But Wait, There's More: Additional WWI Holdings
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/featured_images/2492_etal_Brooks_12a_edit.jpg" alt="2492_etal_Brooks_12a_edit" width="100%" height="100%"><em>Unidentified soldiers in transport train in France, c. 1918.*</em></p><p>When discussions began regarding mounting an exhibition to commemorate the First World War, the consensus was that there was not enough related material in LSU Libraries Special Collections to fill both gallery floors. The reality has proven to be just the opposite; holdings include more books, letters, photographs, diaries and scrapbooks than could be included in our current exhibition, "Through the Valley of Death: A Special Collections Perspective on the First World War," running from February 20 – June 2, 2017 in Hill Memorial Library.</p><p>These items represent a broad range of the types of historical documents held within LSU Libraries Special Collections related to The Great War: a wife enduring financial hardship pleads for her husband's return from the front; labor union representatives urge preferential employment of veterans; censorship hits home in a telegram; and hardworking young sailors gather and grin on a ship’s deck, uncertain of what their future holds.</p><p>Many more documents and publications related to the First World War await the intrepid researcher to pluck them from obscurity. Will that researcher be you?</p><p>*Overton Brooks Papers, Mss. 2492 LLMVC Range P, Scrapbook Overton Brooks (1897-1961) was born near Baton Rouge, La. He served in Europe during the First World War with the Sixth Field Artillery, First Division, Regular Army. Brooks received a law degree from Louisiana State University in 1923, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced practice in Shreveport, La. He served as United States Commissioner from 1925 to 1935. Brooks was representative for the 4th U.S. Congressional District of Louisiana from January 3, 1937, until his death on September 16, 1961. He was the first chairman of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, established in 1959. <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… RECORD</a></p><p><img src="/sites/default/files/featured_images/2854_Post_Box1_Folder11_a001_002.jpg" alt="2854_Post_Box1_Folder11_a001_002" width="100%" height="100%"><em>Letter from Lauren Post to his mother describing heavy drilling that caused some men to faint, August 20, 1917.</em></p><p>Lauren Chester Post Papers, Mss. 2854 LLMVC Range 7, Box 1, Folder 11a</p><p><img src="/sites/default/files/featured_images/2854_Post_Box6b_Folder250_Image011.jpg" alt="2854_Post_Box6b_Folder250_Image011" width="100%" height="100%"><em>Sailors, possibly of the U.S.S. Whipple, c. 1918.</em></p><p>Lauren C. Post Papers, Mss. 2854 LLMVC Range 7, Box 6a, Folder 250</p><p>Lauren Chester Post (1899-1976) was a native of Rayne, La., professor of geography at San Diego State University, and author of Cajun Sketches from the Prairies of Southwest Louisiana (1962) and Louisiana As It Is: A Geographical and Topographical Description of the State (1969). Portions of his personal papers consist of letters pertaining to his service in the Navy (1917-1919) and work in the Mare Island, Calif., Naval Shipyard (1919-1920).</p><p><a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… RECORD</a></p><p><img src="/sites/default/files/featured_images/5110_Florance_MISCF_Image006_007.jpg" alt="5110_Florance_MISCF_Image006_007" width="100%" height="100%"><em>Excerpt of letter from Ernest Florance to Mrs. Norman Towne, August 7, 1917.</em></p><p>Ernest T. Florance Papers, Mss. 5110 LLMVC MISC:F</p><p>Ernest Tours Florance (1854-1918) was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi and was educated at Northwick College in London, and Lusher's Academy in New Orleans. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and practiced law in New Orleans. He was president of the Commercial Law League of America. Florance also served as director of public schools in New Orleans from 1892 to 1898. In this letter to Mrs. Norman Towne, he writes: <em>“About a week ago a little occurrence took place in my office, that gave me a heart wrench [sic].</em> <em>A good looking boy (about 21 years old) in khaki came to my desk and asked if I were a notary and would I witness his signature. I assented. He handed me the document, the assignment of a death benefit in some fraternal order, to his mother. I do not charge soldiers for such work - so I told him to bring the paper back to me when he returned so I could tear it up. He said ‘All right Sir - And we’re going to win, Sir, aren’t we?’ I said: ‘Of course we are, and you’re coming back with gold straps on your shoulders.’ He answered: ‘Yes Sir, we’re going to win; we’re going to win,’ - he stopped a moment - then repeated - still more emphatically: ‘We’re going to win.’ He then looked for a moment into space – arose, straightened his shoulders and marched out, not saying another word. He must have seen that mother waiting for him when his eyes rested on nothing near. I will watch the lists as they come in from ‘Somewhere in France,’ to see if the Tangipahoa lad is mentioned.”</em> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… RECORD</a></p><p>Nita Sims Breazeale Family Papers, Mss. 2442 LLMVC Range 47, Box 8, Folder5</p><p>Hopkins Payne Breazeale enlisted into the army in 1917 when the U. S. entered World War I. He fought in the Battle of St. Mihiel, France, and served as Provost in Charge of Civil Affairs during the U.S. occupation of Germany. After the war, he and Nita settled in Baton Rouge, La., where he established a prestigious law firm. <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… RECORD</a> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/125212673@N06/sets/72157679764605942"><img src="/sites/default/files/featured_images/WWI_Flickr_graphic.jpg" data-align="center" alt="WWI_Flickr_graphic" width="100%" height="100%"></a> "Additional World War I Selections” on Flickr: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/125212673@N06/sets/72157679764605942">AVA… ONLINE</a> “Through the Valley of Death: A Special Collections Perspective on the First World War” <a href="/sites/default/files/featured_images/WWI_titleGraphic.jpg">EXHIBIT INFORMATION</a> <img src="/sites/default/files/featured_images/WWI_titleGraphic.jpg" data-align="center" alt="WWI_titleGraphic" width="100%" height="100%"> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1…. Skiles Lumber Company Records</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Feltus Barrow Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Grima Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Expeditionary Forces General Orders</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… J. Keller and Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… E. Lewis Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… household notebook</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Vallas and Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Arsène Brouard Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Land Company Records</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Beauregard, La. Poster</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Louque Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… L. Wright Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… family Papers and Photographs</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1…. John and Thomas C.W. Ellis Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… J. Gay III Congressional File</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Lewis Stephens Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1…. Cockfield and Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… field manual, parts I-VII</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Lee Jahncke Sr. Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… T. Florance Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… V. Monroe Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… M. Violette Collection</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Scott and Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Bankston Varnado Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Augustus Woolfley Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1…, Feliciana Lodge #31 Records</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… T. Gibson Letters</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Alexandre Major oral history interview</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… C. Nichols and Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1…. Thomas Tanner Jr. Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… B. Aswell Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… C. Bright Scrapbook</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Percy Dana Longcope Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Sully Smyth Scrapbook and Diary</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1…. Snee, Sr. Photograph Collection</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… A. Lejeune Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Hamilton and Harriet Boyd Ellis Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… M. Parker file</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Taylor Laycock and Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Plauche Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… William Monget Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1…. Knox and Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Furlow Photographica Collection</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Lazaro Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Louisianais Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Boddie Jones Bowers Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… L. Porteous Collection</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Chester Post Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… P. Bordelon diaries</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Cooperative Extension Service Records</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Postcard Collection</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… State Nurses Association Records</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… State University Office of the Chancellor Records</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… State University Photograph Collection</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Morris Correspondence</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… D. Wynne Collection</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Hull Letters</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Sims Breazeale Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… René Courrege papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Brooks Miscellany</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Brooks Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Badon oral history interview</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… J. Gianelloni, Sr., family papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Ross Varnado medal</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Varnado Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… and Yarbrough, Ltd. account books</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Poupard Hall Letters</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… D. Tew Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Reveille Records</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… D. Boyd, Jr. application</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… H. Middleton Papers and Middleton Room Memorabilia</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1…. Gianelloni Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… P. Kidd Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… B. Hatcher Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… Hughes Head and Family Papers</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… War I broadsides</a> <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… War I generals’ portraits</a> W.P.A. Collection. Historical Records Survey <a href="https://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1… raw war in pictures</a></p>
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