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THE FIRST WORLD WAR
SERIES ONE: European War, 1914-1919, The War Reserve Collection (WRA-WRE) from Cambridge University Library
Part 5: The Royal Army Medical Corps, Red Cross and other Ancillary Series
Part 6: The War at Sea and the War in the Air
An Explanation of the War Reserve Collection (WRA-WRE), Card Catalogue and Manuscript Listings
The Cambridge War Reserve Collection (WRA-WRE) is a large collection of ephemeral, manuscript and printed sources relating to the First World War. The way in which the collection was formed and the character of its contents are described in the Introduction by Dr J M Winter.
The main body of the material is organised in two ways.
First by size, categorised as:
WRA - 24-47 cm or larger in height
WRB - 24-31 cm in height
WRC - 21-24 cm in height
WRD - 17-21 cm in height
WRE - 10-16 cm in height
Secondly, by subject code number:
1.Parliamentary Papers, Diplomatic Correspondence, & Official Documents (we propose to omit all widely available sections - such as Official Papers - where appropriate)
2.Political and Historical Literature (including general histories, causes, origins) (we propose to omit all widely available section where appropriate)
Military Operations
12. Naval Operations
13. Aerial Operations
14. RAMC, Red Cross work. YMCA. Auxiliary Services
15. German Occupation. Deportations
16. Prisoners. Atrocities
17. Personal narratives & reminiscences
18. Regimental records
19. Pictures, illustrations
30. Economics.
31. Finance. Socialism
33. Russian Affairs. Bolshevism
34. Pacifist Literature
35a. Propaganda (Allies)
35b. Propaganda (Germany)
36. Sermons. Charities. Religion. Benevolent Societies
40. Social Life. Sport & Amusements
41. Peace. League of Nations
42. Literature
44. Rolls of Honour. Memorial Volumes
45. Reconstruction
46. Miscellaneous
Bibliography
Books, periodicals and pamphlets are given three figure item numbers as follows:
Books and Pamphlets
Bound books with printed slips in the General Catalogue: 1-
Unbound books with printed slips in the General Catalogue:101-
Bound books listed only in the Card Catalogue:201-
Unbound books listed only in the Card Catalogue:301-
Continuation of Bound books with printed slips in the General Catalogue where 1- fills up:401-
Continuation of Bound books with printed slips in the General Catalogue where 1- and 401- fills up:1001-
For example:
WRC17.301
This is an unbound item listed only in the Card Catalogue.
Periodicals
Bound periodicals with printed slips in the General Catalogue:101-
Unbound periodicals with printed slips in the General Catalogue:201-
Bound periodicals listed only in the Card Catalogue:301-
Unbound periodicals listed only in the Card Catalogue:401-
Posters are given the WRP. ‘P’ for Posters
Newspapers are given the coding WRN. ‘N’ for Newspapers.
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