[79], Insert 3, back, Francis Bolton Elwell Scrapbook: 1917-1919

New this week: several story paper issues, a newspaper EXTRA from the National Defender, and a Great War scrapbook.

This work, kept by Captain Francis Bolton Elwell, an American officer serving in combat on the Western Front from New Haven CT, covers his service in World War 1 from November 27,1917 to June 20,1919, and includes numerous intact diplomas and orders – leave statements – American Express statements – intelligence reports about the enemy being active during the day – Americans observing bottles of Cognac – photographs – play bills – telegrams – tickets – and newspaper clippings.

Dime Novel and Popular Literature

Periodicals

[1], Chicago Ledger, v. XXX, no. 17, Saturday, April 26, 1902

Chicago Ledger (2 issues added)
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:479364]
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:482031]

[401] p. , The New World, Quarto Edition, v. II, no. 25, Whole Number 55, Saturday, June 19, 1841

New World (5 issues added)
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:472910]
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:472928]
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:472946]
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:474642]
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:474658]

15 p., The People’s Home Journal, v. VIII, no. 8, August 1893

People’s Home Journal (1 issue added)
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:481991]

Great War

[1], Francis Bolton Elwell Scrapbook: 1917-1919

Francis Bolton Elwell Scrapbook: 1917-1919
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:482844]

Document 7, front cover, – London Hippodrome “Jigsaw!” Programme.

Supplements to Francis Bolton Elwell Scrapbook: 1917-1919
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:482565]

Historical Society of Montgomery County

National Defender

Defender-Extra, February 6, 1867
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:483790]