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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 130 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Jane Brown and Merle North Brown collection

 Collection — Folder S2207
Identifier: S2207
Scope and Contents This collection contains items collected by Mary Jane Brown and Merle North Brown and includes a page and back cover of a scrapbook with newspaper clippings of the obituaries of Frank W. Brown (1886), Arrianna White Brown (1890) and Mrs. Louisa Huston (1902); a 1905-1906 program booklet of the Cary Club of Milton, Indiana; a copy of a typewritten resolution of Milton Chapter No. 303, Order of the Eastern Star regarding the death of Mrs. Martha North (January, 1916); newspaper clippings...
Dates: 1886-1931

Mary Rigg collection

 Collection
Identifier: L134
Scope and Contents The collection consists of letters written by World War II soldiers, who were active in the American Settlement, to Mary Rigg. Also included are reports on Indianapolis’s social work activities, as well as attendance and financial records for both the American Settlement and Southwest Social Center. The collection also contains cards, clippings, and other personal material of Mary Rigg.
Dates: 1924-1964

Mary Yandes Robinson scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: V277
Scope and Contents This collection includes two scrapbooks created by Mary Yandes Robinson. The first scrapbook is composed primarily of newspaper clippings from 1875 to 1927 that Robinson collected about a variety of topics, including obituaries of the Yandes and Robinson families; historical events, places, and natural sites in Indiana; articles about historical figures such as Henry Ward Beecher, George Rogers Clark, William Henry Harrison, James Whitcomb Riley, and Lew Wallace; and a large number of Kate...
Dates: 1878-1937

McDuff's Studio, Camp Shelby World War I panoramic photographs

 Collection — Folder OBF018
Identifier: OBF018
Scope and Contents This collection includes 20 black-and-white panoramic photographs taken by McDuff's Studio of Hattiesburg, Mississippi at Camp Shelby during 1917-1918. The photographs feature group photographs of various organizations from the 38th Division, including 150th Ambulance Company of the 113th Sanitary Train; 149th Machine Gun Company; 139th Field Artillery Band; Battalion C and the Headquarter and Supply Companies of the 139th Field Artillery; Company A, 137th Machine Gun Battalion, and Companies C...
Dates: 1917-1918

Merica Evans Hoagland papers

 Collection — Folder S664
Identifier: S0664
Scope and Contents This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from Nelle Davis in France during February 1918 regarding life in Europe during World War I, and from Merica Evans Hoagland in Indiana; an eclipse observation in 1925, extracts from the enrollment book of the Library Institute of Winona Technical Institute from 1906-1908, a description of a party in 1928, and an appreciation of May Wright Sewall in 1933.
Dates: 1918-1933

Michael W. and Carrie Sargeant Carr family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L351
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence as well as photographs, postcards, legal documents, and writings created by members of both Carr and Sargeant families. Early correspondence is primarily addressed to Carrie B. Sargeant prior to her marriage. Additional correspondence consists of letters from Michael Carr other members of the family to Carrie and Cyril Carr. Later correspondence largely consists of letters from Cyril S. Carr to his mother and father from Saint Joseph's College in...
Dates: 1882-1970

Mildred D. Harrod papers

 Collection
Identifier: L284
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters; business and financial papers; greeting cards; funeral notices; newspaper clippings; advertisements; election information; social and club announcements, programs, and homefront war information from Mildred D. Harrod and various authors in the United States ranging from 1835 to 1973 regarding business, finances, social organizations, war information, and family matters.
Dates: 1835-1973

Mildred Harrod photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP030
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs and tintypes from Mildred Harrod and the Harrod and Dixon families in Indiana; Cincinatti, Ohio; Vancouver, Washington; and other places in the United States ranging from circa 1860 to 1950, depicting family members; Jeffersonville High School girls' basketball teams; hospitals, churches, and the neighborhood around 346 Hanson Avenue in Indianapolis in the 1940s; flooding of the Wabash River in the Vincennes area in 1950; military service during World War I;...
Dates: circa 1860-1950

Mrs. K. L. McGill collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0885
Scope and Contents The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a card from various periods in U.S. history. The earliest document in the collection is dated 1812, and the latest item in 1951. The collection contains Civil War correspondence with Colonel Benjamin Harrison, as well as letter from World War I hero, Sergeant Samuel Woodfill.

The oversize folder contains military orders for the 20th Indiana regiment ranging from 1861 to 1864 (OB093).
Dates: 1812-1951

Mrs. Mary Lasecki letters

 Collection — Folder S0806
Identifier: S0806
Scope and Contents This collection includes 2 handwritten letters sent by Mrs. Mary Lasecki to Roger Bryant Francis, director of the South Bend Public Library, on January 19, 1966 and February 1, 1966. Her letters relate her childhood memories of South Bend and some brief memories of World War I. Mrs. Lasecki wrote the letters in response to the article, "Hunts Hoosier History in Personalities," that appeared in The South Bend Tribune on January 16, 1966.
Dates: 1966