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Tag Archives: World War I
New in Digital Collections: October 2017
Special Collections at The University of Tulsa is pleased to announce more additions to our digital collections website. We added the following items during the month of October: Correspondence from A.W. Greely to J.C. Van Duzen. This letter is part … Continue reading
Canadian Official War Record – Lantern Slides
The University of Tulsa Department of Special Collections and University Archives is well-known for its World War collections. We currently have an exhibit on World War I, so I began to browse our storage room to familiarize myself with the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Events, Exhibits, History, Hours, McFarlin Library, World War I
Tagged Canada, collections, exhibit, history, library, War, World War I
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Perry Douglas Erwin letters
McFarlin Library Special Collections and University Archives has an extensive World War I Collection. Our department has been collecting World War I material since the 1970s with the acquisition of hundreds of unit histories and other books comprising the original … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Digital Collections, History, World War I
Tagged collections, correspondence, history, letters, Libraries, library, Oklahoma, Tulsa, World War I, World War One
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Some new WWI Digital Collections uploads.
As part of our ongoing efforts to make our World War I holdings available online, the Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg diary and photograph albums have been added to our digital collections. These can be seen as a single collection at this … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, exhibit, Great War, gruenberg, Tulsa, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg Collection
Special Collections and University Archives is well-known for its World War I materials. The Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg (1991-008) collection consists of personal ephemera and photographs of Private 1st Class Hugo August “Hap” Gruenberg of Ambulance Company 167, 117th Sanitary Train, … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, gruenberg, history, Tulsa, World War I, WWI
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The Charles King Library
General Charles King (1844-1933) was an American author who spent most of his life in the military. A graduate of West Point, he served in the Army until he was wounded at the Battle of Sunset Pass during the Yavapai War. … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Charles King, collections, Literature, Native Americans, World War I, World War One, WWI
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New and Improved! World War I pamphlets collection
In our ongoing efforts to make searching our collections more user-friendly, the World War I pamphlet collection has been updated with more searchable words to make it easier to do research. Looking for something that was published by the Commission … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, General, History, World War I pamphlets
Tagged collections, Great War, history, pamphlets, World War I, World War One, WWI
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World War I Victory Gardens
Many Americans are familiar with the idea of the Second World War encouraging home ‘Victory Gardens’. These have been referenced in many films, documentaries, novels, and WWII memorabilia. This week I learned there was quite a bit of encouragement and … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History
Tagged Books, collections, garden, Great War, history, propaganda, victory, World War I, World War One, WWI
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H.M.S. Crusader – Wireless Telegraph Signal Log
McFarlin Special Collections is home to several different collections relating to World War I. The objects in these collections range from photographs to maps to sheet music. One intriguing item in the collection relating to WWI is the wireless telegraph … Continue reading
Testing the blog platform.
As I have to test this, I might as well give us something to look at.
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Tagged collections, Great War, history, photographs, World War I, World War One, WWI
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