This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Letters bring WWI memories to life at National Museum
At the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City staff pivot to remote work, transcribing letters, diaries, and journals from American soldiers. The project expands access, with 5,000 pages typed by 17 transcribers since March, revealing vivid lives, love, and loss amid the 1918 influenza pandemic and wartime memories.
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Margaret Witzke
Missouri Museum
Witzke
Kansas City
John
Jack
National
Matthew Naylor
Iowa
Atlantic
California
France