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By Andrea Degener, Washington University Special Collections Staff
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Louis and Jodi Atkin Family Collection contains World War I posters and memorabilia. The collection includes over 400 recruitment and propaganda posters produced from 1915 – 1918 by the major countries engaged in the war: America, Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Czechoslovakia and Germany. In addition to posters, the collection also includes books, newspapers, photographs, and military clothing.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
MGHL Dowd Modern Graphic History Library
Accruals:
There are no accruals.
Access Restrictions:
There are some access restrictions.
Use Restrictions:
Some restrictions, please contact the Modern Graphic History Library Curator at (314) 935-7741 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu.
Users of the collections who wish to use items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication (as defined in the form) must sign and submit to the Washington University Department of Special Collections a hard copy of the Notifcation of Intent to Publish Modern Graphic History Library Materials from.
All publication not covered by fair use restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder.
Acquisition Method:
The collection was donated to the Modern Graphic History Library by the Louis & Jody Atkin Family in June 2013.
Preferred Citation:
Louis & Jodi Atkin Family Collection, Washington University Libraries, Department of Spceical Collections
Processing Information:
The collection was processed by Loren Wright in January 2016.
Finding Aid Revision History:
The finding aid was entered into Archon by Andrea Degener in February 2016.
Finding aid updated by Andrea Degener in April 2018.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Books and Pamphlets],
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Series 2: Newspapers],
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Series 3: Sheet Music],
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Series 4: Periodicals],
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Series 5: Ephemera],
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Series 6: Correspondence],
[Series 7: Regalia],
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Series 8: Magnetic Media],
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Series 9: Personal Papers],
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Series 10: Photographic Materials],
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- Series 7: Regalia

- Box 29

- Item 1: Viewfinder, ca.1910

- Box 30

- Item 1: Viewfinder slides

- untitled
- Item 2: Viewfinder slides

- drying fish
- Item 3: Viewfinder slides

- U.S. troop kitchen at Brest
- Item 4: Viewfinder slides

- view at Niagra
- Item 5: Viewfinder slides

- Chicago after the Great Fire
- Item 6: Viewfinder slides

- artillerymen placing guns
- Item 7: Viewfinder slides

- dog reporting to First Aid Squad with helmet of wounded soldier
- Item 8: Viewfinder slides

- unarmed crucifix amid total ruins
- Item 9: Viewfinder slides

- one load for a 12-inch gun
- Item 10: Viewfinder slides

- making bread for British troops
- Item 11: Viewfinder slides

- sea of bared wire in front of Bulgarian lines
- Item 12: Viewfinder slides

- bestowing Medaille Militaire upon adjustant Dambrine
- Item 13: Viewfinder slides

- Severely wounded
- Item 14: Viewfinder slides

- Inspecting a pontoon bridge in the French section nearing completion
- Item 15: Viewfinder slides

- taking away the wounded in motor ambulances
- Item 16: Viewfinder slides

- a derelict tank near Cambrai
- Item 17: Viewfinder slides

- French Reserves watching their comrades going into "The Valley of the Shadow"
- Box 31

- Item 1: Viewfinder slides

- transferring severely wounded to hospital ship from transport
- Item 2: Viewfinder slides

- State Street, Chicago
- Item 3: Viewfinder slides

- loading a great whaleback ship at the famous grain elevators in Chicago
- Item 4: Viewfinder slides

- great Union Stock Yards
- Item 5: Viewfinder slides

- Palmer House, Chicago
- Item 6: Viewfinder slides

- the Union Stock yards - a wild lot from Texas, USA
- Item 7: Viewfinder slides

- before and after the Great Fire
- Item 8: Viewfinder slides

- Haymarket Square and Police Monument, Chicago
- Item 9: Viewfinder slides

- Spires, Fernery, Glen Falls, NY
- Item 10: Viewfinder slides

- Madison Street, Chicago
- Item 11: Viewfinder slides

- Horse Shoe Fall
- Item 12: Viewfinder slides

- whalers cruising in the Arctic
- Item 13: Viewfinder slides

- flower beds and greenhouse, Lincoln Park, Chicago
- Item 14: Viewfinder slides

- Niagara in winter
- Item 15: Viewfinder slides

- The Gorge, Hudson River, NY
- Item 16: Viewfinder slides

- "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep."
- Item 17: Viewfinder slides

- the cooling room, Armour's great Packing House, Union Stock Yards, Chicago
- Box 32

- Item 1: Trophy, 1917

- Ritter Dental Mfo. Co. Picnic Tug of War
- Box 33

- Item 1: Medal, 1918

- Hollandia; "Not lehrt stehlen"
- Item 2: Medal, November 11, 1918

- "Ein 70 millionen Volk leidet-aber stirbt nicht"
- Item 3: The "Lusitania" (German) Medal, May 1915

- corresponds to A German Naval Victory publication in Series 5, Sub-Series 3, Box 24, Folder 4; in original box with cardboard circle that reads "remember the Lusitania buy Liberty Bonds"
- Item 4: Woodrow Wilson Medal, 1915

- "Amerika's neu trales handlen"
- Item 5: England Schandtat medal, July 12, 1919

- Der Barmherzige Samariter!
- Item 6: Pewter Gesehen medal, October 7, 1916

- Deutsche U-Boote in Amerika
- Item 7: Frieden Ziele medal, February 3, 1917

- Item 8: Gold Medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904

- Universal Exposition, St. Louis, United States of America
- Item 9: Lusitania Medal Pamphlet

- Facsimile describing the Lusitania medal
- Box 34

- Item 1: Bugle

- Offical Bugle of the Boy Scouts of America
- Box 35

- Item 1: Gas Mask

- corresponds to U.S. Army Service Mask publication in Series 5, Sub-Series 3, Box 24, Folder 3
- Box 36

- Item 1: Uniforms

- green wool pants, navy blue wool pants and jacket
- Box 37

- Item 1: Helmet

- metal, decorative emblem on the front with letters RF
- Box 38

- Item 1: Helmet

- metal, no decoration
- Box 39

- Item 1: Hat

- H.M.C.S. Gloucester; Principal cap, cap service, seaman
- Box 40

- Item 1: Hat

- U.S. Navy; wool navy blue hat
- Box 41

- Item 1: Hat

- green wool with brim
- Box 42

- Item 1: Bag

- round canvas, U.S. Army issued
- Item 2: Strap

- green wool with leather and buckles
- Box 43

- Item 1: Saddle Bags

- green canvas
- Drawer 4.14

- Item 1: Soldiers at Devil's Den

Gelatin silver print, framed, 43.5x10 inches
Panoramic photograph of soldiers posing with a sign that reads "Devil's Den."
- Item 2: Lusatania Tin Plaque

- Acrylic, tin, 28x39 inches
- Drawer 4.15

- Item 1: Kienholz, ca.1980

Two color print, framed, 15.25x26 inches
Poster for exhibition featuring Uncle Sam Poster by James Montgomery Flagg.
Text reads:
Centre national d'art contemporain et A.R.C. Oct. 13
11, rue Berryer - Paris - 8ᵉ - 12 heures a 19 heures Nov.16
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Books and Pamphlets],
[
Series 2: Newspapers],
[
Series 3: Sheet Music],
[
Series 4: Periodicals],
[
Series 5: Ephemera],
[
Series 6: Correspondence],
[Series 7: Regalia],
[
Series 8: Magnetic Media],
[
Series 9: Personal Papers],
[
Series 10: Photographic Materials],
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All]