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World War, 1914-1918.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 442 Collections and/or Records:

War Service Records from Newton, Massachusetts, approximately 1920

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-072
Content Description

A bound gathering of typed and handwritten records and pages of the 26 men and women who served from Newtown, Massachusetts.

Dates: approximately 1920

Washington to Petrograd - via Rome, 1917-10

 Item
Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.72
Scope and Contents Reprint from The Masses of an editorial by Max Eastman. "When war was declared we called for some proof that it was a war for democracy...When Russia appealed to the Allies to declare for a peace upon the wise and democratic basis of 'no punitive indemnities, no forcible annexations, free development for all nationalities,' and the President [Wilson] echoed the British government in a flat refusal to consider these terms....If you believe in rule by the majority enroll today in The People's...
Dates: Publication: 1917-10

Wedding invitation, 1917-06-11

 Item
Identifier: 2010.054.1.11
Scope and Contents

Invitation to the marriage of Mary Procher, daughter of Mrs. John Gadsden, and John Sinkler. St Michael's Church, Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1917-06-11

Wilhelm Forster WWI diary, 1914-1928

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-007
Scope and Contents

Kriegstagebuch or War Diary of Wilhelm Forster, a Lt. in the German Army. Forster received the Iron Cross, 2d Class in 1916.

Dates: August 2 - June 23

William G. Adams WWI ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-016
Content Description

Ephemera of William G. Adams, 472nd Aero Squadron. Contents include: a pocket memorandum book with handwritten entries made primarily in England where Adams performed maintenance on aeroplanes plus newspaper clippings pasted in; printed program for the celebration of the squadron's one-year anniversary of service, 3 September 1918; and an orange and black felt pennant ("Aero Squadron: San Antonio, Tex") representing the squadron.

Dates: 1918

William Hammond Smith WWI correspondence

 Item
Identifier: 2001-022
Content Description

A transcription of the war-time letters of Major William Hammond Smith, Royal Field Artillery Brigade, from May 1915 to October 1916; written to his mother. Smith was killed in action on April 12, 1917 at Athies, near Roeux, during the Battle of Arras.

Dates: 1915 - 1923

William Hurford Hutchins WWI archive

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-013
Content Description

Archive of Private William Hurford Hutchins of the Canterbury Infantry Battlion, 2nd New Zealand Regiment. Consists of a 181 page handwritten diary with extensive, descriptive entries. Includes photocopied list of wounded, service medallion, and a small photo album containing 59 photographs documenting Hutchins's experiences while in service in Egypt, with a few photos documenting his departure from New Zealand.

Dates: 1910 - 1918
Sample pages from the William Hurford Hutchins WWI notebook diary
Sample pages from the William Hurford Hutc...

William Hurford Hutchins WWI notebook diary sample pages

 Digital Image
Identifier: 2007.013.1.1_Hutchins notebook diary sample pages.jpg

William Jason Mixter WWI-era papers, 1916-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-012
Scope and Contents

A group of documents relating to Dr. William Jason Mixter [of Boston, Mass.], Surgeon, Captain and later Major in the U.S. Medical Corps.

Dates: 1916 - 1919; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1919