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Barousse, Walter B. (1918-1997). Collection, 1938-1945

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0461

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three scrapbooks with photographs taken and collected by Staff Sergeant Barousse during World War II. There are also two certificates and a photograph of him.

Lucien J. Savoie, III and Christine Savoie, Staff Sergeant Barousse’s nephew and grandniece respectively, donated the digital version of this collection.

Dates

  • 1938-1945

Biographical / Historical

Walter Barousse was born May 19, 1918 in Church Point, LA, the youngest of seven siblings. He graduated from Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1938 with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and was inducted August 3, 1943, where he served as a Staff Sergeant in General Omar N. Bradley’s company. While serving throughout Europe, he took and collected photographs that depicted life before and during the war.

After the war, Staff Sergeant Barousse came home to Crowley, LA, where he worked for the Case Tractor Company. He was also involved in St. Michael’s Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. He died in 1997.

Extent

3.35 Gigabytes (Digitized versions of 3 scrapbooks and miscellaneous materials on 1 DVD)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Walter B. Barousse Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Zack Stein
Date
07/16/2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031