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World War, 1914-1918.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:

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

Percy Douglas Willcock WWI military lecture notes, 1916

 Item
Identifier: 1995-008
Scope and Contents Percy Douglas Willcock lecture notes housed in a transfer case. Topics include: 1. Qualifications demanded of Platoon Commander. 2. Composition of a brigade battery squadron & battalion. 3. Extensive details regarding trenches, types of trenches, construction of, defense of communication trenches, plus sketches and diagrams to illustrate. 4. Wiring, plus sketches and diagrams to illustrate. 5. Military law. 6. Military etiquette. 7. Methods of allocating...
Dates: 1916

Printz family WWI-era correspondence, 1914-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-025
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Max Printz, his relatives and friends, many of whom were German soldiers (Armee Korps Infantry and Reserve Divisions) in Poland and the Eastern Front.

Dates: 1914 - 1918

Richard Assmann pencil sketches, 1915

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-032
Scope and Contents

2 pencil sketches. Sketch 1: Soldiers watch men on ladders. Sketch 2: Man and mule lead wagon with two children on it. Captions in German.

Dates: 1915

Robert Alfred Doring WWI archive, 1887-1939

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-008
Scope and Contents Archive of Robert Alfred Doring, a non-commissioned officer in the Schutzen-Fusilier Regiment, Prinz Georg (Koniglich Sachsisches) Nr. 108. Born in Wermsdorf, Germany in 1887. Survived the war and was awarded a certificate of 25 years service (Leipzig) by the German Chief of Presidential Chancellery [Otto Meissner] in 1939. Archive includes a war diary, Doring's National identification book, his military identification booklets, several military certificates, a letter, 4 photo-postcards,...
Dates: 1887 - 1939

Sally Appel papers, 1911-1934

 Collection
Identifier: 1989-003
Scope and Contents The Sally Appel papers consist of the writings, war camp documents, correspondence, photographs, and publications (including a complete run the newspaper, Der Vergessene Michel) relating to Sally Appel, a German soldier held prisoner by the French during World War I. While a prisoner, Appel was permitted by the French camp commandant to create the newspaper, Der Vergessene Michel, 14 issues of which were lettered and illustrated on mimeograph masters and published between October 1919 and...
Dates: 1911 - 1934

Schreiner Reinhold Rott WWI-era ephemera, 1914-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-022
Scope and Contents

138 page manuscript pocket diary, 2 studio portraits, 4 photo-postcards, and death certificate of Medical-Segeant Schreiner Reinhold Rott, Ersatzbataillon, 3rd Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment In German.

Dates: 1914 - 1918

Tagebuch über den 22/55 p.s. Mercedes Wagen des General-Kommandes, Strassburg, 1914

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-031
Scope and Contents

36 page typed and handwritten vehicle travel log kept by General Berthold von Deimling's driver. The log began on 5 May 1914, and ends on 30 Jun 1914. There were more entries, but the 48 pages following have been excised. A small handwritten comparison French/German translation appears on page 180. There is also a photo of a car and a man in uniform.

Dates: 1914

The Great War - WWI collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-004
Scope and Contents

Consists of manuscripts, letters, photographs, artifacts and ephemera.

Dates: 1915-1918, 1997