World War I French Propaganda Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: GTM-20230508

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Content Description

Scrapbook assembled by a French army officer primarily containing World War I propaganda materials issued between 1914 and 1917. All of the contents of the scrapbook are in French.

It includes sheet music, small posters for war art exhibitions, notices for theatrical events concerning the war, advertisements, short stories and serial novelettes, cards related to bond drives, newspaper clippings and notices, patriotic lapel "pins," postcards, original drawings of a war lottery poster (R. Pichon), catalogs of war art, broadsides, military forms, correspondence from German POW camps, war bond certificates, paper money, a passport, and two photographs.

The scrapbook may have been assembled by Lieutenant Edouard Franchet, who served with the Bureau Militaire des Estrangers and is featured in two photographs found in the scrapbook.

Dates

Creation: 1914 - 1917

Conditions Governing Access

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Extent

0.3 Cubic Feet (1 flat box)

Language of Materials

French

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Arrangement

The contents of the scrapbook are arranged chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Marc Selvaggio Books and Ephemera, 2023.

Related Materials

The Dailey Family Collection of World War I materials (GTM-180520) contains materials related to the experience of Americans in World War I.

The Arthur Michaelis Holocaust Collection (GTM-180619) contains propaganda flyers from both Allied and Axis powers.