UUS_p0739.xml Guide to the Loyd James Photograph collection James (Loyd) Photograph collection Finding aid written by Asher Bosworth and Daniel Davis. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives 2024
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-22. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Loyd James photograph collection UUS_P0739 1.5 linear feet 1 flat box 1916-1920 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. English .

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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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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Soldiers gathering around some wagons 2:39 1916 1 2 Soldiers setting up tents 2:40 1916 1 2 Soldier posing with a small obelisk marking the international boundary line with Mexico 2:41 1916 1 2 Two soldiers in trench coats 2:42 1916 1 2 Soldiers at attention, with swords 2:43 1916 1 2 Soldiers lounging 2:44 1916 1 2 Soldiers marching 2:45 1916 1 2 Soldiers washing dishes 2:46 1916 1 2 Soldiers washing dishes 2:47 1916 1 2 Soldiers on a hill, with tents in the background 2:48 1916 1 2 A large group of mounted soldiers, with some pulling artillery 2:49 1916 1 2 A line of soldiers at attention 2:50 1916 1 2 Soldiers drilling 2:51 1916 1 2 "U.S. Artillery in action - Border 1916" 2:52 1916 1 2 Artillery exercises, captioned: "Preparing for action - Border 1916" 2:53 1916 1 2 Line of mounted soldiers pulling artillery, as other soldiers sit on the side of the road 2:54 1916 1 2 A group of soldiers posing with Lewis machine guns 2:55 1916 1 2 A small group of soldiers at attention 2:56 1916 1 2 A group of soldiers washing their clothes 2:57 September 14, 1916 1 2 Wide shot of soldiers across a field 2:58 1916 1 2 Soldiers drilling 2:59 1916 1 2 Wide shot of soldiers traveling in an orderly line across the landscape 2:60 1916 1 2 "Battery - D - 6th - Field Artillery - at Nogales" 2:61 1916 1 2 A group of soldiers walking 2:62 1916 1 2 Soldiers walking two-by-two, with mountains in the background 2:63 1916 1 2 Wide shot of soldiers in formation 2:64 1916 1 2 A group of soldiers walking 2:65 1916 1 2 Mounted soldiers pulling artillery over a hill 2:66 1916 1 2 Line of mounted soldiers pulling artillery, as other soldiers sit on the side of the road 2:67 1916 1 2 Soldiers washing dishes 2:68 1916 1 2 Soldiers in a line, at attention 2:69 1916 1 2 Soldiers gathering behind a group of automobiles 2:70 1916 1 2 "Company - K at drill" 2:71 1916 1 2 Idaho soldiers marching near buildings 2:72 1916 1 2 Wide shot of soldiers marching in front of a cliff 2:73 1916 1 2 A collumn of automobiles, with soldiers in the background 2:74 1916 1 2 Soldiers washing dishes, Nogales 2:75 1916 1 2 "K - 2 - [Ida] at Rest" 2:76 1916 1 2 A line of soldiers at attention 2:77 1916 1 2 A group of soldiers lounging 2:78 1916 1 2 "Idaho Inf. at Drill, Nogales Ariz." 2:79 1916 1 2 "Battery - D - 6th - Field Artillery - Nogales" 2:80 1916 1 2 Six horses (mules?) attached to a cart 2:81 1916 1 2 Soldiers traveling in a collumn 2:82 1916 1 2 "City park and band stand Nogales Ariz." 2:83 1916 1 2 Wagon train on a dirt road 2:84 1916 1 2 "Nogales - Sonora" 2:85 1916 1 2 "Corner - Morley Avenue and International ST" 2:86 1916 1 2 Wide shot of drill field 2:87 1916 1 2 "Drill field - Dusty!" 2:88 1916 1 2 Photograph of distant townscape 2:89 1916 1 2 Mounted soldiers pulling artillery over a hill 2:90 1916 1 2 Wide shot of drill field 2:91 1916 1 2 "Preparing for action - Border 1916" 2:92 1916 1 2 Soldiers drilling 2:93 1916 1 2 Soldiers traveling in a collumn 2:94 1916 1 2 Train station 2:95 1916 1 2 Wide shot of drill field 2:96 1916 1 2 Posed portrait of a soldier 2:97 1916 1 2 Soldiers sitting on a handcart, next to a hut 2:98 1916 1 2 Distant photo of ruins 2:99 1916 1 2 Soldiers posing near ruins 2:100 1916 1 2 Soldiers posing near ruins 2:101 1916 1 2 Soldiers posing near ruins 2:102 1916 1 2 Wide shot of ruins 2:103 1916 1 2 Close up shot of ruins 2:104 1916 1 2 Soldiers posing near ruins 2:105 1916 1 2 Soldiers posing near ruins 2:106 1916 1 2 Mules 2:107 1916 1 2 "Mexicans washing - 1916" 2:108 1916 1 2 "Mexicans at home - 1916" 2:109 1916 1 2 Soldiers posing near ruins 2:110 1916 1 2 Soldiers posing in front of an old building 2:111 1916 1 2 Soldiers posing near ruins 2:112 1916 1 2 Soldiers posing near ruins 2:113 1916 1 2 "Fouquieria Splendeno (Ocatilla)" 2:114 1916 1 2 Photo of a plant 2:116 1916 1 2 Photo of a plant 2:117 1916 1 2 "Opuntia mamillata (Cholla)" 2:118 1916 1 2 "Opuntia mamillata (Cholla)" 2:119 1916 1 2 Photo of a plant 2:120 1916 1 2 Photo of a dog 2:121 1916 1 2 Photo of a plant 2:122 1916 1 2 Photo of a plant 2:123 1916 1 2 Wood and stone hut 2:124 1916 1 2 Wood and stone hut 2:125 1916 1 2 Family posing in front of hut 2:126 1916 1 2 "Mexican baek oven - Nogales" 2:127 1916 1 2 Military documents Military documents and their associated envelopes 3:01 1916-1920 1 3