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[Photograph of Soldiers on Train]

Description: Photograph of two soldiers leaning out of the windows of a train traveling through a field. A handwritten note below the photo says "On way to Waco."
Date: September 1917
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Soldier at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Photograph of a man in a military uniform standing in front of a line of tents, with more soldiers in the background. A note at the bottom of the photo says "Rec'd from Waco."
Date: September 27, 1917
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Over Here: War Time Rhymes, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Over Here: War Time Rhymes" by Edgar A. Guest, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is dark blue with the first part of the title in dark blue inside of a gold banner, the rest of the title and author stamped in gold under it.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[October and Other Poems]

Description: Photographs of "October and Other Poems" by Robert Bridges, held by UNT Special Collections. The book has an old white cover, framed by a black line and the title printed at the top in black. Image 2, "The West Front" and "To the United States of America." Page 32 contains the title of the first one at the top, and page 33 has the other one at the top followed by the date April 1917.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "The Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time" by Henry Van Dyke, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is white with a dark blue spine, the top of the front contains the title at the top and author at the bottom in dark blue print. In the middle of it is an orange/red flower design.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
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

[From an Outpost and Other Poems, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "From an Outpost and Other Poems" by Leslie Coulson, held by UNT Special Collections. The white paper cover has a thin orange line that frames the title, followed by a photo of a young man and the author under the picture all in orange tint.
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

[Forward, March!, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Forward, March!" by Angela Morgan, held by UNT Special Collections. The dark red cover has the title at the top left corner, followed by a graphic of a hand holding a torch and the author. This all encased by a line, and all in gold lettering/lines.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Selected Poems on Woodrow Wilson]

Description: Photographs of "Selected Poems on Woodrow Wilson," held by UNT Special Collections. The first image, the pale blue cover of the book with the title and author printed at the top of the front in dark blue. The second image shows the title page of the book, including the editor, illustrator and publishing information. Image 3, "The Crusader (In Memory of Woodrow Wilson)" poem by Thomas Curtis Clark on page 57. On the page to the left of it is an illustration of a pointed doorway, flags seen insid… more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Song of the Soldiers, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Song of the Soldiers" by Thomas Hardy, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is brown, the front framed a black design. The song and author are at the top and underlined in black ink.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rupert Brooke: A Memoir, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Rupert Brooke: A Memoir" by Edward Marsh, held by UNT Special Collections. The simple black cover has the title in a white box at the top, the title inside it framed by an orange line. Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was the son of a Rugby schoolmaster and attended school at Rugby and later at King’s College of Cambridge University. After completing his education, Brooke continued writing poetry and became one of the founders of the first anthology of Georgian Poetry. Now … more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Other Side: Poems, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "The Other Side: And Other Poems" by Gilbert Frankau, held by UNT Special Collections. The worn orange cover contains the title in a white box on the top left.
Date: September 23, 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

[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

[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

[The Poems of Alice Meynell: Complete Edition, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "The Poems of Alice Meynell" by Alice Meynell, held by UNT Special Collections. The faded blue cover contains the title and author in gold lettering at the top, the words "Complete Edition" in gold at the bottom. There are two small stars on the cover.
Date: September 16, 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

[The Heart of Peace: And Other Poems]

Description: Photographs of "The Heart of Peace: And Other Poems" by Laurence Housman, held by UNT Special Collections. The light blue cover has the title printed at the top in dark blue, under it are six small hearts. Image 2, two pages with a poem titled "The Quick and The Dead" on page 16 and 17.
Date: September 16, 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

[From the Front]

Description: Photographs of "From the Front" trench poetry edited by C.E. Andrews, held by UNT Special Collections. It is bound in an uniform green cloth binding, and the front cover bears the title “From the Front,” the full name of the editor in all caps, and a logo of two swords crossed, a hat in the middle, and olive leaves wreath circling the swords, all of which was stamped with gold metallic color.. Image 2, page 198 and 199. The page on the right is titled "Good-By." Image 3, page 200 and 201. Image… more
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Rhymes of a Red Cross Man" by Robert W. Service, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is olive green the title and author within a decorative frame, all in gold lettering and lines.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Shepherd: And Other Poems of Peace and War, title page]

Description: Photograph of the title page of "The Shepherd" by Edmund Blunden, held by UNT Special Collections. To the left of the title page is a short list of poems written by Blunden.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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