Guide to the World War I Collection

Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
October 2010
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Overview

Call Number: SC0845
Creator: Condee, Newcomb.
Title: World War I collection
Dates: 1916-1918
Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet
Summary: Collection includes his typed recollections of life at Stanford during 1916-1919 with photographs [photocopied]; information sent to Condee on the SATC and a few of his passes and other records, 1918; information on the Reserved Officers' Training Corps and a pamphlet of the article "The Beloved Captain" given to Stanford's ROTC members; Prof. E. D. Adams' pamphlets "Why We Are at War with Germany" numbers 2, 4, 6 and 9; program and song sheet from the Patriotic Song Festival held in the Stanford Stadium, June 9, 1918; programs from other events at Stanford or involving Stanford groups, 1917-1918, including an illustrated brochure on Newell Dwight Hillis' talk on German atrocities; pamphlet "The Inviolable Pledge" on Alsace-Lorraine published by Comite de l'Effort de la France et de ses Allies, 1918; David Starr Jordan's article "The Tap Root of War," 1918; M. J. Exner's pamphlet "Friend or Enemy? To the Men of the Army and Navy," 1916; and assorted government publications including "German War Practices" 1918, "President's Flag Day Address with Evidence of Germany's Plans" 1917, and the address of W. G. McAdoo on the Liberty Loan, 1917.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

World War I Collection (SC0845). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Newcomb Condee earned his A.B. (pre-law) at Stanford University in June 1919 and his J.D. in October 1920. While an undergraduate he was in Company A of the Students Army Training Corps at Stanford.

Description of the Collection

Collection includes his typed recollections of life at Stanford during 1916-1919 with photographs [photocopied]; information sent to Condee on the SATC and a few of his passes and other records, 1918; information on the Reserved Officers' Training Corps and a pamphlet of the article "The Beloved Captain" given to Stanford's ROTC members; Prof. E. D. Adams' pamphlets "Why We Are at War with Germany" numbers 2, 4, 6 and 9; program and song sheet from the Patriotic Song Festival held in the Stanford Stadium, June 9, 1918; programs from other events at Stanford or involving Stanford groups, 1917-1918, including an illustrated brochure on Newell Dwight Hillis' talk on German atrocities; pamphlet "The Inviolable Pledge" on Alsace-Lorraine published by Comite de l'Effort de la France et de ses Allies, 1918; David Starr Jordan's article "The Tap Root of War," 1918; M. J. Exner's pamphlet "Friend or Enemy? To the Men of the Army and Navy," 1916; and assorted government publications including "German War Practices" 1918, "President's Flag Day Address with Evidence of Germany's Plans" 1917, and the address of W. G. McAdoo on the Liberty Loan, 1917.

Access Terms

Adams, Ephraim Douglass, 1865-1930.
Condee, Newcomb.
Exner, M. J. (Max Joseph), 1871-1943.
Hillis, Newell Dwight, 1858-1929.
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
World War, 1914-1918.


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