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World War, 1914-1918.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 145 Collections and/or Records:

Troop tossing ritual, 1910 - 1915

 Item
Identifier: 2007.013.1.2.32
Scope and Contents

A group of soldiers pictured tossing up one of their buddies.

Dates: 1910 - 1915
Two buddies near a Cairo railway.
Two buddies near a Cairo railway.

Two buddies near a Cairo railway, 1910 - 1915

 Item
Identifier: 2007.013.1.2.26
Scope and Contents

Two soldiers pose in the sunshine near the tracks and railcars in [Cairo].

Dates: 1910 - 1915

Unknown soldier, US Army 5th Infantry Division WWI diary, 1917-1918

 Item
Identifier: 2009-031
Scope and Contents

1915 pocket diary, repurposed as a journal by an unknown soldier in the US Army 5th Infantry Division. Very brief entries describe his division's constant movement through France, the soldier's experiences being shelled by the Germans, snipers, dead Frencgh civilians in the streets, gas alarms while in the field, sleeping in holes in the ground, meals eaten, etc. Although each entry is marked with day and date, they are often not correct when compared to a perpetual yearly calendar.

Dates: 1917 - 1918

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 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
Wooded peninsula.
Wooded peninsula.

Wooded peninsula, 1910 - 1915

 Item
Identifier: 2007.013.1.2.54
Scope and Contents

View from the shore of a heavily wooded peninsula at an unidentified location.

Dates: 1910 - 1915