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

An hour off duty, with American Library Association books. Merchant Marine vessel, Charleston, South Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsSeamen reading on the deck of a ship. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. furnishes free crew's libraries to American merchant ships and through representatives at principal ports provides free library service to American seamen.
Camp Lewis Extension
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing extension to the library at Camp Lewis, WA. Caption indicates the dimensions of the building as 120' x 40', 40' x 40' for the extension.
Making a good haul at Hampton Roads, Virginia Merchant Marine library service of the American Library Association.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen pulling a box on board a ship. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. furnishes free crew's libraries to American merchant ships and through representatives at principal ports provides free library service to American seamen.
Library Service of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Custer, Michigan
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen reading in a library. Additional caption reads: Reading in the Red Cross House. The A.L.A. has placed library 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 of the American Library Association, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
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...
They Appeal for Books, New York City, 1918, Mr. Carr Speaking
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing a crowd gathered around the steps of the New York City public library to hear an appeal for book donations for American service personnel. The speaker is likely Henry Carr, Executive Director of the ALA.
Camp Library at Camp Logan, Texas
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Logan, Texas
Camp Library at Camp Greene, North Carolina
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of the camp library with soldiers standing outside. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association, Camp Greene, North Carolina
Camp Library at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsSoldiers standing outside of the camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association, Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Interior, Camp Sheridan Library
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing interior view of soldiers patronizing the library at Camp Sheridan, Alabama
Library Ward Service
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing convalescent servicemen and women reading at the military hospital in Newport, Virginia. Caption reads: "Library Wards Service Hospital Newport News, Virginia"
Fliers and Mechanics Get Books
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing Army fliers and mechanics receiving books from the ALA Camp Library at Kelly Field, no. 2, outside San Antonio, Texas
Your Next Job and Where to Look For It (Public Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "Your Next Job and Where to Look For It. The PUBLIC LIBRARY has books to help you."
Library War Service Opening Slide
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "Manufacturers in [Marion], Indiana have given to this public library the privilege of using their bulletin boards for posting vocational lists."
And Magazines, Newspapers and Maps (Hospital Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "And magazines, newspapers and maps on the war, your business and hobby on tap - free to every man in camp. AT THE HOSPITAL LIBRARY"
Soldiers in Library, Camp Travis, Texas
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing a group of four soldiers reading in the ALA Camp Library at Camp Travis, Texas. The sign at the front of the table reads, "Please do not return the book to shelves"
ALA Warehouse
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide with an image of a building. Caption reads: "A. L. A. Warehouse; Four Hours from Paris."
Romances of Big Industries (Recreation)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "Romances of Big Industries. Ask for Them at the Recreation Buildings."
How About Engines? (Recreation)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "How About Engines? Books On All Sorts at the Library in the Recreation Buildings"
The Mercury Later Rec'd AM News
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide featuring photograph of servicemen reading on a transport ship. Captioned "The Mercury later rec'd. AM news by seaplane. Pht. Lt. Lightingale."
Seven Million Books
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide reads "The American people through the A. L. A. sent seven million books to men at war. Men, women and children at home need libraries too."
Camp Travis Float
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide shows two servicemen posing with a car that is decorated like a ship. Sign on side of car reads: "American Library Association Has Sent More Than a Million Books Overseas and Must Send a Million More." Text below image reads: "Camp Travis Float United War Work Campaign November 1918"
A Book for Every Man (Camp Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "There is a Book for every man at the CAMP LIBRARY. Just sign your name for the book you want and take it to your ward. NO CHARGE."
Get Out of the Rut (Camp Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "GET OUT OF THE RUT. There's a better way to work that job back home. Get posted. YOUR CAMP LIBRARY"
Train for Efficiency and Study in Business (Hospital Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "Train for Efficiency and Study in Business at the HOSPITAL LIBRARY"
Romances of Big Industries (Public Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "Romances of Big Industries Ask for Them at the Public Library"
A Single Magazine is Popular
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide image features three army soldiers crowding around one magazine. Caption reads: "A Single Magazine is Popular."
Sixty Million Americans
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide with the words: "Sixty-million Americans lack adequate libraries. The A. L. A. 'Books for Everybody' fund needs your support."
YOUR BEST FRIEND RIGHT NOW (Hospital Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "YOUR BEST FRIEND RIGHT NOW is the HOSPITAL LIBRARY It has a book about your job at home."
2,500,000 Books Reached France
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing unidentified men in a warehouse handling books donated for use by American service personnel in France through the ALA's wartime book campaign
A Successful Day, New York City, Book Campaign, 1918
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing large piles of books donated for American service personnel on the steps of the New York City public library
An Overseas Box, Hoboken Dispatch Office
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing an unidentified American sailor handling a book donated for use by service personnel during World War I
A Truck Load for Overseas, Newport News
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing unidentified soldiers with a truck laden with boxes of books donated through the ALA for American service personnel during World War I
Popular "Y" Branch Library, Camp MacArthur
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing soldiers patronizing a YMCA branch library at Camp MacArthur, Texas.
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."
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsServicemen using the library. Additional caption reads: Reading in the Post Chapel Library. 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.
Study room of the American Library Association in the Educational Building of US. General Hospital No. 2, Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland.
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.
Hospital Library Service of the American Library Association
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsWounded servicemen reading in 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 are still looking for your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice or the cover and mail.
In the Library of the American Library Association at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsServicemen using the library. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. gives library service to 860 army, navy and marine corps camps and stations and 208 hospitals in America. 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, plac...
HDQ. Co. 148 Inf. Passing Camp Lee Library, Virginia
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing soldiers of the Headquarters Company, 148 Infantry Regiment, marching by the ALA Library of Camp Lee, VA
A Comfortable Corner
Image | 1919 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide featuring photograph of sailors relaxing on the deck of a ship. Captioned "A Comfortable Corner; Transport Mercury; April 1919"

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