Inez Tarbell Collection of Walter P. Lanagan World War I Correspondence, 1918-1920

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Summary

Creators:
Inez Tarbell and Walter P. Lanagan
Abstract:
This collection consists of Walter P. Lanagan's correspondence with persons he met in France during World War I, while serving at the American Red Cross Hospital at Nantes, France.
Extent:
1 archival document boxe (.25 linear foot)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English French
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box and Folder number, Inez Tarbell Collection of Walter P. Lanagan World War I Correspondence, MS121, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains nine letters, ten postcards, two photographs, and a menu for a banquet at the U.S.A. Base Hospital 38 held at the Hotel de Bretagne, Nantes, on 29 March 1919. Andrée Laheux, an "Odette," and Edouard Choupay sent the correspondence and postcards to a Walter Lanagan. Most of the correspondence comes from Andrée Laheux, of Nantes, France. This is probably the same Walter P. Lanagan stationed at the American Red Cross Hospital at Nantes, France, in World War I. See W.M.L. Coplin, American Red Cross Base Hospital No. 38 in the World War: United States Army Base Hospital No. 38, Organized Under the Auspices of the Jefferson Medical College and Hospital, Stationed at Nantes, France, 1918-1919 (Philadelphia: E.A. Wright Co., 1923), p. 238. Also see Walter P. Lanagan's photograph between pages 156-157. An on-line search reveals a Walter P. Lanagan who was born perhaps in Philadelphia, in 1898 and was still living there in 1940.

The authors of the letters principally lament Lanagan's absence and his failure to respond to their letters.

Because of the fragility of the letters, photocopies have been substituted for the originals, except for the letter from Edouard Choupay of 5 June 1919 (Folder 1). A photocopy has also been substituted for the menu for the banquet for U.S.A. Base Hospital 38, in folder 3.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Inez Tarbell. Accession number: 2014.3
Arrangement:

There is no original order for this collection, which was arranged by format: letters in folder 1 and postcards in folder 2.

Physical location:
Section H, Aisle 67, Row B, Bay 1, Shelf 6
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.

Terms of access:

Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box and Folder number, Inez Tarbell Collection of Walter P. Lanagan World War I Correspondence, MS121, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.

Location of this collection:
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Contact:
(310) 338-5710
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