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[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

[The Making of Micky Mcghee]

Description: Photographs of "The Making of Micky Mcghee" by R.W. Campbell, held by UNT Special Collections. The third image shows the book opened up to pages 64-5. On the left page are the words "Carry On" next to a drawing of a soldier kneeling with a long rifle, followed by a bit of text. On the right page are the words "Miners and Miners" next to a drawing of a man holding a shovel followed by a few paragraphs of text. Image 1, pale brown book cover with the title at the top in an illustration of a man s… more
Date: November 3, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Socks]

Description: Photographs of "Socks" by Emily Caroline Oliphant, held by UNT Special Collections. Image 2, shows the title page, the words "Moriendo Vivo" in the middle of it. Image 3, open book with table of contents on the left page and the page on the right the beginning of a chapter titled "Socks" with the date September 1914 under it. Image 4, page of text titled "Socks" on the left and page on right titled "The Mine-Sweepers." Image 1, green book cover with the title and author in the middle in red le… more
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Somewhere in France: And Other Poems, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Somewhere in France: And Other Poems" by Ella F. Cowan, held by UNT Special Collections. The grey textured cover has the title and author stamped on the front at the top.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Patriotic Toasts, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Patriotic Toasts" by Fred Emerson Brooks, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is striped with red at the top, white in the middle and blue at the bottom. The title is over it in big black letters with the author in the bottom right corner in red lettering. This edition of Patriotic Toasts was published in 1917 by Forbes and Company in Chicago. Each page has a lithographic decorative blue border surrounding the printed text, and the dense cardboard cover contai… more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Our Hospital ABC]

Description: Photographs of "Our Hospital Anzac British Canadian" also known as "Our Hospital ABC" by Hampden Gordon and M.G. Tindall, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image the brown cover of the book with a blue spine. The title is at the top in red letters framed by white, an illustration of a nurse in a white dress outfit with two white tents by her. At the bottom are the acknowledgments for the creators. The second image is of two grey pages, the page on the right the title page with an illus… more
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Poems, Wilfred Owen]

Description: Photographs of "Poems" by Wilfred Owen, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the title page, the page to its left covered by a thin brown slip. Image 2, frontispiece showing an image of a young mustached man in uniform. Image 3, "Dulce Et Decorum Est." The text on the left page has three sections numbered IV-VI. The page on the right is titled Dulce and numbered page 15. Wilfred Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” stands as the most widely anthologized example of a poem by a WW… more
Date: October 12, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[American Soldier Ballads, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "American Soldier Ballads" by F.B. Camp, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is dark yellow in color with the title at the top in red lettering.Under the title is an illustration of soldiers sitting or standing around a fire. This edition of Patriotic Toasts was published in 1917 by Forbes and Company in Chicago. Each page has a lithographic decorative blue border surrounding the printed text, and the dense cardboard cover contains a stoic depiction of Uncle Sa… more
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Poems of the War and After]

Description: Photographs of "Poems of the War and After" by Vera Brittain, held by UNT Special Collections, including the front cover, spine, and two selected 2-page spreads. The paper cover is white with a thick black line as a frame, with the title is at the top and the author in the middle, the words "Author of Testament of Youth" at the bottom and each section separated by a small black line. Image 2, the spine of the book laying flat containing the title and a small triangle/circle symbol. Image 3 (pp.… more
Date: 2016-09/2016-11
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

[Echoes of France]

Description: Photographs of "Echoes of France" by Amy Robbins Ware, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is dark blue with a rubricated title and illustration enclosed in a black-stamped frame. Image 2, inscription on inside of cover written in pencil. On the left page is a stamped design. This image in Echoes from France by Amy Robbins Ware, an American nurse in France during WWI, demonstrates the kind of tensions generated by the coexistence of photographs and text. Image 3, pages 40 and 41. The pag… more
Date: October 12, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Red Cross knitting needles and packaging, World War I]

Description: Photographs of Red Cross knitting needles and packaging from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of a small brown envelope propped up longways, with 3 needles laying in front of it. The front of the package has an illustration of a soldier in uniform with other soldiers behind him. On the black part of the illustration are the words "Back Them Up" and "Puritan Flour," under it a description. Image 2, front of needle packaging containing the soldier illustration with… more
Date: December 1, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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