By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Baron Jean de Lustrac Papers on Admiral Comte de Grasse Monument, 1964, 1968-1973
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-224
Creator: de Lustrac, Baron Jean (1894-1973)
Extent: 7.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged by record type.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Languages: English [eng], French [fre]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Correspondence and clippings documenting Baron Jean de Lustrac's attempt to erect a monument in downtown Norfolk, Virginia in honor of French Admiral Francois Joseph Paul Comte de Grasse, whose success in the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 led to the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. The collection also includes correspondence and clippings relating to de Lustrac's acquiring of 10 replica cannons for Yorktown, suggesting to name the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel after de Grasse, and donating of model flagships of La Ville de Paris to the Museum of the Revolutionary War in Washington, D. C. and Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences in Norfolk, Virginia.
Biographical Note
Baron Jean de Lustrac was born in Chatellerault, France on August 13, 1894. He was a cavalry officer in the French army during World War I, and he served with the French Military Mission in Washington, D. C. during World War II. De Lustrac was a well-known cultural leader in the Norfolk, Virginia region. He married Helen Reid on November 24, 1925 in Norfolk, Virginia. The de Lustracs split their time living in Norfolk and Paris, France from the mid-1920s until their deaths. De Lustrac died on April 1, 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
Baron Jean de Lustrac Papers on Admiral Comte de Grasse Monument, MSS 0000-224, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed August 13, 2020.
Other Note:
Folder 7 does not seem to belong with this collection.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Correspondence, Speeches, and Bills, 1964, 1968-1973
- Folder 2: Correspondence of Glen Allen Scott, 1971-1973
- Folder 3: Photographs and Negatives, circa 1960s-1970s
- Folder 4: Clippings, 1969-1971
- Folder 5: Notes and Printed Ephemera, circa 1964-1968
- Folder 6: Periodical, Tidewater Times, 1967
- Fourth Quarter.
- Folder 7: Correspondence, Martha H. Boone on downtown pedestrian walkway, 1971 August 11-26
- Includes correspondence from Roy B. Martin, Jr. and Jack H. Shiver.