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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Arkansas State Provost Marshall Circulars

 Collection
Identifier: MC 644
Scope and Content Note

Notebook, ca. 100 pages, in which were pasted circulars (mimeographed) from the State Provost Marshall's office and the State Adjutant General's office, as well as correspondence concerning the draft.

Dates: 1917

Norma Mae Bigger Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1720
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a scrapbook likely created by Norma Mae Bigger of Fayetteville, Arkansas; it includes photographs of Fayetteville; photos and clippings related to Bigger family members, and particularly to her brother Ed Bigger's service in World War I; and autograph pages signed by people living in Fayetteville as well as by Bigger family members and others living elsewhere. Also included is a 1914 postcard addressed to Norma Bigger.

Dates: circa 1914-1922

John A. Bobo Military Commendations

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1852
Scope and Content Note

Materials include military commendation certificates.

Dates: 1914-1919

Bragg Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1257
Scope and Content Note The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, genealogical materials, photographs, and other materials relating to the Samuel and Hosea Bragg family. Family correspondence includes letters written during the era of the antebellum South as well as the Civil War. Included in Folder 12 is a list of birth dates, and in some cases death dates, of persons enslaved by Hosea Bragg. Also included is correspondence during the period 1866-1911, as well as letters written during the First...
Dates: circa 1836-1993

Ray L. Brogley, Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2057
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Ray L. Brogley, Sr., primarily related to his involvement with the Veterans of World War I in the U.S.A. and and to his work as an engineer with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District.

Materials include correspondence, convention materials, meeting minutes, photographs, newspaper clippings, publications, and employment records.

Dates: 1923-1992

Burt Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 456
Scope and Content Note Materials include correspondence, property records, World War I memorabilia, and photographs. The papers pertain to Edward Burt and, his son, Farlow Burt. The papers consist of three series--Edward and Clara Burt, Farlow and Allie Burt, and Albert and Mary Burt. Edward and Clara Burt's papers contain family and professional correspondence. Edward and Clara Burt's papers also include New York and St. Louis property records, as well as some botanical notes. Farlow and Allie Burt's papers also...
Dates: 1865-1966

Cherry Family Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1660
Scope and Content Note

This collection includes biographical materials and photographs pertaining to the Cherry Family.

Dates: 1912-1963

Florence Brown Cotnam Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 353
Scope and Content Note

The Cotnam papers consist of speeches, speech notes, newspaper and magazine articles, and notebooks regarding suffrage, citizenship, World War I, democracy, and postwar relations; records of suffrage clubs and women's clubs; personal papers of Florence and Nell Cotnam; printed items, including publications of the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company; postcards; photographs; and miscellaneous objects.

Dates: 1885-1968

Gregg Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1000
Scope and Content Note Family and legal papers pertaining to the Lafayette Gregg family of Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas. The family papers consist of letters, biographical materials, invitations, diplomas, poetry, tax receipts, deeds, financial papers, and newspaper clippings. Of particular interest in the family letters are those written by Russell Cravens Gregg while serving with the U.S. Army at Camp Pike, Arkansas, and in France during World War One. The legal papers consist of court...
Dates: 1839-1983

Mary Sue Herndon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2519
Content Description Papers of Mary Sue Herndon, an educator who served on the faculty of the College of Home Economics at Oklahoma State University. The bulk of the materials are photographs and records of her childhood in Nashville, Arkansas, and of her family, including her brothers Cleade and Russell Herndon. Cleade Herndon and Ruth Stephenson Herndon's correspondence is primarily with each other, beginning with their high school friendship and continuing through their courtship and marriage; topics include...
Dates: circa 1880-1986

James Jackson Hudson Literary Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS H868
Scope and Content Note

Typewritten manuscript, together with printer's proof, of James Jackson Hudson's Hostile Skies, A Combat History of the American Air Service in World War I (Syracuse University Press, 1968), together with four maps and 43 positive prints of photographs used to illustrate the book.

Dates: circa 1967

Ruby V. Hughes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 909
Scope and Content Note

The papers contain correspondence, some pertaining to his infantry days; two diaries also related to the service; a scrapbook containing his column from the Madison County Record; American Roll of Honor certificates; photographs; and clippings.

Dates: 1908-1957

Ruby V. Hughes Papers Addendum

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1087
Scope and Content Note

Materials include a diary, scrapbook, photographs, correspondence, a doll, jewelry box, newspaper clippings, and other general items.

Dates: 1893-1968

William Kennedy Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1345
Scope and Content Note

The William Kennedy Correspondence consists of a series of letters written to John Farrissey from 1916 to 1918.In his letters, Kennedy comments on his training of African-American soldiers. He also discusses the influenza epidemic that struck Camp Pike.

Dates: 1916-1918

Field Kindley Letters and Reports

 Collection
Identifier: MS K577
Scope and Content Note

Four letters and one postal card, dated from England and from France May 12 to November 28, 1918, from Lieutenant Kindley to his cousin, Uther Kindley of Gravette, Arkansas, pertaining to his experiences in the Air Service, United States Army, together with typewritten transcripts of "Combats in Air" reports filed by Kindley July 13 to October 28, 1918, detailing his destruction of enemy aircraft in aerial combat while on duty in France with the 148th Aero Squadron, American Air Service.

Dates: 1918; 1920

Lest We Forget: Memorial Record for Washington County

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1334
Scope and Content Note The folio volume was compiled under the auspices of the Marion Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is bound in red leather with marbled edges and gilt lettering on the front: "Lest We Forget" and on the spine: "Memorial Record, 1917-1918, Washington County, Patterson [printer], Fayetteville." The memorial book was dedicated to fifty-three Washington County soldiers who died in the war. It contains the soldiers' names, their home address, and the date and...
Dates: 1917-1918

Fred and Madge McCuistion Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1582
Scope and Contents The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Fred and Madge McCuistion of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, including materials related to their involvement with organizations supporting the Prairie Grove Battlefield Park. Other materials relate to Fred McCuistion's military service during World War I; his work as a scholar and educator; and to his travels throughout Europe, Mexico, and the United States. Additional materials relate to family members of the McCuistions, including...
Dates: 1903-2004

Claud Bethel McDonald Papers and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1310
Scope and Content Note

Included are letters, clippings, photographs, and postal cards, sent by Claud Bethel McDonald to his family in Mansfield, Arkansas, when he was serving in the Army during the World War I.

Dates: 1918- 1919

Dwight Moore Papers, 1896-1975

 Collection
Identifier: MC 593
Scope and Content Note The papers consist of 5 linear feet of correspondence to and from family, friends, and fellow botanists. In addition, there are 5 linear feet of research notes and correspondence pertaining to Dr. Moore's Arkansas flowers, grasses, plants, trees, and shrubs research, as well as his involvement with professional organizations such as the Arkansas Academy of Sciences. The papers include sketches and slides used for lectures and other presentations, and photographs of botanical expeditions. The...
Dates: 1896-1975

David W. Peel, Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 585
Scope and Content Note The collection contains letters, photographs, and other materials pertaining to David W. Peel, Jr. The letters were written during Peel's military service in France. Peel participated in the Battle of St. Mihiel and the Meusse-Argonne campaign, and his correspondence describes "going over the top," an artillery barrage, his battle wounds, the fighting on the morning of the armistice, the reaction of American and German soldiers to the cease-fire, and other matters. The scrapbook contains...
Dates: ca 1880-1977; Majority of material found within 1918-1919

Peters Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 917
Scope and Content Note The papers pertain primarily to Arthur Nelson Peters (Jay Hale's grandfather) and his business, the Ball and Peters Railroad and General Contractors Company of Little Rock. The papers consist of three series--family papers, property records, and business records. Series 1, Family Papers, includes Peters family histories, an eyewitness account of the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War, correspondence during World War I, military records, poems from the 1850's and 1860's, and...
Dates: 1854-1972

Primm Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2661
Content Description

The collection consists of materials related to the Primm family of Smackover, Arkansas, including materials related to Frederick Primm's service in World War I and to the history of the oil and gas industry in Smackover.

Dates: circa 1848-2020

Martin O. Raley Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS R13
Scope and Content Note

Undated letter written "on the Hudson," and letter dated at Aix les Bains, France, September 13, 1918, from Sergeant Raley to his mother, Sarah Raley, in Paragould (?), Arkansas, regarding his experiences as a member of the 736th Military Police Detachment, United States Army, en route to and in France.

Dates: 1918

Chris Reichardt Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2081
Scope and Contents

Papers of Chris Reichart primarily related to his career as an architect. Also included are family photographs, materials relating to playing football at the University of Arkansas, serving in the military during World War I, and hunting and fishing and personal history. Architectural drawings, photographs, maps and other records.

Dates: 1896 - 1957

Robertson Brothers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 421
Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials related to three brothers, Hugh, Arthur, and James Robertson, and particularly to their service in the U. S. Army Air Service during World War I. Collection materials include photographs, correspondence, and military records. Photographs include images of the Robertson family, portraits of the Robertson brothers, aircraft, the University of Arkansas Cadet Corps and Cadet Corps Band, and Arthur Robertson with a group of Army Reserve members in Little...
Dates: circa 1914-1987