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Establishing the American Way of Death: World War I and the Foundation of the United States’ Policy Toward the Repatriation and Burial of Its Battlefield Dead

Description: This thesis examines the policies and procedures created during and after the First World War that provided the foundation for how the United States commemorated its war dead for the next century. Many of the techniques used in modern times date back to the Great War. However, one hundred years earlier, America possessed very few methods or even ideas about how to locate, identify, repatriate, and honor its military personnel that died during foreign conflicts. These ideas were not conceived … more
Date: August 2015
Creator: Hatzinger, Kyle J.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Feed a fighter : eat only what you need-- waste nothing-- that he and his family may have enough.

Description: Charcoal drawing of a soldier sitting in a trench, drinking out of a cup. Other soldiers can be seen in the background. At the top right corner of the poster is the round seal of the U.S. Food Administration (shield with flag motif surrounded by wheat stalks).
Date: 1918
Creator: Morgan, Wallace.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Field service postcard]

Description: A pre-printed field service postcard. The postcard has explicit instructions on how to fill out, saying the postcard will be destroyed if extra information is added, and to include only a date and signature. The handwriting at the bottom of the postcard is signed by John H. Carper and dated August 16, 1918. Carper has crossed out generated sentences, stating he is quite well and has received someone's letter dated July 18, 1918. On the back of the postcard, the addressee is Mrs. John H. Carper … more
Date: August 16, 1918
Creator: Carper, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Fifes and Drums: Poems of America at War, The Vigilantes]

Description: Photographs of "Fifes and Drums: Poems of America at War," held by UNT Special Collections. The brown book cover has the title in dark blue in the top right corner in a white label, framed by a dark blue line. Image 2, title page. On the left page is a list of The Vigilante books inside a box, and on the right page is the title page with a small upside down triangle with the letter D in it.
Date: October 12, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flower of Youth: Poems in War Time]

Description: Photographs of "Flower of Youth: Poems in War Time" by Katharine Tynan, held by UNT Special Collections. Image 1, the spine of the dark blue book with the title on a white label on the spine. Image 2, with the page to the left of it containing a box with the title of books also by Tynan.
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Flying Parliament]

Description: Photographs of "The Flying Parliament" by Edwina S. Babcock, held by UNT Special Collections. The book is open to a dedication page, which is a note written in pen handwriting. The name Donald Thomas 1973 is at the top. On the top left side is the word "Poetry" written in pencil. The cover is red with an intricate gold design over most of the page, the title is in the middle of the cover in gold.
Date: October 12, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Food will win the war : you came here seeking freedom, you must now help to preserve it : wheat is needed for the Allies, waste nothing.

Description: Color poster of people standing on a boat or shoreline near the sea. They appear to be European immigrants. In the foreground, a man appears to be pleading with a woman holding a basket of food. In the background can be seen part of a large ship, the Statue of Liberty, and a rainbow stretching across the New York skyline. A man waves his cap in that direction.
Date: 1918
Creator: Chambers, Charles Edward, ca. 1883-1941.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

For home and country : Victory Liberty Loan.

Description: Color image of a happy military family. A soldier holds his young son in one arm while embracing his wife with the other. A helmet hangs on a long cord around the soldier's neck. The child smiles and embraces the soldier while the wife admires a medal attached to the soldier's uniform.
Date: 1918
Creator: Orr, Alfred Everitt, 1886-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

For liberty, civilization, and humanity.

Description: Poster of a soldier playing a bugle on a hill, standing in front of a U.S. flag. In the distant background on the right, a ship is sinking. The image of the bugler is adapted from an original sculpture by Edoardo Cammilli.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cittadino (New York, N.Y.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Forgotten Places]

Description: Photographs of "Forgotten Places" by Ian Mackenzie, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is grey, with the spine exposing some green paper. The front of the cover is framed by a black line, with the author and title at the top in black and the publishing information at the bottom. Image 2, "Peace" and "Desire," poems one pages 60 and 61. Image 3, frontispiece and title page. The frontispiece has a photo of a young man, with the name "Ian Mackenzie" signed under it.
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Forward, March!, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Forward, March!" by Angela Morgan, held by UNT Special Collections. The dark red cover has the title at the top left corner, followed by a graphic of a hand holding a torch and the author. This all encased by a line, and all in gold lettering/lines.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Friends]

Description: Photographs of "Friends" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is brownish paper, the title at the top, author in the middle and publishing info at the bottom all in black ink lettering. Image 2, the page on the left contains a list of books by the same author: Battle, Thoroughfarers, Borderlands, Fires, Daily Bread, Akra the Slave, and Stonefolds. The page on the right is "To the Memore of Rupert Brooke." Image 3, open book with page on the left blank, and the pa… more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[From an Outpost and Other Poems, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "From an Outpost and Other Poems" by Leslie Coulson, held by UNT Special Collections. The white paper cover has a thin orange line that frames the title, followed by a photo of a young man and the author under the picture all in orange tint.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[From the Front]

Description: Photographs of "From the Front" trench poetry edited by C.E. Andrews, held by UNT Special Collections. It is bound in an uniform green cloth binding, and the front cover bears the title “From the Front,” the full name of the editor in all caps, and a logo of two swords crossed, a hat in the middle, and olive leaves wreath circling the swords, all of which was stamped with gold metallic color.. Image 2, page 198 and 199. The page on the right is titled "Good-By." Image 3, page 200 and 201. Image… more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Gas mask time card, World War I]

Description: Photograph of a gas mask time card from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. A small card is folded in two and propped open with a blank table on it. In front of it is a worn, brown square envelope with a couple of holes on the front of it. The card that accompanies the mask is meant to be used to keep track of the amount of time the mask is worn, so that the wearer will know when to replace the charcoal for optimal air purification. These items were issued to Alvin Mansfield Owsley, w… more
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[German sword and scabbard, World War I]

Description: Photographs of a German sword and scabbard from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the word in its scabbard, which is a dark rusted metal. The handle has lined indents with a handle on it. Image 2, closeup of swords handle.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

"Good bye, Dad, I'm off to fight for Old Glory, you buy U.S. gov't bonds" : Third Liberty Loan.

Description: Color illustration of a young man, in uniform holding a rifle, shaking the hand of an elderly man with white hair and beard wearing matching gray pants and vest and a white shirt with a bow tie. There is a landscape of farms in the distance. There is a blue border around the picture.
Date: 1917~
Creator: Harris, Lawrence S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

La grande offensiva Italiana: la disfatta Austriaca sul Montello.

Description: Detailed color illustration of a battle scene. Italian soldiers in blue cross a river and charge against Austrian soldiers in green. Several Austrian soldiers and a horse are falling or dead. A toppled weapon is seen in the foreground. Several explosions can be seen on the river, its banks, the mountains, and a town in the distance. Airplanes are flying, cannons are firing, and multitudes of Italian troops are marching in the far distance.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[The Heart of Peace: And Other Poems]

Description: Photographs of "The Heart of Peace: And Other Poems" by Laurence Housman, held by UNT Special Collections. The light blue cover has the title printed at the top in dark blue, under it are six small hearts. Image 2, two pages with a poem titled "The Quick and The Dead" on page 16 and 17.
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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