World War I Research - Primary Resources

Micfich 2549 & Micfich 2550 - Huge set of important source material for study of Germany during the Weimar Republic and Third Reich. Primarily in German

Microfilm of records of the German Foreign Ministry filmed by th American Committee for the Study of War Documents, the American Historical Association.
Micfilm S-159 - Library has: reels 50-84, 225-227
Micfilm S-129 - Library has: reels 42-46, 49-51, 71-84
Micfilm 7454 - reel 331-333,365-366,374,392,401-402
A very small amount of this is available online from the Center for Research Libraries.

A selection of British document titles available. Request these in Virgo

See especially "History: International" and "History: US"

Micfilm 1568 pt.10 reel 23
Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, press
releases, clippings, reports, and articles documenting the NAACP's investigation of racially abusive "work or fight" laws in southern states during World War I.

Micfich 557 EW
A large collection of pamphlets from many sources on America's participation in the "European War" (aka World War I). While some of these may not be "primary" resources in the strict definition, they are contemporaneous with the War. Includes such primary resources as personal narratives, speeches, and propoganda materials.

New York Times (1851-2005), Wall Street Journal (1889-1991), Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)and Washington Post (1877-1992). See also Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers and America's Historical Newspapers.

Micfilm 1558
The Guide to this set is available online. The resource must be consulted in microfilm.

In just the short time since its creation, the Veterans History Project is amassing a remarkable collection of interviews and documentary materials spanning much of the twentieth century.
Search and limit your search to WWI.

Micfilm 5919

Photographs from the Holsinger collection dealing with WWI
in Charlottesville

U.Va.'s Bruccoli Great War Collection features books, posters, pamphlets, manuscripts, music and more.

The James Rogers McConnell papers consist of approximately 210 items, including 160 letters written by McConnell to his friend Paul Ayres Rockwell and to Mademoiselle Marcelle Guérin, a French nurse serving at the hospital in Paris