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Soldiers from Knox College (left to right): Condit Grady; Bob Midkiff; Lyman Thompson; George Johnson; and Lawrence Ingersoll.

Tiny nurses and doughboys lasso Santa on this World War I era Christmas card.

The certificate states that George Steele Seymour, in compliance with law, has registered to serve under the supervision of the Local Board.

This form postcard addressed to Mrs. F.W.S. Seymore, 5529 Rorchester Ave., Chicago, Ill. is filled out by R.P. Smith. The communication was stamped and approved by censors on September 23, 1917. On this card, soldiers could check-mark sentiments they…

The inscription on the back of this photograph reads, "Lovingly, Hettie Anderson, Nashville, Ill." Miss Hettie Anderson was in the Knox College class of 1903, and served as the Director General of the Lyons region in France for the War Work Council…

Miss Hettie Anderson, Knox College class of 1903, was Director General of Lyons region in France for War Work Council of the Y.W.C.A. In her report of December 1917 she describes the ways she is helping the people in her region cope with the war. A…

Lieut. Howard C. Knotts, class of 1916, was a real flying ace. He flew a Sopwith Camel plane, shooting down six enemy planes in the span of a month. He was later captured but survived the war. He became an authority on aviation law after the war.

This Christmas card for a nurse (the name "Claire" is written onto the card") expresses the season's greetings.

The interior pages of the program for the Knox College Memorial Service held at the Central Congregational Church details the order of the service. The back page of the program lists the names of the fallen soldiers who had attended Knox.

A memorial to those Knox College students who were killed during World War I was erected on campus in 1920 to honor their sacrifice.

This poster uses the slogan "Keep them smiling, This home is helping our boys over there" to promote the United War-Work Campaign. The organizations involved in the campaign are reflected in the logos embedded in the border: War Camp, Community…

This poster promotes War Savings Stamps with the slogan "Over The Top." It depicts American soldiers with rifles and bayonets rising out of a trench to meet the enemy. One soldier carries an American flag. The "Torch of Liberty" emblem is in the…

This memorial, erected in 1920, stands on campus in honor of the eighteen Knox students killed during World War I.

Knox College students practice drills on Willard Field on the Knox College campus. Old Main is on the left of this photograph; the Observatory is to the right of Old Main; and the auxiliary gym is on the far right.

Knox's military units march across Willard Field at Knox College. Old Main is on the left in this photograph. To the right is the observatory, and on the far right is the auxiliary gymnasium.