Landry, Edmond G. (1891-1932) and Norbert T. (1895-1924). Papers, 1907-1932, 2013
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- 1907-1932, 2013
Creator
- Landry, Edmond G. (Edmond G. Landry), 1891-1932 (Person)
- Landry, Norbert T. (Norbert T. Landry), 1895-1924 (Person)
- Manes, Claire (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Edmond and Norbert Landry were 2 of the 5 children of Terville and Lucie Landry. The family lived in Segura and then New Iberia, LA. After military service in World War I, both brothers developed leprosy [Hansen’s disease]. Norbert moved to the Louisiana Leper Home in Carville, LA in 1919, where he died in 1924. Edmond went to Carville in 1924, surviving until 1932.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (6 inches of materials: 13 folders in a two-inch box, three CD's in a two-inch box, and an inch-long book.)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Edmond G. and Norbert T. Landry Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lauren Feltner
- Date
- 12/04/2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu