The National Archives at Philadelphia

14700 Townsend Road

Philadelphia, PA 19154

Phone: (215) 305-2055

Website: http://archives.gov/philadelphia/

Summary:

The National Archives at Philadelphia maintains the historically significant records of the Federal Agencies and Courts, in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, dating from 1789 to the present. These historical records are open to the public. The National Archives at Philadelphia's WWI holdings include, but are not limited to, records related to home front efforts, military intelligence, subversive activity, weapons, technology, soldiers, and the federal government's role during the Great War.

Featured Collections:

Record Group 4: Records of the U.S. Food Administration - http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/004.html

Record Group 163: Records of the Selective Service System (World War I) - http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/163.html

WWI Subject Guide

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The description, collection summary, and notable resources for the Athenaeum of Philadelphia

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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"Doing Her Best for Uncle Sam": WWI in Girls' Series Fiction

An overview of three girls' series books that had heroines who participated in the war effort at home and abroad.

Prisoners Make Good at the Front

Eastern State Penitentiary—opened in 1829 and closed in 1970—operated throughout nearly every major conflict in modern American history: the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Vietnam War. The inmate population mirrored a typical military population—in large part made up of young working class men.

Not Waiting for the Call: American Women Physicians and World War I

War has always upended women’s lives; left at the home front to care for their families and returning soldiers in a society where all of the usual economic and social structures have disappeared. But by the onset of World War I, women were poised to play a more active role than that of the homemaker struggling to hold families and some semblance of civil society together with diminished resources.

Mail Call Podcast, Episode 10

February 6th

Episode 10 of the Mail Call podcast takes a closer look at women’s contributions to the war efforts.. Mail Call is also available through iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

New exhibit: “Now far from home”: the ending of the Great War in Popular Imagination and Culture”

October 4th

Now on display from October 4, 2018 through February 20th, 2019, on the 1st floor of Falvey Memorial Library, Villanova University, the exhibit “Now far from home”: the ending of the Great War in Popular Imagination and Culture tells the story of American…

Mail Call podcast, Episode 9

March 16th

Episode 9 of the Mail Call podcast brings to life a selection of wartime correspondence. Mail Call is also available through iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

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