World War (1914-1918)

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This collection contains one letter from Muard M. Naugle, USN aboard the USS New York to his future wife Oleta Bardo during the First World War.

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This collection contains one letter from Maj. Ralph W. Newton to Carolyn Wall during the First World War.

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This collection contains correspondence from PFC Kenneth Kenyan Orbaker, USA to his friend Marion Miller before the First World War.

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A collection of various pamphlets collected by Charles C. Chapman and arranged by him in subject files.

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This collection contains the correspondence of Albert Parsons to his family member Laura Stanley. Parsons served in the American Expeditionary Force in during the First World War.

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This collection contains two letters from Pvt. Edward L. Porstenson, AEF during the First World War.

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This collection contains eight letters from Pvt. Oren Clay Ragland, AEF to his half-sister Clola Horner, and one from "Mina" to Clola, during the First World War. Also included is one copy of two photographs of Pvt. Ragland as well as an Ancestry.com printout.

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This collection contains correspondence and registration copies for Lloyd L. Rawlings during the First World War.

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This collection contains two postcards; one from Frank Kitchen, circa 1919, to his mother notifying her of his return home with simply "On the way, Frank" and a second postcard from Frank Ricapito making the same statement to his mother on his return from Afghanistan, 2013.

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This collection contains correspondence from Alfred Robinson, AEF to his mother during the First World War. One additional piece of correspondence was written by a woman named Ella Lamphear in 1894.

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This collection contains three letters from Mack Hobart Royal, USA to his family during the First World War.

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This collection contains two binders of typewritten transcriptions of correspondence to Vera L. Sawyer during the First World War. Also included in this collection are photographs. The correspondence were from various authors who served overseas during the war including nurses of the American Red Cross. One binder contains correspondence from various authors during the war. The other binder contains correspondence from Henrietta A. Kilbourn while she traveled to various places in Asia.

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This collection contains correspondence written by several authors to the Schwanke family during the First World War. Much of the correspondence is from or concerning Pvt. Charles Schwanke, USA, who served with the 104th Infantry Regiment of the 26th Infantry Division.

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This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and various papers and materials belonging to the Scroggs and Rogers families. The dates of the materials include the early nineteenth century, post-Civil War, the First World War, and post-Second World War.

Scope and Contents This series contains 14 letters written to Army Private Chester McKay from his wife, Hilda, who lived in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. The correspondence was written at the end of World War I while Chester was serving overseas. He was sent over at the very end of the war. The correspondence describes activities on the homefront to mark the end of the war and Hilda frequently relays news reports of soldiers returning home.A November 23, 1918 letter mentions a parade in...

Scope and Contents This series contains 15 postcards from Pvt. Earl B. Cleage, AEF to his sister Lillian Cleage. This series also contains a note from the donor. Most of the dates are illegible so they are arranged in original donor order. This series contains beautiful postcards from this era, most have coinciding French text. Most of what Cleage wrote to his sister were simply acknowledgements that he was still alive, she was in his thoughts, and asking her to write him a letter soon. Two postcards have the...