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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Constellation Lodge Records

 Collection
Identifier: nnhc-wcl
Abstract

The majority of the collection consists of letters from lodge brothers serving in World War I, with updates on their lives and activities. It also contains a small amount of historical information about Lodge #892 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

Dates: 1916 - 1927; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919

Topel Family Photograph Album

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: spe-w00182-2021-001
Dates: circa 1860s-circa 1930s; Majority of material found within circa 1917-circa 1925

Topel Family Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: spe-w00182
Abstract

The photographs in the Topel Family Photograph Album—the bulk of which date from circa 1917 to circa 1925—document the experiences of a Chicago-area family in the early twentieth century. Of particular significance are the photographs related to World War I and Chicago-area war efforts, including a substantial group of images taken at Camp Grant, a United States Army training facility in Rockford, Ill.

Dates: circa 1860s-circa 1930s; Majority of material found within circa 1917-circa 1925

Mary Frances Willard Letters

 Collection
Identifier: spe-w00138
Abstract

This collection consists of 52 typed copies of her original letters (322 pages) that Mary Frances Willard (Aunt May) sent to her family members while serving as a YMCA canteen worker in France during World War I.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-w00052
Abstract The World War I Collection brings together posters, photographs, ephemera and etchings related to the war effort. The bulk of the collection is comprised of posters created in the U.S. between 1914 and 1921, but also includes several posters from Great Britain, Canada and France. These materials range from recruitment calls from the various branches of the military to home front initiatives by the U.S. Food Administration, the National War Garden Commission and the U.S. Department of the...
Dates: 1913 - 1923