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[Cover of the "Negro Year Book"]

Description: Photograph of the cover of a book titled "An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro 1918-1919" held by UNT Special Collections. It is a paper bound book and the edges are coming apart. The cover has a border around the title and includes information about the book on the front.
Date: October 3, 2014
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sonnets from a Prison Camp, title page]

Description: Photograph of the title page from "Sonnets from a Prison Camp" by Archibald Allan Bowman, held by UNT Special Collections. Scottish philosopher and poet Allan Archibald Bowman (1883-1936) was working as a professor at Princeton University when World War I began. He took a leave of absence in 1915, enlisted in the British Army, and was assigned to the Highland Light Infantry. Three years later, Bowman was taken prisoner by German forces during the Battle of Lys. The poems collected in Sonnets fr… more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Naked Warriors, cover]

Description: Photograph of "Naked Warriors" by Herbert Read, held by UNT Special Collections. In 1917, poet and literary critic Herbert Read co-founded the avant-garde quarterly journal Arts and Letters, which in 1919 published Read’s book Naked Warriors. (The volume’s first section “Kneeshaw Goes to War” originally appeared in Arts and Letters, as noted in the contents.) This sixty-page volume of poetry and prose explores the arc of the British soldier’s combat experience in World War I. Read, who served i… more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men, Women and Ghosts]

Description: Photographs of "Men, Women and Ghosts" by Amy Lowell, held by UNT Special Collections. The book is blue with a green spine, the title on a white label at the top framed by lines. Image 2, title page with the page on the left containing publishing information. Amy Lowell's Men, Women, and Ghosts, per her own preface, is meant to be an authentic window into the experience of WWI. It is a collection of 30 poems that had been published five times before this 1919 impression. The reprinting was made… more
Date: October 12, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[In Flanders Fields]

Description: Photographs of "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is dark blue with the title on the front in gold lettering inside gold oval. Image 2, frontispiece containing a photo of a soldier in uniform titled "John McCrae." Image 3, facsimile inscription. with the page on the right written in black ink handwriting. Image 3, book opened up to "In Flanders Fields" on the right page.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Peace and Patriotism, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Peace and Patriotism" by Elva S. Smith, held by UNT Special Collections. The pale blue cover has a black stamped graphic over most of the front of a woman wearing a long white dress. The woman holds the dark train with stars up and holds a dove in her arms. The title is at the bottom in big letters.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Any Soldier to His Son, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Any Soldier to His Son" by George Willis, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is grey, with the spine being darker. The title is in a silver frame on the top right, the lettering also in silver. In 1919, a collection of poems titled Any Soldier to His Son, authored by George Willis, was published by George Allen & Unwin LTD out of London. Although there is not much readily available biographical information on Willis, it is known that he was a soldier in the B… more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Selected Poems, Lady Margaret Sackville]

Description: Photographs of Selected Poems by Lady Margaret Sackville, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is dark brown with the spine tan in color, with the title on the spine in a worn label. Image 2, "The Peacemakers" and "The Fighters" poems on pages 136 and 137. Lady Margaret Sackville was a British poet born on 24 December 1881 in Mayfair, London. Her talents appeared early on her life: at six she wrote in verse and at sixteen she performed on the stage. The book’s history of ownership is reve… more
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Images of Desire]

Description: Photographs of "Images of Desire" by Richard Aldington, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the title page. Image 2, two poems on pages 28 and 29. The left page is titled "A Soldiers Song" and the page on the right titled "Absence."
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Victory Liberty Loan medallion, World War I]

Description: Photographs of a Victory Liberty Loan medallion, held by UNT Special Collections. The back of the coin reads: "Made from captured German cannon. Awarded by the U.S. Treasury Department for patriotic service in [sic] behalf of the Liberty Loans." Image 2, front of this medallion that shows the U.S. Treasury building and a bald eagle below it.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Forgotten Places]

Description: Photographs of "Forgotten Places" by Ian Mackenzie, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is grey, with the spine exposing some green paper. The front of the cover is framed by a black line, with the author and title at the top in black and the publishing information at the bottom. Image 2, "Peace" and "Desire," poems one pages 60 and 61. Image 3, frontispiece and title page. The frontispiece has a photo of a young man, with the name "Ian Mackenzie" signed under it.
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon" by Siegfried Sassoon, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is red with the title on a white lbel at the top in black print. The poet Siegfried Sassoon, recipient of the Military Cross for acts of heroism, became famous not only for his angry and candid war poems, but also for his open letter of protest to the War Department after being wounded in action. “I believe that this War is being deliberately prolonged by those who ha… more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Counter-attack: and other poems]

Description: Photographs of "Counter-Attack: And Other Poems" by Siegfried Sassoon, held by UNT Special Collections. The book is worn and brown, with the title printed in brown ink on a label, the wording framed by brown lines. Image 2, with page 20 titled "How To Die" on the left and page 21 on the right titled "The Effect." This copy of Siegfried Sassoon’s collection of poems, Counter-Attack and Other Poems, is a 1919 reprinting of the original 1918 edition, published by E.P. Dutton and Company in New Yor… more
Date: January 17, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[How It Happened: And Other Poems, cover]

Description: Photograph of "How It Happened: And Other Poems" by Edwin H. Underhill, held by UNT Special Collections. The brown cover has the title and author printed in gold lettering in the middle of the front. A light blue arrow with a T in the middle of it is above that. At the bottom are two lines crossed over each other, most of the cover faded.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Years Between]

Description: Photographs of "The Years Between" by Rudyard Kipling, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is pale pink with the front framed by double dark blue lines. The title and author are printed at the top in blue, followed by a drawing of a soldier in uniform sitting down with papers in his hand. Image 2, text titled "Epitaphs" on page 135 of the book.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Sword]

Description: Photographs of "The Sword: Poems" by Gretchen Osgood Warren, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is pale blue with a tan spine. The title is in the top left corner in a white label. Image 2, title page with two quotes underneath the title. Image 3, "Dying Peace" poem expanding over pages 132 and 13.
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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