World War, 1914-1918
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:
Gaskins family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0505
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of the Gaskin family of Ellettsville, Monroe County, Indiana. Included are letters from Anna Sage of Gosport, Indiana to her fiance and future husband, Tobe A. Gaskins, while he lived in Weldon, Illinois, Indianapolis and Ellettsville (1909-1910); family letters and postcards, a baby announcement, and letters from soldiers serving during World War I (1911-1926); documents about family land holdings in Monroe County (1879-1892); a pocket diary (1908-1932); and...
Dates:
1864-1932
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Gaskins family papers
General William Harrison Kemper papers
Collection
Identifier: S0769
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items related to General William Harrison Kemper's Civil War service including his army diary dated from April 22, 1861 to August 3, 1861, a list of volunteers from Decatur County, Indiana who enlisted in Company B, 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Kemper's discharge certificate from the regiment dated August 2, 1861, Kemper's certificates of promotion to assistant surgeon from February, 1863, and his discharge from service certificate dated May 5,1863. Also included...
Dates:
1854-1922
George H. Honig, Corporal James Bethel Gresham plaster reliefs
Collection
Identifier: A024
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two plaster reliefs created by sculptor George H. Honig of the late Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana circa 1918-1921. Both reliefs are composed of light green plaster in black frames.The first relief is a plaster medallion set in a rectagle of with the bust Gresham in uniform and an American eagle, with the words, "First American soldier killed on French soil; November 3, 1917; Corporal Gresham of Evansville, Ind-USA." The second relief...
Dates:
1918-1921
George S. Cottman papers
Collection
Identifier: L039
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, research, newspaper articles and drafts of speeches, and articles from George S. Cottman in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1872 to 1937 regarding Indiana history, business and family business, and articles by other writers concerning history.
Dates:
1857-1937, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George S. Cottman papers
Harland L. Osgatharp collection
Collection
Identifier: L120
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Harland L. Osgatharp’s diaries during World War II from January 1942 to December 1945. The diaries describe Osgatharp’s work in Civilian Conservation Corps camps, his enlistment, training, service in military hospitals, and his return to Otwell, Indiana. Also included in the diaries are his reminiscences of service in World War I. The collection also contains an undated address book.
Dates:
1942-1945
Harold Standish Barr papers
Collection
Identifier: L340
Scope and Contents
This collection includes hand-written and typed correspondences to family and friends from Harold Standish Barr in Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, and France ranging from 1917 to 1918, regarding family, camp life, and military service during World War I.
There is also an oversize Thanksgiving dinner menu with the roster of 7th Company Delaware, Fort Mott, New Jersey, dated November 30, 1917 (OBC141).
There is also an oversize Thanksgiving dinner menu with the roster of 7th Company Delaware, Fort Mott, New Jersey, dated November 30, 1917 (OBC141).
Dates:
1917-1920; 1928
Harold Wilson Scott collection
Collection
Identifier: L553
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 75 letters written by Harold Wilson Scott to his parents during World War I describing where he is stationed in Europe, his duties, and plans for work following discharge as well as other aspects of military life during the Great War. Also included are photographs, postcards, two World War I helmets, a German gas mask, military spurs and belt. Items in collection range in date from 1917 to 1931.
Dates:
1917-1931
Harry B. Dynes collection
Collection
Identifier: L256
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises correspondence, programs, papers, clippings, periodicals, pamphlets, ribbons, broadsides, ephemera, and loose scrapbook pages from Harry B. Dynes in Indianapolis, Indiana and Washington, D.C., ranging from 1873 to 1954 and undated, regarding the Dynes family's political and social lives; club and union activities; the visit of David Lloyd-George to Indianapolis (1923); a 1927 Indianapolis trolley-truck accident; and the first and second world wars. Much of...
Dates:
1873-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harry B. Dynes collection
Harry H. Coburn photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: SP032
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Harry H. Coburn in Indianapolis and Greenfield, Indiana ranging from 1913 to 1927, regarding the impact of the 1913 flood on the White River and the surrounding areas, such as Riverside Park, near downtown Indianapolis; James Whitcomb Riley attending his final birthday celebration at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis (October 7, 1915) and the parade at the the Riley celebration in Greenfield, Indiana (October, 1925); and events in Indianapolis during...
Dates:
1913-1927
Helen Boyd Higgins correspondence
Collection — Folder S654
Identifier: S0654
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from Theodore M. Gleason and Margaret C. Holland to Mary Helen Boyd (later Helen Boyd Higgins) in Knox County and Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1917, regarding hand-knit socks and other winter clothing provided to soldiers.
Dates:
circa 1917
