Skip to main content

World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Aletha Grace Hawk collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0612
Scope and Contents The collection consists principally of Aletha Grace Hawk's letters to her family in Indianapolis, Indiana from Washington, D.C. and Europe ranging from 1918 to 1919, describing her work with the American Red Cross and as a volunteer working with wounded servicemen at Walter Reed Hospital, as well as her travels through France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Germany. The collection also includes Hawk's 1921 letter describing the visit of Marshall Ferdinand Foch to Indianapolis, two letters sent to...
Dates: 1918-1941

Blanche Liffick Morton collection

 Collection
Identifier: L112
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, programs, photographs, publications, other documents, and an American flag from Blanche Liffick Morton and the American Red Cross, Women's Overseas Service League, and Indiana League for Nursing in Indiana, England and France ranging from 1917 to 1966 regarding nursing, World War I, the American Red Cross, Indiana League for Nursing, and the Women's Overseas Service League.
Dates: 1917-1966

Dan Griffin collection

 Collection
Identifier: L045
Scope and Contents This collection contains World War I brochures, advertisements, and newspaper clippings; YMCA magazine; YWCA publications; The Lake Division News by the American Red Cross; brochures relating to health; and other newspapers and miscellaneous documents from Dan Griffin ranging from 1918 to 1919.

The oversize material includes newspaper clippings and periodicals, 1915-1919, undated (OBC017).
Dates: 1918-1919

Helen F. Bennett papers

 Collection — Folder S2220
Identifier: S2220
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, clippings, articles of incorporation and other organizational documents, photographs, and postcards from the Navy Comforts Committee in Indiana and the United States, as well as documents used or created by Helen F. Bennett ranging from 1888 to 1939 regarding the Comforts Committee of the Navy League. Correspondents include the Navy League of the United States, the Secretary of the Navy, Studebaker, the U.S.S. Indiana, Daughters of the American...
Dates: 1888-1939

"Pictures of Scenes and Activities in Indiana connected with the World War" photograph album

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P044
Scope and Contents Note This collection includes panoramic photographs in a photogrpah album by: Moorefield, Bretzman, W. L. Dalbey Photography Company, Wallace, Pierce, Bass Photography Company, and William A. Swift. Photographs include the following subjects: Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1st Contingent in front of the Vocational Training Detachment National Army Headquarters; Soldiers at Fort Benjamin Harrison, entertained by Catholic women of Indianapolis at the Knights of Columbus Club House.;...
Dates: 1917-1919

"Pictures of Welcome Home Day in Indianapolis after the World War" photograph album

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P067
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photograph album of photographs taken in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana on May 7, 1919 depicting the Welcome Home Day celebration and parade to Monument Circle featuring marching troops, Red Cross workers, crowds, and school children after the end of World War I.
Dates: 1919/05/07

World War I collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1535
Scope and Contents This collection contains a variety of items from World War I ranging from 1917 to 1919 and includes typewritten copies of letters sent to Oscar and Rosa Watkins of Indianapolis, Indiana from their son Osric while he served with the 94th Aero Squadron in France; two letters sent to Miss Ida Anderson of the Indianapolis News from Marie M. Burke, a nurse from Vincennes, Indiana who was serving with the Roosevelt Base Hospital Unit No. 15 in France; a letter and the...
Dates: 1917-1919, 1940