Finding Aid for the Eugene R. Cadieux Second World War correspondence 2016.021.w.r
Sharon Clairemont
Center for American War Letters Archives
June 14, 2016
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Eugene R. Cadieux Second World War correspondence
Creator:
Cadieux, Eugene Rogers
source:
Cadieux, Leontine Keane
Identifier/Call Number: 2016.021.w.r
Physical Description:
.8 Linear feet
(15 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1943 - 1945
Abstract: This collection contains letters, photographs and newspaper clippings from CPL Eugene Rogers Cadieux, USA.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 24
Container: 17-20
Container: 1-4
Container: WWII 25
Container: 1-7
Container: 5-11
Container: WWII 26
Container: 1-4
Container: 12-15
Container: Oversize 1
Container: 8
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Leontine Keane Cadieux (Mrs. Eugene R. Cadieux), part of the Legacy Collection.
This collection is arranged by material type and date:
- Series 1: Correspondence from Eugene Cadieux to Nadia Cadieux
- Series 2: Correspondence from Eugene Cadieux to Josephine Rogers
- Series 3: Correspondence from Eugene Cadieux to Kathleen (Mrs. Roy) Flora
- Series 4: Biographical Information
- Series 5: Photographs
Corporal Eugene Rene Cadieux, United States Army Corps of Engineers, was born on February 14, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan.
He lived with his mother Nadia and grandmother, Josephine Rogers. The Cadieux name came from early settlers in Grosse Pointe,
Michigan and the family name has deep roots in the area. His mother was a descendant of settlers from the Mayflower, with
the last name Rogers. CPL Cadieux joined the United States Army on March 11, 1943 and served with the Army Corps of Engineers
until January 15, 1946. He was a history enthusiast and ran a "rainbow" farm, so named for its thin shape, in Grosse Pointe
until his death on March 23, 1988.
[Item title, Box number, Folder number], Eugene R. Cadieux Second World War correspondence (2016.021.w.r), Center for American
War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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collection, including permanent URL's, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains the correspondence of CPL Eugene "Gene" Rogers Cadieux, USA to his mother, Nadia Cadieux and to his
grandmother, Josephine Rogers in Detroit, Michigan and to Kathleen (Mrs. Roy) Flora in Elgin, IL. Eugene Cadieux was a private
in the United States Army Corps of Engineers and served in the European theater, primarily in France. Cpl. Cadieux trained
at Camp Bowie in Texas, Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Arkansas and the Desert Training Center in California. Of interest is
a lock of hair sent to his mother Nadia on July 4, 1944.
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945) -- France
United States -- Army -- Corps of Engineers
United States -- Army -- European Theater of Operations
Nadia Cadieux
Josephine Rogers
Cadieux, Leontine Keane
box WWII 24, folder 17-20, folder 1-4, box WWII 25, folder 1-4, folder 5-8
Series 1, Correspondence from Eugene Cadieux to Nadia Cadieux 1943 - 1945
Language of Material: English.
This series contains letters from CPL Eugene Cadieux, USA to his mother, Nadia Cadieux -- Letter dated 03-24-1943 includes
three photographs of CPL Eugene Cadieux in uniform. -- Letter of 10-26-1943 includes Last Will and Testament of Eugene Cadieux.
-- Letter of 06-07-1944 includes copy of Stars and Stripes newspaper of 06-07-1944 featuring allied troop landings on French
coast, Normandy, D-Day. -- Letter of 03-10-1945 includes 12 color postcards of London, England -- Letter of 04-15-1945 includes
copy of Stars and Stripes newspapers featuring obituary for Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Letter of 06-06-1945 includes
copy of 06-06-1945 Stars and Stripes newspaper featuring anniversary remembrance of D-Day invasion in Normandy, France.
CPL Cadieux writes to his mother, Nadia, several times per week. He often writes of the food available and of his health
and various ailments. Cadieux is Roman Catholic and often writes of attending Mass and Communion and of various holy days.
Early letters are about physical and weapons training, his unsuccesful efforts to get into specialized training and Officer
Candidate School, and finally his training as a land surveyor. Cadieux keeps his mother apprised of his assignment locations
with the Army Corps of Engineers - Northern Ireland, London, Paris, Brussels, Frankfort - and describes his living quarters/apartments,
friends, meals, and his travels while on furlough. He frequently asks for personal grooming items, clothing, and accessories.
He mentions his office workplace but does not speak of his work. Cadieux and his mother share a great deal of information
about friends' and family's military assignments, marriages and deaths.
Note: One letter was added from a separate accession, which includes a lock of his hair sent July 4, 1944. [acc# 2014.077.w]
box WWII 25, folder 5-7, folder 9-11, box WWII 26, folder 1, folder 12
Series 2, Correspondence from Eugene Cadieux to Josephine Rogers 1943 - 1945
Language of Material: English.
This series contains correspondence from CPL Eugene Cadieux, USA to his grandmother Josephine Rogers. CPL Cadieux writes
to his grandmother approximately twice per week. The content of these letters is much like that which he writes to his mother.
He often writes of the food available and of his health. Cadieux is Roman Catholic and often writes of attending Mass and
Communion and of various holy days. Early letters are about physical and weapons training and generally about daily life in
the training camps. Cadieux writes with some description of the places he is assigned in England, France and Germany, but
very little about his work. He describes his living quarters/apartments, friends, meals, and his travels while on furlough.
Cadieux and his grandmother share a great deal of information about friends' and family's military assignments, marriages
and deaths.
box WWII 26, folder 2, folder 13
Series 3, Correspondence from Eugene Cadieux to Kathleen (Mrs. Roy) Flora 1943 - 1944
Language of Material: English.
This series contains correspondence from CPL Eugene Cadieux to Kathleen (Mrs. Roy) Flora. In these nine letters Cadieux writes
primarily about his hospitalization in Northern Ireland due to illness. He also writes of spending time with an Irish family
named Savage and of visiting a university with a retired instructor named Dr. Rogers. He describes Irish countryside.
box WWII 26, folder 3, folder 14
Series 4, Biographical Information, 1977 - 1988 1977 - 1988
Language of Material: English.
This series contains biographical information about CPL Eugene Cadieux, USA and his family. It includes two Detroit newspaper
obituaries from 1988, and a 1977 feature article about French street names in Detroit and Cadieux family history and genealogy.
box WWII 26, folder 4, folder 15
Series 5, Photographs 1943 - 1945