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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 141 Collections and/or Records:

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

Henry E. Wahl collection

 Collection
Identifier: L172
Scope and Contents The collection largely consists of letters to and from Henry E. Wahl, Jr. and his family in Bloomington, Indiana, California, Hawaii, the Philippines, and the Pacific theatre, ranging from 1936 to circa 1953, regarding family life, work after college, and experiences during and after World War II in the Pacific. There are also many letters from other family members to his parents, Maude and Henry Ethan Wahl, Sr., including those of his brother Donald Wahl, who was also serving in the U.S....
Dates: 1865-1945

Henry Wright and Mary Susan Bromwell family papers

 Collection — Folder S1920
Identifier: S1920
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, photographs, and a drawing created by members of the Wright and Bromwell families from 1816-1920, primarily in Indiana, but also in Baltimore, Maryland and Liverpool, England. Most items are related to the Civil War or World War I.
Dates: 1816-1920

Hibben family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L069
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, invitations and calling cards, accounts, stamps, newspaper clippings, membership cards, legal documents, and other papers, as well as photographs, negatives, lantern slides, artwork, textiles, and realia from members of the Hibben and Ketcham families in Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, and Europe ranging from circa 1840 to 1937 regarding family, military, legal, and social matters. Much of the early correspondence belonged to Sarah...
Dates: circa 1840-1937

Hugh Arthur Barnhart collection

 Collection
Identifier: L509
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, periodicals, advertisements, and financial records from Hugh A. Barnhart ranging from 1898 to 1964 regarding his business ventures, his personal life, and his political career. The first series includes papers regarding Barnhart's family life, business ventures, and state government positions. Major topics include family correspondence; World War I correspondence; News-Sentinel newspaper; State Highway Commission;...
Dates: 1863-1964

Hugh R. Foss papers

 Collection — Folder S482
Identifier: S0482
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typed narrative from Hugh R. Foss in France on March 17, 1919 regarding his visit to the Riviera after World War I.
Dates: 1919/03/17

Ida Strawn Baker collection

 Collection
Identifier: L006
Scope and Contents The collection consists of poetry, sketchbooks, a diary, and datebooks from Ida Strawn Baker in Indiana, California, and Europe, ranging from 1912 to 1940. The diaries include information about Baker’s daily life, business affairs, and various trips to Europe, California, and World War I army camps.
Dates: 1912-1940

Indiana War History Commission collection

 Collection
Identifier: L585
Scope and Contents This collection contains the administrative files of the Indiana War History Commission, including a detailed history of the group, publication plans and ingoing and outgoing correspondence. The commission collected information from most Indiana counties during World War I. This information falls into two categories: service records of soldiers, used for the publication of the "Gold Star Honor Roll" and "Indiana's Roll of Honor"; and war histories, records of civilian activities,...
Dates: 1917-1989

Indiana World War I Centennial Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: L298
Scope and Contents The collection contains the records of the Indiana World War I Centennial Committee created from 2016 to 2018. This includes proclamations, meeting agendas, certificates, meeting minutes, event programs, event endorsements, and other miscellaneous materials.
Dates: 2016-2018

Indianapolis Branch of the American Fund for French Wounded, French Relief Fund

 Collection — Folder S2911
Identifier: S2911
Scope and Contents These twelve broadsides are color illustrations with a poem beneath. Some appear to be Valentines. Four have drawings by Kin Hubbard and poems by William Herschell. They are: The Girl I Left Behind Me; An Impeded Patriot; The Souvenir Card Fiend; and A Threadbare Soldier.Four have drawings by McCutcheon and poems by George Ade. These are: From Her Mother; Her Choice This Year, Some One Has Not Forgotten, and To You – Somewhere.Four more have poems by George...
Dates: 1918