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A. Richard Angell letters, 1918-1919
2 personal letters written by A. Richard Angell to "Miss Violet" about his feelings on the war and on the character and death of Theodore Roosevelt.
Australian 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Division papers, 1916
1 letter, assorted mission reports, 30 daily ammunition reports of the 5th Australian Division, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade during WWI.
Canadian WWI lantern slides, approximately 1914-1918
49 lantern slides documenting scenes from WWI France.
Ferdinand Huszti Horvath WWI archive, 1914-1930
Manuscript, correspondence, photographs, original sketches, and maps of Ferdinand Huszti Horvath, who served in the Austro-Hungarian army. The manuscripts consist of Horvath's draft for the publication of his memoir "Captured!" in which he describes his capture and internment by Russians, and his eventual escape.
These materials are in Hungarian and English.
George M. Martin WWI letters, 1917-1919
Letters of George M. Martin, Private and Wagoner in the US Army, 163 Ambulance Company, American Expeditionary Forces. Also includes 2 photo-postcards featuring portraits of Martin and a fellow soldier.
I.J. Clendinnen WWI-era scrapbook, 1910-1922
Scrapbook/photo album of I.J.Clendinnen of the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. Contents include photo-postcards, B/W snapshots, newspaper clippings, postage stamps, dance cards, menus and programmes. All items are pasted onto gray paper scrapbook pages. The album is covered in fabric of geometric design and tied with a black cord with wooden beads.
John Carlisle Johnson WWI archive, 1913-1919
Milly B. diary, 1916-1919
Five-year diary for which only four years are completed by a British girl, Milly B., during the years 1916 to 1919. Milly discusses life and events in England during the war years. She includes at the rear of the diary a list of the outstanding events for 1916 and 1917. Also included is a list of her trousseau and a list of gifts received.
Munitions factory photographs, 1914-1918
Eighty-eight photographs taken during World War I in a British munitions factory showing women on assembly lines manufacturing shells. Includes one photograph of the plant managers, possibly in Kent.
Remembrances of the Great War, Hounslow, photograph album, 1917-1918
Photo album contains 22 identified photographs, some of which are family portraits, the remainder of which are of men and women in uniform. Many of these deal with people who may have been affiliated with the 85 Squadron during their time at the Hounslow aerodrome in November 1917. Identified photos include "from Altrincham, Cheshire, A. Whitney", "Mrs Horace Levell & baby", "Jack Good", "85 Squadron", "Jim Davis", "Mrs. Herzog", "Billy Bishop".