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Loyd James photograph collection, 1916-1920

Overview of the Collection

Title
Loyd James photograph collection
Dates
1916-1920 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.5 linear feet, (1 flat box)
Collection Number
UUS_P0739
Summary
Consists of notebooks, documents and photographs collected by Loyd James of the Idaho 2nd Infantry "K" Company - punitive expedition to the US/Mexican border near Nogales, Arizona.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
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Content Description

Libraries and archives collect and preserve a broad spectrum of material. Some materials in the USU Libraries' collections contain sensitive or harmful content. This collection has been identified as having such content. You may submit feedback on such content here. For USU Libraries' full statement on sensitive or harmful, content, please visit this page. Collection includes 20 sheets from photo album, 127 photos and five loose photos. Some photos by Bradley from Buhl, Idaho from 1916, Nogales train station, and downtown and city hall Fort Huachuca Soldiers field drilling, training, camping, training with artillery and machine guns. Some photos by H.F. Wood of Troop F. Of local Yaqui Indians International Boundry Line Army Band – MSS material – history of Idaho 2nd Infantry on the US-Mexican border 1916 Thanksgiving, 1916 program for K Company 1920 Letter from the War Department awarding James an award for service Song about the Idaho National Guard, by Sgt. P.E. Thompson

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Historical Note

Loyd James joined the Idaho reserves as a teenager. On the border he did not see fighting, but he became an expert on the Browning Machine Gun. In WWI he became a machine gun trainer and did not go to the front lines. He talked very little during his life about these experiences.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Loyd James Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Loyd James Photograph Collection USU_P0739. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0739, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into three series: The first contains 5 postcards, the second has 20 pages from a photo album, and the third includes some relevant papers.

Acquisition Information

Donated to Special Collections by Ronald James (grandson of Loyd).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Postcards

    • Description: 1:01: Photo of company on the Mexican Border
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: 1:02: City Hall Nogales, Arizona Post Card
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: 1:03: Post Card of Military Drills
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: 1:04: Post Card of Military Drills, Tents
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: 1:05: Post Card of Military Drills
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Photo album

    • Description: 2:01: Soldiers organizing camp
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:02: Wide shot of tents
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:03: Soldiers and tents
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:04: Rows of tents
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:05: Idaho infantry camp, Nogales Arizona
      Dates: 1912
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:06: Nogales Arizona
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:07: Soldiers sitting near railroad tracks
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:08: Wide shot of townscape
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:09: Wide shot of townscape with a soldier in the foreground
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:10: Rows of tents
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:11: Truck camp, Nogales Bradley
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:12: Large group of soldiers
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:13: Two soldiers sitting
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:14: Two soldiers in town
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:15: A group of soldiers near wagons
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:16: Wide shot of camp
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:17: Rows of tents
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:18: Truck company, Nogales Arizona
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:19: "A Soldier would a-wooing go at Nogales"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:20: Wooden hut, with caption: "Nine people live in this shack - Nogales"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:21: Soldiers chatting
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:22: Soldiers sitting on crates
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:23: Close up of soldiers marching
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:24: "Squad 2.K.L. Ida. [h. corp.] 9."
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:25: Soldier posing with a small obelisk marking an international boundary line
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:26: Soldier posing with a small obelisk marking an international boundary line
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:27: Two soliders, with caption: "Mexican rifle pits, Sonora Mexico"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:28: Three soldiers standing in front of tent
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:29: An Idaho band performing outside of a Wells Fargo
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:30: Two soldiers standing in a town
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:31: Soldier posing with a small obelisk marking the international boundary line with Mexico
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:32: Six soldiers and a dog
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:33: A group of soldiers
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:34: "Idaho Soldiers and Mexican Senoritas"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:35: A solder and two women, with caption: "A Soldier will Trifle"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:36: Soldiers waving signal flags
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:37: "...Senoritas, Idaho Soldiers"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:38: "Loved at first sight - A Yaqui Squaw"

      Libraries and archives collect and preserve a broad spectrum of material. Some materials in the USU Libraries' collections contain sensitive or harmful content. This item has been identified as having such content. You may submit feedback on such content here.

      here. For USU Libraries' full statement on sensitive or harmful, content, please visit this page.

      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:39: Soldiers gathering around some wagons
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:40: Soldiers setting up tents
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:41: Soldier posing with a small obelisk marking the international boundary line with Mexico
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:42: Two soldiers in trench coats
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:43: Soldiers at attention, with swords
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:44: Soldiers lounging
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:45: Soldiers marching
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:46: Soldiers washing dishes
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:47: Soldiers washing dishes
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:48: Soldiers on a hill, with tents in the background
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:49: A large group of mounted soldiers, with some pulling artillery
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:50: A line of soldiers at attention
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:51: Soldiers drilling
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:52: "U.S. Artillery in action - Border 1916"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:53: Artillery exercises, captioned: "Preparing for action - Border 1916"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:54: Line of mounted soldiers pulling artillery, as other soldiers sit on the side of the road
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:55: A group of soldiers posing with Lewis machine guns
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:56: A small group of soldiers at attention
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:57: A group of soldiers washing their clothes
      Dates: September 14, 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:58: Wide shot of soldiers across a field
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:59: Soldiers drilling
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:60: Wide shot of soldiers traveling in an orderly line across the landscape
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:61: "Battery - D - 6th - Field Artillery - at Nogales"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:62: A group of soldiers walking
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:63: Soldiers walking two-by-two, with mountains in the background
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:64: Wide shot of soldiers in formation
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:65: A group of soldiers walking
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:66: Mounted soldiers pulling artillery over a hill
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:67: Line of mounted soldiers pulling artillery, as other soldiers sit on the side of the road
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:68: Soldiers washing dishes
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:69: Soldiers in a line, at attention
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:70: Soldiers gathering behind a group of automobiles
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:71: "Company - K at drill"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:72: Idaho soldiers marching near buildings
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:73: Wide shot of soldiers marching in front of a cliff
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:74: A collumn of automobiles, with soldiers in the background
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:75: Soldiers washing dishes, Nogales
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:76: "K - 2 - [Ida] at Rest"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:77: A line of soldiers at attention
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:78: A group of soldiers lounging
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:79: "Idaho Inf. at Drill, Nogales Ariz."
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:80: "Battery - D - 6th - Field Artillery - Nogales"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:81: Six horses (mules?) attached to a cart
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:82: Soldiers traveling in a collumn
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:83: "City park and band stand Nogales Ariz."
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:84: Wagon train on a dirt road
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:85: "Nogales - Sonora"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:86: "Corner - Morley Avenue and International ST"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:87: Wide shot of drill field
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:88: "Drill field - Dusty!"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:89: Photograph of distant townscape
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:90: Mounted soldiers pulling artillery over a hill
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:91: Wide shot of drill field
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:92: "Preparing for action - Border 1916"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:93: Soldiers drilling
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:94: Soldiers traveling in a collumn
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:95: Train station
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:96: Wide shot of drill field
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:97: Posed portrait of a soldier
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:98: Soldiers sitting on a handcart, next to a hut
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:99: Distant photo of ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:100: Soldiers posing near ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:101: Soldiers posing near ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:102: Soldiers posing near ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:103: Wide shot of ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:104: Close up shot of ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:105: Soldiers posing near ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:106: Soldiers posing near ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:107: Mules
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:108: "Mexicans washing - 1916"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:109: "Mexicans at home - 1916"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:110: Soldiers posing near ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:111: Soldiers posing in front of an old building
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:112: Soldiers posing near ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:113: Soldiers posing near ruins
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:114: "Fouquieria Splendeno (Ocatilla)"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:116: Photo of a plant
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:117: Photo of a plant
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:118: "Opuntia mamillata (Cholla)"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:119: "Opuntia mamillata (Cholla)"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:120: Photo of a plant
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:121: Photo of a dog
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:122: Photo of a plant
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:123: Photo of a plant
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:124: Wood and stone hut
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:125: Wood and stone hut
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:126: Family posing in front of hut
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: 2:127: "Mexican baek oven - Nogales"
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Military documents

    • Description: 3:01: Military documents and their associated envelopes
      Dates: 1916-1920
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3

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