World War, 1914-1918
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Sidney H. Acker Collection
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, poems, and other items related to WWI and Sidney Acker.
Alf Adams Papers
The Alf Adams Papers, 1915-1967, consist of newspaper clippings related to WWI and the 1915-1919 Vanderbilt football teams, telegrams, and miscellaneous materials of lawyer and judge Alfred “Alf” Thompson Adams, 1898-1982.
Archive of Vintage WWI and WWII Military Manuals on Gas and Chemical Warfare
Roy Crowdy Avery Collection
The Roy Crowdy Avery Collection, 1918-1971, contains reel-to-reel tapes, WWI diary entries, newspaper clippings, and a manuscript of medical professor Roy Crowdy Avery, 1885-1971.
Eugene E. Barnett Papers
The Eugene Epperson Barnett Papers contain correspondence, book review, vita, and an autobiographical manuscript of Eugene Epperson Barnett, 1888-1970.
Bernard R. Breyer and Donald Davidson Correspondence Collection
The collection contains four letters, one typed and three handwritten, dated from 1945 to 1946. Two of the letters discuss military life in World War I and World War II. Also included is a discussion regarding the Vanderbilt University athletic program and the upcoming football season.
Marion H. Briggs Collection
This .21 linear feet collection of 28 items contains 18 pieces of correspondence written to family members primarily during World War I pertaining to army life and health. The collection also contains a booklet, map, pamphlet, and roster from the late 19th century. The collection is arranged in 14 file folders.
Stanley Fisk Bryan Collection
This collection contains copies of the World War I letters of Captain Stanley Fisk Bryan to his mother, father, and brother. Most of the letters are typed, but several are handwritten. The collection also contains 3 newspaper clippings, 2 pamphlets, and song lyrics all relating to World War I.
Robert Burns Eleazer Papers
The Robert Burns Eleazer Papers (1877–1973) include correspondence and writings by Eleazer as well as newspaper clippings, course and program outlines, press releases and pamphlets. There are several autobiographical writings as well as a transcription of Mr. Eleazer being interviewed by historian John Egerton shortly before Mr. Eleazer’s death in 1973. Writings by others include reviews, articles, pamphlets and student papers.
Flexner Family Collection
Harmon F. Gunn Collection
This collection contains one handwritten diary describing experiences while assigned to a hospital group from Camp Funston during World War I. There are some sketches in the notebook. The entries are dated June 4, 1918 travelling France to July 2, 1919 back to New York.
Edward Dickson Hicks Family Papers
The E.D. Hicks Family Papers collection contains the personal and buisness records of the Hicks family. The collection spans the life of four generations of the Hicks family. The Hicks family was a prominent cattle farm owning family in Nashville, Tennessee. The majority of this collection's materials focus on the 2nd and 4th generations of the family.
Samuel B. Langham Collection
This collection contains 1 scrapbook of newspaper clippings and notes from World War I.
John Metzger Family Papers
World War I and World War II Pamphlet and Newspaper Collection
The World War I and II Pamphlet Collection has been arranged chronologically. There are seven items published during the First World War with the bulk of the collection containing newspapers and magazines from World War II published in the United States by servicemen stationed at bases across the country.
Peterson Family Papers
Wilbur E. Kennedy and Wilbur W. Kennedy, Jr. Family Papers
Correspondence, photographs, and photo postcards from Wilbur E. Kennedy during World War I and his son, Wilbur W. Kennedy, Jr., during World War II. Almost all of the correspondence is addressed to Sophia Williams Kennedy, the wife of Wilbur E. and the mother of Wilbur W.
Wright Family Homefront Collection
Alvin York Collection
The Alvin York Collection is comprised one linear feet of artifacts. The materials are some of York's personal household items as well as a New Testament and scrapbook.
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