Requested Donations
Desired Additions to the Collection
Please contact the Museum's curatorial staff if you would like to donate any of the following items.
Three-Dimensional Objects (Uniforms, weapons, gas masks, etc.)
Senior Curator Doran Cart
816.888.8120
dcart@theworldwar.org
Two-Dimensional Documents (Photographs, posters, letters, etc.)
Archivist Jonathan Casey
816.888.8121
jcasey@theworldwar.org
American Items
- Any relating to General Pershing
- Women Marines
- Women Telephone Operators
- African American
- Native American
- Any ethnic American soldiers
- Experimental steel helmets
Austrian Items
- Aviator’s breast badge
- Field kepi
- Collar insignia
- Cap badges
- Glacier goggles
British Items
- Soft cap “Gor Blimey” type
- RFC “maternity” tunic
- “Dixie” cooker
French Items
- Flyer’s helmet
- Currassier armor breastplate
German Items
- Flyer’s helmet
- Hussar busby
- Wartime grey Attila
- Any Zeppelin associated objects
- Any U-Boat associated objects
- Flamethrower
Italian Items
- Wire cutters
- Arditi (assault troops) lapel pin
- Glacier goggles
- Metal gas mask carrier
- Farina helmet
- Model 1909 and 1915 grey green wool field cap
Russian Items
- Cap
- Tunic
- Accoutrements
- Posters
- Steel helmet
- Women's Death Battalion uniform
Serbian Items
- Any objects from Balkan combatants
Turkish Items
- Cap
- Tunic
- Brimless steel helmet
All Countries
- Submarine objects or uniforms
- Painted airplane fabric
- Trench signs
- Unit histories
- Bicycle
- Original airplane