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World War I (WWI) or First World War (called at the time the Great War) was a major war centered on Europe that began in August 1914. The United States declared war with Germany on April 6, 1917. The fighting ended November 11, 1918 with the signing of the Armistice.
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- John O. Donaldson Collection: letters written while with the Royal Air Force in England
- Talmage Gerrald - FU student killed in WWI, correspondence 1916-1918, 1939, Certificates and Memorials
- Thomas Carlisle Herbert - correspondence to/ from Carlisle and his mother while he served in Europe
- Letter from Charlotte Easton to her mother, April 27, 1918, from Paris, France. (Easton was Assistant Professor of Biology, GWC 1928-1932, and Furman, 1933-1944)
- John L. Plyler, Jr. Collection - Postcard from John L. Plyler to J.W. Plyler, October 15, 1919 from Camp Sevier near Taylors, S.C.
- Poster promoting liberty bonds during WWI with Wilson picture and quote, Map case
- Poster promoting liberty bonds during WWI with sketches of 2 children wearing red, white and blue, map case
- Poster promoting American Library Association bringing books to soldiers, Special Collections Librarian’s office
- Furman University During the World War I Period (1914-1921) - History of Furman during World War I completed by Eddie Mazgaj, History 465 Intern
- Our Young Aeroplane Scouts at Verdun, Horace B. Porter, 1917, Young Adult Fiction
- Under fire: the story of a squad (Le feu), Henri Barbusse; translated by Fitzwater Wray, 1917
- Gallipoli 1915-1965: their name liveth for evermore,
- Martial lyrics, poems on the war for democracy, Alfred Antoine Furman, 1918
- Militarism and statecraft, Munroe Smith, 1918
- Heroes all!: a compendium of the names and official citations of the soldiers and citizens of the United States and of her allies who were decorated by the American government for exceptional heroism and conspicuous service above and beyond the call of duty in the war with Germany, 1917-1919, Harry R. Stringer, editor, 1919
- Drake, Nelson and Napoleon, Sir Walter Runciman, bart, 1920
- The league of nations, poems on the world war, Alfred Antoine Furman, 1922
- Newton D. Baker: America at war, Frederick Palmer, 1931
- Greenville: the history of the city and county in the South Carolina Piedmont, Archie Vernon Huff, Jr, 1995
- John L. Plyler, Jr. Collection - Compass belonged to John Plyler in WWI
- Alester G. Furman III Collection - Alester G. Furman, Jr. WWI Uniform including jacket, pants, captain’s hat and bayonet
- Service Flag, Furman University 1917-1918, in memory of the 538 Furman Students who served in WWI
- World Coin Collection: coin 08.05.084 – A coin minted in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1917. The Netherlands remained neutral throughout World War I.
- The United States in World War I, Ronald Schaffer, 1978
- The historical atlas of World War I, Anthony Livesey, 1994
- Encyclopedia of historical treaties and alliances, Charles L. Phillips, 2001
- The World War I databook: the essential facts and figures for all the combatants, John Ellis, 2001
- Rebels and renegades: a chronology of social and political dissent in the United States, Neil A. Hamilton, 2002
- World War I: a visual encyclopedia, Simon Forty, 2002
- World War I: encyclopedia, Cole C. Kingseed, 2005
- Forward Together: South Carolina in World War I
- Eyewitness on World War I
- American Leaders Speak
- TIME Archive: a searchable text collection of TIME magazine articles since 1923
- The World War I Document Archive at Brigham Young University
- American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election from the Library of Congress American Memory Collection
- The Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 from the Library of Congress American Memory Collection
- Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1913-1919; from the Library of Congress American Memory Collection
- Historic American Sheet Music: 1850-1920, selected from the collections of Duke University, on the Library of Congress American Memory Collection
