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World War I

Personal Remembrances of World War I

Museum_and_Archives_52_800All are welcome to view the first of a two-part series commemorating the beginning of World War I in 1914 with memorabilia from the personal collections of University professors Steve Mayer and John Orr, and materials from the University museum and archives collections. On display now in Buckley Center are World War I artifacts from Mayer’s great-grandfather, who served in the 72nd Canadian Infantry Battalion. The display case is located across from the Shepard Freshman Resource Center on the first floor of Buckley Center.

For more information contact Mayer at 8033 or mayer@up.edu, or Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at 8038 or piatz@up.edu.

New Museum Displays: Lewis & Clark Expedition, World War I

CaptClarkMuseum coordinator Carolyn Connolly and archivist Fr. Jeff Schneibel, C.S.C., have created two new posts for the University Museum WordPress site: for April 3, 1806 and the Lewis and Clark Expedition; and for April 6, 1917 and the U.S. entry to World War I.

The Lewis and Clark posts connects to the Clark memorials on campus; and the World War I post links to Columbia University’s reaction, with student editorials/articles from the Columbiad. See the Lewis and Clark post at http://tinyurl.com/k3cp3uv. See the World War I post at http://tinyurl.com/ogblkjd.