World War, 1914-1918 -- Photography
Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Carl Robinson, Soldier, Photographs from Post-World War I AEF Military Tour in France and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3737
Scope and Contents
Records of Carl Robinson, a West Virginian who, as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, toured France as a member of an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) military observation tour from 10 July to 26 September, 1919. The collection contains an archive of photographs taken of the tour, apparently by Carl Robinson. There are also service records for Robinson dating from 1919 to 1941. Subjects of photographs include battlefields, grave markers and cemeteries, damaged villages and towns, railroad...
Dates:
1919-1941
James Edwin Green, Photographer, Glass Plate Negatives and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3460
Overview
Photographs by James Edwin Green of the Green family from Foxburg, Pennsylvania (PA) and St. Marys, West Virginia (WV). Includes over 500 glass plate negatives and 1 1/2 inches of film negatives documenting subjects from ca. 1900-1918 including: the James Edwin Green family; Foxburg, PA; St. Marys, WV; the Taylor Farm, St. Marys, WV; agriculture; railroads; oil derricks; Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) reunions; the World War I era, and transportation. There are pictures of the Daniel...
Dates:
1900-1925; Majority of material found within 1900-1918
James M. Guiher, Jr. Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3579
Overview
Personal papers of James M. Guiher, Jr. (1927- ), Editor and Head of Textbook Division of Prentice-Hall books, and son of James M. Guiher, Sr. (1897-1965), a prominent lawyer, politician, and community leader from Clarksburg, West Virginia. Includes autobiographical material, correspondence, publications, photographs, and other material regarding growing up in Clarksburg, attending Washington Irving High School (Clarksburg, WV), serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, attending Princeton and...
Dates:
1835-2014; Majority of material found within 1927-1976
New York Times Picture Section, Photographs of World War I
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3913
Overview
Contains photographic history of World War I entitled New York Times Picture Section, 1917, a book containing the photographs published by the newspaper from Sunday, January 7, 1917, through Sunday, December 30, 1917. They were published using the rotogravure process. Also includes the New York Times War Map. The volume measures 18 in. by 24 in. by 1 1/4 in.
Dates:
1917
Panoramic Photograph of 9th Infantry Training Company
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4047
Overview
One large panoramic photograph of West Virginia Governor Cornwell with 9th Infantry Training Company at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, on 10 November 1917.
Dates:
1917
Thomas Zinn, Collector, Papers and Collectibles
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3190
Overview
Pictures and genealogical information on the Zinn and allied families, namely the Shafers, from France and Germany who eventually settled in West Virginia, particularly the line of George Zinn, a Revolutionary War veteran of Preston County. There are also two postcards of Williamstown, Wood County, West Virginia, and 108 photos of Morgantown, West Virginia, especially of the Farmers and Merchants Bank while C. Glenn Zinn was an executive, ca. 1742-1974. Addenda to the collection include: 1)...
Dates:
ca. 1900-2005