Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

A Successful Appeal by the Rotary Club, San Antonio, Texas
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass 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 Club
Rug Making, Walter Reed Hospital, ALA Books Help
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing convalescent soldiers at work weaving rugs as part of their rehabilitation at Walter Reed Hospital during World War I
Books Outweigh 'Army Blues,' Loan Parade, NYC
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing an ALA float during a New York City Liberty Loan parade. The float contains a mock scale, in which donated books "outweigh" containers marked "Army blues." Two soldiers read at a table while a third man, dressed as an officer, uses a megaphone to tout the campaign. Related image ALA0000353.
In a Surgical Ward, Base Hospital Library, Camp Devens, Mass.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass 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 group
ALA Dispatch Office, 31 West 15th Street, New York City
Image | 1919 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass 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 1919
Convalescent Pneumonia Ward, Base Hospital, Camp Bowie, Texas
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing convalescent servicemen perusing reading materials donated through the ALA's book drive during World War I
Camp Library at Camp Lewis, Washington
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of the camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Lewis, Washington
Hard at Work, A.L.A. at Camp Custer
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing American service personnel in a camp library at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan
Beside service of the American Library Association in U.S. General Hospital No 21, Denver, Colorado
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen select books from a booktruck. 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 230 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.
Camp Library at Camp Johnston, Florida
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsCaption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Johnston, Florida
Library Service of the American Library Association in the U. S. General Hospital No. 14, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsSoldiers using the library. Additional caption reads: Picking out books 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.
Bedside service of the American Library Association at US. General Hospital No. 6, Fort McPherson, Georgia
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsServicemen selecting books off a cart. 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.
Camp Library at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsSoldiers standing outside a camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Gordon, Georgia
Camp Devens Library
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass 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'
In the Library of the American Library Association at US. General Hospital No. 31, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsServicemen 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.
Hospital Library Service of the American Library Association.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsSoldiers reading in a 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.
Camp Library at Camp McClellan, Alabama (Interior)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen reading in a library. Caption reads: Postcard caption reads: Reading in the Camp Library; American Library Association; Camp McClellan, Alabama
Library Service of the American Library Association at the Base Hospital, Camp Pike, Arkansas
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen 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.
Everything about the Farm (Camp Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide advertisement reads: Everything About the Farm There are Books on Profit Increasing Methods in the CAMP LIBRARY.
Bedside service of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsLibrarian brings books to wounded men in bed. 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.
In the Library of the American Library Association at the Base Hospital, Camp Grant, Illinois
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsServicemen using the library. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 230 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.
A Crew's Reading Room
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide featuring a photograph of sailors reading below deck on a ship. Captioned "A crew's reading room."
Library Corner in a "Y" Hut, France
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing soldiers reading. Captioned "Library corner in a Y Hut in France."
French Newsie
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide featuring a photograph of a young child in a beret selling newspapers to American soldiers. Captioned "French Newsie sells American newspaper."
Interior, ALA Warehouse
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing books in storage. Captioned "Interior A.L.A. Warehouse near Paris."
A "Y" Headquarters in France
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing a building with the sign "YMCA" and 5 soldiers standing in front. Caption reads "A 'Y' Headq't'r's in France. A.L.A. Supplies Reading Matter."
In the Library of the American Library Association at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsServicemen 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.
Bedside service of the American Library Association in the US. Naval hospital, Fort Lyon, Colorado
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsWounded servicemen getting books off a cart. Additional caption reads: With her book truck the Librarian brings to the man in bed the book he wants. The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 249 hospitals. The men in 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.
In the Library of the American Library Association at U.S. General Hospital No. 28, East View, New York
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsWounded servicemen using the library. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 230 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.
Camp Library at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Camp Library at Kelly Field, Texas
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Kelly Field, Texas
Bedside service of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Travis, Texas.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen 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.
Camp Library at Camp Lee, Virginia
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsSoldiers marching outside of the camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Lee, Virginia
Camp Library at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior 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 magazine...
German Prisoners Reading after Lunch
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing to prisoners of war reading in bed. Caption reads "German prisoners reading after lunch. Intn'l. Film Ser. Inc."
Burleson's in the Early Days, A. Camp Lee, B. Camp Custer
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide [two images] showing deliveries of reading material to ALA libraries at Camp Lee, VA (top), and Camp Custer, MI
Bedside service of the American Library Association in a surgical ward at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsSoldiers 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.
Camp Library at Camp Custer, Michigan
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of a camp library building.
Camp Library at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior 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 s...
Camp Library at Camp Sherman, Ohio
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen reading in the camp library. Caption reads: Reading in the Camp Library; American Library Association; Camp Sherman, Ohio

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