World War, 1914-1918

Collection-level scope and contents note The Lester Adams Papers primarily consist of the official papers and ephemera of Captain Lester Adams, who was part of the U.S. Medical Corps during World War I stationed in the Panama Canal Zone. The papers are arranged in 19 folders and housed in 1 box.The Lester Adams Papers cover Adams' brief service in the Medical Reserve Corps, mainly consisting of military orders, ephemera, and a few photographs. Among Adams' official correspondence are a telegram from Surgeon General...

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Scrapbook compiled by a French woman named Madeline Riva Baxter while working as a volunteer at the ‘Cantines Des Dames Anglaises’ in Vitry-le-François for the British Committee of the French Red Cross during World War I. Includes personal documents, travel certificates, numerous photographs of nursing staff and soldiers, pencil sketches, watercolor paintings, signatures, postcards, manuscript notes, and loosely inserted newspaper clippings, and other items.

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World War I diary/scrapbook created by Stella Case Bell (1879-1972) in 1915. Bell was 36 years old at the time and living on Long Island, New York, with her husband Robert "Bob" Goodman Bell (1881-1961). It includes newspaper clippings about World War I and diary entries detailing Bell's daily life.

Scope and Contents The Crocker-de Limur Collection consists of historical and literary documents assembled by a family of collectors; a small portion of the papers of French diplomat Andre de Limur (1890?-1971); a small part of the papers of Ambassador Aime Joseph de Fleuriau, French Ambassador to Great Britain (1924-1933); French documents from the Bibliotheca Lindesiana concerning political matters in France in the 1790s; and oversized printed proclamations by the French Government during World War I....

Scope and Contents The collection contains items from two soldiers who served in the United States Army during World War I, Claude F. Gosslee and Milton B. Sweningsen.Gosslee, born in Minnesota circa 1891, remained in the United States during the war. His diary entries provide insight into the life of an ordinary soldier on an American base in the Midwest. Though a few comments about conversations with a sergeant appear, he mainly wrote about his girlfriend. Notably, the entry for November 11,...

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Correspondence and manuscripts (including an autobiography) of Edwin Emerson, journalist and miscellaneous writer, touching on his experiences in the Spanish-American, Russo-Japanese, and First World Wars. Includes photographic materials.

Scope and Contents The de Garczynski Family Collection is a unique assemblage of more than 650 printed and near-print items, largely ephemeral in nature, documenting various aspects of the First World War in Poland and the Polish-Bolshevik struggle of 1918-1920. The collection includes political manifestos and propaganda, pamphlets and memoirs bearing on the time both contemporary and retrospective, and home-front documentation ranging from newspapers and posters to badges and street tokens given contributors...

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Materials that belonged to Thomas H. Healy, including a photograph of Queen Marie of Roumania (1927), a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933), a photograph of s portrait of James Brown Scott (1933), a letter from John J. Pershing to Healy (1927), sheet music inscribed by John Philip Sousa (1932), commemorative medallions (1914-1935), Georgetown University medals (1913), World War I medals (1910s), and a variety of decorations presented to Healy from foreign governments.

Scope and Contents The Joyce Kilmer papers consist of three categories of material: correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material (news clippings, photographs, and scores for music set to poems by Joyce and Aline Kilmer). Letters include those from Joyce Kilmer to Aline Kilmer (total 44), to his young son Kenton (total 4), and to friends such as Rev. James J. Daly, S.J., and to Rev. Charles O'Donnell, C.S.C. Other correspondence is that of Joyce Kilmer's mother, Annie Kilburn Kilmer to friends William L....

Scope and Contents The collection consists of Kilmer family photographs, correspondence, poetry, clippings, and printed materials that belong to Sister Michael Kilmer (the daughter of Joyce and Aline Kilmer). Of note are letters written by Joyce Kilmer to Aline Murray Kilmer (1907-1918), photographs of Joyce Kilmer, and materials related to Joyce Kilmer's military service in World War I. The collection also includes “The Lantern” poem manuscript (signed by Joyce Kilmer) and “October Warning” poem typescript...

Scope and Contents The John Knox Papers represent the personal papers of John Knox, who served as law clerk and private secretary for Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds during the October 1936 term. Most notably, the collection includes portions of Knox's typed memoir detailing his experiences during the 1936 Supreme Court term, along with letters, documents, and photographs of Supreme Court justices during the 1930s. Moreover, as Knox was an avid collector, his papers contain an extensive set of...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection essentially comprises the life and letters of Sir Shane Leslie whose boundless energy and wide-ranging interests took him all over Britain, the United States and Canada, bringing him in touch with people in many fields including the arts, economics, education, literature, politics and religion. Sir Shane's personal papers also reflect his deep concern and interest in Irish culture and politics, particularly the question of Irish independence through Home Rule. The...

Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence (letters, postcards, telegrams), printed material (books, magazines, pamphlets), photographs, artwork, material culture, and other evidence documenting the Jewish experience during the Holocaust and in the years pre- and post-World War II. The collection was assembled by Arthur Michaelis and it includes extensive documentation of his family's experiences during this time period, including their imprisonment in concentration camps and their escape to the...

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Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection 3 consists of letters and documents by and about notable individuals in history, literature, religion, government, and other fields. The items in these collections are gifts and purchases.

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Collection pertaining to John W. Thomason (1893-1944), U.S. Marine officer, author and illustrator, consisting of correspondence, documents, and original artwork. Included is a series of letters written by Thomason to his wife during World War I which include pencil sketches and original verse. Also found in the collection are several of Thomason's watercolors and ink drawings used in a variety of his books and articles.

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The collection consists of World War I and World War II ephemera (brochures, flyers, press releases, etc.), including material related to the Military Training School for Business and Professional Men (1915), Cardinal Merrier Fund for Belgium families (circa 1916), the National Security League (1917), Liberty Loans (1918), and the U.S. Office of Censorship (1942-1943).

Scope and Contents 26 U.S. military newspapers and newsletters printed during World War I and World War II. Including:“The Bombshell, Vol I. No. 3.” October 5th 1918. “Published Weekly by the Officers and Men of the 304th Ammunition Train, American Expeditionary Forces, France”“Far Seas; Published by The US Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters.” Constantinople, 21st May, 1921.“T.N.T." [Trinidad News Tips]; Headquarters Trinidad Sector, Port of Spain, Trinidad, B.W.I. [British...

Content Description Scrapbook assembled by a French army officer primarily containing World War I propaganda materials issued between 1914 and 1917. All of the contents of the scrapbook are in French. It includes sheet music, small posters for war art exhibitions, notices for theatrical events concerning the war, advertisements, short stories and serial novelettes, cards related to bond drives, newspaper clippings and notices, patriotic lapel "pins," postcards, original drawings of a war lottery...

Scope and Contents World War I German Eastern Front photograph album containing black-and-white prints and handwritten captions. The album was likely created by a member of the Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 55 of the 75th Reserve Division (German Empire). The album begins with training at Jüterbog, Germany, in October 1914 and ends with a portrait (maybe of the creator) in December 1918. Sites depicted are in modern-day Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania. Images depict the life of German soldiers,...