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World War, 1914-1918.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Thomas Van Wart WWI diaries

 File
Identifier: 2018-033
Scope and Contents Three volume handwritten diary. Vol I [address book]: Thursday, May 2, 1918 - Monday, May 13, 1918. 24 pages of mss entries, 24 lines per page, ~ 2000 words. Vol II: July 11, 1918 - September 7, 1918. 54 pp of mss entries, 24 lines per page, ~ 6000 words. 2 typed sheets with entries: "War Warnings, September 2nd, 1918" and "Extract taken from ship's log July 25, 1918.” Tipped in newspaper extract, "German Taken By Amexes Shoots Sniping Comrades." Laid-in a typed page, apparently from the...
Dates: 1918-05 - 1918-11

Erich Pattky German WWI-era photographs, 1914-1940

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-007
Scope and Contents First acquisition: 86 photo-postcard and photo archive of Erich Pattky, a German telephonist during WWI. Postcard messages are from Pattky to his parents in Berlin, Germany. Postcard images depict various soldiers' activities, accommodations and equipment. According to the bookseller, Pattky was probably stationed in France. Included are Christmas celebration cards. Many cards have been trimmed, possibly to accommodate the size of the wartime envelopes. Second acquisition:...
Dates: 1914 - 1940

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

Ferdinand Huszti Horvath WWI archive, 1914-1930

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-073
Scope and Contents

Manuscript, correspondence, photographs, original sketches, and maps of Ferdinand Huszti Horvath, who served in the Austro-Hungarian army. The manuscripts consist of Horvath's draft for the publication of his memoir "Captured!" in which he describes his capture and internment by Russians, and his eventual escape.


These materials are in Hungarian and English.

Dates: 1914 - 1930; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1918

Francis Albert Schmidt scrapbooks, 1911-1922

 File
Identifier: 1979-017
Content Description

4 volumes of scrapbooks of TU athletic and other events. At least one volume contains photographs of WWI era soldiers training.

Dates: 1911 - 1922

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

Fred R. Batchelder WWI diary, 1918

 File
Identifier: 2009-034
Scope and Contents

1918 pocket diary of Fred R. Batchelder US Army 401st Telegraph Battalion, Supply Detachment. 165 daily entries documenting his experiences while serving in France. Includes descriptions of the countryside, the extensive damage of country, towns, and villages, German prisoners of war, massive air sortes, bombing and shelling, etc.

Dates: 1918

George J. Arvedon WWI archive

 Item
Identifier: 2001-027
Content Description

Typescripts of memoirs; YWCA theatre programs; military service documents; correspondence; souvenir postcards; issues of "Let's Go" newspaper; photo album with captions.

Dates: 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

George W. Grayson Papers, 1918

 Collection
Identifier: MC-1964-78
Scope and Contents

George W. Grayson was Principal Chief of the Creek Nation in 1918, and these are a few papers from that administration such as deeds sent from the court for him to certify as Chief; plans for a memorial to Pleasant Porter, a former chief; and routine correspondence with the Hon. Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. One item is a letter of protest against Creek Indians serving in the military forces outside of the United States in World War I.

Dates: 1918