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Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron Burr Writ for Arrest, 1800-10-26.

 Item
Identifier: 2014-037
Content Description

A framed writ for the arrest of Aaron Burr to recover a debt of $17.09 owed to Harriet Saltonstall and others.

Dates: 1800-10-26

AEF Railway Engineers WWI photo-scrapbook, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-022
Scope and Contents

The album documents barracks life, rifle range acitivity, the Army Service School, Leavenworth prison, engineer training (road march, bivouac, pontoon bridges, walls, base camps, and locomotives (including some from the Paris-Orleans railway), rolling stock (box cars, flat cars, and tank car gondolas), steam shovels, and trucks (5 ton and ambulances). Post-war images include vehicles, buildings, construction (railroad bridge, river lock, river boat crane, barges, paved roads, etc.).

Dates: 1917 - 1919

Air service mechanics school WWI-era photographs, 1917-1957

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-003
Scope and Contents

Photographic record of the men and their activities at the Air Service Mechanics School, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1917-1919 in 2 photo ablums plus loose photos and press cutting regarding Williamette National Cemetery. Most photo pages were annotated in white pencil by the owner.

Dates: 1917 - 1957

Alfred G. Lawson USS Paulding log, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-063
Scope and Contents A WWI sailor log of Alfred George Lawson on the U. S. S. Paulding from 1917-1919, which describes Lawon's experiences on the U. S. destroyer and his daily activities. The U. S. S. Paulding's primary duty was to escort convoys and protect them from German u-boat attacks. Most of the entries are very brief, merely talking about the weather and whether they were in port or at sea. However, others are much more detailed, particularly in the cases where the U. S. S. Paulding sank a submarine...
Dates: 1917 - 1919

Alice Welford WWI photograph album and military nursing lecture journal, 1911-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-064
Scope and Contents A personal archive of a WWI military nurse stationed in Gibraltar and Malta during the Great War between 1913 - 1918. Captures a unique view of the fighting in the Mediterranean during such battles as the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 from the perspective of various nursing hospitals in Spain and Malta, but also includes images of soldiers in trenches. 2/3 of the photographs are accompanied by captions including locations, dates, and first or last names of individuals. Included is an image...
Dates: 1911 - 1918

Alton Conrad Rowe WWI-era postcards, 1918-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-018
Scope and Contents Consists of 80 postcards, most of which are written by Corporal Alton Conrad Rowe, Jr. (Co. A, 301st Engineers AEF) to family members and to his fiance; mailed from Camp Devens (Massachusetts) as well as various places in France and Germany such as Paris, Coblenz, and Metz.The black & white, tinted, or full-color, postcards are comprised of photographic reproductions, artist's renderings and 2 actual photograph cards.The postcards are addressed as follows: 8...
Dates: 1918 - 1919

An impartiall relation of the late proceedings in the Isle of Wight duringe the stay of the Commissioners with his Ma[jes]tie and since their departure by an eye witnes that feares not to speake truth, 1648

 Collection
Identifier: DA412-.I47-1648
Content Description

Manuscript account of Charles I's meeting with the Commissioners from both Houses of Parliament on Friday, December 24, 1647. Written, in a period hand, from the perspective of one who witnessed the meeting. Although the manuscript says it was printed, it has not been possible to determine if this account ever was so printed.

Dates: 1648

Armistice Day ceremony photograph, 1918

 Item
Identifier: 1000-131
Scope and Contents Photograph caption: "Early in 1918 President Wilson, together with the heads of othe Allied governments, decided to send troops to keep the German submarines from occupying the ice-free harbors of Murmansk and Archangel. The people of north Russia invited this action. Five thousand American troops and other from England, France and Italy were used. This occupation lasted about one and a half years. This photo by H. W. Wyckoff shows the ceremony celebrating the news of the armistice. The...
Dates: 1918

Carroll P. Crosby WWI diary, 1918

 Item
Identifier: 2012-024
Scope and Contents An original manuscript diary kept by Carroll P. Crosby, recording his service during World War I. Also includes his accompanying address book with the names and addresses of fellow soldiers, nurses, French civilians, and young French women, as well as notes. Crosby's account begins in January 1918 and continues until the end of the year, when he returned to the United States from France.Crosby was a PFC in Co. F, 101st Engineers. he describes a number of battles, in the...
Dates: 1918

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Special Collections -- Scrapbooks -- World War I. 5
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Manuscripts 3
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives -- United States. 3
World War, 1939-1945. 3
Aircraft industry 2
Cookery -- Early works to 1800. 2
Kelly Field (Tex.) -- Photographs 2
Nurses -- Training 2
Photograph albums. 2
Photographs -- Oklahoma. 2
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Cookery. 2
Special Collections -- Scrapbooks -- World War II 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, French 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval Operations, British 2
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Photographs 2
Acrobats 1
Aeronautics 1
Aeronautics -- Oklahoma 1
Aeronautics, Military -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History 1
Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History 1
Air Pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography 1
Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
Airplanes -- Maintenance and repair. 1
Airports -- Oklahoma 1
Antiaircraft artillery -- United States -- History 1
Armed Forces 1
Arrest records 1
Beverages 1
Biography -- Fiction 1
Board games. 1
Brest (France). 1
Cemeteries -- New Hampshire 1
Cherokee Indians -- Education 1
Cherokee Indians -- History. 1
Cherokee Indians -- Missions. 1
Cherokee Indians -- North Carolina 1
Circus -- Photographs. 1
Circus -- United States. 1
Circus performers -- United States. 1
Clowns. 1
Cobh (Ireland). 1
Communications, Military. 1
Confectionary 1
Cookbooks. 1
Daily Mirror (London, England). 1
Destroyers -- Warships -- United States. 1
Devil -- Fiction -- Early works to 1800. 1
Education -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa. 1
Europe -- Politics and government. 1
Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century. 1
Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.). 1
Flight training -- Technological innovations. 1
Fort Leavenworth (Kan.). 1
France -- Description and travel. 1
Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800 1
Hebrew Language -- Dictionaries -- English 1
Indians of North America -- Montana 1
Indians of North America -- Photographs. 1
Indians of North America. 1
Kelly Field (Tex.) -- History. 1
London (England) -- Description and travel. 1
Military decorations -- Great Britain 1
Military hospitals. 1
Military nursing -- Great Britain 1
Military nursing -- United States 1
Munition workers -- United States 1
Navy-yards and naval stations, American. 1
Newton Lower Falls (Mass.) -- History 1
Oklahoma -- History. 1
Osage Indians. 1
Paris (France) -- Description and travel. 1
Petroleum -- History. 1
Petroleum -- Prospecting. 1
Petroleum -- Refining. 1
Petroliana. 1
Photographers -- Canada. 1
Photographers -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century. 1
Photography -- History. 1
Ponca Indians -- Photographs. 1
Postcards -- World War I. 1
Powers (Christian theology) -- Demons -- General works. 1
Prisoners of war -- 1910-1920. 1
Public schools -- Oklahoma. 1
Queenstown, Ireland (Naval Base). 1
Reader's Digest. 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
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