The following blog posts are listed alphabetically by the author's last name.
By Shane MacDonald. The Archivist’s Nook, September 7, 2017.
Caption: Margaret Millar in her NCWC uniform, ca. 1919.
By Maria Mazzenga. The Archivist’s Nook, February 28, 2019.
Caption: Two women lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris. The war was over in 1918, but U.S. Catholics believed its ravages warranted proposals for social reconstruction.
By Katherine Santa Ana. The Archivist’s Nook, April 27, 2017.
Caption: Two soldiers crossing a pontoon bridge. From the Robert Lincoln O’Connell Papers (finding aid and digital collection).
By William John Shepherd. The Archivist’s Nook, March 30, 2017.
Caption: CUA students in uniform on steps of McMahon Hall, 1917. From the Lawrence F. Wright Photograph Collection.
By William John Shepherd. The Archivist’s Nook, October 25, 2018.
Caption: Weary but hopeful soldiers gaze skyward from “I Was There!” With the Yanks in France: Sketches made on the Western Front 1917–1919 by Pvt. C. Leroy Baldridge A.E.F., 1919, p. 4. From the Robert Lincoln O’Connell Papers (finding aid and digital collection).
By William John Shepherd. The Archivist's Nook, July 6, 2017.
Caption: Washington Barracks, 1917. U.S. Army Military History Institute.
By William John Shepherd. The Archivist’s Nook, November 8, 2018.
Caption: A useful publication for soldiers on occupation duty in Germany — Burger Sprachfuhrer: Burgers Help for The Englishman The American to Learn How to Speak German Without a Teacher, n.d. From the Robert Lincoln O’Connell Papers (finding aid and digital collection).
By William John Shepherd. The Archivist's Nook, November 11, 2015.
Caption: Poster Celebrating Women War Workers, 1918. From the National Catholic War Council Records.