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Items with subject 'World War, 1914-1918'
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Special Collections Pamphlet Collection
by Various (1762 – 1985)
9 cartons, 2 boxes (10 linear feet)
The Special Collections Pamphlet Collection consists of over 800 published manuscripts discussing a wide variety of national and international topics. The materials date between 1762 and 1985. Similar topics have been grouped together, but may be found throughout the collection. Some of the major topics included in the collection are: race relations, Australia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, African American history, Native American history, military history (American Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War), education, industry, labor history, agriculture, railways, government and politics, international relations, socialism, communism, economics, prisons, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, prohibition, temperance, women's history and groups, and biographies and obituaries.
Stars and Stripes newspaper
by American Expeditionary Forces (1918 – 1919)
1 oversize folder (2.5 linear feet)
Bound volume of the World War I era newspaper, Stars and Stripes. The paper, an American military paper printed in France from February 8, 1918 - June 13, 1919, and published by the American Expeditionary Forces. The paper reports on a variety of matters on the war and home front that would concern members of the United States Armed Forces.
Stereoscope card collection
by Keystone View Company (1910 – 1920)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Sepia-toned stereoscopic cards depicting images of World War I soldiers on the front lines and in the trenches also included is an image of Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George leaving the palace of Versailles after the signing of the peace treaty, 1918; other cards depict a man and woman having a humorous time with an early 1900s laundry system. The cards were produced by the Keystone View Company and Berry, Kelley and Chadwick.
Sterling Photograph collection
by Unknown (1907 – 1919)
1 oversize box (3 linear feet)
This collection of photographs portrays a 1919 tribute to fallen soldiers of World War I in Dorchester County, Maryland. It also features a photocopy of a photograph taken from an unidentified book featuring the Cambridge High School Sophomore Volleyball team in 1914. The team is comprised of young women. Also of note is a 1907 photograph of the Cambridge Baseball Club, winners of the Eastern Shore and Delaware baseball championship of the same year. Team members have been identified on the back of the photograph by last name only. Do not attempt to flip the photograph. To prevent further damage to the photograph, members of the team are identified below. 1. Bonthron - Catcher 2. Townsend - Left Field and Captain 3. Corneil - 2nd Base 4. John Franklin Baker - 3rd Base 5. Baker - Umpire 6. Coolin - 1st Base 7. Wilson - Pitcher 8. Dawson - Center Field 9. Cunningham - Pitcher 10. Bonthron - 2nd Base 11. Bassett - Catcher and Manager 12. Gallagher - Short Stop 13. H. C. Byrd - Pitcher 14. Norman Meekin - Mascot
The Dole Family Papers
by Dole, Charles E., Jr.; Dole, Florence "Margaret"; Dole, Robert A. (1917 – 1976)
1 carton (1 linear feet)
The Dole Family Papers consist of correspondence to and from a set of three siblings: Charles E., Robert A., and Florence “Margaret” Dole, during the First World War and the following decades. This collection contains hundreds of letters, spanning from 1917-1976, as well as ephemera such as Christmas cards and family photographs. The letters talk of the brothers’ time in the service during the First World War, as well as daily life in the years after and Margaret's travels.
Therese Marias Letters
by Marias, Therese (1906 – 1920)
3 folders (0.3 linear feet)
The Therese Marias Letters were written during the First World War by three soldiers: Peter Redman, Robert James, and Earl Pagenkopf. The letters detail the three different men's experiences in the war. The men were stationed at different posts in the United States and France and wrote their letters to Therese G. Marias, known as Tess, who was from Portland, Oregon. Included with the letters are a few postcards from the men as well as two photographs, one of which is labeled Bernard Houghton.
Thomas Price collection
by Price, Thomas (1865 – 2001)
5 boxes, 1 oversize folder (3.5 linear feet)
The Thomas Price collection consists of military and genealogical records accumulated by Thomas Price and dating from 1865 - 2001. It contains recordings and transcripts of interviews with three veterans of the First World War from Salisbury, Md. and records of the 115th Infantry Regiment of the Maryland Army National Guard. It also includes interviews, records, correspondence, photographs, publications and ephemera offering insight into military service during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The collection also contains photographs of Deal Island, Md. from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also includes photographs, publications, and ephemera offering insight into civic and religious life on the Delmarva Peninsula.
World War I Troop photograph
by Unknown (1917 – 1918)
1 oversize folder (2.5 linear feet)
Sepia-toned oversized photographic print of World War I infantry troop, from Salisbury, Maryland.