World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany

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The archive of 2nd Lt. Otto Biber of the 17th Bavarian Regiment. Includes approximately 220 letters and cards, 15 photographs, pocket calendar, newspaper death notices of fellow soldiers, and miscellaneous documents.

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Paul Baumann archive of approximately 200 letters, fieldpostbriefs, fieldpostcards, and postcards between Baumann and his family and friends, during his service on the Western Front in a German Army machine gun unit.

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Correspondence between Max Printz, his relatives and friends, many of whom were German soldiers (Armee Korps Infantry and Reserve Divisions) in Poland and the Eastern Front.

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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.

Scope and Contents Archive of Robert Alfred Doring, a non-commissioned officer in the Schutzen-Fusilier Regiment, Prinz Georg (Koniglich Sachsisches) Nr. 108. Born in Wermsdorf, Germany in 1887. Survived the war and was awarded a certificate of 25 years service (Leipzig) by the German Chief of Presidential Chancellery [Otto Meissner] in 1939. Archive includes a war diary, Doring's National identification book, his military identification booklets, several military certificates, a letter, 4 photo-postcards,...

Scope and Contents The Sally Appel papers consist of the writings, war camp documents, correspondence, photographs, and publications (including a complete run the newspaper, Der Vergessene Michel) relating to Sally Appel, a German soldier held prisoner by the French during World War I. While a prisoner, Appel was permitted by the French camp commandant to create the newspaper, Der Vergessene Michel, 14 issues of which were lettered and illustrated on mimeograph masters and published between October 1919 and...

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138 page manuscript pocket diary, 2 studio portraits, 4 photo-postcards, and death certificate of Medical-Segeant Schreiner Reinhold Rott, Ersatzbataillon, 3rd Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment In German.

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124 page personal journal kept by Theo Freudenbergs in the years 1914, 1915, and 1916, while in the German Army. A studio portrait of Freudenbergs, pictured in uniform with medals, is pasted onto verso of front cover. Text in German.

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Kriegstagebuch or War Diary of Wilhelm Forster, a Lt. in the German Army. Forster received the Iron Cross, 2d Class in 1916.

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A broad range of subject matter depicted in 238 snapshots. Subjects include ground-based weaponry (French, German), observation balloons and Zeppelins (American, German); aeroplanes (German, American); naval vessels and ferries; ruins (France, Belgium, Germany); soldiers. Also among the collection are approximately 81 snapshots from a later period, circa 1935, of barracks, airplanes, airports, etc.