Special Collections was pleased to receive approximately 987 boxes of former U.S. Senator John Breaux's (D-La) political papers and research documents in late Fall 2004. In August 2005, we began the multi-year effort of processing this collection and making it available to the public. To support and speed this important work, Special Collections recently received a grant from the US Department of Education in the amount of $297,600.

The Breaux Papers team consists of Faye Phillips and Tara Laver, Project Directors; Phyllis Kinnison, Project Archivist; and Library Associates Jacob Kimrey, Alanna Skinner, Candace G. Oubre, and Robert Lay.

Our progress: By June 2008, we had re-housed and processed 524 boxes. Files that have been completed include Personal Office, Administrative Assistants', Legislative Directors', Legislative Assistants’, Legislative Correspondents’, Legislative, Department and Independent Agency, Senate Committee, Commissions, Party Leadership, Senate Campaign, and Mardi Gras Files. We are currently working on the Louisiana State Affairs, Louisiana Grants and Projects, and Press Files. Access to yet-to-be processed portions of the Breaux papers is limited. Click here for details. This past year we also began a content database which has over 15,975 records.

Senator Breaux served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate. These documents comprise evidence of the interworkings of both legislative offices. They document the daily work of Breaux's staff, his communications with constituents, the process of legislation, the carrying out of state projects, and campaigning for re-elections. Breaux's main legislative work involved preserving the wetlands.

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