A Guide to World War I Memorabilia, 1918 World War I, Memorabilia, 1918 10875-n

A Guide to World War I Memorabilia, 1918

A Collection in
The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10875-n

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Processed by: Special Collections Department

Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10875-n

Title

World War I

Memorabilia

1918

Physical Characteristics

This collection contains 2 items.

Language

English

Abstract

This collection consists of two items, a postcard and engraved compliments card, pertaining to the Great War era.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

World War I Memorabilia , 1917-1919, Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection Accession 10875-m, 10875-n, 10875-o, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These items were given to the Library by Matthew Bruccoli, Columbia, South Carolina, on June 24, 1992.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of two items, 1918 and n.d., pertaining to the Great War era. The postcard featuring a picture of a World War I soldier and his girlfriend was sent by James E. Hyland, a member of Battalion C, 27th Regiment, 9th Brigade, from Camp McClellan, Alabama, August 17, 1918, to Miss Mabel Roberts, Gaylordsville, Connecticut. Hyland states, "I did not expect two weeks ago I would be a way down here. Just got back from a ten mile hike 114 in the shade today."

Also present is an undated engraved compliments card from Charles G. Dawes (1865-1961), the U. S. Vice President, 1925-1929. He served as a brigadier general in the American Expeditionary Forces in France, 1917-1919, and was president of a commission to investigate the German budget and payments of war reparations (1923), which evolved into the Dawes plan of loan reorganization.