Skip to main content

World War, 1914-1918

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Professor Alexander C. Aitken

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1068
Scope and Contents The collections is composed of autobiographical, biographical, memoir, and obituary material relating to Professor A. C. Aitken; war souvenirs and maps; correspondence relating to Aitken's publication From Gallipoli to the Somme; review material relating to From Gallipoli to the Somme; circa 20 photographs, both portrait and group; 3 commonplace (scrap-)books containing cuttings and newspaper articles on a variety of...
Dates: 1894-1980
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of William Aldren Turner, 1884-1937

 Sub-Fonds — Box CLX-A-1142
Identifier: Coll-1937/2
Scope and Contents This sub-fonds consists of certificates, diplomas, and letters relating to William Aldren Turner and his career, including documents relating to the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, and to King Edward VII’s Hospital for Officers. ‘Perpetual Hospital Ticket’ for the Royal infirmary, bearing William A Turner’s name and dated 13 November 1884. ...
Dates: 1884-1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir William Turner and family

Papers relating to Donald Macpherson Baillie, 1908-1961

 Series
Identifier: BAI 7
Scope and Contents

The papers relating to Donald Macpherson Baillie consist of:


  1. articles, cuttings and ephemera
  2. career/employment resumés and references
  3. correspondence
  4. memorials and letters of condolence
Dates: 1908-1961
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers

Personal correspondence received by Marjorie Rackstraw, 1908-1978

 File
Identifier: Coll-705/5/3
Scope and Contents

This file contains personal correspondence from contacts of Marjorie Rackstraw. Letters relate to Masson Hall, Moray House, Birmingham University, Edinburgh University, her relief work time in France, Russia, and her involvement with the Hampstead Housing Old People's Trust. There are updates from students, and friends, many in response to Christmas cards that she sent, and including photos of their family.

Dates: 1908-1978
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw / Correspondence

Photograph relating to Edward Appleton's war service, June 1916

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/H.8
Scope and Contents

The material consists of photograph relating to Edward Appleton's war service, dated June 1916.

Dates: June 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Non-print material / Photographs of Edward Appleton, colleagues and friends

Photograph relating to Edward Appleton's war service, June 1916

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/H.9
Scope and Contents

The material consists of photograph relating to Edward Appleton's war service, dated June 1916.

Dates: June 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Non-print material / Photographs of Edward Appleton, colleagues and friends

Photograph relating to Edward Appleton's war service, June 1916

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/H.10
Scope and Contents

The material consists of photograph relating to Edward Appleton's war service, dated June 1916.

Dates: June 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Non-print material / Photographs of Edward Appleton, colleagues and friends

Punch Cartoon. 'Mother Goose-Step Rhymes or Letting Loose the Doggrel of War', 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2620
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a World War I satirical cartoon entitled, 'Mother Goose-Step Rhymes or Letting Loose the Doggrel of War' from the Punch Almanack of 1915 showing a goose wearing a German helmet running away from a man letting an English bulldog off its lead to give chase.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Punch Cartoons. [World War I Poem], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3196
Scope and Contents

Political cartoon illustrated by Bernard Partridge of a story poem allegory of the German Kaiser going to tame a cock, lion and bear and failing in World War I.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Remarkable Case of Protective Colouring, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3209
Scope and Contents

Cartoon illustration of a zookeeper surprised at the stars and stripes colouring of a zebra in its pen during World War I. The text beneath the image reads: 'Remarkable case of protective colouring. Owing, it is believed, to the fears of a German invasion, a zebra at the zoo assumes a neutral aspect.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection