at home and family visits. They include love letters and also pencil illustrations of John and Mamie by a child, Samuel E. Smith. A tintype photograph of a man in uniform accompanies the letters.