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

In the Library of the American Library Association in U.S. General Hospital No. 26, Des Moines, Iowa.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsSoldiers 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.
Camp Library of the American Library Association at Camp Funston, Kansas.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of the camp 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, pla...
Bedside service of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Meade, Maryland
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsLibrarian delivering books to 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.
Camp Library at Camp Meade, Maryland
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of the camp library. Camp Library, American Library Association, Camp Meade, Maryland
Old Lighthouse, Cape Henry, Virginia
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPhotograph of a lighthouse. Caption reads: Men in lighthouses, on lightships, and in coast guard stations receive books from the American Library Association, co-operating with local libraries. 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.
Delivery of American Library Association books to U.S. Shipping Board boats in harbor, Newport News, Virginia
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsTwo men in a small boat with boxes of books. 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.
Merchant Marine Service, American Library Association.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen reading at a table. Additional caption reads: Boxed crew's libraries, each containing about eighty books of fiction, travel, books on seamanship and others, are exchangeable at principal ports. 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.
They Begin to Come
Image | 1919 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing an unidentified man announcing a book drive for American service personnel from the steps of a public building in New York City
EX-SERVICE MEN ANYWHERE MAY BORROW BOOKS FREE
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "EX-SERVICE MEN ANYWHERE MAY BORROW BOOKS FREE FROM THEIR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OR THE STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 78 E. WASHINGTON ST. CHICAGO, ILL."
GO BACK ALL SET (Hospital)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "GO BACK ALL SET for a Bigger Job in civil life. There's a Book to help You Swing it at the HOSPITAL LIBRARY"
YOUR BEST FRIEND RIGHT NOW (Camp Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "YOUR BEST FRIEND RIGHT NOW is the CAMP LIBRARY It has a book about your job at home."
Ask for the paper you used to read (Hospital Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Image of a newsboy holding up a paper. Caption reads: "Ask for the paper you used to read Daily Newspapers from your Home State At the HOSPITAL LIBRARY"
Crowded Living Quarters
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing large piles of books at the ALA Camp Library at Kelly Field, near San Antonio, Texas
A BOOK FOR EVERY SOLDIER AND SAILOR
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide caption reads: "A BOOK FOR EVERY SOLDIER AND SAILOR The American Library Association maintains free library service at its Camp Library Building and at the Y.M.C.A. and K. of C. branches and other points in this camp."
5000000 BOOKS in SERVICE
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. American Library Association parade float with servicemen riding inside for the United War Work Campaign; Kansas City, November 9, 1918. Large sign reads: A.L.A. 5,000,000 BOOKS in SERVICE 1550 BRANCHES in US & FRONT. Smaller sign in front of book case reads: BOUGHT BY A.L.A. FOR USA MOTOR SCHOOLS IN KANSAS CITY. Side sign reads: UNCLE SAM TURNS OVER ALL O...
Overseas Box Service As Sectional Bookcase
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide of an American Library Association bookcase shipment overseas. Caption reads: "Overseas Box Service As Sectional Bookcase."
ALA Library War Service Dispatch Office
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing a workman moving packages of books destined for American service personnel as part of the ALA's national book drive during World War I
It's RIGHT ABOUT FACE to Civil Life with a Bigger Job (Camp Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "It's RIGHT ABOUT FACE to Civil Life with a Bigger Job for the man who studies at the CAMP LIBRARY."
And Magazines, Newspapers and Maps (Camp 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 CAMP LIBRARY"
Don't Loaf (Hospital Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "DON'T LOAF. The other fellow is studying. There's a big job waiting back home. Which Of You Will Get It? HOSPITAL LIBRARY"
How About Engines? (Camp Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "How About Engines? Books On All Sorts at the CAMP LIBRARY"
Romances of Big Industries (Hospital Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "Romances of Big Industries. Ask for Them at the HOSPITAL LIBRARY"
Train for Efficiency and Study in Business (Public Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "Train for Efficiency and Study in Business at the PUBLIC LIBRARY"
Camp Library at Camp Cody, New Mexico
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen standing outside of a camp library building. Caption reads: CAMP LIBRARY, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION; CAMP CODY, NEW MEXICO
Ward service of the American Library Association in the U.S. General Hospital No. 8, Otisville, New York
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsLibrarian delivering books to men in bed. Additional caption reads: The librarian aids reconstruction work by supplying the book needed. 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 Doniphan, Oklahoma
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsSoldiers standing outside of the camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library of the American Library Association at Camp Doniphan, Okla. 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...
Camp Library at Camp Travis, Texas
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Travis, Texas.
Library Service of the American Library Association in the Embarkation Hospital, Newport News, Virginia
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.
A Bit Chilly
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing servicemen walking in front of an American Library Association Library in winter. Caption reads: "A Bit Chilly, Great Lakes Naval Training station Library, Illinois"
Inside American Navy Club "Y"
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing servicemen reading. Caption reads: "Inside American Navy Club, Y, Hamilton, Bermuda. Note FRBR Canad. & American." (Duplicate image of ALA000032)
A. L. A. Books in Officers Reading Room
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing servicemen reading. Caption reads: "A. L. A. Books in Officers Reading Room, Merchant Marine."
Loading A. L. A. Books for Merchant Seamen at New Orleans
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing books being loaded onto a ship. Caption reads: "Loading A. L. A. Books for Merchant Seamen at New Orleans."
Louis J. Bailey
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide portrait. Caption reads: "Louis J. Bailey ALA. N. Y. D. O."
Burton E. Stevenson
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide portrait. Caption reads: "Burton E. Stevenson European A. L. A. Representative."
Got Your Eyes Glued to Some Job Back Home? (Camp Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "Got your eyes glued to some job back home? Better glue them to the book about it at the CAMP LIBRARY. Stick To It, you'll get the job."
Got Your Eyes Glued to Some Job Back Home? (Hospital Library)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "Got your eyes glued to some job back home? Better glue them to the book about it at the HOSPITAL LIBRARY. Stick To It, you'll get the job."
What's Easier Than Rolling Off a Log?
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide. Caption reads: "What's easier than rolling off a log? Getting a book at the Camp Library. NO RED TAPE? Not an inch. NO CHARGE? Not a cent. Just sign your name."
Library Exterior, Camp Travis, Texas
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing soldiers reading on the covered porch of the ALA Camp Library at Camp Travis, Texas
World War I
Audio | 1942 | WILL Sound Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
Eux aussi! Font leur devoir
Image | French World War I PostersA wounded soldier points to a group of people lined up at a window labeled "Caisse."

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