This collection mainly contains letters written by Edmond and Norbert. The first series includes documents and letters from Edmond’s year at Soulé Business College in New Orleans (1909) and his military service during World War I at Ft. Pike, Arkansas (July – Nov., 1918). His letters from Carville date from 1925. The second series includes letters to and from Norbert starting in 1916 when he was working in the Lafayette area. During World War I, he was stationed in Ft. Leavenworth, KS. His letters from Carville date 1919-1921.

The collection was donated by Claire Manes and Paul Landry on behalf of the Landry family. The website established by the family is http://www.leprosysecrets.com.

Many of these letters were published in the following book:

Manes, Claire. Out of the Shadow of Leprosy: The Carville Letters and Stories of the Landry Family. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2013. Print.