The Record of Bolivar County in the World War, 1917-1919 Z/0207.000/S

This scrapbook was compiled by the Mississippi Delta Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Bolivar County to document county contributions to the war effort during World War I. Containing a roster of black and white soldiers from Bolivar County, photographs, news clippings, and reports from war organizations in Bolivar County, the scrapbook primarily documents home front activities but does incorporate some material from soldiers overseas.
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This scrapbook contains photographs, news clippings, reports, stickers, color cutouts from magazines or other sources, and many hand-drawn illustrations in both color and pen and ink. Particular highlights include: rosters of black and white soldiers from Bolivar County who served, including brief service records for white soldiers; photographs of white soldiers with their names and hometowns; photographs taken by Bolivar County soldiers overseas showing European cities, downed German planes, aerial shots from American planes, and German soldiers’ graves; photographs documenting Arkansas’s Camp Pike, where many of Mississippi’s soldiers were trained; accountings of the amounts of money raised in Liberty Bond drives in Bolivar County; clippings describing wartime rationing and other home front activities in Bolivar County; photographs of the women chiefly responsible for compiling the scrapbook; a certificate that originally accompanied the awarding of a Distinguished Service Cross; and dog tags belonging to Charlie Gibson of the U.S. Naval Reserve Force.