The collection contains the correspondence, publications, photographs, maps, and memorability of Samuel Leyens Switzer, a soldier who fought in World War I as well as a merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The bulk of the material details Switzer's time as a Lieutenant in World War I. Some of the highlights of the collector include letters chronically the daily life of soldiers, photographs of Switzer and fellow officers, and maps containing detailed battle positions and troop movements.
The collection is divided into six series: Series I: Correspondence; Series II: Literary Productions; Series III: Printed Material; Series IV: Maps; Series V: Photographic Material; and Series VI: Memorabilia.
Open to researchers without restrictions.
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.
Mrs. Bettie Minette Cooper
Loan. Accession #A80-19
Last accession August 15, 2005.
[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Samuel Leyens Switzer was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on November 26, 1896. He was a son of Simon and Flora Leyens Switzer. In 1902, Sam's father died, leaving his widow Flora with four children: Louis, Minette, Barbara and Samuel. Samuel Switzer's correspondence begins when he journeyed North in 1911 to complete his secondary education at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. After Exeter, Sam entered Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a member of the class of 1918. Sam's letters home during this period reveal that he was a typical college student interested in fashions, football, girls and grades.
While attending college Samuel Switzer joined Harvard University's Military Reserve Unit. After his sophomore year, in the summer of 1916, Sam attended and successfully completed a United States Army training camp in Plattsburgh, New York. Sam returned to Harvard University in the fall of 1916. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, he spent time training from then until 1918. Switzer eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant.
After the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, Lieutenant Switzer traveled through Luxembourg and into Germany. He remained in Kretz and Kruft, Germany, with the American Army of Occupation.At Beaune University he studied French, political science and business law. In May 1919, while still in France, Sam Switzer was awarded his A.B. degree in absentia from Harvard University. He was awarded this degree as a student who had completed three-fourths of the requirements but was unable to complete the entire course due to military service.
On June 15, 1919, Sam Switzer sailed for home with the St. Aignan Special (Beaune University) Casual Company Number 6438. After his arrival in New York City, Lieutenant Switzer proceeded to Fort Shelby, Mississippi, where he was formally discharged from the United States Army on July 29, 1919.
As a civilian, Sam Switzer entered the family business in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Switzer family owned The Valley Dry Goods Company, the largest department store in the Mississippi Valley. As president of The Valley, Samuel Switzer remained one of Vicksburg's most eminent businessmen. He was active in all phases of civic life and was a devoted member of Anshe Chesed congregation, having served as congregation president and for a number of years as president of the Young Men's Hebrew Association. He was former chairman of the Jewish Welfare Federation and was a member of B'nai B'rith. Samuel Leyens Switzer died on April 14, 1960, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. His family remembered him as being " fervently American as a nationality and Jewish as a religion. "
This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after the armistice in November 1918. The series is arranged in chronological order.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Schooling: Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, 1911 November, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Schooling: Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, circa 1911-1914, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Schooling: Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, 1914 February, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1914 September, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1914 October, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1914 November, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1914 December, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1915 January, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1915 February, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 10, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1915 March, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 11, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1915 April, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 12, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1915 May, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 13, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1916 March, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 14, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1916 April, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 15, Military Training: Plattsburgh, New York, 1916 June, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 16, Military Training: Plattsburgh, New York, 1916 July, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 17, New York City, 1916 August, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 18, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1916 October, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 19, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1917 March, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 20, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1917 April, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 21, College: Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1917 May, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 22, Military Training: Harvard's Reserve Unit, 1917 June, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 23, Military Training: Harvard's Reserve Unit, 1917 July, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 24, Military Training: Harvard's Reserve Unit, 1917 August, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 25, Military Training: Leon Springs, Texas, 1917 September, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 26, Military Training: Leon Springs, Texas, 1917 October, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 27, Military Training: Leon Springs, Texas, 1917 November, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 1, Military Training: Douglas, Arizona, 1917 December, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 2, Military Training: Douglas, Arizona, 1918 January, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 3, Military Training: Douglas, Arizona, 1918 February, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 4, Military Training: Douglas, Arizona, 1918 March, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 5, New York City, 1918 April, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 6, Sailing to and Arrival in France, 1918 May, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 7, World War I: France, 1918 June, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 8, World War I: France, 1918 July, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 9, World War I: France, 1918 August, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 10, World War I: France, 1918 September, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 11, World War I: France, 1918 October, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 1, World War I: France, 1918 November, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Letter dated 1918 December 26 talks about influenza while Switzer was stationed in Germany.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 2, Occupation Army: Germany, 1918 December, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 3, Occupation Army: Germany, 1919 January, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 4, Occupation Army: Germany, 1919 February, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 5, Occupation Army: Germany, 1919 March, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 6, Beaune University: France, 1919 April, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 7, Beaune University: France, 1919 May, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 8, Beaune University: France, 1919 June, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 9, Arrival in America and Discharge from the Army, 1919 July, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 10, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1919 November, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 11, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1920 April, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 12, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1920 August, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 13, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1920 November, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 14, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1921 March, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 15, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1921 May, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 16, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1921 July, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 17, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1921 December, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 18, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1922 January, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 19, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1922 March, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 20, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1922 September, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 21, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1922 October, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 23, Vicksburg, Mississippi, April 1923, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 24, Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 1923, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 25, Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 1923, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 26, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1925 November, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 27, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1926 December, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 28, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1927 December, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 29, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1928 February, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 30, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1928 March, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 31, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1928 April, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 32, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1937 February, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 33, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1937 March, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 34, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1937 June, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 22, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1922 November, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 1, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1937 July, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 2, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1937 August, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 3, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1937 September, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 4, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1937 October, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 5, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1957 July, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 6, Address Books--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 7, National Rehabilitation Association--Switzer Scholars, 1985 May, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 8, Letter Asking for Date with Switzer, undated, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series includes an early composition of young Sam Switzer, as well as the syllabus and class notes from a course in Contemporary International Relations. He took this course at the American University in Beaune, France, from March to June in 1919.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 9, Composition, 1910, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 10, Syllabus and Notes from "Contemporary International Relations" Course, 1919 March-June, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series contains legal documents, publications, newspaper and magazine clippings, and books, among others. Most of the series contains information about military affairs.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 11, Legal Documents--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 12, Lists--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 13, Bulletins/Orders, 1916-1921 August, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 14, Programs, 1910-1928, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 15, Certificates, 1916-1922, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 16, Identification Cards--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 17, Newspaper and Magazine Clippings--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 18, Newspaper and Magazine Clippings Post--World War I, circa 1921-1960, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 19, Newspaper--The Vicksburg Herald (Vicksburg, Mississippi), 1916 May 14, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 20, Newspaper--The Camp News (Plattsburgh, New York), 1916 July 8-August 5, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 21, Newspaper--The Sunday Herald (Boston, Mass.), 1917 May 6, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 22, Newspaper--The Stars and Stripes (Paris, France), 1919 January 17, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 23, Newspaper--Fourth Corps Flare (Mayen, Germany), 1919 January 25, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 24, List of Officers and Record Book, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 25, Book--Abridged Prayer Book for Jews in the Army and Navy of the United States, 1917, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 1, Book--A New World in the Making, 1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 2, A Popular Geography of France, 1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 3, Book--In Flander's Field, circa 1917-1920, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 4, Magazine--Le Pantheon de la Guerre, 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 5, Magazine--Mid-Week Pictorial, 1919 September 4, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 6, Journal - The Field Artillery Journal, 1921 March-April, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series contains maps of Europe, mostly during the World War I era, and are in French or German. Several maps detail battle positions and troop movements in France and Germany during World War I.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 7, Maps of Germany and France, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 1, Map of the Stand in Northeast France Near Azannes, 1917 November 17, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 2, Map of Northeast France Near Montmedy, 1916, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 3, Partial Map of a Stand in Eastern France, circa 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 4, Map of Stand in Northeast France Near Mogeville, 1917 November 22, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 5, Map of Northeast France Near Ecurey, 1918 July, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 6, Fleming's Big Map of the Western Front, 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 7, Map of Northeast France Near Consenvoye, 1918 February 10, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 8, Map of France by A. Taride, circa 1912, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 9, Map of Batteries in Ornes, France, 1917, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 10, Map of the Stand at Ornes, Frane, 1917 November 17, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 11, Map of Belgium, undated, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 12, Map of Batteries in Northern France Near Cuisy, 1918 March 27, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 13, Map of Reported Fire Squadrons in Northeast France Near Gercourt-et-Drillancourt, 1918 February, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 8, Folder 14, Map of Infantry Positions in Northern France Near Crezancy, 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French. 2 copies
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 1, Map of Northern France Near Fere-en-Tardenois, 1918 June 28, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 2, Map of France Near Longuyon, undated, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 3, Map of Batteries in Northeast France Near Fismes, 1918 June 22, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French and German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 4, Map of Artillery Divisions in Northeast France Near Bazeilles, circa 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 5, Color Map of the United States Published in National Geographic Magazine, 1940, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 6, Map of Northeast France Near Verdun, circa 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 7, Map of Meaux, France Near Paris, 1912, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 8, Color Map of the Pacific Ocean Published by National Geographic Magazine, 1936, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 9, Map of Romania Near Focsani Buzau, circa 1917, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 10, Map Detailing Resistance Lines, circa 1917-1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German. 2 copies
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 11, Map of Northern France Near Montfaucon, circa 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in German
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 12, Map of Paris, France and Surrounding Area, 1914, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Publsihed by National Geographic Magazine
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 13, Map of Sovereignty and Mandate Boundary Lines of the Islands of the Pacific, 1921, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 14, Map of the French Frontier Including Luxenbourg and Bastogne, 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 15, Map of French Frontier Including Metz and Pont-a-Mousson, 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 16, Bicycle and Car Map of Northeast Paris, undated, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 17, Map of the Lorraine Region of France, undated, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 18, Map of Germany Including Frankfurt and Coblenz, 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 19, Map of Germany Including Mainz and Mannheim, 1918, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 20, Bicycle and Car Map of Northeast France Including Nancy and Chaumont, undated, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 21, Bicycle and Car Map of Southern France Including Nantes and Angers, undated, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Written in French
[Identification of item and date], Oversize Box 9, Folder 22, Color Map of France by A. Taride, circa 1912, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series includes photographic prints and postcards, mostly from the World War I period. Postcards are filed by country and city. The countries represented include France, Germany, Monaco, Spain, and Italy. Postcard packets of the destruction at Verdun and La Marne are also part of the series.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 8, Positive Prints--Sam Switzer and Family, circa 1910-1914, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 9, Positive Prints--Harvard Training Camp, 1917, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 10, Positive Prints--Camp Douglas, Arizona, 1917 December-1918 April, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 11, Positive Prints--World War I, 1918-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 12, Postcards--Camp Douglas, Arizona, 1917 December-1918 April, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 13, Postcards--France--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 14, Postcards--France: Verdun, La Marne--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 15, Postcards--France: Lyon, Paris, Dole, Mont-Roland, Dijon, Langres--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 16, Postcards--France: Marseille--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Photograph of Sameul Leyens Switzer in Uniform on Melamine Plate, circa 1918-1919, Oversize Box 9, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series consists of various items such as Switzer's diploma and certificate from Harvard, his diploma from Exeter academy, and his International Dateline certificate from Pan American World Airways.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 1, Postcards--France: Beaune, Cote D'Or--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 2, Postcards--Germany: The Rhine--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 3, Postcards--Germany: Metz, Kruft, Coblenz, Andernach--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 4, Postcards--Monaco--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 5, Postcards--Gibraltar, Spain--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 6, Postcards--Rome, Italy--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 7, Postcards--Vicksburg, Miss.--World War I, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 18, Memorabilia, circa 1917-1919, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Diploma: The Phillips Exeter Academy, 1914 June 22, Oversize Box 7, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Diploma: Harvard University, 1918 June, Oversize Box 7, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Certificate: Harvard University, 1918 June 20, Oversize Box 7, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
International Dateline Certificate, Pan American World Airways, 1955 November 23, Oversize Box 7, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Piece of Fabric Featuring Stags in the Woods Designed by Rosa Bonheur, circa 1917-1919, Oversize Box 10, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
The series number for the cards is 27. The cards are approximately 2" x 2".
Bernhard Dondorf Playing Cards Patience Series, circa 1910, Oversize Box 10, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Three United States flags kept by Samuel Leyens Switzer while station in France during World War I. One of the flags is torn. These flags were pulled from Series 1, Box 2, Folder 4: Correspondence, September 1918.
United States Flags, circa 1917-1919, Oversize Box 10, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Piece of Floral Textile Kept by Samuel Leyens Switzer, circa 1917-1919, Oversize Box 10, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Harvard Yearbook, 1918, Oversize Box 10, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Canteen used by Switzer during his tenure in the United States Army during World War I.
World War I Canteen, circa 1916-1919, Box 11, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Beret worn by Switzer during his tenure in the United States Army during World War I.
World War I Beret, circa 1916-1919, Box 12, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Legging worn by Switzer during his tenure in the United States Army during World War I.
World War I Legging, circa 1916-1919, Box 13, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Legging worn by Switzer during his tenure in the United States Army during World War I.
World War I Legging, circa 1916-1919, Box 14, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Steel helmet worn by Switzer during his tenure in the United States Army during World War I.
World War I Steel Helmet, circa 1916-1919, Box 15, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
One DVD digitized from the original 8mm film of Sam Switzer's trip around Europe.
Trip around the World DVD, 1937, Samuel Leyens Switzer Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.