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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject

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

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

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

Report of the Purple Cross Service and Associated Documents, 1912 - 1916

 File
Identifier: Coll-1618/1/5/2/4
Scope and Contents Documents relating to the work of the Purple Cross Service, 1912-1916.The object of the Purple Cross Service was to mitigate the suffering of of horses in war by creating field hospitals and supply veterinary staff and medical supplies to aid in the recovery of wounded horses. The documents we have relating to this service are;1. A Report of the Purple Cross Service for wouded and sick army horses, 1916. The report contains details of the objectives of the service,...
Dates: 1912 - 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Administrative Records / Reports / Reports from other anti-vivisection and animal welfare charities

Scrapbooks of Margaret Jane Campbell Hunter and Daisy Helen Burnley-Campbell

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2080
Content Description These two scrapbooks were compiled by Margaret Jane Campbell Hunter (a.k.a. Mrs Burnley-Campbell of Ormidale (1857-1938)) and her daughter Daisy Helen Burnley-Campbell (later Warrand (1891-1973)). Dealing with both public and private life, they contain a substantial quantity of material relating to Margaret’s participation in the Gaelic movement, including events devoted to Gaelic language, Highland culture, games and music. They also record her involvement in the suffragette movement,...
Dates: 1909-1919
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Shot Three Spies, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3205
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Private John Williams, 'born in India twenty years ago and joined the army in 1914' and won many awards, including the Victory Cross, who shot three German spies posing as British officers during World War I.

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

Simmons, Ida

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-33
Scope and Contents

Nursing certificates 1919-1926; documents regarding later work 1940-1950, WWI war medals; M.B.E. medal

Dates: 1919-1950
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Social Evils and Problems, by William P. Paterson, 1918

 Item
Identifier: MS PAT 1/1/9
Scope and Contents

Social Evils and Problems
Edited for the Church of Scotland Commission on the War
By Professor W. P. Paterson and Dr David Watson

1918. 275 pages.

Dates: 1918
Found in: New College Library Special Collections / Papers of the Very Rev. Professor William P. Paterson (1860-1939) / Printed books

The Boche Versus the Thistles, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3179
Scope and Contents

Political cartoon showing German World War I soldiers being attacked by smiling thistles and forced to retreat.

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

The Duncan and James Strang Collection

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1624
Identifier: Coll-1885
Content Description This fonds is composed of "The Seaforth Highlanders’ diary", which is in fact a collection of typescripts and manuscripts by Duncan W. P. Strang written during the First World War. They mainly contain a typescript draft of an unifinished book on the Seaforth Highlanders during the war, as well as abstracts of diaries and accounts of battles and tactical operations, and reflection on war and military strategy.The first text is the most structured and the most complete. It is a...
Dates: 1914-1918
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

The Growth of Christian Architecture as Exemplified by some French Cathedrals, c1916

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/13/10
Scope and Contents

Typescript of The Growth of Christian Architecture as Exemplified by some French Cathedrals, the text of a lecture John Baillie gave while in France during the First World War.

Dates: c1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / Manuscripts

The Kaiser and the Czar, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3207
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the German Kaiser and the Russian Czar meeting on [29 July 1914] to discuss a peaceful settlement to the Serbian issue.

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