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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Jay Harry Letsche scrapbooks

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 31924065438925]
Identifier: 1646
Scope and content

Scrapbooks chiefly concern Letsche's service as an American Expeditionary Force officer in World War I; included are letters to his family from training camps in Georgia and Tennessee and from France; postcards, pictures, maps, military orders, commissions, citations, and other items pertaining to his active duty; newspaper clippings and personal items from the postwar period; and a copy of the history of the 326th Regiment.

Dates: 1917-1929.

Kellogg Logsdon World War I letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8122
Scope and content

Letters mainly written to his mother and sister describe Logsdon's experience preparing for war and the conditions upon arriving in France. He mentions living at the 15th century castle Countess d'Cadillac's Chateau, discusses transportation, food, the Spanish influenza, pay, stocks his family is invested in, and his fellow colleagues amongst other subjects. Also included are typed transcripts of the letters in physical and electronic format.

Dates: 1917-1919.

Leo Moss interview

 Collection
Identifier: 3735
Scope and content

Tapes of an interview in which Leo Moss discusses his childhood in Europe, World War I experiences, immigration to the United States, and his business and family life in the United States.

Dates: 1975.

Maps of France and Belgium

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113555175]
Identifier: 6703
Scope and content

Color maps of the environs of Paris, Amiens, Châlons, Mézières, and Issoudun in France, and the area west of Bailleul, Belgium, primarily showing roads, railroads, and rivers. All but the map of the Bailleul region are in French. The Bailleul map is in English, with the title Hostile battery positions, August 1st, 1918.

Dates: [ca. 1908-1918]

Martin W. Sampson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-12-116
Abstract

Poetry, plays, short stories, lectures, and journals written by Professor Martin W. Sampson. Also includes correspondence and ephemera.

Dates: 1870-1969.; Majority of material found within 1887-1930.

Miscellaneous pamphlet collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1940
Scope and content

Pamphlets on economic, political, agricultural, religious, and social topics, published mainly in the United States. Topics covered include beekeeping, horticulture, farming equipment, temperance, banking reform, political and military issues surrounding World War I, and others. Also included are pamphlets on various places in New York State and elsewhere, such as Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, and the Hudson River.

Dates: 1836-1950.

Morse family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2394
Scope and content Includes a letter (Syracuse, 1910) to Effie Dallas Morse (Mrs. Virgil D. Morse) from Ellen M. Mitchell; a typescript copy of a letter (Copenhagen, 1915) to Mrs. Morse from her son, Robert V. Morse (Cornell University Class of 1911, LL.B. 1915) concerning the anti-American attitude in Germany; a letter (Albany, 1930) from Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt to Virgil D. Morse expressing his regrets at being unable to attend the opening of the Ithaca Reconstruction Home; a scrapbook (1903-1909) of...
Dates: 1880-1945.

Norman Judd Gould papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2078
Abstract

Material relating to his Gould's political career, the Gould and Judd families, or to Goulds Pumps,Inc. of Seneca Falls, New York.

Dates: [ca.1861]-1938; -1917-1923 (bulk)