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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Addison B. Parker papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2319
Scope and content

Papers of the Parker family of Watertown include six clipping scrapbooks and photograph albums, relating mainly to Parker's civic, political, and fraternal duties. Also, letters (1917-1919) from his son, Second Lieutenant Fred M. Parker, concerning his experiences with the Motor Transportation Corps of the American Expeditionary Force in France, the service of black soldiers, and his impressions of Paris and the French countryside.

Dates: 1873-[ca. 1944]

American Expeditionary Forces crew memorabilia

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3858
Scope and content

AEF crew photographs, correspondence, scrapbook, and memorabilia including hat, shirts, shorts, and medal. Crew members included Donald E. Maclay ('17) (who collected most of the material), Roy Bird ('16), and Dan Morgan ('17).

Dates: 1919-1978.

American Red Cross portfolio, November 1918-April 1919

 File — Box 44: [Barcode: 31924088371269]
Scope and Contents

This portfolio contains photographic prints created by Lewis W. Hine for Lt. Colonel Homer Folks during a survey mission for the American Red Cross. Photographs document refugees, camps, and relief efforts in France, Serbia, and Greece.

Dates: November 1918-April 1919

Amos Canfield and Eleanor Canfield Jennings papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 847
Scope and content

Papers of Dr. Amos Canfield of Waverly, Tioga County, New York pertain to his European travels (1907-1912), his medical work as a First Lieutenant in Indiana during World War I, his property holdings on Riverside Drive in New York City, and his continued affiliations with the Cornell University alumni. Papers of Eleanor Jennings of Candor, New York, relate to early days in Van Ettenville and her later associations with Protestant Episcopal groups and historical societies.

Dates: 1907-1931.

Aram Houssig Dimijian World War I letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064934254]
Identifier: 2014
Scope and content

Letter to Mrs. Howard E. (Hilda) Babcock from Dimijian focus on his activities during the first World War, including information on army camp, military training, personal problems, his experiences with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, the city of Tours, Jacob Gould Schurman's visit to the front (August 27, 1918), Dimijian's membership on the Allied War Claims Commission (1919), and his return to the United States. Also, one photograph of Dimijian.

Dates: 1917-1919.

Beattie Manufacturing Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6534 P
Abstract

Photographs of textile machinery, textile workers, and carpet samples.

Dates: 1950-1975

Beattie Manufacturing Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6534

Bert Joseph Dorsey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2419
Scope and content Correspondence, financial reports, clippings, and other items relating to the Board of Supervisors, mostly 1939-51; the County Agricultural Society and its fairs, 1953-64; home front activities in World Wars I and II; forest conservation; the Salamanca Red Cross, the Lions Club, and the Little Valley Rod and Gun Club. There are also notes on Dorsey cheese and ice cream manufacturing interests and on Dorsey's local history publications; family records and genealogical data with related...
Dates: 1877-1964.

C. Beverly Davison papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3658
Scope and content Business and family papers of Clarence Beverly Davison, Millbrook, Dutchess County, New York. Business papers include materials relating to the Petroleum Investment Company, investments, securities, and tax records. Also, business records of the Millbrook Pheasant Farm, 1929-1954 and three silent films on the subject of pheasant hunting. Family papers include wills; genealogical materials; photograph negative albums; address book; land maps; photographs; diaries; and material concerning...
Dates: 1919-1978.