World War II: Camp Ruston Louisiana

The Camp Ruston Collection of the Louisiana Digital Library Collections Online provides information about its use as a prisoner of war camp during World War II. It contains the following information and more.

• Copies of National Archives records pertaining to Camp Ruston.
  
• Official maps of the camp and USGS aerial surveys of the area.
  
• Contemporary snapshots of Camp Ruston.
  
• Books from the camp library Drawings, wood carvings, and other artwork
  crafted by the prisoners.
  
• Items unearthed during Tech's archaeology survey of the site.
  
• Camp Ruston script, Christmas cards, dinner menus, musical concert
  programs, athletic equipment, and dinnerware.
  
• Letters from former prisoners.
  
• Taped oral history interviews of former prisoners and staff.
  
• Articles, theses, and books relating to Camp Ruston