Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 1.5 Linear feet (1 carton, 1 document box)

Abstract: This collection contains correspondence from Jeanne Roullet to Helen Louise (Hitt) Booth. Their correspondence begain in 1932 as pen pals. It continued until about 2010, when Jeanne Roullet died. Louise Booth died in 2012. There are several hundred letters in this collection. The two women only met in France in 1952, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1974, and 1987. Jeanne Roullet lived in Paris on Rue de Vaugiard. She also lived in Menton. Jeanne never married. She was a graduate of the Sorbonne University with a degree in Art History. She became a lecturer at the Louvre Museum. Louise Booth taught English, Drama, and Speech in various high schools. She wrote eight books on history, including a history of Chapman University. She had over twenty articles published in various journals. Louise married Donald R. Booth in 1953, abd they had one son, David, who is a Chapman graduate.

--18 folders of correspondence, dated --3 folders of correspondence, undated --1 folder of postcards with messages, undated --2 folders of postcards with no messages, undated --1 folder of stamps --3 folders of ephemera

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet (1 folder)

This photo album was a Christmas present from Jeanne Roullet to Louise Booth in 1946. However, Louise continued to add photos after this date. The album contains black-and-white photos taken by Jeanne from 1932 to 1952.

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 1.5 Linear feet (1 document box)

Louise Booth, local historian and wife of Professor Don Booth, collection of ephemera and photographs, and Chinese scrolls.

22 postcards of local places

pamphlet, Famous Firsts in Anaheim History

misc clippings of Chapman College

1 photograph, framed, Orange c.1907

3 scrolls, Chinese art

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 8.0 Linear feet (5 cartons, 1 flat box, 1 document box)

5 cartons, 1 document box, and 1 flat box containing various materials, such as Louise Booth's writings, her research on the Civil War, and documents about Chapman University history. Some of the collection's highlights are mentioned below.

Carton 7 This carton contains some of Louise Booth's important documents such as her tax information, her grades in school, and a timeline of important dates in her life. It also contains some of her writings.

Box 8 This box contains Don Booth's photographs taken for the Orange County Historical Society's Photographic contest.

Carton 9 This carton contains Louise Booth's research on various counties, such as Sullivan County. It also contains information on Chapman University's history, and her draft for "Deluding Whirlwind."

Carton 10 This carton contains postcards from Don and Louise Booth's travels, Louise Booth's articles in the Bedford County Historical Quarterly, some of her research on the Civil War, and photographs from the 1984 Olympics.

Carton 11 This carton contains her research for the Civil War in Tennessee.

Document Box 12 This box contains some of her research for the Civil War and World War II. This box also contains a copy of the book, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists: Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650." This book was given to Don Booth by Beverly Waid.

Carton 13 This carton contains scrapbooks and mugs.