House of Books Ltd. records, 1875-1984

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Series XII: Papers and photographs of Capt. Louis Henry Cohn

Gift of Carol Rothkopf, 2016. Accn #2016.2017.M105

Collection of World War I photographs and ephemera relating to Cohn's military service and work as correspondent for the Brooklyn Eagle and others



Box 85 Album of 100 photographs, most 4 x 6 inches, portraits and scenes of military life, circa1914-1919


Box 85 Folder of approx. 100 photograph of family and friends, most 1900-1920s including first wife Annie, 1900-1920s


Box 85 Folder of wartime ephemera, including a typewritten summary of the Mission Marchand, July 1918


Box 85 Orders to escort visitors as member of the service de presse et d'information


Box 85 Letter of credentials as press representative of the Brooklyn Eagle;, 1919


Box 85 Press credentials for Le Rhin Illustre


Box 85 U.S. Army Second Section, intelligence report no. 196, Coblenz, 31, May 1919


Box 85 Address book including addresses of Hilaire Belloc & John Galsworthy


Box 85 Account book


Box 85 Manuel de Conversation a I' usage des Poilus Amoureux, 12 pages, self wrappers, text in French and German


Box 85 Mimeographed menu for Diner du Galon, 3 December 1918 signed by those present., December 1918


Box 85 Chalk portrait of a soldier, signed Julius Bloch, 1919