Contents:
Introduction
Alphabetical List
Chronological Index

INTRODUCTION

This guide describes manuscript collections documenting African American history in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections at LSU. It includes the papers of African Americans and their families; oral histories done with African Americans; and other collections that document African American history in one way or another. In the early period, these collections include documentation of slavery, the slave trade, abolitionism, and apologies for slavery. In the modern period, they include collections that document issues like civil rights, integration, and race relations.

Indeed, the experience of African Americans before and during the Civil War is often documented through the papers of others--among them, planters who bought and sold them as slaves and Union soldiers who commented upon them in letters and diaries. LSU has such resources in abundance. Papers of early African Americans themselves are more difficult to find. But Louisiana and the lower Mississippi Valley had a relatively large population of free persons of color, some of whom did leave papers. They worked as artisans in cities like New Orleans or Natchez, or were planters and even slaveholders themselves. LSU's collections of the papers of free persons of color include the papers of William Johnson of Natchez, now famed as a diarist and commentator on Southern mores.

Collections in this guide are listed alphabetically, with a chronological index after the alphabetical listing. Brief descriptions include references to sources for additional information--either the LSU Libraries' catalog, which is accessible through the Internet, or the manuscript card catalog in the Special Collections reading room of Hill Memorial Library. Still additional information on some of these collections can be found in detailed finding aids in the reading room. Increasingly, electronic copies of these finding aids can be found on the World Wide Web site for Special Collections, where you can also find information about using the collections, searching the online catalog remotely, and asking us questions.

Abstract of wages paid to teachers employed in city colored schools, Memphis, Tennessee, 1864 December. 1 item. Location: Misc:A. Abstract signed by T. A. Walker, captain, 63rd United States Colored Infantry, listing wages to teachers in 'colored schools' in Memphis, Tennessee, run by the Freedman's Department during the Union occupation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3092.

Alabama civil rights publications, 1963, 1965. 2 printed items. Location: Impr. Printed pamphlets: THE TRUTH, Montgomery Junior Chamber of Commerce (1963); and THE STORY OF SELMA, The Selma and Dallas County Chamber of Commerce (1965). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3780.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Scrapbook, ca. 1972. 1 item. Location. OS:A. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was the first Greek-letter organization established by African American college women. Scrapbook contains a history of the Sorority, social events and activities, poetry, and brief biographical sketches on current members of the local chapter, Eta Kappa. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4560.

Alston, Solomon. Estate document, 1809 April 27. 1 item. Location: C:61. Planter of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Document manumitting a slave according to a clause in Alston's will. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1209.

Anderson, Henry. Letter, 1863. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union soldier during the Civil War, probably from Indiana, stationed at New Madrid, Missouri. Letter to a friend expresses lack of interest in the cause of slavery and a personal revulsion to the Negro. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1427.

Anonymous Account Book (M), 1748. 1 manuscript volume. Location: Vault:1. Account book for Baton Rouge merchant containing entries for mercantile items, loans, and passage and shipping to the West Indies (Jan. 1-March 20, 1748). Mss. 519.

Anonymous Confederate civilian letters, 1863 August 27 and 29. 2 items. Location: Misc. Pages from a letter-diary of a plantation owner, possibly the wife of a Confederate soldier, recording daily activities, local news, plantation work, and slave health. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2997.

Anonymous daybooks, 1856-1858. 2 ms. vols. Location: F:2. Accounts of sales by a free black, probably Oscar Dubreuil, for a general merchandise store in Isle Brevelle, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 833.

Anonymous diary, 1858-1860. Mss. 3504. See LeBret Diary.

Anonymous letter, [1863] October 4. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from a Southern woman who had lived in New York City prior to the Civil War compares the changes that have been made during the Civil War and in particular mentions sermons of abolitionist Dr. Henry Whitney Bellows. She also describes the problems encountered in passing through Fortress Monroe under a flag of truce. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2121.

Anonymous letter, 1851. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter written from Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, by Augusta (?), to her sister, Mrs. Sarah W. Simpson, Newburyport, Massachusetts. The letter describes the excitement in Alexandria among whites and blacks over Jenny Lind's concert in New Orleans; steamboats and fishing on the Red River; and other local news. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1008.

Anonymous letter, 1852 July 15. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter written in Washington, D.C., addressed to 'Dear Cousin,' refers to race relations as depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin, Daniel Webster's performance, and Henry Clay's funeral. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3416.

Anonymous letter, 1867. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from a guest at Trenton House [Trenton, New Jersey], commenting on the artistic ability and physical characteristics of the blind Negro musician 'Blind Tom,' after attending a concert given by the pianist. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1533.

Anonymous Planter Ledger, 1848-1849. 1 vol. Location: Misc.:Anon. Plantation ledger, possibly kept by Abraham Lobdell, a West Baton Rouge Parish, La. planter. Ledger records payments for services, goods, and taxes on land. Included are entries recording slave births and deaths, medical bills, gifts to the Protestant Episcopal Church, and goods sold to slaves on credit. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2905.

Anonymous record book, n.d. 1 ms. vol. Location: Vital statistics and military records together with comments on the condition, location, and extent of such records in several parishes in Louisiana. Included are lists of Louisiana blacks in units of the Union army during the Civil War. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1018.

Anonymous slave list, n.d. 1 item. Anonymous slave list giving cabins, names, color, and ages of slaves. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 9.

Anti-Episcopal cartoon, n.d. 1 printed item. Location: Impr. Carte-sized cartoon satirizes the Protestant Episcopal Church for its acceptance of Southern attitudes toward slavery. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2897.

Arceneaux, William, Papers, 1964-2007 (bulk 1972-2007). 15 linear feet and 20 volumes. Louisiana higher education official. Papers consist of correspondence, business papers, photographs, printed items, and scrapbooks related to the professional, civic, and personal activities of William Arceneaux. A small amount of correspondence is in French and Spanish. For additional information, see online catalog Mss. 4107. Complete finding aid.

Arden, D. D. Letter and abstracts, 1856 May 29. 2 items. Location: Misc:A. Constable of Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Letter from Arden to P. Gurnett appointing him leader of a patrol squad. Attached are laws stating that squads be armed with guns and have the right to enter and examine cabins and residences of slaves and Negroes without prior notice of property owners. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3108.

Asbury Independent Methodist Church. Photographs, 1977. 5 items. Location: Mss. 3177. Church located in White Castle, Louisiana, with a predominantly African American congregation. Photographs depicting the church interior show the church's pastor and assistant pastors; the women's auxiliary organization; the church board of stewardesses; and a baptismal group. Mss. 3177. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3177.

Ashton Plantation auction broadside, 1859 December 8. 1 item. Location: Microfilm 5322. Cotton plantation in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, consisting of 1,800 acres on Bayou Macon and the Mississippi River. It was owned by Dr. William Webb Wilkins until his death (ca. 1859) after which it was auctioned to help settle his succession. Broadside printed to advertise the public auction of Ashton Plantation, which was ordered by the Fourth Judicial Court of St. James Parish, where Wilkins' estate was probably settled. The item briefly describes the real and personal property to be sold. Also listed on the broadside to be sold are 98 slaves and their ages. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reel 10. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3729.

Asselin, Hacharie. Papers, 1837-1838. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Receipt for taxes on the land and slaves of H. Asselin and statement of N. Martin for tutoring and incidental expenses to Mrs. Hacharie Asselin. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Avet, Joseph. Document, 1848. 1 item. Location: Misc. Sale (copy) of a slave by Joseph Avet to Lucien Gex, New Orleans, March 27, 1848. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 610.

Badin, Norbert, d. 1903. Papers, 1829-1937 (bulk 1870-1890). 695 items, 3 ms. vols., 57 printed vols. Location: U:97-98, OS:B. Free African American planter from the Cane River settlement of Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, an area that was home to a large community of freedmen. Personal and business papers document Badin's activities as a planter, and include family correspondence, a journal, an account book, and miscellaneous printed items. Some items in French and Spanish. Available on microfilm 6061: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 1. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 825. Complete Finding Aid. HTML | PDF

Badley Family papers, 1834-1940, undated (bulk: 1845-1865). 0.3 linear feet. Location: W:2, OS:B, F:2. Badley family, plantation owners in Port Hudson and East Baton Rouge Parish. Personal papers and printed items document their plantations, landholding, and political and professional activities. Works Progress Administration manuscripts collection notes and botanical specimen books are also present. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3062. Complete Finding Aid. PDF

Banes, Alexander. Alexander and Nannie I. Banes Family Papers, 1888-1990. 1.3 linear ft. Location: U:252, OS:B. African American family of Waco, Texas. Collection includes photographs, correspondence, writings, and legal and financial papers. Some materials document Nannie Bane's work as a teacher in North Texas. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4392.Complete finding (PDF) aid.

Banks, Nathaniel P., 1816-1894. Letterpress copybook, 1863-1864. 1 vol. Location: B:12. Congressman, governor of Massachusetts, and general in command of the Union Gulf Department in the Civil War. Letterpress copybook of official letters written by Banks from his headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, during fall 1863 and early winter 1864. Letters comment on civilian life in New Orleans, freed slaves, and the cotton trade. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2326.

Barrow, Bennett H., 1811-1854. Diary, 1833-1846. 1 microfilm reel, 1 typed transcript. Location: W:24. Owner of Highland Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Diary records daily activities on the plantation, weather conditions, relations with slaves, and personal activities and attitudes. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2978.

Bass-Farrar Family Papers, 1829-1917 (bulk: 1829-1843; 1858-1867) 285 items. Location: R:41. Papers of the Bass, Farrar, and Richardson families from Tensas Parish, La., and vicinity. Includes material on family matters, personal and professional activities, maintenance and overseeing of cotton plantations before and after the Civil War, life along the Mississippi River, life in Civil War Louisiana, and slavery. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4907. Complete finding aid.

Baton Rouge census document, 1782. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: Misc. Document, 'Etat general des blancs, libres et esclaves dans le district du Baton Rouge pour l'année 1782.' Lists names of heads of families for white, free black, and slave population; professions of white and free black males; number of dwellings; production of indigo, tobacco, rice, corn, and lumber; and number of militiamen. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2514.

Baton Rouge Civil War photographs, 1863. 3 items. Three photographs taken in Baton Rouge during the Civil War: an African American male in a wagon pulled by mules; Pike Hall; and Garrison Lane. The first is by McPherson and Oliver, and the other two are probably their work as well. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3272.

Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations. Records, 1965-2000. 2 linear feet. Location: W:123-124. Minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and committee records document the activities and concerns of the Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations, a non-profit civic organization created in 1965 that promoted racial desegregation and better race relations by counteracting prejudice and discrimination based on religion or ethnicity. Concerned specifically with the Baton Rouge community. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4813. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Baze, Felix. Document, 1847. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Sale of slave by Felix Baze to Robert de St. Clair of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Belcher, Fred, 1913-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1994. 1 sound cassettes (1 hour), transcript (69 p.). Location: L:4700.0721. Fred and Helen Belcher are the son and daughter-in-law of Arthur and Corrie Belcher, founders of the Volunteers of America in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Interview describes the Salvation Army and Volunteers of America with a focus on the community programs and projects including prison ministry, work with the black community, New Orleans maternity home, the role of VOA in adoptions, and Hanson's Disease Center at Carville, Louisiana. They also discuss the racial composition of South, 16th St., role of religion in the VOA, 1920s automobiles, and the flood of 1927. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0721.

Bell, Helena Jones, Letter, 1938 Jan. 28. 1 item. Location: Misc.: B. Southern civilian during the Civil War. Letter describes Union occupation, the loyalty of a former slave, Union soldiers killing a child, and harsh living conditions during and after the war. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4545.

Bello, Susanne Moreau. Document, 1791. 1 item. Location: Misc. Widow of Donato Bello, an officer in the militia of the post of Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Mortgage of a slave by Susanne M. Bello at the post of Opelousas to Antoine Dubroqua. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Bennett, George W. Business records, 1858-1917. ca. 5000 items and 202 vols. Location: O:6-13, 127:10, 128:10. General merchant and cotton buyer and dealer in Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana; postmaster at Bennettville; and operator of a cotton and sugar cane plantation and plantation store at Theoda Plantation, Rapides Parish. Papers include correspondence, ledgers, daybooks, journals, receipts, leases, agreements, labor contracts with freedmen, invoice books, record books, stock inventories, and other items relating to Bennett's commercial interests. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1010. Complete Finding Aid

Berbice Colony slave records, 1826-1827. 3 items, 1 microfilm reel. Location: OS:B, Mss.Mf:B. Deed of arrangement between owners of three sugar plantations in Berbice (Guyana), and lists of slaves attached to the plantations as of October 20, 1826, citing names, ages, employment, places of birth, and distinguishing marks. Also listed are children born to slave mothers on the plantations (1819-1826) with names, dates of birth, ages, and names of mothers noted. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2934.

Bethel Baptist Church (Natchitoches, Louisiana). Records, 1921-1928. 3 items, 2 vols. Location: B:18. Church with an African American congregation located in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Lists of names of members and amounts of dues paid by members, minutes of church meetings, and an account of the salary paid to the minister. A minute book contains minutes of regular meetings. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 981.

Bills, John H. Family Papers, 1825-1880 (bulk 1855-1861). .15 linear ft. (103 items). Location: A:17. Postmaster, merchant, and major of Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, who also owned a plantation on Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana. Bills was the father-in-law of Tennessee and Louisiana legislator Horace M. Polk. Personal and business letters discuss lands in Arkansas, dealings with factors, the cotton trade, national and Louisiana state politics, the Democratic Party, the Civil War Battle of Shiloh, and slave customs and behavior. Correspondents include Daniel Graham, James Walker, and Horace M. Polk. Additional items consist of statements of accounts, receipts, and bills of lading. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2075.

Birge, N. A. Papers, 1861-1865 (bulk 1862-1864). 88 items. Location: U:15, OS:B. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 2-3. Confederate assistant quartermaster at Monroe Army Post and Shreveport, Louisiana, and agent of the Trans-Mississippi Department at Jefferson, Texas. Papers include requisitions, vouchers, and receipts for clothing, camp equipment, transportation, and medical supplies; copies of official forms, routine correspondence from army personnel, a few letters from soldiers, and a list of conscript Negroes. The impressment of cotton in Texas is discussed in two letters from Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Broadwell, Office of the Cotton Bureau, Headquarters, Trans-Mississippi Department. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 918, 1036. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Bishop, Wm (William). Letter, 1835 May 1. 1 item (4 leaves). Location: Misc:B. Resident of Mobile, Alabama. Letter from Bishop to Agents William McCauly and Nesbit in New Orleans regarding his financial assets and liabilities. Topics include property in Mobile, money owed Bishop, instructions regarding his house and slaves, and Mary Harral's education. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 28.

Black, Norman P. Document, 1861. 1 item [copy]. Location: Misc. Deed of a slave by William Loudon to Norman P. Black, certified by the notary public John A. McHugh. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Blanchard, Joseph. Document, 1825. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Sale (notarized copy) of land and slaves of Joseph Blanchard to Timoleon Boissac. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Blanchard, Newton C. (Newton Crain), 1849-1922. Scrapbooks, 1892-1906. 4 vols. (microfilm copy). Location: Mf. Lawyer from Shreveport, Louisiana; U.S. representative (1881-1894); U.S. senator (1894-1897); and governor of Louisiana (1904-1908). Scrapbooks, containing newspaper clippings with some correspondence and other items, pertain mainly to Blanchard's political career and contain information about Louisiana politics, race relations, yellow fever, and the 1906 fire in the State Capitol. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Blanchard, Newton Crain, 1849-1922. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2833.

Blanche, Alexander, 1833-1908. Papers, 1851-1914. 81 items (includes 2 vols.). Location: W:48, Vault. Cotton planter of Marydale Plantation, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Blanche employed or subleased Louisiana State Penitentiary convicts from S. L. James, who leased prisoners directly from the state. Antebellum plantation diary contains notes about cotton farming; slave labor and health; weather; medical remedies; and other plantation affairs. Papers consist of correspondence, tax and payroll receipts, account sheets, and receipts for prisoners. Letters to Blanche from S. L. James include information on plantation supplies and prison laborers. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 11, or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 3, Reel 14. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3342. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Blount, W. M. Account book, 1817-1860. 1 vol. Location: H:14. Record of payment to Blount in settlement of William Pitt Higbee's estate and account. Also recorded are the accounts of Mrs. Amelia Gradinego, Daniel Zeringue, members of the Close family, and others of Petit Bois, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Entries include commodity prices, prices of slaves, taxes, cost of schooling, wages for a laborer, and other expenses incurred by local planters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 177.

Bond, Priscilla Munnikhuysen, 1838-1869. Papers, 1858-1866. .7 linear ft. (98 items, 3 ms. vols.). Location: B:15. Resident of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, to which she had moved with her parents from Maryland. Priscilla married Howard Bond; she had no children. Two diaries record Bond's daily activities and observations. Subjects covered include plantation life, runaway slaves, social engagements, hypnotism, and Civil War experiences and thoughts, including participation by African American soldiers. Collection also includes correspondence, poems, and photographs. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 33. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2155. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Bookter, Alexander. Succession Papers, 1805 May 10. 1 item (9 leaves). Location: Misc:B. Slaveholder of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Slaves and other property were seized and sold at public sale after Bookter's death by the sheriff of St. Helena Parish for the payment of Bookter's debts. Affidavits of Ann Liles, William Liles, and John Mink regarding ownership of slaves and other property in the estate of Alexander Bookter, signed by Spanish commandant of Louisiana, Carlos de Grand-Pre. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4514.

Boothby, Charles W. Papers, 1861-1898 (bulk 1861-1874). 1 linear ft. Location: T:19, OS:B. U.S. Army captain, customs official, superintendent of education for New Orleans, and politician. Correspondence, printed military orders, and quartermaster's records reflect Civil War and postbellum New Orleans. Civil War papers document personal experiences, military engagements, African American soldiers, and political activity. Postbellum papers reflect the local and national political environment during Reconstruction. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4847. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Bordelon, Leonce P., Diaries, 1876-1931, 2005. 15 v. Location: J:28. Avoyelles Parish, La., planter. Diaries of Leonce P. Bordelon reflect Louisiana plantation life in rural Avoyelles Parish during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Entries pertain primarily to plantation operations, the effects of climate on those operations, social activities, health and local elections. Some entries in French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4952. Complete finding aid.

Bordis & Co. Records, 1866. 3 items. Location: Misc:B. Records include an agreement with freedmen drawn on an official form of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands and two payroll receipts for laborers employed on the Monot Plantation, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 965.

Boston Museum playbill, 1861. 1 item. Location: Impr. Abolitionist playbill from the Boston Museum offering The Octoroon, Or Life in Louisiana, and billed as Dion Bourcicault's greatest production. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1558.

Boudar, Thomas. Document, 1845. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale (copy) of slaves by Boudar to Marie Louise Paris of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 25.

Boudousquie, Charles. Document, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc. Sale of slaves to Charles Roussel, signed by a notary, with seal. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 34.

Bourcier, Mrs. Catherine Silly. Document, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc. 7. Widow of François C. Bourcier. Document signed by the recorder of mortgages in New Orleans, certifying the non-encumbrance of a slave belonging to Madame Catherine Silly. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 36.

Bourgeois, Pierre. Family Papers, 1771-1821. 3 items. Location: Misc. Papers include a land transfer (1771), a property sale (1775), and a petition regarding ownership of slaves (1821). Partly in French and in Spanish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 37.

Bowman, James P. Family Papers, 1806-1926. 2615 items; 100 ms. vols., 6 printed vols. Location: B:19-24; J:18-19:OS:B. Planter of Rosedown Plantation, St. Francisville, Louisiana. Records and papers documenting the administration of Rosedown. Includes papers of William R. Bowman, Episcopal clergyman; and of James P. Bowman, Robert H. Barrow, Eliza Bowman Lyons, Catharine Rucker Turnbull, and Daniel Turnbull. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 4, Reels 8-19. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1372, 1382.

Boyd, David French, 1834-1899. Papers, 1833-1934 (1860-1899). 9 linear ft., 45 v. Location: D:14-21, vault, U:179, Mf:Mss:B, OS:B. Confederate soldier during the Civil War who was later appointed president of the Seminary of Learning at Alexandria, Louisiana.  He was elected president of LSU in 1884 and resigned in 1886. He spent his last years as a professor at LSU. Papers are comprised of correspondence, including correspondence with William T. Sherman; writings about Civil War figures and his Civil War diary; academic papers reflecting his life as an educator; photographs; financial papers; and printed items. Manuscript volumes consist of school notebooks; memoranda; diaries; morning reports from Kentucky Military Institute and Locust Dale Academy; and a minute book of the Demostherman Society. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 40, 99, 794, 890, 893, 1400, 1612, 4234.

Boyer, Albert P., Mrs. Papers and account books, 1885-1907. .8 linear ft. (47 items; 4 vols.). Location: E:51, O:4. African American undertaker of New Orleans. Papers include promissory notes; statements of account; bills for coffins and caskets; cashbooks; a journal reflecting accounts for funeral expenses; and a ledger containing client and burial society accounts. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 1. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1258. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Bradfute, Mrs. Theresa S. Document, 1850. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale (copy) of a slave, December 5, 1849, by Mrs. Theresa (Stringer) McDonald Jones Bradfute, executor of the estate of Greenbury Ridgely Stringer, to James Stuart Hart. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 409.

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876. Letter, 1875. 1 item. Location: Misc. Confederate general in command of the Army of Tennessee during the Civil War. In reply to a request for biographical information, Bragg discusses his situation as a sugar planter in Louisiana at the beginning of the Civil War; laments the wartime misfortunes of his 'happy and contented' slaves; and describes his military career. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Bragg, Braxton. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2537.

Bray, John A. Papers, 1838-1856. 4 items. Location: Misc:B. Cotton planter of 'Cotile,' Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Items include a bill for goods bought by Bray and for freight shipped aboard the steamboat Louisiana; a statement by New Orleans cotton factor A. Miltenberger recording Bray's sale of cotton; and a letter concerning the hire of a 'boy.' Included is a copy of a deed to land and slaves in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Breaux, John B. Papers, 1933, 1938, 1963, 1970-2004 (bulk: 1987-2004). Approx. 781 linear feet. Location: Room B6, Map Cage, Vault:54. Correspondence, briefing books, bills, reports, testimony transcripts, research files, news releases, printed materials, audio-visual and electronic files, photographs and memorabilia documenting the political and U.S. Congressional career of Louisiana Representative (1972-1986) and Senator (1987-2004) John B. Breaux, and the work of his office. In addition to Senate and House files, contains materials related to his campaigns, the Democratic Party, and the Washington Mardi Gras. Topics include, among others, flood control, abortion, transportation, energy, the environment, taxes, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare, consumer protection, wetlands conservation, base closures in Louisiana, commerce, trade, and agriculture policy, especially for sugar and rice. For additional information, see the online catalog. Mss. 4922. Complete Finding Aid (PDF).

Breazeale, Nita Sims. Family Papers, 1811-1981 (bulk 1905-1943). 9.5 linear ft., 3 v. Location: 47:8-12, OS:B, N:9, 65:3, vault. Baton Rouge, La. resident. Papers relate to the Breazeale and Sims families of Baton Rouge, Donaldsonville, and Natchitoches, La. They consists of correspondence, legal documents, printed material, photographs, and artifacts related to World War I and World War II, Bundles for Britain, Inc., genealogy, and state and local history. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2442. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Brent, Rosella Kenner, 1849-1928. Papers, 1902-1915. .1 linear ft. Location: U:210. Daughter of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, planter and politician Duncan Farrar Kenner and wife of Confederate brigadier general Joseph F. Brent. Two narratives of Brent's recollections of Ashland Plantation, including a sketch of slave Henry Hammond. She also recounts an 1862 incident in which her father escaped to Bayou Lafourche upon learning that Union troops were coming to arrest him. Three letters pertain to Rosella Kenner Brent's husband, Brigadier General Joseph L. Brent, C.S.A. A 1910 letter describes General Brent's service in the Confederate army. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reel 14. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1167, 1822.

Bringier, Louis Amadee, 1827-1897. Papers, 1786-1901. 599 items and 14 vols. Location: T:96-97, F:9, OS:8, Mf. Planter of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and Confederate officer. Bringier served as commander of the 4th Louisiana Cavalry and the 7th Louisiana Regiment in the Civil War. Papers include correspondence, business papers, military orders and communications, records relating to the administration of Hermitage Plantation in Ascension Parish and Houmas, Burnside, and Bagatelle plantations. Collection includes a letter (1862) telling of a woman killing a federal soldier in New Orleans; also includes papers (1786-1825) relating to the Augustin M. Tureaud family. Some items in French. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reels 1-2, or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 1, Reel 13. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 43, 139, 544. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Britton, A. C. (Audley Clark), 1822-1894. Family Papers, 1830-1929. 1,760 items, 14 ms. vols. Location: S:119, O:16, OS:B. Banker and planter of Natchez, Mississippi. Papers include letters and descriptions of the family, plantation, and social lives in Natchez and documents specific to Britton's business activities. Miscellaneous items include photographs, autographs, poems, ledgers, and genealogies. Included are two letters to Eliza Britton written by Mrs. Jefferson (Varina Howells) Davis. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reel 1. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1403, 1710. Complete Finding Aid. HTML| PDF

Britton, W. A. Record book, 1847. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:19. Agent for the Nautilus Insurance Company of New York, in Natchez, Mississippi. Record book lists the names and beneficiaries of life insurance policyholders. A number of entries pertain to insurance on the lives of slaves. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reel 18. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 932.

Brooks Read Brer Rabbit Collection, 1950-1991 (bulk: 1950-1959). ca. 26 linear feet. Approximately 500 reel to reel audio recordings, scripts, phonographs, correspondence, and subject files of Brooks Read, Baton Rouge storyteller, journalist, and political observer. Materials relate to Read¹s recorded productions of his original Brer Rabbit stories, as well as a few select Uncle Remus stories of Joel Chandler Harris. For furhter information see online catalog or complete finding aid. Mss. 4476

Brown, James, 1766-1835. Papers, 1764-1829 (bulk 1804-1811). .5 linear ft. Location: U:20, OS:B, F:9. Attorney in New Orleans who became secretary of Louisiana (1804), United States attorney for the Orleans District (1805), U.S. senator from Louisiana (1813-1817, 1819-1823), and minister to France (1823-1829). Collection consists of legal and business papers and correspondence of James Brown. Legal and business papers include documents recording sales of slaves and legal disputes. Most of the letters are from William N. Brown and General James Wilkinson. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 44. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Brown, Orville Hickman, 1806-1881. Speech, 1862 March 10. 1 printed item. Location: Impr. U.S. senator from Illinois. Speech delivered before the United States Senate during debate on a bill to confiscate Confederate property and slaves discusses variouis implications of the bill. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2918.

Brown, Reddin. Papers, 1835-1838. 5 items. Location: Misc:B. Resident of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Papers pertain to the mortgage of land and slaves, and include a land conveyance, an appraiser's certificate, and other legal documents. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 668.

Browning, Samuel R. Letter, 1849 September 4. 1 item. Location: Misc:B. Letter to A. W. Boyd in North Carolina concerning slave- and horse-trading in Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4197.

Bryan, James. Document, 1822. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Inventory of Bryan's property and slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Buck-Ellis Family Papers, 1812, 1826-2000. 14 linear ft and 27 volumes. Location: 16:1-14, OS:B, J:27, Vault 1. Ellis family of Tangipahoa Parish, La.; a family of educators, lawyers, and public officials. Ellis family papers (1812, 1826-1987) are comprised almost entirely of personal correspondence relating to daily activities, politics, health, religion, employment, military service, education and travel of five generations. Other material includes financial papers, legal documents, speeches and lectures related to the study of law, printed items, account books, diaries, inventories, family scrapbook and minute books of United Daughters of the Confederacy, Blue Cross Chapter. The Carroll and Martina Ellis Buck papers (1922-2000) consist primarily of personal correspondence from family and friends, but include some professional correspondence, primarily from his legal and public career. Mss. 4820. For additional information see online catalog. Complete finding aid.

Buck, Pearl S., 1892-. Letters, 1968. 2 items. Location: Misc. American writer and philanthropist. Letters to a correspondent in India commenting on the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy; the Black Power demonstration by U.S. athletes at the Mexican Olympic Games; and racial problems in the United States. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2473, 2475.

Burden, Andrew. Document, 1859. 1 item. Location: Misc. Signed document from Lawrence County, Alabama, swearing not to trade with a slave without the owner's permission and not to allow gambling. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3365.

Burgess, West. Agreement, 1804. 1 item. Location: Misc. Agreement outlining conditions for the apprenticeship of a slave with blacksmith Phillip Alts of Maryland. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2186.

Burnett Family Papers, 1778-1862. 6 items. Location: Misc. Papers include bills of sale of slaves; two pieces of private script; one piece of Continental currency for eight dollars; and an 'extra' edition of the Richmond Enquirer, giving the text of Confederate President Jefferson Davis' inaugural address. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 901.

Burnham, B. Letters, 1863 January 4-May 23. 2 items. Location: Misc:B. Union soldier in a regiment stationed at Camp Parapet, near New Orleans, and Fort Butte-a-la-Rose (also called Camp of Fort Burton), Louisiana. His regiment was brought to Louisiana by transport ship. Letters describe the conditions of the regiment's camp, Confederate attacks on transport boats, and an African-American regiment stationed near Camp Parapet. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3443. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Burnham, Howard and Horace. Letters, 1862-1863. 4 items. Howard Burnham, apparently a Union soldier in an Illinois regiment stationed in Arcadia, Missouri. Horace Burnham, apparently a Union soldier in the Marine Hospital in New Orleans in the Civil War. Howard Burnham's two letters (1862) tell of the number of men ill and in hospitals; Horace Burnham writes of accommodations at the Marine Hospital in New Orleans, African Americans, and sanitation facilities. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1181.

Burruss, John C. Family Papers, 1825-1882. 407 items. Location: C:56, Mf. Methodist minister of Virginia and planter of Woodville and Cliffwood Plantation, Pinckneyville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Correspondence and personal and business papers of Burruss, his children, and grandchildren. Included are papers of the family of Edward McGehee of Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Papers relate to the Methodist cy songs and hymns. One group of poems comments on the 1845 presidential election of James K. Polk and George M. Dallas and r families. Some papers document plantation management, including sugarcane growing, rice planting, the construction of a sugar mill, and black laborers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1514, 2296.

Thomas Butler Family Photographs and Plantation Journal, 1844-1907, 1952, 1961, undated (bulk:1844-1907). 0.3 linear feet. Location: S:16. The Thomas Butler family were cotton and sugar planters of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and resided at The Cottage. Collection consists of a plantation journal for Grand Caillou and Le Carpe Plantations, Terrebonne Parish, ca. 1844-1866, and photographs of family members and home interiors. The journal, kept during Thomas Butler and later Richard E. Butler's ownership of the plantations, contains financial accounts and a list of overseers' names (1842-1859), as well as slave registers that record births, deaths, and parents of children. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4347. Complete finding aid.

Canaday, Nicholas. Papers,1960-1982 (bulk 1960). 31 items. Location: Misc:C. Professor of English at Louisiana State University and a citizen activist. Photocopies of newspaper clippings and letters about desegregation and the public schools in Baton Rouge and statements and speeches by Canaday as leader of the Citizens' Committee and the Organization for Public Education Now (OPEN). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4773.

Cannon, Andrew Family Papers, 1829-1868, undated (1850-1862). 110 items. Location 11:15, OS:C. Andrew Jerome Cannon family of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, employee at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Correspondence related to professional, personal business, and family life in Baton Rouge, as well as the Civil War. Financial papers consisting of bills, invoices, promissory notes, and receipts are also present. For further information see online catalog, Mss. 4979. Complete finding aid

Capell family. Papers, 1816-1931 (bulk: 1840-1880). 1 linear ft; 30 v.. Location: U:299; F:11; OS:C; MssMf:C. Planters and merchants of Amite and Wilkinson Counties in Mississippi. Eli Jackson Capell was a planter of Pleasant Hill Plantation in Amite County and operated a store near Rose Hill, Mississippi. His son Henry Clay was an attorney in Centerville. Business and plantation papers and legal documents comprise the bulk of this collection. These include land deeds; invoices and correspondence regarding shipping cotton; slave bills of sale; diaries, ledgers, and scrapbooks that document daily activities of Pleasant Hill Plantation; and a daybook from the Rose Hill store. Personal correspondence includes two letters from Jefferson Davis and letters of recommendation written for Henry Clay Capell when he was seeking employment with the federal government. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reel 2. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 56, 257, 1751, 2501, 2597. Complete Finding Aid.

Capell, Eli J. (Eli Jackson), 1814-1888. Family Papers, 1840-1932 (bulk 1886-1900). 1.3 linear ft., 16 v. Location: E:47-48, F:11, OS:C, Mss.Mf:C. Planter of Pleasant Hill Plantation, Amite County, Mississippi. Capell also operated a store near Rose Hill, Mississippi. Correspondence and business records of the Capell family and related Crawford family. Business, plantation, and legal papers include letters, accounts, and invoices with cotton factors and memorandum books of cotton and merchandise sold; labor contracts and laborers’ record book; land deeds; and records from the Rose Hill store. Family correspondence from Crawford relatives (1880-1899) relates geographic, economic, race relations, health, and social conditions in parts of Missouri, Texas, Colorado, Utah, and Montana, and letters to Capell daughters concern news of friends, personal relationships, and social activities (1865-1879). Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reels 3-5. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 674. Complete Finding Aid

Carondelet, Luis Héctor baron de. Order, 1793 July 2. 1 item. Location: Misc: C. Carondelet was governor of Louisiana (1791-1797) and West Florida (1791-1795). Document from Carondelet to Nicolas Forstall, commandant at Opelousas, letting Forstall know that Josef[?] de la Pena has presented himself in Carondelet's tribunal with a petition and an account concerning payment and placement of a borrowed slave named Pedro. Others mentioned in the document are Nicolas Maria Vidal and Pedro Pedesclaux. In Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4893.

Carroll, Thomas. Receipt, 1858. 1 item [photostatic copy]. Location: Misc. Receipt for payment for slaves by Carroll, signed by Martin Tally at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1108.

Carson, William Waller. Family records, 1845-1930. 1 vol. Location: F:23. Residents of Tennessee and Mississippi. Family records include genealogical listings, biographical and autobiographical sketches, and correspondence, all pertaining to the history of the Carson and related Waller, Green, Hutchins, and other families. Included is information about plantation life, slavery, and the Civil War. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2919.

Cartwright, Samuel A. (Samuel Adolphus), 1793-1863. Family Papers, 1826-1864. 67 items, 2 ms. vols. Location: U:109, Vault. Physician of Natchez, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Cartwright was a Confederate army physician, and at one time a professor of diseases of the Negro in the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana. Papers include correspondence, photoprints, and a European travel diary. Correspondence relates to politics, slavery, and education in the South, including letters from Jefferson Davis and other prominent individuals. Included is a treatise on 'camp dysentery' written by Cartwright. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2471, 2499.

Cartwright, Samuel A. (Samuel Adolphus), 1793-1863. Letter, 1849 August 8. 2 items. Location: Misc. Physician of Natchez, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Cartwright was a Confederate army physician, and at one time a professor of diseases of the Negro in the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana. Letter to Doctor Q. A. B. Quesenbery discusses the treatment and prevention of cholera. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Cartwright, Samuel Adolphus. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3234.

Cartwright, Samuel A. (Samuel Adolphus), 1793-1863. Prescription, 1833. 1 item. Location: Misc. Physician of Natchez, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Cartwright was a Confederate army physician, and at one time a professor of diseases of the Negro in the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana. Prescription for cholera. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Cartwright, Samuel A., 1793-1863. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 672.

Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Letter: to Harry Ittner, 1933 March 8. 1 item. Location: Vault. African American educator and agricultural scientist, and director of the Research and Experiment Station at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Letter by Carver to Ittner discusses Ittner's studies at Antioch College (Ohio), and comments on Carver's interests in music, motion pictures, and theater. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3412.

Causey, R. J. Correspondence, 1863 September 25-November 19. 4 items. Location: Misc. Letters from Causey's wife comment on a black riot near Tickfaw, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; Confederate farm taxes; and transportation difficulties of sending cotton to Baton Rouge. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2133.

Chelette, Atala. Family Papers, 1819-1919 (bulk 1841-1899). 160 items. Location: B:18. Free black family of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Papers include wills, receipts, and tax returns. Included is a copy of the act of manumission (1819) of Angelique, a free black woman associated with the Chelette family. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 6. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 979. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Civil War soldiers letters, 1863. 6 items. Location: Misc. Sam White and F. A. Belcher, Union soldiers stationed in Louisiana during the Civil War. Letters to their families describe their sea voyage to New Orleans and encampments at Baton Rouge, Algiers, and Brashear City (now Morgan City), Louisiana. Other topics include contraband slaves as laborers and as military recruits; and medical care. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3188.

Claiborne, William C. C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817. Document, 1811 April 25. 1 item. Location: OS:C. First governor of Louisiana. Claiborne was governor of the Territory of Mississippi (1801). He was appointed to receive Louisiana from France (1803) and served as governor of the Territory of Orleans and as governor of Louisiana. Act of the Louisiana Legislative Council and of the House of Representatives providing for the payment of slaves killed and executed on account of the late insurrection in the Territory of Orleans and for dwelling houses burned by Negroes. In French and English. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Claiborne, William C. C. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 965.

Clapp, Thomas. Document, 1841. 1 item. Location: Misc. Certification by the recorder of mortgages for New Orleans that there is no mortgage in Clapp's name recorded against a Negro woman named Maria. For further information see manuscript card catalog.Mss. 72.

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846. Letter, 1842 July 16. 1 item. Location: Misc. English abolitionist. Clarkson mentions that his book addressed to the clergy of the United States was published only for America and is recognized as one of his best works. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2425.

Clifton, Elizabeth. Negroes' account for cotton, 1840 March 16. 1 item. Location: Misc:C. Document drawn up by John Bell, acting Justice of the Peace, Dallas County, Alabama, on behalf of Elizabeth Clifton listing names and money paid to 'negroes' by the estate of William C. Clifton for cotton raised on their own 'patches'. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Colbert, Elenor Robinson, 1940-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (2 pages). Location: L:4700.222. Resident of Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Colbert's great-grandmother was a slave. Colbert describes working in cane fields as a child; customs of family gatherings, the burial of umbilical cords of newborns, and cutting hair on Good Friday; the challenges of plantation life; christening and baptism traditions; and natural remedies. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.222.

Committee of the National Labor Convention Memorial, 1871 January 19. 1 printed item, 4 p.; 23 cm. Location: E:Impr. Memorial requesting the appointment by Congress of a commission to investigate conditions of black laborers in the South and listing crimes and injustices committed against them. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2792.

Common Cause Louisiana Records, 1972-1991 (bulk: 1980-1990). 24.0 linear ft. Location: 110:21-111:6. Consists of administrative and subject files for local and regional branches of a national citizen advocacy organization. Includes correspondence, newsletters, reports, printed materials, ephemera, and other records documenting group structure and activities. Records address political issues such as campaign finance reform, civil rights, nuclear disarmament, fair elections, wasteful government spending, and official corruption. For additional information, see online catalog. Mss. 4469. Finding aid available. PDF

Concordia Parish inquest case file, 1857. 4 items [transcriptions]. Location: Misc. Transcription by the Historical Records Survey of case papers in the courthouse in Vidalia, Louisiana, for an inquest in the death of the slave Samuel at Forest Home Plantation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2032.

Confederate song sheet, 1861. 1 item. Location: Impr. The Southern Wagon, printed on an unused leaf of a blank receipt book, used for the sale of slaves in the 1850s. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2752.

Conner, Lemuel Parker, 1827-1891. Family Papers, 1810-1953,undated 12.5 linear feet and 22 ms. vols. Location: A:119-120, 98:C, OS:C, Vault, J:24. Planter from Natchez, Mississippi. Papers include correspondence, cotton statements, legal and business papers (including slave testimony in an alleged slave uprising, 1861), plantation records, and Civil War papers of Confederate soldiers and civilians, family letters from LSU and Smith College, and First Presbyterian Church (Natchez) records. Also included are papers of Levin R. Marshall, the Sessions family, and Henry R. Chotard; 256 pieces of published sheet music (1824-1883); a minstrel show program (1879); and miscellaneous programs of Natchez concerts and music recitals. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm 5322: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reels 14-18. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 81, 1403, etc. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Conrad, Archelus M. Papers, 1861-1890 (bulk 1861-1865).ca. 100 items. Location: E:41, OS:C. Union officer in command of a Corps d'Afrique Engineers company in Louisiana in the Civil War. Papers include military orders, muster papers, charges of military crimes, and other items relating to the 97th Engineer Regiment. It also includes a carte-de-visite showing Conrad in New Orleans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4126. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Consolidated Association of Planters of Louisiana. Papers, 1791-1912 (bulk 1827-1882). 9,666 items, 85 vols. Location: U:27-44, F:12-14, OS:C. Land bank of sugar planters designed to aid planters in securing better credit facilities. Financial records including banking papers; account books; legal documents; land and slave sales; diaries; letter books; plantation records; and correspondence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 82.

Constitutional Convention. Broadside, 1868. 1 item [photographic reproduction]. Location: OS:C. Broadside has extracts from the reconstructed Louisiana constitution on civil rights and public education, and includes vignette portraits of black legislators and members of the Convention. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3023.

Contraband slaves cartoon, 1862 ca., n.d. 1 item. Location: Impr. Anonymous cartoon shows contraband slaves fleeing from their master to the sanctuary of Fort Monroe, Virginia. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3032.

Cooley, E. C., and Robert J. Document, 1867. 1 item. Location: Misc. Labor contract titled Agreement With Freedmen for the working of the Cooley Plantation, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 149.

Cotton, Elijah B. Slave bills of sale, 1856. 2 items. Location: Misc:C. Copies of acts of conveyance of slaves to Elijah B. Cotton of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, by John C. Razan of Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, and Daniel Blum of Ascension Parish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Council of Trade and Plantations. Letterbook, 1700-1721. 1 ms. vol. (31 pages). Location: M:21. British colonial trade council. Volume containing letters, memorials, and reports to the Lords Commissioners of the council. Included are entries concerning the logwood cutters of the Campeche peninsula, the African slave trade, and colonial manufacturing. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 680.

Cox, Owen B. Papers, 1844-1882, n.d. 21 items. Location: Mf. Planter and merchant of Clinton and Briarfield, Mississippi. Papers include slave sale documents; family letters; two Jefferson Davis documents; and a contract (1879) and a letter (1882), both pertaining to the management of Briarfield Plantation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3041.

Crawford, David d. 1834. Letters, 1834 [183?]. 2 items. Location: Misc:C. Lawyer of Mobile and Mount Pleasant, Alabama. Letters written to his wife and mother discuss his poor state of health; his commitment to his profession; and the behavior of slaves, particularly the misconduct of a female slave resulting in the need to dispose of her. Also included are bank records of the Bank of Mobile falsified in order to cover an accounting error. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Croom Family Bills of Sale and Currency, 1825, 1839, 1863. 3 items. Location: Misc: C and Vault:4. Two slave bills of sale and one piece of 1863 Louisiana currency. The first bill of sale is dated 14 Dec. 1825, and regards the sale of a slave named Solomon to Isaac Croom for $475.00. The second bill of sale, dated 2 Sept. 1839, regards the sale of a slave named Lucy by Charles Croom to Isaac Croom for $667.00. The currency is one $20 bill, No. 1329, issued by the state of Louisiana, Shreveport, March 10, 1863. Signatures appear on the bill as well. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4883.

Cucullu, Simon. Papers, 1853. 3 items. Location: Misc:C. Papers documenting the sale at auction of land and slaves of the succession of Simon Cucullu to Joseph and M. Cucullu, including certificates of the sale and mortgage of the property. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 537.

Cutrer, Hiram A. Slave bill of sale, 1846. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:C. Bill of sale recording the sale of slaves from Hiram A. Cutrer of Livingston Parish, Louisiana, to Horace Tucker, also of Livingston Parish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 537.

Cutts, James Madison, 1837-1903. Letter, 1867. 1 item. Location: Misc. Brevet lieutenant colonel in the 20th U.S. Infantry assigned to Philip Sheridan's 5th Military District, which included Louisiana. He was commander of the post at Shreveport, La. Letter from Cutts, Shreveport, La., to Thomas Ewing, former brigadier general in the U.S. Army. Cutts reports his view that the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 effectively turned the country over to "the black man" and the necessity of military occupation by a larger force. For further information see online catalog. Mss 4856.

Dalferes, Antonio. Papers, 1822-1838. 24 items. Location: C:72. Resident of Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Much of the collection consists of sales and transfers of land and slaves between Dalferes and other residents of Assumption Parish. There are also papers relating to the estates of S. Navarro and Francisco Machado. Partly in Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 552.

Dana, Charles B. Family Papers, 1799-1949 (bulk 1823-1880). 700 items, 59 vols. Location: B:71-72, OS:D, O:2. Protestant Episcopal minister of Alexandria, Virginia, Port Gibson, Mississippi, and in 1866 he became rector of Trinity Church in Natchez, Mississippi, where he remained until his death. Papers include correspondence, sermons, essays, maps, photographs, and other papers relating to religious activities, family matters, and local events. Manuscript volumes are comprised of a diary, cashbooks, registers, sermons, and notebooks. A letter of S. A. Kimball of Concord, New Hampshire discusses the abolitionist movement and members of the Colonization Society (1836). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 972, 973.

Daquin, Louis. Document, 1835. 1 item. Location: Misc. Sale (notarized copy) of slaves of the Daquin heirs of New Orleans to August Reggio of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 94.

Dardenne, Eugenie. Land document, 1856 March 24. 1 item (4 leaves). Location: Misc:D. Land document recording the sale of slaves and one-third of the ownership of Dardenne Plantation, a sugar plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. The sale was made by Eugenie Dardenne to John A. Dardenne. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 668.

Davis, Henry Winter, 1817-1865. Letters, 1852-1866, n.d. 55 items [photocopies]. Location: U:181. American statesman and orator, and U.S. representative from Maryland (1856-1865). Letters to state and national political figures relate to the American Party, particularly in Maryland; Republican Party politics; the presidential elections of 1856 and 1860; and attitudes toward slavery and emancipation. Post-Civil War letters refer to the treatment of Confederate sympathizers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2392, 2408.

Davis, Jefferson. See: Jefferson Davis family correspondence collection.

Davis, Joseph M., Jr., interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (4 pages). Location: L:4700.232. Resident of Four Corners, a community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, who owned a trucking company and was a police juror for 20 years. Davis describes working as a child; his college career; involvement in his family trucking business, and challenges of breaking into the white dominated trucking industry; federal programs for minorities; his political involvement; and his family values. Davis also discusses the history of South Coast Plantation and his parents' employment there; plantation life in the 1950s and 1960s; and sugarcane. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.221.

Davis, Pliny Earl. Papers, 1842-1896. 21 items. Location: Misc:D, OS:D. Notary of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Personal papers include a family register and two letters from Davis to his son relating family matters, his displeasure over his son rejoining the army, scarcity and prices of goods, and his 'negroes' running away. Business papers of Davis contain legal documents pertaining to the transfer of property, a promissory note, the resulting instrument of protest when the note was not honored, and tax notices. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Dawkins, Guilford. Petition, 1853 January 6. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:D. Plantation overseer of Madison Parish, Louisiana. Petition to the 10th Judicial District Court, Madison Parish, for redress regarding an injury inflicted on Dawkins by Dudley, a slave. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4515.

Day of Jubelo Cartoon, 1865. 1 printed item. Location: E:69. Carte-sized cartoon drawn by E. B. Bensell and printed in Philadelphia depicting emancipated slaves celebrating freedom in their former master's house. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3644.

Dayroll of cotton pickers, 1864 October 31. 1 item. Location: Misc:D. Detailed roster listing names and wages of freedmen put to work picking cotton on President Island, Mississippi, during the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

De Bordes Family Papers, 1765-1822. 106 items. Location: B:13, OS:D, Mf. Papers relating to land holdings and the operation of sugar and coffee plantations in Haiti and Santo Domingo; slave insurrections and the life of refugees from them in New Orleans; and decisions and decrees relating to trade, commerce, and emigration. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2246.

DeBlanc, Charles. Slave bills of sale and memorandum, 1835-1854. 3 items. Location: Misc:D. French-speaking slave owner of New Orleans. Papers include slave bills of sale of Charles DeBlanc to Auguste and Octave Reggio of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and an undated memorandum to Luis DeBlanc. Slave bills of sale in French, memorandum in Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 100.

de Caro, Francis A. and Rosan A. Jordan, 1926-2006, n.d. (bulk 1966-2003) 12.5 linear ft. Location: 11:19, 15:15-20. De Caro and Jordan were folklorists, authors, and Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) professors. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, writings, exhibitions, photographs, printed items consisting of brochures, handbills, newspapers, and posters; and topical files that document de Caro's folklore class at LSU, his work with the Louisiana Folklife Commission, and Jordan's work with the women's movement. Writings as well as exhibitions comprise material primarily related to folklore within Louisiana and British colonial life in India. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3197, 4089, 4164. Complete finding aid.

DeClouet, Alexandre (Alexandre Etienne), 1812-1890. Family Papers, 1787-1905 (bulk 1855-1888). 1.2 linear ft. (150 items, 37 vols.). Location: U:181, J:5. Sugar planter, Confederate congressman, and state senator from St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Beginning in the 1860s, DeClouet was active in the White League, an organization opposed to rights for freedmen. Collection includes financial papers, legal documents, political papers, and correspondence. Financial records of Alexandre DeClouet and his son Paul document plantation management and labor issues. Political papers include White League materials. Some items in French. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 3, Reels 5-6. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 74, 258, 461, 756.Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Degruy, P. H. O. Document, 1844. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Sale (notarized copy) of slaves to Madame Charles H. Delery of New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 104.

Denman, Rolph M. Document, 1854. 1 item. Location: Misc. 7. Resident of New Orleans. Document giving power of attorney to I. Marsh Denman for the sale of a slave to A. Borron. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 109.

Dennis, William. Slave bill of sale, 1856 December 18. 1 item. Location: Misc:D. Resident of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, and administrator of the estate of his father, William Dennis, Sr. Slave bill of sale documents the transfer of a slave named Henry from the estate of William Dennis, Sr., to Mrs. Lucy Morgan (nee Dennis), widow of Egbert Morgan, for $1,405. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3659.

Dent, Lewis. Report, 1863 June 1. 1 item. Location: Misc:D. Lessee of Horace Tibbetts' plantation in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. The U.S. Commission was a U.S. Treasury Department agency organized prior to the Freedmen's Bureau to handle the leasing of abandoned plantations during the Civil War. Report prepared by Dent for the U.S. Commission reports the number of tillable acres on the plantation; the number, age, and sex of blacks employed; livestock and equipment; and names of whites residing on the plantation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1418.

Derouen, Eloi Joseph. Notebook, 1844-1896, 1914. 1 ms. vol. on microfilm. Location: Mf. Cattleman of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Notebook containing genealogical data for the Derouen and Primeaux families; records of cattle markings and sales; a register of births of slaves; and a few daybook entries of accounts. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1953.

Desobry, Louis. Partnership agreement and amnesty oath, 1854-1865. 2 items. Location: Misc:D. Sugar planter of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Articles of agreement establishing a partnership for the ownership and operation of Irion Plantation, a sugar plantation near Plaquemine. The terms of the sale of land and slaves state that the partnership will be called 'Desobry's and Company.' Included is an oath of amnesty and allegiance to the United States signed by Louis Desobry (1865). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Dewees, John. Family Papers, 1789, 1817-1954, n.d. 593 items; 4 ms. vols. Location: W:47, M:22, OS:D. Planter of Charleston, South Carolina, and later of Eunice, Louisiana. Papers include correspondence; land and slave sale documents; tax receipts; stocks and bonds; court decisions; wills; deeds; estate and property settlements; and photos, especially pre-Civil War and Reconstruction period. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3089.

Dodard, Mrs. Jean. Document, 1832. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Bordeaux, France. Notarized document of Mrs. Jean Dodard giving power of attorney to John Garnier to sell slaves. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 118.

Doire, Robert. Document, 1783. 1 item [photostat]. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Notarized document by Doire granting liberty to his slave, Santiago Durham. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 778.

Donato, Soulongue Adolphe. Letter, 1883 December 16. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Opelousas, Louisiana, and servant to U.S. Representative Edward Taylor Lewis. Letter written from Washington, D.C., describes his trip with Lewis from Louisiana to Washington, problems encountered by blacks in travel and housing, the city of Washington, and his own social life. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2946.

Dreger, Ralph Mason Papers, 1959-1974. 2 linear feet. Location 53, OS:D. Ralph Dreger, a Methodist minister and Louisiana State University professor, was extremely active in civil rights causes throughout the South. The collection consists of manuscripts, notes, articles, and correspondence pertaining to Dr. Ralph Dreger’s research. Letters to and from authors and researchers discuss publications, request information, and ask or grant permission for quotations. Also included are journal articles pertaining to Dreger’s research, as well as his own review, “Comparative Psychological Studies of Negroes and Whites in the United States: 1959-1965”. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3900. Complete finding aid (PDF)

Duclos family. Records, 1855-1876. 3 ms. vols. Location: F:17. French-speaking African American family in New Orleans that operated a furniture store and a liquor shop. Two volumes contain accounts for the furniture and liquor stores; a third volume contains miscellaneous notes. There is also a photograph of a black woman. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 689.

Dunbar, Archibald. Document, 1836. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Adams County, Mississippi. Sale (notarized) of slaves formerly attached to Ashwood Plantation by Archibald Dunbar to Peter M. and Joseph H. Lapice. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Dunbar, Joseph. Document, 1812. 1 item. Location: Misc. Statements of witnesses in the case of Joseph Dunbar vs. Caleb Weeks, Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, regarding the purchase of slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 133.

Duncan, Stephen, 1787-1867. Family Papers, 1817-1877. 158 items, 2 ms. vols. Location: S:120. Planter and banker of Natchez, Mississippi. Duncan plantations included L'Argent, Auburn, Camperdown, Carlisle, Duncan, Duncannon, Duncansby, Ellisle, Homochitto, Middlesex, Oakley, Rescue, Reserve, and Attakapas. Correspondence includes letters from friends and family concerning social, political, and economic problems of Reconstruction. Papers include legal documents, bills, and receipts. A daybook includes lists of slaves present at Homochitto Plantation. Included is a diary of W. P. Duncan, son of Stephen Duncan, Jr., describing his travels in France and Italy. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reel 5. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1403, 1431, 1551, 1595, 1793.

Dupre and Metoyer and Company. Account book, 1830-1837, 1873. 1 vol. Location: F:15. General merchandise store in Isle Brevelle, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, owned by Emanuel Dupre and J. B. D. Metoyer, free blacks. Inventory of stock of Dupre and Metoyer and Company. An entry in 1873 records a mortgage due to Oscar Dubreuil. Copies of songs and drawings by Leatter Dupre appear in the back of the book. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 834.

Dupre, Antoine. Succession Papers, 1810-1820. 6 items. Location: H:23. Farmer and resident of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Bound case papers and documents filed in probate proceedings for Dupre including an inventory and appraisal of the estate; a record of sale at public auction of land, slaves, and other properties; and receipt of remaining assets by his widow. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 965.

Dupre, Paul J. Account books, 1904-1942. 6 vols. Location: F:15. African American storekeeper of Isle Brevelle, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. General ledgers of cash sales and accounts kept by Dupre. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 835, 841.

Durieux, Caroline, 1896-. Oral history interview, 1975. 1 sound cassette (1 hour), Transcript (28 pages). Location: L:4700.13. Lithographer, painter, and educator of Baton Rouge. Durieux was a professor emeritus of graphic arts at LSU and was involved with literary and artistic programs sponsored by the Works Progress Administration. Interview concerns Durieux's work with the W.P.A. Federal Art Project in Louisiana and New Orleans during the 1930s. Topics include the purpose, importance, and effect of the project and the work of African American artists. Durieux also discusses the effect of the Great Depression on art and artists; federal support for artists, and the success of the W.P.A. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.13.

East Feliciana Parish collection, 1819-1867 (bulk 1826-1857). 50 items. Location: D:90. Financial papers are primarily statements of merchant accounts. Legal papers include citations, indictments, affidavits, and correspondence for civil and criminal cases heard at the courthouse in Clinton, Louisiana. Of special interest are documents relating to the trial of two slaves for arson and to a case against Centenary College in Jackson, Louisiana, for payment owed to a Reverend William B. Lacy. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3599.

Edmands, John Wiley, 1809-1877. Letter, 1860 November 8. 1 item. Location: Misc. U.S. representative from Massachusetts (1853-1855). Letter to William Kellogg (possibly Congressman Kellogg of Illinois) expressing the Northern Republican party position on slavery just after the election of Abraham Lincoln. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1754.

Edmonds, Anne Marie Nugent. Papers, 1890-1955. 10 items. Location: Vault:5 and Mss. Mf: E. Anne Marie Nugent Edmonds was also known as Nannie Nugent and by her pen name, Nathaniel Nugent. Her papers consist of seven short literary manuscripts whose topics focus on the Old South and were based upon Edmond's own experiences before, during, and after the Civil War. A typed excerpt from "Reminiscence, 1832, On a Louisiana Plantation" centers on the author's grandfather, Judge Seth Lewis, and gives some family history as well as an examination of local customs. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4942.

Ellis, E. John (Ezekial John), Diary, 1862-1865. 3 items, 2 volumes. Location: C:97, H:14. Memoirs and diary related to the Civil War activities of Ezekiel John Ellis include a political speech and incomplete work of fiction and are accompanied by a transcript, research manuscript and photograph. Diary recounts his participation in fighting up to his capture at Missionary Ridge and his subsequent imprisonment at Johnson's Island. He comments on African-American soldiers and makes reference to literature and poetry. For additional information see online catalog. Mss. 2795. Complete finding aid.

Ellis, Ezekiel Park, 1807-1884. Family Papers, 1812-1914 (bulk 1839-1866). 180 items; 5 printed. vols. Location: U:66. Resident of Amite, Louisiana, judge, and a member of the Louisiana legislature. His sons, all lawyers, attended Centenary College in Jackson, Louisiana, and served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Correspondence includes letters to Ellis' wife during travel to court houses in the Florida parishes, and letters from his sons at college and law school (1850s). The bulk of the correspondence consists of Civil War letters from Ellis' sons. The collection includes typescripts of a few slave bills of sale, invitations, certificates, newspaper clippings, and memoranda. Printed volumes include catalogs of Centenary College. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 5. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 663. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Embree, Joseph. Family Papers, 1826-1884. .88 linear ft. (805 items, 1 vol.). Location: E:19-20. Cotton planter near Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, and soldier in the Confederate army. Papers include letters, account statements of cotton brokers, land deeds, contracts, slave bills, receipts, and documents related to education in Wilkinson County. Includes a printed list of the 1879 Democratic state ticket. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 10-11. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 693.

Ende, Jacques F. de. Document, 1837 May 5. 1 item. Location: Misc. Certification of a deposition at New Orleans given by Jacques F. de Ende, reporting his slave, Sep, had run away from his Avoyelles Parish plantation, and offering a reward of fifty dollars for his return. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Escoffier, François. Document, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc. Free man of color. Petition of François Escoffier to the president and members of the council of the second municipality of New Orleans for the remission of a fine imposed upon him for selling liquor to a slave. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 137.

Evans, J. Bruce, Papers, 1614-2005 (bulk 1930-1990). 31.5 linear ft., 26 v. Location: 92:82-109; OS:E; J:34-35; Vault:1. Baptist minister, religious counselor and civil rights activist. Correspondence, church records, sermons, workshop materials, printed items, photographs and audio tapes reflect Evans’s ministerial career in Baton Rouge, La., at First Baptist Church and Fellowship Church. Personal papers [some items in French], business records and genealogical material document the ancestry of Evans and his wife, Anita Louise, and provide insight into the personal lives of family members. Papers also furnish histories of Bienville and Natchitoches parishes and Saline, La., and relate to Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve and to Dormon’s activities as a naturalist. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4664. Complete finding aid (PDF)

Everett, Alexander H. Letter, 1841. 1 item. Location: Misc. President of Jefferson College, St. James Parish, Louisiana. Draft of a letter of Alexander Everett to Daniel Webster, secretary of state, concerns published remarks by Mr. Trist, American consul at Havana, and the general conduct of affairs of a prior mission to Havana for a conference regarding the slave trade. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 140.

Fair, James. Papers, 1833-1838. 4 items. Location: Misc:F. Owner of Grove Hill Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Papers pertain to Fair's mortgage of Grove Hill and its slaves. Included is a copy of the sale of the plantation by Mrs. Maria Jones to Fair and an appraiser's certificate. There is also a questionnaire for stockholders of Citizens' Bank of Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 668.

Farrar, B.G. Papers, 1863-1870 (bulk: 1863-1865). 13 items. Location: Misc:F. Brevet Brigadier General Bernard G. Farrar, Colonel of the 6th U.S. Colored Artillery (Heavy). Letters, orders, and affadavits relate to recruiting African-American soldiers, anticipated attacks, and plundering of plantations in the Natchez and Vidalia area. An 1870 letter to Farrar from J.W. Alfvord, General Superintendent of Education, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands relates to the education of the freedmen. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4764.

Favret, Joseph, 1873. Oral history interview, 1974. Index (2 pages), 3 sound cassettes (1.75 hours). Location: L:4700.15. New Orleans native, centenarian, and a veteran of the Spanish American War. Favret discusses his experiences in Cuba during the Spanish American War and the sinking of the Maine. He also recalls the New Orleans race riot of 1900 and Robert Charles; and mentions New Orleans mayor Robert S. Maestri. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.15.

Featherston, Richard. Document, 1849. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Madison Parish, Louisiana. Sale (notarized copy) of land and slaves of Richard Featherston to Henry R. W. Hill of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Finnall, William. Document, n.d. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Contract (incomplete) between William Finnall and George Ann Botts and Abner Robinson regarding the posting of slaves as security for a bond. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 145.

Fisher, Alice Risley. Family Papers, 1856-1939 (bulk: 1860-1930). 174 items; 7 volumes; 2 reels. Location: 9:29, OS:F; Mss.Mf:F. The family papers and photographs of Phoebe Farmer, Alice Risley, and Sam Risley include material on life in Civil War Louisiana(especially New Iberia and New Orleans), participation in Grand Army of the Republic and National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War, poetry, education, and Civil War hospitals. Within the collection are a Civil War diary of Alice Risley of her life in New Orleans and 91 period photographs. For more information, see online catalog. Mss. 2269, 4901. Complete finding aid (PDF)

Fisk, Clinton B., 1828-1890. Letter, 1865. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union general in the Civil War and assistaLocation: Misc.:F. Letter by James Fraly written from New Orleans to Mary S. Fraley in Hamburg, Tennessee, concerns clear title to the ownership of a slave. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3802.

Freedmen's Bureau circular, 1865 July 14. 1 printed vol. Location: Impr. Photostatic copy of printed circular from Headquarters, Bureent, 1839. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of slaves (notarized copy) of Theophilus Freeman to François A. Tete of Assumption Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Frellsen, Henry, ca. 1800-1884. Diary, 1878-1884. 1 vol. (101 pages). Location: G:17. Native of Denmark who fought in the Greek War of Independence (1824) and moved to Louisiana (ca. 1840). He was the Danish Consul in New Orleans, a cotton factor, and the owner of Fairview Plantation, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Entries document Frellsen's operation of Fairview Plantation. Weekly reports detail crop and weather conditions; record maintenance of a sugarhouse, machinery, and levees; and list farmhands (including children) and their wages. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3497

French-Clarke Family Papers, 1809-1861 (bulk: 1830-1920). 1.3 linear feet, 16 m.s. volumes. Location: 1:32-35, OS:F, 98:F. Largely composed of correspondence between members of the French family of Baton Rouge and extended family regarding Baton Rouge, family news, health, and genealogy. Legal documents include bills of sale for slaves, land documents, wills of the French and Clarke families. Personal financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings of current events, especially pertaining to the opening of the state capital and LSU campus life in the early 1900s. Ledgers and printed items relate to Julia Edwards Clarke and her husband William's employment at the Louisiana State School for the Blind. Complete Finding Aid.

Fuqua, James O. (James Overton). Papers, 1857-1878. 118 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc:F, UU:67. Slaveholder, property owner, and Confederate soldier of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. He was a member of the Baton Rouge law firm Fuqua and Callahan. His son, Henry Luce Fuqua, served as governor of Louisiana (1924-1926). Financial papers including receipts for Fuqua's purchase of slaves and receipts for state, parish, and Baton Rouge municipal taxes paid by Mrs. Fuqua. Papers of the law firm Fuqua and Callahan pertain to legal cases and other business matters. A letterpress copybook records Fuqua's legal correspondence. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893, 1438.

Furber, Sarah. Letters, 1843, 1844. 2 items [photocopies]. Location: Misc. Teacher from Massachusetts. Letters from Sarah Furber at a school in Plaquemine (probably the Iberville Female School Society, incorporated in 1842), Iberville Parish, Louisiana, expressing opposition to slavery and personal discontent with Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1306.

Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885. Letter, 1867 February 6. 3 items. Location: Misc. Daughter of New Orleans merchant Daniel Clark and party to litigation involving Clark's estate. Letter from Washington, D.C., to special legal commissioner Caleb Cushing pertains to preparation of her cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Included is an unrelated court summons (1842) and a bill of sale for land and a slave (1843). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2637.

Galbrith, T. I. Papers, 1879-1888. 4 items [photostats]. Location: Misc. Justice of the peace for the 3rd Ward of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Letters to Galbrith from P. B. Pinchback, pertaining to Negro employment (1879); a document signed by Governor Samuel D. McEnery, appointing Galbrith justice of the peace; and an oath signed by Galbrith. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 778.

Gale, James. Document, 1811. 1 item [copy]. Location: Misc. Resident of the Mississippi Territory. Sale of slaves by Gale to Charles de Blanc of Attakapas Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 152.

Gamble, Harry Pollard, 1876-1972. Papers, 1894-1970. 3 linear ft. Location: 40. New Orleans attorney and state legislator (1904-1906). Gamble was appointed assistant to the State Attorney General of Louisiana (1912). Papers reflect Gamble's interest in politics and social issues, especially race relations. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4054. Complete finding aid. PDF

Gardiner, John I. Papers, 1839-1918 (bulk 1839-1877). 43 items (on 1 reel of microfilm and 4 photographic prints). Location: Mss.Mf:G, Misc:G. Cotton planter of Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, appointed tax collector of that parish in 1873. Earliest documents include family letters from Maryland, receipts for the burial of slaves, bank drafts, and tax receipts. Included is a Confederate tax estimate and assessment of agricultural products (1863) and Gardiner's appointment as tax collector. Reconstruction broadsides include an announcement concerning special taxes upon all professionals, trades, and stores; letters concerning Governor William Pitt Kellogg; and an address to black voters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2206.

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. Correspondence, 1861, 1876, 1879, n.d. 9 items. Massachusetts abolitionist. Letter (1861) in support of the abolitionist cause; four letters offering condolences on the death of Garrison's wife (1876); and one letter to a son (1879) offering condolences on the death of Garrison, with newspaper obituaries. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1350.

Gay, Edward J. Family Papers, 1797-1938. 53,039 items, 165 ms. vols. Location: Y-1-61, H:25-27. Planters of St. Louis Plantation near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Edward J. Gay was a U.S. representative (1884-1889); his grandson of the same name was a U.S. senator (1918-1921). Personal and business papers of the Gay and related families, containing materials on the Civil War and Reconstruction, St. Louis Plantation, the sugar cane industry, and slavery. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1295.Complete finding aid.

George J. Wainwright & Co. Letter, 1839. 1 item. Location: Misc:G. Letter written from Liverpool, England, discussing West Indies sugar trade, working conditions of African Americans in Jamaica and international trade. Letter is written on conjugate leaf of the LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT (April 19, 1839). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3676

Gerbeau, Joseph. Papers, 1817-1837. 5 items. Location: Misc. Resident of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Papers pertain to the mortgage of land and slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Gianelloni, Sabin J., Sr. Papers, 1887-1942. 1379 items, 31 vols. Location: UU:262, J:20-21, OS:G, vault:7. Sugar planter of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Papers pertain to operation of the Longwood Plantation sugar factory, saw mill, store, and Burtville Plantation store. Records concern production of sugar, laborers' wages, tenants' leases, and financial transactions of the Maguire Building. Papers also contain some correspondence and memos of Sabin Gianelloni, Sr., and photographs of field hands, farm equipment, and the Longwood Plantation store. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3458, 4279.Complete Finding Aid. PDF

Gilbert, T. B., Sr. Letter, 1894 November 10. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: Misc. Letter to J. L. Matthews discussing the strategy he used in engineering a victory for Democrat Charles Boatner in the 1891 congressional election and claiming that his success was due to the registration of 'colored voters,' most of whom voted as a bloc. Boatner ran successfully against Populist/Republican Alexis Benoist. Gilbert claims that despite this success, he does not consider himself a political boss, though others do. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3107.

Gillespie, James A., planter. Family Papers, 1776-1928 (bulk 1840-1890). 1,149 items, 20 ms. vols. Location: E:22-24, G:16, 65:G, Vault. Planter of Hollywood Plantation, Adams County, Mississippi, and Indian Village Plantation, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Collection includes plantation records, business papers, and correspondence of the Gillespie family and business papers of the Davis family. Papers include slave sales, land deeds, a will, diaries, portraits, maps, sheet music, and fashion publications. Includes some printed items in German. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reels 5-8, or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 3, Reels 13-14. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 669, 695, 1104, 2086. Complete Finding Aid

Gillie & Co. Receipt, 1845. 1 item. Location: Misc:G. Receipt to Gillie & Co. for labor in a New Orleans chain gang performed by a slave named William. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4660.

Good Hope Plantation: Papers, 1864-1867 (bulk 1865). .5 linear ft. (100 items). Location: U:145. Papers indicate that George Gilson Klapp of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and James D. Waters leased Tyconia Plantation in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, in 1864. Klapp and Waters jointly leased Good Hope and Hermitage plantations during 1865 and 1866. Papers focus largely on the operation and management of Good Hope and Hermitage cotton plantations in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Legal papers include a plantation lease agreement, mule loans, an arms permit, and labor agreements with freedmen. Financial papers include promissory notes; receipts for goods, services, and taxes; and accounts of merchandise purchased by laborers. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 11. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 161.

Goree, Thomas Jewett, 1835-1905. Papers, 1829-1896 (bulk 1857-1896). 83 items, 1 vol. Location: A:4, H:16. Confederate captain and aide-de-camp to General James Longstreet during the Civil War. Collection consists of photographic copies and a bound typescript of correspondence. Goree's Civil War letters are written from Longstreet's headquarters in Virginia and are addressed to friends and family members in Texas. A copy of a diary kept by Goree describes a journey from Appomattox Court House, Virginia, to Talladega, Alabama, in the company of James Longstreet, Longstreet's son Garland, and a black servant. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 886.

Guild, John H. Letters, 1862-1864, n.d. 11 items. Location: Misc. Union soldier in the Civil War. Letters to Guild's family written from Ship Island, New Orleans, and elsewhere in Louisiana discuss camp life, the Mississippi River campaign, the Battle of Port Hudson, and the performance of African American soldiers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3204.

Guillory, Claude. Document, 1783. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Opelousas Parish, Louisiana. Sale of a slave of Claude Guillory to Jacques Michel and Jacques Gomez. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 756.

Gunby, A. A. (Andrew Augustus), 1849-1917. Papers, 1864-1973 (bulk 1849-1917). 152 items; 15 vols. (4 ms. vols., 11 printed vols.). Location: UU:215-216, O:17, 98:G, OS:G. Monroe lawyer, Louisiana Appeals Court judge (1881-1892), orator, poet, author, educator, and politician. Gunby founded the Louisiana Chautauqua and was active in the 1892 anti-lottery campaign. Collection includes Gunby's manuscript poetry, prose, speeches, papers, and photographs. Published writings deal with the education of African Americans and racial conflicts in the South. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3266.

Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902. Letter, 1867 August 13. 1 item. Location: Misc. Confederate general during the Civil War. Letter to a friend pertains to a speech he has written and explains his attitude toward the extension of political and civil rights to blacks. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2844.

Hanson, Abraham. Letters, 1864-1865. 2 items. Location: Misc. White American missionary in Liberia. Two letters by Hanson reporting on his personal life in Liberia and on his impressions of former slaves and natives. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3365.

Haron, Louis. Papers, 1764. 5 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Papers pertaining to the disposal of Haron's estate including auction sales of land and slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 171.

Harris, William H. Papers, 1893-1930. 14 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc. Probably a black man who served as foreman or handyman around Augusta Plantation Sugar House, Bayou Goula, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Papers include business correspondence and a Wholesale Pocket Business Directory of New Orleans for 1893. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3261.

Harris, William. Poster, n.d. 1 item. Location: OS:H. Poster advertising a reward for information concerning a runaway slave of William Harris. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 395.

Hartford Citizens. Declaration, 1835. 1 item. Location: Impr. Anti-abolitionist declaration (broadside) by the citizens of Hartford, Connecticut, expressing their sentiments on slavery in the United States. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2045.

Hazard Company. Letters, 1839-1855. 88 items. Location: E:57. Rhode Island manufacturer of cotton and woolen clothing, shoes, and textiles, with agents operating in New Orleans. Correspondence deals with clothing and textiles sold to plantation owners of Louisiana and Mississippi, and clothing worn by slaves on plantations. Customers were primarily from the Feliciana parishes in Louisiana and the Natchez and Vicksburg, Mississippi, areas. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 789, 845, 942, 1194, 1232.

Heard, H. J. Letter, 1864 June 11. 1 item. Location: Misc. Judge and resident of Baton Rouge. Letter from Judge Heard stating that the black celebration over the news about emancipation in the state constitution of 1864 has caused New Orleans business to come to a standstill. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 238.

Hendree, George. Letter, 1827 October 4. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from Richmond, Virginia, to the Mayor of Philadelphia, regarding a runaway slave and offering a $100 reward for his return. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2114.

Henshaw, John, ca. 1827-?. Journal, 1849. 1 ms. vol. Location: W:19. Kentucky farmer, recently from Virginia. Journal covers a year of his farming operation, with detailed comments on crops, weather, slaves, family life, and neighbors. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3446.

Hines, Betty, 1948, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (3 pages). Location: L:4700.285. Resident of Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Hines was the foster child of a sharecropper. Hines' memories of childhood as the daughter of a sharecropper; sugarcane growing; the recollections of her great-grandparents' enslavement; difficulties of her early work with foster children; birth customs; and traditional foods. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.285.

Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904. Letter, 1902 April 22. 1 item. Location: Misc. United States senator. Letter, probably to Julia Ward Howe, discussing the exclusion of African Americans from the General Federation of Women's Clubs. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2707.

Hoard, Daniel. Document, 1847. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Sale (copy) of Jewell Plantation and slaves by Hoard to Richard H. Cox. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Holdrege, Henry R. Diary, 1865. 1 volume. Location: H:16. Holdrege served in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Nymph, a tinclad gunboat that was part of the Mississippi Squadron. Much of the time, the NYMPH and Holdrege were docked off Baton Rouge, La. Other locations he reports being include Lobdell Stores, Waterloo, the mouth of the Red River, and patrolling between Baton Rouge and Mulatto Point. Civil War entries pertain to infractions and crimes committed by him and other sailors, drunkenness,interaction with female civilians, witnessing a baptism of African-Americans in the Mississippi River, and recreational activities in Baton Rouge. Post-war entries record his trip home to Menekaune, Wisconsin. For further information see the online catalog. Mss. 4874.

Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897. Letter, 1861. 1 item. Location: Misc:H. Illinois congressman. Holman states his favorable opinion on the propositions by John J. Crittenden to restore the Missouri Compromise line and protect slavery in the District of Columbia by constitutional amendment. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3635.

Holmes, James. Papers, 1828-1838. 4 items. Location: Misc. Resident of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Papers pertain to the mortgage of land and slaves including a settlement of partition of the property of the firm of Bostwick and Holmes; an appraisers certificate and questionnaire for stockholders of Citizens' Bank of Louisiana; and an act of mortgage. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Honore Daigre – Adelaide Hebert Sale, 1856, November 17. 1 item. Location: Misc: H. Honore Daigre and Adelaide Hebert were residents of Iberville Parish, La. A true copy of sale and adjudication of the sale of the plantation, land, and slaves of Honore Daigre and Adelaide Hebert, Iberville Parish. Includes a listing of their slaves' ages, sex, and family relationships, as well as a description of land and moveable property. In English and French. For further information see online ecatalog. Mss. 4888.

Hood, Henry E. Deed, 1846. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Handwritten and typewritten copies of an act of sale of slaves by John G. Sibley of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, to Hood. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Hope Farm Plantation photograph collection, 1870s?. 13 photographic prints. Location: E:64. Photographs of a plantation home, a sugar mill, men hunting, and an African American laborer on a sugar plantation on Bayou Terrebonne, 12 miles south of Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4568.

Horton Family Papers, 1834-1848. 15 items. Location: Misc. Letters addressed to Nathaniel M. Horton, Amesbury, Massachusetts, written by his brothers. One letter is to his sister Elizabeth Colby of Salisbury, Massachusetts. The letters were sent from New York, Brooklyn, New Orleans, Liverpool, and Cadiz. Contents concern business and family matters, politics, city life, slavery, and ship travel. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3482.

Howard, David. Roll of freedmen, 1864 November 7. 1 item. Location: Misc:H. List of freedmen employed by David Howard on his Adams County, Mississippi, plantation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Hubert, Louis A. Papers, 1832-1846. 10 items. Resident of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Papers consisting of acts of sale for slaves and a plantation, and a commission appointing Hubert justice of the peace of Pointe Coupee Parish in 1846. Misc. Mss. 1724.

Hunt, David. Family Papers, 1803-1838. 20 items. Location: U:158. Wealthy planters of Natchez, Mississippi. Personal and business letters to Abijah Hunt, wealthy merchant and slave holder of the Natchez District, and to his nephew, David Hunt, who amassed a large fortune as his successor. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 517.

Hyatt, Arthur W. Papers, 1861-1895 (bulk 1861-1864). 146 items; 4 ms. vols. Location: U:159, G:11. Officer in the Confederate army in the Civil War who served in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. Papers include official military records; personal and official correspondence; diaries; and newspaper clippings related to the Civil War, specific battles, and the Confederate army. Collection includes a description of the organization of the Corps d'Afrique. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 10. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 180. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Iberville Parish (La.) Parish Court. Probate sale, 1837 February 14. 1 item. Location: Misc:P. A broadside for a probate sale to take place March 1837 in the Parish of Iberville (La.) for the estate of Robert Loyd. The items to be auctioned include the undivided half of a plantation, livestock, and slaves. Slaves are listed by name and their age. The item is signed by John Dutton, Parish Judge. In English and French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4892.

Inman, B. R. (Benajah R.), b. 1820. Family Papers, 1808-1888. .2 linear ft. (68 items). Location: B:50. Planter of Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Inman inherited Smithland Plantation in 1863 from his aunt, Nancy Quine. Collection includes financial records; legal materials; correspondence; and miscellaneous and printed items. The financial and legal records document Smithfield Plantation and a dry goods store on it. Business letters to John Lee, a purchasing agent in New Orleans, deal with the price of cotton and other commodities. Slave bills of sale and labor contracts with sharecroppers are included. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 11. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Innerarity, John. Papers, 1800-1854. 48 items. Location: B:50. Vice Consul of France at Pensacola, Florida, and a member of the firm John Forbes and Company, which engaged in trade with Native Americans along the Gulf Coast. Correspondence documents shipment of goods, accounts, and purchases of slaves for a plantation in Georgia. Letters relating to Innerarity's French consular service (1835-1853) discuss land claims, political appointments, and the Mexican War. Some items in French and Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1271, 1273.

Isely, Henry. Correspondence, 1862-1863. 5 items. Location: Misc. Ohio school teacher serving as a soldier in the Union army in the Civil War. Correspondence from friends in Ohio reflecting opposition to abolitionists and telling of payments to secure exemptions from military service. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1598.

Jackson, Emma. Papers, 1914, n.d. 2 items. Location: Misc. Public school teacher and principal. Employment contract from Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, to teach as principal in the St. Paul (Colored) Public School (July 25, 1914) and a composition book of Emma Jackson, home economics teacher. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3437.

Jackson, Willie, 1889-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (3 pages). Location: L:4700.282. Resident of Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Jackson and his daughter, Emma Dell Peters, lived on Sterling Plantation; Jackson's grandparents were slaves. Jackson describes his childhood in Four Corners, work cultivating and harvesting sugarcane, and raising crops with his parents. He describes early transportation by horse, foot, and boat; churches in the area; and life on Sterling Plantation. Jackson also describes credit at the plantation store; illnesses; marriage customs; gambling on the card game 'Kotch'; use of French language; French language work songs; and schooling. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.282.

Jefferson Davis family correspondence collection, 1868-1907. 12 items. Location: Misc:J. President of the Confederate States of America. He was married to Varina Howell Davis. Margaret Davis Hayes was their daughter. James Jones was an African American coachman who worked for Jefferson Davis. Davis' letter from Canada comments on his personal affairs and his letter to Samuel M. Duncan concerns family genealogy. Jones' correspondence includes letters of recommendation by Mrs. Davis and letters from Hayes about her father's personal effects. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 250, 893.

Jefferson, Elizabeth. Collection, 1867-1885, 1918 ca. 10 items [photocopies]. Location: Misc. Reminiscences by Elizabeth Jefferson describing her antebellum Mississippi home, and the treatment of the slaves and free blacks on the plantation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2329.

Jenkins, John C. Family Papers, 1840-1900 (bulk 1840-1855). 89 items, 13 vols. Location: B:66, G:21, Mf. Experimental agriculturist and horticulturist and resident of Elgin Plantation, Adams County, Mississippi. Personal papers and diary of the Jenkins family. The diary records results of Jenkins' experiments at Elgin, plantation routine, financial transactions, social and literary activities, and travels. Purchases of slaves and health of slaves are noted. Jenkins' account book shows expenditures for the home, family, plantations, and slaves. Correspondence includes Civil War letters from Jenkins' son, a Confederate soldier. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 141, 142, 184, 187. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Jenkyn, Thomas W. Letter, 1837 February 16. 1 item. Location: Misc:J. Religious writer and president of Coward College, London. Letter written by Jenkyn to Rev. J. Austin Roberts of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Jenkyn reports on both personal and political matters, referring to the abolition of church rates in England and to the issue of slavery in the United States. Jenkyn names two ministers who had 'sunk sadly' due to their pro-slavery temporizing in the U.S. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Johnson, Henry, 1783-1864. Letter, 1827 May 30. 1 item. U.S. congressman, senator, and governor from Louisiana. Letter to the Governor of Mississippi pertains to the apprehension of a man who stole a slave. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Johnson, Henry. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2869.

Johnson, Margaret. Correspondence, 1873, 1884-1907. 31 items. Location: E:45. African American resident of Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Correspondence from Johnson's children living in New Orleans, Mississippi, Texas, and New York City giving information about their means of livelihood, pecuniary status, and religious interests. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1103.

Johnson, William T. Memorial collection, 1793-1937 (bulk 1830-1870). 1,323 items, 58 ms. vols., 5 printed vols. Location: U:161, 0:24, 65, TC. African American barber and planter of Natchez, Mississippi. Personal papers, commercial records, diaries, and music of the Johnson family reflecting the condition of cultured and educated free persons of color both before and after the Civil War. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 4, Reels 1-6. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 529, 561, 597, 770, 926, 1093.Complete finding aid.

Johnston, Henry. Letter, 1863. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union soldier in the Civil War. Letter describes the training of his regiment on Long Island, its sea voyage from New York to New Orleans, its voyage upriver to Baton Rouge, and African American soldiers in the Union army. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2466.

Joly, Auguste. Document, 1811. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale (notarized copy) of slaves by Auguste Joly to Louis C. deBlanc of Attakapas. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 190.

Jones, James M. Plantation Journals, 1854-1888 (bulk: 1855-1880). 6 items, 2 mansucript volumes, 1 mf reel. Location: Vault:64, Mss.Mf:B. James M. Jones was a cotton planter of Poplar Ridge Plantation, Rodney, Jefferson County Miss. Plantation journals (volume 1: 1854-1861, 1876-1880) and (volume 2: 1861-1866) record the weather, work done by his hands on the cotton, corn, pea, and fruit crops, the dates of the first cotton bloom for the year, and the amount of cotton picked. Farmers almanacs for 1876-1878 and 1880, as well as accounts with merchants, have been sewn into volume one. In addition to plantation work, volume two contains a few notations of Union soldiers in the area and the activities of freedmen (1864), as well as mentions of Jones's furloughs from the 4th Mississippi Cavalry. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4824.

Jorda, Jayme. Document, 1794. 1 item. Location: Misc. Sale (copy) of slaves by Jorda to Patricio Walsh, New Orleans. In Spanish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 193.

Jordan, Randell M. Papers, 1963-1971. .3 linear ft. Location: E:64, 98:J. Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan in Winnfield, Louisiana. Manuscript materials include instructions given to Klan members and a speech given by Jordan. Printed items include political and informational materials, rules, codes, procedures, membership forms, oaths, and ephemera. Some materials relate to racial integration of Parkview Estate Nursing Home in Winnfield in the late 1960s; integration in schools; and political actions of John. F. Kennedy and others. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3360.

Joyce, John, d. 1798. Diary and memoranda book, 1776-1791. 1 vol., 1 microfilm reel. Location: Vault, Mss.Mf:J. Fought on the side of the British during the American Revolution and subsequently traded goods and slaves in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida. Diary entries record Joyce's experiences as a British soldier in the American Revolution and as a trader. The memoranda detail commerce in fur, slaves, and other goods. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4342.

Keller family. Plantation records, 1858-1937 (bulk 1908-1923). 1.9 linear ft. (9 items, 17 vols., 1 microfilm reel). Location: Misc:K, P:16, Mss.Mf:K. The Keller family owned Welham Plantation and operated a store in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Collection includes antebellum slave record books (1858-1860), and plantation and store ledgers, cashbooks, daybooks, and receipts. Slave record books are on microfilm. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3010.

Keller, Anatole J. Family Papers, 1885-1919. 2.5 linear ft. Location: 77:94-95, OS:K. Sugar technologist from Hahnville, Louisiana, active in the support of various black causes (1918-1919). Correspondence pertains to social life, Keller's work as a sugar technologist, sugar technology in the West Indies, and elementary school education in Louisiana. Papers related to black activism include copies of the Negro Advocate. Included are class notes and assignments (1907-1911) from LSU. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2910.

Kellogg, William Pitt, 1830-1918. Papers, 1861, 1869-1884. 1,238 items. Location: U:176-179, OS:K. Collector of the Port of New Orleans, U.S. senator and representative from Louisiana, and governor of Louisiana. Papers relating chiefly to Kellogg's gubernatorial administration and including letters from contemporary politicians concerning local patronage, Negro voting, and federal occupation of certain areas of the state. Included are petitions for redress of grievances; extradition papers for fugitives from justice; and a joint resolution of the Louisiana Legislature opposing Kellogg's U.S. Senate membership. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 195, 543, 575.

Kelly, Lou M. Reminiscences and Letters, [1905], 1925. 3 items. Location: E:4. Lou Kelly lived at Ranson Plantation, St. Charles Parish, La. Kelly's reminiscences and letters pertain to an African American labor riot in St Charles Parish in 1880. Kelly wrote the reminiscences in 1905 for author Helen Pitkin Schertz's fictionalized account of the riot. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4796.

Kendrick, Benjamin. Papers, 1806-1894 (bulk 1810-1840). .7 linear ft. (611 items). Location: U:170. Cotton planter and slaveholder of the Feliciana parishes, Louisiana. In 1823 he moved from St. Francisville (West Feliciana Parish) near Jackson (East Feliciana Parish) and in 1830 he established Asphodel Plantation there. Collection includes legal papers, bills, receipts, and correspondence. Papers document medical care for family members and slaves; and include letters from New Orleans merchants and a letter from a Missouri slave dealer (1836). Some materials relate to David J. Fluker of East Feliciana Parish, Kendrick's son-in-law. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 11-12. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 906. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Kendrick, Kenar T. Document, 1831. 1 item. Location: Misc., 7. Resident of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Sale of slaves by Kendrick to David Jones Fluker. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 197.

Kenner, William, 1776-1823. Papers, 1802-1832, n.d. 371 items. Location: T:30. New Orleans factor and commission merchant affiliated with John Oldham and Richard Clague in a general mercantile and commission business under the firm name of William Kenner & Company. Business and personal papers of Kenner document territorial and antebellum economic and social life at New Orleans; conditions on the eve of the War of 1812; and details of the Battle of New Orleans. Included are papers relating details received at New Orleans on the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath; and papers reflecting slavery and plantation life in Louisiana and Mississippi. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reels 12-13. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1477, 1491. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Kilbourne, James Gilliam, 1828-1893. Correspondence, 1855-1859, 1865-1866. 15 items. Location: Misc. Planter, jurist, state legislator, Confederate captain, and member of the law firm Fuqua and Kilbourne of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Letters from James O. Fuqua pertain principally to clients but also give some information concerning local politics and living conditions in Baton Rouge. Letters from others pertain to law suits and local politics. Included is a letter in which James O. Fuqua discusses the eagerness of some citizens to take the Amnesty Oath, civilian comments on the outcome of the Civil War, and the 'Negro Problem.' For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1353.

King, B., Lieut. Letter, 1840 April 25. 1 item. Location: Misc:K. British naval officer heavily in debt. Letter from King appealing to David Selby, his creditor, not to prosecute him, but instead to allow him a tour of duty in the slave trade for the prize money to erase his debts. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Kleinpeter, Joseph, b. 1798. Family Papers, 1817-1895. .25 linear ft. (51 items, 1 ms. vol., 1 printed vol.). Location: C:63, OS:K, 99:. Sugar planter of Variety Plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Papers include land records, slave sales, mortgages, and succession documents. A record book includes entries of slave births (1822-1852); there are also Civil War military papers and two Bureau of Refugees labor contracts (1865-1866). Some items in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1241. Complete finding aid

Knighton, Josiah, 1796-1868. Family Papers, 1793-1909 (bulk 1861-1896). 270 items, 4 ms. vols. Location: E:21. Resident of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Family member James H. Knighton was a private in the 4th Louisiana Infantry duringonfederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 11. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 651.

Kosnegary, Etta. Letter, 1862 November 12. 1 item. Location: Misc. Confederate war widow of Columbia, Tennessee. Letter laments the death of her husband, and speaks of civilian hardships and the welfare of her slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2897.

Ku Klux Klan. Baton Rouge No. 3 Records, 1928-1939 (bulk 1928-1930). 90 items. Location: UU:308. Correspondence, membership lists, printed items, financial and legal documents, and miscellaneous papers. Correspondence relates almost entirely to administrative matters, membership, and local chapters, though some letters pertain to national politics, congressional legislation, and anti-Catholic sentiments. Printed items include newsletters, circular letters, and Klan guidebooks and literature. Also present are minutes, membership lists, and the Kilgrapp's (Secretary) quarterly reports. Mss. 4770. For further information see online catalog or complete finding aid.

La Cour, Antoine. Document, 1848. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale (notarized copy) of a slave by Antoine la Cour to Eugene Rochereau. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 205.

Lacour Family Papers, 1828, 1831. 2 items. Location: Misc. Acts of conveyance of a sale of slaves to Pierre Lacour, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (1828) and a sale of land to Villery B. Lecour, Natchitoches Parish (1831). In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. ther information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 778.

La Houssaye, Sidonie de. Papers [between 1880 and 1894], n.d. 21 vols., 6 mf reels. Location: F:17, Mf., Mss.Mf:L. Louisiana French author (1821-1894) of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Manuscript drafts of short stories written by la Houssaye and published under the pen name of 'Louise Raymond.' In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 105. Complete finding aid

Lakanal, Joseph, 1762-1845. Letter, n.d. 1 item. Location: Safe:12. French Revolutionary free-thinker and head of the College of Orleans in New Orleans. Letter about the punishment of a disobedient young slave and problems of master-slave relations. In French. For further inform further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3339.

Lanaux, George. George Lanaux and Family Papers, 1830-1915. 3 linear ft. (3,100 items). Location: UU:61-63, J:9, OS:L, 104-105. Planter of Bellevue Plantation in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and later president of the New Orleans Insurance Association. Papers include correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, and photographs documenting the Lanaux family, plantation management, slave holdings, and land sales. Partly in French. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reels 11-13. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1318.

Lanaux, Mrs. Arnold. Papers, 1810-1837. 8 items. Location: OS:L. Resident of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Papers pertain to the mortgage of lands and slaves from the estate of Arnold Lanaux, including an inventory of the estate of George Rixner (1810) and documents of the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana (1836). In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Landry, Charles. Mortgage, 1860. 1 item. Location: Misc. Mortgage on a sugar plantation in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, giving the size of the plantation and names and ages of slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1927.

Landry, Shirley, 1926-, interviewee. Shirley and Reed Landry oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (3 pages). Location: L:4700.221. Resident of Four Corners, a community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, and the daughter of a sugarcane farmer. She married Reed Landry, also a sugarcane farmer. Shirley Landry recalls early life on a farm near Jeanerette, Louisiana; Four Corners in the 1930s-1950s; the local general store and dance hall; relations with African Americans; and Sunday traditions. Reed Landry describes technological changes in sugarcane farming; modern planting and harvesting routines; and modern varieties of sugarcane planted in Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.221.

Lane, Pinkie Gordon Papers, 1925-2001, n.d. (bulk 1970-2000) 15 linear ft., 1 volume. Location: T:128-141; T:100 (short shelf); G:15; OS:L. African American poet, Louisiana poet laureate (1989-1992), and Southern University (Baton Rouge, La.) professor. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, writings, photographs, conference materials, printed items consisting of newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, and fliers; and topical files that document Lane’s personal and professional life. Her writings comprise copies of her poetry - some unpublished, book reviews, and an unpublished attempt at early prose work. Items concentrate on her African American colleagues and interest in African American literature and events. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4629. Complete finding aid.

LaReunion Plantation document, 1812. 1 item. Location: Misc. Plantation located in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Sheriff's seizure and sale of LaReunion Plantation to Charles V. M. Pelletier includes an inventory of property and slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 508.

Larose, Rosemond. Document, 1853. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of a slave of Rosemond Larose to Charles Lamarque, Jr., of New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Lauve, Gustave. Letter, 1863 June 26. 1 item. Location: Misc:L. Resident of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Letter written to Lauve by Oscar, of Bayou Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, describing pillage and destruction by the Union army in Iberville Parish; movements of Confederate troops in Louisiana; and family news. The letter also describes runaway slaves and the treatment of slaves by the Union army. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 21. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893.

LeBlanc, Auguste. Family Papers, 1812-1866 (bulk 1859-1866). 5 items (includes 1 vol.). Location: Misc:L, G:16. Cotton planter on Happ Retreat Plantation near Grosse Tete, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Papers consist of documents relating to Octave LeBlanc of Plaquemines Parish and Louis LeBlanc of St. Martin Parish. A plantation record book kept by Auguste LeBlanc contains entries for daily work performed and slave assignments. Memoranda discuss runaway slaves in Baton Rouge with the federal army in the Civil War, an expense account of building materials used to construct the Grosse Tete Chapel, and accounts with neighbors. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 17. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 214.

Lebret diary, 1858-1861, 1977 (bulk 1858-1861). 1 item, 1 vol. and 1 microfilm reel. Location: Vault:12 and Mss.Mf:L. The Lebret family of Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, La., was headed by Peter (a.k.a. Pierre) Lebret, French-born owner and operator of Lebret and Hearsey, a general merchandising firm in Bayou Sara, and Fancy Point Plantation. Diary, probably written by Peter Lebret's sister-in-law. She mentions caring for children and slaves, teaching children, sewing, housekeeping, business dealings in trying to purchase more land, Waterloo Plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish, and local and family news. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3504.

Lefevre, Pascal and Gardes, Alphonse. Document, 1853. 1 item. Location: Misc. Residents of New Orleans and representatives for the heirs of Pierre Baron Boisfontaine. Petition (copy) of Lefevre and Gardes pertains to the sale of slaves at public auction. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Leidigh, Jacob M. Correspondence, 1859-1860. 4 items. Location: Misc. Letters by Northerners teaching music at the Brooksville Academy in Mississippi, to their brother, giving their impressions of slavery in Mississippi. They also describe travel and Colonel Brooks' plantation home. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1598.

Letter: to Brig. Gen. Mason Brayman, Natchez, Miss. 1864 October. 1 item. Location: Misc:B. Letter to Brigadier General Brayman concerning the living conditions of freedmen in Natchez, Mississippi. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Lilly, Thomas. Papers, 1832-1837. 6 items. Location: Misc. Papers include a mortgage, bill of sale for property, stockholders documents, and a list of slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Little, J. M. Letter, 1864 April 1. 2 items. Location: Misc. Union brigadier general in the Civil War. Letter from occupied Natchez, Mississippi, to superintendent of freedmen orders him to cease interference in sanitary discipline of the freedmen. Included is a copy of General Orders requiring examination of medical officers of the regiments of the Corps d'Afrique. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2991.

Livingston, Robert M. Letter, 1839. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter comments on the slow progress of scientific studies in America, on attitudes toward slavery among slaveholders, and on the problems of free Negroes in the North and of the American Indians. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2466.

Lockett, Noland, 1938-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (1.5 hours), Index (7 pages). Location: L:4700.284. Resident of Four Corners, a community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Lockett, the great-grandson of a migrant sugarcane worker from the Caribbean, was a building contractor and former associate dean of a junior college. Lockett discusses the logging industry at Four Corners; the origin and history of the Lockett clan; local sugar growing and South Coast Plantation; service by African Americans in the Korean War; the plantation store system; and race relations. Lockett also discusses his seminary experience; plans for a private school in the area; and recalls childhood memories of Mardi Gras; gambling and his father; and social conditions of his community. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.284.

Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1866. Letter, 1865 September 8. 1 item. Location: Misc. Republican senator from Illinois. Letter to Major G. K. Pangborn declines an invitation to speak in his state and mentions the possibilities for passage of the constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery in the United States. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2622.

Louisiana Constitutional Convention document, 1868. 1 item. Location: OS:L. Copy of a document reflecting the black vote for the ratification of the Constitution of 1868. The document shows a tabulated vote for and against ratification of the constitution by parishes. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1718.

Louisiana Folklife Program Project files, 1976-1998 (bulk 1979-1996). 22 linear ft. 21 video cassettes; 3/4 in. 3112 sound cassettes; 1/4 in. Location: 63:2-11, OS:F, L:45-54, L:2a-4a. The Louisiana Folklife Program is one of the programs of the Division of the Arts. The mandate of the Folklife Program is to identify, document, preserve, and present Louisiana's traditional cultures. Collection includes correspondence, financial documents and papers, grant drafts and completed applications, different comissions' minutes and materials, and correspondence and documentation on different folklife projects and folklife festivals. Also included are Folklife Program publications data, printed materials, newspaper clippings, posters, photographs, oral history recordings, videos, and contracts with musicians and craftspeople. For further information see online catalog.  Mss. 4730.

Louisiana People's and White Man's Reform Party. Broadside, 1870 February. 1 printed item. Location: Impr. Circular petition, probably printed in New Orleans, seeking signatures for the organization of a new political party opposed to radicalism and black rule and supporting conservative white supremacy. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3030.

Lowrer, Elmer, 1913. Oral history interview, 1980. 1 sound cassette (1 hour), Transcript (21 pages). Location: L:4700.37. President of the ABC News Department (1963-1974) and ABC Corporate Vice President (1974-1978). Lowrer discusses David Douglas Duncan's coverage of the Vietnam War for Life magazine and ABC; campaign commercials in the 1952 presidential election; the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debates; and past presidential administrations' use of television. Lowrer also discusses Kennedy's handling of concern about his Catholicism and how he attracted the black vote; and Spiro Agnew's 1969 speech against ABC News and how ABC dealt with the accusations. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.37.

Lynch, Edward. Document, 1861. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of slave (copy) of Lynch to Christopher N. Pasteur of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Lyons, Charlton Havard, 1894-1973. Papers, 1942-1973. 2 linear ft.; 14 vols. (10 ms. vols.; 4 printed vols.). Location: 7:43, Vault. Shreveport, Louisiana, attorney; petroleum engineer; gubernatorial candidate; and Louisiana Republican Party leader. Correspondence on petroleum issues and legislation; state and national politics; and desegregation and civil rights issues. Papers include letters from Louisiana and national political leaders. Volumes contain speeches, articles, clippings, and theses. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3075.

MacKowen, John C. (John Clay), 1842-1901. Papers, 1846-1966 (bulk 1897-1901). 103 items, 3 printed vols. Location: E:64. Planter and physician of Jackson, Louisiana, and owner of a property in Anacapri, Italy. Letters concern the education of John MacKowen and his brothers in New England schools, MacKowen's Confederate service during the Civil War, the education of African Americans by plantation women, and the MacKowen property in Italy. Some letters and papers in Italian and French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2465.

Madison, Lewis, Justice of the Peace. Certificate of freedman, Jim Allen, 1841 March 5. 1 item. Location: Misc:M. Justice of the Peace for Jefferson County, Kentucky. Jim Allen was a freedman. Certificate attesting that Jim Allen was held in the Jefferson County jail as a runaway slave from November 1839-February 1840. The document certifies that Allen had been held and discharged from a New Orleans jail in August 1839, having 'free papers.' The certificate is addressed to B. Bryan, Jailor, in Baton Rouge, where Allen's freedman status was verified again. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3659.

Magee, Sylvester, 1841-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1969. 1 sound cassette (1 hour), Index (1 page). Location: L:4700.39. Former slave and Civil War veteran. Magee discusses his parents, his owners (masters) in Mississippi before the Civil War, his service during the Civil War under General John Reuben, his participation in fighting at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, and his family. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.39.

Magruder, Eliza L. Diary, 1846-1857. 2 vols., 1 typescript. Location: G:17. Young woman of Locust Plantation near Natchez, Mississippi, the home of her aunt and uncle, Olivia and Joseph Dunbar (d.1846). Diary comments on local social events and amusements; visiting friends; births and deaths; and treatment, care of, and unrest of slaves. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 34. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 654.

Manship, Douglas L. Papers, 1960-1963. .5 linear ft. Location: 94:64. Journalist of Baton Rouge, president of Capital City Press, and founder of the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication. Drafts of editorials broadcast on WBRZ-TV, and letters in response to the broadcasts. Letters particularly concern Manship's stance on the debate sparked by bills presented in the State Legislature on racial integration of public schools in Louisiana. Drafts of House Bills nos. 1-8 (1960) by T. T. Fields of Union Parish, Bryan J. Lehmann of St. Charles Parish, and Risley C. Triche of Assumption Parish are included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4681.

Mathews-Ventress-Lawrason Family Papers, 1770-1934. (bulk 1797-1798; 1820-1838; 1860-1876; 1919-1933). 3 linear feet. Location: UU: 255-258, OS:Ma. The Mathews, Lawrason, and Ventress families were cotton and sugar planters of West Feliciana, Lafourche, and Pointe Coupee Parishes, Louisiana. 19th century papers reflect planting activities of Mathews family; 20th century materials reflect real estate management and investment activities of the Ventress and Lawrason families. Papers include personal and business correspondence, printed items, newspaper clippings, financial records, and legal documents. Mathews correspondence regarding slavery (specifically, fugitive slaves, purchase and sale of slaves, treatment and colonization of slaves, vigilance board activities and abolition). Letters from Captain William Chase regarding the flight of slaves from La. Plantations. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4358. Complete finding aid.

Maraman, George W. Document, 1855. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Certification by the recorder of mortgages of the absence of mortgage against a slave of Maraman. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 279.

Marchant (James Alexander) Family Papers, 1860-1934 (bulk 1860-1887). 0.4 linear feet. Location E:112. Personal correspondence and papers, one diary, and photographs pertaining to the Marchant and DeArmond families of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and, later, Brazil. Letters pertain primarily to conditions in Clinton and East Feliciana Parish after the Civil War, including labor relations with freedmen. A few Civil War letters are also present and pertain to the Battle of Vicksburg, the C.S.S. Arkansas, and Ship Island, Miss. Also incuded is a letter of introduction for James Marchant from the citizens of Clinton to those of Brazil, a diary kept by the Marchants' son Madison chronicling their journey to Brazil, and photographs of family members, Robert E. Lee, and Joseph E. Johnston. For further information, see online catalog. Complete finding aid

Marcou, Mrs. Adeline. Papers, 1835. 3 items. Location: Misc. Former wife of François Marcou, deceased, of New Orleans. Papers of Mrs. Marcou include a petition to sell slaves belonging to the estate of her husband; an authorization by probate court; a recorder of mortgages certificate; and certificate of auctioneers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 281.

Marsh, Edward N. Civil War Letter, 1862, December 18. 1 item. Location: OS:M. Edward N. Marsh was a private in the 52nd Massachusetts Infantry, which was organized at Greenfield, Mass., in October 1862. The 52nd arrived in Baton Rouge to occupy the city on December 17, 1862.In a letter to his brother and sister, Private Marsh describes the scene in Baton Rouge, including his unit's landing, soldiers' taking items from homes, the town's deserted appearance, and the conditions of "contrabands," slaves who fled to the Federal encampments in Baton Rouge. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4891.

Marsh, Edwin N. Letter, 1862 Dec. 18. 1 item. Location: OS:M. Private in the 52nd Massachusetts Infantry. He describes the scene in Baton Rouge, including his unit's landing, soldiers' taking items from homes, the town's deserted appearance, and the conditions of "contrabands," slaves who fled to the Federal encampments in Baton Rouge. Mss. 4891.

Marshall, George B. (George Benoist). Family Papers, 1807-1900 (bulk 1850-1880). .5 linear ft. Location: B:41, J:7. Sugar and cotton planter of Crescent Plantation, Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and captain in the Confederate army. Collection includes records, daybooks, bills, receipts, and other documents related to the plantation. Includes a 1866 record of fines imposed on African Americans for breaking the peace. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 12-13. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 969. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Marshall, John J. Plantation ledgers, 1866-1899. 4 ms. vols. Location: Mf. Owner of Allendale Plantation, near Stonewall, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Plantation ledgers record wages and supplies given to freedmen laborers and include accounts of the Trinity Mission and the All Saints Church, rent records, crop production, and sick days of each laborer. Another ledger records butter production. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3025.

Marston, Henry, 1794-1884. Family Papers, 1820-1938 (bulk 1850-1890). 2,104 items, 59 vols. Location: U:220-222, G:19. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 13. Owner of plantations in East Feliciana Parish and Red River Parish, Louisiana; and cashier of the Union Bank of Louisiana in Clinton, La.. Marston was a native of Boston, Massachusetts. Collection includes diaries; plantation records; legal documents; personal and family correspondence; documents related to the Union Bank of Louisiana; and Civil War letters. Marston's diaries record public health, yellow fever epidemic, race and labor relations, his thoughts on blacks' voting. Other volumes record activities of the Clinton & Port Hudson Railroad and the Silliman Female Collegiate Institute. Papers of son Bulow reflect his activities as a plantation owner, steamboat captain, and warehouse owner. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 14, or Confederate Military Manuscripts, Series B, Reel 13. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 624. Complete finding aid.

Martin, Leonard, 1908-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (1.5 hours), Index (4 pages). Location: L:4700.281. Sugarcane farmer and great-grandson of a slave, Martin was a resident of Four Corners, Louisiana, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Martin's account of the sale of his great-grandfather as a slave along with descriptions of his education; his father's career as the first black schoolteacher in the area; work in sugarcane farming; and a dance-hall operator, Alice LeBaude. Martin also describes forms of transportation; the marriage of his white maternal grandmother to a Native American; his own marriage; work in Texas; the use of drugs in Four Corners; and his religion. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.281.

Martin, Robert Campbell, b. 1839. Papers, 1767-1932. 241 items, 75 vols. (68 ms. vols., 8 printed vols.). Location: C:9, O:18-19, 98. Sugar planter of Albemarle Plantation, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, and son of Robert Campbell Martin and Mary Winfred Pugh. Martin served as first lieutenant in the 26th Louisiana Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War. Papers include Pugh family property and estate records such as deeds and leases, an estate inventory, powers of attorney, and a promissory note. Other papers include a funeral notice, marriage license, muster roll, receipts, and voter registration form. Also included are record books of Albemarle Plantation, memorandum books, newspaper clippings, and printed items. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 3, Reels 7-11. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1045.Complete Finding Aid

Masicot, Augustin. Document, 1837. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Inventory (copy) of land and slaves of the estate of Augustin Masicot. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Mason, Polly, 1855-1974, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1971. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), 10 pages. Location: L:4700.41. Former slave, born at Ulster Plantation near Alexandria, Louisiana. Mason was 115 years old at the time of the interview, and was residing in Woodworth, Louisiana. Mason describes her master, Judge Henry Boyce, and her life on his cotton plantation in Boyce, Louisiana. Included are her memories of Union soldiers in Louisiana during the Civil War and her sadness upon the assassination of President Lincoln. Mason also recalls the establishment of a station for the Texas and Pacific Railroad in the area, and her first view of an airplane. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.41.

Mather, Joseph. Diary, 1852-1859 (bulk 1855-1856). 1 vol. Location: G:18. Superintendent of Aurora Plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana. Diary relates the day-by-day activities on a sugar plantation, noting the weather, work done at various times of the year, condition of crops, and health of slaves and stock. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 285.

Mathews, Charles Lewis, 1824-1864. Family Papers, 1797-1898 (bulk 1840-1872). 1908 items; 2 ms. vols. Location: U:224-227, OS:M. Family of Greenwood Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Charles Mathews was the son of George and Harriet Flower Mathews, husband of Penelope Stewart. Papers document the family's plantations, managed by women: Greenwood, Georgia (Raceland), Coco Bend, and Chaseland, Rapides Parish. Included are factors' statements, slave records, overseer's letters; freedmen's contracts; and Civil War soldiers' letters. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 14-17. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 910.

Mayo, Robert H. (Robert Henry). Family Papers, 1841-1935 (bulk 1841-1893). 44 items, 5 vols. (1 ms. vol., 4 printed vols.). Location: UU:126, Misc:M. Mayo moved his family by wagon train from Virginia to Lamar County, Texas, in 1853, where they operated a farm in Lamar County. A relative, Marion Lewis Mayo, was a teacher in Uniontown, Alabama. Family correspondence includes letters from Marion Lewis Mayo and Robert Mayo's wife Maria Louisa Mayo. Miscellaneous items include the death certificate of E. H. Mayo, a labor contract with freedmen, and a photograph of Robert and Maria Mayo. Printed volumes include works on infidelity, history, geography, and poetry. Also included is a memorandum book of James A. Pleasants, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1789, 1982, 2576.

McCreery, Jacob. Letter, 1879. 1 item. Location: Misc. Seminary student of Galesburg, Illinois. Letter expressing amusement at pranks played on the town Negroes by visiting soldiers and telling of the activities of the E. O. D. Literary Society at his school. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1533.

McGehee, J. Burruss (John Burruss), 1836-1913. Papers, 1816-1951. 15 linear ft. Location: C:34-35, UU:54-60, P:1, OS:M, Z. Plantation owner in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Collection includes letters, newspaper articles, business papers related to Burruss' plantations, and genealogical notes. One item records damage to Bowling Green Plantation during the Civil War, and a map (1874) shows an area of racial uprising. Includes a letter (1866) from Scotland about a Scottish immigrant. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1111.

McGehee, James Stewart, 1860-1945. Family Papers, 1826-1912 (bulk 1903-1904). 35 items. Location: C:26, A:3. Planter and businessman of Wilkinson County, Mississippi. His grandfather, Edward McGehee, owned Bowling Green Plantation in Mississippi and was president of the West Feliciana Railroad. Papers include family letters, McGehee's autobiography, the history of a slave family, and financial documents. Includes items related to the destruction of Bowling Green Plantation in Mississippi by Union and African American troops. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2302, 2789.

McGehee, James Stewart, 1860-1945. McGehee family collection, 1724-1929 (bulk 1862-1880). 5 ms. vols. Location: H:1. Planter and businessman of Wilkinson County, Mississippi. His grandfather, Edward McGehee, owned Bowling Green Plantation in Mississippi and was president of the West Feliciana Railroad. Collection contains typewritten copies of McGehee family papers including reminiscences, biographical sketches, genealogical notes, diaries, and obituaries. Includes an account of the Veal family, a family of slaves associated with the McGehees. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 326.

McLean, Shirley, 1941-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), index (3 pages). Location: L:4700.218. Resident of Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, and daughter of Louis Comeaux, sugarcane farmer. McLean relates her childhood memories of life on a sugarcane farm, work and recreation on the farm, sugarcane harvesting, local schooling, relations with African Americans, and French language usage. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.218.

McMurran-Austen Family Papers, 1846-1878; 1942, n.d. (bulk:1856-1868). 0.6 linear feet. Location: U:298, OS:M. John T. McMurran family of Melrose in Natchez, owners of Louisiana plantations, son John, Jr., married Alie Austen of Maryland. Primarily correspondence related to family matters, the Civil War, home life, politics, plantation operation, and attitudes toward federal forces. Newspapers clippings, cartes de visites of family members, a household inventory, J. T. McMurran, Jr.'s discharge from the Confederate army in 1862, and military passes are also present. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4795. Complete finding aid.

Medical ledger and scrapbook, 1854-1919 (bulk 1854-1863). .1 linear ft. (5 items; 1 vol.). Location: M:19. Accounts of medical services received by prominent Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, residents and their slaves. Eleanor Marshall of Cheneyville, Greensburg, and New Orleans used the ledger as a scrapbook of poetry, local news, and short stories. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2297.

Meek, Joseph. Letter, 1837 October 26. 1 item. Location: Misc:M. Letter from Joseph Meek in Louisiana to Sam Logan in Washington County, Virginia, concerning the sale of slaves. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4552.

Mercer, William Newton, 1792-1874. Papers, 1789-1936 (bulk 1827-1874). 2 linear ft. (1,558 items, 64 vols., 2 microfilm reels). Location: UU:79-81, Vault, OS:M. Surgeon and planter of Adams County, Mississippi; Louisiana; and Illinois. Collection includes slave records, diaries, business and personal correspondence, and financial documents. Correspondence includes letters from Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin Butler. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reels 9-10, or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 3, Reels 1-3. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 292, 1051, 1233.

Merrill-Buckner Papers, 1787-1870 (1830-1860). 578 items. Location: U:228. A. P. Merrill of Natchez, Mississippi, was a physician and the cashier of the Agricultural Bank. Aylett Buckner settled in Natchez around 1830, where he was a prominent attorney, cotton factor, and director of the Commercial Bank of Natchez. Collection primarily consists of financial and legal papers of Merrill, Buckner, and Jane Dunbar Ferguson, a planter of Washington, Adams County, Mississippi. Other items include plats of the property of Abner Green and the deed to Patesi Plantation and its slaves. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 598.

Metoyer Family Papers, 1900-1944. 219 items, 6 ms. vols., 1 mf reel. Location: A:1, H:2, Mss.Mf:M. Vilfride Metoyer and John P. Conant of Melrose, and St. Clair and Nazy Metoyer of Derry, Louisiana. African American farmers and proprietors of a general merchandise store. Ledgers of St. Clair and Nazy list sales, expenses, and accounts with wholesale merchants. Record book of John Conant lists general expenses, annual earnings and possessions, and the birth, marriage, and death dates of many Natchitoches Parish residents. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 1. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 837, 846.

Metoyer, Adeleda. Papers, 1845-1897. 52 items. Location: A:1. Free woman of color, Isle Brevelle, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Bills and receipts (1845-1860) are for medical care, taxes, freight, and merchandise. Included are statements of account (1873-1874), from Miltenberger & Pollock, New Orleans factors, to Mrs. Philomene Metoyer. In French. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 1. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 836.

Metoyer, Auguste. Papers, 1835-1846. 10 items. Location: Misc. Free black of Isle Brevelle, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Papers consist of subpoenas for nonpayment of debts, and petitions and promissory notes supplementing court orders. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 1. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 871.

Metoyer, Louis. Document, 1823. 1 item. Location: Misc. Free black of Isle Brevelle, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Act of conveyance of sale of land by Metoyer to Augustin Metoyer. In French. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 1. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 849.

Meullion family. Papers, 1776-1906 (bulk 1776-1796). 121 items. Location: U:230. Free black family of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Louis Augustin Meullion and his son Jean Baptiste (whose mother was a slave) were slaveholders; the son owned a plantation on Bayou Teche. Collection includes slave bills of sale, land sales, and other financial records; manumission papers for Maria Juana and her son Baptiste Meuillon; and an amnesty oath taken in 1865 by Miss Belazaire Meuillon. In French, English, and Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 243, 294.

Mignon, François. Journal, 1939-1970, 1992. ca. 17,000 items (on 41 microfilm reels). Location: Mss.Mf:M. Journalist, horticulturist, and curator of Cammie G. Henry's Melrose Plantation, Natchitoches Parish, La.. Correspondence, journal, writings, and subject files describe and relate to thirty years spent by Mignon at Melrose, which also served as an artists and writers colony. Among his corresondents are African American artist Clemintine Hunter and Louisiana writers Lyle Saxon and Harnett Kane. Many ideas expressed in the journal later appeared in 'Cane River Memo,' Mignon's column in the Natchitoches newspaper Enterprise. Microfilm of originals at the University of North Carolina. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4484.Complete finding aid.

Miller, Caleb. Letters, 1817-1824. 2 items. Location: Misc:M. American slave trader on board vessels transporting slaves to Cuba and America. Edward Spalding, a merchant from Bristol, Rhode Island, was involved in the slave trade in Cuba and acted as agent for Jacob Babbit and the DeWolf family. Letters documenting American involvement in the international slave trade after it was abolished in England and America in 1808. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3326.

Miller, David F. Papers, 1833-1837. 4 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Papers pertain to the mortgage of land and slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Milling, D. Y. Correspondence, 1863-1865. 10 items. Location: E:4. Letters by D. Y. Milling written from Little Rock, Arkansas, and Shreveport, Louisiana, to his brother, Dr. James S. Milling of Collinsburg, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Milling refers to his health and that of others; the scarcity, poor quality, and high price of food; slavery; and the unbearableness of the infantry and the morale of the Confederate army. For further information see online catalog. Mss 3758.

Mills, John. Letters, 1795, 1807. 2 items. Location: Misc: M. Member of the West Florida Convention, planter on Alexander Creek, and merchant of Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Letters to a cousin, Gilbert Jackson of New York City. The 1795 letter comments on a slave insurrection in Pointe Coupee Parish. The 1807 letter comments on slavery and slave punishment in Louisiana, and on commerce on the Mississippi River. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1375.

Mississippi slave document, 1864 November 11. 1 item. Location: Misc. Tax rebate issued by the sheriff of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to a slaveowner whose slave was taken by the Union army. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3228.

Mitchell, A. S. Lieutenant Colonel. Letter, 1864 November 18. 1 item. Location: Misc.:M. Served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Natchez, Mie of the Superintendent of Freedmen in Natchez, Mississippi. Receipt deposited for safekeeping by a freedman. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3032.

Montgomery, George W. Papers, 1866-1932. 191 items, 43 vols. Location: B:18, P:23, P:2. Planter of Montrose Plantation, Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana. Volumes contain records for the Montrose, Morgan Fields, Lower Banks, Cape Place, Okalona, and Islington Plantations. Entries chiefly relate to the accounts of tenant farmers and sharecroppers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1015, 1091. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Montgomery, Joseph. Papers, 1806-1886. 233 items; 1 vol. Location: U:240, H:13. New Orleans cotton broker, owner of Belmont plantation near Port Gibson, Mississippi, and husband of Amelia Smylie. Papers of the Montgomery and Smylie families. Joseph's document financial matters; Amelia's written from Belmont relate to family matters, rumors of civil war, slaves, black laborers, shortages, and plantation management during Reconstruction. Available on microfilm: University Publication of America Records of Southern Plantation from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reel 10. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1019. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Moore, Eer, judge, and politician of St. Mary, St. Landry, and Iberia parishes, Louisiana. Moore was a member of the Louisiana and U.S. House of Representatives; and built Magnolia Ridge and later owned Shadows on the Teche in New Iberia. Papers consist of legal and business papers and correspondence of Moore, his daughters, and his sons-in-law. Included are bills of lading, crop production statements, slave documents, mortgages, and promissory notes. The collection also includes land grants (1860) for acreage in Opelousas, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2973.

Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876. Papers, 1832-1977 (bulk 1856-1871). 711 items and 1 microfilm reel. Location: U:231, H:3, Mf:5322, Mss.Mf:M. Sugar planter of Rapides Parish, Louisiana; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and state Senate; and governor of Louisiana (1860-1864). Moore fled Louisiana after the Civil War but later returned. Papers include personal correspondence, business papers, and political and legal documents. Antebellum materials include slave sales and accounts of physicians treating slaves. Papers from 1859 to 1871 deal largely with Moore's political activities. They include gubernatorial papers concerning his nomination, the Democratic Party, the transport of the state archives from Baton Rouge, the Louisiana Secession Convention, and other matters. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 18-19. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 305, 893, 1094. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Mosey, Mrs. Eliza. Slave bill of sale, 1841. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of slave (notarized copy) by Mrs. Mossy, wife of Toussaint Mossy, Jr., deceased, to Antoine Boudousquie of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 307.

Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893. Papers, 1837-1903. 35 items. Location: A:2. American actor and father of Fannie Murdoch. They were associated with John Pierpont, a Unitarian clergyman, author, and abolitionist. Collection consists of letters written to Murdoch, his daughter, John Pierpont, W. F. Bridges, and others from actors, authors, New England abolitionists, and Unitarian clergymen. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 667.

Natchitoches Parish miscellaneous documents, film. Location: Mf. Miscellaneous documents documenting the Natchitoches Post, including land and slave sale documents; successions; marriage contracts; guardianships; a few papers pertaining to free blacks; a merchant's account book; and a brand register book. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2917.

Nautilus Insurance Company. Account book, 1847. 1 vol. Location: M:19. Company based in New York. William A. Britton was an agent for the company in Natchez, Mississippi. He was a partner in W. A. Britton & Co., a banking firm with interests in New Orleans. Account book, kept by Britton, contains lists of names of life insurance policy holders, beneficiaries, amounts of insurance purchased, premiums, and fees paid to doctors for examinations. Some entries pertain to insurance on the lives of slaves. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 923.

Neal family scrapbook, 1843-1861, n.d. 1 ms. vol. (1 reel of microfilm). Location: Mf. Possibly residents of Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of poetry, humor, articles pertaining to slavery and to national and international affairs, and information about elections, politics, and Confederate enlistments in Rapides Parish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2937.

Nerat, Auguste. Document, 1800. 1 item. Location: Misc. Procurator for Joseph Lathiolais of Opelousas, Louisiana. Sale of slaves (copy) by Auguste Nerat to Baptiste Calais and Marcel Patin, signed by Martin Duralde, notary. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 314.

New Orleans (La). Payment mandate, 1819 March 2. 1 item. Location: Misc:N. Payment for forty-three days' work performed by M. Bauduc's slave Thomas. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4174.

New Orleans Council Chamber. Report, 1835 August 1. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: Misc. Pamphlet entitled 'Report of a Conspiracy to Incite a Rebellion Throughout the Slave States' discusses the dangers presented by local abolitionists in the South. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2607.

New Orleans JOURNAL prospectus, 1870 April 25. 1 printed item. Location: Impr. Prospectus for a biweekly journal to serve as an organ of the Democratic Party, seeking stockholder subscriptions. The newspaper is intended to unite Southern opposition to radical rule and to divide the black vote. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3030.

New Orleans miscellaneous documents, 1810-1879. 4 items [photostatic copies]. Location: Misc. Documents include a portion of a legal document (1810) signed by Charles Laveaux, father of Marie Laveaux; a slave sale document bearing signature of Marie Laveaux (1838); and two documents pertaining to property on Dauphin Street in New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3147.

New Orleans municipal records, mandates of payment, 1819, 1828. 2 items. Location: T:60, Folder 47a. Payment to a private individual for the hire of a slave (1819); and payment to the volunteer firemen for their promptness in getting the fire equipment to the home of B. Marigny (1828). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2296.

New Orleans property assessment sheet, [18--]. 1 item. Location: OS:N. Property assessment sheet including the following information: names of taxable persons, number and size of lot, value of real estate, number and value of slaves, income over $1000, and furniture over $500. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4055.

Newport, Robert W. Papers, 1823-1837. 6 items. Location: Misc. Resident of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Papers pertain to the mortgage of land and slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Newton, John. Log book, 1861-1863. 1 vol. Location: F:10. Marine aboard the Union blockade ship U.S.S. Flag in the Charleston, South Carolina, harbor during the Civil War. Logbook recording activities aboard the Flag. Included are views on Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the status of African Americans, and Admiral Dupont's command decisions during the Ft. Sumter blockade. The volume contains manuscript maps of Confederate and Union positions at Charleston and Port Royal, South Carolina; and Savannah, Georgia; and a list of ships captured by Union forces. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3782.

North Carolina slave sale document, 1803. 1 item. Location: Misc. Bill of sale for a male slave. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2954.

Norwood, Abel John, 1818-1896. Papers, 1844-1897.34 items, 6 ms. vols. Location: G:18, Misc:N, Mss.Mf:N. Judge and planter of Hollywood Plantation near what is now Norwood, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Norwood also owned several firms in the parish, was the proprietor of a commissary, a cotton gin, and a sawmill, and was a cotton factor. Manuscript ledgers and a cashbook reflect Norwood's activities as a planter, store owner, and commission merchant. Included are volumes relating to the estates of Elias and Catherine Norwood; J. and N. Nettles; and David E. Brunson. Diary of Hollywood Plantation records details of daily plantation management including accounts of the weather, the conditions of slaves, work done on the plantation, and the capture of runaway slaves. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 15, or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 2, Reels 12-13. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1373.

Opelousas bounty receipt, n.d. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipt for the capture and return of a runaway slave in Louisiana. The undated document lists the expenses incurred by the slave catcher, and is signed F. Cullum, Jailor, Parish of St. Landry. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3108.

Opelousas Post Records, 1776, 1788. 44 items. Location: A: 72. Legal documents, most of which were written in the presence of Nicolas Forstall, commandant of the Poste des Opelousas, and deal with property and work transactions, sale and emancipation of slaves, assorted legal matters, and an investigation into a murder. (Mss. 4581) Complete Finding Aid

Paille, Clara. Copy book, 1911. 1 ms. vol. on microfilm. Location: Mf. Student of St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge. Copy book containing essays on various subjects including race, Louisiana history, geometry, and architecture, illustrated with original drawings. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2711.

Palao, Mrs. Martin. Document, 1813. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of St. James Parish, Louisiana. Sale of land and slaves (copy) by Dame Martin Palao to Evariste Villiavasse. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Palfrey Family Papers, 1776-1918. (bulk 1806-1875). 388 items; 21 vols. Location: 77:89, H:22, Mf, 99. Papers of John Palfrey (1768-1843), ship chandler and manager of Forlorn Hope Plantation, Bayou l'Albaye near St. Martinville, Louisiana, and his family, primarily sons John Gorham Palfrey, abolitionist, author, and minister of Boston, Mass. and William Taylor Palfrey, planter, judge, sheriff, and state senator of St. Mary parish. Collection includes documents related to plantation life and operation, papers related to the education of Palfrey's sons at Harvard University, War of 1812, land documents, and marriage certificates. George D. Palfrey, son of William T. Palfrey, was the proprietor of the Franklin Brick Yard. Business and plantation records of William and George Palfrey include account books for W. T. Palfrey and Company. Includes letters of Henry William Palfrey ([1855] and 1964 printed volume), New Orleans merchant, written from London and Paris during the summer of 1855 when he was American Commissioner to the Exposition Universelle at Paris, France. Some items in French and Spanish. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 6, Reel 12, or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 1, Reels 1-4. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 333. Complete finding aid.

Pardo, Jean. Papers, 1837-1846. 7 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Papers consisting of mortgages, acts of sale for slaves, and a document (1846) of L. B. Macarty containing instructions for the manumission of his slaves. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1862.

Parish, Robert T. Diary, 1861. 1 vol. [photocopy]. Location: B:66. Itinerant Methodist minister assigned to northern Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He married Judity Merrill in 1850, and they had a son and daughter at the time the diary was written. Diary begins with Parish's tenure in the vicinity of Alexandria, Louisiana, and reflects the day-to-day life of an itinerant minister. He comments on the religious failings of his charges, black and white, Catholicism, and excitement over the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4564.

Parker, Edward G. Letter, 1859 October 5. 1 item. Location: Misc. Secretary and treasurer of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company. Letter encloses a check for the wages of a slave hired to work on the railroad. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2897.

Payne, Cornelius Bricknell. Slave bill of sale, 1853 April 7. 1 item. Location: Misc:P. Slave bill of sale documents the transfer of a 24-year-old mulatto slave named John from Payne to Harriet Smith, a free woman of color, both of New Orleans. The document also states that Harriet Smith and John lived as man and wife for six years and that she intended to emancipate him as soon as possible. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Pease, E. M. Record book, 1866, 1897-1904. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:20. Surgeon in charge of the Ninth Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, stationed at Greenville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. Records cover the period October-November 1866, and list ailments and prescriptions. Includes accounts of Pease, Jr. (1897-1899, 1904) apparently a child in California. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1303.

Pereboom (Margaret) Papers, 1977-1988 (bulk:1979-1982). 3.5 linear feet. Location: U:313-316; OS:P. A child psychologist who served as a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and as chair of Louisiana Women in Politics. Consists of correspondence, legal files, office files and statistical reports related to the desegregation case, Davis vs. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, as well as administrative files for Louisiana Women in Politics and research materials on the role of women in elected office. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4958. Complete Finding Aid. PDF

Perret Family Papers, 1838-1841. 4 items. Location: Misc. Copies of acts of sale of slaves and receipt for sale by members of the Perret and the related St. Martin families of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 753.

Perry, Roderick. Document, 1814. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Sale of slaves by Perry to Benjamin Kendrick. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 342.

Peters, Emma Dell, 1941-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (6 pages). Location: L:4700.283. Resident of Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Peters lived on Sterling Plantation; her great-grandparents were slaves. For 26 years, Peters worked as a cook in the school system. Peters gives an account of her great-grandparents' purchases as slaves, and discusses slave religion, the treatment of slaves, and female slaves who bore children for their white masters. Included are spirituals she learned from her grandparents. Peters also gives accounts of illnesses, funeral customs, early jobs she held, poverty in her youth, and discipline and life in her large family. She also discusses Civil Rights legislation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.283.

Peters, Samuel. Papers, 1835. 2 items. Location: Misc. Letter from the New Orleans chairman of an anti-abolitionist society responds favorably to anti-abolitionist activity in Philadelphia. Includes a copy of a resolution adopted by the New Orleans group announcing open support for the Philadelphia group. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2897.

Peterson, Pattie P. Papers, 1962-1977. 4.3 linear feet. Location: 43:1-4, OS:P. Correspondence, notes, logs, and printed materials of Pattie P. Peterson (1916-ca. 1977?), state employee, member of Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations, and an advocate of civil rights. Correspondence pertains to race relations in Baton Rouge and the state and efforts to establish charity and volunteer programs. Notes and logs seem to be her record of what her contacts in the black community told her about their attitudes about race relations and events in Baton Rouge. Printed materials include the newsletters of the Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations and the Unitarian Fellowship of Baton Rouge, as well as articles, publications and pamphlets regarding black education, race relations in Louisiana, the South, and the United States, and poverty.

Peyroux, Constance. Papers, 1832, 1835. 2 items. Location: Misc. Sale of a plantation and slaves in Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans, by the estate of Marie Eulalie Peyroux to Constance Peyroux; and sale of a plantation and slaves in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, by Pierre A. Peyroux to Constance Peyroux. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Pierce, Thomas N. Letter, 1843 June 2. 1 item. Location: Misc. Lawyer of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Letter to Robert W. Carter of Warsaw, Virginia, concerning Pierce's legal activities on behalf of Carter, chiefly involving the acquisition of slaves and land. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2736.

Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921. Letter, 1883 October 5. 1 item. Location: Misc. Black Louisiana politician and governor. Letter written from the office of the surveyor of customs in New Orleans declines an invitation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2897.

Pinson, Nancy. Papers, 1820-1890. 1 linear ft. Location: C:62. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 13-14. Planter of Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Correspondence and business papers of the Daniel B. Pinson family. Papers are comprised of bills and receipts for taxes, goods and services, and medical and dental treatments. Letters refer to slave riots, cotton trade, cholera, and family matters. Also included are statements from cotton brokers in New Orleans; contracts with freedmen; and a slave list. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 828, 1255. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Pitts, John. Letter, 1863. 1 item. Location: Misc. Federal soldier stationed at New Madrid, Missouri. Letter by Pitts expressing aversion to the use of blacks in the Union army. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1427.

Plaisted, Samuel. Correspondence, 1838-1842. 7 items. Location: Misc. Doctor of Waterville, Maine. Correspondence from Thomas Maskell, Judge Joshua Baker, and William T. Palfrey of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, concerning the settlement of the estate of Plaisted's brother, a lawyer, in St. Mary Parish. Maskell, who apparently purchased slaves belonging to Plaisted's brother, talks about selling them. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 911, 1337.

Plauche, Joseph. Papers, 1901-1946. 576 items, 78 vols. Location: O:58. Black planter of Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Plantation account books, business papers, and personal correspondence reflect the extent of the Plauche's farming operations. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reels 7-11. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 944. Complete Finding Aid

Ployer, Thomson T. Succession inventory, 1854 January 10. 1 item (4 leaves). Location: Misc:P. Slaveholder of Madison Parish, Louisiana. Inventory of slaves and other movable property, with values listed, of the estate of Thomson T. Player. The inventory was recorded at the clerk's office, 10th District Court, Madison Parish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4516.

Polk, Horace M. Letters, 1860-1868. 16 items. Location: U:119. Planter on Bayou Bartholomew near Bastrop (Morehouse Parish), Louisiana, and delegate to the Louisiana Secession Convention. Letters from Polk to his father-in-law, Major John H. Bills of Bolivar, Tennessee, dealing with cotton and tobacco farming, prices for land, and African American labor issues. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1628.

Porter, Alexander. Papers, 1811-1844, 1870-1879. 13 items. Location: Misc:P and OS:P.Alexander Porter (1785-1844), Louisiana resident, politician, and owner of Oaklawn Manor, a sugar plantation, in Franklin, La. Items consist of correspondence, a 10-page biography of Alexander Porter, an 1821 certificate naming Porter to the Louisiana Supreme Court, and an 1811 certificate validating a land grant to a free person of color. Correspondence discusses Porter's involvement with the slave trade, slave behavior, their treatment, and their value. Other correspondence discusses various lease agreements between the Porter and Leverich families over tenancy of Oaklawn Manor. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4947.

Pradel, Jean Charles de, 1692-1764. Family Papers, 1719-1954. 407 items on 1 microfilm reel. Location: Mss.Mf:P. Native of France and soldier and planter of New Orleans. He was married to Alexandrine de la Chaise de Pradel and operated Mon Plaisir Plantation. Papers include correspondence of Jean Charles de Pradel and his wife. His letters deal with business matters, the development of the Louisiana colony, and the discipline of slaves. Her letters deal with his estate and their daughters in France. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2866.

Pratts, Vincent. Document, 1841. 1 item (notarized). Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of slaves of Pratt to Fermin Lagarde of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Pre Aux Cleres Plantation. Record books, 1852-1854. 2 vols. Location: H:10. Plantation located in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, owned by J. H. McKnight. Record books of Pre Aux Cleres Plantation containing quarterly inventories of stock and implements and daily reports of plantation routines made by the overseer noting weather, progress of crops, work of slaves, and amount of cotton picked. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 19. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 684.

Prescott, M. R. E. (Mary Rose Emma), d. 1864. Record book, 1850-1863. 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc:P. Wife of planter Aaron Prescott. Infrequently-dated notations listing slaves of Cedar Grove Plantation, Rapides Parish, Louisiana; clothing and tobacco issued to them; and other related information. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4276.

Pugh, Alexander Franklin, 1819-1883. Papers, 1850-1865. .25 linear ft. (11 items, 7 ms. vols., 3 transcript vols.). Location: 77:88, Vault. Part owner and manager of Augustin, Bellevue, Boatner, New Hope, and Whitmell plantations on Bayou Lafourche in Assumption and Lafourche parishes, Louisiana. Papers include plantation diaries describing crop yields, behavior and health of slaves, economic conditions, and Civil War news. Includes a payroll account of former slaves (1865). Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reels 6-7. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 354.Complete finding aid.

Pugh, Josephine Nicholls, 1820-1868. Civil War account, n.d. 2 items (17 pages). Location: Misc.:P. Wife of Colonel William W. Pugh, planter of Woodlawn Plantation, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Personal account titled 'Dark Days: A Woman's Record,' describes the occupation of Assumption Parish by Union troops in 1862 and comments on the behavior of the occupying troops, the reaction of slaves, and Confederate civilian experiences. Included is a reminiscence of Mrs. Pugh by her husband. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 3, Reel 7. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2618.

Pugh, Mrs. Mary W. Papers, 1882-1925. 859 items, 20 ms. vols., 11 printed vols. Location: A:6-8, P:20, OS:P. Widow of Richard L. Pugh, of Live Oak Plantation, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Correspondence of Mrs. Pugh principally from her children. Contains a letter concerning African American labor problems; and memorandum book #5 and time books for the Thibodaux Brick Works. Photographs of Live Oak Plantation and the Maguire home in Tennessee are also included. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 3, Reels 13-14. Mss. 897, 1055. Complete Finding Aid.

Pugh-Williams-Mayes Family Papers, 1844-1933 (bulk 1855-1884). 1.5 linear ft. (283 items, 15 vols.). Location: D:98, H:11. Plantation owners and slaveholders in Louisiana. Richard Pugh served as a private in the Louisiana 5th Company Battalion of the Washington Artillery during the Civil War. His family fled to Texas before Union troops invaded the Bayou Lafourche area. Papers include genealogical notes on the Pugh family, Civil War correspondence between Mary and Richard Pugh, correspondence from friends and relatives, legal documents, financial papers, and financial manuscript volumes. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 3, Reel 7, and Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reel 11. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 730, 733, 741.

Quintard, C. T. Diaries, 1864-1898. 33 ms. vols. on six microfilm reels. Mss. 1118. Confederate chaplain and surgeon during the Civil War; Protestant Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee; and first vice chancellor of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. Civil War diaries record his experiences and duties in Georgia and Tennessee; atrocities committed by federal troops; his conversations with Confederate officers Hood, Johnston, and Stephen Lee; and his views on P. G. T. Beauregard. Quintard's post-Civil War diaries record trips in the United States and Europe, persons visited, and events and ceremonies attended. Other materials relate to African American Episcopal clergymen. Mss.Mf:Q. For further information see online catalog.

Randolph, John H. (John Hampden), 1813-1883. Papers, 1855. 1 item. Location: A:10. Lawyer, planter, and circuit court judge. Randolph was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Wilkinson County, Mississippi, in 1819. In 1841 he moved to Iberville Parish, Louisiana, where he owned Nottoway Plantation. Act of sale of a slave, a house carpenter, to Randolph by Alexander Hagan of New Orleans (1855). Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Randolph, John H. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Raymond, Edwin R. Letter, 1861. 1 item. Location: Misc. Member of U.S. Congress. Letter, with free franked envelope, addressed to Mr. Bullock, mentioning Raymond's efforts on behalf of Bullock's appointment and expressing his position against compromise with slavery. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3421.

Rees, Major. Slave hire document, 1815 January 18. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: Misc. Letter to Major Rees outlines terms by which he may hire a young slave seamstress-spinner. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3148.

Reggio Family Papers, 1771-1860. 9 items. Location: Misc. Sugar planters of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Papers include a petition (1771) by Francisco Maria Reggio to the King of Spain; papers (1812-1834) of Nicholas Reggio concerning property sales and mortgages; and papers (1836-1860) of Auguste Reggio, among them slave sales, mortgages, and accounts. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 363.

Report on Negro slavery, pamphlet, 1850. 1 printed item (8 pages).

Reiff, Anton. Journal, 1856-1857. 1 ms. vol. and 1 microfilm reel. Location: Misc. and Mss.Mf:R. Musician touring with the Pyne and Harrison Opera Company from New York to New Orleans. Diary records daily activities, comments on theater facilities, musical performances attended, music in churches visited, scenery and social customs, and other matters. Reiff records his impressions of slavery. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3274. Location: Impr. REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE MINORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON NEGRO SLAVERY (North Carolina Legislature, House Document 55) discusses the doctrine of state's rights as it pertains to the institution of slavery and defends the right of secession. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3032.

Reynal document, 1795. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of St. Louis, Illinois. Sale of a slave of Mr. Reynal to M. de Blanc, commandant at Natchitoches. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 366.

Rhind-Gardner Family Papers, 1715-1926 (bulk 1811-1855). .3 linear ft., 2 mss. vols. Location: E:18, G:20. Merchants of Augusta, Georgia. Papers include family letters; slave documents; and business and miscellaneous papers. Correspondence pertains to business, cotton crops, family news, health, and slavery. Other topics inlcude the Civil War, the Seminole War, and World War I. Business papers contain accounts, receipts, and a court document. Miscellaneous papers consist of poetry, lists of roses, ephemera, and a diploma. Volumes consist of a photo album and scrapbook. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3576.

Rhode Island slave trade document, 1795-1798. 1 item. Location: Misc. Business account of Samuel Chase, master of the Ascension, and the ship's Rhode Island owners, describes the ship's voyages and business transactions while involved in the slave trade from Africa to Spanish America. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3235.

Rights of freedmen. Circulation of emancipation proclamation, duties of superintendents of freedmen, 1865 July 14. 1 printed vol., 6 p.; 21 cm. Location: E:Impr. Photostatic copy of printed circular from Headquarters, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, State of Louisiana, New Orleans, pertaining to freedmen and the circulation of Emancipation Proclamation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 150.

Rives, Mary Elizabeth Carter, 1829-1900. Diary, 1865-1900. 1 vol., 1 microfilm reel. Location: Mss.Mf:R. Widow and planter of Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Diary records sentiments toward Confederate defeat and her experiences managing a plantation during early Reconstruction, including relations with freedmen. It also relates family activities and social life in Mansfield and Shreveport, Louisiana. Genealogical materials and remedies for smallpox, cancer, and scarlet fever are included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2670.

Robb, James, Letter, 1845. 1 item. Location: Misc. A banker and railroad executive, Robb was president of the of the New Orleans Gas Light and Banking Company, 1842-1856. Letter from Robb as president of the New Orleans Gas Light Company to A. R. Splane, attorney of Franklin, La., regarding the assumption by William Sharp of St. Mary Parish of James G. Campbell's 1838 mortgage on 12 slaves Campbell had purchased. The New Orleans Gas Light originally held the mortgage. An extract of the company's board of director's minutes authorizing Splane to act as their agent in the matter is enclosed. The debt was contracted with Campbell by New Orleans Gas Light's predecessor agency, New Orleans Gas Light and Banking Company. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4854

Robinson, Joseph Toole. Papers, 183-, 1854-1866, n.d. 13 items, 6 ms. vols. Location: C:13. Cotton planter of Willow Point Plantation, Red River Parish, Louisiana. Plantation diaries, record books, and other records of Robinson and his family pertain to plantation operation; cotton growing; slaves; medical visits; weather observations and instrument readings; Indians in the work force; and skilled labor. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 20. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1413.Complete finding aid.

Rockefeller, John D., III. Letter, 1961 October 6. 1 item. Location: Misc. New York philanthropist and businessman. Letter to Basil O'Conner invites him to attend a dinner for the benefit of the United Negro College Fund and outlines the program of the event. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2969.

Roudanez, Celie. Document, 1878. 1 item. Location: Misc. President of the Louisiana Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans of New Orleans. Petition to the legislature on behalf of the association asking for financial aid. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 548.

Roussel, Adelaide. Document, 1841. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Gift of a slave (copy) to Madame Julien Vienne from Adelaide Roussel. In French. For further information see manuscript rd catalog. Mss. 374.

Roussillon, Pierre. Document, 1853. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Petition of Roussillon against Andre Pierre Esclavon of Orleans Parish, free man of color, in suit involving sale of land. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 375.

Roxborough, Charles A. Letter, 1890 July 31. 1 item (1 leaf). Location: Misc:R. Black lawyer and politician, and U.S. supervisor of elections for Iberville Parish, Louisiana. He resigned from the Republican Executive Committee because he supported Democrat Edward J. Gay rather than Republican J. S. Davidson for Congress. Roxborough's printed open letter to Davidson, black Chairman of the Iberville Parish Republican Executive Committee, states his reasons for resigning from the committee and advises black Republicans of Louisiana to affiliate with the Democratic Party.

Rumage, William. Letter 1844 December 30 1 item. Location: Misc:R. Resident of Tennessee. Letter by William Rumage to John Rumage refers to the sale of a female slave and to President-elect Polk visiting Nashville, Tennessee. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Russell, J. Letter, 1863 April 17. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union soldier in the Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. Letter to friends describes an expedition through Mississippi led by General Frederick Steele and mentions Union objectives, destruction and confiscation of Confederate property, and the attitude of Union soldiers toward contraband slaves. The letters also mentions the effect which Union confiscation of slaves had upon the Confederates. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2856.

Rust, George. Family Papers, 1828, 1849-1958, n.d. 11 items. Location: Misc. General and resident of Rockland, Virginia. His nephew, Albert Rust, was a U.S. representative from Arkansas (1855-1857, 1859-1861) and a brigadier general in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Corresps of Michael Ryan February 21, 1861. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Ryland, Robert H., d. 1883. Ryland-Wade-Brandon Family Papers, 1837-1908 (bulk 1852-1885, 1900-1908). .3 linear ft. (103 items, 2 vols.). Location: A:16, Q:27. Medical doctor of St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and state representative in the 1870s-1880s. The related Wade and Brandon families also lived in West Feliciana Parish. Dr. Ryland's two medical journals contain entries listing names of patients, slaves treated, and medicine and treatments prescribed. Wade and Brandon family papers include bills and receipts for household supplies and letters discussing cotton prices. Collection includes a letter from a Confederate chaplain in Virginia to his sister relating the needs and care of Confederate soldiers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 827, 848, 889.

Samuelson, Hyman, 1919-. Papers, 1936-1940. 9 v. (or 0.5 linear ft.). Location O:22. Jewish native of New Orleans, ROTC cadet and civil engineering student at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Diaries relate primarily to academic, recreational and social activities, but also contain entries concerning World War II, African Americans, astronomy, religion, and travel. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4934.

Saint Landry Parish. Register of Voters, 1895-1896. 1 microfilm reel. Location: Mss.Mf:S. Saint Landry Parish is a parish in the central part of Louisiana. Register of voters records voter name, signature, age, occupation, residence, years in parish, race, years at residence, place of birth, and naturalization, when appropriate. Register documents African American registrants when Jim Crow laws were being enacted in the South to prevent them from voting. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4826.

S. B. Draughon and Company. Ledger, 1835-1839. 1 vol. Location: F:17. General merchandising company in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. S. B. Draughon was a notary public in that parish. Ledger recording merchandise purchases from firms in New Orleans and Bayou Sara, Louisiana. The volume contains copies of documents signed by Draughon as notary; including deeds of land sales, slave bills of sale, acts of protest, and powers of attorney. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 121.

Schlick, Henry N., b. 1841?. Papers, 1861-1879. .5 linear ft. (120 items, 2 vols.). Location: U:135. Union officer in the 1st New York Dragoons in the Civil War. Schlick was stationed in Springfield, Illinois, in 1864-1865, and was part of the escort for President Lincoln's funeral. Papers include Civil War correspondence among Henry and his brothers; United States Army papers such as lists of deserters and black recruits; two diarlattos. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3416.

Scott, Margaret J. E. Document, 1853. 1 item (copy). Location: Misc. Resident of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Sale of Montevideo Plantation and slaves by Mrs. Scott to Mr. Lewis G. Sterling, March 24, 1853. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Scuddeo, Marsh. Letter, 1846. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter describes a prayer meeting for slaves in New Orleans, and laments the sinfulness of the city and the lack of respect for the Sabbath among residents of the city. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2466.

Sears, Paul. Papers, 1835. 2 items. Location: Misc., 7. Resident of New Orleans. Slave sale by Sears to William H. White and certification by recorder of mortgages. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 387.

Sebastopol Plantation. Documents, 1858, 1859. 2 items. Location: Misc. Sales (notarized copies) of Sebastopol Plantation and slaves in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, from Ulger Henry Lauve of New Orleans to Henry Van Bibber of St. Bernard Parish and from Van Bibber to Mrs. James H. Haynie of Lagrange County, Texas. For further information see manuscript card catalog.movement, and U.S. secretary of state. Letter signed by Seward, after leaving office as governor of New York, addressed to James N. Lake, voicing support of the New York Whig party, opposing the Texas annexation, and condemning slavery and religious intolerance. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Seward, William H., 1801-1872. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3478.

Shaw, Gabriel. Letters, 1802 June 22. 2 items. Location: Misc. New York merchant. Letters from Shaw to William Meredith relative to his servant Ceasar, a free black who had accompanied him to New Orleans. In New Orleans the servant was driven to insanity, a result of absence from his family and fear of the Louisiana climate. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3083.

Shelly, William. Diary, 1863 January 1-September 23. 1 vol. Location: Misc:S. Union soldier in the 176th New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Shelly served for nine months and was stationed primarily in Louisiana. Diary entries discuss Shelly's sea voyage from New York to Louisiana; his work in the Quartermaster department; his arrival at Lafourche; guerrilla activity in the area; the sound of fighting at Port Hudson; and the capture and parole of his company. Shelly also discusses his work recruiting for the 16th Regiment of the Corps d'Afrique. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3604.

Sherman, John, 1823-1900. Letter, 1878 July 29. 1 item. Location: Misc. Ohio-born statesman and secretary of the treasury (1877-1881). Letter refers to a Louisiana legal case in which black witnesses were apparently compelled to perjure themselves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2897.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891. Letters, 1864-1891. (Part of the David French Boyd Papers). 115 items. Location: U:179, Vault:26. Soldier, president of Louisiana State Seminary of Learning, and Union general in the Civil War. David French Boyd was a Confederate colonel in the Civil War and he served as president of LSU during Reconstruction. Letters from Sherman to Boyd refer to voting fraud in Louisiana; African American civil rights and suffrage; activities of the Ku Klux Klan; the jetty system in New Orleans; LSU; higher education in Louisiana; and local and national political issues. Included is a letter by Sherman requesting courtesies for Boyd, a prisoner of war, penciled on the back of an intercepted order from General Johnston to General Pemberton. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 890, 893. Complete Finding Aid

Sherwood, Emily D. Family correspondence, 1853-1865 (bulk 1862-1865). .3 linear ft. (109 items). Location: S:121. Sherwood's family owned a farm in Quincy, Illinois. Her brothers Charles and Frederick served in the Illinois 50th Regiment during the Civil War and fought in battles throughout the South. Papers include correspondence among Sherwood family members. Civil War letters comment on activities, health, and camp life; battles at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, and Corinth, Mississippi; blacks; and Rebel women. Other items discuss social life among northern farmers and workers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2566.

Shields, Joseph D. (Joseph Dunbar), 1820-1886. Papers, 1802-1960 (bulk 1843-1897). 712 items, 4 ms. vols., 2 printed vols. Location: T:37-T:44; 99:S; Vault; O.S.: S. Resident of Natchez who was a judge, legislator, planter, and author. His son Joseph Dunbar Shields, Jr., served under J. E. B. Stuart in the Civil War and was killed at Culpepper, Virginia. Papers consist of personal, political, financial, Civil War, and plantation management correspondence and papers; historical, literary, legal, and political manuscripts; and printed items, documenting three generations of the Shields family. Includes letters from Joseph Dunbar Shields while attending the Univeristy of Virginia and drafts of his writings. Plantation papers relate to the family's plantation Pecano, in Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reels 12-15, or Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries, Series E, Reel 34. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 390, 1526, 1542, 1709, 1821. Complete finding aid.

Simon, A. L. Papers, 1907-1948. 34 items (includes 1 printed vol.). Location: C:52, 99:S. Black pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church of New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana. Papers consist primarily of 21 sermons written by Simon, as well as articles from several Baptist periodicals pertaining to education and the ministry. Included is a letter to Simon's nephew regarding the Interchurch World Movement in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1207.

Skidmore Guard. Songsheet, n.d. [after 1862]. 1 printed item. Location: Impr. Black military unit organized in New York during the Civil War. Broadside sheet with lyrics of the marching song of the Skidmore Guard. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2983.

Skillin, Francis M. Letters, 1862-1863. 12 items. Location: Misc:S. Soldier and cook in the 15th Maine Volunteers, Butler's Expedition. Skillin served in Florida at Camp Cobarn in Washington and Camp Arnold in Pensacola, and then in Louisiana at Camp Parapet in Carrollton and Matagorda Isle. Letters to family describe his activities, the meals he prepares, working with African American kitchen workers, and the African American units in the area. He also comments on contact with Confederate soldiers and his views on politics. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4667.

Slauson, Daniel D. Papers, 1852-1870 (bulk 1864). 537 items, 3 vols. Location: A:32-33, H:16. Native of New York who was a surgeon in the hospital of the Corps d'Afrique at Port Hudson, Louisiana, and later an agent of the Freedmen's Bureau. Papers, correspondence, and records of Dr. Slauson. Volumes include a visit book kept at Hornsby, New York, and a medical visit book listing Dr. Slauson's visits in Detroit, Michigan, and Port Hudson, Louisiana. Also included are letters from New Orleans commission merchants dealing with cotton shipments and prices. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 394.

Slave auction handbill, 1852. 1 item. Location: E:Impr. Handbill announcing a slave auction, Sept. 25, 1852, in Charleston, South Carolina. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1699.

Slave Code for Spanish Colonies in Louisiana and Caribbean, 1744. 1 ms. vol., 1 mf. reel. Location: Vault: 23 and Mss. Mf. A rare booklet from 1774 that establishes guidelines that will protect both slave and master through transactions regarding the transferring or expropriating of slaves in the Spanish colonies of Louisiana and the Caribbean. Possibly a record of a discussion between Felipe Fondeviela, governor of Havana, Cuba, and his chief counselor regarding the above fore mentioned In Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4920.

Slave document, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc. Alabama bill for services of black woman as midwife for $3, $2 of which was paid cash to the midwife. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3271.

Slave reward poster, 1855. 1 item. Location: OS:S. Poster of William G. Hunton of New Baltimore, Fauquier County, Virginia, announcing an award of $75 for a runaway Negro man Richard, with a description of the man and his clothing. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3365.

Slave sale broadside, 1820. 1 item. Location: Misc. Manuscript document advertising the sale of eleven slaves in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. In English and French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3472.

Slave sale document, 1848. 1 item. Location: Misc. Handwritten court order, possibly from Alabama, authorizing executrix of James Nettles' estate to sell the 'very vicious' boy Lewis. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3271.

Slave trade engraving, 1830. 1 printed item. Location: Impr. Engraving on bristol card depicting chained African slaves, white slave traders, and the U.S. capitol in the background. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2991.

Slave trader insurance document, n.d. 1 item. Location: Misc. Unidentified brig out of Newport, Rhode Island, trading to Africa and the West Indies, owned by a Mr. Shearman. Document states terms of insurance coverage, including coverage for a possible slave insurrection aboard the ship. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3213.

Slavery collection, 1804-1860. 38 items. Location: U:219. Collection of documents related to slavery in Louisiana including records of slave sales, documents related to runaway slaves, items related to the arrests of slaves, and records pertaining to free blacks. Items reflect the following parishes: Orleans, St. James, St. Bernard, St. Landry, Rapides, Washington, West Baton Rouge, Jefferson, St. Martin, and Plaquemines. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1618.

Smith, Jean H. Collection, 1821, 1826, 1965. 6 items [photocopies]. Location: Misc. Papers include an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Mary Harwell; a list of blacks hired out; and renting of land belonging to the orphans of Thomas Harwell. Also included are a plan of an escape tunnel in a Confederate Prison at Salisbury, North Carolina, and a report of its discovery. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3398.

Smith, John P. Document, 1848. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of slaves of Smith to Arthemise Islain, free woman of color of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 398.

Smith, Joseph Davis, 1817-1876. Papers, 1865-1901, n.d. 11 items. Location: Misc. Medical doctor and planter of Solitude Plantation, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Letters between family members describe life during Reconstruction in Louisiana, including problems with freedmen, taxation, and the imprisonment of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Included are two letters from Davis to his daughter Varina. Later papers concern legal disposition of the family graveyard area on Solitude Plantation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2493.

Southern Congressional address, 1849 January ca., n.d. 1 printed pamphlet (15 pages, unbound). Location: Impr. Address signed by Southern members of the Thirtieth Congress discusses supposed aggressions against the rights of the slaveholding South and the probabilty of eventual emancipation of the slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2983.

St. Andre, Jacques. Inventory and appraisal, 1823. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Inventory and appraisal of the goods, furniture, stock, and slaves of the late Jacques St. Andre made at the request of his brother Andre St. Andre, by a notary public, Jean Pierre Dubois. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 849.

St. Helena Parish slave sale document. 1 item. Location: Range 14 A:2. Mss. 3611.

Stanton Family Papers, 1834, 1844. 2 items [photostats]. Location: Misc. Residents of Natchez, Mississippi. An act of sale for slaves purchased by William Stanton from Isaac and James R. Franklin of Tennessee; and an agreement between two law firms regarding the distribution of fees for services in the case of the American Colonization Society vs. Isaac Wade. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 402.

Stauffer, Walter J. Papers, 1883-1897, 1914. 7 items [photocopies]. Location: Misc. Notarized affidavits give information by an ex-slave of Confederate General Richard Taylor regarding plantation supplies and family possessions at Fashion Plantation in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, when Union troops occupied the plantation in 1862. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2525.

Stewart, Mrs. Sarah A. Account books, 1866-1874. 2 vols. Location: J:12. Stewart leased Magnolia Plantation, owned by the Fort family of Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; and owned Holly Grove Plantation near Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Record book for Magnolia Plantation containing copies of contracts and accounts with freedmen (1866-1870) and a record book for Holly Grove Plantation listing plantation expenses (1873-1874). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 965.

Stewart, Robert H. Family account books, 1822-1904. 4.1 linear ft. (18 items, 57 vols.), 7 mf reels. Location: UU:118, H:18-19, J:23, Mf., Mss.Mf:S. Mortician and furniture dealer of Natchez; and owner of Edler Grove Plantation at Bunch's Bend, Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Collection includes daybooks related to the mortuary business, ledgers and inventories related to the furniture business, and a plantation diary and record books. Of note is a ledger containing a list of African-American funeral directors and benevolent societies. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 404, 4732. Complete Finding Aid

Stirling, Lewis. Family Papers, 1797-1938 (bulk 1830-1860). 2,651 items, 38 ms. vols., 2 printed vols. Location: B:76-81, Vault. The Stirlings were sugar cotton planters of Wakefield Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Business and personal papers of the Stirling family reflect antebellum plantation economy, education, health, and travel. Military orders and receipts for supplies relate to Lewis' service in the Louisiana militia and at the Battle of New Orleans. After 1860 the papers diminish in number and consist primarily of family letters discussing labor problems with freedmen, migration to and life in Texas during the war, and plantation, household, and personal bills. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 21-25. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1866. Complete Finding Aid

Stinson, R. M. Letter, 1848. 1 item. Location: Misc. Northern free person of color and laborer temporarily living in Columbus, Mississippi. Letter from Stinson points out differences in character and lifestyle between New Englanders, Westerners, and Southerners. He finds the practice of slavery more benign than anticipated, but still feels unable to remain in the South. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3476.

Stoke, Harold W., 1903-1982. Address, 1978. 1 item. Location: Misc. Former President of LSU (1947-1951). Address to the Monday Club. Stoke recalls his personal role and impressions during the beginning of desegregation at LSU in 1950; and encounters with the LSU Board of Supervisors and with black lawyers and students, among them Thurgood Marshall. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3633.

Story, Benjamin. Document, 1835. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of slaves by Story to James W. Byrne. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 407.

Street, William. Deed of gift, 1843 July 11. 1 item. Location: Misc:S. Deed of gift transferring a male slave, Alexander, owned by William Street of Person County, North Carolina, to William Taylor and his wife Isabella. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Letters, 1856, 1861. 2 items. Location: Misc. U.S. senator from Massachusetts. Letters discuss advance of anti-slavery sentiments in the United States; the necessity of dealing with slavery as a political issue; and the attitudes of Great Britain and France toward political events in the United States. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2667.

Surget, Francis, d. 1856. Papers, 1850-1867. 126 items, 5 ms. vols. Location: C:54, H:19. Land speculator, planter, and one of the largest slaveholders of the antebellum South with more than 10,000 slaves. Surget had extensive holdings in Louisiana and Arkansas. Collection includes papers related to management of Surget's estates in Natchez, Mississippi; an examination and appraisal of lands in Arkansas; and papers related to an estate in Mississippi. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 12, 749. Complete Finding Aid

Swayne, Wager. Letter, 1872 April 19. 1 item. Location: Misc. Attorney of Toledo, Ohio. Letter to the President of the United States recommends for employment T. W. Conway, a former U.S. army chaplain involved in black education in Reconstruction Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2899.

Tabor, Hudson. Family Papers, 1812-1916 (bulk 1834-1868). 32 items; 2 ms. vols.; and 2 microfilm reels. Location: Mss.Mf:T, Misc:T, OS:T. Cotton broker and merchant of St. Francisville and Thibodaux, Louisiana. Collection includes business correspondence between planters and merchants of New Orleans, family letters, and Civil War letters. Letters discuss slavery; destruction of property by Union troops; abolition; and economic and education issues. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 954.

Taussig, Charles William, 1896-. Collection, 1667, 1700, 1717-1915, 1922. 130 items, 15 printed vols., 2 ms. vols. Location: UU:107-108. Materials pertaining to sugar cane; trade and commerce in sugar, molasses, and rum; the slave trade and slave labor; and the promotion, encouragement, and protection of agriculture and trade in British, French, and Spanish colonies and Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2220.

Tauzin, Marcelin, d. 1877. Family Papers, 1834-1944. 982 items, 10 vols. Location: A:61-62, J:12. Planter of Natchitoches, Louisiana. Collection contains correspondence and business papers of the Tauzin family, including plantation records, correspondence concerning family members and their education, cashbooks, and notebooks. Some letters in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 912. Complete Finding Aid

Taylor, Cecil G., 1909- interviewee. Oral history interview, 1991-1993. 12 sound cassettes (14 hours), Transcript (590 p.). Location: L:4700.0071. LSU French professor, assistant to the president, dean of arts and sciences, and chancellor. In a series of 8 interviews, Taylor describes his career as a French professor and administrator at LSU. He describes his family background, his education at the University of North Carolina, and his French language studies and Cajun French. He also describes Baton Rouge beginning in the 1930s, Huey Long and Louisiana politics, and the desegregation of education in Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0071.

Taylor, Morgan A., Slave Bill of Sale, 1847. 1 item. Location: Misc:T. Bill of sale records the sale of a slave by Morgan A. Taylor of Howard County, Mo., to Lucinda Hunt of East Feliciana Parish, La. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 416.

Taylor, William H, Papers, 1895-1902. 10 items. Location: Misc.:T. Freedman of Clarksville and St. Louis, Mo. Papers consist of newspaper clippings and letters. Clippings report on William's criminal proceedings regarding a murder charge. In letters (1899-1902) written to his former owners, William tells of his financial difficulties, and he expresses concern for their welfare. For more information, see online catalog. Mss. 556.

Terrell, Miles. Family Papers, 1859-1929. 317 items. Location: B:25. Miles Terrell, farmer, and his wife, Sarah Terrell, free blacks of Hineston, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Papers include bills; registration certificates for voting; receipts for payments on notes; subpoenas in civil cases for failure to pay debts; and tax receipts of Miles Terrell (1859-1879). After 1880 similar papers are addressed to Mrs. Sarah Terrell. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 843.

Texas legal broadside, n.d. [Reconstruction period]. 1 printed item. Location: Impr. Legal appeal in the case of the State vs. William R. Wilson, Harris County, Texas, declaring that since Wilson is accused of having murdered a slave and since slavery no longer exists in Texas, Wilson is not guilty. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3032.

Texas slave property, legal document, 1859. 1 item (14 pages). Location: Misc. Copy of record and proceedings of a case presented in the District Court of Galveston County, Texas, pertains to the disputed ownership of several slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2918.

Thibodaux, G. C. Account, 1863 July 10-26. 1 item (8 pages). Location: Misc:T. Confederate soldier in the Civil War. Account of Thibodaux's experiences as a prisoner on a march from Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Thibodaux, Louisiana, including mention of a well-armed African American regiment near Vicksburg. In French. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 21. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2133.

Thomason, Matthew D. Diary, 1861-1863. 1 vol. (contains 1 loose item). Location: Misc:T. Itinerant Methodist minister assigned to the southeastern district of Louisiana, and later a farmer near Mobile, Alabama. Diary kept by Thomason records his work among whites and blacks in Louisiana during the Civil War and his return to his native Alabama to farm. The loose item is a letter (1828) to Thomason from his wife Sarah. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 781.

Threadgill, C. Statement of account, 1860 February 10. 1 item. Location: Misc:T. Statement of account for medical services rendered by Dr. C. Threadgill to family members and slaves of the Burwell B. Bennett estate. Mss. 3666.

Tibbetts, Hiram B. Family Papers, 1830-1857. 25 items. Location: A:4. Planter and physician of Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. A native of Massachusetts, Tibbetts and his wife corresponded with his brother John C. Tibbetts in Boston and New Hampshire. Letters primarily to John C. Tibbetts deal with planter-slave relations and plantation and family news. Topics include Christmas festivities; a wedding held in the slave quarters; and the prevalence of cholera. A partial letter (ca. 1850) provides analysis of the political situation in Louisiana and Mississippi following the Compromise of 1850. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 831, 856, 868, 1300, 1352.

Tillman, Henry. Papers, 1864-1866. 3 items. Location: Misc. Free mulatto soldier, 39th Regiment, Maryland Volunteers (Colored). Official Maryland state documents pertaining to the Tillman's military service. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2852.

Tong, Sarah. Document, 1850. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Sale of slaves (copy) of Mrs. Sarah Tong to Francis A. Tete of Assumption Parish. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Town, Clarissa E. Leavitt, b. ca. 1806. Diary, 1853, 1954, n.d. 4 items, 1 ms. vol. [typescript copy]. Location: A:4, Map case, Mf. Native of Buffalo, New York, living in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, the Reverend A. H. Lamon, in Devall, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Entries pertain to trips to New Orleans and Baton Rouge, the religious and social life of the slaves, and holiday celebrations. Collection includes a photostatic copy of a section of the Persac map (1858). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1376.

Trepagnier Family Papers, 1836, 1839. 4 items. Location: Misc. Sales of slaves of Jacques, Theodule, and Mrs. Pierre Trepagnier of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes, Louisiana. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 425.

TREATISE ON THE PATRIARCHAL, OR CO-OPERATIVE SYSTEM OF SOCIETY, 1829. 1 item (second edition) Location: E:Impr. Titled: A treatise on the patriarchal or co-operative system of society as it exists in some governments, and colonies in america, and in the United States under the name of slavery with its necessity and advantages / by an inhabitant of Florida. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3092.

Trotter, Daniel. Family Papers, 1883-1949 (bulk 1889-1940). 349 items, 78 vols. Location: A:33, P:17. African American farmer of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, and member of the St. Mary's Baptist Church Benevolent Society. Papers include copies of diaries, deeds, receipts, and record books related to farming activities; and meeting minutes, memoranda, by-laws, and other documents related to the St. Mary's Baptist Church Benevolent Society. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 2. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 990, 999. Complete Finding Aid

Tureaud, Benjamin. Family Papers, 1803-1932 (bulk 1849-1880). 3,332 items, 88 vols. Location: E:42-44, J:1-3. Plantation and store owner of Bagatelle, Brule, and Houmas plantations in Ascension and St. James parishes, Louisiana. Papers include plantation records, business records, and correspondence of Benjamin Tureaud and his family. Some records document merchandise sold to African American laborers. Partly in French. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reels 3-13. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 427. Complete finding aid.

Turnbull, Daniel. Bill, 1860. 1 item. Location: Misc. Bill from jailer for commitment fees and keep of a runaway slave. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1372.

Turnbull, Dudley. Family Papers, 1834-1964. 299 items, 12 ms. vols. Location: W:40 and OS:T. African American plasterer of Baton Rouge. Papers include personal and religious correspondence; business records; school workbooks; and photographs of Turnbull family members, religious events, and McKinley High School (Baton Rouge) faculty. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2907. Complete Findind Aid

Turnbull-Allain Family Papers, 1784-1941 (bulk 1820-1890). 15 linear ft. Location: C:98-112, OS:T, 99:T. The Turnbull and Allain families were cotton and sugar planters of West Feliciana, West Baton Rouge, and Iberville parishes, Louisiana. Papers include correspondence, legal and financial documents, and plantation records. Included are a large number of Braille writings of Hélène Allain, some written while she studied and taught at the Louisiana Institute for the Blind in Baton Rouge. Plantation papers include lists of slaves and laborers. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 4, Reels 19-34. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4261. Complete finding aid HTML | PDF

Turnbull-Bowman-Lyons Family Papers, 1797-1955 (bulk 1820-1910). 3.5 linear ft. Location: C:113-115, OS:T. Sugar and cotton planters with properties in West Feliciana Parish, Iberville Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Correspondence, plantation management papers, financial papers, legal documents, personal papers, and printed and graphic materials documenting the lives of members of the Turnbull, Pirrie, Lyons, Bowman, Barrow, Stirling, and Fort families. Correspondence discusses plantation, slave, financial, and social matters, and includes antebellum letters. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 4, Reels 34-38. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4026. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Twenty-Fifth Colored Infantry Regiment letterbook, 1869. 1 volume. Location: Misc: T. Sixteen letters of Captain Frank M. Cone to Captain George Baldey, an adjutant with Army Headquarters in New Orleans, detail acts of violence and lawlessness by the Ku Klux Klan of St. Landry Parrish especially towards members of the 25th, and the local government’s inability to contain the violence and punish the perpetrators. Letters also concern the administration and living conditions of the regiment. Includes local newspaper articles on the regiment and violence. Mss. 4912

Twitchell, Franklin S. Letter, 1864 April 3. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union soldier serving in Louisiana during the Civil War. Letter from Twitchell to his sister describing camp conditions and the advance of Union forces in Louisiana. He writes of the plunder by Confederate and Union soldiers, murders of Union officers, and freedmen cheering Union soldiers. Twitchell refers to a lack of religion among the men and the absence of a chaplain in the regiment. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3367.

Tyson, Robert A. Diary, 1863-1864. 1 vol. Location: M:18. Union soldier in the 46th Indiana Regiment stationed in Louisiana during the Civil War. Tyson re-enlisted as an officer in the Corps d'Afrique and participated in the Red River Campaign of 1864. In a diary purchased in New Orleans in December 1863, Tyson relates his experiences with black troops and contrabands during the Red River Campaign. He also writes about being commander of Company F, U.S. Colored Troops, at Morganza, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1693.

Uncle Sam Plantation Papers, 1815-1914 (bulk 1848-1911). 22 linear ft. Location: UU:217-234, P:11-16. Plantation built by Samuel Fagot of St. James Parish, Louisiana, in the 1840s; it produced sugar cane and was known as Constancia Plantation prior to 1864. The plantation store operated ca. 1875-1914. Collection includes business records, correspondence, slave and free labor records, and plantation store records and scrip. Later papers include payroll accounts and labor statistics for Cypress Knee Plantation. Some correspondence in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 408.Complete finding aid.

Union Headquarters, District of Vicksburg. General orders, 1864 May 18. 1 item. Location: Impr. Orders of Major General H. W. Slocum pertaining to regiments of African American troops. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3097.

Union Sailor Civil War Letter, 1863, November 9. 1 item. Location: Misc: U. Autograph letter signed "S" and addressed to "Bro[ther] from a sailor aboard the USS Richmond, Western Gulf Coast Blockading Squadron, stationed at New Orleans, La. The Union sailor describes secessionist sentiment in New Orleans and comments that the city's warehouses are empty or occupied by "contrabands," escaped slaves. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4890.

United States. Army. Army of the Tennessee. Papers, 1863. 3 items. Location: E:65. Papers include a letter concerning shipment of captured beef cattle and the overcrowded conditions in Natchez caused by the accumulation of African Americans. Also included are two orders pertaining to the Yazoo Expedition in the Vicksburg campaign concerning movement of troops. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under United States Army Collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 546, 551.

United States. Army. Artillery. 10th Artillery (Colored). Fuel requisition form, 1866. 1 item. Location: Misc:U. Fuel requisition form for the 10th Artillery, a black regiment, signed by Captain Henry K. Bicker. For further information see online catalog. Mhe Gulf. General orders, 1864 September 7. 1 printed item. Location: E:. General Orders No. 122, issued by George B. Drake, Headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, outlining wage schedules for white and black laborers and mechanics in army employment. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under United States Army Collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3032.

United States. Army. Headquarters, Dept. of the Gulf. General order no. 105, 1864. 1 item. Location: E:. Printed order concerning the outfitting, paying, and treatment of black troops, issued by command of Major General Banks, New Orleans, August 1, 1864. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under United States Army Collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3365.

United States. Army. Black enlistment registrations, 1863. 3 items. Location: E:65 Three official enlistment agreements completed at Fort Smith, Arkansas, for Joel Stout of Marshall County, Mississippi; Amos Phillips of Yazoo, Mississippi; and Harrison Herreld of Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under United States Army Collection. (B). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3682.

United States. Army. Dept. of the Gulf. Bureau of Free Labor. Rules and Regulations Governing Colored Labor at Work on the Plantations under Control of the U.S. Government. 1863 March 9. 1 item. Location: Imprints, Range: E. After the fall of New Orleans to Union troops on May 1, 1862, the threat of violence by escaped slaves in Southern Louisiana required Union intervention to maintain civil order. The enlistment of former slaves into the Union army, and later a wage-labor system on sugar plantations was established. General Superintendent of Negro Labor, George H. Hanks, was charged with overseeing that wage-labor rules were observed on working plantations. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4822.

United States. Dept. of Justice. General records, 1877-1906. 2 microfilm reels (ca. 300 items). Location: Mf. Microfilm copy of pages relating to Louisiana from 'Indexes' of letters received (1877-1906) and microfilm copy of letters (1877-1889ates. War Dept. General orders, no. 113, 1864. 1 item. Order from the Adjutant General's Office, containing the proceedings of the Military Commission, Goodrich Landing, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, in the cases of two Negroes found guilty of armed robbery of East Carroll Parish citizen William R. Hays. Filed under United States Army Collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1493.

United States. War Dept. Special orders, 1866. 1 item. Order signed by Adjutant General E. D. Townsend. Printed and written document outlining measures by the federal government to compensate loyal slave-holders whose slaves enlisted or were drafted into the U.S. Army and thereby became free. Filed under United States Army Collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2361.

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 6th. Muster roll, 1863 June 30-August 30. 1 item. Location: OS:U. Regiment in the Union Corps d'Afrique. Muster roll for the 6th Infantry Regiment, Corps d'Afrique, under the command of Colonel Alban B. Botsford, lists officers, servants, and payroll; also documenting where, when, and by whom officers were mustered into service. Noted at top of document, '1st Regt U.S. Vols or 6th Regt Corps d'Afrique'. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4695.

U.S. Army 77th Colored Infantry Regiment records, 1864-1865. 9 items. Location: OS:U. The 77th Infantry Regiment of the United States Colored Troops was organized Apr. 4, 1864, from the 5th Corps d'Afrique Infantry. Primarily muster rolls for Company H, providing name, rank, where joined and mustered (most enrolled in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, or Franklin, La.) , record of payment, and comments on status such as present, deserted, or dead and cause of death. The record of enlistment , pay received, and clothing issued for Privates James Jones and Anthony Whitaker of the 13th Infantry Corps d'Afrique are also present. A physical description of each soldier is included, as well as the location of his nativity. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4065.

Vautrot, Francois Louis, Letter, 1867 October 20. 2 items. Location: Misc.:V. Confederate refugee, apparently from Opelousas, Louisiana. Letter written from Pernambuco Province, Brazil, describes conditions, attitudes, and difficulties in adjustment. Vautrot refers to the introduction of African American voting in Louisiana. Included is an issue of Le Courier des Opelousas. For more information, see online catalog. Mss. 3153.

Vincent, Thomas McCurdy, 1882-1909. Family Papers, 1824-1916. 467 items. Location: W:38-W:39, Vault:1. Thomas McCurdy Vincent served as a U. S. Army officer in the Seminole and Civil wars. He was an instructor at West Point before the Civil War,1858-1861. Letters of Thomas Vincent and Laura Lancaster (1857) pertain to Vincent's military career, family matters and the education of his son, Thomas Norris Vincent. Vincent’s diary and expenditures while at West Point are present. Other correspondence describes the effects of yellow fever in Galveston and surrounding area (1867); Whig sentiments among the students of a Catholic girls school in Kentucky (Nov. 21, 1840), the Catholic education of girls (1840-1855), conversion to Catholicism (1857) and the influence of the Catholic Mission Movement on the Vancouver Indian of Oregon (1876). Also includes letters of recommendation for admission to West Point, including one from William T. Sherman. Other correspondents include Julia Dent Grant and Ida Tarbell. Early papers (1824-1856) relate to the Joseph B. Lancaster family and reflect social events, education of children and family matters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3116.

W. P. A. Historical Records Survey Transcriptions of Louisiana Police Jury Records, 1811-1941. 206 linear feet on 581 reels. Typed, printed, and handwritten transcriptions of Police Jury minutes and ordinances for 60 of 64 Louisiana parishes. For additional information, see online catalog. Mss. 2984. Complete finding aid.

Wainwright, George J. & Co. Letter, 1839. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from Liverpool, by R. Schaefer (?), addressed to Wm. Bennet, Glasgow, discussing the West Indies sugar trade and working conditions of negroes in Jamaica. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3676.

Watson, J. (Joseph). Correspondence, 1826-1846 (bulk 1826-1828). 13 items. Location: Misc:W. Mayor of Philadelphia. Correspondence (1826-1828) about the recovery of five free black children kidnapped in Philadelphia and sold as slaves in Louisiana and Mississippi. Other items include a letter of Clara Baxter of New Orleans proclaiming her dislike of the city. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 32. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1872.

Webb, William, Sr. Papers, 1835. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Mortgage of slaves of Webb to William Porter; and certification of the recorder of mortgages. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 443.

Webster, W. A. Letter, 1874 August 5. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Bayou La Chute, Louisiana. Letter reports poorspondence and other materials document the sugar plantation economy; cotton planting; slaves and free African American laborers; railroad building; state and national politics; education; and the Civil War and Reconstruction. Includes early papers of Charles N. Conrad, U.S. senator; political correspondence of John Moore, U.S. congressman; and a microfilmed inventory of The Shadows in New Iberia. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 528, 605.

Wenner, H. C. Letter, 1846 September 9. 1 item. Location: Misc:W. Letter written by Wenner responding to a request to state his views on slavery. He found slavery, particularly American slavery, an abhorrence, and felt it should be abolished in the District of Columbia. The letter continues with whether Congress possessed the constitutional power to do this should the union of free and slave states continue. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

West Indies Collection land tenure, 1798-1883. 14 items. Location: C:71. Selected public documents reflecting land tenure in the Parish of Vere, Jamaica, principally for George Radcliff, sugar planter, and for his estate. Also a document pertaining to the surrender of the charter of the Levant Company (British merchants). Other land documents include a conveyance for the sale of a plantation, Negroes, and livestock on the Island of Antigua; and a mortgage and lease for a coffee plantation in the colony of Babire. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 622.

West Indies letter, 1830 ca. 1 item. Location: Misc:W. Letter concerning slave courts and legal jurisdiction in the West Indian colonies. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

WESTERN VOICE circular, 1968, n.d. 2 items. Location: Impr. Weekly tabloid which claimed to uphold fundamentalism, pre-millenarianism, and the second coming of Christ. Circular entitled 'Ten Million White People to be Driven From Their Homes to Make Room for Black Communist Soviet,' printed in the Western Voice. Includes a clipping from the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate (1968). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3052.

Whetson, Jacob. Receipt, 1817. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. Receipt given to Whetson by William G. Kunts for the purchase of a slave. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

White, Maunsell, ca. 1780-. Letterbook, 1845-1850. 1 ms. vol. [positive microfilm]. Location: Mf., Misc. Sugar planter of Deer Range Plantation, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Letterbook containing family and business letters dealing with sugar planting, processing, and slavery; politics; support for a university in Louisiana; and the planning and construction of the State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge. Original letterbook is in the University of North Carolina Library. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2888.

Whitney, William H. Letters, 1863-1864. 34 items. Location: B:16. Officer in the 38th Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. Letters describe civilian life in Baton Rouge under Union occupation, the daily life of a soldier, guerrilla warfare by Confederate troops, and the impressment of blacks into the Union army. Whitney also writes about the Port Hudson battlefield after the siege, his unit's march to Shreveport from Alexandria, and the Union retreat after the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1043, 1046.

Wilkins, W. W. (William Webb), d. 1859. Letters, 1848-1852. 6 items. Location: Misc:W. Plantation owner and saw mill operator of East Carroll Parish and St. James Parish. Collections contains six letters from Wilkins to his brother, Edmund, in North Carolina, concerning crops, plantation life, slaves, and his neighbors. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reel 10. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4005.

Wilkinson, Micajah. Papers, 1853-1935 (bulk 1855-1880). .3 linear ft. (116 items, 33 printed vols.). Location: E:39. Farmer of Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi. Personal correspondence of Wilkinson and his wife. Letters from Nancy Willard and her granddaughter provide information about religion, the temperance movement, agriculture, race relations, and community events in Collinsburg, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Civil War correspondence describes camp life in Mississippi, Confederate conscription, the battle at Shiloh, hardships on women, and the siege of Vicksburg. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 707.

Williams, Thomas. Document, 1835. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Mortgage of slaves of Williams to John Keller of New Orleans; and certification of the recorder of mortgages. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 451.

Wilton Plantation letter, 1863 April 1. 1 item. Location: Misc. Cotton plantation apparently located in Louisiana and apparently owned by W. C. Wagley of Lake Providence. Letter from the plantation manager to Wagley reports on progress of picking and ginning operations under federal government contract and contraband labor. Information is provided about disposition of abandoned plantations and relations with freedmen. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2983.

Wise, James Calvert, 1823-1904. Papers, 1860-1904. 1,331 items; 2 vols. Location: UU:154-156, O:3, O:41-42, OS:W. Native of Maryland who settled in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. During the Civil War he organized the Red River Rebels, which became part of the First Louisiana Regiment. Wise owned Grand Bend plantation on the Red River. Collection contains Wise's personal, political, business, and military papers. Printed items include Confederate tax forms, currency, a notice to planters and freedmen from the U.S. Army, and papers related to the Republican party. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3239.

Withers, Ricket. Letter, 1852 January 25. 1 item. Location: Misc. Slaveowner whose place of residence is unknown. Letter discusses the genetic background and intelligence of an albino slave in his possession. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2918.

Work Projects Administration. Ex-Slave Narrative Project, 1937-1941, n.d. 39 items [photocopies]. Location: W:11. Narratives based on interviews with ex-slaves in the Alexandria and New Orleans areas pertain to slave life; post-emancipation black life; and black folklore, religion, and music. Originals in Louisiana State Library, Baton Rouge. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2858.

No "X" Records.

Yawyer, Peter H. Letter, 1863 January 10. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union soldier of the 75th New York Infantry stationed at Camp Stevens near Thibodaux, Louisiana. Letter from Yawyer to his brother in New York commenting on Confederate guerilla activities, civilian morale, the general attitude of freed slaves and the effectiveness of black troops. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2735.

Young, Robert Thomas, 1812-1890. Family Papers, 1793-1927 (bulk 1830-1890). .5 linear ft. Location: E:35, OS:Y. Cotton planter of the Plains region of Louisiana, in upper East Baton Rouge Parish. Correspondence, legal documents, financial papers, slave lists and bill of sale, personal papers, and printed items document the lives of the Young family. Included are letters written during the Civil War by Robert's sister-in-law, Julia. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4548.Complete finding aid.

Zeringue, J. Louis. Receipt, 1764. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipt of J. Louis Zeringue to his father for the payment of two slaves. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 456.

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX

1667, 1700, 1717-1915, 1922. Taussig, Charles William, 1896-. Collection
1700-1721. Council of Trade and Plantations. Letterbook
1715-1926 (bulk 1811-1855). Rhind-Gardner family papers
1719-1954. Pradel, Jean Charles de, 1692-1764. Family papers
1724-1929 (bulk 1862-1880). McGehee, James Stewart, 1860-1945. McGehee family collection
1732-1920, n.d. Natchitoches Parish. Papers
1764. Haron, Louis. Papers
1764. Zeringue, J. Louis. Receipt
1764-1829 (bulk 1804-1811). Brown, James, 1766-1835. Papers
1765-1822. De Bordes family papers
1771-1821. Bourgeois, Pierre. Family papers
1771-1860. Reggio family papers
1776-1791. Joyce, John, d. 1798. Diary and memoranda book
1776-1906 (bulk 1776-1796). Meullion family. Papers
1776-1928 (bulk 1840-1890). Gillespie, James A., planter. Family papers
1778-1862. Burnett family papers
1782. Baton Rouge census document
1782-1894 (bulk 1830-1870). Weeks, David. Family papers
1783. Doire, Robert. Document
1783. Guillory, Claude. Document
1784-1941 (bulk 1820-1890). Turnbull-Allain family papers
1787-1870 (1830-1860). Merrill-Buckner papers
1787-1905 (bulk 1855-1888). DeClouet, Alexandre (Alexandre Etienne), 1812-1890. Family papers
1789-1936 (bulk 1827-1874). Mercer, William Newton, 1792-1874. Papers
1789, 1817-1954, n.d. Dewees, John. Family papers
1790-1844. Carriere, Joseph Victor. Papers
1791. Bello, Susanne Moreau. Document
1791-1912 (bulk 1827-1882). Consolidated Association of Planters of Louisiana. Papers
1793. Scott, John. Letter
1793-1909 (bulk 1861-1896). Knighton, Josiah, 1796-1868. Family papers
1793-1927 (bulk 1830-1890). Young, Robert Thomas, 1812-1890. Family papers
1793-1937 (bulk 1830-1870). Johnson, William T. Memorial collection
1794. Jorda, Jayme. Document
1795. Reynal document
1795-1798. Rhode Island slave trade document
1797-1898 (bulk 1840-1872). Mathews, Charles Lewis, 1824-1864. Family papers
1797-1938. Gay, Edward J. Family papers
1797-1955 (bulk 1820-1910). Turnbull-Bowman-Lyons family papers
1798-1883. West Indies Collection land tenure
1799-1949 (bulk 1823-1880). Dana, Charles B. Family papers
[18--]. New Orleans property assessment sheet
1800. Nerat, Auguste. Document
1800-1854. Innerarity, John. Papers
1801-1856, n.d. Natchitoches Parish miscellaneous documents
1802 June 22. Shaw, Gabriel. Letters
1802-1832, n.d. Kenner, William, 1776-1823. Papers
1803. North Carolina slave sale document
1803-1838. Hunt, David. Family papers
1803-1932 (bulk 1849-1880). Tureaud, Benjamin. Family papers
1804. Burgess, West. Agreement
1804-1860. Slavery collection
1805 May 10. Bookter, Alexander. Succession papers
1806-1821, 1832-1875. Palfrey, William Taylor, 1800-1868. Family papers
1806-1886. Montgomery, Joseph. Papers
1806-1894 (bulk 1810-1840). Kendrick, Benjamin. Papers
1807-1900 (bulk 1850-1880). Marshall, George B. (George Benoist). Family papers
1808-1888. Inman, B. R. (Benajah R.), b. 1820. Family papers
1809 April 27. Alston, Solomon. Estate document
1810-1820. Dupre, Antoine. Succession papers
1810-1837. Lanaux, Mrs. Arnold. Papers
1810-1953, n.d.. Conner, Lemuel Parker, 1827-1891. Family papers
1810-1879. New Orleans miscellaneous documents
1811. Gale, James. Document
1811. Joly, Auguste. Document
1811 April 25. Claiborne, William C. C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817. Document
1811-1941. W. P. A. Historical Records Survey Transcriptions of Louisiana Police Jury Records
1811-1981 (bulk 1905-1943). Breazeale, Nita Sims. Family Papers
1812. Dunbar, Joseph. Document
1812. LaReunion Plantation document
1812-1866 (bulk 1859-1866). LeBlanc, Auguste. Family papers
1812-1914 (bulk 1839-1866). Ellis, Ezekiel Park, 1807-1884. Family papers
1812-1916 (bulk 1834-1868). Tabor, Hudson. Family papers
1813. Palao, Mrs. Martin. Document
1814. Perry, Roderick. Document
1815. Morgan, David Bannister. Letter
1815 January 18. Rees, Major. Slave hire document
1815-1914 (bulk 1848-1911). Uncle Sam Plantation papers
1816-1900. Capell family. Papers
1816-1951. McGehee, J. Burruss (John Burruss), 1836-1913. Papers
1817. Whetson, Jacob. Receipt
1817-1824. Miller, Caleb. Letters
1817-1837. Gerbeau, Joseph. Papers
1817-1860. Blount, W. M. Account book
1817-1877. Duncan, Stephen, 1787-1867. Family papers
1817-1895. Kleinpeter, Joseph, b. 1798. Family papers
1818. Sellars, Archibald. Document
1819 March 2. New Orleans (La). Payment mandate
1819-1867 (bulk 1826-1857). East Feliciana Parish collection
1819-1919 (bulk 1841-1899). Chelette, Atala. Family papers
1819, 1828. New Orleans municipal records, mandates of payment
1820. Slave sale broadside
1820-1890. Pinson, Nancy. Papers
1821, 1826, 1965. Smith, Jean H. Collection
1822. Bryan, James. Document
1822-1838. Dalferes, Antonio. Papers
1822-1894. Britton, A. C. Clark. Family Papers (1830-1929)
1823. Metoyer, Louis. Document
1823. St. Andre, Jacques. Inventory and appraisal
1823-1837. Newport, Robert W. Papers
1825. Blanchard, Joseph. Document
1825 December 2. Richmond ENQUIRER. Newspaper
1825-1880 (bulk 1855-1861). Bills, John H. Family papers
1825-1882. Burruss, John C. Family papers
1826. Lacy, Martin. Document
1826-1827. Berbice Colony slave records
1826-1846 (bulk 1826-1828). Watson, J. (Joseph). Correspondence
1826-1864. Cartwright, Samuel A. (Samuel Adolphus), 1793-1863. Family papers
1826-1884. Embree, Joseph. Family papers
1826-1912 (bulk 1903-1904). McGehee, James Stewart, 1860-1945. Family papers
1827 May 30. Johnson, Henry, 1783-1864. Letter
1827 October 4. Hendree, George. Letter
1828-1838. Holmes, James. Papers
1828, 1831. Lacour family papers
1828, 1849-1958, n.d. Rust, George. Family papers
1829. Franklin, Isaac. Document
1829. TREATISE ON THE PATRIARCHAL, OR CO-OPERATIVE SYSTEM OF SOCIETY
1829-1868. Cannon, Andrew Family Papers
1829-1896 (bulk 1857-1896). Goree, Thomas Jewett, 1835-1905. Papers
1829-1937 (bulk 1870-1890). Badin, Norbert, d. 1903. Papers
183-, 1854-1866, n.d. Robinson, Joseph Toole. Papers
1830. Slave trade engraving
1830 ca. West Indies letter
1830-1837, 1873. Dupre and Metoyer and Company. Account book
1830-1857. Tibbetts, Hiram B. Family papers
1830-1915. Lanaux, George. George Lanaux and family papers
1831. Kendrick, Kenar T. Document
1831-1853. Butler, Robert, 1786-1860. Papers
1831-1880. Moore, John, 1788-1867. Family papers
1832. Dodard, Mrs. Jean. Document
1832-1837. Lilly, Thomas. Papers
1832-1846. Hubert, Louis A. Papers
1832-1875. Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Letters
1832-1877 (bulk 1856-1871). Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876. Papers
1832-1918 (bulk 1832-1865). Palfrey, William Taylor, 1800-1868, and George D. Account books
1832, 1835. Peyroux, Constance. Papers
1833. Cartwright, Samuel A. (Samuel Adolphus), 1793-1863. Prescription
1833-1837. Miller, David F. Papers
1833-1838. Fair, James. Papers
1833-1846. Barrow, Bennett H., 1811-1854. Diary
1834 [183?]. Crawford, David d. 1834. Letters
1834-1848. Horton Family papers
1834-1964. Turnbull, Dudley. Family papers
1834, 1844. Stanton family papers
1834-1940. (Bulk: 1845-1865) Badley Family Papers
1835. Daquin, Louis. Document
1835. Hartford Citizens. Declaration
1835. Marcou, Mrs. Adeline. Papers
1835. Peters, Samuel. Papers
1835. Sears, Paul. Papers
1835. Story, Benjamin. Document
1835. Webb, William, Sr. Papers
1835. Williams, Thomas. Document
1835 May 1. Bishop, Wm (William). Letter
1835 August 1. New Orleans Council Chamber. Report
1835-1838. Brown, Reddin. Papers
1835-1839. S. B. Draughon and Company. Ledger
1835-1846. Metoyer, Auguste. Papers
1835-1854. DeBlanc, Charles. Slave bills of sale and memorandum
1836. Dunbar, Archibald. Document
1836, 1839. Trepagnier family papers
1837. Masicot, Augustin. Document
1837 February 16. Jenkyn, Thomas W. Letter
1837 May 5. Ende, Jacques F. de. Document
1837 October 26. Meek, Joseph. Letter
1837-1838. Asselin, Hacharie. Papers
1837-1846. Pardo, Jean. Papers
1837-1903. Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893. Papers
1837-1908 (bulk 1852-1885, 1900-1908). Ryland, Robert H., d. 1883. Ryland-Wade-Brandon family papers
1838-1841. Perret family papers
1838-1842. Plaisted, Samuel. Correspondence
1838-1856. Bray, John A. Papers
1839. Freeman, Theophilus. Document
1839. Livingston, Robert M. Letter
1839. Wainwright, George J. & Co. Letter
1839-1855. Hazard Company. Letters
1839-1918 (bulk 1839-1877). Gardiner, John I. Papers
1840. Boudousquie, Charles. Document
1840. Bourcier, Mrs. Catherine Silly. Document
1840. Escoffier, François. Document
1840. Slave document
1840 April 25. King, B., Lieut. Letter
1840 March 16. Clifton, Elizabeth. Negroes' account for cotton
1840-1900 (bulk 1840-1855). Jenkins, John C. Family papers
1841. Clapp, Thomas. Document
1841. Everett, Alexander H. Letter
1841. Mossy, Mrs. Eliza. Document
1841. Pratts, Vincent. Document
1841. Roussel, Adelaide. Document
1841 March 5. Madison, Lewis, Justice of the Peace. Certificate of freedman, Jim Allen
1841-1935 (bulk 1841-1893). Mayo, Robert H. (Robert Henry). Family papers
1842 July 16. Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846. Letter
1842-1896. Davis, Pliny Earl. Papers
1843 June 2. Pierce, Thomas N. Letter
1843 July 11. Street, William. Deed of gift
1843-1861, n.d. Neal family scrapbook
1843, 1844. Furber, Sarah. Letters
1844. Degruy, P. H. O. Document
1844. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872. Letter
1844 December 30. Rumage, William. Letter
1844-1882, n.d. Cox, Owen B. Papers
1844-1896, 1914. Derouen, Eloi Joseph. Notebook
1844-1897. Norwood, Abel John, 1818-1896. Papers
1844-1933 (bulk 1855-1884). Pugh-Williams-Mayes family papers
1845. Boudar, Thomas. Document
1845. Gillie & Co. Receipt
1845-1850. White, Maunsell, ca. 1780-. Letterbook
1845-1897. Metoyer, Adeleda. Papers
1845-1930. Carson, William Waller. Family records
1846. Cutrer, Hiram A. Slave bill of sale
1846. Hood, Henry E. Deed
1846. Scuddeo, Marsh. Letter
1846 September 9. Wenner, H. C. Letter
1846-1857. Magruder, Eliza L. Diary
1846-1966 (bulk 1897-1901). MacKowen, John C. (John Clay), 1842-1901. Papers
1847. Baze, Felix. Document
1847. Britton, W. A. Record book
1847. Hoard, Daniel. Document
1847. Nautilus Insurance Company. Account book
1847. Taylor, Morgan A. Document
1848. Avet, Joseph. Document
1848. La Cour, Antoine. Document
1848. Lamb, Jonathan. Inventory
1848. Slave sale document
1848. Smith, John P. Document
1848. Stinson, R. M. Letter
1848-1849. Anonymous planter ledger
1848-1852. Wilkins, W. W. (William Webb), d. 1859. Letters
1849. Featherston, Richard. Document
1849. Henshaw, John, ca. 1827-?. Journal
1849 January ca., n.d. Southern Congressional address
1849 August 8. Cartwright, Samuel A. (Samuel Adolphus), 1793-1863. Letter
1849 September 4. Browning, Samuel R. Letter
1850. Bradfute, Mrs. Theresa S. Document
1850. Report on Negro slavery, pamphlet
1850. Tong, Sarah. Document
1850 August 12. Lamarque, Charles. Document
1850-1863. Prescott, M. R. E. (Mary Rose Emma), d. 1864. Record book
1850-1865. Pugh, Alexander Franklin, 1819-1883. Papers
1850-1867. Surget, Francis, d. 1856. Papers
1851. Anonymous letter
1851-1914. Blanche, Alexander, 1833-1908. Papers
1852. Slave auction handbill
1852 January 25. Withers, Ricket. Letter
1852 July 15. Anonymous letter
1852-1854. Pre Aux Cleres Plantation. Record books
1852-1859 (bulk 1855-1856). Mather, Joseph. Diary
1852-1866, n.d. Davis, Henry Winter, 1817-1865. Letters
1852-1870 (bulk 1864). Slauson, Daniel D. Papers
1853. Cucullu, Simon. Papers
1853. Larose, Rosemond. Document
1853. Lefevre, Pascal and Gardes, Alphonse. Document
1853. Roussillon, Pierre. Document
1853. Scott, Margaret J. E. Document
1853 January 6. Dawkins, Guilford. Petition
1853 April 7. Payne, Cornelius Bricknell. Slave bill of sale
1853-1865 (bulk 1862-1865). Sherwood, Emily D. Family correspondence
1853-1935 (bulk 1855-1880). Wilkinson, Micajah. Papers
1853, 1954, n.d. Town, Clarissa E. Leavitt, b. ca. 1806. Diary
1854. Denman, Rolph M. Document
1854 January 10. Ployer, Thomson T. Succession inventory
1854 May 25. Fraly, James J. Letter
1854-1865. Desobry, Louis. Partnership agreement and amnesty oath
1854-1919 (bulk 1854-1863). Medical ledger and scrapbook
1855. Maraman, George W. Document
1855. Randolph, John H. (John Hampden), 1813-1883. Papers
1855. Slave reward poster
1855-1859, 1865-1866. Kilbourne, James Gilliam, 1828-1893. Correspondence
1855-1876. Duclos family. Records
1856. Cotton, Elijah B. Slave bills of sale
1856 March 24. Dardenne, Eugenie. Land document
1856 May 29. Arden, D. D. Letter and abstracts
1856 December 18. Dennis, William. Slave bill of sale
1856-1858. Anonymous daybooks
1856, 1861. Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Letters
1857. Concordia Parish inquest case file
1857-1878. Fuqua, James O. (James Overton). Papers
1858. Carroll, Thomas. Receipt
1858-1860. Anonymous diary
1858-1866. Bond, Priscilla Munnikhuysen, 1838-1869. Papers
1858-1917. Bennett, George W. Business records
1858-1937 (bulk 1908-1923). Keller family. Plantation records
1858, 1859. Sebastopol Plantation. Documents
1859. Burden, Andrew. Document
1859. Texas slave property, legal document
1859 October 5. Parker, Edward G. Letter
1859 December 8. Ashton Plantation auction broadside
1859-1860. Leidigh, Jacob M. Correspondence
1859-1929. Terrell, Miles. Family papers
1860. Landry, Charles. Mortgage
1860. Turnbull, Daniel. Bill
1860 February 10. Threadgill, C. Statement of account
1860 November 8. Edmands, John Wiley, 1809-1877. Letter
1860-1868. Polk, Horace M. Letters
1860-1904. Wise, James Calvert, 1823-1904. Papers
1861. Black, Norman P. Document
1861. Boston Museum playbill
1861. Confederate song sheet
1861. Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897. Letter
1861. Lynch, Edward. Document
1861. Parish, Robert T. Diary
1861. Raymond, Edwin R. Letter
1861. Ryan, Michael. Document
1861-1863. Newton, John. Log book
1861-1863. Thomason, Matthew D. Diary
1861-1879. Schlick, Henry N., b. 1841?. Papers
1861-1890 (bulk 1861-1865). Conrad, Archelus M. Papers
1861-1895 (bulk 1861-1864). Hyatt, Arthur W. Papers
1861-1898 (bulk 1861-1874). Boothby, Charles W. Papers
1861, 1869-1884. Kellogg, William Pitt, 1830-1918. Papers
1861, 1876, 1879, n.d. Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. Correspondence
1862 ca., n.d. Contraband slaves cartoon
1862. Foster, Freeman, Jr. Letters
1862 March 10. Brown, Orville Hickman, 1806-1881. Speech
1862 November 12. Kosnegary, Etta. Letter
1862-1863 ca. KINGDOM COMING, songsheet
1862-1863. Burnham, Howard and Horace. Letters
1862-1863. Isely, Henry. Correspondence
1862-1863. Skillin, Francis M. Letters
1862-1864, n.d. Guild, John H. Letters
1862-1865, 1869. United States. Office of the Paymaster General. Papers
[1863] October 4. Anonymous letter
1863. Anderson, Henry. Letter
1863. Baton Rouge Civil War photographs
1863. Civil War soldiers letters
1863. Johnston, Henry. Letter
1863. Pitts, John. Letter
1863. United States. Army. Army of the Tennessee. Papers
1863. United States. Army. Black enlistment registrations
1863 January 1-September 23. Shelly, William. Diary
1863 January 4-May 23. Burnham, B. Letters
1863 January 10. Yawyer, Peter H. Letter
1863 April 1. Wilton Plantation letter
1863 April 17. Russell, J. Letter
1863 April 27. Rucker, Ada. Letter
1863 June 1. Dent, Lewis. Report
1863 June 26. Lauve, Gustave. Letter
1863 June 30-August 30. United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 6th. Muster roll
1863 July 10-26. Thibodaux, G. C. Account
1863 August 27 and 29. Anonymous Confederate civilian letters
1863 September 25-November 19. Causey, R. J. Correspondence
1863-1864. Banks, Nathaniel P., 1816-1894. Letterpress copybook
1863-1864. Tyson, Robert A. Diary
1863-1864. Whitney, William H. Letters
1863-1865. Milling, D. Y. Correspondence
1864. Freedmen's Bureau document
1864. United States. Army. Headquarters, Dept. of the Gulf. General order no. 105
1864. United States. War Dept. General orders, no. 113
1864 April 1. Little, J. M. Letter
1864 April 3. Twitchell, Franklin S. Letter
1864 May 18. Union Headquarters, District of Vicksburg. General orders
1864 June 11. Heard, H. J. Letter
1864 September 7. United States. Army. Dept. of the Gulf. General orders
1864 October. Letter: to Brig. Gen. Mason Brayman, Natchez, Miss.
1864 October 31. Dayroll of cotton pickers
1864 November 7. Howard, David. Roll of freedmen
1864 November 18. Mitchell, A. S. Lieutenant Colonel. Letter
1864 November 11. Mississippi slave document
1864 December. Abstract of wages paid to teachers employed in city colored schools, Memphis, Tennessee
1864 December 5. Mitchell, A. S. Receipt
1864-1865. Hanson, Abraham. Letters
1864-1866. Tillman, Henry. Papers
1864-1867 (bulk 1865). Good Hope Plantation: papers
1864-1868. Risley, Alice Cary, b. 1847. Diary
1864-1891. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891. Letters
1864-is & Co. Records
1866. United States. Army. Artillery. 10th Artillery (Colored). Fuel requisition form
1866. United States. War Dept. Special orders
1866-1874. Stewart, Mrs. Sarah A. Account books
1866-1899. Marshall, John J. Plantation ledgers
1866, 1897-1904. Pease, E. M. Record book
1867. Anonymous letter
1867. Cooley, E. C., and Robert J. Document
1867 February 6. Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885. Letter
1867 August 13. Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902. Letter
1867 October 20. Vautrot, François Louis. Letter
1867-1885, 1918 ca. Jefferson, Elizabeth. Collection
1868. Constitutional Convention. Broadside
1868. Louisiana Constitutional Convention document
1868-1907. Jefferson Davis family correspondence collection
1870 February. Louisiana People's and White Man's Reform Party. Broadside
1870 April 25. New Orleans JOURNAL prospectus
1870-1948. Carroll, Daniel R. Family papers
1870s?. Hope Farm Plantation photograph collection
1871 January 19. Committee of the National Labor Convention Memorial
1872 April 19. Swayne, Wager. Letter
1873, 1884-1907. Johnson, Margaret. Correspondence
1874 August 5. Webster, W. A. Letter
1875. Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876. Letter
1877-1906. United States. Dept. of Justice. General records
1878. Roudanez, Celie. Document
1878 July 29. Sherman, John, 1823-1900. Letter
1879. McCreery, Jacob. Letter
1879-1888. Galbrith, T. I. Papers
1880-1894. La Houssaye, Sidonie de. Papers
1882-1925. Pugh, Mrs. Mary W. Papers
1883 October 5. Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921. Letter
1883 December 16. Donato, Soulongue Adolphe. Letter
1883-1897, 1914. Stauffer, Walter J. Papers
1883-1949 (bulk 1889-1940). Trotter, Daniel. Family papers
1885-1907. Boyer, Albert P., Mrs. Papers and account books
1885-1919. Keller, Anatole J. Family papers
1887-1942. Gianelloni, Sabin J., Sr. Papers
1888-1990.

1894-1970. Gamble, Harry Pollard, 1876-1972. Papers
1895-1896. Saint Landry Parish. Register of Voters
1904-1942. Dupre, Paul J. Account books
1906-1953. Voorhies, Louis Joseph. Blueprints
1907-1948. Simon, A. L. Papers
1911. Paille, Clara. Copy book
1914, n.d. Jackson, Emma. Papers
1921-1928. Bethel Baptist Church (Natchitoches, Louisiana). Records
1926-2006. de Caro, Francis A. and Rosan A. Jordan Collection
1933 March 8. Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Letter: to Harry Ittner
1933, 1938, 1963, 1970-2004 (bulk: 1987-2004). Breaux, John B. Papers
1936-1940. Samuelson, Hyman, 1919-. Papers
1937-1941, n.d. Work Projects Administration. Ex-Slave Narrative Project
1942-1973. Lyons, Charlton Havard, 1894-1973. Papers
1956-1996 (bulk 1962-1985). Evans, J. Bruce. Papers
1960-1963. Manship, Douglas L. Papers
1961 October 6. Rockefeller, John D., III. Letter
1963, 1965. Alabama civil rights publications
1963-1971. Jordan, Randell M. Papers
1965-2000. Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations Inventory
1968. Buck, Pearl S., 1892-. Letters
1968, n.d. WESTERN VOICE circular
1969. Magee, Sylvester, 1841-, interviewee. Oral history interview
1971. Mason, Polly, 1855-1974, interviewee. Oral history interview
1972-1991 (Bulk: 1980-1990). Common Cause Louisiana Records Inventory
1974. Favret, Joseph, 1873. Oral history interview
1975. Durieux, Caroline, 1896-. Oral history interview
1976-1998 bulk (1979-1996). Louisiana Folklife Program Project files
1977. Asbury Independent Methodist Church. Photographs
1978. Stoke, Harold W., 1903-1982. Address
1980. Lowrer, Elmer, 1913. Oral history interview
1985, 1990, n.d. Lane, Pinkie Gordon. Papers
1991-1993. Taylor, Cecil G., 1909- interviewee. Oral history interview
1993. Colbert, Elenor Robinson, 1940-, interviewee. Oral history interview
1993. Davis, Joseph M., Jr., interviewee. Oral history interview
1993. Hines, Betty, 1948, interviewee. Oral history interview
1993. Jackson, Willie, 1889-, interviewee. Oral history interview
1993. Landry, Shirley, 1926-, interviewee. Shirley and Reed Landry oral history interview
1993. Lockett, Noland, 1938-, interviewee. Oral history interview
1993. Martin, Leonard, 1908-, interviewee. Oral history interview
1993. McLean, Shirley, 1941-, interviewee. Oral history interview
1993. Peters, Emma Dell, 1941-, interviewee. Oral history interview
1994. Belcher, Fred, 1913-, interviewee. Oral history interview
1977-1988. (Bulk: 1979-1982). Pereboom (Margaret) Papers
n.d. [1862]. United States. Army. Dept. of the Gulf. General order no. 1
n.d. [after 1862]. Skidmore Guard. Songsheet
n.d. [Reconstruction period]. Texas legal broadside
n.d. Anonymous record book
n.d. Anonymous slave list
n.d. Anti-Episcopal cartoon
n.d. Finnall, William. Document
n.d. Harris, William. Poster
n.d. Lakanal, Joseph, 1762-1845. Letter
n.d. Opelousas bounty receipt
n.d. Pugh, Josephine Nicholls, 1820-1868. Civil War account
n.d. Slave trader insurance document 

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