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World War I Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Assmann pencil sketches, 1915

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-032
Scope and Contents

2 pencil sketches. Sketch 1: Soldiers watch men on ladders. Sketch 2: Man and mule lead wagon with two children on it. Captions in German.

Dates: 1915

Vernon S. Grabill WWI correspondence

 Item
Identifier: 2001-035
Content Description

15 letters and postcards from Vernon S. Grabill (Regt. 301, Battalion C, Heavy Tanks, American Expeditionary Forces) to his cousin, Lillian Singer (Detroit, MI and Chicago, IL).

Dates: 1918 - 1919

"Wallace" WW I-era photographs, 1918-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-054
Scope and Contents Exercise notebook made into a photo ablum. Although the originaly ownership of the exercise note book is in question, the name/initials that appear on verso of many of the photos is Wallace A.S. or WAS. 61 photographic images. Originally mounted in a brown "The Universe; Open to the World" school exercise note book (8-1/4" x 6-7/8"), with lined paper. Photographs are of the 'snapshot' variety. Subjects include soldiers, places, trains, etc. Some appear to be post-war, and most are captioned...
Dates: 1918 - 1919

Walter Oswald "Toby" Watt WWI-era photographs, 1914-1916

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-045
Scope and Contents

Photograph album consisting of 126 original captioned photographs capturing Walter Oswald "Toby" Watt's service in the French Aeronautique Militaire.

Dates: 1914 - 1916

Walter Raymond Jager WWI archive, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-012
Scope and Contents

World War I era papers and artefacts belonging to American soldier, Walter Jager including foot locker, trunk, mess kit, gas mask, etc.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919

War Service Records from Newton, Massachusetts, approximately 1920

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-072
Content Description

A bound gathering of typed and handwritten records and pages of the 26 men and women who served from Newtown, Massachusetts.

Dates: approximately 1920

William Rider-Rider Canadian War Photographs, 1917-1918

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 000020952518]
Identifier: 2001-036
Scope and Contents

A large album of 21 photos with cover title in gold. Bound in original pebbled dark brown rubbed morocco. Each photograph, except the first is carefully mounted, and except for the first, all are in black & white.

Dates: 1917-06 - 1918-12

WWI British Territorial Forces, 3rd Home Counties Brigade photo album, 1914-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-047
Scope and Contents An album of tipped-in photographs compiled by an unidentified soldier--a member of the 3rd Home Counties Brigade, A Royal Field Artillery (Cinque Ports) division of Britain's Territorial Forces during WWI; the division's purpose was to relieve regular troops needed at the Front. The photos document the soldier's service in India and Mesopotania, showing a variety of both personal and professional experiences ranging from tourist-type acitivities, hunting excursions, and views of the brigade...
Dates: 1914 - 1918