Today’s post is the last in a series that highlights references to World War I in selected state publications in our digital collections. Public health is one of the most represented topics in the collections, given the historically strong tie between American government and providing health care and resources for all citizens. At the beginning [...]
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World War I and State Publications: Labor and Libraries
In this, my third post in a series that looks at references to World War I found in digitized North Carolina State Publications, I’m pairing something that may seem unlikely – labor and libraries. During the War, as I’ve previously mentioned, efforts on the home front were linked closely with the success of the War [...]
World War I and State Publications: Agriculture
Today’s post is the second in a series that looks at State Publications published during World War I and references to the War therein. The first post focused on education-related publications; today’s topic is agriculture. You might not consider agriculture much related to an overseas War, but these publications encouraged consumers to take up austerity [...]
World War I and State Publications: Education
On this day in 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sofia were assassinated, an event that marked the beginning of World War I. Five years later, on the same date in 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed to end fighting between Germany and the Allies. I thought I’d take this occasion [...]
