World War I Military Camp Newspapers
World War I Military Camp Newspapers
Coverage of America's involvement in the first World War through the publications created for soldiers.
Coverage of America's involvement in the first World War through the publications created for soldiers.
The World War I Military Camp Newspapers Collection captures the voices of Americans who lived through one of the most transformative periods in modern history. Written largely by soldiers, military staff, and wartime journalists, these newspapers document the daily realities of mobilization, training, combat, and military life at home and overseas. Beyond reporting on military operations, they reveal how soldiers understood the war, maintained connections to home, built communities within the camps, and navigated the challenges of service during a time of global upheaval.
Rich in news, editorials, photographs, cartoons, advertisements, poetry, and personal reflections, the collection offers a uniquely human perspective on the American experience during and immediately after World War I. Coverage extends from the training camps of 1916 and 1917 to the battlefields of Europe and the American occupation of Germany, including the remarkable AMAROC News, published by the American Army of Occupation in the Rhineland. Together, these newspapers provide invaluable primary sources for the study of military history, social and cultural history, journalism, politics, and everyday life during the era that reshaped America’s role in the world.
Newspapers
Regional, national, and foreign newspapers from 18 states, France, Germany, Siberia, and the Philippines.
Issues
5,000 articles spanning 1914-1923
About Face, San Antonio, TX
Afloat and Ashore, Charleston, SC
Camp Bragg News, Fayetteville, NC
Camp Crane News, Allentown, PA
Camp Custer Bulletin, Battle Creek, MI
Camp Devens News, Ayer, MA
Camp Dix News, Wrightstown, NJ
Camp Dix Times, Wrightstown, NJ
Camp Jackson Click, Columbia, SC
Camp Knox News, Camp Knox-Louisville, KY
Camp Meade Herald, Fort Meade, MD
Camp Pike Carry-on, Little Rock, AR
Missing Camp Dix Pictorial Review, Wrightstown, NJ
Camp Sherman News, Chillicothe, OH
Coming Back, New York City, NY
Funstonian, Camp Funston, KS
Gas Attack of the New York Division, Spartanburg, SC
Going Over, National
Here and There with the 31st, Vladivostok, Siberia and Manila, Philippine Islands
Home Ties, Gulf Shores, AL
Over the Top, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, KY
Plane News; Air Service Paper of the A.E.F, Paris, France
The 51st Pioneers, Cochem, Germany
The AMAROC News, Coblenz, Germany
The Base “Bull”, Langres, France
The Bayonet, Petersberg, VA
The Bulletin, A.E.F Embarkation Ctr., Le Mans, France
The Cure, Long Island, NY
The Fly Paper, Paris, France
The Fort Bayard News, Silver City, NM
The Home-Again, New York City, NY
The Listening-Post, San Francisco, CA
The MacArthur Carry-On, Waco, TX
The Marine, Paris Island, SC
The Merritt Dispatch, Cresskill, NJ
The Oglethorpe Barrage, Macon, GA
The Right About, New York City, NY
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“If on the Rhine We Must Sit, Then Let Us Know at Least What Is Going on Outside Our Billet.”
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