Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org
1115 WFCHS/THL
Inventory created by Archives Staff 11/88. Last revised 12/2018.
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EXTENT: 1.46 linear feet
DATES: 1916-1919
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This Winchester- Frederick County, Virginia collection contains accounts, sketches, booklets, rosters, maps, and other materials concerning people and events of World War I.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: World War I, 1914-1918, was an international conflict that included most of the nations of Europe, Russia, the U.S., and the Middle East. The war pitted the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) against the Allies (France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the U.S.). It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers.
CITE AS: World War I Collection, 1115 WFCHS/THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.
ORGANIZATION:
PHOTOGRAPHS – WORLD WAR I SOLDIERS
Men and women who served in World War I
(R = military record, P = photograph, O = oral history interview, T = transcript, N = news article)
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Name |
Branch of Service |
Major Theaters |
Medals |
Notes |
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Adams, Thomas Garrett (P) |
Army |
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KIA; see Frances Adams Unger Collection #315THL |
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Allamong, Isaac (P,N,R) |
Army |
Belgium |
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Allen, Lewis (P) |
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Anderson, Harold (P) |
Navy |
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Barton, Lewis Neill, Jr. (P) |
Army |
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Baker, Gibson G (P) |
Army |
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Sgt. |
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Baker, Marshall (P) |
Army |
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Baker, W.A. (Sandy) (N) |
Army |
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Captain |
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Barton, Robert Thomas (P) |
Army |
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Captain |
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Barton, Thomas Cover (P) |
Army |
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Captain |
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Bolner, Milford (P) |
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KIA |
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Boyce, Crowell R.(P) (R ) |
Army, 116th Co I |
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Served 1916 – 1919 |
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Brill, Walton E. (P) |
Army |
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Hampshire County |
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Bromley, Paul E. (P) |
Army |
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Butler, Edward G. (P) |
Amer. Red Cross |
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Lt. |
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Butler, H. Ray (P) |
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Cammer, Claude R. (P) |
Army |
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Capps (Capper?), Harry W (P) |
Army |
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Became a Capt. |
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Carbaugh, Charles Frederick(P) |
Army |
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Distinguished Service Cross |
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Carroll, Eugene I (R, N) |
Army |
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Wounded; See 640 THL |
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Carter, Samuel |
Army |
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(N) |
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Cather, David Clark (P) |
Rear Admiral |
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1879-1944 |
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Coble, Alexander Lee (P)(N) |
Army |
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2nd VA Inf. Co. I |
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Cochran, John Clayton Sr. (P) |
Army |
Camp Lee rifle instructor |
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1917-1918 |
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Cochran, Martin (P) |
Army |
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Conrad, Robert Young (P) |
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First Winchester officer to die in WWI |
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Cook, John Henderson (P) |
Army |
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African-American; other materials in Cook Collection 8 THL |
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Cooper, Ed (P) |
Army |
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Creswell, Evan Curtis (P) |
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Curtis, Albert (P) |
Army |
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Dellinger, Felix (P) |
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Also served in WWII |
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Depp, Mark ( R) |
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Dinges, Harold Reely, Sr. |
Army |
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Dutton, Ann Carson |
Army Nurse |
France Germany |
British Red Cross Medal |
1917-1919 |
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Dutton, Dr. B.B. (P) |
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Edwards, H. Roberts (P, R) |
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c. 1917-1918 see collection 1476 WFCHS |
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Fauver, Silas(P) |
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France |
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Killed June 28, 1918 |
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Field, Arthur, Sr. (P) |
Army |
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Fleming, William E. (N) |
Army |
France |
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KIA 6/6/18 First Winchester man to die in WWI |
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Fuller, Leigh Austin, Sr. (P) |
Medical Corps |
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Funkhouser, John (P) |
Army |
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KIA [Sept 26 1918] |
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Gilbert, Harry (P) |
Navy |
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Golightly, Raymond (P) |
Army |
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Grim, Cecil (P) |
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Grim, Claude |
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Haines, Nelson (P) |
Army |
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VA Infantry |
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Hambleton, Tobias Thomas (P) |
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Hambleton, Tobias and Perry are in the picture together |
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Hambleton, Perry Patrick (P) |
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Hammack, Lee (P) |
Army |
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Himelright, William Hurl (P) |
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1918 |
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Hinton, J. Frank (P) |
Army |
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MO Infantry, KIA Co I 116th USWF VA Infantry |
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Hott, Dr. David |
Army |
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(N) |
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Hyatt, Wade |
Army |
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(N) |
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Jackson, Herman McNeil, Sr. (P) |
Army |
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African-American |
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Larrick, Lou M. (P) |
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Locke, William Andrew (P) |
Army |
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Died Ft. McHenry March 6, 1921 |
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Lupton, Edmund |
Army |
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(N) |
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Luttrell, N. Smith (P) (R) |
Army |
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Died Oct 11, 1918, Camp Upton, NY See Collection 603 |
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Maphis, J. Allen (N) |
Army |
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Maphis, Joseph L Jr (P) |
Army |
France |
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Medical Corps |
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Marple, Charles Ancle (P) |
Army |
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Mason, Howard (P) |
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McCarty, Snowden (P) |
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Tomblin, Herbert is also in the picture |
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McDonald, Casey Harold (P) |
US Army |
France |
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Neville, Irvin Lee (P,R) |
Army 80th Div |
France |
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See Collection 974 |
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Page, W. Nelson (P)(N) |
Army |
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Parkinson, Lawrence (P) |
Army |
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Parkinson, John W. (P) |
Army |
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Patton, Albert Ross (P) |
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France |
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Plank, Persell D. (P) |
Army |
France |
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42nd Inf. Rainbow Div. 1917-1919 See Terry Plank Collection #547 |
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Poles, Spottswood (P) |
Army |
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369th infantry “Harlem Hellfighters” |
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Ritter, Lonny (1895-1986) |
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Ritter, Loring S.(P) |
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Ritter, Roy Holmes (P) |
Army |
France |
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Robinson, Charles A (P) |
Army |
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LT. |
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Robinson, Harry Delmer (P) |
Army |
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Roszel, Major Brantz M. (P) |
Army |
France |
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Quartermaster Corps |
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Shenk, Raymond E. (P) |
Army |
France |
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KIA Oct.16, 1918 |
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Sirbaugh, Carl W. (P) |
Army |
Germany |
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Slonaker, Daily (P) |
Army |
France |
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Smith, Sam (P) |
Army |
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Smith, Sebert (P) |
Army |
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Smith, Charles Magill (P) |
Army |
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1887-1968 |
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Smoke, John William “Willy” (P) |
Army |
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c.1918-1919 |
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Snider, Edwin T., Sr. (P) |
Medical Corps |
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Snider, William B. (P) |
Engineer Corps |
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Snyder, J. Ellwood (R) |
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Spaid, Frank (P) |
Army |
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Hampshire County |
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Spillman, Douglas D. (P) |
Army |
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Stotler, Harry William (P) |
Army |
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Tomblin, Herbert (P) |
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McCarty, Snowden is also in the picture |
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Wallace, Larry W. (P) |
Army |
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32nd Division |
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Whitacre, Jesse |
Army |
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Williams, John (P) |
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Williams, Noel Conrad(P) |
Army |
France |
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105th Engineers |
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Williams, Phillip, Judge (P) |
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Wingfield, Walter Gore (P) |
Army |
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Died 1919 of Flu |
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Wisecarver, Maurice, Sr. (P) |
Army |
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BOX 1 - People
African-American Soldiers – unnumbered leaves
Allamong, Isaac—also contains Allamong Family genealogical information, unnumbered leaves, printed (photocopy)
American Women’s Legion of the Great War (extract from The Winchester Star), Aug. 18, 1919, 4 leaves, typescript (carbon)
Boyd, Mrs. Philip—account of activities in World War I, 2 leaves, manuscript
Conrad, Robert Young—biographical sketches, "Robert Young Conrad" and "Conrad the Soldier," 5 leaves, typescript
Depp, Mark—account of activities in World War I, April 28, 1922, 1 leaf, typescript
Kurtz, Lucy Fitzhugh—account of activities in World War I, 1 item, typescript
McGuire, Mrs. Charlotte Claybrook—account of activities in World War I, 2 items, typescript
Snapp, Loring Cover—Induction Papers, Aug. 2, 1918
Snyder, J. Ellwood—Military Record, honorable discharge, June 7, 1919
BOX 2
116th Infantry – Brief History, 1919, 1 item, 4 leaves, typescript (carbon)
314 Machine Gun Battalion History – 45 leaves, printed (photocopy)
Company I History by Capt. Harold R Dinges, includes roster as of Nov. 11, 1918, 12 leaves, typescript
Company I – news articles, unnumbered, printed (photocopy)
Company L, 318 Infantry, 80 Division AEF France – Roster, April 1919, 1 item, 2 pages typescript
Company I, 2nd Infantry Virginia Volunteers – Correspondence, notices, February 1916-September 1916; 1 item, printed & typescript (copy)
BOX 3
“The Army and the Navy of the United States of America,” published by Prudential Insurance Co. of America, 1917, 1 item, printed, color illustrations
Cash contributions, 1919, 2 leaves, typescript
Exemption Board of Winchester-Frederick County - record book, 1917-1918, loose papers, manuscript, typescript
Magazine articles from Virginia Cavalcade, Volume 50 Summer 2001, Number 3, includes the following:
- Roger Christman, “The Records of the Virginia War History Commission.”
- Medal—“A German Naval Victory: with joyful pride we contemplate this latest deed of our navy…” May 10, 1915; 1 leaf, typescript
- Dale F. Harter, “A Soldier of Song in World War I: William Howe Ruebush, VA National Guard.”
- Jennifer Davis McDaid, “’Our share in the war is no small one’: VA Women and World War I.”
J. Jefferson Looney, “’I really never thought war was so cruel’: The Veterans’ Questionnaires of the Virginian War History Commission.”
Mary Sine Clark, ”’If they consent to leave them over there’: The European Pilgrimages of World War I; Mothers and Widows from Virginia.”
Vince Brooks, “The Official War Atlas of the 1st Division, American Expeditionary Force.”
These articles are from Virginia Cavalcade, Volume 50 Summer 2001, Number 3, includes the following:
- James K. Anderson, “1917 When America was Young,” published in VFW, April 1987.
News Articles—unnumbered leaves, printed (photocopy)
Notebook of essays, minutes, etc., relating to World War I, political activities, Liberty Loan drives, 1 item, manuscript, and loose clippings
Obituaries – unnumbered leaves, printed (photograph)
Sacred Heart Catholic Church—account of activities during World War I, 2 leaves, manuscript
Scrapbook - letters, songs, clippings from scrapbook, 1 item, manuscript; with news clippings and loose papers, typescript
Selective Service questionnaire, 1918, 3 items, typescript on printed forms
Soldiers from Frederick County and Winchester in World War I - list of men who appeared before draft board, giving names, drafted or enlisted, training camp attended, notes if colored, wounded, etc., 1 item, typescript
Versailles treaty—Baltimore Sun, Aug. 20, 1919
War Savings Societies information, 3 items, printed
"Winchester and Frederick County in War Time," booklet, 5 items, printed
"Winchester and Frederick County in the World War," 95 leaves, typescript
Winchester and Frederick County in the World War—typescript, 95 leaves, typescript
Winchester War Camp Community Service—planning victory celebrations for returning soldiers, 10 leaves, typescript (carbon)
Minutes, Aug.-Sept. 1919
Correspondence, July-Sept. 1919
Final report, Oct. 1919
BOX 4
Language Guides – This folder contains the following items:
“Speak French, a Book for the Soldiers,” Cleveland, Ohio: Goldsmith Publishing Co., 1912, 1 item, 118 pages, printed
“The Kolynos, Parley Voo Booklet, Practical French and German Phrases and How to Pronounce Them” by Col. F. N. Maude, C.B. and Frank Scudamore, New Haven, CN: The Kolynos Co., n.d., 1 item, 39 pages, printed
Victory Banquet—wooden forks and knives used at Victory Banquet, Winchester, VA, Sept. 1, 1919
Victory Celebration news articles
Munsey’s Magazine, February 1915; 1 item, 260 pages, printed
Roller Monthly, the Magazine of Breezy Stuff, 3 items, printed
April 1916
July 1917
Nov-Dec 1918
Breezy Stuff Quarterly, 1 item, printed
April 1914
The United States Navy in the World War, Official Pictures – 90 pages, printed (title page and some other pages missing)
MAPCASE 1, DRAWER 11 – THIS FOLDER CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING:
Charter – Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Major Mosby Barracks No. 1526, 2 leaves, printed
Soldier’s Memorial, the War of 1917, Company I, 2nd Virginia Cavalry, 1917, illustrated, 1 leaf
Roster—Company I, 2nd Virginia Infantry, 1917, illustrated, 1 leaf
“The War Chest,” broadside, 1918, b/w drawing, 1 leaf
“Down to Earth,” broadside, 1918, color sketch, 62nd Infantry recruiting station, 1 leaf
MAPS
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036
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Map of Verdun, 1918 (French) |
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037
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Map of History of 313th Field Artillery |
MAPCASE 3, DRAWER 6
Photography of Battery E, 313th Field Artillery, note #O37 above
OVERSIZED -- RARE
Stars and Stripes—a complete file of the Stars and Stripes published in France from Feb. 8, 1918
June 13, 1919 compiled and bound by National Tribune Corp., Washington. DC, printed
FRAMED ITEMS
WWI –“Dogs of War”, cartoon depicting dogs of countries who would soon be engaged in WWI
c. 1914 - 1916