World War, 1914-1918.

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45-page diary from 1918, handwritten, army registration form, typed and handwritten, certificate of demobilization, typed and handwritten, letter in response to resignation, article on L.A. Jenner.

Scope and Contents Diary of Sgt. Louis Vogel, US Army, with entries about his experiences beginning from his departure from Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma in May of 1918 through his service in France near the Front, and up to his return to the US in May of 1919. The diary entries actually begin on the pages for May and continue through December, then resume on the pages for January (1919). PLEASE NOTE: It is not always clear where entries begin and end as they often continue through many dates as one...

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German lieutenant of the 5th Reserve Division Hans Schilling. 118 page manuscript diary (1918), 6 field post cards, a manuscript notebook, 2 newspapers from the Front, 9 handwritten forms (possibly instructions/locations for shelling or bombardment), and 2 mimeograph typed military documents.

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Lt. Wilhelm Landahl (159th Regt), 180 letters. Landahl was killed in action on 9 April 1916.

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The archive of 2nd Lt. Otto Biber of the 17th Bavarian Regiment. Includes approximately 220 letters and cards, 15 photographs, pocket calendar, newspaper death notices of fellow soldiers, and miscellaneous documents.

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Paul Baumann archive of approximately 200 letters, fieldpostbriefs, fieldpostcards, and postcards between Baumann and his family and friends, during his service on the Western Front in a German Army machine gun unit.

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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.

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,...

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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.

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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.