Women in war
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bartholomew County, Indiana World War I collection
Collection
Identifier: L392
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, clippings, histories, and other papers from Bartholomew County, Indiana, ranging from 1917 to 1920, regarding the county's residents and their experiences during World War I. The bulk is correspondence from local soldiers, some of which were hand-transcribed to ensure legibility. Two folders concern women's war work, particularly the correspondence, circulars, papers, notes, clippings, newsletters, a pamphlet, and ephemera from Vida Newsom,...
Dates:
1917-1920
George W. Roberts collection
Collection
Identifier: L579
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two Civil War diaries, correspondence, papers, a coffee can, and a spoon belonging to George W. Roberts in Indiana and the United States ranging from circa 1861 to 1944. There are also numerous ribbons, buttons, and badges from Roberts, most from Grand Army of the Republic encampments or posts, as well as numerous 69th Indiana Regiment reunion ribbons (1889-1917, undated); an 1895 Indiana Trustees Association annual meeting ribbon; a 19th Indiana Veteran Volunteers...
Dates:
circa 1861-1944, undated
Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc. collection
Collection
Identifier: L548
Scope and Contents
The collection contains records pertaining to the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., ranging from 1968 to 2007. There are correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, financial records, and materials concerning public relations, fundraising, and volunteer activities. Most of the materials concerns Theodora Brown and her work, especially as Indiana state coordinator, including daily journals, newspaper clippings, brochures, photographs, and four posters related to the project and other groups...
Dates:
1968-2007
Woman's Relief Corps, George H. Thomas Post No. 20 records
Collection
Identifier: L442
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one folder of correspondence, clippings, receivpts, invoices, publications, and ephemera, as well as 43 volumes including account and cash books, meeting minutes, ledgers, and membership registers, from the Women's Relief Corps, George H. Thomas Post No. 20 in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from from the 1880s to 1939, regarding the post and its activities.
Dates:
1885-1943
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
