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[Flower of Youth: Poems in War Time]

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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Socks]

Photographs of "Socks" by Emily Caroline Oliphant, held by UNT Special Collections. Image 2, shows the title page, the words "Moriendo Vivo" in the middle of it. Image 3, open book with table of contents on the left page and the page on the right the beginning of a chapter titled "Socks" with the date September 1914 under it. Image 4, page of text titled "Socks" on the left and page on right titled "The Mine-Sweepers." Image 1, green book cover with the title and author in the middle in red lettering. In the top right corner are blue, white and red stripes. While not every poem in Emily Caroline Oliphant’s Socks directly concerns the role of women on the home front of World War I, the most noteworthy of the book’s 27 poems, “Socks,” details the almost laughable frustration of the limited contributions a woman could make in contrast to her husband’s sacrifices: “Tis little a woman can do when fighting is to the fore; / True, she can send her menkind now as in days of yore; /... But every minute to spare she knits for her soldier—socks.” The book’s title page bears the information that it was …
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The Bells of Peace]

Photographs of "The Bells of Peace" by John Galsworthy, held by UNT Special Collections. The brown paper cover is framed by a red line, the title in simple black print. Image 2, page titled "The Bells of Peace" with two paragraphs, the first letter of each a red L. Image 3, pages 3 and 3. They are both titled "The Bells of Peace" at the top. Each page has 2 paragraphs, the first letter of each big and red. The bottom of page 3 has the date June 1920.
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Our Hospital ABC]

Photographs of "Our Hospital Anzac British Canadian" also known as "Our Hospital ABC" by Hampden Gordon and M.G. Tindall, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image the brown cover of the book with a blue spine. The title is at the top in red letters framed by white, an illustration of a nurse in a white dress outfit with two white tents by her. At the bottom are the acknowledgments for the creators. The second image is of two grey pages, the page on the right the title page with an illustration of a woman in white and black holding a frying pan. Image 3, pages 5 and 6 with the page on the left titled with a big red C and a description of what it stands for, the page on the right containing an illustration of an injured soldier with two children standing around him. Image 4, the spine of the book with the title spread throughout it. Image 5, back cover of the book with an illustration of a nurse in the white and black nurse dress, holding a bottle in her hand. Our Hospital ABC with pictures by Joyce Dennys and verses by Hampden Gordon …
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Parents, February 14, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Parents, February 14, 1918]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his parents regarding conditions in England; at the time the weather was bad and he hadn't flown more than five times the past week. Clay could soon get his commission but could get his wings first if he flies five hours in a Sopwith Pup thus meeting Royal Flying Corps requirements for wings.
Date: February 14, 1918
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hotel Watt in Waco]

Postcard of a color image of the Hotel Watt in Waco with several people standing on the street in the foreground and clouds in the sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Hotel Watt, Waco, Texas."
Date: October 14, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. War Department Bulletin 56] (open access)

[U.S. War Department Bulletin 56]

Bulletin stating that designated "liberty theaters" will be furnished heat and lighting without charge, confirming the designation of two military camps, listing depots where uniforms and related stock will be carried after January 1, and outlining regulations on private property claims by soldiers.
Date: October 14, 1918
Creator: March, Payton Conway
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Soldier Ballads, cover]

Photograph of the cover of "American Soldier Ballads" by F.B. Camp, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is dark yellow in color with the title at the top in red lettering.Under the title is an illustration of soldiers sitting or standing around a fire. This edition of Patriotic Toasts was published in 1917 by Forbes and Company in Chicago. Each page has a lithographic decorative blue border surrounding the printed text, and the dense cardboard cover contains a stoic depiction of Uncle Sam carrying an American flag, reinforcing the book’s self-proclaimed patriotism. The author, Fred Emerson Brooks, a popular 19th century poet, wrote several books of “toasts” – short poems likely meant to be read aloud in social gatherings. A notice in the back of this volume advertises Brooks’s other publications, including the comically titled Cream Toasts and Buttered Toasts, with a series of quotes from major newspapers attesting to Brooks’s sparkling wit. The collection of poems in this book captures the vigor of the American spirit at the time of its entry into World War I. Poems such as “Old Glory” and “Liberty’s Banner” are dense with the nationalist rhetoric that would eventually lose much of its appeal …
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Poems of Peace and War]

Photographs of "Poems of Peace and War" by Caroline R. Bispham, held by UNT Special Collections. The book is a simple white paper booklet with the title at the top and author at the bottom in black print lettering. Over most of the middle page is a thick red cross. Image 2, "The Invader" and "Peace on Earth" poems on pages 12 and 13.
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[More Songs of Angus and Others]

Photographs of "More Songs of Angus, and Others" by Violet Jacob, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the tile page, the page on the left blank except for a small stamp. Image 2, book open to a poem over two pages, titled "Glory" on the left and numbered 28 and 29.
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Section G at Camp MacArthur]

Postcard of a line of automobiles driving on a road at Camp MacArthur with trees and telephone poles on the left side and barracks on the right side; there are people and more trees and telephone poles visible in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Section 'G'. Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date: June 14, 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - November 14, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - November 14, 1918]

Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing writing discharge papers, Emma's lack of letters, and the letters he sends his mother.
Date: November 14, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 14, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 14, 1918]

Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing his reaction to the three letters she sent him. He tells her he spoke to his Captain who says he will look at his application. Hector mentions that he received a letter from his tent mate Bele Matthews which he included. He tells Emma he wishes he could be there fro her birthday and apologizes to her.
Date: December 14, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History