John Archer Lejeune papers, 1815-1950 (bulk 1900-1942).

By: Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsDescription: 6,000 items; 20 containers; 16 microfilm reels; 8 linear feetSubject(s): Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Microfilm edition available, nos. 18,062 & 18,062.1.
Summary: 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.Summary: 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.
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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 available, nos. 18,062 & 18,062.1.

Microfilm edition produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1980-1987.

Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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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