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Items with subject 'World War, 1914-1918'
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Evelyn Jefferson Fox papers
by Cator Family; Fox, Evelyn Jefferson (1822 – 1927)
1 box, 1 oversize box (3 linear feet)
The Evelyn Jefferson Fox papers document the activities of her family members who resided on Taylor’s Island and in Federalsburg, Maryland. Records document the family’s activities through nineteenth-century correspondence and photographs. Two photographic scrapbooks from 1910-1920 also document the cultural landscape and family activities through photographic images and newspaper clippings of Ocean City, Federalsburg, and Taylors Island.
Fehrer Newspaper and Publication Collection
by Fehrer, Ilia (1915 – 1979)
4 oversize boxes (9 linear feet)
This collection contains newspapers and printed material spanning through both World Wars, and through the 1970's. Most materials are from the Maryland general area, but also included are newspapers from Knoxville, New York and Philadelphia to show different perspectives of news reporting for the same dates. One topic of importance not pertaining to either World War is that of space travel, and the frenzy it brought to the press as seen through newspapers and printed materials in this collection. Some newspaper are full editions, however, most are partials preserving the front page and first section, and sometimes including comics and sport sections.
First World War Cookbooks
by Rumford Chemical Works; U.S. Department of Food Conservation; U.S. Food Administration (1914 – 1918)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These three cookbooks were created during the First World War to show Americans how to limit their food usage in support of the war between 1914 and 1918. They include the Rumford Common Sense Cook Book, War-Time Cook and Health Book, and War Cook Book for American Women. They include recipes that use limited ingredients and descriptions for the different foods.
First World War German Cigarette Card Album
by Cigaretten Bilderdienst (1935)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This First World War (Der Weltkrieg) Cigarette Card Album was published by Cigaretten Bilderdienst in 1935. Included are 270 color cards depicting scenes from the First World War, 1914-1918.
First World War Sheet Music
by Unknown (1914 – 1918)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 16 music sheets date between 1914 and 1918 and include illustrations and songs with First World War themes. Some sheets are printed on "patriotic war editions" that were smaller than usual to reduce paper usage.
First World War Stereoviews
by Keystone View Company Studios (1914 – 1918)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
These stereograph photos from First World War depict battlefronts, civilian life, ruins, trench warfare and trench life in Europe from 1914 to 1918.
First World War Stereoviews (2)
by Underwood and Underwood (circa 1897 – 1918)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These stereoviews were created by Underwood and Underwood. 33 are images of the First World War dating from 1914 to 1918. 6 unrelated stereoviews depict various nature scenes and people from 1897 to 1903.
First World War Stereoviews (3)
by Keystone View Company (1914 – 1918)
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
These 47 Keystone View Company stereograph photos from First World War depict battlefronts, civilian life, ruins, trench warfare and trench life in Europe from 1914 to 1918.
First World War Women's Organization Ledger (Meriden, Connecticut)
by Unknown (circa 1918)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This ledger contains the names, addresses, telephone numbers, occupations, working hours, and additional lines of work for women who were part of a Connecticut organization (likely Meriden) circa 1918. The women are listed in companies and each has a rank (Captain, Lieutenant, Private). It is likely that the women were either Minute Women or part of the Connecticut State Council of Defense. Other lines of work listed for the women were Red Cross, surgical, nursing, visiting, reading aloud, stenography, clerical, accounting, auto driving, sewing, gardening, playground, and more. Also included are definitions for various crimes including treason.
Floy G. Pearson Letter Collection
by Blake, Maurice P.; Bull, William F.; Johnson, Carl S.; Pearson, Carl L.; Pearson, Floy G.; Pratt, Butler Hillman, Sr.; Winslow, Percy R. (1917 – 1945)
6 folders (0.6 linear feet)
The Floy G. Pearson Letter Collection contains 53 letters addressed to Floy Pearson of West Falmouth, Maine from 1917 to 1919. Written by eight different men, including her brother Carl Pearson, these letters describe daily life as a soldier stationed in various sections of France during World War I and some include reactions to the end of the war. Most of the letters include envelopes showing approval stamps by military censors and some of the letters have parts cut out by the censor. Additionally, there are pieces of ephemera including a prayer card, lyrics to "Our Loved Ones in Heaven," loose envelopes, a page from a letter (most likely by Carl S. Johnson), a receipt for Maurice Blake, and an immunization record for Robert G. Fitzgerald (dated 1943-1945).
Fred Bradley Family papers
by Bradley Family (1892 – 1983)
1 folder (0.25 linear feet)
The papers of Fred T. Bradley document the activities of his family members, including his Uncle Milton Bradley’s active service in World War I, a copy of Florence Bradley’s passport, and his father’s obituary. Political memorabilia include a ticket stub from the 1912 Democratic National Convention and a fob from the McKinley-Hobart Presidential campaign of 1896. Also included is a copy of the Kangaroo Komplete Kompound brochure circa 1892, a type of farmer’s manure almanac.
Freeny Family papers
by Freeny, Lula Belle; Freeny, Susan "Addie" W. (1889 – 1970)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Freeny family papers document the life of Lula Belle Freeny and the life accomplishments of her many family members and friends including Susan “Addie” Freeny, Munsey White, and Bessie Luffman in Hebron, Wicomico County, Maryland, 1889-1970 with the bulk of the material dating from 1908-1948. Personal and professional activities of their lives are documented through a series correspondences, military documents, education materials, photographs, and various other booklets that the family had acquired over the years.