HEBERT (RAPHAEL AND FAMILY) PAPERS

(Mss. 4769)

Inventory

Compiled by

Germain J. Bienvenu

Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections

Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library

Louisiana State University Libraries

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University

2003

Contents of Inventory

Summary

Biographical/Historical Note

Scope and Content Note

List of Series and Subseries

Series and Subseries Descriptions

Index Terms

Container List

Appendix

Summary

Size 3.5 linear feet and one oversize folder

Geographic Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee,

Locations Illinois

Inclusive 1827-1960, n.d.

Dates

Languages French and English

Summary Correspondence, financial/legal papers, personal papers, printed items, and photographic materials of the Raphael Hebert family and other families of West Baton Rouge and

Iberville Parishes, Louisiana. Also included are records

from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brusly,

Louisiana. Papers concern professional, social, civic, educational, and religious involvement of family members and acquaintances in West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes.

Restrictions None

Copyright Physical rights and copyright are retained by the LSU

Libraries.

Citation Raphael Hebert Family Papers, Mss. #4769, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Stack locations S: 137-140 and OS: H

Biographical/Historical Note

Raphael Hebert and his descendants were prominent residents of West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes, Louisiana. Raphael Hebert was born on September 29, 1809, the fifth child of Alexander Alexis Hebert and Margarita Chaisson, who were married on May 27, 1799. Alexander Alexis Hebert, born in 1779 in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, was an original land-grant recipient in what is now the town of Brusly, Louisiana. Besides Raphael, Alexander Alexis Hebert’s other children and their birth dates were Rosemond (1800), Margarita (1802), Gilbert (1804), Anna Amarinta (1806), Josephine (1811), and Marie Marcelita (1813).

Raphael Hebert married Marie Odile Landry on April 30, 1834. Marie Odile Landry was born on November 10, 1814, and baptized in St. Gabriel. Her parents were Simon Landry and Marie Hebert. Her paternal grandparents were Firmin Landry and Ludevine Babin, and her maternal grandparents were Amand Hebert and Marie Boudreaux. The names and birth dates of Raphael Hebert and Marie Odile Landry’s children include Urbain (May 5, 1835), Raphael, Jr. (July 26, 1836), Alexis (January 13, 1839), Emma (1841), Marie Amanda (April 12, 1843), Marie Celestine (December 3, 1845), Marie Jeanne (June 24, 1847), Jynore (April 9, 1849), Octave (September 13, 1850), Marie Amelia (June 14, 1854), Benjamin (October 3, 1856), and Eulalie (November 30, 1858).

Melanie Hebert, a grandchild of Raphael Hebert and Marie Odile Landry, wrote her relatives from the Academcy of St. Basil in Plaquemine, Louisiana, from 1870 to 1874. Her volume of letters is the largest correspondence in the collection. Melanie Hebert’s son, Volney J. Knobloch, would figure decades later in the successions of Joseph Guy Hebert and Marguerite Hebert.

Following his first wife’s death, Raphael Hebert, Sr., married a second time on February 26, 1870, to Julia LaBauve, born on November 6, 1846. The names and birth dates of their children were Joseph Guy (December 24, 1870), Noel Sebastian (December 25, 1871), Marie Cora (1878), Marie Marguerite Noella (October 16, 1881). Marie Cora Hebert died on November 13, 1892, Raphael Hebert, Sr., on November 16, 1894, and Julia LaBauve Hebert on February 21, 1906.

Joseph Guy Hebert practiced law in Plaquemine, Louisiana, and was active in Woodmen of the World, serving as grand secretary of the Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana district before his untimely death on May 27, 1903. Noel Hebert, Brusly merchant and postmaster, served as chairman of the West Baton Rouge Selective Service Board, in which capacity he traveled to Washington, D.C., to receive an award from President Truman. Marguerite Hebert taught for 50 years before retiring from the West Baton Rouge Parish public-school system. Noel Hebert died on February 22, 1955, and Marguerite Hebert on December 17, 1960.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, financial/legal papers, personal papers, printed items, and photographic materials of the Raphael Hebert family of West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes, Louisiana. Also included are records from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brusly, Louisiana. Correspondence in French and English between Hebert family members and their acquaintances date from an 1861 Confederate soldier’s letter written in Pascagoula, Mississippi, to a 1960 letter from Texan Genevieve King (Wielenberg) McNally, whose correspondence added that of her mother, Ora King, also from Texas, composes the largest series of letters by persons not related to the Heberts. Most correspondence flows between Hebert relatives and their associates in West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes and concerns the news in those and other Louisiana places, the most prolific correspondent being Melanie Hebert at the Academy of St. Basil in Plaquemine, Louisiana, in the early 1870s. Joseph Guy Hebert writes from New Orleans in the late 1800s while in law school, and Marguerite Hebert writes from Natchitoches, Louisiana, during enrollment at the State Normal School of Louisiana in the early 1900s. Many of the Hebert letters reflect the family’s interest in civic, educational, and religious affairs, with even the author-priest Louis Schram writing to Marguerite Hebert about his book The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan Frontier. Family members and friends also exchange letters between Louisiana and vacation spots in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and other parts of the United States.

In both French and English, the financial/legal papers (1836-1960, n.d.), personal papers (1827-1957, n.d.), and St. John the Baptist Catholic Church records (1832, 1855-1874, n.d.) concentrate on matters in West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes and concern many of the same persons featured in the correspondence series. The early correspondence and early financial/legal papers of Noel and Marguerite Hebert identify their living in Mark and Red Eye, areas formerly distinguished from Brusly. Printed items (1861-1960) and photographic materials (1901-1954, n.d.) also relate to the Heberts and their acquaintances. Books, cards, and pamphlets highlight Catholic devotions and early-to-mid-twentieth-century pedagogy.

List of Series and Subseries

I. Correspondence, [1861-1960] n.d. (Boxes 1-3, Oversize Folder 1)

Subseries 1. Assorted Correspondence, 1861-1892, n.d. (Box 1, Oversize

Folder 1)

Subseries 2. Melanie Hebert, n.d. [1870-1874], 1875, 1876, 1887 (Box 1)

Subseries 3. Letters to Julia LaBauve Hebert, 1887-1905 (Box 1)

Subseries 4. Letters to/from Joseph Guy Hebert and to/from Noel Hebert,

1891-1909, n.d. (Box1)

Subseries 5. Marguerite Hebert, [1899-1955] n.d. (Box 2)

Subseries 6. Letters to Marguerite Hebert, [1899-1955] n.d. (Boxes 2 and 3)

Subseries 7. Letters from/Relating to Ora King, Genevieve King,

Mabel Landry, and Marguerite Hebert, 1902-1960 (Box 3)

Subseries 8. Letters from/Relating to Carl Joseph Dupuy, Cleo A. Forcier,

Louis Schram, and Marguerite Hebert, n.d. [1945-1955] (Box 3)

II. Financial/Legal Papers, 1836-1960, n.d. (Boxes 4 and 5)

Subseries 1. Assorted Financial/Legal Papers, 1863-1868, n.d. (Box 4)

Subseries 2. Raphael Hebert and Julia LaBauve Hebert, 1836-1907 (Box 4)

Subseries 3. Joseph Guy Hebert, 1890-1907 (Box 4)

Subseries 4. Noel Hebert, [1903-1943] n.d. (Box 5)

Subseries 5. Marguerite Hebert, 1903-1960, n.d. (Box 5)

III. Personal Papers, 1827-1957, n.d. (Box 6, Oversize Folder 1)

Subseries 1. Assorted Personal Papers, 1827, 1888, n.d. (Box 6, Oversize

Folder 1)

Subseries 2. Joseph Guy Hebert/Woodmen of the World, 1902, 1916, n.d.

(Box 6)

Subseries 3. Marguerite Hebert, 1901, 1910, 1925-1957, n.d. (Box 6, Oversize Folder 1)

Subseries 4. Noel Hebert, 1912, [1940-1946] n.d. (Box 6, Oversize Folder 1)

IV. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Records, 1832, 1855-1874, n.d. (Box 7)

V. Printed Items, 1861-1960, n.d. (Boxes 8-11, Oversize Folder 1)

Subseries 1. Newspaper Clippings [1861-1960] n.d. (Box 8, Oversize Folder 1)

Subseries 2. Announcement Cards and Death Notices, 1861-1894 (Box 8)

Subseries 3. Assorted Printed Items, 1904, 1915 (Box 8)

Subseries 4. Louisiana State University Printed Items, n.d., 1905, 1933

(Box 8)

Subseries 5. Genevieve King and Mary Patricia Hebert, n.d., 1928, 1950

(Box 8)

Subseries 6. Religious Books and Cards, n.d., 1835-1960 (Box 9 and Box 11)

Subseries 7. Teaching Books, 1864-1926, n.d. (Boxes 10 and 11)

VI. Photographic Materials, 1901-1954, n.d. (Box 12)

Series and Subseries Descriptions

I. Correspondence, [1861-1960] n.d. (1 linear foot)

Subseries 1. Assorted Correspondence, 1861-1892, n.d. Correspondence features ten letters and a note from Hebert relatives and friends. In an August 27, 1861, letter in French, Alexis Hebert describes to his father, Raphael Hebert, Sr., the life of a Confederate soldier stationed at Pascagoula, Mississippi. Other letters in French and English concern the socializing of Hebert relatives and acquaintances.

Subseries 2. Melanie Hebert, n.d. [1870-1874], 1875, 1876, 1887. Most of Melanie Hebert’s letters are written from the Academy of St. Basil in Plaquemine when Melanie is a student there (1870-1874). Numbering more than 50, all but eight are in French, the eight English letters being sent to Melanie’s uncle Benjamin Hebert and the French addressed to either her grandfather (Raphael Hebert) or step-grandmother (Julia LaBauve Hebert). Melanie shares gossip concerning persons in Iberville and West Baton Rouge Parishes; discusses convent education, news of the Sisters Marianites of Holy Cross, and Catholic observances; relates trips to New Orleans and other travel in the area; mentions the commemoration of Robert E. Lee’s death; refers to seasonal practices such as sugar-cane grinding; and details the fashions and fads of women her age.

Subseries 3. Letters to Julia LaBauve Hebert, 1887-1905. This subseries houses letters written to Julia LaBauve Hebert in both French and English concerning news of family and friends.

Subseries 4. Letters to/from Joseph Guy Hebert and to/from Noel Hebert, 1891-1909, n.d. While at law school in New Orleans in 1891 and 1892, Guy writes in French and English to his parents and to siblings Marguerite and Noel. Later correspondence concerns plantation business and matters of family and friends.

Subseries 5. Marguerite Hebert, [1899-1955] n.d. This subseries comprises Marguerite Hebert’s letters to Joseph Guy Hebert and Julia LaBauve Hebert while Marguerite is a student at the Louisiana State Normal School in Natchitoches (1899-1900). The 16 letters describe course work, student teaching, news, and special events at Normal. Marguerite mentions notable Normal faculty and staff such as James B. Aswell, Beverly C. Caldwell, Agnes Donaho, and J.E. Keeny. Other correspondence (1903-1955, n.d.) consists of letters from Marguerite while on vacation in Coopers Wells, Mississippi, and Hot Springs, Arkansas, as well as letters concerning items of interest in West Baton Rouge Parish.

Subseries 6. Letters to Marguerite Hebert, [1899-1955] n.d. In addition to sympathy notes following Noel Hebert’s death in 1955, the bulk of this subseries consists of dozens of postcards sent to Marguerite from relatives, friends, and students (1905-1928, n.d.).

Subseries 7. Letters from/Relating to Ora King, Genevieve King, Mabel Landry, and Marguerite Hebert, 1902-1960. The correspondence relates to Marguerite Hebert’s relationship with Ora King, Ora King’s daughter Genevieve King, and Mabel Landry. The letters concern other persons and events in Louisiana; Dallas, Texas; and the Chicago, Illinois, area. Marguerite and Ora study together at Normal and maintain a close friendship thereafter, corresponding, visiting, and inspiring Genevieve to do the same. During part of this time, Mabel Landry is living with Marguerite and receiving mail (most of which remains as postcards) at their address. Ora King details the challenges of a lovelorn working mother in both plush times and the Great Depression. Ora’s and Genevieve’s letters as well as a letter to Genevieve from her paternal grandfather reveal the nature of the women’s association with Genevieve’s father, Grover Wielenberg, whose surname Ora removes after divorcing him. After re-establishing ties with her father’s Illinois family, Genevieve recounts visiting them in 1933 and relates information concerning important Chicago families. Genevieve King eventually becomes Mrs. George McNally.

Subseries 8. Letters from/Relating to Carl Joseph Dupuy, Cleo A. Forcier, Louis Schram, and Marguerite Hebert, n.d. [1945-1955]. These letters pertain to Marguerite Hebert’s association with a seminarian (Dupuy) and two priests, one (Forcier) being an Edmundite missionary and the other (Schram) author of The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan Frontier.

II. Financial/Legal Papers, 1836-1960, n.d. (.5 linear feet)

Subseries 1. Assorted Financial/Legal Papers, 1863-1868, n.d. An undated list of names and monetary amounts as well as 17 promissory notes in French and English involve West Baton Rouge personages.

Subseries 2. Raphael Hebert and Julia LaBauve Hebert, 1836-1907. This subseries houses some of Raphael, Sr., and Julia LaBauve Hebert’s financial/legal papers. Included are two receipts in French (February 24, 1836, and June 27, 1848) as well as a bill of sale in English dated January 2, 1878, for items sold by Raphael Hebert to Benjamin F. Hebert. There is also an account book in French with annotations from April 1840 to June 1848. It mentions Raphael’s marriage to Odile Landry and lists birth and christening information for their children to date. Items in English pertaining to Julia LaBauve Hebert’s account with the Bank of Plaquemine include an account book (June 1903-July 1907); nine cancelled vouchers (August 6, 1903-May 31, 1905); and two deposit slips (October 30, 1903, and July 27, 1904).

Subseries 3. Joseph Guy Hebert, 1890-1907. Included are an account book with the Bank of Plaquemine (1902-1903) and another account book bearing earlier dates as well as annotations dated after Guy Hebert’s death on May 27, 1903. Subseries 3 also houses promissory notes, bills, and receipts (1896-1904), mostly involving Plaquemine personages and establishments.

Subseries 4. Noel Hebert, [1903-1943] n.d. The subseries contains Noel Hebert’s account book with the Bank of Plaquemine (1903-1905) as well as 36 cancelled vouchers from the same account dated October 30, 1903-May 15, 1906. The bulk of Subseries 4 consists of business and legal transactions with area establishments (1903-1916). Two letters (1920) concern financial/legal transactions with Melanie Hebert Knobloch’s son, Volney J. Knobloch. Documents from 1925 to 1940 relate to Noel Hebert’s stock with the Bank of West Baton Rouge and the Port Allen Bank and Trust as well as Hebert’s dealings with United States Savings Bonds and the Thrift Homestead Association. Also included are Noel Hebert’s state and federal income-tax returns for 1941, 1942, and 1943.

Subseries 5. Marguerite Hebert, 1903-1960, n.d. Twenty-three cancelled vouchers (December 20, 1903-June 28, 1907) from Marguerite Hebert’s account with the Bank of Plaquemine are housed in this subseries. Undated items include listings of names, items, and amounts; a sketch of what appear to be plots of land; six bills from Hebert and Mouch General Merchandise; and two drafts of letters from Marguerite Hebert concerning Hebert heirs. A June 2, 1917, letter from Samuel G. Laycock of Laycock and Beale Attorneys at Law (Baton Rouge) to Marguerite Hebert encloses a copy of a letter sent to Noel Hebert concerning the successions of Raphael Hebert, Julia LaBauve Hebert, and Joseph Guy Hebert. Three letters to Marguerite Hebert from the Bank of Commerce and Trusts in Richmond, Virginia (March 18, 1937; March 27, 1937; April 5, 1938) relate to Julia LaBauve Hebert’s estate. Other items dated 1917 to 1952 concern Marguerite Hebert’s stock in or dealings with Piedmont Motor Car Company, Port Allen Bank and Trust Company, Bank of West Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge Parish School Board, Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana, and Calcasieu Parish School Bonds. There are also three letters from the summer of 1955 concerning Whitehead and Kimball’s assisting Marguerite Hebert with Noel Hebert’s estate. The subseries concludes with two versions of Marguerite Hebert’s last will and testament (July 5, 1956, and December 16, 1960).

III. Personal Papers, 1827-1957, n.d. (.3 linear feet)

Subseries 1. Assorted Personal Papers, 1827, 1888, n.d. The oldest item is the Reverend Eugene Michaud’s 1827 transcription and validation (in French) of the Reverend Paul de Saint Pierre’s 1814 documentation of Marie Odile Landry’s baptism at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. The oversize folder houses Cora Hebert’s First Communion certificate (May 24, 1888) and accompanying pouch as well as a certificate of payment by Julia LaBauve Hebert to The Homeless Child (March 16, 1888). Two undated items are “Way to Heaven” (a handwritten booklet of devotional prayers) and “An Epitaph in Memory of Mr. A. Hebert” (Aristide Hebert, who died on November 14, 1855) by John (Conway?).

Subseries 2. Joseph Guy Hebert/Woodmen of the World, 1902, 1916, n.d. In French, in what appears to be Joseph Guy Hebert’s hand, are five undated pages of devotional verse or song in honor of the Virgin Mary for recital on specific days in May. Also included are the typescript “To the Officers and Members of Head Camp ‘F’ Woodmen of the World in Convention Assembled” (n.d.); an official circular from Guy Hebert to the officers and members of Plymouth Camp Number 184 of the Woodmen of the World (Plaquemine, December 3, 1902); and the program “Big Fall Rally” for Live Oak Camp Number 14 and Myrtle Camp Number 30 (at LSU, October 15, 1916).

Subseries 3. Marguerite Hebert, 1912, [1940-1946] n.d. The oversize folder houses Marguerite Hebert’s May 29, 1901, diploma from the State Normal School of Louisiana. The majority of items (1910, 1925-1951, n.d.) relate to Marguerite Hebert’s teaching career. Included are letters to and from pupils and parents, the bulk of the correspondence being congratulatory notes on Marguerite Hebert’s golden anniversary of teaching. Both the typewritten and published versions of Mary B. Wall’s poem “Marguerite” reside in this series, as do a mimeograph of the typescript poem “After the Bell,” composed in honor of Marguerite Hebert’s teaching, and the typescript “A Boy in a Dime Store.” There are also notes in Marguerite Hebert’s hand giving an account of her teaching, a treatise in the same hand on the qualities of an outstanding teacher entitled “The Teacher’s Spirit,” and notes on Maurice Thompson’s Alice of Old Vincennes. Other items (1934-1957, n.d.) pertain to Marguerite Hebert’s civic and volunteer work, namely with the Louisiana Emergency Relief Administration; Choctaw Council Number 7 of the Brusly Reservation; the Baton Rouge Area Tuberculosis Association; and the West Baton Rouge Chapter of the American Red Cross. Two undated handwritten documents offer instructions for removing stains by absorption and a date-roll recipe.

Subseries 4. Noel Hebert, 1912, [1940-1946] n.d. The oversize folder houses a December 6, 1912, certificate signed by Louisiana Governor Luther Egbert Hall and Secretary of State Alvin E. Hebert declaring that Noel Hebert has been elected police juror for Ward 2 of West Baton Rouge Parish. Other items include a September 15, 1944, article from the Port Allen West Side Journal: “Noel Hebert Heads Veterans’ Service Committee Here” and various documents (1946, n.d.) relating to Noel Hebert’s term as chairman of the West Baton Rouge Parish Local Selective Service Board (Draft Board), in which capacity he traveled to Washington, D.C., to receive from President Truman on January 21, 1946, an award for uncompensated local Selective Service Board members.

IV. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Records, 1832, 1855-1874, n.d. (.3 linear

feet)

In French are a photocopy of Jean-Baptiste Hebert’s 1832 sale of property to the “Souscripteurs de la Chapelle d’Ouest Baton Rouge” and the Reverend Pierre Lucas’ 1855 baptismal certificate for Marie Amélie Hebert. The bulk of the items of this subseries (in both French and English) consist of promissory notes, notes concerning church business (namely, upkeep and salaries for church personnel), and pew lists.

V. Printed Items, 1861-1960, n.d. (1.3 linear feet)

Subseries 1. Newspaper Clippings [1861-1960] n.d. The oversize folder houses a July 1861 account of the Battle of Bull Run printed as a Baton Rouge Daily Advocate extra entitled “War! War!! Still Later.” Obituaries for Hebert family members include those for Cora Hebert (1892), Joseph Guy Hebert (1903), Noel Hebert (1955), and Marguerite Hebert (1960). Concerning Brusly are the undated State-Times article “The Story of Cinclare,” the August 1936 article “Presbytery Burns at Brusly Today,” and Brusly Pastor Victor Baron’s letter to the editor of the State-Times during World War II concerning his home town of Nantes, France. Six clippings (1947, 1950, n.d.) pertain to Mary Patricia Hebert, her death in an automobile accident, and the dedication of Hebert’s Redemptorist School of Home Economics in her honor. Five articles (1951, 1954, 1957, n.d.) deal with Marguerite Hebert’s professional career and civic life.

Subseries 2. Announcement Cards and Death Notices, 1861-1894. This subseries contains announcement cards for the weddings of Albert Templet and Azelia Hebert (September 14, 1867) and Julia LaBauve and Raphael Hebert (February 26, 1870), both at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brusly. There is also a program card from the annual commencement at Harper Normal College, Kansas, from August 1, 1889. In French is the death notice for Valmont Hebert (June 26, 1861) and in English those for Thompson W. Bird (January 22, 1874), Marie Cora Hebert (November 15, 1892), and Raphael Hebert, Sr. (November 17, 1894).

Subseries 3. Assorted Printed Items, 1904, 1915. Housed here are a wooden “commemorative legal tender” from the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair and a 1915 circular entitled “To the People. Open Letter Addressed to Mr. H.G. Parker by Andrew Molaison of Addis, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.”

Subseries 4. Louisiana State University Printed Items, n.d., 1905, 1933. Included are Views at the Louisiana State University (1905?), a 1905 commencement program, and In Memoriam. Thomas Duckett Boyd (1854-1932), President 1896-1927, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Volume IX, Number 5 of Louisiana State University’s Alumni News, December 1933.

Subseries 5. Genevieve King and Mary Patricia Hebert, n.d., 1928, 1950. Contained here are Genevieve King’s undated report card from the Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Dallas, Texas, and two invitations to attend Genevieve King’s graduation from the same school in 1928. The series also includes a program from the dedication of “The Cottage” as the Homemaking Department of Redemptorist Boys and Girls High School (New Orleans) in memory of Mary Patricia Hebert (May 7, 1950).

Subseries 6. Religious Books and Cards, n.d., 1835-1960. Unless otherwise indicated, the items reside in Box 9. Books and booklets in French include Le Mois de Mai Consacré à la Gloire de la Mère de Dieu (1835, in Box 11); Paroissien Romain Contenant les Offices de Tous les Dimanches et des Principales Fêtes de l’Année, le Commun des Saints, le Chemin de la Croix, une Messe de Communion, etc. for the years 1881-1892 (in Box 11); Catéchisme de la Doctrine Chrétienne Ordonné par le Troisième Concile Plénier de Baltimore, et Traduit en Français par l’Ordre de Monseigneur l’Archevêque de la Nouvelle-Orléans (1885); Moyens de Soulager les Ames du Purgatoire (1891); Petit Paroissien Romain et Recueil de Prières for the years 1897-1904 (in Box 11); and 30 extant pages of a devotional prayer booklet. In English are The Morning Sacrifice. A Brief Explanation of Holy Mass (1926); The Way of the Cross for the Holy Souls in Purgatory with Prayers Translated from the “FILOTEA PEI DEFUNTI” (1928); A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity (1930, in Box 11); Solemn Novena to the Holy Ghost in Preparation of the Feast of Pentecost (1932); The Messenger of the Sacred Heart (July 1947 issue); a souvenir leaflet missal from the wedding of Frances Melba Hurt and Carl Joseph Dupuy (September 24, 1960); and an undated Way of the Cross. Some of the 27 religious cards, leaflets, and clippings (n.d., 1934-1955) commemorate deaths and other events of local interest. The guest book from Marguerite Hebert’s funeral (1960) culminates the subseries.

Subseries 7. Teaching Books, 1864-1926, n.d. The items derive from Marguerite Hebert’s scholastic and pedagogical careers. Titles include Les Doigts de Fée. Comédie en Cinq Actes (College Series of Modern French Plays, Number VIII, 1864); Quotations and Select Stories for Opening Exercises in Schools (1887); The Sketch Book (Maynard’s English Classic Series, Number 31, 1892); The Philosophy of Style (Maynard’s English Classic Series, Number 87, 1892); The Vision of Sir Launfal and Other Poems (Maynard’s English Classic Series, Number 129, 1904); Sesame and Lilies. First Lecture, Of Kings’ Treasuries (Maynard’s Classic English Series, Number 176, 1895); The Courtship of Miles Standish (Maynard’s English Classic Series, Number 230, 1901); You’ll Be Sorry When I’m Gone (1896); Agnes Morris’ School Improvement Leagues of Louisiana (1911); Jousse’s Catechism, to Which Is Added Burrowes’ Guide to Practice, Robert Schumann’s Rules for Young Musicians and an Enlarged Dictionary of Musical Terms (Brainard Edition, n.d.); Conciliation with the Colonies (Riverside Literature Series, Number 100, 1896); Institute Note-Book Presented by American Book Company (n.d.); The George Peabody College for Teachers, Type Studies and Lesson Plans (Volume I, Number 3, February 1916; Volume II, Number 4, April 1917; Volume III, Number 1, October 1917; Volume III, Number 3, May 1918; Volume IV, Number 4, January 1920); For the Love of Mike (1924); Two Days to Marry (Bugbee’s Popular Plays, 1926); Outlines in United States History (n.d.).

VI. Photographic Materials, 1901-1954, n.d. (.3 linear feet)

This series houses 11 photographs that bear neither subject identification nor date but that most probably represent relatives and friends of the Heberts and that may date from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. One photocopied page contains images of Pierre LaBauve (d. January 15, 1879), Adonis Thibodeaux (d. September 8, 1886), Irma LaBauve Thibodeaux (d. January 25, 1924), John Thibodeaux (d. August 25, 1921), and Amy Thibodeaux Hunt (d. March 7, 1947). Six undated, unidentified copies of the same photograph probably feature Joseph Guy Hebert, as do two snapshots of a man seated in a rocker on a gallery. Nine unidentified photographs (one of which dates to 1901 and another to 1904) might be of Marguerite Hebert, alone or with others. Three 1910 photographs show three women (one of whom could possibly be Marguerite Hebert) in rocky woods. There is an undated photograph of Judith Templet and one of Maud Templet. Folder 7 contains seven photographs (n.d., 1944) with partial indentification, Folder 8 houses images associated with Ora King and Genevieve King (n.d., 1925, 1941), and Folder 9 has six unidentified, undated photographs from the same roll of film and two from another. Folder 10 bears school-related images (1929, n.d.), one of them being of Lorraine Barras, and the last folder features Marguerite Hebert, Mabel Landry, and “the Red Eye LeBlancs.”

Index Terms

Academy of St. Basil (Plaquemine, La.)

I.2

Aswell, James B.

I.5

Battle of Bull Run

V.1

Blancgarin, Théophile

I.2, II.1, IV

Boyd, Thomas Duckett

V.4

Brusly (La.)—History—19^th Century

I.1-6, II.1-3, III.1, IV-V.1, 2, 6, VI

Brusly (La.)—History—20^th Century

I.3-8, II.2-5, III, V.1, 3, 6-VI

Cajuns—Louisiana

I-VI

Caldwell, Beverly C.

I.5

Catholics—Louisiana—19^th Century

I.2, III.1-2, IV, V.1-2, 6

Catholics—Louisiana—20^th Century

I.8, V.1, V.5-6

Cinclare Plantation

V.1

Convents—Louisiana—New Orleans

I.2

Convents—Louisiana—Plaquemine

I.2

Coopers Wells (Miss.)

I.5

Davis, Varina

I.4

Depressions—1929—United States

I.7

Donaho, Agnes

I.5

Draft--Louisiana

I.5, III.4

Dupuy, Carl Joseph

I.8, V.6

Education—Study and Teaching—Louisiana—19^th Century

I.5, 6, V.7-VI

Education—Study and Teachiing—Louisiana—20^th Century

I.5, 6, II.5, III.3, V.1, 7, VI

Forcier, Cleo A.

I.8

French Americans—Louisiana

I-VI

Hebert, Alexis

I.1

Hebert, Benjamin

I, 2, II.2

Hebert, Cora

I.1, III.1, V.1-2

Hebert Family

I-VI

Hebert, Joseph Guy

I.2, 4-6, II.3-5, III.2, V.1, VI

Hebert, Julia LaBauve

I.1-5, II.2, 5, III.1-2, V.2

Hebert, Marguerite

I.1, 4-8, II.4-5, III.3, V.1, 6-VI

Hebert, Mary Patricia

V.1, 5

Hebert, Melanie

I.1, 2

Hebert, Noel

I.2-6, II.3-5, III.4, V.1

Hebert, Odile Landry

II.2, III.1, IV

Hebert, Raphael

I.1-4, II.1-3, IV

Hebert, Raphael, Sr.

I.1-4, II.2, 5, V.2

Hebert, Raphael, Jr.

I.1, II.2

Iberville Parish (La.)—History—19^th Century

I.1-6, II.1-3, III.1

Iberville Parish (La.)—History—20^th Century

I.3-6, II.2-5, III.2, V.1

Keeny, J.E.

I.5

King, Genevieve (Wielenberg, McNally)

I.7, III.3, V.5, VI

King, Ora

I.7, II.5, VI

Knobloch Family

II.3-4

LaBauve Family

I.1, 2, II.1-2, IV, VI

Landry Family

I.2, 7, II.1-2, III.1, IV, VI

Landry, Mabel

I.7, VI

LeBlanc Family

II.4, III.3, VI

Louisiana—History—19^th Century

I.1-6, II.1-3, III.1, IV-V.2, VI

Louisiana—History—20^th Century

I.3-8, II.2-5, III.2-4, V.1, 3-VI

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)

V.3

Louisiana—Social Life and Customs

I-VI

Louisiana State University

V.4

McNally, Mary Elizabeth

Man-Woman Relationships—United States—20^th Century

I.7

Michaud, Eugene

III.1

Mississippi—Gulf Coast—History—Civil War, 1861-1865

I.1

Molaison Family

IV-V.1, 3

New Orleans (La.)—History—19^th Century

I.2, 4

Northwestern State College of Louisiana—Students

I.5-7, III.3, V.7

Plantation Life—Louisiana

I.1-6, II, III, V.1, VI

Plaquemine (La.)—History—19^th Century

I.1-6, II.1-3

Plaquemine (La.)—History—20^th Century

I.3-7, II.2-5, III.2, V.1

Redemptorist Parish (New Orleans, La.)

V.1

St. Gabriel Catholic Church (St. Gabriel, La.)

III.1

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Brusly, La.)

III.1, IV-V.2

St. Joseph Seminary and College (St. Benedict, La.)

I.8

St. Pierre, Paul de

III.1

Schram, Louis B.

I.8

Ships—Gulf Coast (U.S.)—19^th Century

I.1

Ships—Louisiana—19^th Century

I.2

Sisters Marianites of Holy Cross—Louisiana—19^th Century

I.2

Society of St. Edmund (Louisiana)

I.8

Soldiers—Confederate States of America

I.1

Teachers—Training of—Louisiana—19^th Century

I.5, 6, V.7-VI

Teachers—Training of—Louisiana—20^th Century

I.5-7, II.5, III.3, V.7

Templet Family

IV, V.2, VI

^thth

Thibodeaux Family

I.1, 2, 5, VI

Wall, Mary B.

III.3

West Baton Rouge Parish (La.)—History—19^th Century

I.1-6, II.1-3, III.1, IV-V.2, VI

West Baton Rouge Parish (La.)—History—20^th Century

I.3-8, II.2-5, III.2-4, V.1, 3, 6-VI

White, William

II.1-2, IV

Wielenberg Family

I.7, VI

Women—Education—Louisiana—19^th Century

I.2, 5, 6, V.7, VI

Women—Education—Louisiana—20^th Century

I.5-7, II.5, III.3, V.1, 7, VI

Woodmen of the World

III.2

CONTAINER LIST

Stack Location	Box	Folder	Contents
			Series I. Correspondence [1861-1960] n.d.
S:137	1	1	Subseries 1. Assorted Correspondence, 1861-1892, n.d..
OS:H		1	Correspondence (July 1889)
S:137	1	2-6	Subseries 2. Melanie Hebert, n.d. [1870-1874], 1875, 1876, 1887
	1	7	Subseries 3. Letters to Julia LaBauve Hebert, 1887-1905
	1	8-9	Subseries 4. Letters to/from Joseph Guy Hebert and to/from Noel Hebert, 1891-1909, n.d.
	2	1-2	Subseries 5. Marguerite Hebert,
	2	3-6	Subseries 6. Letters to Marguerite Hebert, [1899-1955] n.d. Letters (1899-1909)
	3	1-4	Letters (1910-1955)
	3	5-6	Subseries 7. Letters from/Relating to Ora King, Genevieve King, Mabel Landry, and Marguerite Hebert, 1902-1960
	3	7	Subseries 8. Letters from/Relatingto Carl Joseph Dupuy, Cleo A. Forcier, Louis Schram, and Marguerite Hebert, n.d. [1945-1955
			Series II. Financial/Legal Papers, 1836-1960, n.d.
S:138	4	1-2	Subseries 1. Assorted Financial/Legal Papers, 1863-1868, n.d.
	4	3-5	Subseries 2. Raphael Hebert and Julia LaBauve Hebert, 1836-1907
		6-7	Subseries 3. Joseph Guy Hebert, 1890-1907
	5	1-4	Subseries 4. Noel Hebert, [1903-1943] n.d.
		5-8	Subseries 5. Marguerite Hebert, 1903-1960, n.d.
			Series III. Personal Papers, 1827-1957, n.d.
	6	1-3	Subseries 1. Assorted Personal Papers, 1827, 1888, n.d. (1827, n.d.)
OS:H		1	First Communion Certificate (1888); The Homeless Child (1888)
S:138	6	4-6	Subseries 2. Joseph Guy Hebert/Woodmen of the World, 1902, 1916, n.d.
OS:H		1	Subseries 3. Marguerite Hebert, 1901, 1910, 1925-1957, n.d. College Diploma (1901)
S:138	6	7-9	Papers (1910, 1925-1957, n.d.)
OS:H		1	Subseries 4. Noel Hebert, 1912, [1940-1946] n.d. Police Juror Certificate (1912)
S:138	6	10-11	Papers [1940-1946] n.d.
S:139	7	1-6	Series IV. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Records, 1832, 1855-1874, n.d.
			Series V. Printed Items, 1861-1960, n.d.
OS:H		1	Subseries 1. Newspaper Clipping, s[1861-1960] n.d. “War! War!! Still Later,” Daily Advocate (1861)
S:139	8	1	Obituaries (1892, 1903, 1955, 1960)
		2	Brusly News (1936, n.d.)
		3	Mary Patricia Hebert (n.d., 1947, 1950)
			Marguerite Hebert (n.d.[1951-1957])
	8	5	Subseries 2. Announcement Cards and Death Notices, 1861-1894
	8	6	Subseries 3. Assorted Printed Items, 1904, 1915
	8	7	Subseries 4. Louisiana State University Printed Items, n.d., 1905, 1933
	8	8	Subseries 5. Genevieve King and Mary Patricia Hebert, n.d., 1928, 1950
			Subseries 6. Religious Books and Cards, n.d., 1835-1960
	9	1-5	Catéchisme de la Doctrine Chrétienne (1885); Moyens de Soulager les Ames duPurgatoire (1891); 30 Extant Pages of Devotional Prayer Booklet (n.d.); The Way of the Cross for the Holy Souls in Purgatory (1928); The Way of the Cross (n.d.); The Morning Sacrifice (1926); Solemn Novena to the Holy Ghost (1932); The Messenger of the Sacred Heart (July 1947).
		6	Religious Cards (n.d., 1934-1955)
		7	The Mass on the Day of Marriage (for Frances Melba Hurst and Carl Joseph Dupuy, September 24, 1960)
		8	Marguerite Hebert Funeral Guest Book (1960)
S:140	11	8-11	Le Mois de Mai (1835); Paroissien Romain (1881); Petit Paroissien (1897); Manual of Prayers (1930)
	10	1-10	Subseries 7. Teaching Books, 1864-1926, n.d. Les Doigts de Fée (1864); Quotations and Select Stories for Opening Exercises in School (1887); The Sketch Book (1892); The Philosophy of Style (1892); The Vision of Sir Launfal (1904); Sesame and Lilies (1895); The Courtship of Miles Standish (1901); You’ll Be Sorry When I’m Gone (1896); School Improvement Leagues of Louisiana (1911); Jousse’s Catechism (n.d.); Conciliation with the Colonies (1896); Institute Note-Book (n.d.)
	11	1-7	The George Peabody College for Teachers, Type Studies and Lesson Plans, vol.1 no.3 (Feb. 1916)- vol.4 no.4 (Jan. 1920); For the Love of Mike (1924); Two Days to Marry (1926); Outlines in United States History (n.d.)