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Unknown Soldier, US Army 5th Infantry Division WWI Diary
A small leatherbound pocket diary that features an embossed advertisement for 'The House of Crane' cigars; It includes pre-printed materials from constitutional rights to topographical maps of the world. The dated entry catalog contains the daily…
Mattie Dial Hughes WWI letters, 1918-1922
Mattie Dial Hughes was an American who sponsored the education of a young French girl, Gilberte Laplace, following World War I. The Roy G. Saunders collection of Mattie Dial Hughes WWI Letters is a collection of letters, sent from Gilberte Laplace…
Unknown Soldier, US Army 5th Infantry Division WWI Diary
A compact diary belonging to a soldier serving in the 5th Infantry Division of the U.S. army at the Western Front during WWI. The diary is roughly 4" x 2" and is bound in worn leather carrying the stamp of "The House of Crane" cigars. In addition to…
Alice Welford's Photojournal
A small album filled with 251 photographs of various sizes. About two-thirds of these pictures are labeled with names or general captions about the scenery. Ms. Welford was a nurse with the military who traveled to Malta, Gibraltar, and France from…
Tags: Alice Welford, France, Malta, Military, Nursing, photographs, Spain, WWI
On les aura ! 2e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale. Souscrivez
A poster of a young French solider looking back to his assumed comrades, and calling "on les aura!" (We'll get them!). He is marching forward, with gun in hand, in what would be a westerly direction on paper, toward what can only be the war front.…
Tags: France, Masculinity, National Defense Loan, Solider, War Bonds
Six Victrola Records from the Trenches
Tulsa-resident Hugo “Hap” Gruenberg managed to haul a Victrola phonograph to France after he enlisted in the 42nd Rainbow Division of the American Expeditionary Forces in the spring of 1917. The 6 records left from his WWI service days feature 9…
Tags: 42nd (Rainbow) Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), Arthur Pryor's Band, Battle of Saint-Mihiel, Billy Murray, Champagne-Marne, Conway's Band, Cultural Exchange, France, Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd., Hugo "Hap" Gruenberg, Irving Kaufman, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, National Duty, Patriotism, Trench Music, Victor Talking Machine Company, Victrola Phonograph
Leo McCusker WWI Diary
This diary accounts for Captain Leo McCusker's journey to Europe in May 1918 and his time spent overseas (mainly in France) through September 26, 1918. A member of the headquarters troop in the 4th division, he notes some of the details of his…
Human Wreckage in "No Man's Land"
A stereoscopic image of World War One human wreckage in No Man's Land, Chemin des Dames, France.
Physical Location:
McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tulsa. 2933 E.
6th St. Tulsa,…
Physical Location:
McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tulsa. 2933 E.
6th St. Tulsa,…
William V. Lovell's Bonds
This is a bond allotment request form for Private First Class William V. Lovell on a Quartermaster Corps form. The form is actually quite small; it is only about 3 and a half inches tall and 8 inches wide. This particular copy is marked as a…
Somewhere in France
A magazine published by Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. It includes articles, letters, poems, etc., all of which are submissions gathered from women at other camps and published by the Princess Beatrice Camp.
The Q.M.A.A.C. enabled…
The Q.M.A.A.C. enabled…
The Diary of Carroll Crosby
This diary is that of Carroll Crosby, an American who served in World War I in France during 1918. The small book is approximately 5"x3", bound in worn black leather, and has fading gold leafed pages.
Carroll Crosby began using this diary on January…