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WWI. World War I

 Topic Guide
Identifier: WWI
This classification groups together collections on the topic of World War, 1914-1918.

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

Unidentified World War I Soldier's Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-30
Scope and Contents The collection contains a two-page letter typed by a World War I soldier returning by ship to the United States from Europe. The letter describes the conditions and activities aboard the transport ship U.S.S. Aeolus, on which he is travelling, as well as the writer’s duties while he is aboard. The author writes about the people he would like to see once he reaches the United States. He also offers insight into race relations in a segregated army. Additionally, the collection contains a...
Dates: 1919

War Camp Community Service Song Sheet (SC-174)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-174
Scope and Contents

Song sheet published by the Dayton Evening Herald for use during community events, includes words for 34 songs.

Dates: circa 1918

World War I Photos (SC-60)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-60
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs taken by an American soldier during World War I and a German album of photo postcards of battle conditions.

Dates: circa 1918

Wallace Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-92
Abstract

The Wallace Family Papers chronicle the history of more than five generations of a farming family in Clark County, Ohio, during the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. The collection provides an almost continuous history of the Wallace family through letters, diaries, journals, financial records, photographs, newspaper clippings, books, and extensive genealogical information.

Dates: 1783-2018; Majority of material found within 1880-1970

Milton Wright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-711
Scope and Contents

The Milton Wright Papers include documents, photographs, and postcards.

Currently, the documents and photographs are still being processed.

Some of the postcards have been processed, digitized, and made available online in CORE Scholar: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms711_postcards/.

Dates: 1870 - 1961

Wilbur F. H. Bigelow, Sr., Dayton Wright Company Collection (SC-347)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-347
Scope and Contents Wilbur F. H. Bigelow, Sr., was a foreman in the Mill department of Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory at Moraine (Plant 1), during World War I. The collection consists primarily of 28 photographs, most of which relate to Bigelow’s work at the factory, including DH-4 aircraft, employees and factory scenes, air demonstration shows, and aerial photographs captured during a test flight. Photos unrelated to Dayton-Wright Airplane include: one photo depicts the Wright Brothers’ Homecoming in...
Dates: 1909-1941; Majority of material found within 1917-1919

322nd Field Artillery Reunion Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-100
Abstract

The 322nd Field Artillery received basic training at Camp Sherman in Ohio, and saw service in Europe during World War I. The records in this collection are evenly divided between the active regiment and the reunion association. They consist of minutes, correspondence, reunion programs, bulletins, obituary notices, scrapbooks, maps, and photographs. Also included is a published history of the regiment.

Dates: 1917-1981

Dr. Albert F. Sarver Diary (MFM-11)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-11
Scope and Contents

Diary of Dr. Albert F. Sarver (1890-1978), a World War I Army medical doctor.

Dates: 1918-1919

Roger Griswold Perkins Diary (MFM-71)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-71
Scope and Contents

Diary covers the period of Dr. Perkins' service in Romania while working with the American Red Cross. He writes about military and civilian conditions in Romania and Russia during the final years of World War I and the early days of the Russian Revolution. He also details the transportation conditions under the Kerensky government in Russia, and the difficulties of working in a country with the government in chaos.

Dates: 1917-1918

Raoul Lufbery Collection (MS-502) SELECTIONS in CORE Scholar

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-502 CORE Scholar
Dates: 1917 - 1919