Israel Shreve Letters,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Israel Shreve Letters, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Correspondence of Colonel Israel Shreve, who served with Washington during the Revolutionary War; provides information on battles, conditions, etc., during the Revolution, including Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Brandywine.
Joseph J. Corneille Family Papers,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Joseph J. Corneille Family Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Photocopied papers of the Joseph J. Corneille family.
Mark Scalia Research Materials Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Mark Scalia Research Materials Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Photocopied materials collected by Mark Scalia from doing research for graduate history papers including letters, pamphlet and publications.
Mrs. David Lyons Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Mrs. David Lyons Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Gift by prisoner to donor's father, G.H. Cole, a member of the U.S. staff at the camp.
Enzio Siena Camp Ruston Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Enzio Siena Camp Ruston Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Materials concerning Enzo Siena, Italian prisoner of war at Camp Ruston.
Margaret Pesnell Colvin Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Margaret Pesnell Colvin Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Painting by Camp Ruston P.O.W., photographs of prisoners' paintings and of rocking chair constructed by them, and service records of donor's father James F. Pesnell, a member of the American staff at the camp.
C. Michael Ramsdell Camp Ruston Sound Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
C. Michael Ramsdell Camp Ruston Sound Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Six 78 rpm records from Camp Ruston Library.
Camp Ruston Former P.O.W. Correspondence,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Camp Ruston Former P.O.W. Correspondence, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Primarily correspondence between Camp Ruston Foundation President Vince Spione and former prisoners from U.S. World War II prisoner of war camp Camp Ruston, including letters from Otto Fernholz and Hans Stollenwerk, and records and photographs of Franz Stich.
Camp Ruston U-505 Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Camp Ruston U-505 Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Booklet and tape about World War II German submarine U-505 housed since 1954 in Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois.
Camp Ruston Symposium Records,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Camp Ruston Symposium Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Materials concerning Camp Ruston Symposium, programs correspondence, publicity and records.
Cesare Puelli Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Cesare Puelli Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Artifacts, journal, correspondence, and drawings of Cesare Puelli, Italian prisoner of war at Camp Ruston, including drawings of scenes of camps Como, Monticello, and Ruston, the tennis racket he used at Camp Ruston, and the journal he kept during his return voyage home.
Charles H. Lyles Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Charles H. Lyles Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
NDSP (Nazi) flag and collection of foreign and domestic coins.
W.T. Block Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
W.T. Block Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
“The Diary of 1st Sergeant H. N. Connor” edited and annotated by W.T. Block. 1861-1863. 36 pgs.
Eulis L. "Joe" Carroll Camp Ruston Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Eulis L. "Joe" Carroll Camp Ruston Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Material concerning donor who was a guard in hospital stationed at Camp Ruston (1943-46).
Felix Pierre Poche Papers,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Felix Pierre Poche Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Diary of a young Confederate Army officer kept 1863-1865, including eyewitness account of two 1864 battles in North Louisiana; after the War, Poche an attorney from St. James Parish, Louisiana, was elected a state senator and later an associate judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Franco Montecchi Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Franco Montecchi Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Materials concerning Franco Montecchi, Italian prisoner of war at Camp Ruston.
Charles L. Tannehill Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Charles L. Tannehill Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
The Rosinbelly, a mimeographed publication created and printed in Urania, Louisiana, for distribution to servicemen from the area.
Camp Ruston National Register Of Historic Places,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Camp Ruston National Register Of Historic Places, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Materials concerning application for nomination of U.S. World War II prisoner of war Camp Ruston to the National Register of Historic Places.
James L. Hogan Collection,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
James L. Hogan Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Afrika Korps pattern eagle and swastika. This artifact was given to American civilian camp employee, James L. Hogan by German POW Robert Kopriwa. Also, includes a book entitled The Brothers Karamazov written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Random House in 1943.
Joseph J. Corneille Record Book,
2019
Louisiana Tech University
Joseph J. Corneille Record Book, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Confederate Army soldier and businessman from New Orleans. Most of his military service was spent in St. Tammany and Tangipahoa Parishes and later in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he spent several months ill in a hospital. He rejoined his unit, was captured near Jackson, Mississippi, in July 1863, and was released May 18, 1865.
