Military Collection
The State Archives of North Carolina is currently working with the North Carolina State Library and the North Carolina Museum of History on a grant to create a World War I virtual collection. The materials being digitized include printed books, documents, letters, diaries, photographs, clips from audio interviews and artifacts such as uniforms and weapons. This project will unite these varied resources in cohesive and searchable formats that will be useful to the K-12 community as well as to scholars of the World War I time period. The images displayed below are a small sample of the items scanned by the State Archives as part of this project. Other selected materials from the World War I project are available through the online exhibit The Old North State and 'Kaiser Bill': North Carolinians in World War I.
To find out more about these and other materials in the Military Collection please search the MARS online catalog. More images and documents can be found in the North Carolina Digital Collections.
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Signal Headquarters Co., 60th Brigade, 30th Division near Premont, France 1918. Collection Information: Photograph Collection. Call Number: N.67.1.61 |
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Eugene McDonald, Company F, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, wearing a gas mask. Collection Information: Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Eugene McDonald Papers. |
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Front of postcard written by Private Herbert F. Askew, Battery A, 316th Field Artillery Regiment, 81st Division, dated June 1918. Postcard Caption: "Getting Ready for Action." Collection Information: Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Box 5. Personal Records. |
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Back of postcard written by Private Herbert F. Askew, Battery A, 316th Field Artillery Regiment, 81st Division, dated June 1918. Collection Information: Military Collection; World War I; Private Collections; Box 5; Personal Records. |
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Postcard dated November 1917 to Miss Maggie Brown from Leland Brown, Company F, 306th Engineers Regiment, 81st Division. Postcard Caption: "Army, Navy and Reserve." Collection Information: Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Box 80. Leland Brown Papers. |
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Postcard to Miss Maggie Brown, October 1917 from Leland Brown, Company F, 306th Engineers Regiment, 81st Division. Postcard Caption: "If Wishes Came True." Collection Information: Military Collection; World War I; Private Collections; Box 80; Leland Brown Papers. |
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Colonel Joseph H. Pratt and the officers of the 105th Engineers Regiment, 30th Division, at Headquarters in France, 1919. Collection Information: Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Box 43. Joseph H. Pratt Papers. |
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Colonel Joseph H. Pratt at Headquarters, 105th Engineers Regiment, 30th Division, France, 1919. Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Box 43. Joseph H. Pratt Papers. |
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Photograph of 100 yard rifle pits, Camp Sevier Rifle Range, Greenville, South Carolina. Collection Information: Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Box 46. Joseph H. Pratt Papers. |
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Thanksgiving menu, 316th Field Artillery Regiment, 81st Division, November 29, 1917. Collection Information: Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Box 80. Leland S. Harris Papers. |
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Copy of the telegram received by the father of Corporal Jesse Staton. Corporal Staton, Company M, 321st Infantry Regiment, 81st Division, was killed in action November 11, 1918. Collection Information: Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Box 9. Personal Records. |
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Graves of 324th Infantry Regiment, 81st Division soldiers killed November 11, 1918. Collection Information: Photograph Collection. Call Number: N.66.9.28 |
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Private Lewis M. Grady, 1st Class, Company A, 322nd Infantry Regiment, 81st Division, wearing a uniform and gear. Collection Information: Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Box 82. Michael Brewer Papers. |
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81st Division Insignia. Collection Information: Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Box 80. Leland S. Harris Papers. |
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30th Division Patch. Collection Information: Photograph Collection. Call Number: N.81.7.70 |
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113th Field Artillery Regiment, 30th Division, in action in France, 1918. Collection Information: Photograph Collection. Call Number: N.67.1.63 |
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Pvt. Carver M. Gattis from Co. C, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, on a motorcycle. Collection Information: Photograph Collection. Call Number: N.96.11.72 |
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Thomas Newton Bryson and Ethel Leona Evans, ca. 1917. Bryson and Evans, both from Macon County, NC, were married after the war. Collection Information: Military Collection. World War I. Private Collections. Box 80. Thomas Newton Bryson Papers. |