Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

History Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Military History

PDF

Western Kentucky University

2015

World War I

Articles 1 - 4 of 4

Full-Text Articles in History

Lambert, James Knox Polk, 1864-1960 (Mss 545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Lambert, James Knox Polk, 1864-1960 (Mss 545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 545. Diaries, speeches, notes and postcards of Simpson County, Kentucky native James Knox Polk Lambert relating to his YMCA work with the American Expeditionary Force at the end of World War I, his tours of Europe thereafter, and his involvement in Freemasonry.


Mason, Mildred A. (Wild), 1899-1997 (Sc 2922), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2015

Mason, Mildred A. (Wild), 1899-1997 (Sc 2922), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2922. Receipts, certificates and four pins relating to World War I war bonds and civilian service organizations, issued to supporter Mildred Wild of Latonia, Kentucky.


Anderson, Catherine (Simmons), D. 2008 - Collector (Mss 517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2015

Anderson, Catherine (Simmons), D. 2008 - Collector (Mss 517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 517. Chiefly letters written to James Preston Cherry while he was sick and in a Louisville hospital (1913), in school at the University of Kentucky (1915-1917), and while in military service during World War I (1917-1918). Also includes family information related to the Cherry, Phelps, Simmons and Anderson families.


Kirby, Carlisle Wilkins, 1890-1968 (Mss 530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Kirby, Carlisle Wilkins, 1890-1968 (Mss 530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 530. Note cards, memoranda, and grave registration forms compiled by Carlisle W. Kirby and others for the Veterans’ Graves Registration Project in Warren County, Kentucky, a project created by the Works Progress Administration to identify the graves of war veterans from the American Revolution through World War I. Included are names, service data, and the name of the cemetery, where known. Also includes clippings from the (Bowling Green, Kentucky) Park City Daily News about local soldiers serving in the Korean War.