LACEFIELD/VOELKEL COLLECTION

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1 RECORD GROUP LACEFIELD/VOELKEL COLLECTION oversize boxes Scope and Content Note This collection of manuals, books, photographs, postcards, and other memorabilia are a rich documentation of World War I and in providing a sense of history of a man devoted to military service to his country and a family's interest in preserving that history. Sergeant Stephen Voelkel was born in New Orleans, LA on December 27, 1896 and enlisted the United States Army in During his service in World War I, Sergeant Voelkel served in the 1 54th and 156 Infantry Regiments (both regiments were junior units of the 39th Delta Division); 335th Field Artillery- Battery C; F Company, Infantry Regiment; and, the 5th Regimental (Mississippi) Division. As his last assignment, he served as a member of Casual (Causality?) Company 3986 while in France during WWI until his discharge in He returned to Louisiana that same year. This collection is filled with photographs and memorabilia that were collected by the Lacefields within the last fifty years. The primary donor, Eric Lacefield, was born in New Orleans on June 1, 1943, retired as a Lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and as a Tech Sergeant in the Louisiana Air National Guard (Mr. Louis A. Muhleisen, who was Florence's first husband died in 1976.) Florence Voelkel Muhleisen later met and married Eric Lacefield in Florence was the daughter of Sergeant Voelkel; she was born while Sergeant Voelkel served in France during World War I. Florence Voelkel Muhleisen Lacefield was a Lieutenant Junior Grade in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. LTCG Florence Lacefield died in LT Eric Lacefield donated this collection in the memory of his beloved wife, Florence, and her father, Stephen Voelkel. Mr. Lacefield also donated the Lacefield/Muhleisen (World War II and Civil Defense) Collection, which is also located in this facility, in her memory as well. The donor has placed not restrictions on the copying or duplication of items within the collection. Prepared by 2LT Ingrid Carol Miles, United States Army Reserve Graduate Student - School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University November 15, 1999

2 LACEFIELDNOELKEL COLLECTION WORLD WAR I- ARMY TRAINING MATERIALS AND LANGUAGE DICTIONARY BOX 1 (F.F. 1 - F.F. 6) Pr 0 ~'VI \ - US Ptt?.sldf.. -h""-\ &.tv.cr... ~{o:=t"~l ~v cuk (-\ c... I-P e Y'~e"' J. Voe ( /c.e ( F.F.1 u;frri'f '"' 7-- vvwn: WAf ~A/ t~"' So<>l~rJo. ~- kvit ft., 111~.< ~ I ~ISt'l-\ Author/Creator: LTC Bernard Lents, GS (General Staff). Title: The Cadence System ofclose Order Drill. Date: 1919 Edition: 1st. Publisher: George Banta Publishing Company. Description of Object: Book, soft cover. Number of Pages: 126. F.F. 2 Item 1 Author/Creator: Office of the Adjutant General, United States Army. Title: Infantry Drill Regulations (Provisional) 1919, War Department Document No (Prepared at the Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces in France.) Date: Edition: Supercedes the Infantry Drill Regulations, Publisher: United States Government Printing Office. Description of Object: Book, soft cover. Number of Pages: 189. F.F. 3 Item 1 Author/Creator: Authorized by the Secretary of War Title: Infantry Drill Regulations (U.S. Army) Part I, 1911 with corrections to Apri/15, Reprint of War Department Document No Date: 1917 Publisher: The Chapple Publishing Company, Ltd. Description of Object: Book, soft cover, illustrated. Number of Pages: 94. F.F. 4 Item 1 Author/Creator: Major O.D. Ellis and Major E.B. Garey. Title: The Plattsburg Manual: A Handbookfor Military Training. Date: Edition: 12th. Publisher: The Century Company. Description of Object: Book, hard cover. Number of Pages: 336. F.F. 5 Item 1 Author/Creator: Office of the Chief of Staff, War Department, United States Government.

3 Title: Rules of Land Warfare, 1914 Corrected to Apri/15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 and 2), War Department Document No Date: Publisher: United States Government Printing Office. Description of Object: Book, soft cover. Number of Pages: 221. F.F. 6 Item 1 Author/Creator: N/ A Title: The Soldier's English French Dictionary with Pronunciation, Giving Military Words and Phrases, Tables of Coinage, Weights, Measures &c. Date: 1914? Edition: Revised Edition. Publisher: Gale and Polden, Ltd. (Printer and Publisher). Description of Object: Book, soft cover. Number of Pages: 16. 2

4 LACEFIELDNOELKEL COLLECTION WORLD WAR I - PHOTOGRAPHS, fvlemorabilia AND WAR PROPAGANDA BOX 2 (F.F. 7-F.F. 21) F.F. 7 Item 1 Title: Sergeant Stephen 1. Voelkel in France, Date: Description of Object: Black and white photograph of Sergeant Voelkel standing at the position of attention with a weapon (rifle?). Photograph is 4" x 6" in size. Number of Photographs: 1. Item2 Title: Photograph of Sergeant Stephen J. Voelkel and members of the h Infantry regiment at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. Date: Description of Object: Black and white photograph which is 1 0" x 8" in size. It is members of the h Infantry Regiment standing at the position of attention. Man with the x is Sergeant Voelkel. Number of Photographs: 1. Item3 Author/Creator: National Personnel Records Center (Military Personnel Records), National Archives and Records Administration, United States Government. Title: Certification of Military Service for Voelkel, Stephen J., Date: August 21, Description of Object: Xerox copy 8!h "x 11" of certificate and enlistment record. Number of Pages: 1. Item4 Author/Creator: United States Army. (Cannot identify signature on document.) Title: Honorable Discharge from The United States Army for Voelkel, Stephen J., Date: May 20, Description of Object: Xerox copy, 8!h "x 11" in size, with Army symbol of eagle at top of page. Number of Pages: 1. 1

5 Item 5 Author/Creator: Pershing, General John J., Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces - France, February 28, Title: General Orders No. 38- A. Date: February 28, Description of Object: Xerox copy of letter of thanks from General Pershing to soldiers in the American Expeditionary Forces. A copy was furnished to SGT S. J. Voelkel. Number of Copies: 1. Item6 Title: 39A h ''Delta" Division shoulder patch. Date: 1918? Description of Object: A blue "D" is placed upon white within a red delta and placed upon a gray background. Delta is symbolic for the home area, the delta of the Mississippi River. In WWI a depot division in France. Inactive until Number of Patches: 1. Item 7 Title: th Division (a) shoulder patch. Date: 1918? Description of Object: A variation of 39b (patch) in that the section within the delta is made up of three portions, top - white, lower right - red, and light blue. Number of Patches: 1. F.F. 8 Item 1 Title: Le Defile de Ia Victorie: The Best Remembrance of the War. Photographs taken in France during World War I. Date: 1919 Publisher: Baudiniere Phototypie? Description of Object: 25 Phototypies with dates in an Album-souvenir, 6" x 4" in size. Captions written in French. Number of Pages: 25. F.F. 9 Item 1 Title: Rupland? - Picture photo album. 2

6 Date: Description of Object: Brown, soft cover, photo album, 50 photos, 9" x 11, in size. Captions written in German. Number of Pages: 16. F.F. 10 Item 1 Author/Creator: The Committee on Public Information, United States Government. (Committee Members: The Secretary of State, The Secretary of War, The Secretary of the Navy, and Mr. George Creel). Dana C. Munro, August C. Krey, and George C. Sellery, editors. Title: German War Practices, Part 1: Treatment of Civilians. Date: Edition: January Publisher: Committee on Public Information, United States Government. Description of Object: Book, soft cover, 8 Y2, x 6" in size. (Found in Post Cards Book.) Number of Pages: 91. F.F. 11 Item 1 Author/Creator: National War-Saving Committee, Treasury Department, United States Government. Title: United States Government War-Saving Stamps: What Are They and Why Should You Buy Them. W.S. 113 Date: Publisher: United States Government Printing Office. Description of Object: Pamphlet with one illustrated table. Number of Pages: 8. F.F.12 Item 1 Author/Creator: N/A Title: Views of U.S. Army Life Date: 1914?- 1918? Publisher: Sackett and Wilheims, Corporation. Description of Object: One packet of 20 color pictures, 6 x 4 in size. Number of Pages: 18 (20 pictures). F.F. 13 Items 1-2 Author/Creator: Hammerton, Sir John, editor. Title: Wartime Memories (Series): World War I : A Picture History. Date: (Originally published as a series in 1935). Publisher: Memory Greeting Card Company. Description of Object: Cards with illustrations pertaining to WWI. Number of Cards: 2. F.F. 14 Items 1-2 3

7 Author/Creator: McGill, Donald Title: First World War Humorous Postcard Series Date: Unknown Publisher: Gavin Martin for the Imperial War Museum. Description of Object: Color postcards with drawings of soldiers, 6" x 4'' in size. Number of Postcards: 2. Item 3 Author/Creator: Studio Cigarettes Title: Studio Cigarettes Advertising Showcard c Date: 1914 Publisher/Printer: The Beacon Press Description of Object: Color postcard with drawing of soldiers, 6" x 4" in size. Number of Postcards: 1. F.F. 15 Items 1-41 Title: Color Postcards from World War I era. Date: 1914?- 1919? Description of Object: Includes postcards from Life in the U.S. Army Cantonment series, US Army series, West Point Rifle postcard, Illustrated Postal Card and Novelty Company postcard, and an unknown series of postcards. Number of Postcards: 41. F.F. 16 Items 1-39 Title: Photographs from World War I era. Date: 1914?- 1919? Description of Object: Black and white photographs, in various sizes. Appears to have come from pictures of calvary soldiers. Number of Photographs: 39. F.F. 17 Items 1-4 Author/Creator: Original Creator Unknown- Reprinted for Imperial War Museum. Title: First World War Battle Series. Date: Publisher: P 1 Productions. Description of Object: Black and white photographs of warfare (war-like actions by soldiers), 7" x 4" in size. Nwnber of Photographs: 4. F.F. 18 Items

8 Title: French postcards from WWI. Date: 1914? ? Description of Object: Black and white postcards of various sizes with pictures of French monuments, soldiers, people, and war damage. Captions are written in French. Number of Postcards: 83. F.F. 19 Items 1-96 Title: Postcards from WWI era. Date: 1914?- 1918? Description of Object: Postcards with pictures in black and white of various European sites, buildings, and American soldiers. There are several postcards that were published for the National Catholic War Council of the United States. Number of Pages: 96. F.F. 20 Items 1-4 Title: Stereoscope photographs. Date: 1914?- 1919? Publisher: Keystone View Company. Description of Object: Two black and white photographs on r X 3 W' piece of cardboard with a description on the back on each set. These are to be properly viewed using a stereoscope device. Number of photographs: 4. F.F. 21 Item 1 Title: Post Cards Book- Scrapbook filled with newspaper articles from WWI. Date: 1914? ? Publisher: Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas's local newspaper. Description of Object: Green hardcover scrapbook filled with newspaper articles from WWI. Political commentary cartoons and features, and illustrations. Newspaper articles possibly published in the Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas local newspaper. Number of Pages: