World War, 1914-1918
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 130 Collections and/or Records:
Warrick County World War I photograph album
Collection — Folder SP154
Identifier: SP154
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises loose pages from a photograph album from Warrick County, Indiana on July 4, 1918 and during World War I, concerning subjects related to the war in the county circa 1917-1918. There are 14 group photographs of unidentified men often wearing armbands or ribbons--who were most likely registered for the draft, enlisted in the armed forces, or members of the Liberty Guard--sitting on the Warrick County Courthouse steps. Two of the photographs depict African Americans. ...
Dates:
1918
Wilbourn S. Scruggs, Camp Shelby World War I panoramic photograph
Collection — Folder OBF021
Identifier: OBF021
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a black-and-white panoramic photograph taken by Wilbourn S. Scruggs at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on August 30, 1918 of the Headquarters Company of the 151st Infantry Regiment, 38th Division of the U.S. Army.
Dates:
1918/08/30
Will H. Hays collection
Collection
Identifier: L560
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Will H. Hays' correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, notebooks and photographs, principally from the period of 1914-1954. His political papers include correspondence and other papers regarding his work as Indiana and National Republican Party Chairman; his work with the State Council of Defense during World War I; his efforts to unite the liberal and conservative wings of the Republican Party for the 1920 election, including his correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt on...
Dates:
1857-1957
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Will H. Hays collection
World War I, Bartholomew County collection
Collection
Identifier: L392
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Bartholomew County, Indiana soldiers' letters during World War I. It also includes histories and clippings regarding war related events occurring around the country.
Dates:
1914-1919
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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World War I collection
World War I French war orphan photographs
Collection — Folder SP130
Identifier: SP130
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 3 black-and-white photographs of French war orphans assisted by war work in Indiana during World War II with handwritten notes of gratitude to their benefactors in French and English. One photograph likely taken in Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France shows an 8-year old child named Pierre Mordrel in 1917, which has a note on the back that reads, "Souvenir affectueux de Pierre Mordrel à son aimable bienfaifrice Mrs. Lucius B. Swift." The other photographs show young men who...
Dates:
1917-circa 1930
World War I "Illustrative Review" dummy copy
Collection — Folder S3379
Identifier: S3379
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a dummy copy of an "Illustrative Review" of World War I published by the American Publishing Company of New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1914. It contains primarily photographs of soldiers.
Dates:
circa 1914
World War I, Indiana War Records, Colored Section documents
Collection — Folder S0730
Identifier: S0730
Scope and Contents
This collection, authored by Elder Watson Diggs, includes data bearing upon the part in which colored citizens of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana took in World War I ranging from 1917 to 1919.
Dates:
1917-1919
World War I war work and leisure lantern slides
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P025
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 72 glass lantern slides ranging from circa 1917 to 1918. The slides depict the efforts of various American service organizations to entertain soldiers and sailors, both in the United States and overseas in Europe, during World War I. Organizations include the YMCA, Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board, American Library Association, and Salvation Army. All but slide numbers 71 and 72 were produced by the Novelty Slide Company, 209 West 48th Street,...
Dates:
circa 1917-1918
Wrigley family papers
Collection — Folder S1869
Identifier: S1869
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence and documents from the United States Treasury Department, the American Expeditionary Forces, Sixth Infantry, and other parties in the United States and France ranging from 1918 to 1919 regarding the death of Roscoe Wrigley, his burial, and insurance settlements to his beneficiary, Florence Wrigley.
Dates:
1918-1919
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wrigley family papers
