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World War, 1914-1918.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:

604th Engineers WWI photographs, Undated

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-089
Scope and Contents 166 silver print photographs, 3 1/16 x 5 3/16 plus margins, each with a printed caption.A substantial group of World War I photographs portraying the men of the 604th Engineers, their activities and quarters, and a wide variety of scenes in the war zone. Included are views of such subjects as the regimental colors of the 604th, training at Camp Glenburnie in Maryland, troops on board the USS New Hampshire, troops marching toward the front, "gas mask training preparatory to going...
Dates: Undated
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

A Soldier's Capture at the Front: A Memoir

 Item
Identifier: 2001-030
Content Description

A handwritten memoir of a soldier's (British officer's) capture at the front, life in a prison camp, and his various escapes. Written in Scotland, December 1917. The soldier, whose identity is known only by his first name "Gordon", served with the 7th Battalion of the 1st British Columbia Regiment (CEF) and No. 2 Company of the 16th Battalion.

Dates: 1916 - 1917
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

AEF Railway Engineers WWI photo-scrapbook, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-022
Scope and Contents

The album documents barracks life, rifle range acitivity, the Army Service School, Leavenworth prison, engineer training (road march, bivouac, pontoon bridges, walls, base camps, and locomotives (including some from the Paris-Orleans railway), rolling stock (box cars, flat cars, and tank car gondolas), steam shovels, and trucks (5 ton and ambulances). Post-war images include vehicles, buildings, construction (railroad bridge, river lock, river boat crane, barges, paved roads, etc.).

Dates: 1917 - 1919
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Albert C. Hansen WWI archive

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-006
Content Description

Albert C. Hansen was a Corporal with the American Expeditionary Force. This collection consists of letters from Hansen to his sister Ida M. Hansen and an unnamed brother, one photograph of a group of people, and various religious writings and commentary on Bible quotes.

Dates: 1884 - 1919; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1919
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Alfred G. Lawson USS Paulding log, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-063
Scope and Contents A WWI sailor log of Alfred George Lawson on the U. S. S. Paulding from 1917-1919, which describes Lawon's experiences on the U. S. destroyer and his daily activities. The U. S. S. Paulding's primary duty was to escort convoys and protect them from German u-boat attacks. Most of the entries are very brief, merely talking about the weather and whether they were in port or at sea. However, others are much more detailed, particularly in the cases where the U. S. S. Paulding sank a submarine...
Dates: 1917 - 1919
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Algot F. Carlson WWI archive, 1918-1924

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-068
Scope and Contents

Diary, photographs, artefacts

Dates: 1918 - 1924; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1919
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Alton Conrad Rowe WWI-era postcards, 1918-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-018
Scope and Contents Consists of 80 postcards, most of which are written by Corporal Alton Conrad Rowe, Jr. (Co. A, 301st Engineers AEF) to family members and to his fiance; mailed from Camp Devens (Massachusetts) as well as various places in France and Germany such as Paris, Coblenz, and Metz.The black & white, tinted, or full-color, postcards are comprised of photographic reproductions, artist's renderings and 2 actual photograph cards.The postcards are addressed as follows: 8...
Dates: 1918 - 1919
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Australian 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Division papers, 1916

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-079
Scope and Contents

1 letter, assorted mission reports, 30 daily ammunition reports of the 5th Australian Division, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade during WWI.

Dates: 1916-09 - 1916-10
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Ben Byrnes collection of Aubrey C. Ross WWI letters, 1903-1970

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-041
Scope and Contents Correspondance of Aubrey C. Ross, a chaplain who served with the Y.M.C.A. through the Army's 79th Infantry Division during World War I. In addition to the 104 letters exchanged between Aubrey and his wife, Laura L. Ross, during World War I, the collection includes correspondance between Ross and various members of his immediate family from 1903 to 1970. The majority of the Rosses were Missouri farmers, and even Aubrey, who lived in New Yok until the 1940s, held a deed to farmland in...
Dates: 1903 - 1970
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Ben Byrnes collection of Chaplain George Copeland WWI archive

 Item
Identifier: 2010-054
Content Description

Letters, 2 manuscript books, and copy of Trench and Camp, in very poor condition. Stateside letters from Copeland at Fort Meade

Dates: 1911 - 1950
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

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