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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 130 Collections and/or Records:

"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

Purdue University, Students' Army Training Corps panoramic photographs

 Collection — Folder OBF025
Identifier: OBF025
Scope and Contents This collection comprises 3 black-and-white panoramic photographs taken by O. L. Foster, likely in Lafayette, Indiana, of the Purdue Training Detachment on June 8, 1918; and of the headquarters staff of the Purdue University Students' Army Training Corps and the 3rd Truckmaster School on November 26, 1918.
Dates: 1918

Ralph F. Gates oral history

 Collection
Identifier: OH020
Scope and Contents The collection contains two copies of a transcript and a reel-to-reel audiotape of an interview with Ralph F. Gates conducted by Randall Jehs for the Indiana State Library Oral History Project on February 3, 1971. There are also clippings from 1976 to 1978.Gates discusses his family and childhood; his political views; Indiana Republican politics and his involvement; practicing law; the Ku Klux Klan; the American Legion; and running for Governor and his term in office. He also talks...
Dates: 1971/02/03

Rhodes family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L537
Scope and Contents This collection contains the papers of the Rhodes family, including papers from the Kreglo and Lauler families which married into the Rhodes family. It contains mortgages and deeds of Mary A. Kreglo, Sophia E. Rhodes (Kreglo), and John W. Rhodes from the late 19th century, as well as the legal papers of John William Rhodes. It also includes various investment papers of Joseph Lauler, particularly those regarding oil prospects in Texas. Finally, there are assorted personal items, such as...
Dates: 1821-1967

Samuel J. Hochman and Ralph H. Schaupp reminiscences

 Collection — Folder S2349
Identifier: S2349
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of the reminiscences of Samuel J. Hochman and Ralph H. Schaupp. The circa 1960 handwritten memories are two pages long and were possibly written down for a North Central High School (Indianapolis) school project. Hochman mentions World War I, the Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, the Great Depression, and the 1912 White River flood. Schaupp reminisces about his experiences during World War I and notes his membership in the Coif law honor society at Indiana...
Dates: circa 1960

Samuel Woodfill, World War I dog tag

 Collection — Folder S1860
Identifier: S1860
Scope and Contents This collection includes one dog tag for Samuel Woodfill from World War I, circa 1917-1919.
Dates: circa 1917-1919

Sheelor Photo, Camp Shelby World War I panoramic photograph

 Collection — Folder OBF020
Identifier: OBF020
Scope and Contents This collection comprises a black-and-white panoramic photograph taken by Sheelor Photo at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 28, 1918 of the barracks of the 113th Signal Battalion of the 38th Division of the U.S. Army.
Dates: 1918/02/28

Sluyter-Dibra family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L554
Scope and Contents This collection includes newspaper clippings, public record documents, photographs, biographical notes, and other family documents regarding the Sluyter-Dibra family of White County, Indiana ranging from 1839 to 2007. The bulk of the clippings, public records, and documents are photocopies and a large number of the photographs are unidentified. Some items of note include publicity photographs, vaudeville artist cards, and manager instructions for "Mighty" Cameron Bennett's escape...
Dates: 1839-2007

Staudt family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L532
Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of Carl and John M. Staudt's World War I letters and postcards sent to their parents and brother, Lawrence, in Indianapolis, Indiana and to their sister and brother-in-law, Joseph H. and Bertha Brown, in Brownsburg, Indiana from Camp Sherman, Ohio, Camp Merritt, New Jersey, Ft. Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York, and from Belgium and France ranging from 1918 to 1919. The collection also contains two postcards sent by Carlos and Clarence Brown, brothers of...
Dates: 1881, 1918-1919

Stenotype Company photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP028
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from the Stenograph Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1913 to 1919 regarding the company's workers, equipment, and factory in Mars Hill, workers engaged in munitions manufacturing during World War I, residential homes on a street, and a banquet hosted by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce for transportation commissions on October 16, 1919.Eight panoramic and one oversize photographs from the collection are located in an...
Dates: circa 1913-1919