John Archer Lejeune papers, 1815-1950 (bulk 1900-1942).
- 6,000 items. 20 containers. 16 microfilm reels. 8 linear feet.
- Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1815-1942; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1889-1942; Series 3: Speeches and Writings File, 1912-1942; Series 4: Military Papers, 1912-1932; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1888-1950.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, military papers, printed matter, and other papers relating to Lejeune's education at Louisiana State University and the United States Naval Academy and to his military career. Includes material on his service aboard the USS Vandalia (Screw sloop) during the 1889 hurricane in Samoa; his service aboard the USS Cincinnati (Cruiser) during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Marine Corps operations in Haiti and Panama and Veracruz Llave, Mexico; his service with the U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces in France and Germany during World War I; and his work as superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute. Correspondents include John E. Ausland, Newton Diehl Baker, George Ernest Barnett, Hugo LaFayette Black, Smedley D. Butler, John Houston Craige, Josephus Daniels, Gordon Dorrance, James G. Harbord, R.S. Keyser, Charles Evans Kilbourne, Rufus Herman Lane, Augustine Lejeune, Charles Grant Long, John J. Pershing, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Henry Russell, Charles Pelot Summerall, Park Trammell, Hugh Henry Trout, Carl Vinson, and Littleton W.T. Waller.
Microfilm edition produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1980-1987.
Photographs Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
Marine Corps officer and educator.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010133
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Ausland, John E.--Correspondence. Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 --Correspondence. Barnett, George Ernest, 1873-1938 --Correspondence. Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971 --Correspondence. Butler, Smedley D. 1881-1940 --Correspondence. Craige, John Houston--Correspondence. Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 --Correspondence. Dorrance, Gordon, 1890-1957 --Correspondence. Harbord, James G. 1866-1947 --Correspondence. Keyser, R. S.--Correspondence. Kilbourne, Charles Evans, 1872-1963 --Correspondence. Lane, Rufus Herman, 1870-1948 --Correspondence. Lejeune, Augustine, 1860-1935 --Correspondence. Long, Charles Grant, 1869-1943 --Correspondence. Pershing, John J. 1860-1948 --Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Correspondence. Russell, John Henry, 1872-1947 --Correspondence. Summerall, Charles Pelot, 1867-1955 --Correspondence. Trammell, Park, 1876-1936 --Correspondence. Trout, Hugh Henry, 1878-1950 --Correspondence. Vinson, Carl, 1883-1981 --Correspondence. Waller, Littleton W. T., 1886-1967 --Correspondence.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. United States. Marine Corps --Foreign service--Haiti. United States. Marine Corps --Foreign service--Panama. United States. Marine Corps --Foreign service--Mexico--Veracruz-Llave (State) Cincinnati (Cruiser) Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) United States Naval Academy. Vandalia (Screw sloop) Virginia Military Institute.
Hurricanes--Samoan Islands. Spanish-American War, 1898--Naval operations. Universities and colleges--Virginia. World War, 1914-1918--France. World War, 1914-1918--Germany.