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World War I Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 489 Collections and/or Records:

A young woman with five lambs, 1910 - 1915

 Item
Identifier: 2007.013.1.2.52
Scope and Contents

View of a young woman posing with five lambs.

Dates: 1910 - 1915
Aboard the [HMS] Neptune.
Aboard the [HMS] Neptune.

Aboard the [HMS Neptune], 1910 - 1915

 Item
Identifier: 2007.013.1.2.27
Scope and Contents

View from above the main deck of the [HMS Neptune], featuring [troops] relaxing on deck. Another large vessel, possibly an escort, is visible in the background.

Dates: 1910 - 1915

Air service mechanics school WWI-era photographs, 1917-1957

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-003
Scope and Contents

Photographic record of the men and their activities at the Air Service Mechanics School, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1917-1919 in 2 photo ablums plus loose photos and press cutting regarding Williamette National Cemetery. Most photo pages were annotated in white pencil by the owner.

Dates: 1917 - 1957

Albert C. Hansen WWI archive

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-006
Content Description

Albert C. Hansen was a Corporal with the American Expeditionary Force. This collection consists of letters from Hansen to his sister Ida M. Hansen and an unnamed brother, one photograph of a group of people, and various religious writings and commentary on Bible quotes.

Dates: 1884 - 1919; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1919

Alfred G. Lawson USS Paulding log, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-063
Scope and Contents A WWI sailor log of Alfred George Lawson on the U. S. S. Paulding from 1917-1919, which describes Lawon's experiences on the U. S. destroyer and his daily activities. The U. S. S. Paulding's primary duty was to escort convoys and protect them from German u-boat attacks. Most of the entries are very brief, merely talking about the weather and whether they were in port or at sea. However, others are much more detailed, particularly in the cases where the U. S. S. Paulding sank a submarine...
Dates: 1917 - 1919

Alton Conrad Rowe WWI-era postcards, 1918-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-018
Scope and Contents Consists of 80 postcards, most of which are written by Corporal Alton Conrad Rowe, Jr. (Co. A, 301st Engineers AEF) to family members and to his fiance; mailed from Camp Devens (Massachusetts) as well as various places in France and Germany such as Paris, Coblenz, and Metz.The black & white, tinted, or full-color, postcards are comprised of photographic reproductions, artist's renderings and 2 actual photograph cards.The postcards are addressed as follows: 8...
Dates: 1918 - 1919

Amos V. Todd WWI ephemera, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-007
Scope and Contents

The Amos Todd ephemera consists of a group photo of the members of the Ambulance Company 167, 117th Sanitary Train, 42nd (Rainbow) Division, American Expedition Forces; a framed photographic reproduction of the officers and crew of the US Transport Mount Vernon; and the Roster of the Ambulance Company 167, 117th Sanitary Train, 42nd (Rainbow) Division, American Expeditionary Forces.

Dates: 1917 - 1919

Announcement from Bishop Alfred Harding, 1917-06-09

 Item
Identifier: 2010.054.1.11
Scope and Contents

"The War and Navy departments have recently committed to the General Committee on Army and Navy Chaplains of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America the duty of furnishing approved applications from the religious bodies commonly designated as Protestant...."

Dates: 1917-06-09

"Another Victim of War to Be Buried by Legion", 1921-10

 Item
Identifier: 2010.044.1.34
Scope and Contents

Press cutting of an Associated Press article, excised from an unidentified [Dallas] newspaper.

Dates: Publication: 1921-10