The materials that constitute the Genay Family Correspondence describe and illustrate the family’s involvement in events surrounding World War I and the subsequent years. The collection consists primarily of correspondence between Camille Genay and Mildred Veitch, with a few letters from Madame L. Genay, Camille's mother. These letters, postcards, and greeting cards contain descriptions of the local war efforts and conditions in France as well as the personal narrative of the Genay family. The postcards themselves depict contemporary war events and scenes. Photographs originally included with the correspondence depict both the Genay family and the French landscape during the war years. The remaining published item in the collection relates to the Genay women’s involvement with the organization Fatherless Children of France [Fraternite Franco-Americaine]. This wartime charitable organization matched French orphans with support systems and benefactors in the United States and worked to publicize the role of cooperation between the Allied Nations.