Personal narratives – World War I HS Databases
1. EBSCO Search, using Academic Search Premier, MAS Ultra - School Edition, and MasterFILE
Premier using search terms WORLD War, 1914-1918 personal narratives
Also, try an advanced search as “world war I” and “nurse” (or other roles)
2. Gale U.S. History in Context: Select Both US & World and Primary Sources. Try searching for World
War I.
Also, try an advanced search for “World War I” and “doctor” or the role you are researching:
Internet sources
a. Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress. Search page:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/html/search/search.html
Check World War I, Digitalized
Collection and Transcript.
b. Experiencing the War:World War I: The Great War. Another Library of Congress site, with two
parts:>In the Trenches and >Above and Beyond the Battlefield.
http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-wwi.html
c.
Google search using the search terms: “World War I personal accounts” or “World War I primary
sources”
i.
World War I Documents Archive: Diaries, Memorials, Personal Reminiscences
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Diaries,_Memorials,_Personal_Reminiscences
This is a page from the World War ! Documents Archive, the main page of which can
be linked from here: http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page There are other
documents that may be of interest, including pictures, medical information, etc.
For additional links to all sorts of primary source material on World War I, check the
WWI Documents Archive Links to Other WWI Sites
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Links_to_Other_WWI_Sites
ii.
BBC History: The Human Face of War. Nine stories of individuals involved in the British
War effort.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/humanfaceofwar_gallery.shtml
iii.
WarDiaries.com. Hundreds of dairies from World War I, from all combatants. The site is
a little sketchy, with no way to assess authority or authorship. Appears to be German,
with some English words misspelled. http://www.war-diary.com/worldwar1.htm
iv.
PBS: The Great War. Each segment has short, first-person accounts from a variety of
people – soldiers, writers, homefront. http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
v.
Canadian Broadcast Corporation’s web site of personal reminiscences of Canadian
soldiers. http://www.cbc.ca/bcalmanac/wwi/stories.html
vi.
An extensive summary of nurses’ work in World War I
http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/972
vii.
Radio during World War I
http://earlyradiohistory.us/sec013.htm
viii
Primary Sources (conscientious objector) www.library.yale.edu/rsc/WWI/primary.html