World War, 1914-1918

Scope and Contents The collection comprises around 2000 individual notes. Earlier notes (prior to the 1920s) were used by people as currency and thus their design is somewhat more utilitarian. By the early 1920s, notgeld became collector’s items and were often printed with commemorative designs, featuring colorful expressions of local identity and civic pride. Due to hyperinflation in 1923, notgeld regained their role as an alternative currency for a brief period. Notgeld provides a resource for studying the...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a line-a-day diary of Dorothy Hackney kept while she lived in Providence and Dobbs Ferry, New York during the years of the First World War. The diary represents the musings and activities of a young female student from an upper class family who lived on the East Side of Providence. Prominent Providence families are mentioned throughout the years such as Chapin, Herreshoff, Allen and Rathbun. The bulk of the diary describes her social life, school, friends and...

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The collection consists of a published index and 664 print photographs and of the American Expeditionary Force taken by the Signal Corps during World War I. The bulk of the images are of the U.S. Army 26th Division including its various brigades, regiments and battalions.

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This volume includes material beyond World War I, including Christmas cards from Beatrice Warde to Daniel Berkeley Updike.

Scope and Contents The collection includes the following songs:Abide with Me (4 cards)Down Home in Tennessee (3 cards)Farewell, Isabelle (cards 1 and 3)Fight the Good Fight (4 cards)If You Were the Only Girl in the World (2 cards)It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary (2/4 cards)I Wonder If You Miss Me Sometimes (cards 2 and 3)Let the Great Big World Keep Turning (3 cards)Somewhere in France, Dear Mother (3...

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The collection, which has not yet been fully processed and organized, is divided into World War I and World War II materials, typically with subdivision by nation of publication or intended audience. Includes pamphlets, magazines, and other printed material. Much of the collection is propaganda produced by the United States for distribution in other nations.