http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?subject%3DWorld%20War,%201914-1918%20--%20Personal%20narratives,%20American;subject-join%3Dexact;smode%3Dsimple;brand%3Ddefault;f1-format%3DManuscript%20Collection Results for your query: subject=World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American;subject-join=exact;smode=simple;brand=default;f1-format=Manuscript Collection Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4079.xml Bettie Allee Black is an Albuquerque, New Mexico, resident and amateur genealogist. The collection consists of correspondence, genealogy manuscripts and charts, and copies of original sources of information used in her genealogical research on the Allee, Carter, Hixson, Jackson, Slaven, and Wolverton families. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4079.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4661.xml Dawson Kelly was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a grandson of Irish immigrant Daniel Kelly. His parents were William Kelly, a plumber, and Mary Dawson. He married Anna Melia in 1920. She had arrived in Cleveland from Ireland ca. 1912. Dawson Kelly served in the United States Army from 1918-1919. He initially was stationed at Camp Gordon in Atlanta, Georgia, and later was sent to France. During this time, he and Anna Melia exchanged letters. After his return to Cleveland, he worked as a plumber, and also at Westinghouse Company. A child, William Austin, was born to Dawson and Anna Kelly in 1921. In 1922, Anna Kelly became ill with tuberculosis and died in 1923. Dawson Kelly formed the D.W. Kelly Moving Company ca. 1925. It later became known as the D.W. Kelly & Son Moving Company. He remarried in 1929 and had three more children. The collection consists of correspondence, postcards, greeting cards, a job referral, and receipts. Dawson Kelly's letters as a soldier in the United States Army during World War I... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4661.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3138.xml Dudley J. Hard (1872-1950) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and soldier. He was a member of Cleveland's Troop A, serving with the First Squadron Ohio Cavalry during the Mexican border dispute of 1916-1917, and with the 135th Field Artillery in France during World War I, commanding the unit from August 1917 to April 1919. He retired a brigadier general in 1936. His father, Curtis V. Hard, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a colonel in the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Cuban campaign of 1898. The collection consists of military orders, bulletins, memoranda, rosters, payrolls, maps, war diaries, tactical procedures, discharge records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates of commission, and a souvenir volume and programs. Included are records relating to the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the 135th Field Artillery, the 62nd Field Artillery Brigade and the 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and souvenir volumes concerning various Cleveland military units. Also included are document... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3138.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4431.xml Edward W. Hitchcock was a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan who served as a first lieutenant in France in World War I. The collection consists of Hitchcock's military papers, newspaper clippings, and two notebooks detailing the organization of the French Army and convoy running, and describing the ambulance service during the war. The collection sheds light on an American officer's view of the French Army during World War I. The clippings provide information about a German officer's hopes for German world domination after the war. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4431.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4263.xml The Hall family of Peninsula (Summit County), Ohio, included Mary Bond Hall, John G. Hall and William Hall. The collection consists primarily of family correspondence and miscellaneous materials, including some genealogical notes, receipts, a stock certificate, lists and wills of John G. and Mary B. Hall. Several letters relate to everyday concerns during the Revolutionary War and to the experience of a soldier in World War I. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4263.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3211.xml Harriet M. MacDonald was a Red Cross nurse who served in France during World War I. The collection consists of letters from France during World War I. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3211.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4432.xml Henry Dodge was a descendant of one of the oldest families in Cleveland, Ohio, and an employee of Standard Oil of New Jersey. Dodge lived his adult life in Scarsdale, New York. The collection consists of a book of reminiscences for his children. In addition to his own life story, his book provides information on many of his family members, including his wife, Lila McClelland Dodge, his parents, Samuel Douglas Dodge and Jeannette May Groff, and his grandparents, George C. Dodge, Lucy A. Burton Dodge, Henry R. Groff, and Mary A. Sutherland Groff. The book contains references to prominent Clevelanders, including John D. Rockefeller. The collection is valuable as a sketch of the life of Henry Dodge and for the information it contains on the Dodge family and related families. Since the Dodges were a prominent Cleveland family, the material also includes information on the social life of Cleveland's upper class during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dodge's experiences in France during World War I may also... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4432.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4515.xml Herman Lansing Vail was a prominent lawyer, newspaper publisher and Cleveland, Ohio, civic leader who served two terms as a state representative and in various local positions. His father, Harry Lorenzo Vail, was a prominent Cleveland journalist, lawyer and politician who served as Cuyahoga County Commissioner and Clerk of Courts. The collection consists of diaries of Herman Vail, 1909-1922, correspondence of Herman and his father, Harry Vail, announcements for gatherings, certificates of membership, and telegrams. The collection pertains largely to Herman Vail's early life and touches upon his experiences at University School in Cleveland, Princeton University and Harvard Law School, his World War I experiences and his European travels. Harry Vail's correspondence is useful for the study of Cuyahoga County politics and dealings within the local Republican Party, with correspondence of Warren G. Harding, Theodore E. Burton, Mayor Harry L. Davis and Marcus Hanna. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4515.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4285.xml James C. Adell (1887-1971) was a Cleveland, Ohio, educator and one of the organizers of the Cleveland Teachers Union. Adell served as Science Dept. chairman and director of the Educational Research Division of the Cleveland Public Schools, authored science curriculum books and participated in the design and implementation of curriculum centers in seven Cleveland senior high schools. The collection consists of correspondence, book drafts, sample tests, speeches, newspaper clippings, and other printed materials relating to the Cleveland Teachers Union and the development of the science curriculum and educational tests for the Cleveland Public Schools. In addition, there are some materials pertaining to Adell's inventions, his experience during the great depression, a journal detailing his naval training during World War I, and Wendell Willkie campaign materials. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4285.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3371.xml Laurence Harper Norton (1888-1960) was a soldier, banker, industrialist, Ohio state legislator and Cleveland civic and cultural leader. He was also private secretary to Ambassador Myron T. Herrick and president of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, genealogical materials, certificates and other materials relating to various members of the Norton, Castle and Harper families, including Robert, Alexander J., and Rice Harper, and to Jay Cooke, Myron Herrick, Ohio National Guard Troop A, and the 37th Division of the 135th Field Artillery. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3371.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3844.xml Paul Bough Travis (1891-1975) was an artist and art educator who taught at the Cleveland School of Art (later the Cleveland Art Institute). His wife, Marjorie Penfield Travis, collected materials on her family history. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, mementos, unpublished short stories and poetry, and other materials relating to the World War I experiences and artistic career of Paul Travis, and to the genealogy of Marjorie Penfield Travis. Includes diaries and correspondence of her grandparents, William L. and Lucy E. Wood. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3844.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT