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Harold Leventhal proletarian archive, 1885-1978
This archive, and its accompanying library, were acquired by Guy Logsdon, then Library Director, in 1977. It is ascribed to Harold Leventhal, who was a folk music manager, handling such musicians as the Weavers, Woody Guthrie, Peter, Paul and Mary and Joan Baez. This archive includes an selection of correspondence of the noted activist Ammon Hennacy as well as biographical materials.
Heinrich WWI-era correspondence, 1918
Letters, postcards, and telegrams, most of which are from someone [possibly named Heme or Hana] to a Professor [Irmgard] Heinrich and children.
Karl Ferdinand Wimar Letters, 1857-1859
These eight original letters were written in German by Carl Wimer to an unknown correspondent. They were from St. Louis, Sioux CIty, and Quincy, Illinois. Wimer was an artist of the Western scene, especially the American Indian.
Kriegs Erinnerungen (War Memories) photographs, 1915-1916
Lt. Hans Schilling WWI-era ephemera, 1918
German lieutenant of the 5th Reserve Division Hans Schilling. 118 page manuscript diary (1918), 6 field post cards, a manuscript notebook, 2 newspapers from the Front, 9 handwritten forms (possibly instructions/locations for shelling or bombardment), and 2 mimeograph typed military documents.
Lt. Willhelm "Willi" Landahl WWI-era letters, 1914-1918
Lt. Wilhelm Landahl (159th Regt), 180 letters. Landahl was killed in action on 9 April 1916.
Otto Biber WWI archive, 1914-1934
The archive of 2nd Lt. Otto Biber of the 17th Bavarian Regiment. Includes approximately 220 letters and cards, 15 photographs, pocket calendar, newspaper death notices of fellow soldiers, and miscellaneous documents.
Paul Baumann WWI-era letters, 1914-1919
Paul Baumann archive of approximately 200 letters, fieldpostbriefs, fieldpostcards, and postcards between Baumann and his family and friends, during his service on the Western Front in a German Army machine gun unit.
Printz family WWI-era correspondence, 1914-1918
Correspondence between Max Printz, his relatives and friends, many of whom were German soldiers (Armee Korps Infantry and Reserve Divisions) in Poland and the Eastern Front.
Richard Assmann pencil sketches, 1915
2 pencil sketches. Sketch 1: Soldiers watch men on ladders. Sketch 2: Man and mule lead wagon with two children on it. Captions in German.