EDWARD J. GAY III CONGRESSIONAL FILE

(Mss. #1295)

Inventory

Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections

Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library

Louisiana State University Libraries

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University

Reformatted

December 2008

SUMMARY

Size.	18 linear feet (56 document cases); 2 oversize folders

Geographic locations.	Louisiana; Washington, D.C.

Inclusive dates.	1888-1921

Bulk dates.	1918-1921

Language.	English

Summary.	Comprised of official congressional files of U.S. Senator Edward James Gay III. Primarily correspondence, newspaper clippings and other printed material pertaining to political campaigns and patronage, state and national elections, legislative bills, Dept. of Agriculture, construction of levees by the Mississippi River Commission, and the participation in elections and political support of African Americans. Legislative correspondence discusses pending bills concerning pensions, tariffs, health of rural populations, the creation of the Department of Education, and the transportation, storage and marketing of livestock. Files also contain selected subject materials relative to the American Legion bonus (1920), cotton, sugar, League of Nations (1919-1920), the U.S. Post Office, railroads, women's suffrage, and U. S. military academies.

Organization.	Organized in broad series, therein chronologically, and therein alphabetically by correspondent or topic.

Restrictions on access.	If microfilm is available, photocopies must be made from microfilm.

Related collections.	Andrew H. Gay and Family Papers, Mss. 2542; Edward J. Gay III Congressional File, Mss. 1295; Gay-Butler-Plater Family Papers, Mss. 4872.

Copyright.	Copyright of the original materials is retained by descendants of the creators in accordance with U.S. copyright law. Unpublished items whose creators have been deceased seventy or more years are in the public domain.

Citation.	Edward J. Gay III Congressional File, Mss. 1295, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.

Stack location(s).	Y:63-80, OS:G

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE

Edward J. Gay III was the son of Andrew Hynes Gay (1841- 1914) and Lodoiska Clement (1843-1933), and grandson of Edward J. Gay, who represented Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. Representative 1885-1889 and owned St. Louis Plantation, near Plaquemine, La. He married Gladys Fenner (1883-1970) of New Orleans. Edward J. Gay III served as Louisiana’s United States Senator from 1917 to 1920 and fathered the generations of the Gays who now control St. Louis Plantation.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Comprised of official congressional files that document the political career of U.S. Senator Edward James Gay III. Files consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings and other printed material pertaining to political campaigns, state and national elections, political patronage, legislative bills, Dept. of Agriculture, construction of levees by the Mississippi River Commission, and the participation in elections and political support of African-Americans. Legislative correspondence discusses pending bills concerning pensions, tariffs, health of rural populations, the creation of the Department of Education, and the transportation, storage and marketing of livestock. Files also contain selected subject materials relative to the American Legion bonus (1920), cotton, sugar, League of Nations (1919-1920), the United States Post Office, railroads, women's suffrage, and U. S. military academies.

Among the correspondents are U. S. Senator Randall L. Gibson, Francis T. Nicholls, U. S. Congressman William A. J. Sparks, and William S. Posey, an African-American state legislator from St. Mary Parish. Correspondence also contains requests from servicemen (1919-1920) for assistance in obtaining military discharges and finding employment.

LIST OF SERIES

I. General Correspondence, 1918-1921

II. Servicemen’s Correspondence, 1919-1920

III. New Orleans Constituents’ Correspondence, 1919-1920

IV. Legislative Correspondence, 1918-1920

V. Personal Correspondence

VI. Selected Subject Materials, 1888-1921, undated (bulk: 1914-1921)

VII. Printed Items, 1881-1921, undated

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

I. General Correspondence, 1918-1921

Organized chronologically, then alphabetically by correspondent or the person or subject the letter is about.

The general correspondence file for 1918-May 1919 primarily consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with constituents relating to woman’s suffrage, patronage, military discharges, appointments to military academies, Louisiana public lands, freight rates, railroads, the New Orleans Navy Yard, and postal salaries.

The file for June 1919-March 1920 is similar to the earlier records but also contains correspondence relating to Louisiana politics and political figures, including John M. Parker, Colonel Stubbs, and Martin Behrman, and the gubernatorial campaign; the peace treaty to end World War I and the League of Nations; extension of the road from Point-a-la –Hache to Fort St. Philip, the intracoastal canal, and the South Louisiana Fair at Donaldsonville; prohibition; the Virgin Islands. Correspondence with LSU leaders Thomas Boyd, W.R. Dodson, and Charles Coates, as well as with T.H. Harris, State Superintendent of Education, is also present.

Correspondence dated April-November 1920 relates to the Volstead Act, pensions, tariffs, war risk insurance, the Fuller Bill, distribution of relics of World War I, Liberty Bonds, and the agricultural branch of LSU.

The correspondence files for December 1920-February 1921 primarily relate to legislation, including the Fordney Tariff Bill, McArthur Bill (road building), Poindexter Bill, Gronna Bill, and the Smith-Towner Bill.

II. Servicemen’s Correspondence, 1919-1920

Organized alphabetically by correspondent or the person or subject the letter is about.

Correspondence concerning members of the military forces and veterans of World War I, consisting of requests for clemency, disability claims and compensation, commissions, war risk insurance, instructions regarding demobilization, releases and discharges of enlisted men in the Naval Reserve Force and the U.S. Navy

III. New Orleans Constituents’ Correspondence, 1919-1920

Organized alphabetically by correspondent or the person or subject the letter is about.

This group is similar in topic to the general correspondence (above) but is comprised specifically of correspondence from New Orleans constituents.

IV. Legislative Correspondence, 1918-1920

Organized by bill.

Includes correspondence related to the following legislation: Cummings Bill Amendments (1920); Daylight Savings Law (1919); Esch and Cummings Bills (1919-1920); Immigration Service Bill (1919-1920); Internal Revenue Bill (1918-1919); Lever Bill, Smith Bill, Kenyon Bill (1918-1919); McNary Shoe Bill (1920); Newton Bill (1919); Newton Bill (1919); Poindexter Bill (1920); Post Office Bill (1920); Postage Bill (1919-1920); Sells Bill (re pensions, 1920). See also the general correspondence files for December 1920-February 1921.

V. Personal Correspondence, 1919-1921

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent or the person or subject the letter is about.

This file relates to Gay’s personal interests, friends, and social clubs, including the following topics: the Boston Club, the Chevy Chase Club, and the Louisiana Society of Washington; St. Louis Plantation; John M. Parker, Martin Behrman, Fred Grace and the State Land Office, and Colonel Stubbs.

VI. Selected Subject Materials, 1888-1921, undated (bulk: 1914-1921)

Arranged alphabetically by topic.

Correspondence and other documents related to specific topics, including, the census, cotton, military discharges, sugar and sugar tariff, post office, railroads, suffrage for women, Charles Payne Fenner, Martin Behrman (mayor of New Orleans), passports, Interstate Commerce Commission, taxes, ships, prohibitions, labor, military service academies, universal military education, federal judgeships, gravity canal and inland waterways, the Labor Department, Merchant Marine, Politics, salary bonus, American Legion bonus, Shipping Board, the Virgin Islands, and others. Note information on these topics is also found in general correspondence. See the container list for all topics.

VII. Printed Items, 1881-1921, undated

Mostly publications of the U.S. Congress, including speeches, the Congressional Record, hearings, and bulletins, as well as publications from the U.S. Department of Agriculature. A large portion of the printed items relate to sugar, sugar legislation, and tariffs on the commodity. A poster from Gay’s 1918 campaign is also included. See the container list for a list of titles.

CONTAINER LIST

Locations: Y:63-80, OS:G

Box	Folder	Description
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, A-D, 1918-1919 (May)
1	1	A (Abbot), 1919. 3 items
1	2	B, 1918-1919. 12 items
1	3	Ca-Carr, 1918-1919. 33 items
1	4	Carter-Cg, 1918-1919. 37 items
1	5	Ch, 1919. 30 items
1	6	Ci-Cn, 1918-1919. 33 items
1	7	Co-Coo, 1918-1919. 25 items
1	8	Cop-Cz, 1918-1919. 14 items
1	9	D, 1919. 25 items
1	10	D, 1918-1919. 25 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, D-G, 1918-1919 (May)
2	11	D, 1919. 15 items
2	12	D, 1918-1919. 18 items
2	13	E, 1918-1919. 18 items
2	14	E, 1918-1919. 25 items
2	15	F, 1918-1919. 18 items
2	16	F, 1918-1919. 16 items
2	17	G, 1918-1919. 17 items
2	18	G, 1918-1919. 18 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, G, 1918-1919 (May)
3	19	G, 1918-1919. 17 items
3	20	G, 1918-1919. 14 items
3	21	G, 1919. 20 items
3	22	G, 1919. 21 items
3	23	G, 1918-1919. 22 items
3	24	G, 1918-1919. 22 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, H-I, 1918-1919 (May)
4	25	H, 1919. 18 items
4	26	H, 1919. 18 items
4	27	H, 1918-1919. 17 items
4	28	H, 1918-1919. 16 items
4	29	H, 1919. 11 items
4	30	H, 1919. 12 items
4	31	I, 1918-1919. 3 items
4	32	I, 1918-1919. 19 items

4	33	I, 1918-1919. 18 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, I-L, 1918-1919 (May)
5	34	I, 1918-1919. 19 items
5	35	I, 1918-1919. 19 items
5	36	L, 1919. 18 items
5	37	L, 1919. 18 items
5	38	L, 1918-1919. 18 items
5	39	L, 1918-1919. 19 items
5	40	L, 1919. 17 items
5	41	L, 1918-1919. 17 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, Mc-M, 1918-1919 (May)
6	42	Mc, 1919. 15 items
6	43	Mc, 1918-1919. 17 items
6	44	M, 1919. 25 items
6	45	M, 1919. 26 items
6	46	M, 1918-1919. 16 items
6	47	M, 1919. 16 items
6	48	M, 1918-1919. 23 items
6	49	M, 1919. 20 items
6	50	M, 1918-1919. 20 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, N-P, 1918-1919 (May)
7	51	N, 1918-1919. 14 items
7	52	N, 1919. 13 items
7	53	O, 1918-1919. 24 items
7	54	P, 1918-1919. 20 items
7	55	P, 1918-1919. 19 items
7	56	P, 1919. 25 items
7	57	P, 1918-1919. 18 items
7	58	P, 1919. 19 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, Q-S, 1918-1919 (May)
8	59	Q, 1919. 1 items
8	60	R, 1918-1919. 18 items
8	61	R, 1918-1919. 20 items
8	62	R, 1918-1919. 21 items
8	63	S, 1919. 16 items
8	64	S, 1919. 17 items
8	65	S, 1918-1919. 15 items
8	66	S, 1918-1919. 13 items

		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, S-Z, 1918-1919 (May)
9	67	S, 1919. 25 items
9	68	S, 1919. 29 items
9	69	T, 1918-1919. 21 items
9	70	T, 1918-1919. 20 items
9	71	V, 1918-1919. 8 items
9	72	W, 1919. 19 items
9	73	W, 1918-1919. 19 items
9	74	W, 1918-1919. 24 items
9	75	W, 1918-1919. 23 items
9	76	X, Y, Z, 1919. 4 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, A-B, (June) 1919-1920 (March)
10	77	A, 1919-1920. 23 items
10	78	A, 1919. 23 items
10	79	A, 1919-1920. 20 items
10	80	B, 1919. 17 items
10	81	B, 1919. 18 items
10	82	B, 1919-1920. 29 items
10	83	B, 1920. 30 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, B-C (June) 1919-1920 (March)
11	84	B, 1919. 23 items
11	85	B, 1919. 23 items
11	86	C, 1919. 25 items
11	87	C, 1920. 27 items
11	88	C, 1919. 15 items
11	89	C, 1919. 16 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, D-F, (June) 1919-1920 (March)
12	90	D, 1919-1920. 20 items
12	91	D, 1919-1920. 21 items
12	92	D, 1919. 19 items
12	93	D, 1919. 20 items
12	94	E, 1919. 15 items
12	95	E, 1919-1920. 16 items
12	96	F, 1919. 16 items
12	97	F, 1919. 16 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, F-H, (June) 1919-1920 (March)
13	98	F, 1919-1920. 29 items
13	99	G, 1919. 18 items

13	100	G, 1919. 18 items
13	101	G, 1919-1920. 15 items
13	102	G, 1920. 14 items
13	103	H, 1919. 20 items
13	104	H, 1919. 22 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, H-L, (June) 1919-1920 (March)
14	105	H, 1920. 28 items
14	106	H, 1919. 17 items
14	107	H, 1919-1920. 17 items
14	108	I, 1919. 15 items
14	109	I, 1919-1920. 16 items
14	110	J, 1920. 3 items
14	111	K, 1919. 17 items
14	112	K, 1919-1920. 17 items
14	113	L, 1919-1920. 29 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, L-M, (June) 1919-1920 (March)
15	114	L, 1919. 20 items
15	115	L, 1919. 20 items
15	116	L, 1919. 26 items
15	117	Mc, 1919. 18 items
15	118	Mc, 1919-1920. 18 items
15	119	M, 1919-1920. 22 items
15	120	M, 1919-1920. 23 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, M-P, (June) 1919-1920 (March)
16	121	M, 1919. 14 items
16	122	M, 1919. 15 items
16	123	M, 1919. 16 items
16	124	M, 1919. 17 items
16	125	N, 1919-1920. 17 items
16	126	O, 1919. 15 items
16	127	O, 1919-1920. 12 items
16	128	P, 1919. 28 items
16	129	P, 1919. 29 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, P-S, (June) 1919-1920 (March)
17	130	P, 1919-1920. 20 items
17	131	P, 1919-1920. 25 items
17	132	Q, 1919-1920. 4 items
17	133	R, 1919. 25 items

17	134	R, 1919-1920. 30 items
17	135	S, 1919-1920. 29 items
17	136	S, 1919. 29 items
		Congressional Files, General Correspondence, S-V, (June) 1919-1920 (March)
18	137	S, 1919. 19 items
18	138	S, 1919. 20 items
18	139	S, 1919-1920. 18 items
18	140	S, 1919-1920. 23 items
18	141	T, 1919. 24 items
18	142	T, 1919-1920. 24 items
18	143	U, 1919-1920. 3 items
18	144	V, 1919-1920. 28 items
		Congressional File, General Correspondence, W-Z, (June) 1919-1920 (March)
19	145	W, 1919. 18 items
19	146	W, 1919. 17 items
19	147	-no folder 147-
19	148	W, 1919. 19 items
19	149	W, 1919-1920. 26 items
19	150	W, 1919-1920. 26 items
19	151	X, Y, Z, 1919-1920. 7 items
		Congressional File, General Correspondence, A-C, April-November 1920
20	152	A, 1920. 18 items
20	153	A, 1920. 18 items
20	154	B, 1920. 23 items
20	155	B, 1920. 22 items
20	156	B, 1920. 21 items
20	157	C, 1920. 22 items
20	158	C, 1920. 21 items
		Congressional File, General Correspondence, D-G, April-November 1920
21	159	D, 1920. 22 items
21	160	D, 1920. 22 items
21	161	E, 1920. 23 items
21	162	F, 1920. 21 items
21	163	G, 1920. 25 items
21	164	G, 1920. 25 items
21	165	G, 1920. 23 items
21	166	G, 1920. 23 items

		Congressional File, General Correspondence, H-O, April-November 1920
22	167	H, 1920. 34 items
22	168	I, 1920. 4 items
22	169	J, 1920. 20 items
22	170	K, 1920. 19 items
22	171	L, 1920. 7 items
22	172	M, 1920. 19 items
22	173	M, 1920. 18 items
22	174	Mc, 1920. 13 items
22	175	N, 1920. 9 items
22	176	O, 1920. 11 items
		Congressional File, General Correspondence, P-S, April-November 1920
23	177	P, 1920. 23 items
23	178	P, 1920. 20 items.
23	179	R, 1920. 20 items
23	180	R, 1920. 20 items
23	181	S, 1920. 2 items
23	182	S, 1920. 10 items
23	183	S, 1920. 22 items
23	184	S, 1920. 20 items
23	185	S, 1920. 15 items
		Congressional File, General Correspondence, J-Z, April-November 1920, December 1920 – February 1921
24	186	J, 1919-1920. 25 items
24	187	U-V, 1920. 4 items
24	188	W, 1920. 18 items
24	189	W, 1920. 15 items
24	190	X, Y, Z, 1920. 2 items
24	191	A, 1921. 12 items
24	192	B, 1921. 21 items
24	193	B, 1919-1921. 22 items
24	194	B, 1921. 23 items
		Congressional File, General Correspondence, C-H, December 1920 – February 1921
25	195	C, 1921. 18 items
25	196	C, 1921. 18 items
25	197	D, 1921. 14 items
25	198	D, 1921. 15 items
25	199	E, 1921. 4 items
25	200	F, 1921. 17 items
25	201	G, 1920-1921. 32 items

25	202	H, 1920-1921. 28 items
		Congressional File, General Correspondence, J-P, December 1920 – February 1921
26	203	J, 1921. 13 items
26	204	K, 1921. 9 items
26	205	L, 1920-1921. 25 items
26	206	Mc, 1921. 16 items
26	207	Mc, 1920-1921. 23 items
26	208	M, 1921. 7 items
26	209	N, 1921. 10 items
26	210	O, 1921. 7 items
26	211	P, 1921. 15 items
26	212	P, 1921. 17 items
		Congressional File, General Correspondence, Q-Z, December 1920 – February 1921
27	213	Q, 1921. 1 item
27	214	R, 1920-1921. 26 items
27	215	S, 1920-1921. 16 items
27	216	S, 1920-1921. 22 items
27	217	J, 1921. 10 items
27	218	U, 1921. 1 item
27	219	V, 1921. 1 item
27	220	W, 1920-1921. 18 items
27	221	W, 1920-1921. 19 items
27	222	X, Y, Z, 1921. 1 item
		Congressional File, Servicemen’s Correspondence, A-D, 1919-1920
28	223	Veteran’s Correspondence, A, 1919-1920. 20 items
28	224	B, 1919-1920. 23 items
28	225	B, 1919-1920. 21 items
28	226	C, 1919-1920. 15 items
28	227	D, 1919. 15 items
28	228	D, 1919-1920. 14 items
		Congressional File, Servicemen’s Correspondence, E-J, 1919-1920 (1921)
29	229	E, 1919-1920. 9 items
29	230	F, 1919-1920. 19 items
29	231	G, 1919-1921. 23 items
29	232	H, 1919. 14 items
29	233	H, 1919-1920. 14 items
29	234	I, 1920. 2 items
29	235	J, 1919-1920. 12 items

		Congressional File, Servicemen’s Correspondence, K-P
30	236	K, 1919-1920. 6 items
30	237	L, 1919-1920. 13 items
30	238	Mc, 1919-1920. 5 items
30	239	M, 1919. 18 items
30	240	M, 1919-1920. 20 items
30	241	N, 1919-1920. 9 items
30	242	O, 1919-1920. 17 items
30	243	P, 1919-1920. 19 items
		Congressional File, Servicemen’s Correspondence, Q-Z, 1919-1920
31	244	R, 1919-1920. 10 items
31	245	S, 1919-1920. 21 items
31	246	J, 1919-1920. 14 items
31	247	V, 1919. 1 item
31	248	W, 1919. 11 item
31	249	W, 1919-1920. 17 items
		Congressional File, New Orleans Constituents’ Correspondence, A-Z, 1919-1920; Legislative Correspondence, A-D, 1918-1920
32	250	B, 1919-1920. 24 items
32	251	B, 1919-1920. 16 items
32	252	D, 1919. 2 items
32	253	F-H, 1919. 6 items
32	254	J, 1919. 1 item
32	255	L-N, 1919-1920. 9 items
32	256	P, 1919-1920. 3 items
32	257	R-U, 1919-1920. 10 items
32	258	W-Z, 1919-1920. 8 items
		Legislative Correspondence
32	259	Amendment to Cummins Bill – Bloomfield, 1919-1920. 20 items
32	260	Amendment to Cummins Bill – Bloomfield, 1919-1920. 14 items
32	261	Daylight Savings Law, 1919. 15 items
		Congressional File, Legislative Correspondence, E-I, 1918-1920
33	262	Esch and Cummins Bills, 1919. 30 items
33	263	Esch and Cummins Bills, 1919. 30 items
33	264	Esch and Cummins Bills, 1919. 30 items
33	265	Esch and Cummins Bills, 1919-1920. 25 items
33	266	Immigration Service Bill, 1919-1920. 9 items
33	267	Internal Revenue Bill, 1918-1919. 30 items
33	268	Internal Revenue Bill, 1918-1919. 25 items
33	269	Internal Revenue Bill, 1918-1919. 20 items

33	270	Internal Revenue Bill, 1918-1919. 17 items
		Congressional File, Legislative Correspondence, L-Z, 1918-1920
34	271	Lever Bill, promoting health of rural populations; Smith (of Georgia) Bill, to create a Department of Education; Kenyon Bill, transportation, storage and marketing facilities for livestock, meats, etc., 1918-1919. 12 items
34	272	McNary Shie Bill, 1920. 11 items
34	273	Newton Bill, 1919. 6 items
34	274	Poindexter Bill, 1920. 17 items
34	275	Postage Bill, 1919-1920. 19 items
34	276	Postage Bill, 1919-1920. 19 items
34	277	Post Office Bill, 1919. 25 items
34	278	Sells Bill (pensions), 1920. 25 items
34	279	Sells Bill (pensions), 1920. 25 items
34	280	Sells Bill (pensions), 1920. 27 items
		Congressional File, Personal Correspondence, A-G, 1919-1920
35	281	A, 1919-1920. 14 items
35	282	B, 1919-1921. 16 items
35	283	B, 1919-1921. 16 items
35	284	C, 1919-1920. 26 items
35	285	C, 1919-1920. 26 items
35	286	C, 1919-1920. 25 items
35	287	D, 1919. 22 items
35	288	D, 1919-1921. 22 items
35	289	E, 1919-1920. 6 items
35	290	F, 1919-1920. 12 items
35	291	G, 1920. 30 items
35	292	G, 1919-1921. 30 items
35	293	G, 1919. 23 items
35	294	G, 1919. 24 items
		Congressional File, Personal Correspondence, H-P, 1919-1920
36	295	H, 1919. 21 items
36	296	H, 1919-1920. 21 items
36	297	I, 1919-1920. 4 items
36	298	K, 1919-1920. 13 items
36	299	L, 1919-1920. 16 items
36	300	Mc, 1919-1920. 22 items
36	301	M, 1919-1921. 21 items
36	302	N, 1919-1920. 22 items
36	303	O, 1919-1920. 2 items
36	304	P, 1919. 25 items
36	305	P, 1919-1920. 35 items

		Congressional File, Personal Correspondence, R-Z, 1919-1921; Selected Subject Materials, American Legion Bonus, April-June 1920
37	306	R, 1919-1920. 25 items
37	307	R, 1919-1921. 27 items
37	308	S, 1919-1920. 23 items
37	309	S, 1919-1920. 22 items
37	310	T, 1919-1920. 18 items
37	311	U, 1919-1920. 2 items
37	312	W, 1919-1920. 17 items
37	313	W, 1919-1920. 18 items
37	314	X, Y, Z, 1919-1920. 6 items
		Selected Subject Materials, American Legion Bonus, April-June 1920
37	315	American Legion Bonus, April-May 1920. 28 items
37	316	American Legion Bonus, May-June 1920. 29 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Behrman-Cotton, 1916, December 20, 1918-August 15, 1920
38	317	Behrman, Martin, December 1918-February 1919. 24 items
38	318	Behrman, Martin, February 19-October 28, 1919. 26 items
38	319	Census, January-June 1919. 17 items
38	320	Census, July 1919-March 1920. 17 items
38	321	Chevy Chase, June-October 1919. 25 items
38	322	Chevy Chase, November 1919-June 1920. 23 items
38	323	Cotton, 1919. 30 items
38	324	Cotton, (1916, 1918, 1919), March 1920. 9 items
38	325	Cotton, April-August 1920. 24 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, District-Fenner, 1919-1920
39	326	District of Columbia, (1919) 1920. 5 items
39	327	Dye Industry (American), 1919-1920. 5 items
39	328	Federal Judgeship, 1920. 18 items
39	329	Fenner, Charles Payne, A-R, September 1919. 13 items
39	330	Fenner, Charles Payne, A-R, October 1-4, 1919. 24 items
39	331	Fenner, Charles Payne, A-R, October 6-28, 1919. 23 items
39	332	Fenner, Charles Payne, A-R, November 1919-February 1920. 23 items
39	333	Fenner, Charles Payne, R-Z, September 1919. 13 items
39	334	Fenner, Charles Payne, R-Z, October 1-6, 1919. 14 items
39	335	Fenner, Charles Payne, R-Z, October 7-October 16, 1919, November, December 1919; March 1920. 20 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Gravity-League, 1919-1921, n.d.

40	336	Gravity Canal and Miscellaneous Addresses, 1919-1921, n.d. 6 items
40	337	Honduras, Minister to, 1920. 13 items
40	338	Inland Waterways, 1920. 9 items
40	339	Interstate Commerce Commission, 1919. 25 items
40	340	Interstate Commerce Commission, 1920. 23 items
40	341	Labor Department Matters, 1919. 1 items
40	342	League of Nations, June-August 1919. 20 items
40	343	League of Nations, September 1919. 15 items
40	344	League of Nations, October-December 1919. 30 items
40	345	League of Nations, 1920. 15 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Merchant Marine-Military Discharge, A-H, 1902, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1919, n.d.
41	346	Merchant Marine, 1902, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1919, n.d. 17 items
41	347	Military Discharge, A-B, January-July 1919. 16 items
41	348	Military Discharge, A-B, August-November 1919. 9 items
41	349	Military Discharge, C-E, May-July 1919. 13 items
41	350	Military Discharge, C-E, August-December 1919. 11 items
41	351	Military Discharge, F-H, May-June 1919. 21 items
41	352	Military Discharge, F-H, July-November 1919. 17 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Military Discharge, I-Z, (1918), 1919
42	353	Military Discharge, I-Mc, January, April-June 1919. 23 items
42	354	Military Discharge, I-Mc, July-December 1919. 16 items
42	355	Military Discharge, N-R, (1918), 1919. 18 items
42	356	Military Discharge, S, May-July 1919. 12 items
42	357	Military Discharge, S, August-November 1919. 6 items
42	358	Military Discharge, T-Z, 1919. 10 items
42	359	Military Discharge, T-Z, 1919. 9 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Miscellaneous Papers and Letters-Passports, A[-P, 1919-1921
43	360	Miscellaneous Papers and Letters, 1919-1920. 18 items
43	361	Naval Officer-New Orleans, 1919-1920. 28 items
43	362	Passports, A-D, 1919. 15 items
43	363	Passports, A-D, February-March 1920. 12 items
43	364	Passports, A-D, April 1920-January 1921. 15 items
43	365	Passports, E-L, January-November 1919. 13 items
43	366	Passports, E-L, December 1919-May 1920. 13 items
43	367	Passports, M-P, 1919. 12 items
43	368	Passports, M-P, 1920. 8 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Passports, Q-S, Post Office, A-F, 1919-1920
44	369	Passports, Q-S, 1919-1920. 11 items

44	370	Passports, T, W, January 1919 and January 1920. 4 items
44	371	Politics, 1919. 1 items
44	372	Post Office, A-B, April-July 1919. 17 items
44	373	Post Office, A-B, August 1919. 23 items
44	374	Post Office, A-B, September-December 1919. 11 items
44	375	Post Office, A-B, January-May 1920. 17 items
44	376	Post Office, C, 1919-1920. 19 items
44	377	Post Office, D, January-July 1919. 24 items
44	378	Post Office, D, August 1919-May 1920. 15 items
44	379	Post Office, E-F, 1919-1920. 21 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Post Office, G-S, 1919-1920
45	380	Post Office, G-J, May-November 1919. 20 items
45	381	Post Office, G-J, December 1919-January 1920. 10 items
45	382	Post Office, G-J, May-August 1919. 16 items
45	383	Post Office, G-J, September 1919-May 1920. 14 items
45	384	Post Office, M-O, May-September 1919. 27 items
45	385	Post Office, M-O, November 1919-June 1920. 18 items
45	386	Post Office, P-R, 1919. 22 items
45	387	Post Office, P-R, 1920. 20 items
45	388	Post Office, S, 1919. 24 items
45	389	Post Office, S, 1920. 10 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Post Office, T-W and Midland-New Iberia, 1919-1920; Postal Commission, Nos. 1-3, 1920.
46	390	Post Office, T-W, May-August 1919. 22 items
46	391	Post Office, T-W, September 1919-March 1920. 16 items
46	392	Post Office, Midland-New Iberia, 1920. 7 items
46	393	Postal Commission, No. 1, April 17-May 9, 1920. 15 items
46	394	Postal Commission, No. 1, May 10-11, 1920. 28 items
46	395	Postal Commission, No. 1, May 12-13, 1920. 21 items
46	396	Postal Commission, No. 2, April 15, May 12-14, 1920. 32 items
46	397	Postal Commission, No. 2, May 15, 17, 1920. 39 items
46	398	Postal Commission, No. 2, May 18-22, 1920. 33 items
46	399	Postal Commission, No. 3, May 7, 13, 17-18, 1920. 35 items
46	400	Postal Commission, No. 3, May 19, 1920. 38 items
46	401	Postal Commission, No. 3, May 20, 1920. 27 items
46	402	Postal Commission, No. 3, May 21-June 1, 1920. 10 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Postal Salaries-Railroads, A-N, 1919-1920
47	403	Postal Salaries, 1920. 22 items
47	404	Prohibition Enforcement Officer, August 25-December 2, 1919. 18 items
47	405	Prohibition Enforcement Officer, December 3, 1919-January 24, 1920. 21 items

47	406	Railroads, A-G, June-November 1919. 19 items
47	407	Railroads, A-G, December 1919-April 1920. 12 items
47	408	Railroads, A-G, June-August 1919. 26 items
47	409	Railroads, A-G, September 1919-April 1919. 28 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Railroads, O-Z, Shreveport, 1919-1920
48	410	Railroads, O-Z, 1919-1920. 27 items
48	411	Railroad Ownership, 1919. 7 items
48	412	Rotary Club, 1920. 16 items
48	413	Salary Bonus, 1919. 7 items
48	414	Shipping Board Matters, 1919. 7 items
48	415	Ships, A-J, February-September 1919. 19 items
48	416	Ships, A-J, October 1919-March 1920. 21 items
48	417	Ships, A-J, 1919-1920. 10 items
48	418	Shreveport, 1919. 1 item
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Suffrage Matters-Suffrage, Women, 1918-1919
49	419	Suffrage Matters, 1918. 6 items
49	420	Suffrage Matters, 1919. 21 items
49	421	Suffrage Matters, 1919. 25 items
49	422	Suffrage Matters-Replies from Senators and Congressmen to suffrage letters, November 9, 26, December 3-8, 1918. 21 items
49	423	Suffrage Matters-Replies from Senators and Congressmen to suffrage letters, December 9, 1918. 19 items
49	424	Suffrage Matters-Replies from Senators and Congressmen to suffrage letters, December 10, 1918. 22 items
49	425	Suffrage Matters-Replies from Senators and Congressmen to suffrage letters, December 11, 1918. 18 items
49	426	Suffrage Matters-Replies from Senators and Congressmen to suffrage letters, March 17-22, 1918. 25 items
49	427	Suffrage Matters-Replies from Senators and Congressmen to suffrage letters, March 24-May 30, 1918. 23 items
49	428	Suffrage, Women, February 25, December 6-11, 1918. 37 items
49	429	Suffrage, Women, December 12-13, 1918. 31 items
49	430	Suffrage, Women, January 1919. 37 items
49	431	Suffrage, Women, February-June 1919. 27 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Suffrage, Women, 1918-1919
50	432	Suffrage, Women, January 1-4, November 26-December 20, 1918. 37 items
50	433	Suffrage, Women, December 21-31, 1918. 34 items
50	434	Suffrage, Women, January-February 1919. 28 items
50	435	Suffrage, Women, March 2-May 18, 1919. 30 items

50	436	Suffrage, Women, May 19-26, 1919. 30 items
50	437	Suffrage, Women, January, March-May, November, December 1-2, 1918. 23 items
50	438	Suffrage, Women, December 3-4, 1918. 25 items
50	439	Suffrage, Women, December 5-6, 1918. 24 items
50	440	Suffrage, Women, December 7-23, 1918. 22 items
50	441	Suffrage, Women, January 2-28, 1919. 30 items
50	442	Suffrage, Women, January 29-February 7, 1919. 32 items
50	443	Suffrage, Women, February 8-March 1, May 21-22, 1918. 32 items
50	444	Suffrage, Women, November, December 1-14, 1918. 33 items
50	445	Suffrage, Women, December 15-17, 1918. 35 items
50	446	Suffrage, Women, December 18-27, 1918. 27 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, S (Sugar), 1914-1920
51	447	Sugar, 1914-1915. 9 items
51	448	Sugar, 1916-1917. 14 items
51	449	Sugar, September, November-December 1918. 21 items
51	450	Sugar, January-February 1919, October 1919. 30 items
51	451	Sugar, September 1918, October 1919. 30 items
51	452	Sugar, November-December 1919. 23 items
51	453	Sugar, August-December 1919. 13 items
51	454	Sugar, December 1917-January 1918, November 1919-February 1920. 8 items
51	455	Sugar, 1919. 17 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, S (Sugar), 1912, 1917-1920
52	456	Sugar, August 1, 1912, August 10, 1917, July 10, September 19, October 1919. 11 items
52	457	Sugar, December 1919. 17 items
52	458	Sugar, 1918, May 24-October 1, 1919. 9 items
52	459	Sugar, October 9-November 19, 1919, June 4, 1920. 13 items
52	460	Sugar, 1919. 14 items
52	461	Sugar, 1920. 13 items
52	462	Sugar, January-August 1919. 18 items
52	463	Sugar, September 1919-March 1920. 20 items
52	464	Sugar, March-September 1919. 20 items
52	465	Sugar, October 1919, December 1919-February 1920, May 1920. 20 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, Sugar Matters – U.S. Military Academies, 1888, 1911-1913, 1916, 1918-1921
53	466	Sugar Matters, 1919, 1920. 7 items
53	467	Sugar Matters, Emergency Tariff, 1920. 27 items
53	468	Sugar Matters, Emergency Tariff, 1921. 11 items
53	469	Sugar Tariff, 1888, 1911-1913, n.d. 16 items

53	470	Taxes, May 5-June 3, 1919. 28 items
53	471	Taxes, June 6-November 14, 1919; February, April 1920. 20 items
53	472	U.S. Military Academies, 1916, 1918, January-September 1919. 29 items
53	473	U.S. Military Academies, October 1919-June 1920. 23 items
53	474	U.S. Military Academies, July-November 1920, n.d. 20 items
53	475	U.S. Military Academies, September 1918-May 1919. 18 items
53	476	U.S. Military Academies, June 1919-March 1920, n.d. 13 items
		Congressional File, Selected Subject Materials, U.S. Military Academies-(Cadets)-(W) War, 1918-1920, n.d., Printed Items, 1889, 1900-1902, 1908, 1912, 1919-1921
54	477	U.S. Military Academies-Cadets, 1919-1920, n.d. 35 items
54	478	U.S. Military Academies-West Point and Annapolis, April-July 1918. 19 items
54	479	U.S. Military Academies-West Point and Annapolis, August 2-September 9, 1918. 18 items
54	480	U.S. Military Academies-West Point and Annapolis, September 12-October 21, 1918. 22 items
54	481	Universal Military Training, 1920. 10 items
54	482	Virgin Islands, 1920. 2 items
54	483	War Department Orders Dealing With Discharges, etc., 1918-1919. 3 items
		Printed Items
54	484	American Legion Weekly, Vol. 1, No. 1, July 4, 1919. 1 item
54	485	Engineering-News Record Reprint, December 16, 1920. 1 item
54	486	Louisiana Experiment Station Bulletin No. 20, 1889. 1 item
54	487	L.S.U. Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins Nos. 59, 66, 68, 78 (Second Series) and No. 100, 1900, 1901, 1902, n.d., 1908. 5 items
54	488	National Magazine Reprint, “Wealth from Sunshine”, by Truman G. Palmer, August 1912. 1 item
54	489	United States Congress. Remarks of William B. McKinley; House Resolution Amendments of Senator Edward J. Gay, December 16, 1919; December 23, 1920. 2 items
54	490	United States Congress. House Speeches of: Robert F. Broussard, Whit P. Martin, H. Garland Dupre, George Holden Tinkham, Asher C. Hinds, Ira G. Hersey, Robert C. Wickliffe, Joseph E. Ransdell 1902, 1912, 1920-1921. 13 items
		Congressional File, Printed Items, 1894-1895, 1897-1907, 1909, 1911-1913, 1919-1920, n.d.
55	491	United States Congress. Joint Resolutions Nos. 224, 230, 1919. 2 items
55	492	United States Congress. Senate. Documents Nos. 377, 378; Report #763; “Sugar Molasses, and Rice” by Edward J. Gay, 1912, n.d. 4 items

55	493	United States Congress. Senate. Speeches of Samuel D. McEnery, Murphy J. Foster and Henry Cabot Lodge, 1897, 1909, 1912. 3 items
55	494	United States Congressional Record, March 13, 1912. 1 item
55	495	United States Congressional Record, Vol. 48, Nos. 79-85, March 14-21, 1912. 1 item
55	496	United States Congressional Record. “Louisiana Sugar Industry Vindicated”; “Politics Behind the Attack on Sugar”, 1920. 2 items
55	497	United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry, Food Inspection Decisions, 1-26, 1905. 2 items
55	498	United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Circulars #139, 165, 171, 1911-1913. 3 items
55	499	United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, n.d. 1 item
55	500	United States Department of Agriculture, Division of Publications, Monthly List of Publications, October 31. 1906. 1 item
55	501	United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers’ Bulletins #2, 14, 16, 18, 21-22, 24, 26, 28, 1890, 1894, 1895, 1901. 10 items
55	502	United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers’ Bulletins #29, 31, 33, 51, 60, 82-83, 87, 93, 1895, 1898-1900, 1902, 1906-1907. 10 items
55	503	United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers’ Bulletins #95, 97-98, 100, 102, 109, 118, 126, 129, 1899-1900, 1902-1904. 9 items
		Congressional File, Printed Items, 1897, 1900-1911, 1920-1921; Printed Volumes, 1912-1913, 1919, 1921
56	504	United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers’ Bulletins #147, 154, 170, 177, 185, 191, 229, 235, 1902-1905. 9 items
56	505	United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers’ Bulletins #248, 270, 299, 311, 321, 338, 346, 389, 1906-1910. 8 items
56	506	United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers’ Bulletins #435, 437-438, 1911. 3 items
56	507	United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Road Inquiry, Circulars #23, 24, 35. July 15, 1896; December 15, 1897; May 16, 1900. 3 items
56	508	United States Department of Agriculture, Yearbook. Reprints. “Road Building with Convict Labor in the Southern States” by J.A. Holmes, 1901; “The Relation of Forests to Stream Flow”, by James W. Toumey, 1903. 2 items
56	509	United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Crop Estimates, “Louisiana Crop Review Year 1920”, 1921; Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Press Releases, 1921. 25 items
56	510	“Summary of the Sugar Tariffs of the United States”, 1912. 1 item
56	511	Newspaper Clipping, the New Orleans Daily Picayune , February 1, 1907. 1 item

56	512	Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal, December 23, 30, 1920; January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 1921. 5 items
		Printed Volumes 1912-1913, 1919, 1921
56	513	American Cane Growers Association, “Mass Meeting to Protect Against Free Sugar”, March 13, 1912. 1 item
56	514	American Cane Growers Association, Synopsis of the Testimony and Argument of R.E. Milling of Franklin, Louisiana in Defence of a Tariff on Sugar, n.d. 1 item
56	515	Ballou, Sidney. “The Sugar Tariff and the Consumer”, April 7, 1913. 1 item
56	516	Bass, W.L. “A Producer’s Sugar Schedule”, January 3, 1913. 1 item
56	517	U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Resolution #21213, Underwood Bill, March 2, 1912. 1 item
56	518	U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Resolution #10, Underwood Bill, March 2, 1912. 1 item
56	519	U.S. Congress, Senate, Duty on Sugar #3, April 3, 1912. 1 item
56	520	U.S. Congress, Senate, Hearing of Sugar Shortage Pursuant to Senate Resolution #197. Parts 1 & 2, 1919. 2 items
56	521	U.S. Congress, Senate, Emergency Tariff, Hearings on the House Resolution #15275, Part 4. January 10, 1921. 1 item
		Oversize
OS:G	522	Senator Edward J. Gay Campaign Posters, ca. 1918
OS:G	523	Selected Subject Materials, “Inland Waterways, 1920”. (Self-propelled cargo barge diagrams, removed from box #40, folder #338), ca. 1920. 14 items