Huntington, West Virginia, clubwoman and educator. Papers consist primarily of scrapbooks of school days at Huntington High School, West Virginia University, and Washington and Lee University; also included are resource materials related to conservation and social studies and items concerning the Junior League, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames, and garden club activities. Photographs of Italy in WWI, papers from the Marshall University plan crash in 1970, extensive newspaper clippings from circa WWII and conservation resource material.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Jane Adams Dingess Collection, 1906-1976. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Jane Adams Dingess Collection, 1906-1976.
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WWI view of Battle of Mount Grappa, Italy, July1918
WWI view of Battle of Mount Grappa, Italy, July 1918, b&w This is a set of images all made in 1917 & 1918 on the Italian front of WWI. Some captions in French, some in Italian. The mountains are probably in the neighborhood of Mount Grappa, Italy.
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WWI view on the Pasubio(?), the war on the mountain in the snow, May 1918
WWI view on the Pasubio(?), the war on the mountain in the snow, May 1918, b&w This is a set of images all made in 1917 & 1918 on the Italian front of WWI. Some captions in French, some in Italian. The mountains are probably in the neighborhood of Mount Grappa, Italy.
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WWI view: Picture of wounded and dead after battle on the Montello, June 1918
WWI view: Picture of wounded and dead after battle on the Montello, June 1918, b&w This is a set of images all made in 1917 & 1918 on the Italian front of WWI. Some captions in French, some in Italian. The mountains are probably in the neighborhood of Mount Grappa, Italy.
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WWI view: Troops heading to action on the Monticelli, August, 1918
WWI view: Troops heading to action on the Monticelli, August, 1918, b&w This is a set of images all made in 1917 & 1918 on the Italian front of WWI. Some captions in French, some in Italian. The mountains are probably in the neighborhood of Mount Grappa, Italy.
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WWI view:Waiting the arrival of H.M. the king of Italy at Trieste, Nov. 1918
WWI view: Waiting the arrival of H.M. the king of Italy at Trieste, Nov. 1918, b&w This is a set of images all made in 1917 & 1918 on the Italian front of WWI. Some captions in French, some in Italian. The mountains are probably in the neighborhood of Mount Grappa, Italy. The King of italy was Victor Emmanuel III. Trieste is city in northern Italy.
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WWI view: "White" snow troops, official Italian Army photo,
WWI view: "White" snow troops, official Italian Army photo, b&w This is a set of images all made in 1917 & 1918 on the Italian front of WWI. Some captions in French, some in Italian. The mountains are probably in the neighborhood of Mount Grappa, Italy. Stamp on back: Official Italian Army photo section
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WWI: War in the mountains near de Asiago, May 1918
WWI view: War in the mountains near de Asiago, May 1918, b&w This is a set of images all made in 1917 & 1918 on the Italian front of WWI. Some captions in French, some in Italian. The mountains are probably in the neighborhood of Mount Grappa, Italy.
