Drawn from archival collections around the world, this collection offers a glimpse at how people lived their lives during the Great War.
Collection of primary sources that trace Jewish involvement in American society, 1654-1954.
Primary source documents about the history of illness, treatment and disease on international front lines from 1850 to 1927.
The Tennessee State Library and Archives offers several online collections that document Tennesseans during World War I:
Puryear Family Photograph Albums (1890-1946) documents the careers in the United States Army Air Service during and after World War I of two brothers from Gallatin, Tennessee. George Wright Puryear, a fighter pilot with the 95th Aero Squadron, became the first American officer to escape from a German prisoner of war camp. Alfred Isaac Puryear spent the war stationed in Paris, France, as a supply officer with the Army Air Service, and became an airship (dirigible) pilot after the war.
Tennessee in World War I includes 90 photographs from TSLA's collection.
