Beschreibung:

An archive of photographs, documents, family films, and letters relating to the Vuillermoz/Lefebvre family, including: 1. Over 150 pieces of autograph correspondence in French between Emile Lefebvre and his family and friends while he was a prisoner of war at Friedrichsfeld, most on standard German Field Service Post Cards, some on various blank sheets, 1914 - 1918, likely over 300 pp in all, and including two French military handbooks from 1918. 2. Archive of approximately 500 family photographs between 1920 and 1970s, many from the 20s and 30s documenting bourgeoisie French life between the wars, as well as a few original photographs of Liberation Day. 3. 12 signed dinner menus from Fox and Twentieth Century-Fox France celebrations, most 1934-1939, with one dated 1952, autographed by many of the main executives of the time, during which Roger Vuillermoz was Chef du Service. 4. Approximately 100 documents relating to Roger Vuillermoz's employment from 1920-1940. Provenance: By descent. Emile Lefebvre was captured by German forces early in World War I and sent to Friedrichsfeld as a prisoner of war, where he spent what appears to be the rest of the war, composing a copious correspondence between he and his friends and family. The archive picks up with a collection of photographs that beautifully documents middle to upper class French life during the years between the two World Wars. Vuillermoz was the Chef du Service at Fox France and then at 20th Century-Fox beginning in the 1920s through the 1930s, with an interest in automobiles, and apparently spent time in the French air corps in the early 1920s.