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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Also known as World War I or The Great War

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Bertha Kate Gaddis diaries

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-047
Dates: 1906-1937, 1945-1946

Julius L. Born correspondence

 Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 21
Identifier: MSA 58
Scope and Contents

Typed versions of thirteen letters that Lieutenant Julius L. Born wrote home to his parents while stationed in France during World War I.

Dates: circa 1914 - 1918

Charles R. Brouse collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 391
Content Description

Materials created by or about Charles R. Brouse, including an extensive journal of his experience serving in Europe during World War I. Also includes photographs, news clippings, and the Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator of October 12, 1918.

Dates: 1917 - 1942

Berwyn E. Brown photographs

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 56, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSP 230
Scope and Contents

The Berwyn E. Brown photographs document several buildings and physical structures on the Purdue University campus in 1935. The collection also contains materials depicting Brown's and other Purdue students' activities as military recruits. Of particular note are several photos of the Purdue-based Battery B artillery unit. Types of materials include photographs.

Dates: 1935

College of Agriculture Extension reports

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 59
Scope and Contents The College of Agriculture Extension reports (1913-1972; 126 cubic feet) documents the annual reports of the ninety-two Indiana counties' extension work; some include agricultural agent work, home demonstration work and beginning in the 1960s, cooperative extension work.  There is a rich collection of photographs from some counties during the earliest years and beyond.  Some reports feature a “farm family of the year” among the documentation.  Types of materials include: bulletins,...
Dates: 1913 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1969; Other: Date acquired: 01/10/2010

Clarence Frank Cornish papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323
Scope and Contents The Clarence Frank Cornish papers consist of letters, correspondence, photographs, awards and certificates, flight logs, aviator textiles and goggles, newspaper clippings, and artifacts documenting Clarence "Cap" Frank Cornish's air training and service during World War One, his service at Army Air Forces Headquarters during World War Two, his work for the Aeronautics Commission of Indiana, his participation in several aeronautical organizations, and his role in the development aeronautics...
Dates: 1908 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1995

Drew Young collection of World War posters

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190314
Dates: Majority of material found within 1917 - 1918

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers, addition 03

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-090

James Byron Manson World War I diary

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 50
Identifier: 2022-075
Dates: circa 1918 - 1919

Maxwell E. McDowell diary

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 31, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 256
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one folder which contains a typescript of correspondence written by Maxwell Erwin McDowell in France during World War I.

Dates: 1917

Military Career, 1917 - 1972

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 2
Scope and Contents This series includes documents, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and artifacts related to Clarence Frank Cornish's time served in World War One, his work with the Army Reserves, service with the Army Air Forces for World War Two, and his retirement. Of note are letters Cornish wrote home while at camp during World War One depicting his first flight, growing interest in flying, and mention of the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, in addition to artifacts such as military pins and a...
Dates: 1917 - 1972

Glennard Miller photo album

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 56, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSA 348
Scope and Contents

The Glennard Miller scrapbook contains 24 pages of photographs affixed to black paper documenting student life at Purdue in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Images include campus scenes, student activities, sporting events, military band, and steam engine lab, as well as photographs documenting the incident of Harry Weinshank being run off campus by his classmates for repeatedly impersonating a military officer.

Dates: 1914 - 1921

Thomas F. Moran papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 275
Scope and Contents The Thomas Moran papers document the scholarly work and interests of Dr. Thomas F. Moran. The collection consists of unpublished manuscripts written by Moran, including essays, speeches, and lecture notes; publications containing articles written by Moran; newspaper clippings written or collected by Moran; and correspondence.Also included are material about Thomas Moran produced following his death, including newspaper clippings of his obituary and funeral service; material from...
Dates: circa 1888-1929; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1922

Robert Pancoast and Janet Cassady collection of World War I panoramic photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 264
Scope and Contents

Two panoramic photographs of World War I maintenance training groups at Purdue, photographed by O.L. Foster. One is identified as "Training Detachment Co. A" and the other is "Training Detachment - Third Encampment, close column of companies."

Dates: October 4, 1918

Purdue University training detachment photograph

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20181024
Dates: December 4, 1918

Purdue World War I announcements and publications collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 53, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSP 251
Scope and Contents

The Purdue World War I announcements and publications collection contains several publications regarding the assistance Purdue provided to the United States during its involvement in World War I. Other publications within the collection relate to life at Purdue during this period.

Dates: 1917 - 1919

Samuel M. Saltmarsh papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 39
Identifier: 2022-009

Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190808.1

World War I flyers collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 1: Series MSF 531, Series 6; Series UA 176, Series 3, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSP 253
Scope and Contents

The World War I flyers collection contains an assortment of World War I flyers and advertisements encouraging citizens to buy government bonds and help support the military during the War.

Dates: 1918

World War I training unit panoramic photograph

 Unprocessed Material — Box 01
Identifier: 20180925

World War One and Army Reserves, 1917 - 1940

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 2, Subseries 1
Scope and Contents

This subseries includes documents, photographs, clippings, artifacts, manuals, and correspondence from Cornish's service in World War One and with the Army Reserves. Artifacts include a military service flag and a sewing kit. Other items of note are correspondence to family during World War One depicting his first flight and the Spanish flu epidemic, photographs and clippings from his early years serving in the military, and a military service flag from World War One.

Dates: 1917 - 1940