WWI Exhibit Resources
The following contains links to digitized artifacts and research material related to the museum exhibit – The Great War: The Western Front and the Nevada Homefront
Documents on Exhibit
more info on some of the items on exhibit:
- Image of Back of WWI Victory Medal
- Transcription of Abraham Cohen’s Enlistment Record
- Nevada Adjutant General’s Office. (1924). Nevada’s Golden Stars. Reno: A. Carlisle and Company of Nevada.
- Transcription of October 24, 1918 letter from W. Pike (scanned from the original at Nevada Historical Society – MS NC 651)
General WWI Info:
- KNPR. (April 17, 2017). “Nevada’s yesterdays: World War I, part I.” Retrieved from https://knpr.org/knpr/2017-04/world-war-i-part-i
- United States National Archives (n.d.). “WWI centennial.” Retrieved from https://www.archives.gov/topics/wwi#event-/ : Large collection of digitized material related to WWI. Includes a timeline of the war, video, and essays on a variety of topics.
The Wild West Division
- 91st Division Publication Committee. (1919). The story of the 91st division [digitized book]. 91st Division Publication Committee: San Mateo. California. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/storystdivision00unkngoog/page/n6
- [The New York Times]. (June 29, 1919). “The Wild West Division: History of 91st in the Argonne and on the Ypres Front.” Retrieved from https://nyti.ms/2AsuVhS
- Rogers, K. (April 1, 2017). “Remembering Nevada’s Wild West Division in WWI.” Retrieved from https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/remembering-nevadas-wild-west-division-in-world-war-i/
The Meusse-Argonne Offensive:
- United States National Archives (n.d.). “The Meuse-Argonne Offensive.” Retrieved from https://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww1/meuse-argonne : “the deadliest campaign in American history, resulting in over 26,000 soldiers being killed in action (KIA) and over 120,000 total casualties. Indeed, the number of graves in the American military cemetery at Romagne is far larger than those in the more commonly known site at Omaha Beach in Normandy.”
- O’Donnell, P.K. (May 27, 2018). “The World War I battle that turned into a suicide mission.” Retrieved from
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-world-war-i-battle-that-turned-into-a-suicide-mission : The retreat during the battle of Gesnes led to the death of the Calac brothers (the family featured in the museum’s library window)
