This collection contains two works related to Georges J. Joyaux a Professor of French at Michigan State University.

The booklet “Auguste Laugel Visits the Army of the Potomac” is edited by Joyaux. It appeared in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography volume 69, No. 4, October 1961. The article contains an overview of Auguste Laugel’s book Les États-Unis pendant la guerre (1861–1865) and an extract from the book about Laugel’s visit to America in 1865 during the Civil War. He visited General Grant’s army along the Potomac River and commented on what he saw in the camps. The book Prince Napoleon in America, 1861: Letters from his Aide-De-Camp is by Lieutenant–Colonel Camille Ferri Pisani and is translated with a preface by Joyaux, 1959. It consists of letters from Prince Napoleon's second aide-de-camp to his superior officer, Colonel de Franconiere about the Prince’s travels in the United States.