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Special Collections — First World War Resources

This guide highlights the World War I collections of the American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives.

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The following blog posts are listed alphabetically by the author's last name.

"Mother” Millar’s Mission — Catholic Women’s Service in World War I

undefinedBy Shane MacDonald. The Archivist’s Nook, September 7, 2017.

https://www.lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/9416/

Caption: Margaret Millar in her NCWC uniform, ca. 1919.

A Rocky Road to Reconstruction

undefinedBy Maria Mazzenga. The Archivist’s Nook, February 28, 2019.

https://www.lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/11274/

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.

World War I on Display

undefinedBy Katherine Santa Ana. The Archivist’s Nook, April 27, 2017.

https://www.lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/9190/

Caption: Two soldiers crossing a pontoon bridge. From the Robert Lincoln O’Connell Papers (finding aid and digital collection). 

Catholic University Declares War

undefinedBy William John Shepherd. The Archivist’s Nook, March 30, 2017.

https://www.lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/9129/

Caption: CUA students in uniform on steps of McMahon Hall, 1917. From the Lawrence F. Wright Photograph Collection.

Catholic Yank on the Western Front, 1918

undefinedBy William John Shepherd. The Archivist’s Nook, October 25, 2018.

https://www.lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/10756/

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).

Connecticut Catholic in Washington, 1917

undefinedBy William John Shepherd. The Archivist's Nook, July 6, 2017.

https://www.lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/9337/

Caption: Washington Barracks, 1917. U.S. Army Military History Institute.

From the Rhineland to Washington — Soldier’s Homecoming, 1919

undefinedBy William John Shepherd. The Archivist’s Nook, November 8, 2018.

https://www.lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/12050/

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).

For God and Country — American Catholics in the World War

undefinedBy William John Shepherd. The Archivist's Nook, November 11, 2015.

https://www.lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/6941/

Caption: Poster Celebrating Women War Workers, 1918. From the National Catholic War Council Records.