| The Library of Congress | |
![]() |
![]() |
Lesson Three
Research Library
|
|
Search help |
|
| American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election | This collection contains eighteen speeches focusing on WWI issues. Access these particular speeches through the Gallery of World War I Speakers. |
| African-American Odyssey | View the special exhibit World War I and Postwar Society. Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War, 1919 found in this collection. |
| The African-American Experience in Ohio | Search for WWI-era photos in this collection by typing in “world war 1914-1918” in the search box. You may also use the subject index browse feature to find many valuable subheadings under World War, 1914-1918. |
| Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 | Search for WWI-era songs in this collection by using keyword search, typing in world war 1914-1918 and setting the pull down menu to the exact phrase. |
| The Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918 - 1919 | This US Army publication provided American soldiers with news from home, sports news, poetry, and cartoons. View the collection’s Special Presentation with additional material about women and the war effort, advertisements, military censorship and the American Expeditionary Force. |
| Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991 | Search for WWI-era photos in this collection by using keyword search, typing in world war 1914-1918 and setting the pull down menu to the exact phrase with the number of bibliographic records returned increased to 500. You may also use the subject index browse feature to find many valuable subheadings under World War, 1914-1918. |
| Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920. | Browse the subject index, using heading World War, 1914-1918 to locate WWI-era photos. |
| Today in History | The Archive search feature locates material by full text, specific day, or month. WWI links can be found under June 28, 1914, May 7, 1915, April 6, 1917, September 12, 1918, November 11, 1918, and July 15, 1948. |
| Search all American Memory collections. | It is possible to limit your search by format: Documents, Manuscripts, Printed Texts, Sheet Music, Maps,Motion Pictures, Photos & Prints and Sound Recordings. |
Search help |
|
| Art of the First World War | Browse 100 paintings on World War I with explanatory text. A joint project of European museums and UNESCO. |
| The Great War 1914-1918 | Access poetry, art, photos. Link to posters, propaganda, and cartoons from the Great War. |
| National Archives: The Digital Classroom Primary Sources, Activities, and Training for Educators and Students | Note these two collections: Photographs of the 369th Infantry and African Americans during World War I and Posters from the Food Administration During World War I. |
| World War I Document Archive | View over 200 historical documents, organized by year. Read Memoirs and Remembrances. |
| World War I - Trenches on the Web | Begin at the Reference Library for information about who, what, when, and where, and for locating maps and a search tool. |
| WWI Sites: Links to Other Resources | Note the organization by country and extensive listing of sites under United States. |
American Decades 1910-1919, 2. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996. American Heritage (serial). Cooperstown, N.Y.: American Heritage, 1956 -. American History Illustrated (serial). Harrisburg, Pa.: Cowles History Group, 1980-. The Annals of America. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1968-74. DeMirjian, Arto Jr., and Eve Nelson, eds. Front Page History of the World Wars as Reported by The New York Times. New York: Arno Press, 1965. Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943-73. Dos Passos, John. Mr. Wilson's War. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1962. Dudley, William, ed. World War I : Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, 1998. Gilbert, Adrian. Illustrated History of World War I. New York: Portland House, 1968. Henri, Florette, and Richard Stillman. Bitter Victory; A History of Black Soldiers in World War I. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970. Kirchberger, Joe. The First World War: an eyewitness history. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Landrum, Charles Handford. Michigan in the World War. Military and Naval Honors of Michigan Man and Women. Lansing, Mich.: Michigan Historical Commission, 1924. Lewis, Jon E., ed The Mammoth Book of War Diaries and Letters: Life on the Battlefield in the Words of the Ordinary Soldier, 1775-1991. . New York: Carroll & Graf, 1999. Marshall, S. L. A. The American Heritage History of World War I. New York: American Heritage, 1964. Mitchell, David J. Monstrous Regiment: The Story of the Women of the First World War. New York: Macmillan, 1965. Seymour, Charles. Woodrow Wilson and the World War: A Chronicle of Our Own Times. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921. Stallings, Laurence. The Doughboys: The Story of the AEF, 1917-1918. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Stokesbury, James L. A Short History of World War I. New York: Morrow, 1981. Sullivan, Mark. Our Times: The United States, 1900-1919. New York: Scribner, 1926-35. Twentieth-century America: A Primary Source Collection from the Associated Press. Danbury, Conn.: Grolier Educational Corp., 1995. Winter, J.M. The Experience of World War I. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Unit
Home Lesson Three
Department Assignments Newswire
Newspaper Guidelines Research Library Peer
Review Primary Source Analysis
| The Library of Congress | American Memory | Contact us |
| Last updated 02/05/2004 |