Postcard of the Infantry Replacement Band, a large group of soldiers holding instruments, at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note in Italian on the back of the postcard is addressed to "Al caro amico E. Marino" in Kansas City, Missouri and says, "Questa è la band dove appartengo. Sí puo trovarmi? C'ha un punto. Su una spalla." In this note the author identifies himself as the band member with a mark on his shoulder. Fifth sitting man from the left.

Photograph of a group of men at Camp MacArthur most of whom are holding instruments. The text on the back reads: "World War I - Charley Huggins - Killed. Cliff's brother"

Postcard picturing the 128th Regimental Band in Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas.

Postcard of members of a military band holding their instruments (tubas, trombones, euphoniums, horns, bugles, etc.) posing in between two rows of tents at Camp MacArthur. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Ready to March 128th Regimental Band. Camp Mac Arthur, Waco Texas. Mann."

Letter to Alma Hiller from her little cousin, "Hef", who writes about what it's like for him at Camp MacArthur, a military training base in Waco, Texas. The letter also discusses other family members, including a newborn baby in the family. The stationery letterhead has on its left and right side, respectively, an American flag image and a symbol that consists of a triangle within a circle, and it reads, "National War Work Council, Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Associations, 'with the colors'".

Postcard of soldiers gathered together holding instruments like guitars, horns, and little accordions at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. A small, ornamented Christmas tree is visible at far left.

Photographs of "Poems" by Wilfred Owen, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the title page, the page to its left covered by a thin brown slip. Image 2, frontispiece showing an image of a young mustached man in uniform. Image 3, "Dulce Et Decorum Est." The text on the left page has three sections numbered IV-VI. The page on the right is titled Dulce and numbered page 15. Wilfred Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” stands as the most widely anthologized example of a poem by a WWI soldier who positions his passion and vision in direct opposition to the euphemistic rhetoric about war so prevalent in patriotic verse and political discourse. That said, part of its persuasive strategy is that of rooting its vision in the immediacy of the personal, such that whatever didactic energy of the closure grows out of a dramatic context and the sense of personal authority gathered in the process. Much of the success of this structure relies upon a series of “turns,” or “voltas,” that delineate the poem’s development. The immediate physicality and collective sweep of perspective will be critical to the gathering force of argument. The first turn (“Gas! …

Yearbook for North Texas State Normal College in Denton, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.

Interview with Frederick E. Gaupp, a college professor, concerning the experiences of a German intellectual during the period of the Weimar Republic and the early Hitler years. Gaupp discusses his middle-class family background, his service in World War I with a Rhenish artillery regiment, his education at the University of Breslau, the Sparticist uprising, Kapp Putsch, Freicorps activities, rampant inflation (1923-1924), and the effects of Allied reparations. He also talks about his employment with Ullstein (Berlin) publishing house, fighting between the Brown Shirts and the Communists, the role of the lower middle-class in supporting the Nazis, the Nazi suppression of Ullstein, and his decision to leave Germany in 1935.

Memoir describing historical events and personal accounts of Gerald Andrew Howell based on his experiences during World War I, originally completed in 1946 : "His narrative was a study of a small group of American soldiers attempting to survive some of the most ferocious combat of the 'Great War.' He included information on the movements and activities of his 39th Infatry Regiment and the 4th Division, but Howell kept the focus of the story on his squad, a typical cross section of the A.E.F. {American Expeditionary Forces]" (p. 2) This edited version has some introductory and supplementary information and has made minor corrections to the original text. Index starts on page 338.