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World War I Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 127 Collections and/or Records:

Erich Pattky German WWI-era photographs, 1914-1940

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-007
Scope and Contents First acquisition: 86 photo-postcard and photo archive of Erich Pattky, a German telephonist during WWI. Postcard messages are from Pattky to his parents in Berlin, Germany. Postcard images depict various soldiers' activities, accommodations and equipment. According to the bookseller, Pattky was probably stationed in France. Included are Christmas celebration cards. Many cards have been trimmed, possibly to accommodate the size of the wartime envelopes. Second acquisition:...
Dates: 1914 - 1940

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

Ferdinand Huszti Horvath WWI archive, 1914-1930

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-073
Scope and Contents

Manuscript, correspondence, photographs, original sketches, and maps of Ferdinand Huszti Horvath, who served in the Austro-Hungarian army. The manuscripts consist of Horvath's draft for the publication of his memoir "Captured!" in which he describes his capture and internment by Russians, and his eventual escape.


These materials are in Hungarian and English.

Dates: 1914 - 1930; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1918

Francis Albert Schmidt scrapbooks, 1911-1922

 File
Identifier: 1979-017
Content Description

4 volumes of scrapbooks of TU athletic and other events. At least one volume contains photographs of WWI era soldiers training.

Dates: 1911 - 1922

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

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

French trench papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-054
Scope and Contents Le 120 "Court", no.7, 1 Nov., 1915; L'Artileur déchainé, no. 11, 25 Déc., 1915; Le Bataillon, no. 42, 31 Mars., 1916; Le Bataillon, no. 53, 14 Juil., 1916; Le Bochofage, no. 22 ,15 Juil., 1918; La Bourguinotte, no. 8, 11 Avril, 1916; Le Camouflet, no. 7, 15 Oct., 1916; Le Carnard du Boyau, no. 6, Avril-Mai 1916; Le Canard Poilu, no. 51, 9 Fev., 1916; Le Crapouillot, no. 1 (n.d.); L'écho du Boyau, no. 20, Oct. 1917; Lécho des Gourbis, no. 15, Avril 1916; L'écho des Tranchées, no. 66, 20 Déc.,...
Dates: 1915 - 1918

George J. Arvedon WWI archive

 Item
Identifier: 2001-027
Content Description

Typescripts of memoirs; YWCA theatre programs; military service documents; correspondence; souvenir postcards; issues of "Let's Go" newspaper; photo album with captions.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

George M. Martin WWI letters, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-005
Scope and Contents

Letters of George M. Martin, Private and Wagoner in the US Army, 163 Ambulance Company, American Expeditionary Forces. Also includes 2 photo-postcards featuring portraits of Martin and a fellow soldier.

Dates: 1917 - 1919

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