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    James Frederick Campbell Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - France; Germany.
    • Contributor: Partridge, Linda Susan - Campbell, James Frederick - Eveningred, Charlotte
    • Date: 1910
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    America's accomplishment Speech by Breckinridge Long, Assistant Secretary of State. "We accomplished our set purpose in an incredibly short time to the bewilderment of the yet admiring world."
    • Contributor: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Long, Breckinridge
    • Date: 1920-01-01
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    Democrats in the World War Tribute to President Wilson by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. "A leadership unsurpassed in the history of parliamentary democracy."
    • Contributor: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell)
    • Date: 1919-01-01
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    George Jacob Doll Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Florida; Camp Merritt, New Jersey; Marseille, France; Nice, France; Paris, France. Lieutenant Colonel, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - United States.
    • Contributor: Doll, George Jacob - Carlisle, Bonita N.
    • Date: 1917
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    Good-bye Broadway, hello France : baritone and chorus with orchestra The 1st song from the revue, The passing show of 1917. Edison: 5687-C-2-78 (matrix), 5659-C-3-77 (matrix); Diamond Disc no. on edge of disc: 50443. Arthur Fields, baritone (1st work) ; Billy Murray, tenor (2nd work) ; with chorus and orchestra. Coupling date: 8/21/1917--Cf. Wile, 1978. LC copy: 5687-C-3-72 (matrix, 1st side) ; 5659-C-5-44 (matrix, 2nd side). Engraved labels.
    • Contributor: Cohan, George M. (George Michael) - Fields, Arthur - Baskette, Billy - Murray, Billy
    • Date: 1917-01-01
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    America's choice and opportunity Speech by Newton Diehl Baker, Secretary of War. "A new history of the world will be written and it will date, I think, from the beginning of this war."
    • Contributor: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Baker, Newton Diehl
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    America and the war Speech by Calvin Coolidge, Governor of Massachusetts. "Works which endure come from the soul of the people. The mighty in their pride walk alone to destruction. The humble walk hand in hand with providence to immortality."
    • Contributor: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Coolidge, Calvin
    • Date: 1920
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    Lorraine (My beautiful Alsace-Lorraine)
    My beautiful Alsace-Lorraine     From Edison records catalog: Did you know that for nearly forty years, since Germany took Alsace-Lorraine from France, a monument to it has stood in Paris, draped in black, and every year adorned with flowers? It is the land France has never ceased to mourn and is probably the only territory she hopes to gain by the war. Fred Fisher has been very clever…
    • Contributor: Fisher, Fred - Edison - Dalhart, Vernon - Bryan, Alfred
    • Date: 1918
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    John F. Deterding Collection First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater.
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    Guy Ichabod Rowe Collection Brigadier General, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Washington, DC: Camp Lee, Virginia; Jeffersonville, Indiana. Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Philippines; Fort McKinley, Washington; Vancouver Barracks, Washington; Yuma, Arizona; San Diego, California; Camp Taliaferro, California; Paris, France; Cochem, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; Antwerp, Belgium; Fort H.G. Wright, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Fort Benning, Georgia.
    • Contributor: Woodstrup, Thomas Emil - Rowe, Guy Ichabod - Stoker, Brandon
    • Date: 1910
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    The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America See and Hear American History Through Song "Know the songs of a country and you will know its history for the true feeling of a people speaks through what they sing."
    • Date: 1581

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    The American soldier Speech by Warren G. Harding, Senator of Ohio. "My countrymen. Though not in any partisan sense, I must speak of the services of the men and women who rallied to the colors of the Republic in the World War. America realizes and appreciates the services rendered." Text excerpted from hist Speech accepting the Republican Presidential nomination, June 12, 1920.
    • Contributor: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1920-01-01
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    Andrew John Fisher Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Fort Dix, New Jersey; France.
    • Contributor: Fisher, Andrew John - University of Toledo - Jones, Tamara
    • Date: 1917
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    There's a long, long trail sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, 80 rpm ; 10 in. | Cutout date: 10/31/1929. On label: tenor and chorus with orchestra. Written in 1913 by two seniors at Yale. Coupling date: 3/27/1916. (Venue). With (reverse side): My mother's rosary / Walter Van Brunt. DLC Sound Recording (Form). Electronic Resource (Form). Remote (Form). Sound Recording (Form). Sound Disc (Form).
    • Contributor: Edison - King, Stoddard - Elliott, Zo - Ballard, George Wilton
    • Date: 1916
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    Arthur Roland Keller Collection Corporal, Marine Corps, World War, 1914-1918 - Parris Island, South Carolina; Meuse-Argonne; Toulon-Troyon; Chateau-Thierry; Soissons; Marbache; St. Mihiel; Blanc Mont; Verdun; France; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany.
    • Contributor: Swope, Thomas A. - Legacies: Stories from the Second World War - Keller, Arthur Roland - Keller, Joyce
    • Date: 1918
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    Lesley C. Bickley Collection Chief Warrant Officer, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Theater; Gilbert Islands; Marshall Islands; Wake Island; Marcus Island; Midway; Stewart Islands; Santa Cruz Islands; Solomon Islands.
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    Keep the home fires burning
    Keep the home fires burning     sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, 80 rpm ; 10 in. | Cutout date: 10/31/1929. On label: baritone and male chorus with orchestra. Coupling date: 12/23/1915. (Venue). With (reverse side): My bugler boy / Helen Clark. DLC Sound Recording (Form). Sound Recording (Form). Sound Disc (Form).
    • Contributor: Edison - Wheeler, Frederick - Novello, Ivor
    • Date: 1916
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    Just a baby's prayer at twilight From Edison records catalog: After you have listened to this Re-Creation a few times you will probably decide it is one of the most perfectly rendered songs you ever heard. Notice, particularly, the orchestra accompaniment in the refrain. This lyric gives a new idea to the many "war-lyrics" that have been written. "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight, for a Daddy Over There." Few…
    • Contributor: Lewis, Sam M. - Young, Joe - Jerome, M. K. - Edison - Homestead Trio
    • Date: 1918
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    Lars N. Greenquist Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - France.
    • Contributor: Va Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI - Manta, Vincent J. - Greenquist, Lars N. - Johnson, Vernon A.
    • Date: 1918
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    Madelon (I'll be true to the whole regiment) sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, 80 rpm ; 10 in. | Copyright: Remick Music Corp., 1918. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. On label: baritone and male voices with orchestra. French words by Louis Bousquet. Coupling date: 1/15/1919. (Venue). With (reverse side): Till we meet again / Gladys Rice, Vernon Dalhart. DLC Sound Recording (Form). Electronic Resource (Form). Remote (Form). Sound Recording (Form). Sound…
    • Contributor: Fields, Arthur - Edison - Bryan, Alfred - Robert, Camille
    • Date: 1919
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    Warren William Davis Collection Private, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - France.
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    At Valley Forge Speech by Champ Clark, U.S. Representative from Missouri and Speaker of House. "We are assembled here to pay tribute to the deeds of a portion of the brave men who made us free. [Valley Forge was] the most heroic and without question the most pathetic chapter in the history of the American Army."
    • Contributor: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Clark, Champ
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    Hubert Joseph Wesselman Collection Private, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - France; Germany.
    • Contributor: Ourada, Frances Laura - Wesselman, Hubert Joseph
    • Date: 1918
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    William Edward Glass Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - United States. Lieutenant Colonel, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - United States.
    • Contributor: McClain, Patricia H. - Lugar, Richard - Glass, William Edward - U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar
    • Date: 1917
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    The nation in arms Speech by Franklin K. Lane, U.S. Secretary of the Interior. "We are fighting Germany because she sought to terrorize us and then to fool us... Germany has never asked forgiveness of the world [for sinking the Lusitania]...Belgian starving ...piteous cries of children...friendly, harmless, terrorized people."
    • Contributor: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Lane, Franklin K.
    • Date: 1918-01-01