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Title
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Base Hospital Number 28
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Description
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Information about Base Hospital Number 28, used in World War I strictly for the Kansas City Corps of soldiers.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas Citian
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Description
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Consecutive issues of the magazine devoted to or featuring many World War I-related issues and topics such as the local war effort with manufacturing, etc.
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Date
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1918-09-24/1918-10-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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World War I
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Description
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File contains a paper (written by Forrest Stith) on the history of the World War I unit of the 35th Division, 70th Brigade, 139th Infantry.
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Date
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1969~
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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1918 Flu Epidemic More Deadly Than Germans
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Description
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Short article details the involvement of Camp Funston and Fort Riley with the spread of the Spanish Flu in 1918. "Since Fort Riley was a cavalry outpost, there were hundreds of horses and mules also living on the base--hundreds of animals producing tons of excrement. The most efficient way to dispose of the dung was to burn it. Such a fire had been set on March 9 when a ferocious dust storm kicked up that same day. The dust combined with the smoke of the burning dung heaps blackened the skies in Kansas--'dead black,' some said." Shortly after this incident, men started to come down with the flu. "More Americans died as a result of the Spanish Flu than were killed in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined."
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Date
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2005
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Ridenour-Baker and The World War 1917-1919
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Description
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This book honors those employees of Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company who served in World War I. It lists names in an Honor Roll and a Roster delineates those in the Army, Navy, and Marines; includes a chronological list of the history of Ridenour-Baker company along with pictures of their first store in Lawrence, Kansas, and portraits of P. D. Ridenour and H. W. Baker. The bulk of the book is comprised of letters written by some of these company employees to Charles Harris while serving with the armed forces during the years 1917 to 1919; the last entry being March 13, 1919.
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Date
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1919
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Leaders at Liberty Memorial Site Dedication
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Description
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Postcard of Leaders at the Liberty Memorial Site Dedication, inscribed with Admiral Beatty, Gen. Pershing and presumably Marshal Foch, Baron Jacques, Gen. Diaz,
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Date
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1921~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view of soldiers lined up by tents. Identified as "Waiting For Inoculation Against Typhoid. Camp Doniphan, Okla." Camp Doniphan was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Battery A was sent there for training for World War I duty.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view of soldiers gathered around what appears to be a phonograph. Identified on front of postcard as "A Gift From Home Furnishes Music For Our Boys. Camp Doniphan,Okla." Soldiers are not identified. Camp Doniphan was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Battery A from Kansas City was sent there for military training for World War I.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view of soldiers marching. Identified on postcard as: "Infantry on Hike. Camp Doniphan, Okla." Camp Doniphan was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Battery A was sent there for World War I training.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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WWI Museum's New Relic is a Real Veteran
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Description
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The Liberty Memorial Association has struck a deal with a private collector in Missoula, Montana, to purchase a French-made FT-17 tank for $225,000. The 7.15 ton vehicle saw battle on the Western Front during WWI and was put out of commission by German artillery shell in 1918. Museum officials for years have sought to add a tank to the museum's comprehensive collection of World War I artifacts.
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Date
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2007-11-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Panoramic Views of Camp Funston, Kansas
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Description
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Two color panoramic postcard views of Camp Funston at Fort Riley, Kansas. The two different views are titled, "The Zone, Camp Funston, Kansas," and, "Panorama of Camp Funston, Kansas," and include buildings, soldiers, and cars. Each view consists of three panels of cards published by E. D. Zellner of Junction City, Kansas. The cards have been glued on canvas measuring 11 x 35 in. Constructed during the summer of 1917, Camp Funston was one of the largest training camps built in the U.S. during World War I.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Missouri Congressional Medal of Honor Winners
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Description
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Paper on the history of winners of the national Medal of Honor award and of the Liberty Memorial, honoring World War I dead. Based on newspaper articles originally published in the El Paso (Texas) Times. Contains 105 pages and includes bibliographic references.
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Date
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1960~/1969~
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Missouri in the Library War Service
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Description
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Photos and description of the contributions of the Kansas City Public Library to the World War I effort.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Medicine Park, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view of lake and swimmers. Indentified on the front of the postcard as: "Medicine Park, Okla., Mt. Scott in Distance, Near Camp Doniphan." Battery A was sent to Camp Doniphan at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for their military training for World War I.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view of barracks and tents, identified on the postcard as "Camp Doniphan, Okla." The camp was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Battery A was sent there for military training for World War I.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Lawton, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view, street scene identified as Lawton, Oklahoma. Lawton was located in the vicinity of Fort Sill and Camp Doniphan where Company A went to train for World War I.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view of tents and barracks identified as Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma. Camp was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and was used in training of American soldiers in World War I. Battery D (A) was stationed there.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view identified as "Artillery on hike. Camp Doniphan, Okla." Battery A from Kansas City was sent to Camp Doniphan (Fort Sill) to train for active duty in World War I.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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DAR, Kansas City Chapter, World War I Scrapbook
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Description
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The men of Battery A, 129th Field Artillery, were officially mustered into Federal Service on August 5, 1917, as part of the 35th Division, United States First Army, Allied Expeditionary Force. Most of the men of the battery were natives of Kansas City, Missouri. The battery trained at Camp Doniphan, located at Fort Sill, several miles from Lawton, Oklahoma. In the fall of 1918, the 129th Field Artillery participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Argonne Forest, near Verdun in northwest France. The battery returned to a hero's welcome in Kansas City the following year, 1919. The Record of Battery "A" is a bound scrapbook of 101 pages containing newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, letters, and typed material. Items in the collection follow the course of the battery's involvement in World War I, reflecting the training of the men, their combat experiences, and their return to Kansas City. The scrapbook also illustrates the involvement of domestic organizations in supporting U.S. troops in wartime.
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Date
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1917/1919
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Object Type
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Book
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