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Record Group 62

World War I

 

Entry 1: Books

SHELF 111

Horne, Charles F. & Austin, Walter F., “Source Records of Great War”, in 5 Volumes, National Alumni, 1923

Volume I – “How the Great War Arose”, Acc # 87.74.1L

Volume II – “The Red Dawning of Der Tag”, Acc # 87.74.2L

Volume III – Germany’s Year of Triumph”, Acc # 87.74.3L

Volume IV – “They Shall Not Pass”, Acc # 87.74.4L

Volume V – America Roused at Last”, Acc # 87.74.5L

Lawson, Don, “The United States in World War I”, Acc # 2001.100.01

Pershing, John J., “My Experiences in the World War”, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931, in two volume set:

Volume I – Acc # 2003.136.01

Volume 2 – Acc # 2003.136.02

 “The 32nd Division in the World War 1917 – 1919”, Joint War History Commissions of Michigan and Wisconsin, 1920, Acc # 89.42.6L

Tiebout, Frank B., “A History of the 305th Infantry”, The 305th Infantry Auxilary, 1919

 

Entry 2: Books (oversized)

SHELF: 114

“Freedom’s Triumph, the Way, When and Where of the European Conflict”, Magazine Circulation Co., Inc., 1919, Acc # 2002.171.01

Liberty’s Victorious Conflict, A Photographic History of the World War”, Magazine Circulation Co., Inc., 1918, Acc # 81.24.24L

Stallings, Laurence, “A Photographic History of the First World War”, Simon and Schuster, 1933, Acc # 2003.135.01

“The War of the Nations, Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings”, New York Times Co., 1919, Acc # 81.26.11L

 

Entry 3 – Posters

Map Case 4, Drawer 3

“And They Thought We Couldn’t Fight!” Acc # 91.49.23L

Beneker,Gerrit, “Sure! We’ll Finish the Job”, “Victory Liberty Loan”, 1917, Edwards & Deutsch Litho Co., Acc # 91.49.24L

Bull, Charles Livingston, “Keep Him Free”, “Buy War Savings Stamps”, Ketterlinus, Acc # 91.49.20L

Christy, Howard Chandler, “Fight or Buy Bonds, Third Liberty Loan”, 1917, Forbes (30”X20”), Acc # 91.49.13L

Christy, Howard Chandler, “The Spirit of America, Join”, 1919, Forbes for American Red Cross, Acc # 91.49.15L

Coffin, Haskell, “Third Red Cross Roll Call”, Acc # 91.49.7L

Coleman, EN, “Come on Lad!”, “Make History as I Did in the Navy”, (211/2” X 151/2”), Acc # 91.49.26L

Fisyer, Harrison, “Have You Answered the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call?”(30”X 231/2”), Acc # 91.49.21L

Flagg, James Montgomery, “Boys and Girls!, You Can Help Your Uncle Sam Win the War, Save Your Quarters, Buy War Savings Stamps”, (2 copies)           Acc # 91.49.2L & Acc # 91.49.19L

Gabriel, “Woman Your Country Needs You… Register April 27th to May 4th”, Woman’s Committee, Council of National Defense, Acc # 91.49.25L

Harris, Laurence, “Goodbye Dad, I’m Off to Fight for Old Glory”, “You Buy U.S. Gov’t Bonds”, “Third Liberty Loan”, Sackett & Wilhelms, (2 copies)       Acc # 91.49.8L &  Acc # 91.49.9L

J.M.H., “Remember… Invest”, “Victory Liberty Loan Woman’s Liberty Loan Committee”, Sackett & Wilhelms, Acc # 91.49.18L

“My Daddy Bought Me a Government Bond of the Third Liberty Loan, Did Yours?”, United States Lithograph Co., Acc # 91.49.3L

Raleigh, “Halt the Hun!”, “Buy U.S. Government Bonds, Third Liberty Loan”, Edwards & Deutsch Litho Co., (2 copies) Acc # 91.49.5L & Acc # 91.49.6L

Ransom, Fletcher, “The Star Spangled Banner”, (27”X25”), Acc # 91.49.23L

Riesenberg, Sidney H., “Over the Top For You, Buy U.S. Govt. Bonds, Third Liberty Loan”, Ketterlinus, Acc # 91.49.1L

“Ring it Again, Buy U.S. Gov’t Bonds, Third Liberty Loan”, Sackett & Wilhelms Corp., (2 copies) Acc # 91.49.10L & Acc # 91.49. 11L

U.S.A. Bonds, Weapons for Liberty”, “Third Liberty Loan Campaign Boy Scouts of America”, American Lithographic Co., Acc # 91.49.4L

 

Entry 4 – Photographs, Postcards & Miscellaneous Ephemera

Shelf 37

BOX 1

Enlistment Banner for U.S. Navy, Ann Arbor, MI., Acc # 91.49.27L

Envelope containing 15 Sepia toned postcards of fighting forces in Europe

 

Excerpt taken from book or periodical, pgs 531 – 534, “The American Ambulance Hospital at Neuilly”, Acc # 93.92.2

Excerpts from Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, color drawings/prints, “Myth America

Facts about American Legion, Acc # 2001.033.10

Photo Album – black leatherette cover (loose pages)

Photograph of Plymouth Vets from Polar Bear Unit at Riverside Cemetery on Memorial Day after World War I, Acc # 89.14L

Photograph of WWI Private in 4th Infantry, in photo sleeve

Photograph of Nurses, WWI, w/ name Nina Raub written on back, Acc #92.103.18

Photograph of Lee R. Sackett,Co. A, 1st Bn., 310 Engineers, 1917

Play Program for “Let’s Go!” a musical at the Majestic Theatre, Acc #2003.192.01

Postcard- Paris Island, 1918

Postcard Strip- Souvenir of U.S. Navy, double-sided colorized postcards of Navy scenes, Acc # 2005.203.50

Postcard Strips- 4 strips w/ 5 postcards each, all about U.S. National Army Cantonment at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, MI., two sets, second set of twelve colorized postcards of same subject

Score Book- U.S. Marines Score Book and Rifleman’s Instructor, Third Edition, 1917, Acc # 2005.203.53

Soldiers and Sailors Jewish Calendar, 1918 – 1919, Acc # 2005.203.31

Song Score for Irving Berlin’s Bugle Song “Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning!” Acc # 95.18A

Song Sheets, (3 sets), “Songs the Soldiers and Sailors Sing”, Acc # 2005.203.29, Acc # 2002.138.03 & Acc # 2005203.30

Supplement to Scientific American, December 5, 1914, exact size of shell from 42 centimeter German gun

 

Entry 5 – Newspapers & Periodicals

Shelf 37

Box 2

Amoroc News, Cobienz, Thursday May 15, 1919, Acc # 2003.131.01

Amoroc News, Cobienz, Sunday June 29, 1919

Bridgehead Sentinel, First U.S. Division, February 24, 1919

Detroit News, November 11, 1918, “War Ceased at 6 O’clock; Truce Signed”

Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly, May 11th 1918, Acc # 2002.194.01

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, June 14, 1917, Acc # 2002.195.01

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, June 28, 1917, Acc # 2002.195.02

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, July 19, 1917, Acc # 2002.195.03

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, July 26, 1917, Acc # 2002.195.04

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, August 23, 1917, Acc # 2002.195.05

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, August 30, 1917, Acc # 2002.195.06

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, October 18, 1917, Acc # 2002.195.07

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, November 29, 1917, Acc # 2002.195.08

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, December 6, 1917, Acc # 2002.195.09

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, December 13, 1917, Acc # 2002.195.10

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, October 10, 1918, Acc # 2002.195.11

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, October 17, 1918, Acc # 2002.195.12

Star & Stripes, France, January 17, 1919

Star & Stripes, France, January 24, 1919

 

Entry 6: U.S. Army Manuals

Shelf 37

Box 3

Close Combat Weapons, July 1917, Acc # 82.5.27L

Coast Artillery Practice for 1916, Acc # 82.5.35L

Construction of Deep Gallery Shelters, 1917, Acc # 82.5.37L

Construction and Equipment of Trenches, 1917, Acc # 82.5.40L

Cooperation between Aircraft and Artillery, 1917, Acc # 82.5.41L

Cooperation between Aircraft and Artillery on Second Army Front, 1917,           Acc # 82.5.55L

Deep Gallery Shelters, July 1917, Acc # 82.5.39L

Effect of Artillery Fire, 1917, Acc # 82.5.51L

Employment of Artillery in Trench Fighting, 1917, Acc # 82.5.48L

Field Artillery Training, 1917, Acc # 82.5.52.L

Fire on Aeroplanes, August 1917, Acc # 82.5.28L

German Army in the War, 1917, Acc # 82.5.31L

Infantry Attacks and Raids, 1917, Acc # 82.5.31L

Infantry Drill Regulations, 1911, Acc # 82.5.57L

Gas as a Weapon in Modern Warfare, 1917, Acc # 82.5.56L

General Notes on Use of Artillery, 1917, Acc # 82.5.44L

German Notes on Minor Tactics, 1918, Acc # 82.5.29L

Instruction on Charging the Recuperators of the Schneider Materiel with Shell Reservoirs, 1917, Acc # 82.5.50L

Liaison in Modern Warfare, April 1917, Acc # 82.5.36L

Manual of Interior Guard Duty, 1917, Acc # 82.5.25L

Means of Cooperation between Aircraft and Artillery, 1917, Acc # 82.5.42L

Method of Instructing Skirmishers and Small Groups of Skirmishers, 1917,         Acc # 82.5.47L

 

Organization and Construction of Battery Emplacements, 1917, (2 copies)

Acc # 82.5.53L & Acc # 82.5.45L

Regulations-Employment of the American Red Cross, Acc # 82.5.37L

Signal Rockets, Mark I and Mark II, Acc # 82.5.46L

Sketching Methods, October 1917, Acc # 82.5.34L

Telephone Listening, In Service, July 1917, Acc # 82.5.33L

3 Inch Gun Material and Field Artillery Equipment, Acc # 82.5.27L

Training for Rifle Fire in Trench Warfare, April 1917, Acc # 82.5.49L

Training Regulations and Outline of Instruction, Field Artillery Replacement Depot, September 1918, Acc # 82.5.38L

Use of Artillery in Combat Against Tanks, Translation from German, January 1918, Acc # 82.5.32L

Use of Smoke, 1917, Acc # 82.5.54L

 

Compiled by Dan Packer, 8 March 2007

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