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World War, 1914-1918 -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

Edward E. MacMorland WWI archive, 1914-1977

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-008
Scope and Contents

Approximately 100 WWI-era letters and diary.

Dates: 1914 - 1977
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

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
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

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
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

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
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

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
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

George W. Sadlo WWI journal, 1918-1921

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-018
Scope and Contents Small journal, kept in a German pocket notebook, with handwritten entries by George W. Saldo while en route to and in France during the final months of the war; entries continue for several months following the Armistice. George W. Sadlo served as Musician 1st Class in the HQ Band GHQ (Chaumont, France), the 133rd Infantry Band, and the the 4th Infantry Band. Other items laid in includ 2 b/w snapshots of military bands on the march; postcard from Amra McDowell addressed to Geo. Sadlo...
Dates: 1918 - 1921
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Harold S. Sherwin WWI archive

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2001-026
Dates: 1915 - 1919
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Harold S. Sherwin WWI archive, 1915-1919

 Item
Identifier: 2001-026
Content Description

Four pocket diaries by Harold S. Sherwin of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade; two photograph albums containing a total of 121 photographs plus a signed portrait of Sherwin; 3 postcards; 2 programmes for races and steeplechases; materials found laid into a book; and typed transcriptions of the diaries.

Dates: 1915 - 1919
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Henry Augustus Batchelor III WWI archive, 1914-1970

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-021
Scope and Contents Henry Augustus Batchelor III, American from Saginaw, Michigan. Served briefly with the Lafayette Flying Corps in France from August 1917-March 1918. Was then transferred to the United States Air Service, serving as Chief Pilot and instructor at Moutchic-Lacanau from March 1918 to Armistice. He also served in the American Amublance Corps in France and, immediately after the war, in the service of the American Red Cross in the Balkans. Included in Batchelor's archive is correspondence to...
Dates: 1914 - 1970
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Hugo A. 'Hap' Gruenberg Diary

 Digital Work
Identifier: 1991-008.1
Dates: 1917-12-12 - 1918-05-18
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

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