Collector
unknown
World War Materials
(Miscellaneous)
1914-1945
University of
Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collections, Manuscripts
Division [mss]
1 box
Collection contains
recruiting and promotional materials, cartoons, pamphlets, and posters from the
United States, France, England, and other countries from the two World Wars
plus some German identity papers and other miscellaneous items from that time
period.
Mss 36A
English, German,
French
Mezzanine
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in Manuscripts Division reading room.
Restrictions on Use
Materials fall under various copyright restrictions. Please consult
with the Archivist.
Preferred Citation
World War Materials (Miscellaneous) (Mss 36A), Literary Manuscripts
Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Acquisition
Provenance is unknown.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains recruiting and promotional materials,
cartoons, pamphlets, and posters from the United States, France, England, and
other countries from the two World Wars plus some German identity papers and
other miscellaneous items from that time period.
Related Material
See other collections relating to the World Wars in the Manuscripts
Division.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
World War,
1914-1918
World War,
1939-1945
Detailed Contents
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection.
1
Promotional material for War Savings Stamps and Liberty
Loans (United States, World War I)
[65 items]
These promotional materials include window stickers, door knob
posters, and informational booklets on and for buying War Bonds.
1) Reprints of cartoons for Patriotism Through
Education
2) Red Star Bulletin No. 8
An appeal to conserve horses
3) Information pamphlet on distinguishing marks of the
Army and Navy
4) Appeal for orphan relief
5) 7th Vacation Ball promotion handbill
Money to support U. S. Armed Forces
6) Handbill for Negro War Relief
7) "Support Our Men" window stickers
8) "Give & Work for Palestine" sticker
9) Two hotel door knob promotionals, "Save Coal, Turn
Out Lights"
2
Liberty Loan window displays, door knob promotional
posters (United States, World War I)
[56 items]
Also included are Red Cross promotion crosses and other Red Cross
material; aid for Armenia stickers; promotional material for U.S. Government
bonds, Boy Scouts, gas masks, Palestine Relief; order for parade of National
Army Troops in New York City, February 22, 1918; pamphlet showing various
posters issued by U.S. Navy; 1 negative of 1918 Navy recruiting poster ("Gee I
wish I were a man")
1) Sergeant Jim display trim
2) Products trim
3) Bo's 'n Bill trim
4) Submarine trim
5) Aeroplane trim
6) W.S.S. window trim
3
British World War I items
1) Call to arms by Prime Minister MacKenzie King
(Canada)
2) Promotion poster for War Savings Accounts
4
British World War II pamphlets
[3 items]
1) Two pamphlets promoting enlistment of
nurses
2) Pamphlet promoting armament efforts by civilians for
British military strength
5
French Pre-War and World War II materials
[17 items]
1) Promotional handbills for "France" (a poem on a
scroll)
2) Promotional pamphlet for French Navy
3) Patriotic promotional pamphlet
4) La Legion des Volontaires Français; 12 picture
postcards of occupied France
6
United States Wartime Cartoons,
1941-1945
[254 items]
Cartoons were clipped from Twin Cities newspapers.
7
Unites States World War II materials
[29 items]
1) Promotional pamphlet on what books on Russia are
available
2) Information sheet on dengue, yellow fever
3) Appeal for donations of typewriters
4) 3 different posters appealing for prevention of
forest fires
5) Pamphlet on miner's efforts for war
6) Minnesota's "Wood in War" poster
7) Safe conduct pass for Germans wishing to
surrender
8) Letter to librarians asking for cooperation in forest
fire campaign
9) Sheet music of song of the U.S. Army Nurse
Corps
10) Information sheet for teachers
11) Promotional pamphlet on dairy products
12) A guide to good eating
13) Good and poor meal display poster
supplements
14) Large and small guide to good eating
charts
15) Good eating guide and how to use it
16) Newsletters from Victory Farm volunteers of U.S.
Department of Agriculture,
1945
17) Newsletter on Victory Farm volunteers success in
Illinois and St. Louis
8
German World War I and II Identity Papers
[7 items]
1) Official notification and letter to Frau Lisbeth
Lötze that her husband was missing in action after fighting at Cherbourg,
July 1944
2) Service conduct book of Ludwig Thie enclosing letter
in his hand giving a brief autobiography (World War II)
3) Pass book from World War I of soldier named
Emmerling
4) Service record book of same soldier
5) Unidentified letter in German,
August 9, 1944
6) Empty envelope from German Navy Command Post Office,
Paris, to a local Ortsgruppenleiter, Gilvartschausen,
postmarked March 8, 1944
9
Documents concernant l'Alsace-Lorraine,
1914-1917
[30 items]
Consists of flyers, brochures, broadsides, and other material
calling attention to the alienation of these provinces from France.
10
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London. Leaflets no.
1-67 (World War I)
11
Joint Labour Recruiting Committee, London (World War I)
[2 leaflets]
12
Small British recruiting and war bond posters
[13 pieces]
13
Irish recruiting brochures and flyers
[4 items]
14
Hand-colored postcards,
undated
[3 postcards)
The postcards were made by French prisoners of war at Zossen,
Germany
14
Petits Clairons Chanson Marche
Executee pour las premiere fois a Zossen (Allemagne), Janvier 1,
1915 par la chorale des prisonniers Francais.
14
Concert offert par las Chorale a ses membres honoraires
Concert program printed by French prisoners in the camp at
Weinberg, Germany, May 15, 1915
15
Extra-Blatt des Pforzheimer General-Anzeigers
Pforzheim, den 25 Oktober 1914, mittags 2 Uhr. "Meldung des
Hauptquartiers. Erfolgreicher Uebergang uber den Ysere-Ypres-Kanal. 1200
Englander gefangen. 1800 Russen gefangen."
16
"Eich gwlad a'ch cais"
Speech in Welsh by David Lloyd George, Nos Fawrth, Tachwedd, 10
Feb, 1914.
17
Two posters,
undated
"2eme Emprunt de las Defense Nationale"
"Souscrivez tous au 3e Emprunt de la Defense Nationale
Vous aiderez nos heroiques soldats"