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World War, 1914-1918.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Byrnes collection of James David Martin WWI-era papers

 Item
Identifier: 2013-016
Content Description

Miscellaneous collection of World War I letters, some service record materials, and personal papers.

Dates: 1917 - 1941

Ben Byrnes collection of John Oscar Miller WWI archive

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-044
Content Description Correspondence, press cuttings, snapshots, documents, and memorabilia, all assumed to have originally been pasted onto black paper pages and housed in a post-bound,scrapbook with dark gray, cloth-covered covers. "My Memory Book" is stamped in gold in upper left corner of the front cover. Pages on which items were pasted are extremely soft, powdery and fragile; All items were carefully removed from the pages by archivist. The original order of the items appeared to be destroyed before...
Dates: 1912 - 1921
Death and destruction
Death and destruction
Doughboys in pullman cars
Doughboys in pullman cars

Fred Hickerson WWI diary, 1918-1919, 1960

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-033
Scope and Contents

Private Fred Hickerson's (Company B. 314th Ammo train, 89th Division) 87 page handwritten diary, recorded primarily while he was in France; plus a black/white snapshot of Fred Hickerson at age 60 laid in.

Dates: 1918 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1919

George M. Martin WWI letters, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-005
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1917 - 1919

Josiah Clark Chatfield WWI archive, 1917-1994

 Collection
Identifier: 1994-010
Scope and Contents Consists of the correspondence, personal ephemera, and photographs of Captain Josiah Clark Chatfield of the Ambulance Company 167, 117th Sanitary Train, 42nd (Rainbow) Division, American Expeditionary Forces. The correspondence (dating from 1917-1994) is comprised of 4 autograph letters from Chatfield to his father; 1 typescript letter to Lori Curtis, Associate Curator, Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Library; a carbon copy typescript copy of a speech given by General John T....
Dates: 1917 - 1994

Letter from J.O. Miller to his father, 1918-06-13

 Item
Identifier: 2010.044.1.16
Scope and Contents

Written on Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association 'With the Colors' letterhead. "...I am a long way from home and no money so I wired you for $5.00 so I could buy some tobacco before it is too late...some country up this way, however it is kind of cool yet...my new address will be...Sgt. Jno. O. Miller, Co. C. 315th Field Signal Battalion, Signal Corps NA, AEF."

Dates: 1918-06-13