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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 130 Collections and/or Records:

Ellis Searles, "History of Marion County, Indiana in the World War" scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: V407
Scope and Contents This collection consists of four scrapbooks organized by Ellis Searles entitled "History of Marion County, Indiana in the World War." Created between 1914 and 1918 in Indianapolis, they are organized as follows:

Vol. 1: History

Vol. 2: History

Vol. 3: Pictures and exhibits

Vol. 4: Bass Photo Company pictures
Dates: 1914-1918

Erich L. Riesterer collection

 Collection
Identifier: L450
Scope and Contents This collection includes a transcript of an oral memoir in German, documents, and photographs from Erich L. Riesterer ranging from 1900 to 1977 regarding military service with German troops occupying the Ukraine during World War I. The oral interview was conducted by his son, Berthold P. Riesterer, a history professor at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), during 1975-1977 and transcribed 1976-1977. Notable items also include a German passport (travel pass) and a...
Dates: circa 1900-1977

Ernest Meyer collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0947
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers related to Ernest Meyer's time spent in the U.S. military during World War I. The papers include telegrams, a roster, instructional materials, mess accounts, and other ephemera. Oversize material includes comprises 4 certificates from the South Side Turnverein in Indianapolis (1911-1922) and World War I-related material, including a broadside for the 149th Field Hospital, 113th Sanitary Train (1917) and a publication, "The World's Greatest War," which...
Dates: 1911-1922

Eugene V. Debs collection

 Collection
Identifier: L230
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence of Socialist Party Executive Secretary Otto Branstertter, with and regarding Debs during 1920–1923, including letters regarding amnesty for Debs and other people imprisoned for their opposition to World War 1, as well as letters regarding Socialist Party politics and Debs role in the party following his release from prison. Also included are Debs’ writings on the labor movement, his essay on Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1922), statements of Debs...
Dates: 1895-1935

Florence J. Martin military decorations

 Collection — Folder S0368
Identifier: S0368
Scope and Contents This collection includes Florence J. Martin's World War I French Medal of Honor and correspondence regarding the medal ranging from 1918-1924.
Dates: 1918-1924

Florence J. Martin World War I scrapbook

 Item — Volume V334
Identifier: V334
Scope and Contents This collection contains a scrapbook compiled by Florence J. Martin that conveys her experiences as a nurse in France from 1917 to 1919 during World War I through letters, photographs, and newsclippings.
Dates: 1917-1919

Francis Marion Van Pelt family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L168
Scope and Contents This collection contains Van Pelt family correspondence ranging from 1863 to 1929 and includes letters written by Frank, Madge and their children; letters sent to Frank's mother, Almira Van Pelt Smith, by her children and grandchildren; and letters sent by Madge's relatives in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. Family documents range from 1879 to 1936 and include Frank's promotion and resignation certificates from the Railway Mail Service; "The Bee-Hive" cover pages from College Temple of...
Dates: 1861-1936

Frank L. Hiatt "We Who Served" manuscript

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1282
Scope and Contents This collection includes two copies of Frank L. Hiatt's manuscript, "We Who Served", in print and on a CD-R sound disc. Compiled in 2008, the family military history was created to honor and remember those of Hiatt's extended family who served the United States in all the branches of the military during the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Iraq War, and during peace time. Hiatt's manuscript contains copies of certificates, correspondence, military documents, news articles, personal...
Dates: 2008

Frank Marshall Moorman papers

 Collection
Identifier: L111
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs, certificates, newspaper articles, recipes, an autograph book, scrapbooks, and correspondence from Frank Marshall Moorman and others in Lafayette and Indianapolis, Indiana and France ranging from 1879 to 1952, regarding family matters, club business, education, university life, and military orders, ranks and service during World War I.
Dates: 1879-1952; undated

Frank W. Buschmann papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2694
Scope and Contents This collection contains military documents ranging from 1913 to 1922 from Frank W. Buschmann's service as a supply officer with the Indiana National Guard and with the Service of Supply (S.O.S.) during World War I. The collection includes correspondence, memorandums, vouchers, and receipts regarding transfers of military property; documents certifying the cause of death of horses issued to military units; correspondence and documents concerning Buschmann's military assignments while in France;...
Dates: 1913-1922