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Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

HMS Crusader wireless telegraph signal log, 1914

 Item
Identifier: 2002-011
Scope and Contents Original wireless signal log of the HMS Cossack (23-24 October) and HMS Crusader for the period 24 Oct 1914 to 2 Nov 1914, describing the naval flank action off the Belgian coast. The HMS Crusader was a destroyer on Dover patrol the first few months of the war and was part of the 6th or Dover Destroyer Flotilla consisting of destroyers, light cruisers, submarines, trawlers, and miscellaneous other auxiliary patrol vessels under the command of Admiral Hood. The 19...
Dates: 1914-10-23 - 1914-11-02

H.M.S. Digby WWI photograph album, 1914-1915

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-007
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs chronicling the voyages of the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Digby while on loan to the British Navy during World War I. More a travelogue than a war journal, the photographs document how the ship sailed from the North Sea to Greece, through the Suez Canal, to Singapore and Hong Kong, British Columbia, down the California and Mexican coasts, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Most of the photos show stunning views from the deck of the ship looking out towards sea, of the...
Dates: 1914 - 1915

James B. Williamson WWI letters, 1917-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-019
Scope and Contents

A set of 7 letters from James B. Williamson, serving with the 101st engineers.


4 handwritten letters from Williamson to his sister. 3 handwritten letters from Williamson to Mary and to Mary and Agnes.

Dates: 1917 - 1918

Jean Carlisle Barnes WWI ephemera, 1913-1943

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-071
Scope and Contents

Collection of materials belonging to 1st Lieut. Jean Carlisle Barnes of the U.S. 303 Field Signal Battalion, WWI. Items include his Soldier's Diary and Record Book, photographs, military documents and certificates. Found with these materials are war ration books and other miscellaneous items from the WWII era.

Dates: 1913 - 1943

Joseph Moller photograph album of Kelly Field (San Antonio, Texas), 1918-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-036
Scope and Contents

Heavily annotated photo album documenting the work and activities of pilots, airplane mechanics, and aeroplane construction at Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX during World War 1.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

Leman L. Babbitt WWI photographs, 1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-065
Scope and Contents

9 B/W WWI-era photographic aerial views and ground views of the Gujan air station, compound, hangars, and YMCA club, located in France.

Dates: 1918-11

Malta souvenir. Rememrarance [sic] of the Greatest War in History, approximately 1916

 Item
Identifier: 2005-008
Scope and Contents

Framed mixed media artefact consisting of hand stitched embroidery, on primitive cloth, surrounding a photograph of an unidentified man dressed in a naval uniform. 15 x 20 inches; 24 x 27 inches framed.

Dates: 1916

New York Air Brake - WWI munitions factory photo album, approximately 1917-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-044
Scope and Contents

Photo album containing (1) 4 3/4 x 8" sepia print and (147) 8 x 10" b/w photographs documenting the building and production of 75mm and 155mm artillery guns and amunition at the New York Air Brake factory located in Watertown, New York, circa 1917-1918.

Dates: 1917 - 1918

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  • Subject: World War I Collection X

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Unprocessed Material 4
 
Subject
World War, 1914-1918. 17
World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs. 15
World War, 1914-1918 -- Correspondence. 7
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. 7
Special Collections -- Photographs -- World War, 1914-1918. 4
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World War, 1914-1918 -- France 4
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American 3
World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain 3
World War, 1914-1918 -- Manuscripts 3
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives -- United States. 3
Kelly Field (Tex.) -- Photographs 2
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- World War, 1914-1918. 2
Special Collections -- Scrapbooks -- World War I. 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Diaries 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval Operations, British 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval Operations, United States 2
Aeronautics, Military -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History 1
Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History 1
Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
Airplanes -- Maintenance and repair. 1
Antiaircraft artillery -- United States -- History 1
Brest (France). 1
Cobh (Ireland). 1
Communications, Military. 1
Daily Mirror (London, England). 1
Destroyers -- Warships -- United States. 1
Europe -- Politics and government. 1
Flight training -- Technological innovations. 1
France -- Description and travel. 1
Kelly Field (Tex.) -- History. 1
London (England) -- Description and travel. 1
Munition workers -- United States 1
Navy-yards and naval stations, American. 1
Newton Lower Falls (Mass.) -- History 1
Paris (France) -- Description and travel. 1
Photographers -- Canada. 1
Postcards -- World War I. 1
Prisoners of war -- 1910-1920. 1
Queenstown, Ireland (Naval Base). 1
Special Collections -- Artwork. 1
Special Collections -- Correspondence. 1
Special Collections -- Ephemera -- Slate Helen T. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Higley, Harvey D. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Jager, Walter. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Lawson, Alfred G. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Nolan, Dennis E. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Sadlo, George W. 1
Submarines (Ships) -- Germany. 1
Weapons industry -- Employees 1
Weapons industry -- History 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, French 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aftermath -- France 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Artwork 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Balloons 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Macedonia 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- United States 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works. 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia 1
World War, 1914-1919 -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Photographs 1
World War, 1939-1945. 1
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