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Tag Archives: World War I
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.
Posted in artwork, Collections, Holiday
Tagged collections, Great War, history, photographs, World War I, World War One, WWI
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World War Posters
As we enter the new academic year, and the third year of remembering the First World War, we should also remember how that war was sold to the people. The University of Tulsa has in its collections over 250 propaganda … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, Collections, Digital Collections, Exhibits
Tagged collections, exhibit, Great War, history, popular culture, posters, War, World War I, World War One, WWI
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The Great War, 1916: Bleed Them White
The Department of Special Collections and University Archives presents The Great War, 1916: Bleed Them White, an exhibit focusing on the third year of World War I. To honor the thousands of men who were injured or lost their lives during … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Exhibits, History, literature, News
Tagged exhibit, Great War, history, World War I, World War One, WWI
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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, several batches of photographs have been added to our WWI photographs digital collections site in March through May. Specifically these are: Algot F. Carlson World … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Collections, History
Tagged collections, Great War, history, photographs, War, World War I, WWI
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Alice Welford Archive
In 2010, the Department of Special Collections acquired a nursing journal and photograph album that belonged to Sister Alice Welford, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, during the First World War. The Alice Welford Archive. Coll No. 2010.064 has … Continue reading
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Tagged Great War, history, nurses, photographs, World War I, World War One, WWI
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New Acquisition
The Department of Special Collections has received this recently published booklet. Lucy London, Women Casualties of the Great War in Military Cemeteries. Volume 1: Belgium and France. (D628.W66 2016). This is the first of an expected series that will record … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, Great War, history, memorials, nurses, World War I, World War One, WWI
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