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- Over Here! The American Home Front - From the collection of the Liberty Memorial Museum and the U of A Special Collections
Over Here! The American Home Front - From the collection of the Liberty Memorial Museum and the U of A Special Collections
In conjunction with the Libraries' Memorial Day event on May 14 relating to the home front during World War I, Doran Cart, curator of the Liberty Memorial Museum of Kansas City (the only national museum commemorating World War I), has mounted an exhibit in Mullins Library of World War I artifacts and other materials from the Liberty Memorial collections.
The Libraries' own Special Collections has complemented these materials with original letters from Arkansas soldiers fighting the war abroad. Some objects included in the exhibit include training uniforms and soldiers' personal equipment, personal albums, a variety of memorabilia, as well as a model and photographs of the Liberty Memorial Museum.
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"Care for Her through the YWCA" Adolph Treidler (1886-1981) ca. 1918
One of thousands of souvenir pillows made by women at home for soldiers abroad. (From the collection of the Liberty Memorial Museum)
"Enrolls for National Service" artist unknown ca. 1917
"Invest" artist unknown ca. 1918
"Keep 'em Smiling!" M. Leone Bracker 1918
"Four Years in the Fight" Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947) ca. 1918
"America's Tribute to Britain" Fred G Cooper (1883-1962) ca. 1918
"For Home and Country"--Victory Liberty Loan Alfred Everitt Orr (b. 1886) 1918
"June 28th is National War Savings Day" artist unknown 1917
"Knowledge Wins" Dan Smith (1865-1934) ca. 1918
"Hey, Fellows!" John E. Sheridan (1880-1948) 1918
"He Can Win!" Dan Smith (1865-1934) ca. 1918
"Oh, Boy, that's the Girl!" G. M. Richards 1918