The Alabama Homefrontin World War I

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Schlieffen

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Montgomery, May 12, 1919

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Screws

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Dent

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Insignia

“Hello Buckeyes! Howdy do!

Derned if we ain't proud of you,

Going out to France to fight.

Armored only with the right.

Goin' where the shrapnel falls—

Goin' where the old Flag calls—

Sons of men who wore the blue,

Alabama welcomes you.”

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Officers of the 67th Regiment, 9th Division

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Blackmon

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Soldiers, Trucks, Mud

Hostess House

Regimental Street

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Alabama Council of Defense

Women’s Committee, CND

U.S. Food Administration

“Four-Minute” Men—And Women

Red Cross

YMCA / YWCA

Local or Ad Hoc Agencies

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SLIDE 2 Eve Of World War One: “The Menace of Nationalism (Part One),” For What It’s Worth, http://roncoalva.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/eve-of-world-war-1.jpg

1915-1918: “Europe at the outbreak of the First World War“ http://maps.unomaha.edu/peterson/funda/MapLinks/EuropeOverview/kiv28.gif

SLIDE 3 Map Source: World War 1 History: The Battle of Mons-- The BEF's First Major Action http://s1.hubimg.com/u/5360154_f520.jpg

Schlieffen: Biographie: Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, 1833-1913 https://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/f67_2010/index.jpg

SLIDE 4 Princip: http://inserbia.info/today/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Gavrillo-princip.jpg

Franz Ferdinand and Sophie: http://www.authentichistory.com/1914-1920/1-overview/1-origins/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_and_Sophie_19140628.jpg

Cartoon of Assassination: Smithsonian mag: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/files/2013/04/sarajevo-murder.jpg

SLIDE 5 Parade Arch: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/4301/rec/3

Screws: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/1215/rec/4

Steiner: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/1218/rec/1

SLIDE 6 Dent: “Old Pictures” http://www.old-picture.com/american-legacy/013/Stanley-Hubert-Dent-Jr.htm

Map: Western Reserve Historical Society

SLIDE 7 Panoramic view: 134th Field Artillery: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/3570/rec/3

Insignia: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/insignia/images/4h-large.jpg

SLIDE 9 Car: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/2968/rec/50

YMCA: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/21577/rec/46

Tents: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/7510/rec/56

Hostess House: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/3324/rec/51

Library: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/4304/rec/53

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SLIDE 10 Headquarters Co, 67th Infantry Reg., Oct 23, 1918: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/photo/id/6131/rec/4

Crop of Fitzgerald: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/photo/id/6131/rec/11

SLIDE 11 Zelda full length: Wellesley College, http://www.wellesley.edu/Womensreview/archive/2003/10/zeltutu.gif

Zelda Sidney Lanier HS pix (“Oracle”) from Encyclopedia of Alabama (http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/media_content/m-2365.jpg)

and ADAH (http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/3970/rec/1)

SLIDE 12 Taylor field: Office of History, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

Pilot Ross Smith and Governor Charles Henderson, 1918: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/5411/rec/1

Taylor Field Historical Marker: “Taylor Field - Montgomery County, Alabama - Alabama Historical Markers on Waymarking.com,” http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/75559cac-6eba-4b0c-8eb2-9476c4930230.JPG

SLIDE 13 McClellan Photo: ADAH

Blackmon Photo: US House of Reps, http://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/B/B000514.jpg

SLIDE 14 Hostess House: Shirley Mellon Dewberry, http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/calhoun/photos/campmccl10932gph.jpg

Soldiers in Mud w/ Truck: Shirley Mellon Dewberry, http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/calhoun/photos/campmccl10940gph.jpg

Regimental street: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/18502/rec/2

Postcard: ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/9819/rec/1

SLIDE 15 US Nitrate Plant #2, 5/6/1919: Bill Scott Archives, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Florence, AL

Wilson Dam post card: Hoole Library, University of Alabama. http://www.lib.ua.edu/content/libraries/hoole/digital/pcards/144.jpg

SLIDE 16 “SS Houston Construction at ADDSCO”: Erik Overbey Collection, McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama

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SLIDE 17 Milk wagon in Mobile: From a Scrapbook at the McCall Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, University of South Alabama

4-minute men poster: LoC http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g02000/3g02800/3g02824r.jpg

YMCA Poster: World War 1 Propaganda Posters: http://www.ww1propaganda.com/sites/default/files/3g08377u-39.jpg?1304776978

Red Cross Poster: World War 1 Propaganda Posters: http://www.ww1propaganda.com/sites/default/files/3g07704u-11.jpg?1304609646

Third Liberty Loan Poster: LoC http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g09000/3g09700/3g09735r.jpg

Can the Kaiser: National Archives via PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/images/gallery/war/g_warpic_8.jpg

SLIDE 18 Red Cross Parade, Erik Overby Collection, McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama.

SLIDE 19 From Scott’s The American Negro In the World War www.gwpda.org

SLIDE 20 Sergeants of the 372nd Infantry in Scott, American Negro in the World War, 1919. www.gwpda.org

SLIDE 21 Moton: NAACP Voices from Texas: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3ulbhPIffAE/Tlc_OYV_X4I/AAAAAAAAAWA/y8OgWNJkBqw/s1600/robert+russa+moton+1.jpg

Scott: Richard Hacken, BYU, Scott’s Negro Soldiers in the Great War: http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/scott/images/01front/S008.jpg

SLIDE 22 Henderson: Charles Henderson Child Health Center, http://www.appalachianhistory.net/montanip/wp-content/uploads/image-import/governor.jpg

Hart: Vanderbilt University

SLIDE 23 Kilby, Wikipedia, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Thomas_Kilby.jpg

SLIDE 24 Thomas: ADAH: http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/5222/rec/22

Marie: ADAH: http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/5223/rec/7

SLIDE 25 War Memorial Building ADAH http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/14521/rec/7

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