Summary
Abstract
The Pierre de Lagarde Boal Papers contain the personal papers and three hundred photographs and foreign postcards of Pierre de Lagarde Boal, a member of the Boal family of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, for the period 1887-1990. Amidst the correspondence, diaries and financial papers of the collection are letters from the French front written by Captain Pierre de Lagarde Boal while serving as an American volunteer in the French Cavalry from 1914-15.
Dates
- Creation: 1887-1990
Extent
17.3 Cubic feet
Background
Biographical or Historical Note
Born in Thonon-les-Baine, France in 1895, Pierre de Lagarde Boal was the son of Mathilde de Lagarde Boal and (Colonel) Theodore Davis Boal who emigrated to America in 1898. De Lagarde Boal served as an American volunteer in the French cavalry from 1914-15 and was later transferred to the Lafayette Escadrille (Flying Corps) composed of Americans fighting for France. Boal was awarded a Legion of Honor citation, the Purple Heart, the Croix de la Guerre with gilt star and the Lafayette Flying Corps ribbon. A career foreign officer, Boal served in embassies in Yugoslavia, Poland, Switzerland, Peru, Canada, Mexico and at the State Department in Washington, D.C. Later, he was an ambassador to Bolivia and Nicaragua. Mr. Boal died in Paris, France in May of 1966 at the age of seventy and is buried in the vault of the Columbus Chapel in Boalsburg, PA, along with his father Theodore Davis Boal.
Scope and Contents
The Pierre de Lagarde Boal Papers contain the personal papers and three hundred photographs and foreign postcards of Pierre de Lagarde Boal, a member of the Boal family of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, for the period 1887-1990. Amidst the correspondence, diaries and financial papers of the collection are letters from the French front written by Captain Pierre de Lagarde Boal while serving as an American volunteer in the French Cavalry from 1914-15.
Physical Location
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Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
Using These Materials
Repository Details
Part of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library Repository
104 Paterno Library
Penn State University
University Park 16802 USA
(814) 865-1793
spcollections@psu.edu
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is on deposit and may only be accessible to authorized researchers. This collection has preservation concerns and may not currently be accessible to researchers. For information about accessing this collection, please contact the Special Collections Research Services Unit at spcollections@psu.edu.
Due to health, safety, and preservation concerns, boxes 1, 6, 11, and 16 cannot be serviced until further notice.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Pierre De La Garde Boal Papers (1445), Historical Collections and Labor Archives, Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University.
- Title
- Pierre De La Garde Boal Papers, 1887-1990
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Prepared by Special Collections Library faculty/staff
- Date
- 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.