Armes, Edmund Campion And Family Papers, 1913-1943
Biography:
Born in
Washington, D.C., in 1888, Edmund Campion Armes was the son of Colonel George
Augustus
Armes of the United States Army and Lucy Hamilton Kerr Armes of Fairfax County,
Virginia. He was a
grandson of John Bozman Kerr of Maryland, and great-grandson of John Leeds Kerr
of Maryland, a U.S.
Senator. In 1902, Col. Armes and his family moved to 1410 St. Charles Street in
Birmingham. Edmund Armes
graduated from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1913. He
served in the Alabama National
Guard from 1923 to 1941. During WWII he served as a major in the United States
Air Corps. Armes was as an
agent for The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, working
through the Jemison-Siebels
Insurance Agency of Birmingham. He eventually became a vice-president in the
Jemison-Seibels Insurance
Company.
Armes and his
wife, Anne Forman of Kentucky (married 1916), and their three daughters lived in
the
Highland Plaza Apartments. Edmund's sister Ethel Armes wrote The Story of
Coal and Iron in Alabama
(1910). Another sister, Edith Armes Knox, was a singer and film actress.
Edmund Armes died in 1958.
Scope and Content:
The
collection includes family correspondence, poetry (including poetry relating to
World War II) and
public addresses written by Edmund Armes, newspaper clippings, and the diary of
an unidentified young woman
(probably one of Edmund's sisters) describing school and travels. Also included
are bills from Birmingham
businesses during the years 1915-1918. Some of the material is undated.
Guide to Collection:
File level
guide available in the Archives Department.
Subject Areas:
Armes
Family.
Armes, Edmund
Campion, 1888- 1958.
Poets --
Alabama -- Birmingham.
Collection Number: 1199
Size: 1 linear foot (2 boxes)
Restrictions: Standard preservation and copyright restrictions.
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