Biographical/historical information

Victor C. Faure, of San Francisco, CA, was the son of Henry E. Faure and his wife Inge Peterson Faure. He served with the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. In later years he, like his parents before him, was very involved in the Native Sons of the Golden West.

Scope and arrangement

Collection includes a scrapbook containing 42 letters and postcards, dated from May 18, 1918 to 27 March, 1919, written by U.S. Army Pvt. Victor C. Faure to his parents, Henry E. Faure and Inge Peterson Faure, in San Francisco, California, describing his World War I Army service. Letters contain discriptions from his travel to and time at Fort Mills on Long Island, New York and his time in France with the First Army as part of the American Expeditionary Force. He provides descriptions of Army life, the devastation in France from German artillery shelling, the First Army's participation in the Battle of Argonne Forest, the end of the war and delays getting back home. Scrapbook order and page numberes are in revese order, newest to oldest, pg 42 to pg 1. Scrapbook was dismantled and copies made for researcher use.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Purchased with state funds from Carmen D. Valentino.

Processing information

Processed by Hans Sprenkle, August 2012.

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms

Personal Names

Faure, Henry E.--Correspondence
Faure, Inge Peterson--Correspondence
Faure, Victor C.

Corporate Names

United States. Army--Military life

Topical

Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American

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