Today in History: World War I
Today in History–June 28–the Library of Congress features World War I. Two events bracketing this global conflict happened on June 28. The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sofia in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, set off a chain of events leading to the first world war. Five years later, on June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allies signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending World War I. Find out more by visiting the Today in History section, then follow the links below to access thousands more World War I resources.
Library collections
- Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919
- World War History: Newspaper Clippings, 1914 to 1926
- The Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers’ Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919
- World War I Sheet Music
- American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I
- Panoramic photographs from World War I
- World War I photographs
Online exhibitions & story maps
- Documenting World War I: The Great War through the Lens of the Law Library’s Collections
- Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I
- Memory Gallery: World War I
- World War I: American Artists View the Great War
Prints & photographs
- World War I in pictures: select images & reference aid
- World War I posters
- World War I clothing-related posters
- World War I photographs
- World War I in Photos The Atlantic
Primary source sets
- World War I individual primary source set 18 sources + teacher guide
- World War I song recordings
- World War I sheet music
- World War I books
- World War I manuscripts & mixed materials
- Theodore Roosevelt films related to World War I
- Modern U.S. legislation related to World War I legislation
- The Bonus Army
- George Cohan & “Over There”
- Hello Girls
- Robert Lansing Papers
- League of Nations
- Lusitania Lost
- Paris Peace Conference
- General John J. Pershing
- Saint-Mihiel Offensive
- Uncle Sam & James Montgomery Flagg
- Woodrow Wilson
Veterans History Project oral histories
Story collections
- World War I: The Great War
- World War I Remembered: 100 Years Later
- In the Trenches
- Above & Beyond the Battlefield
Individual stories
- Eugene A. Curtin
- Hillie John Franz
- Theodore Kohls
- William Frederick Nice
- Vincent Cornelius Reed
- Harold W. Riley
- Frederick Clarence Stilson
- John Caspar Wister
Chronicling America Historical Newspaper Collections
Story collections
- World War I: The Great War
- World War I Remembered: 100 Years Later
- In the Trenches
- Above & Beyond the Battlefield
Individual stories
- Eugene A. Curtin
- Hillie John Franz
- Theodore Kohls
- William Frederick Nice
- Vincent Cornelius Reed
- Harold W. Riley
- Frederick Clarence Stilson
- John Caspar Wister
Library blogs with articles about World War I
- Worlds Revealed: Geography and Maps
- Teaching with Library of Congress
- Picture This prints & photographs
- Now See Hear! audiovisual
- Library of Congress Blog
- Inside Adams science, technology, business
- In the Muse performing arts
- In Custodia Legis law
- Headlines and Heroes
- Folklife Today Blog
- 4 Corners of the World: International Collections and Studies at the Library of Congress
More articles from the Library
- America and the Great War Medium
- Ganne, Alford, Holst, and Others: Music of World War I NLS Music Notes
- Joseph Pennell: The Artist at War Library of Congress Medium
- Researching African-American Soldiers in WWI – America and the Great War Medium
- Women and the War Effort Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers’ Newspaper of World War I, 1918 to 1919
- World War I (popular songs) collection article
- World War I Centennial issue Library of Congress Magazine March-April 2017
- World War I: Time to Recall What This War Was About Medium
- WWI: Belgian Children Thank the American People Medium