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Ben Byrnes collection of Denton E. Brome, Jr. WWI diary, 1917-1918
Collection
Identifier: 2010-035
Scope and Contents
World War I diary, written by Denton E. Brome Jr., beginning on approximately September 14, 1917 and ending on August 17, 1918. The diary chronicles Brome's duties as a Navy Corpsman stationed in France. Subject matter includes the daily duties of hospital maintenance, wound clean-up, and patient care, as well as excursions from the hospital to tourist sites, restaurants, and other hospitals. The diary is 200 pages in length with 20 pages containing full diary entries and numerous other...
Dates:
1917 November 27 - 1918 July 14
Ben Byrnes collection of miscellaneous WWI photographs, 1912-1919
Collection
Identifier: 2010-034
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of twenty photographs ranging in dates from 1866 -1917. Seventeen of the photos were taken during World War I, mostly of U.S. and European soldiers in uniform. The WWI photographs were taken in England, France, and Russia. Two other photos were taken in 1866 and 1867 respectively, one is of a man in civilian clothing, the other is of a man in military uniform. Accompanying the picture of the soldier from 1867 are five military documents/correspondence ranging...
Dates:
1912 - 1919
Canadian WWI lantern slides, approximately 1914-1918
Collection
Identifier: 2001-025
Scope and Contents
49 lantern slides documenting scenes from WWI France.
Dates:
approximately 1914-1918
French trench papers
Collection
Identifier: 1000-054
Scope and Contents
Le 120 "Court", no.7, 1 Nov., 1915; L'Artileur déchainé, no. 11, 25 Déc., 1915; Le Bataillon, no. 42, 31 Mars., 1916; Le Bataillon, no. 53, 14 Juil., 1916; Le Bochofage, no. 22 ,15 Juil., 1918; La Bourguinotte, no. 8, 11 Avril, 1916; Le Camouflet, no. 7, 15 Oct., 1916; Le Carnard du Boyau, no. 6, Avril-Mai 1916; Le Canard Poilu, no. 51, 9 Fev., 1916; Le Crapouillot, no. 1 (n.d.); L'écho du Boyau, no. 20, Oct. 1917; Lécho des Gourbis, no. 15, Avril 1916; L'écho des Tranchées, no. 66, 20 Déc.,...
Dates:
1915 - 1918
George W. Sadlo WWI journal, 1918-1921
Collection
Identifier: 2011-018
Scope and Contents
Small journal, kept in a German pocket notebook, with handwritten entries by George W. Saldo while en route to and in France during the final months of the war; entries continue for several months following the Armistice. George W. Sadlo served as Musician 1st Class in the HQ Band GHQ (Chaumont, France), the 133rd Infantry Band, and the the 4th Infantry Band. Other items laid in includ 2 b/w snapshots of military bands on the march; postcard from Amra McDowell addressed to Geo. Sadlo...
Dates:
1918 - 1921
Les Ruines Apre le Passage des Allemandes photo-postcards, 1914-1915
File
Identifier: 2001-072
Scope and Contents
Les Ruines Apre le Passage des Allemands photo-postcards - an 18-page commemorative album of photo-postcards depicting scenes in France during 1914-1915. Printed captions are in both French and English.
Dates:
1914 - 1915
Mary Blais collection of WWI-era materials and German picklehaube, 1918-1928
Collection
Identifier: 2014-043
Scope and Contents
89 souvenir WWI-era postcards, some unused, but most containing handwrtten messages postmarked and addressed to a Miss Louise Waite of Shawnee, Oklahoma. The preponderance of postcards feature sites within France and Belgium. Also included is a WWI-era artillery pickelhaube.
Dates:
1918 - 1928
The Great War - WWI collection
Collection
Identifier: 1992-004
Scope and Contents
Consists of manuscripts, letters, photographs, artifacts and ephemera.
Dates:
1915-1918, 1997