Soldiers -- United States -- World War, 1914-1918
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
George S. Crampton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/189
Scope and Contents
This small collection of biographical information, correspondence,
photographs, maps, and awards, 1894-1988, highlights notable
events in the career of George Sumner Crampton.Series 1 contains biographical information, primarily printed,
1894-1988, concerning George S. Crampton, his work, and his
wife's family, the Smedes family. A miscellaneous collection of Crampton's correspondence, 1903-1959,
is in Series 2. Most of these letters are personal, though
many...
Dates:
1894 - 1959
Lester Lovett Powell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 435
Overview
Lester Lovett Powell was born in 1875 in either Saco or Biddeford, Maine. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1905. Powell served in the U.S. military as a physician in France during World War I. He died in 1938.His military service:
Drafted into Federal Serv: as 1st Lt MC from NG; Capt Nov. 15/18. Org: 1st Me HFA; 101 Inf to Dec. 25/17; 101 MG Bn; Unasgd to disch. Eng: Aisne-Marne; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Wounded in action: Oct. 28/18....
Dates:
1918; undated
World War I propaganda photograph album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 457
Overview
This collection consists of an album of German propaganda from World War I. The cover page is a leaflet encouraging American soldiers to stop fighting, arguing that they have nothing to fight for and “all the fine words about glory are tommy rot.” The remaining pages of the album are comprised of photographs of soldiers with facial injuries that have led to visible differences.
Dates:
circa 1917-1918
