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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
F. Watkins WWI diary, 1919
Item
Identifier: 2010-015
Scope and Contents
Diary of F. Watkins, a US Medical Corps driver. Diary entries generally regard Watkins's activites, primarily in France and include entries regarding his on board experiences and brief notes on the daily weather. The last 20 pages of the diary include 4 pages containing addresses, the remaining 16 pages containing receipts and expenditures.The preliminary pages of the Excelsior diary Include printed yearly and monthly calendars for 1918 and yearly calendar for...
Dates:
1919-01-01 - 1919-12-31
Jennifer Carlson WWI era Nurse's Cap and Pin, Undated
Item — Box: 000023222274
Identifier: 2017-038
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a nurse’s linen cap, or a part thereof. Buttonholes lay beneath fold, suggesting a scarf may have covered the rear. There is also a mass produced pin with a cameo-like portrait of what may be a nurse.
Dates:
Undated
Paul M. Hollister Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2014-009
Content Description
This collection of papers includes letters, notes, post cards, and newspaper clippings to and from Paul M. Hollister, a Michigan journalist, regarding service during WWI, with additional material that is not war related.
Dates:
1915 - 1927