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World War, 1914-1918 -- France

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

322nd Field Artillery Reunion Association Records (MS-100) SELECTIONS in CORE Scholar

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-100 CORE Scholar
Dates: 1915 - 1919
Found in: Special Collections

Coombs-Learned Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-182
Abstract A collection of 19th and early 20th century family papers of the Coombs and Learned extended families who lived in Michigan, California, and Ohio. Papers include extensive family correspondence, diaries, business and financial records, and over 300 photographs. Noteworthy among the contents are several letters written by President James A. Garfield to a family member when he was a young man, as well as Palmer Coombs' World War I diaries and papers. Portions of this collection, including...
Dates: 1819-1985
Found in: Special Collections

Coombs-Learned Family Papers (MS-182) SELECTIONS in CORE Scholar

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-182 CORE Scholar
Dates: 1917 - 1919
Found in: Special Collections

Sgt. Jay H. Crawford World War I Diary (SC-225)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-225
Scope and Contents The diary, kept by Sergeant Jay H. Crawford, details a World War I soldier’s experience in 1918. It starts in Houston in May 1918, describing Crawford’s journey to the east coast, and later to France. The diary discusses his experiences in France, including describing airplanes and dogfights in May and June, and describing the aftermath of the Battle of Verdun. The diary consists of multiple longer passages, with dates referenced in narrative form. The last events discussed appear to date to...
Dates: 1918 May-Oct
Found in: Special Collections

Harvey Dressler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-473
Abstract

Harvey Dressler was a civil engineer in the Dayton area owning the firm of Cellarius and Dressler Engineering. The Harvey Dressler Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, maps, books, and other documents related to Harvey Dressler, his wife Florence Bremberger Dressler, and daughter Mary Dressler Stansell.

Dates: 1896-1966
Found in: Special Collections

Herbert Wright WWI Individual Pay Record Book (SC-351)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-351
Content Description

The collection consists of a single item, an original "Individual Pay Record Book" for Herbert Wright, a Private in the American Expeditionary Forces who was stationed at the 104th Field Hospital in France during World War I. It covers the time period of October 1918 to March 1919.

Dates: 1918 - 1919
Found in: Special Collections

Raoul Lufbery Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-502
Abstract

This collection contains documents from the World War I flying missions and the untimely death of Raoul Lufbery. The collection contains newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photographs and other prints.

Dates: 1917-1985
Found in: Special Collections

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

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-502 CORE Scholar
Dates: 1917 - 1919
Found in: Special Collections

Sgt. Jay H. Crawford World War I Diary (SC-225) in CORE Scholar

 Digital Work
Identifier: SC-225 CORE Scholar
Dates: 1918 May-Oct
Found in: Special Collections

Clair Wilbur Welty Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-196
Abstract

Welty served in the US Army Signal Corps during World War I and was killed in action just before the war ended in November 1918. His papers consist of school and military records as well as correspondence offering condolences to his Ohio family after his death.

Dates: 1905-1922; Majority of material found within 1917-1918
Found in: Special Collections
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