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  • Collection: Hopkins and the Great War

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Propaganda aimed at American audiences came from both sides of the conflict. In The British Black Book, the author assigns blame for the global conflict to England, depicted here as a giant octopus destroying other nations. This item can be found in…

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The Red Cross sent a medical relief ship with 170 doctors and nurses near the outbreak of the war in 1914 to provide assistance to the wounded on both sides of the conflict. Hopkins doctors and nurses served on the Mercy Ship expedition. With the US…

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As men left civilian and military clerical jobs for overseas duty, demand for women to fill these positions increased. Women worked as stenographers for the government and the armed forces. In this poster, Washington’s need for more stenographers is…

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These pages depict the ROTC, a new group growing in stature on campus as the possibility of the US entering the war grew stronger. View the entire 1917 Hullabaloo yearbook.

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The 1918 Hullabaloo yearbook shows how the war has transformed life at Hopkins. View the entire 1918 yearbook.

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By 1919, the war's impact on Hopkins is reflected in this page listing Hopkins men killed in service. View the entire 1919 yearbook.

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This memo shows the university’s commitment to accept 708 SATC students on the Homewood and East Baltimore campuses.

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Students at rest in their barracks, a converted classroom in a Johns Hopkins University building.

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A group of Student Army Training Corps cadets gathered in their barracks, a converted Johns Hopkins University classroom.

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This postcard depicts the writing and reading room of the Y.M.C.A. canteen Elisabeth Gilman managed in Paris. In her article "The Enlisted Men in Paris," Gilman describes a library of a few hundred volumes that was greatly appreciated by visiting…
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