tag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:/itemsItems2022-07-19T14:50:18Ztag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/676792016-11-15T18:49:37Z2022-07-19T14:50:41ZIn a Surgical Ward, Base Hospital Library, Camp Devens, Mass.Glass plate slide showing a group of convalescent soldiers reading books donated by the ALA. An unidentified female librarian stands to the right and an African-American orderly stands directly behind the groupUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/677452016-11-15T18:49:45Z2022-07-19T14:50:45ZA Ward at Camp Custer HospitalGlass plate slide showing a library and hospital orderly distributing donated reading materials to soldiers at Camp BowieUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/676222016-11-15T18:49:31Z2022-07-19T14:50:38ZA Successful Appeal by the Rotary Club, San Antonio, TexasGlass plate slide showing a storefront window display, brimming with stacks of books donated for use by American service personnel in World War I. The book drive was coordinated by the ALA, with the cooperation of local associations such as the San Antonio Rotary ClubUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675512016-11-15T18:49:24Z2022-07-19T14:50:34ZCamp Library at Camp Jackson, South CarolinaExterior of camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Jackson, South CarolinaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675532016-11-15T18:49:24Z2022-07-19T14:50:34ZCamp Library at Kelly Field, TexasExterior of camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Kelly Field, TexasUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675592016-11-15T18:49:25Z2022-07-19T14:50:34ZBedside service of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Travis, Texas.Men in bed selecting books off a book truck. Additional caption reads: With her book truck, the librarian brings to the man's bed the book he wants. The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals. The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675602016-11-15T18:49:25Z2022-07-19T14:50:35ZCamp Library at Camp Lee, VirginiaSoldiers marching outside of the camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Lee, VirginiaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675622016-11-15T18:49:25Z2022-07-19T14:50:35ZCamp Library at Camp Jackson, South CarolinaExterior of camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library of the American Library Association at Camp Jackson, S.C. The A.L.A. gives service to 860 Army, Navy and Marine Corps camps and stations, and 208 hospitals. Libraries have been placed on 911 vessels and more than two million books have been sent overseas. The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675632016-11-15T18:49:25Z2022-07-19T14:50:35ZCamp Library at Camp Lewis, WashingtonExterior of the camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Lewis, WashingtonUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675942016-11-15T18:49:28Z2022-07-19T14:50:37ZHard at Work, A.L.A. at Camp CusterGlass plate slide showing American service personnel in a camp library at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, MichiganUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/676912016-11-15T18:49:39Z2022-07-19T14:50:42ZALA Dispatch Office, 31 West 15th Street, New York CityGlass plate slide showing the interior of the ALA's New York City dispatch office, with men and women processing donated books for war use, Spring 1919University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675172016-11-15T18:49:20Z2022-07-19T14:50:33ZCamp Devens LibraryGlass plate slide showing the exterior of a library, with extension, at Camp Devens, Mass. Caption indicates original building dimension as 90' x 40', the extension's as 40' x 40'University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675202016-11-15T18:49:20Z2022-07-19T14:50:33ZBedside service of the American Library Association in a surgical ward at Fort Riley, Kansas.Soldiers reading in bed. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals. The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675312016-11-15T18:49:22Z2022-07-19T14:50:33ZCamp Library at Camp Custer, MichiganExterior of a camp library building.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675322016-11-15T18:49:22Z2022-07-19T14:50:33ZCamp Library at Camp Dix, New JerseyExterior of a camp library building. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. is still maintaining libraries in army, navy and marine corps camps and hospitals. Libraries have been placed on 1,509 naval and merchant marine vessels. More than 2,500,000 books were sent overseas. The men in the hospitals are still looking for your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/675382016-11-15T18:49:22Z2022-07-19T14:50:34ZCamp Library at Camp Sherman, OhioMen reading in the camp library. Caption reads: Reading in the Camp Library; American Library Association; Camp Sherman, OhioUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/677082016-11-15T18:49:41Z2022-07-19T14:50:43ZConvalescent Pneumonia Ward, Base Hospital, Camp Bowie, TexasGlass plate slide showing convalescent servicemen perusing reading materials donated through the ALA's book drive during World War IUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/677252016-11-15T18:49:43Z2022-07-19T14:50:44ZRug Making, Walter Reed Hospital, ALA Books HelpGlass plate slide showing convalescent soldiers at work weaving rugs as part of their rehabilitation at Walter Reed Hospital during World War IUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/678232016-11-15T18:49:53Z2022-07-19T14:50:50ZCold Without Comfort Within Camp Perry, IllinoisGlass plate slide showing servicemen walking in front of an American Library Association Library in winter. Caption reads: "Cold Without Comfort Within Camp Perry, Illinois."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/678262016-11-15T18:49:54Z2022-07-19T14:50:50ZStudying for a "Job Back Home"Glass plate slide showing a library reading room at Deb. Hospital 3. Caption reads "Studying for a 'Job Back Home' Deb. Hospital 3."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/678282016-11-15T18:49:54Z2022-07-19T14:50:50ZWoman Reading to ManGlass plate slide showing a woman reading to a man in a military hospital.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/678032016-11-15T18:49:51Z2022-07-19T14:50:48ZMiss Drake - Chauffeur, U.S. General Hospital 41, Ft. Oglethorpe, GeorgiaPlate glass slide showing an ALA librarian and an unidentified companion steering a one-horse carriage bearing books for the Hospital Library ServiceUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/678092016-11-15T18:49:52Z2022-07-19T14:50:49ZPleasant Room Library, U.S. General Hospital 3, Ft. Des Moines, IowaPlate glass slide showing soldiers using a military hospital library, with printed materials donated by the ALAUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/677672016-11-15T18:49:47Z2022-07-19T14:50:46ZA Cheerful Ward - Books from Base Hospital Library, Camp Custer, MichiganGlass plate slide showing soldiers in a military hospital reading books donated by the ALA during World War IUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/14783792023-03-14T03:11:06Z2023-12-05T17:02:58ZCorrespondence – France, 1919University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/10356882023-03-12T01:21:14Z2024-03-21T19:05:15ZCorrespondence - ALA War Service in France, 1919University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/678292016-11-15T18:49:54Z2022-07-19T14:50:50ZLight & Airy LibraryGlass plate slide showing servicemen reading inside a base library at Camp Grant, IllinoisUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/677832016-11-15T18:49:49Z2022-07-19T14:50:47Z1 Horse Power Flivver Supplied by Government, Ft. OglethorpeGlass plate slide showing a librarian distributing donated books via horsecart outside a military hospital.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/677852016-11-15T18:49:49Z2022-07-19T14:50:47ZSpacious and Cheering Hospital Library, Ft. Des Moines, IowaGlass plate slide showing soldiers, nurses, and librarians using a military base library in IowaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/677862016-11-15T18:49:49Z2022-07-19T14:50:47ZK. of C. Branch, No. 1Glass plate slide showing American servicemen reading in a base library at Camp Kearney, CaliforniaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/674352016-11-15T18:49:11Z2022-07-19T14:50:28ZLibrary Staff and Delivery ServiceGlass plate slide showing the civilian and military staff of the ALA Camp Library, in front of a delivery car at Kelly Aviation Field, near San Antonio, TexasUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/674392016-11-15T18:49:12Z2022-07-19T14:50:28ZWhat is your hobby?Glass plate slide caption reads: "What is your hobby? Photography, baseball, mechanics, music, or just reading for fun? The CAMP LIBRARY is yours. Branches in the Y.M.C.A. and K. of C. huts."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/674432016-11-15T18:49:12Z2022-07-19T14:50:29ZBillboard Opposite Union Station, Washington, D.C.Glass plate slide of a billboard with an advertisement. Image depicts a sailor, possibly a factory worker, and an army serviceman with linked arms, marching towards a sign which reads: Back to the Job. Knowledge WINS on Pay Day. Use your Camp and Public Library. The backdrop behind the texts appears to be a dock and warehouses. The sign above the billboard has the company name of "Thos. Cusack Co."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/674502016-11-15T18:49:13Z2022-07-19T14:50:29ZField Artillery Branch Library, Camp LewisGlass plate slide showing showing the interior of the ALA Library of Camp LewisUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/674632016-11-15T18:49:14Z2022-07-19T14:50:30ZLibrary Service of the American Library Association at the Base Hospital, Camp Pike, ArkansasWounded servicemen using the library. Additional caption reads: Reading in the Red Cross House. The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals. The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/674662016-11-15T18:49:15Z2022-07-19T14:50:30ZIn the Library of the American Library Association at Letterman U.S. General Hospital, San Francisco, CaliforniaWounded servicemen using the library. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals. The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover,and mail.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/672432016-11-15T18:48:51Z2022-07-19T14:50:15ZMilitary Training Reading RoomGlass plate slide showing A. L. A. donated reading materials being read by servicemen. (Duplicate image of ALA0000317.)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/672472016-11-15T18:48:51Z2022-07-19T14:50:16ZNaval Servicemen ReadingGlass plate slide showing servicemen reading.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/672512016-11-15T18:48:52Z2022-07-19T14:50:17ZGreat Lakes Naval Training StationGlass plate slide showing servicemen reading in a naval library. Caption reads: "Great Lakes Naval Training Station" (Duplicate image of ALA0000314.)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/672542016-11-15T18:48:52Z2022-07-19T14:50:18ZCamp LibraryGlass plate slide showing servicemen outside the camp library. Caption reads: "Pelham Bay Park New York, Naval Training Camp Library"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library