Contents:
Introduction
Alphabetical List
Chronological Index

INTRODUCTION

This guide describes collections documenting business history in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections (LLMVC) at LSU. It includes the business papers of merchants; manufacturers; planters; factors; commission brokers; and lawyers. It also contains business records of stores; companies; plantations and plantation stores; banks; hotels and inns; restaurants and taverns; and blacksmiths and livery stables. There are also materials on cotton and sugar; national and international trade; and shipping, often by steamboat. Finally, there are materials relating to labor including information about wages, contracts, and conditions.

Formats represented in these collections include account books and ledgers; bills and receipts; business correspondence; and advertising. Most of the collections are from Louisiana and Mississippi, but there are also materials from other areas of the Lower Mississippi Valley. Several collections deal with business relations between the South and the Northeast, and include records of New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Connecticut firms.

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.

Abe Mayer and Brother. Account books, 1876-1878. 2 vols. Location: G:1, Box. General merchants of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Record of account of Mrs. M. A. Silliman with Abe Mayer and Brother. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 391, 1100.

A. C. Skiles Lumber Company. Records, 1895-1942. 5 linear ft., 38 ms. vols.Location: 1:24-31. Retail lumber dealer in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Business records consist chiefly of correspondence with suppliers and customers and include bills, receipts, and printed items. Manuscript volumes include a letterpress copy book, ledgers, sales books, journals, cash books, an index, and day books. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3143.

Account book, 1888-1890. 1 vol. (513 p.). Location: B:72. Account book of printing or stationery business, probably located in New Orleans, La. Entries relate to stationery and printed products. Pages 1-134 contain general entries; pages 351 to 410 contain entries for Joseph J. Hooper; pages 451-477 contain entries for George Ellis. For further information see online catalog. Mss.4541.

A. M. & J. C. Dupont (Firm). Account books, 1887-1933. 78 vols. Location: L:16-20. Retail and wholesale merchants of Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Directors of the firm included Albert M. Dupont, Sr., Ernest D. Dupont, Julius Dupont, and Lawrence H. Dupont. Records include daily accounts of sales; current and monthly customer accounts; records of purchases and other expenses; out-of-date and unpaid accounts; records of profits and losses; payroll records; and check book stubs and cancelled checks. Included in the miscellaneous volumes are minutes to meetings of the Parish Sunday School Association of Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 511.

Abraham Bell & Co. Letters and receipts, 1841-1844. 5 items. Location: Misc:A. Quaker-owned shipping merchant company of New York City, with business interests in New Orleans. Two receipts document cotton purchased in New Orleans for Abraham Bell & Co. One letter discusses American and English cotton and freight prices, and social matters. A bill of lading and a letter document the shipment of personal goods from New York. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4675.

Account book, 1796-1799. 1 ms. vol., 1 mf reel. Location: Vault, Mss.Mf:A. New Orleans merchant. Account book recording names and accounts of customers. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1054.

Adams, Israel L., 1801-1860. Family Papers, 1813-1890 (bulk 1852-1866). .5 linear ft. (505 items, 1 ms. vol.). Location: Y:83, Mss.Mf:A, E:Impr. Merchant and farmer of Natchez, Mississippi. Collection consists of correspondence, bills, receipts, and printed items. Letters of the Adams children and others describe the Civil War in Arkansas and Mississippi. Some letters describe experiences of an immigrant cotton farmer in Sao Paulo, Brazil; other papers relate to German immigrants. Some letters in German. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3637.

Adler, Inc. Discount card, 1926-1927. 1 item. Location: Impr. Silk and woolen store, Chicago, Illinois. Card, issued to Mrs. E. Petterson, worth ten percent discount on all goods and materials purchased during 1926-1927.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2600.

Affleck, Thomas, 1812-1868. Papers, 1807-1876 (bulk 1842-1868). 12 linear feet, 43 mss. volumes, 6 printed volumes. Location: W:110-121, J:25, OS:A. Native of Scotland who established one of the first commercial nurseries in the South and published widely on scientific and agricultural subjects. He also published the Southern Rural Almanac and Plantation Garden Calendar from 1845 to the 1860s. Early papers concern Affleck's family in Scotland. Papers from 1842 to 1859 pertain to the management of Affleck's wife's plantation near Natchez, Mississippi, his commercial nursery, and his service as agricultural editor of several newspapers. Civil War letters by Affleck's sons describe battles, camp life, and troop movements. Post-Civil War papers describe Affleck's agricultural and speculative enterprises. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3, 4, 1110, 1263, 1264. Complete Finding Aid HTML | PDF

Alabama cotton sales and shipping statements collection, 1834-1927. 53 items. Location: Misc:A. Collection consisting of statements from cotton factors of Mobile, Alabama, which show freight and related charges for handling and commissions. Included are waybills for the steamers Magnolia, Lucy E. Gastrell, Hard Cash, and Nettie Quill. Also included is a manifest for the steamer Peri.  For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1717.

Alleman, Narcisse. Ledger, 1892-1893. 1 vol. Location: F:16. Owner of a general mercantile store in Centerville, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Ledger recording items purchased and prices charged for items at the store.  For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2799.

Amite Navigation Company. Articles of agreement, 1818 March 29. 1 item [copy]. Location: Misc:A. Established in 1817 to open the Amite River of Louisiana for navigation. Articles of agreement executed in 1817 outlining the company's objective of opening the Amite River to navigation by boats from the confluence of its branches to Galveston, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Provisions of the article are listed along with names of subscribers and the number of shares underwritten by each subscriber.  For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1032.

Anderson, Decatur C. Papers, 1876-1892. 6 items. Location: Misc. Mortgage deed of Anderson to Kate Ketchum for property located in Montrose, Baldwin County, Alabama (1874); statements of Anderson's accounts with Mobile merchants and contractors (1890); and a tax receipt (1892).  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 913.

Annual report of the New Orleans Belt and Terminal Co. to the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1903. 2 v. Location: J:25. The New Orleans Belt and Terminal Company was formed in 1901 to operate the property of the New Orleans and Western Railroad Company. Annual reports to the ICC report the company's history, officers, assets, expenditures, earnings, and traffic and mileage statistics, as well as describe its equipment and relationship to the New Orleans and Western Railroad Company and the New Orleans Terminal Company. For more information, see the online catalog. Mss. 4871.

Anonymous account book (c), 1834-1836. 1 vol. Location: F:1. Ledger of a general merchandise store in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 58.

Anonymous account book (e), 1866-1870. 1 vol. Location: F:1. Unidentified journal of a general merchandise firm in New Orleans.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 312.

Anonymous account book (f), 1891. 1 vol. Location: F:1. Unidentified ledger of cash accounts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 218.

Anonymous account book (h), 1866-1879. 1 vol. Location: F:1. Journal lists food, fuel, and beverages purchased for a restaurant in France. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 458.

Anonymous account book (o), 1899-1900. 1 vol. Location: F:2. Anonymous daybook for a general merchandise store in Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 975.

Anonymous account book, 1858-1866. 1 vol. Location: F:3. Anonymous account book of a Scottish firm engaged in the making and repair of furniture and in general carpentry work. Among the accounts is one for James Robert Hope-Scott of Abbotsford, grandson-in-law of Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2600.

Anonymous account books (g), 1869-1886. 4 vols. Location: F:1. Unidentified ledgers of a general merchandise firm in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 485.

Anonymous account books (l), 1919-1920. 3 vols. Location: J:10. Anonymous account books of a general merchandise store in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 927.

Anonymous account, 1786-1788. 1 item. Location: Misc. Account of an unidentified merchant in New Orleans. In French.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 133.

Anonymous cashbooks, 1876-1902. 3 ms. vols. Location: F:2. Accounts for a general store in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Entries list the names of many of the prominent planters in the area and include some plantation records. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 848.

Anonymous commercial journal, 1836 July-August. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:18. Journal belonging to a son of a New Orleans commission merchant, probably a schoolboy. Day-to-day entries made while he was working in his father's firm describe business transactions, office duties, and bank affairs; and record personal observations, descriptions of merchandise, and a few local incidents. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2168.

Anonymous hotel account book, 1835-1837. 1 vol. Location: F:2. Unidentified ledger for a hotel or boarding house records entries for lodging, board, food, and miscellaneous sales of merchandise.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 194

Anonymous lumber company account book, 1841-1842. 1 vol. Location: H:3. Unidentified lumber dealer, possibly Andrew Brown, in Natchez, Mississippi. Daybook of accounts of sales of lumber and shingles. Prominent purchasers include Thomas Affleck, B. L. C. Wailes, John A. Quitman, Francis Surget, John Jenkins, Stephen Duncan, and Samuel Postelwaite. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 259.

Anonymous lumberyard daybook, 1904 April-August. 1 vol. Location: G:2. Lumberyard, probably in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Entries give date, name of person placing order, and itemized list of purchases. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. Mss. 1100.

Anonymous Port Hudson journal, 1838-1839. 1 vol. Location: G:2. Journal for a general merchandise and cotton firm of Port Hudson, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Anonymous register, n.d. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:19. Record book probably of the French Consulate in New Orleans, perhaps constituting a register of French citizens, possibly ship passengers passing through the city in the antebellum period who visited the consulate regarding commercial matters. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 970.

Anonymous shipping record, n.d. 1 item. Location: G:2. Shipping record of some kind of farm produce (probably potatoes) shipped in one-hundred pound sacks. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Anonymous tavern account books, 1817, 1818-1820. 2 vols. Location: G:2. Daybook and ledger of an unidentified operator of a tavern at St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, giving place, date, name of customer, quantity and charges for purchases of liquors. For further information see manuscript card catalog.  Mss. 1100.

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.

Argyle-Crescent Company. Appraisal, 1918 September 1. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21c. The Argyle-Crescent Company was located in Houma, Louisiana. Contains an appraisal invoice of the company by the American Appraisal Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2556.

Arst, Paul, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1995. 2 sound cassettes (1.5 hours), transcript (56 p.). Location: L:4700.0503.  Paul Arst has been a prominent member of both the business and civic communities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Having received his early education in Drew, Mississippi and a B.S. in Commerce from Louisiana State University in 1942, he became a chartered life underwriter, and has been associated with the Prudential Insurance Company of America since
January 1948, and presently retains the position of agent emeritus. Arst discusses his long career with Prudential, changes in the insurance industry over the
years, his involvement in LSU alumni affairs, and community work.  He relates stories of his personal life and of persons he met throughout his career, and he describes his personal business philosophy. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0503.

Ayraud Brothers. Letterhead, 1899. 1 item. Location: Misc. Merchants of Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Letterhead advertising 'Moss Ginnery.' For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2416.

Bailey, Albert. Account books, 1838-1847. 11 vols. Location: G:2. General merchant and cotton buyer of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Cashbooks, daybooks, a journal, ledgers, and a record book record Bailey's accounts. Also recorded are accounts of the Clinton Artillery Company and the newspaper Feliciana Whig. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1100.

Baldwin & Co. Records, 1879-1928. 7 vols. Location: G:22. Plantation store of Old Johnson Plantation in Baldwin, Louisiana. Ledgers, receipt book, payroll accounts, and records of cane produced for John Baldwin and Baldwin & Co. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 3, Reel 4. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4597. Complete finding aid.

Barel, Leona Queyrouze, 1861?-1938. Papers, 1800-1950 (bulk 1860-1937). 2,614 items, 31 printed vols., 23 ms. vols. Location: UU:68-72, Q:27, X:97-98, OS:Q, 99. French-language writer, poet, essayist, and musician of New Orleans and New York City. Her father, Major Leon Queyrouze, was commander of the Orleans Guard Battalion during the Civil War. Papers include letters from writers and editors; literary writings and musical compositions; materials on the Anti-Lottery League; and Civil War and business papers of her father, a member of the factors' firm Queyrouze and Bois. In French and English. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 18-26. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1204, 1222, 1278, 1314, 1323, 1335. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Barrow & Pope (Firm). Records, 1858-1961. 1 vol. Location: M:19. Firm located in Baton Rouge, serving as attorneys for the Baton Rouge, Grosse Tete, and Opelousas Railroad Company. Letterbook contains correspondence related to legal cases handled by Barrow & Pope. Some correspondence concerns the Baton Rouge, Gross Tete, and Opelousas Railroad Company. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 471.

Barrow, Abram Feltus, 1868-1928. Family Papers, 1804-1982.6 linear ft. Location: 7:60-62, G:11, OS:B, Vault:1, 36. The Barrow family moved to Nuevo Feliciana (now in Louisiana) in 1799 and built several plantation houses there. Papers document the business interests of the Barrow family and their involvement with various fraternal orders. Records of the People's Bank, St. Francisville, and the Creole Oil and Mineral Co. reflect the involvement of the Barrow and Leake families. Photographs depict family members and fraternal gatherings. Also included are records of St. John's Church, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3696, 3745. Complete finding aid. Complete finding aid. | PDF.

Barrow, W. M. Family Papers, 1847-1874, n.d. 24 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: U:7. St. Francisville, Louisiana, merchant. Letters by Willie Macajah Barrow (1810-1853) and Civil War diary and letters of his son, Willie Macajah Barrow (1843-1863) reflecting economic and family life on a plantation in West Feliciana Parish. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 4, Reel 6. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 574.

Batchelor, Ruth Ker, 1895 or 6-1977. Batchelor-Nutt collection, 1835-1960. 24 items, 2 vols. Location: Misc:B, F:16. James Batchelor was a planter and legislator of Amite County, Mississippi. Rushwell Nutt, his father-in-law, of Laurel Hill Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi, was a planter, physician, scientist, and world traveler. Collection includes papers, photographs, and ephemera of the Nutt and Batchelor families and the Davenport family of Louisiana. Letters include local and family news, and one letter describes teaching in Texas schools. Included are trade card scrapbooks of 19th century companies, and an article (1960) on Beech Grove Plantation in Amite County, Mississippi. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3018.

Baton Rouge Gas Light Company. Record books, 1859-1874. 2 vols. Location: M:15. One volume is a register of subscribers to the Baton Rouge Gas Light Company's capital stock for 1859. The other volume contains business papers (1859-1864, 1871-1874) generated or received by the company. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 992.

Baton Rouge, Grosse Tete, and Opelousas Railroad Co. Stock certificates, 1859 April 1, June 25. 3 items. Location: Misc. Shares bought in the names of W. B. Robertson, Jordan Holt, and Henri Pelichet, and issued at Bayou Grosse Tete, Louisiana. A vignette of a train is printed on the certificates. Transfer of title is written on the back, including one to W. S. Pike. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1524.

Battle, Kemp P. Circular letter, 1865. 1 item. Location: Impr. Former secretary of the North Carolina Land Agency. Circular letter from Battle recommending the General Southern Land Agency of New York City to his customers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1658.

Beck's Studio. LSU campus photographs, 1938. 17 items. Location: 6:23. Photography business established in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, ca. 1937. 17 black and white photographs of the campus of LSU, Baton Rouge, taken in 1938. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2755.

Bell and Buchanan. Letters, 1833. 2 items. Location: Misc. New Orleans commission merchants. Business letters from Bell and Buchanan to firms in Wheeling, Virginia.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

Bell and Company. Papers, 1835, 1836. 2 items. Location: Misc. Cotton broker of New York City. Letters from factors at Petersburg, Virginia, and Fayetteville, North Carolina, regarding the cotton market and amount of cotton expected from Tennessee and North Alabama. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2356.

Bell, William R., ca. 1814-1874. Papers, 1842-1941 (bulk 1842-1874). 78 items, 2 vols. Location: C:6. Native of Scotland, mortician, and owner of Union Stables in New Orleans. Business papers document Bell's stable and mortuary and include transactions with Union soldiers occupying New Orleans. Correspondence with his family discusses economic conditions and the Civil War. Collection includes a photograph of Bell. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2117, 2118.

Bellizio, Lillian. Ledger, 1947-1949. 1 item. Location: M:18. Antiques dealer and shopkeeper from Homer, Louisiana. Ledger from 'Lillian's Antiques'. Bound volume, 136 pages, partially filled, lists items and their places of origin. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3602.

Bennett, Ezra. Family Papers, 1818-1881. 217 items on 1 microfilm reel. Location: Mss.Mf:B. Planter and storekeeper of Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Papers include letters written from Port Hudson and Camp Pratt, Louisiana, during the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2896.

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

Benson Family Papers, 1784-1969, n.d. 2,231 items, 18 ms. vols., 1 printed vol. Location: Mf. Cotton planters of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Business papers, letters, and documents reflect plantation economy in Alabama and Louisiana, social life, and schools. Papers include cotton factors' letters, receipts and statements, blacksmiths' bills, and letters from Confederate soldiers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2440.

Bernard, E. L. Account books, 1838-1851. 2 ms. vols. Location: F:2. New Orleans merchant and importer. Journal and letter book of E. L. Bernard, who did business with Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, and Missouri merchants. Many of the letters to business firms in France refer to merchandise being exported to New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 813.

Bertoli, Nicolas. Family Papers, 1807-1863 (bulk 1835-1855). 22 items. Location: U:20. Resident of New Orleans. Succession papers of Nicholas Bertoli and passports for J. B. Bertoli, merchant. For further information see manuscript card catalog.  Mss. 721, 737.

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.

Bisland, John. Family Papers, 1767-1884 (bulk 1773-1855). 1.187 items and 12 ms. vols. Location: U:241-242. Scottish immigrant, storekeeper, and planter who came to Adams County, Mississippi, from North Carolina. Collection includes personal and business papers of John Bisland, Sr., and his sons Peter, James, Alexander, John, and William, relating to the establishment and development of Bisland plantations near Natchez, Mississippi, and mercantile enterprises. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 4, Reels 6-8. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 29.

Blackburn, J. Letter, 1819 January 7. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:B. First officer of a ship owned by a company based in New Orleans. The ship's chandlers were Paterson & Philpot. Letter detailing Blackburn's involvement with settling his deceased captain's affairs. It comments on the need to consign the ship to another house or company and it reports the captain's debts and credits, mentioning an enclosed copy of his accounts. This copy is not included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3326. Complete finding aid.

Block, W. Letter, 1839. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans commission merchant. Letter from Block to a Boston attorney explaining business losses in New Orleans-Boston trade. The letter contains a list of the spoiled produce together with the name of the person or firm from whom the merchandise was received. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1493.

Bobet Brothers. Records, 1866-1873. 8 items. Location: Misc:B. Oak stave and lumber business in New Orleans. Bills, receipts, payment orders, and a letter relating to business. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1244.

Bosley, Hubbard S. Papers, 1825-1947 (1850-1880). 10 linear ft., 39 vols. Location: C:1-5, O:1, 98:B, OS:B, Planter of Red River Parish, Louisiana, son-in-law of William A. Powell of Caddo Parish, Plantation records, business papers, and personal correspondence of Hubbard S. Bosley, William A. Powell and families. Included are materials relating to the Civil War. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm 5322: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 19, and microfilm 6061: Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration. Series B, Part 2, reels 12-13. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 963.Complete Finding Aid. HTML | PDF

Bossier, Mrs. V. P. Account, 1838. 1 item. Location: Misc. Statement of account receipted by Follain, Fux & Co. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 33.

Bourgeois Motor Works. Records, 1897-1898. 1 vol. (171 items).  Location: F:3. Manufacturing firm located in New Orleans. Bound letter-book volume contains letters, cards, invoices, and receipts addressed to the Bourgeois Motor Company from various manufacturers. Items contain information related to equipment, supplies, and manufacturing. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 50.

Bower, Garner and Harrison. Papers, 1863-1868, n.d. 126 items. Location: E:51. New Orleans commission merchants. Letters to a member of the firm at Baton Rouge (1863) and at Natchez, Mississippi (1864-1868). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1388.

Bowers, Calvin T. Papers, 1871-1911. 87 items, 1 ms. vol., 1 printed vol. Location: B:10. Building contractor (?) of Clinton, Kentucky. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2541.

Bowling, L. Cotton record book, 1856. 1 vol.  Location: M:18. Probably a clerk in a New Orleans cotton factor's office. Record book kept by Bowling lists the number of bales of cotton received, the names of steamers and railroads transporting the cotton, and the places of origin of the cotton. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1351.

Boyd, Thomas D., Jr., 1882-1964. Papers, 1901-1924. 1,000 items, 1 ms. vol., 15 printed vols. Location: 79:50-52. Resident of Tucson, Arizona, LSU alumnus, and sugar technologist in the Louisiana sugar industry. Papers principally for the period Boyd was general superintendent of the South Porto Rico Sugar Company, Ensenada, Puerto Rico. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2037.

Boyd, Thomas Jefferson, 1804-1893. Papers, 1805-1939 (bulk 1819-1869). 3.25 linear ft., 1 v. Location: D:128-130, OS:B, R:5. Lawyer, town trustee, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and a commissioner to the Virginia Board of Public Works from Wytheville, Va. Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and personal papers concerning Boyd's legal practice, public service, personal business, and family life in Wytheville. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 99. Complete finding aid (PDF).

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)

Bozeman & Company. Account books, 1854-1857. 3 vols. Location: F:9. General merchandise store in Hermitage, Louisiana, owned and managed by W. G. Bozeman. Books kept by W. G. Bozeman record sales and accounts of customers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 472.

Braintree Manufacturing Company. Correspondence, 1844-1845. 7 items. Location: Misc. Company located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Letters to Jonathon Cushing, agent for the Braintree Manufacturing Company, from Washington Jackson and Company, New Orleans factors. Letters concern the sale and delivery of cotton gins. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1404, 1417.

Brandon family. Notebooks and account books, 1852-1888. .35 linear ft. (1 item, 5 vols.). Location: Misc:B, J:10. Proprietor of a general store. Papers include Brandon's notebooks from his studies at Yale College, and documents related to the business activities of Brandon's general store. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 878.

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).

Brenan, J. A. W. Letter, 1855 December 19. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans businessman. Letter to his father describes his career with a counting house, trade conditions in New Orleans, the presence of large numbers of unemployed men, and recruitment for the Walker expedition to Nicaragua. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2577.

Bridges, Tyler Papers, 1882-2002. 14.5 linear feet. Location: UU:296-308, L:36, OS:B. Newspaper articles, interviews, and copies of court records and transcripts of wire taps compiled by journalist Tyler Bridges as research for his book, 'Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards.' For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4899. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Britton & Koontz. Records, 1824-1899 (bulk 1838-1858). 569 items, 7 vols. Location: U:18-19, F:9. Banking house in Natchez, Mississippi, operated by Audley Clark Britton, also a plantation owner, and by George W. Koontz. Collection includes records related to the Commercial Bank of Natchez. Other items relate to Britton & Koontz banking activities and to personal bills and receipts of the Britton family. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 747.

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

Brown, Elizabeth. Account, 1835-1836. 1 item. Location: Misc. Statement of account from William Beans, blacksmith to Brown. Payment for account received by Beans on February 6, 1836. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2127.

Browne, Charles Albert. Report, 1932. 1 item (16 pages). Location: Misc. Agricultural chemist. Report by Dr. Browne (1870-1947) on the Chanpatia factory of the Champarum Sugar Company, India, containing historical background, drawing of factory compound, photographs of personnel, and interiors and exteriors of buildings. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1951.

Bruce, David. Papers, 1871-1876. 2 items. Location: Misc. Receipts for lumber purchased by Bruce from F. Fischer & Son, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 913.

Bryan & Weyer. Account books, 1880-1881. 7 items, 2 vols. Location: F:11. Account books of a meat market in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Among the loose receipts in the ledger is a parish license for a butcher (1880). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 473.

Bulger, M. Receipt, 1886. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Receipt from a plumber, steam and gas fitter. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

Burbank, Whittier and Company. Account books, 1835-1838. 7 vols. Location: G:2-3. General merchants of Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Daybooks, journal, and ledger of Burbank, Whittier and Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

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.

Burguieres, Jules M., Jr. Papers, 1816-1957 (1911-1915). 2.5 linear ft. Location: 78:1-2, OS:B. Businessman active in the sugar and timber industries. Papers consist of correspondence, research notes, clippings, photographs, and financial records pertaining to the Florida and Louisiana sugar and timber industries. They include financial records for the Burguières' plantations, research notes on the history and science of sugar cultivation and refining. Also included are the estate papers of Joseph E. Burguières. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2264. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Butler, Edward. Family papers, 1809-1950 (bulk 1904-1945). 10 linear ft. Location: U:282-290, M:19, OS:B. Cotton planter of West Feliciana Parish, La. Correspondence, personal papers, business records, printed material, and photographs reflect the personal activities and plantation operations of the Butler and related Mathews families, with a focus on Edward Butler and his immediate family. Noteworthy are two letters discussing a sick slave (Dec. 29, 1817) and runaway slaves (Aug. 15, 1835). Letters also discuss student life, World War II experiences, and malaria and yellow fever. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4315. Complete finding. PDF

Bynum Family Papers, 1814-1969 (bulk: 1913-1969). 1 linear foot, 26 v. Location: E:103-105, OS:B. Residents of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Papers contain correspondence, writings, diaries, financial records, and printed material, relating to family matters, social activities, World Wars I and II, Louisiana State University student life, and local and state government. There is also a scrapbook of the Female Orphan Association of Baton Rouge (1848-1861). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3104, 3174. Complete finding aid.HTML | PDF

Calcasieu League for Environmental Action Now (C.L.E.A.N.) Records, 1980-2001. 16.3 linear ft. Location: 93:32-45. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, subject files, and records of the Calcasieu League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN). Items pertain principally to planning, legislation, environmental issues, and activities. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4799. Complete finding aid.

Caldwell and Hicky. Receipt, 1837. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans factor. Receipt for payment by Ramsey and Parker of a brokerage fee on the sale of cotton. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244. Caldwell, Samuel S., 1894-1953. Scrapbooks, 1932-1937, 1918, 1950 ca. 5 vols., 2 photos. Location: Mf. E:picture coll. Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Police Juror and three-time mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana. Caldwell was later vice president of Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association. Scrapbooks consist mainly of newspaper clippings documenting his elections and his activities and accomplishments as mayor. Three of the scrapbooks are indexed. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3547.

Campbell, James C. Letter, 1836. 1 item. Location: Misc. Tavern keeper in Natchez, Mississippi. Letter describes efforts to obtain employment in Rodney, Jefferson County, and Natchez, Mississippi; poor business conditions; and employment conditions in the tavern. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3120.

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

Capital Bank. Scrapbooks, 1954-1980. 5 vols. Location: Range 50. Bank and trust founded in 1955 in Baton Rouge. Three scrapbook volumes (1954-1980) contain newspaper clippings and photographs documenting the bank's history. Two scrapbooks (1955-1980) contain photographs of the bank, its employees, and its activities. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4621.

Carriere, A. and Sons. Papers, 1877. 6 items. Location: Misc. New Orleans merchants. Papers apparently pertaining to imports from Le Havre, France, through the port of Galveston, Texas. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1198.

Carroll, Daniel R. Family Papers, 1870-1948. 191 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: T:6, Vault. Owner of Ackbar Plantation, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Carroll was also a cotton broker in New Orleans. Papers include personal letters, scrapbooks, and genealogies of the Carroll and Parker 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.

Carroll, Hoy and Company. Papers, 1858, 1865. 2 items. Location: Misc. Commission merchants of New Orleans. Telegram (1858) from Jesse Perkins of Jackson, Mississippi, and a letter (1865) from Fielding Brothers of Liverpool, England, to Carroll, Hoy, and Company regarding accounts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 850.

Cary, Sylvester L., 1827-1915. Scrapbook, 1864-1930 (bulk 1872-1915). 1 vol. (on 1 microfilm reel). Location: Mss.Mf:C. Emigration agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, a founder of Jennings, Louisiana, and 'father' of the southwestern Louisiana rice industry. Cary actively solicited Iowa farmers to emigrate to southwestern Louisiana. Newspaper clippings concerning Cary genealogy, rice and fruit tree cultivation, the development of Jennings and southwestern Louisiana, Holstein cattle, farming associations and fairs, national financial issues, and the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. The clippings are pasted over the 1864 accounts of a general store, apparently in Iowa. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2337.

Centenary College of Louisiana. Document, 1845. 1 item. Location: Misc:C. Undergraduate college in Jackson, Louisiana. Formed in the 1840s from a merger of the College of Louisiana and Centenary College. Judge Edward McGehee, a planter and businessman of Mississippi, was instrumental in the founding of the college. Document pertaining to the purchase of the College of Louisiana, to be called the Centenary College of Louisiana. It states Judge McGehee's responsibility for the purchase of the property along with promises of subscribers to make endowments. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 133.

Chaffe record books, 1887-1895. 3 ms. vols. Location: H:23. John Chaffe & Sons, a cotton and sugar trading concern in New Orleans, was succeeded by Wm. H. Chaffe & Co., Limited. Wm. H. & J. C. Chaffe's Shingle Mill was a manufacturer of cypress shingles and lumber in Eugenia, Louisiana. Collection includes a cotton market report book (1887-1893), an order book (1894-1895), and daily report forms (1893), respectively, for the three Chaffe businesses. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1139.

Chaille, Stanford. Stock certificate, 1862. 1 item. Location: Misc. Stock certificate for thirty shares in the capital stock of the Bank of Louisiana to Dr. Stanford Chaille. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1187.

Chalmette, Azelie Delino, de. Azelie Delino and Ignacio Delino de Chalmette Papers, 1801-1952 (bulk 1823-1852). 47 items. Location: E:52. Plantation owners of New Orleans. Most of the collection consists of correspondence and other papers of Azelie Delino de Chalmette. Included are letters from family members, F. Godefroy of the West Indies, the Delahoussaye family, Jean Saint-Avid of Paris, and M. Cruzat of New Orleans. Letters from Ignacio Delino de Chalmette written to John Forbes & Company of Mobile, Alabama, concern Bernard de Marigny's involvement with the company. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1245.

Chandler, E. H. Letter, 1861 May 30. 1 item. Location: Misc. Agent of R. F. & P. Railroad Company. Letter from Confederate Army Headquarters, Fredericksburg, Virginia, instructing Chandler to report to the mayor of Fredericksburg the arrival by railroad of all suspicious persons and to detain them for questioning by military authorities. Included are instructions about the issuance of railroad passes to soldiers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2487.

Charles C. Peck letter, 1838. 1 item. Location: Misc:C. R. C. W. & Co. was a New York mercantile firm. Letter to Charles C. Peck from R. C. W. & Co. of New York regarding the Mississippi cotton trade and financial matters. Letter may be incomplete. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3635.

Chenel, Louis E. Family Papers, 1665-1989. 15 linear ft. Location: OS:C. Chenel farmed tung trees and raised cattle in Covington, Louisiana; invested in property in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; and formed LEC Inc. to manage his business concerns. His daughter, Denise Chenel Vallon, was involved in running LEC Inc. Papers document the lives and business concerns of the Chenel family and the artistic career of Denise Chenel Vallon. 95, Unproc. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4631.Complete finding aid.

Chinarel, Adolphe. Letter, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Nantes, France. Business letter from Chinarel to John and Lubin Garnier of New Orleans pertaining to the bankruptcy of Chenard Freres. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 68.

Citizens' Bank of Louisiana. Papers, 1836-1877, 1902, n.d. 29 items, 1 printed vol.  Location: B:10. New Orleans bank.For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 254, 1198, 1919, 2093.

City Bank. Records, 1832-1852. 6 linear ft. Location: 79:1-6. New Orleans bank. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1785.

Clark, F. H., and Company. Letter, [1853]. 1 item. Location: Misc. Located in Memphis, Tennessee. Letter from F. H. Clark and Company requesting duplicate bill for chandeliers from Cornelius Baker and Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 928.

Clark, Samuel M. D. Ledgers and Papers, 1826-1869. 46 items, 3 vols. Location: M:25, Misc:C. Jeweler in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, in the 1820s, and Justice of the Peace for West Baton Rouge Parish in the 1840s and 1850s. Collection includes three ledgers containing jewelry business and Justice of the Peace records. Miscellaneous materials include receipts, court records, and oaths. Partly in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3169.

Clauss & Fischer. Journal, 1851-1852. 1 vol. Location: G:16. Merchants and commission brokers of Bayou Sara, Louisiana. Frederick Fischer and Catherine Clauss were immigrants from Germany. Their son, Charles Leonhardt Fischer, was a Confederate veteran, attorney, and politician of St. Francisville. Journal records expenses for goods and services of local residents and plantation owners and managers, including members of the Turnbull, McKowen, Stirling, Barrow, Joor, Weems, and other families. Entries also document freight shipped aboard steamers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4640.

Claussen, Francis F. Letters, 1883 January-June. 9 items. Location: Misc:C. Native of Boston, Massachusetts, and an assayer at the United States Mint at New Orleans beginning in 1885. Dr. Benjamin Silliman, a chemistry professor, organized the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University. Letters from Claussen to Silliman concern an investigation of the assayer's department; a visit by the Canadian metallurgist, James Douglas; mineral samples from the King Mine in New Mexico; and deposits of gold and other minerals in Honduras. Included are stock holdings of the Sulphur Company, the owner of an extensive deposit of sulphur. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1433.

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Letter: Ashland, Ky., to J. Whitaker [et al.], Clayville, Ky. 1 item (2 leaves). Misc: C, Vault:1. U.S. senator from Kentucky and Whig presidential candidate. Letter complimenting the workmanship of the combs produced by the Clayville factory. Included are comments on the American economic system, on the enterprise and ingenuity of American citizens, and on Clay's advocacy of domestic economic protectionism. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3452. HTML | PDF

Clendennen, R. Account book, 1867. 1 vol. Location: J:10. Retail meat dealer of Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Account book listing the names of Clendennen's customers and charges for their purchases. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 913.

Clifton, Christopher. Papers, 1871-1892. 53 items. Location: W:31. Sugar planter of Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Clifton was associated with New Orleans sugar factors and commission merchants, including Howell and Ker, Pierre Lanaux, and E. M. Scott. Papers consist of business correspondence, financial statements, and receipts which document Clifton's production and sale of sugar and molasses and his financial relationships with agents in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3022.

Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad Company. Record books, 1841-1843, 1853-1879. 2 vols. Location: G:3. Local railroad in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Record book contains manifests of cotton shipped from Clinton to Port Hudson. Minute book contains a copy of the act of incorporation; names of the board of directors, officers, and stockholders; the by-laws; and minutes of the board of directors meeting. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad. Company daybook, 1851-1853, 1867-1870. 1 vol. Location: M:21. Local railway in East Feliciana, Louisiana. Daybook contains daily entries for freight receipts kept by Thomas H. W. Baynard and S. C. Richmond with the Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad Co. Later entries (1867-1870) are grocery accounts with M. Harris, a general merchant of Clinton, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1353.

Close, John. Papers, 1802-1872 (bulk 1802-1859). 325 items. Location: U:134-135. Contractor's agent for the United States Army post at Opelousas and a cotton planter of Petit Bois Plantation, Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. He had relatives in Washington County, Kentucky, and Claiborne County, Mississippi. Correspondence to Close as an Army contractor's agent includes letters from New Orleans merchants concerning orders for supplies and other business at the Army post. Plantation papers consist mostly of correspondence of cotton factors in New Orleans. Personal papers include correspondence from Kentucky and Mississippi and genealogical information about the Chauvin family. Correspondence chiefly in French. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 17-18. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1646. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Clow, Andrew and Company. Papers, 1790-1863, 1873. 36 items. Location: A:26. Merchant of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Papers of Andrew Clow and Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 850.

Cobb, Lemuel. Letter, 1846. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from East Sharon, Massachusetts, to L. Garnier of New Orleans, stating the cost of manufacturing raw Louisiana silk. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 75.

Cochuo Manufacturing Company. Correspondence, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter related to cotton crops and prices. For further information see manuscript card catalog.  Mss. 1417.

Cockfield, E. J. Family Papers, 1854-1930 (bulk 1875-1890). 915 items, 26 vols. Location: A:65-66, P:19. Planter and businessman of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Family papers spanning three generations include local Natchitoches news; correspondence and descriptions of the Cockfield family in Williamsburg County, South Carolina; and letters from a son in France during World War I. Included are items related to local public schools, including programs for musicals and plays at Louisiana State Normal College (now Northwestern State University). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 989.

Coco, M. S. Business records, 1911, 1919-1961. 217 ms. vols. Location: 36:5-9. General merchandise store, Bordelonville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Volumes contain daily cash entries in ledger form. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2460.

Cohn Brothers. Store ledgers, 1902-1936. 5 vols. Location: G:22. Store in Lorman, Mississippi, founded in 1875 by the Cohn Brothers, a family of Jewish merchants from Alsace. Ledgers include one store account book and four cotton gin books containing names and cotton weight records. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4679.

Combs, John P. Ledger, 1806-1822 (bulk 1812-1822). 1 vol. Location: G:3. Dry goods merchant of New Orleans and sheriff of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Ledger containing accounts (1806-1807) with prominent families in New Orleans; entries (1816-1817) of Benjamin Collins; records of fees owed to Ewill Dalton; and notations recording methods of payment. Some entries record sales of property in St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1100.

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

Commercial Bank of Natchez. Records, 1835-1864. 151 vols. (17.6 linear ft.). Location: M:1-8. The Commercial Bank of Natchez operated in Natchez, Mississippi, with branches in Brandon, Holmesville, and Shieldsboro, Mississippi. Records of the bank and its branches include manuscript volumes of signatures, check records, ledgers, deposit receipts, account balances, credits, loans, exchanges, certificates, pass books, powers of attorney, and probate court records. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 708.

Confederate States Mail Line. Waybill, 1864 November 18. 1 item. Location: Misc:C. Waybill of a stagecoach from Albany and Bainbridge, Georgia, to Quincy, Florida, a printed form completed in manuscript. It lists passenger names, seats, places of origin and destination, and fees paid. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2281.

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

Corbin, Robert A., d. 1906. Papers, 1835-1917 (bulk 1870-1898). 1,202 items; 10 vols. Location: E:8-9. Land speculator and businessman of Louisville, Kentucky, New Orleans, and Hammond, Louisiana. Land sale and business papers including Civil War-era papers dealing with Kentucky claims against the federal government and post-1870 papers relating to business partnerships with Lucy I. Burgess, including purchase of the Melrose Dairy in New Orleans. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 6-8. For further information see online catalog.Mss. 705. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Coston (L. A.) Papers, 1900, 1903. 3 items. Location: Misc:C. Receipts for cotton sales from Ferdinand Gumbel & Co. and Putnam V. King of New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1538.

Cotton factors' statements, 1838-1839. 2 items. Location: Misc:C. Taylor Gardiner & Co. and Brander, McKenna, and Wright were cotton factors and commission brokers in New Orleans. Itemized statements from Taylor Gardiner & Co. and Brander, McKenna, and Wright record sales of baled cotton, prices, and accessory charges. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3005.

Cotton sales documents, 1838, 1839. 2 items. Location: Misc. Itemized statements from New Orleans cotton factors Taylor Gonolin Company and Brander, McKenna, and Wright record sales of baled cotton, prices, and accessory charges. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3005.

Cotton Trade Warehouses, Inc. Account book, 1939-1941. 1 ms. vol. Location: F:5. New Orleans company. Account book containing accounts principally with John M. Parker Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2091.

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.

Cragin, Daniel. Letter, 1850. 1 item. Location: Misc. Agent for Cragin and Sheldon of Boston, Massachusetts. Letter discusses payment for the shipment of boats. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

Crane, Andrew E. Family Papers, 1835-1917. 1,016 items, 6 vols. Location: U:46-47, F:16. Carriage maker in New Orleans and planter in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Early papers (1835-1845) pertain to Crane's business interests as a carriage maker. Other materials relate to Crane's purchase of a plantation in St. James Parish (1849) and to a partnership (ca. 1864) with C. R. Kuneman to cultivate a plantation. Correspondence (1874) with William Little of Galveston, Texas, discusses timber interests. Later material relates to Zachary Crane and the St. Michael Corporation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 89.

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.

Cross, Richard, merchant. Account books, 1836-1840. 11 vols. Location: RR:13. Merchant of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Daybooks, journals, and ledgers, contain records of accounts with residents of East Feliciana Parish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 319, 1100.

Crossett Company, Crossett, Arkansas. Personal copies of Edward C. Gates, Director, 1900-1907, 1921-1962. 6 items, 116 ms. vols., 16 printed vols. Location: N:11-18. The Crossett Lumber Company and affiliated lumber companies. Records bound under assigned titles for various divisions and departments. Collection includes letter press copy books (1900-1903) of E. W. Gates and C. W. Gates, concerning timber holdings and building mills. Also included are brochures on the Southern Pine industry and photographs of the town of Crossett, Arkansas. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1860, 1864, 1895.

Crump, Anna. Record Book, 1931-1955. 1 item. Location: H:25. Resident of Claiborne Parish. Ledger kept by Crump of her income, expenses, and journal notes after her husband's death in 1931. In addition to records of rent and lease checks, sales of produce and dairy products, agriculture and oil revenues, utility and grocery bills, and tax payments, entries document social visits and gardening activities. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4970.

Culver family. Letters, 1849-1851. 4 items. Location: Misc:C. Caleb and Wallace Culver were natives of New York State who moved to Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Letters from Caleb and Wallace describe business and living conditions and construction in the town of Mansfield. A letter from A. R. Mitchell, a lawyer in Mansfield, relates the death of Caleb and includes an estimation of the value of his estate. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1437.

Currency collection, 1838. 1 item. Location: Vault:4. Mississippi and Alabama Rail Road Company twenty dollar note, January 1, 1838. Vignette of steamboats and Robert Fulton and others. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3869.

Currency collection, n.d. Location: Vault. Colonial currency issued by New Jersey; Continental currency issued by South Carolina; Civil War currency issued by the Confederate States of America, individual states, parishes, counties, cities, banks, and other private businesses or persons. Included is script issued by the City of Baton Rouge; and currency issued by the governments of Japan (Philippine occupation), Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, and Poland. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893, 965, 1177, 1187, 1294, 3531, 3472.

Dameron-Pierson Company. Plat book and records, 1831-1938. 28 items, 1 ms. vol.; removed from casing. Location: O:5. Abstract company of Saint Martinville, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. Plat book includes property listings, owners, acreages, notations of oil and gas leases, and boundary lines for various townships. Records include documents related to oil and gas fields in Saint Martin Parish and in the Texas-Louisiana gulf region. Includes loose maps and U.S. Government surveys of townships. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 913.

Danglade, Pierre. Papers, 1841 January 29-February 3. 2 items. Location: Misc:D. Resident of Paris, France. Papers pertain to a loan from the Bank of Louisiana in New Orleans. Included are a notarized power of attorney for John and Lubin Garnier and a letter from Danglade to a cashier of the Bank of Louisiana authorizing payment of $4,000 to J. & L. Garnier. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 93.

Davidson, John M. Legal Papers, 1861-1867. 124 items. Location: UU:111. Lawyer in New Orleans who handled cases for client Charles Black, a commission merchant and steamboat owner of Matamoros, Mexico, as well as cases involving steamboats and the United States Commissioner of Claims in Louisiana. Legal papers include bills, receipts, petitions, court summons, acts of sale, and promissory notes of Charles Black, reflecting his financial interests in several steamers and ships. In English and Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1472.

Davis, E. F., 1841-1899. Papers, 1856-1899 (bulk 1872-1886). 0.25 linear feet. Location: A:72. Baton Rouge businessman who, along with several partners including Thomas B. Brown, formed the Grange Store and the Baton Rouge Cooperative Association. Collection consists of financial and business papers of the Grange Store, meeting minutes of the Baton Rouge Cooperative Association, photocopies of personal letters, and a death and funeral notice. One letter comments on the Civil War in Baton Rouge. Also includes the financial and legal papers of Thomas B. Brown, one of Davis' business partners. These papers consist of ledger sheets and bills for the sale and purchase of cotton, tax receipts, and promissory notes. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4312. Complete finding aid.HTML| PDF

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. Letter, 1875 November 9. 1 item. Location: Vault:1. A letter signed by Jefferson Davis concerns the organization of the Mississippi Valley Society, which was organized to promote trade between the Mississippi River states and England. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4807.

Davis, John. Document, 1839. 1 item [photofacsimile]. Location: Misc. Manager of the Orleans Theatre and the French Opera House in New Orleans. Last will of John Davis signed at Mandeville, Louisiana. In French.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1048.

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, M. L. Letterbook, 1887-1888. 1 vol. Location: J:10. Lumber dealer and mill operator of Chunchula, Alabama. Letter book recording orders and shipments of lumber to firms in New York, Boston, St. Louis, Birmingham, and Mobile, Alabama. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 913.

Dawson & Pipkin Bills of Lading, 1847-1849. 1 v. Location: M:22. Commission merchants of New Orleans, La. Approximately 220 bills of lading were printed as forms, completed by hand, and bound in a single volume arranged chronologically from December 1847 to March 1849. The bills specify the shipper (always Dawson & Pipkin), the vessels, their captains, ports of destination, cargoes, and other information. For additional information see online catalog. Mss. 4974.

De La Vergne family. Papers, 1751-1972. 1 ft. and 1 reel of microfilm. Location: 11:21, O:22, Mf. Family of lawyers, planters, and businessmen of New Orleans. Correspondence, military papers, genealogical material, and other papers include material on banking and finance, the Consolidated Association of the Planters of Louisiana, defense of New Orleans during the War of 1812, and Jefferson College. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2642.

Dehn, Adolf. Watercolors, 1943. 2 items. Location: OS:D. 20th century painter and lithographer . Watercolors of the Esso Standard Oil Refinery at Baton Rouge, La., entitled BUTADIENE STORAGE SPHERES AT NIGHT and PIPES LEADING FROM DOCKS TO THE REFINERY. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4497.

Delbondio, Fred. Letter, 1860. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans commission merchant. Letter addressed to Messrs. Decker & Mann, Jasper, concerning current market prices for coffee, eggs, molasses, and white beans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3416.

Demmon, E. L. Oral history interviews, 1958, 1959. 1 item (75 pages and index). Location: U:115. Director of Southeastern and Southern Forest Experiment Stations and special investigator and technical advisor, Goodyear Rubber and Tire Company, Central America and the Dutch East Indies. Interviews conducted at Panama City, Florida (1958), and at Asheville, North Carolina (1959) by Elwood R. Maunder, Forest History Society, Inc. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1681.

Demolliens, Alexander. Papers, 1839, 1840. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Paris, France. Papers pertain to the settlement of an account of François Verrier, merchant of New Orleans, and include a power of attorney to Aumont Thieville & Company, Paris, and a letter to John and Lubin Garnier, New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 108.

Dennis, W. C. Letters, 1852. 2 items. Location: Misc. Business letters from New Orleans praising Bridgewater Paint, and mentioning an intended trip to Key West; and letters from Mobile ordering sacks of salt and noting the demand for same, due to floods and consignment loss. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 850.

Desire, Monsieur. Account, 1830. 1 item. Location: Misc. Bill by Jn. Tinet for two items, one of which was a uniform for the Opelousas Chasseurs costing $18.00. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 110.

Desmond (John) Papers, 1954-2003. 140 linear feet. Location: Ranges 32 and 149, McIlhenny Room. Office files, architectural drawings (design development, working, and final), photographs, and slides recording the architectural career of John Desmond, native of Hammond, La., and an award-winning Baton Rouge architect. He designed many of Baton Rouge's most recognizable buildings, including, among others, the LSU Union, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, the Louisiana State Library, the Louisiana State Archives, and many area churches. Some business records and informational and promotional materials about the firm are present, as well. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4792. Complete finding aid.

Desobry, Charles A. Document, 1860. 1 item. Location: OS:D. Resident of Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Letters patent issued to Charles A. Desobry for his improvement of bagasse furnaces, June 29, 1860. The attached schedule and plans describe the furnace as an improvement over the one patented previously. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Dezera account, 1837. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipted statement by Gardiner and Thompson, apparently merchants of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, for glasses purchased by Dezera. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 113.

Dornier, Jules. Account, 1859. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipted bill from Jules Dornier for merchandise. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 120.

Dornier, Jules A. and Family Papers, 1917-1965. 0.3 linear ft. Location: 50:15. Farm and sugar planting family near Convent, Saint James Parish, Louisiana. Correspondence and ephemeral related to the family's farm business including World War II prisoner of war labor contracts. The collection also contains letters from former POW laborers and records showing Lillian Dornier's involvement in the Cooperative for American Remittance to Europe (CARE, Inc.) program.. Mss. 3468. Complete Finding Aid

Doussan Family Papers, 1827-1872. 94 items. Location: U:300. Correspondence, financial papers, and personal papers of members of the Doussan family (primarily Antoine Doussan, Louise Perrin Doussan, and Auguste Doussan) of East and West Baton Rouge Parishes, Louisiana, and France. Correspondence of Charles de Rabars of Bordeaux, France, is also included, as is a letter from General Baron Joachim Ambert. Most documents reflect the Doussans' planting operations in West Baton Rouge Parish; their financial and legal transactions in Louisiana and France; family activities, interests, and concerns; and the experience of French émigrés in Louisiana as they encountered Anglo-American culture and society. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4800. Complete finding aid. HTML | 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. h, Louisiana, manufacturers of Westfield sugar and molasses, and dealers in general merchandise. Records include account books, daybooks, and ledgers for the firm; and payroll books for Armelise, Magnolia, Westfield, and Whitmel plantations and for levee work in the Fourth Mississippi River District. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 611.

Duggar, Jan W., interviewee. Radio interview, 1975. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (3 pages). Location: L:4700.10. Economist with the Louisiana Planning Committee and LSU. The radio interview aired on WJBO's Topic Today series. Interview discusses economic and business issues of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and the city of New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.10.

Duhart, Jean, fl. 1797-1805. Accounts and inventory, 1797-1805. 3 items. Location: Misc: D. Jean Duhart was possibly a store owner in New Orleans, La., or Acadia Parish. Lists people and amounts owed to Duhart for 1801-1805. Records for Nicholas Gravier's account with Duhart lists items purchased and amounts for 1797-1805. Inventory of goods, made by Judge Michel Cantrelle on June 29, 1805 at the request of Duhart and Jean Baptiste Poeyfarre. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4868.

Duneau, William H. Letter, 1837. 1 item. Letter from New Orleans to Messrs. Charles and William D. Crooker, of Bath, Maine, concerning shipping from New Orleans to New York. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1399. Location: Misc.

Dunlop, James. Account book, 1820-1829. 1 vol. Location: J:10. Resident of Ireland. Contains articles of agreement made at a meeting of master mariners for the purpose of forming an association in the town of Belfast, Ireland, for mutual relief, 1820; copies of letters pertaining to the business of a commission merchant; and a daybook. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 909.

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, 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.

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.

Easterly, Isaac. Diary, 1833-1865 (bulk 1833-1836). 1 ms. vol. on 1 microfilm reel. Mss.Mf:E. Native of Tennessee, apparently a Baptist clergyman. Diary entries refer to volunteers raised in Jasper, Georgia, to march against the Creek Indians (1833-1836) and include entries and accounts of a blacksmith (1863-1864). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2301.

Edwards, James Wiley, 1839-1934. Papers, 1870-1887, n.d. 39 items. Location: T:28. Native of Missouri, came to West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, where he married Sallie Thoms Harris, ca. 1867. Later moved to East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, then to Texas; died in Clinton. Papers consist of miscellaneous records: tax receipts, Police Jury and Parish Court records, voter registration, merchants' statements. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3552.

Egana, Juan Y. de. Papers, 1851-1857. 11 items. Location: Misc. Broker. Bond and receipts for payment of principal and interest on stock notes and shares in the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana, New Orleans, issued to Juan Y. de Egana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 69.

Eldredge, Inman F. Oral history interview, 1959. 1 item (98 pages and index). Location: U:115. Retired consulting forester, former director of the Forest Survey of the South, a member of the United States Forest Service, and former manager of the Superior Pine Products Co. in Fargo, Georgia. Oral history interview with Inman F. (Cap) Eldredge (1959) in New Orleans. Also a portion of an oral history interview with Eldredge made by Roy R. White (1959) at Fort Walton Beach, Florida. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1677.

Elliottville Mills Company. Letterbooks, 1885-1888, 1890. 2 ms. vols. U:115. Located in East Killingly, Connecticut. Letter press copy books (indexed) of James P. Kendall, associated with the Elliottville Mills Company, concerning the cotton business. Location: F:3. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Ellis, J. M. Letter, 1847. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans merchant. Letter by J. M. Ellis to his sister, Mrs. Samuel T. Tisdale of New York City, telling of a visit at the home of Samuel Judd on Long Island, New York, and that his financial situation in New Orleans did not warrant cultivating society people. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1363.

Esquire, Aleise. Tax receipt, 1843. 1 item. Location: Misc. Owner of a New Orleans coffee house. Parish tax receipt of Aleise Esquire. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1919.

Esso Standard Oil Company. Union contract, 1948-1957. 2 printed vols. Location: W:37. Louisiana division of national petrochemical corporation. Contract between Esso Standard Oil Company, Louisiana Division, and the Independent Industrial Workers' Association includes amendments and revisions. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3045.

Etienne, Thomas François. Record book, 1845-1861. 1 ms. vol. Location: B:16. Resident of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Record book containing entries of sales and accounts at Etienne's store and diary entries. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2161.

Eugene Rickets funeral notice, 1839. 1 item (enlargement print). Location: Impr. Broadside announcing the funeral of Eugene Rickets, a stranger from Flemingsburg, Kentucky, by James M. Baker, hotel owner of Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1353.

Evans, Nathaniel. Family Papers, 1791-1932 (bulk 1800-1850). 3,475 items, 47 ms. vols., 42 printed vols. Location: E:10-15, G:12, OS:E, 98:E, Vault:6, Mf. Postmaster and general merchant of Fort Adams, Wilkinson County, Mississippi; and owner of Oakland Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Papers consist of business and family correspondence and plantation records. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 1-10. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 670, 893, 913.

F.[loating] D.[ry] Dock Company. Account book, 1841-1856. 1 vol. Location: J:11. Located in Algiers, Louisiana. Ledger of the F. D. Dock Company [Floating Dry Dock Company] listing accounts with Mississippi River boats and other vessels and related fiscal entries for dock fees, repairs, interest, insurance, and labor. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 913.

Faler, M. and Company. Letter file, 1886-1889. 1 vol. Location: O:4. General merchants and cotton press operators, in Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi. Letter file of M. Faler and Company containing business correspondence of M. Faler and business and personal correspondence of Andrew Mangold, member of the firm. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1092.

Farwell, F. Evans, 1906. Lecture and narration, 1980. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (1 page). Location: L:4700.14. President of Millican and Farwell Shipping Line. Farwell discusses the establishment of Millican and Farwell Shipping and family sugar cane plantations in Louisiana. He narrates a slide show, not contained in the collection, about changes in farming technology, especially pertaining to sugar cane. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.14.

Favrot, H. L. Account book, 1888. 1 ms. vol. Resident of Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and dealer in groceries and drygoods. Indexed ledger of H. L. Favrot. G:6. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 475.

Feitel, Henry. Account book, 1884-1885. 1 vol. Location: G:6. Resident of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Daybook of Henry Feitel records general merchandise sales. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 476.

Felder, Joseph G. Papers,1956-1958. 0.8 linear feet. Location: 113:5. Engineer and manager of Ormet Corporation's Burnside Alumina Plant in Burnside, La. Correspondence, specifications, reports, drawings, and legal papers related to the construction and management of the Burnside Alumina Plant. For more information see online catalog. Mss. 4885.

Ferguson, R. P., and Company. Account books, 1854-1855. 3 vols. Location: G:6. General merchandise store of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Account books of R. P. Ferguson and Company recording sales of tobacco, whiskey, clothing, and groceries. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 477.

Fergusson, Tyson and Company. Price list, 1869 September 7. 1 item (and typescript). Location: Misc. Wholesale grocers and commission merchants of Baltimore, Maryland. List of price ranges for commodities furnished by Fergusson, Tyson and Company. Entries include various grains, vegetables, cattle, dried fruit, hides, wool, cotton, feathers, and rags, in addition to snakeroot and ginseng. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 582.

Fischer, Max. Max and August Fischer Papers, 1881-1907. 136 items. Location: E:52, O:20. Max and August Fischer were wholesale and retail dealers in general merchandise in Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. They also operated Kenmore Plantation, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Collection contains ledgers, journals, and other business papers related to Kenmore Plantation and to Fischer's merchandise dealings. Includes account and sales records of the Grace Episcopal Church in Bayou Sara, and of prominent families in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1259.

Fishman, Louis. Ledger, 1894. 1 vol. Location: G:3. General merchant of Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Incomplete ledger of Louis Fishman. East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Fitzgerald, John H. Business records, 1913-1955. 2 linear ft. and 19 ms. vols. Location: 79:97-98, F:6. Baton Rouge contractor and realtor. Papers consist of bills and receipts for building of homes and other contracting business. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2523.

Fitzgerald, John H. Business records, 1937-1946. 8 items and 7 ms. vols. Location: Misc., O:5. Baton Rouge contractor and realtor. Records pertain to Fitzgerald's contracting business and include journals and payroll books. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2004.

Fleming's Patent Medicine. Advertisement, n.d. 1 item. John Fleming, proprietor of Fleming's Patent Medicine Depot, in New Orleans, advertising his products. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1189. Location: Impr.

Flower and Finley. Receipt book, 1817-1820. 1 vol. Location: G:3. Commission merchants of New Orleans. Receipt book of Flower and Finley containing records of transactions with clients in the Felicianas. East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Fordyce Lumber Company. Records, 1926-1963. 65 ms. vols. (9.6 linear ft.). Location: N:18-20. Company based in Fordyce, Arkansas. Edward C. Gates was president of the company. Gates' personal copies of company records bound under assigned titles. Included are correspondence, records, reports, labor relations notes, wage schedules, forestry management data, photographs, and reports of the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad Company. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1864, 1895.

Foreign trade price lists collection, 1824-1833. 3 items. Location: Misc:F. J. W. Bastian & Son was a firm in Bremen, Germany, importing coffee, sugar, tobacco, and other staples as well as linens, dyes, and spices. Mariatequi, Knight & Co. was a firm based in Havana, Cuba, exporting sugar, coffee, molasses and provisions. The foreign trade price lists report the prices of commodities being exported and imported from Bremen, Germany, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Havana, Cuba. Also listed are exchange rates in London, Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Paris. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3326.

Fourchy, Paul. Papers, 1841-(1860-1879)-n.d. 88 items and 4 pamphlets. Location: U:115. Attorney, president of the Merchants' Mutual Insurance Company, and stockholder of the Mutual National Bank. Business papers consist of correspondence, printed copies of charters, and legal items relating to the insurance company and the bank. Personal papers consist of items from the University of Louisiana and invitations from social organizations.For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1650.

Frier, S. A. Papers, 1896-1898. 6 items and 1 vol. Location: Misc. J:11. Merchant and freight agent of Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Daybook of S. A. Frier listing names of customers and prices of items purchased; and receipts for merchandise. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 913.

Gaines, C. C. and Company. Papers, 1862 March 14. 2 items. Location: Misc. Two-part document from Shreveport, Louisiana, dealing with warehousing and selling four bales of cotton. Included is a small drawing showing a cotton picking scene. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3403.

Garland and Garland (Firm). Records, 1881-1909 (bulk 1905-1909). 1 item and 11 ms. vols. Location: Misc:G, N:4-5. General merchants of Mamou, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, and of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Related companies, Garland Lumber Company and Robbins and Garland, traded chiefly in lumber. Account books contain entries for such materials as lumber, brick, cotton, groceries, clothing, hardware, household utensils, tobacco, and whiskey. Collection also includes an account book of 'Anderson,' a fragmentary index to the ledgers, and a bill. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 965, 1788, 1978.

Garnier, John and Lubin. Papers, 1820-1859, n.d. 371 items. Location: U:121. New Orleans commission merchants. Letters and miscellaneous accounts. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 155, 752.

Gassie, August. Account book, 1870-1871. 1 vol. Location: G:8. Resident of West Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ledger records merchandise sales and cash accounts, many of which were made to Levert and New Hope plantations. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 478.

Gay-Butler-Plater Family Papers, 1814-2004. 29 linear ft., 25 v., 14 oversize folders. Location: G:43-72, OS:G, Q:1-6. Planters of Iberville, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes, La. Correspondence, financial records, legal records, photographic materials, and personal papers created and accumulated by the Gay, Butler, Plater, and Price families of Louisiana documenting their political, social, and financial affairs. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4872. Complete Finding Aid.

Gayle, W. N. Ledger, 1912-1920. 1 vol. Location: G:1. General merchant of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Looseleaf ledger of W. N. Gayle. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. Mss. 1100.

Gazette Printing Company. Sample book, 1896-1900. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:24. Printing company of Convent, Louisiana. Sample book contains handbills announcing baseball games, picnics, excursions, and death notices; tickets for benefits, raffles, lotteries, and concerts; and merchants' billheads. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 794.

Gendron, Charles E. Papers, 1879-1914. 780 items, 27 ms. vols. Location: C:53, H:23, O:4, 98:G. Storekeeper of Edgard, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, and agent for the Mississippi Packet Company. Papers mostly pertain to Gendron's work as an agent for the Mississippi Packet Company, including cashbooks, account books, and ledgers. Some personal papers are included. Collection contains French and English copies of the newspapers Le Meschacebe (1908-1912) and L'Observateur (1913). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 988, 1199.

Geo. Limerick & Co. Letter: Vicksburg, Miss., to Lockhart, Fearn and Donegan, Madisonville, Miss., 1842 March 19. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:G. Shipping company which operated along the Mississippi River, with ports in New Orleans and Vicksburg, Mississippi. It shipped cotton to the Madisonville, Mississippi, merchants Mr. Lockhart, Mr Fearn, and Mr. Donegan. Letter to Lockhart, Fearn, and Donegan denies responsibility for water damage to bales of cotton the company took aboard its ship Vicksburg. Included is an earlier letter (copy) to the merchants also stating the cotton was damaged prior to shipment. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3326.

George, John, 1854-1931. Papers, 1887-1931, n.d. 348 items and 6 ms. vols. Location: W:9-10. General merchant and cotton buyer in Tangipahoa, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Collection consists of business papers and ledgers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1550.

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

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., and Company. Store ledgers, 1885-1921, n.d. 28 ms. vols. Location: 5:1. General merchandise store, Wisner, Louisiana. Ledgers list names of customers, items purchased, and prices. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3154.

Gilchrist, Ray W. Oral history interview, 1979. 1 sound cassette (.5 hours), Index (1 page). Location: L:4700.24. Resident of Iberville Parish, Louisiana, where his father operated a community syrup mill in the 1930s. Gilchrist discusses his family and early background, his father's community syrup mill near Bayou Sorrel, and the community's involvement and socializing at syrup making time. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.24.

Glass, James C. Account books, 1833-1836. 4 vols. Location: G:4. General merchant of Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Daybook, journal, and ledgers of James C. Glass. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. Mss. 1100.

Goddard and Hall. Account books, 1892-1896. 6 vols. Location: J:11. Commission merchants of New Orleans. Account books of Goddard and Hall. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 912.

Golsan Brothers. Papers, 1845, 1866-1876. 15,645 items, 102 ms. vols. Location: UU:199-210, G:8-10, 915:. New Orleans cotton factors and agents for the DuBois cotton gin, doing business with merchants, and commission firms in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Tennessee, and Texas. Business papers of Golsan Brothers consisting chiefly of bills and receipts for merchandise, printing, and advertising; waybills; invoices for cotton purchased; bank checks; trial balance sheets; telegrams; statements of account; and correspondence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 501.

Gordon, Forstall, and Co. Account and correspondence, 1832 April - 1832 June. 1 item. Location: OS:G. Gordon, Forstall, and Co. were merchants in New Orleans, La. with in Mexico that dealt in items such as sugar and woolens. Manuscript copies of multiple letters and financial statements from 1832 exchanged between the merchants representing Gordon, Forstall, and Co. in Mexico, and the office in New Orleans refer to stock status, account information, foreign relations, poor sales, the political climate in Mexico, and how smugglers and imposed taxes by the local government were making business increasingly difficult. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4857.

Graham, C. R. and Company. Account books, 1846-1848. 2 vols. Location: G:6. Merchandise firm of West Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Account books. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 479.

Grand Isle Hotel. Account books, 1879-1898. 7 items, 4 vols. Location: Misc:G, G:6. Hotel in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and probably owned by John F. Kranz, the president of the Crescent City Ice Company of New Orleans. Collection includes a cashbook, a ledger, a guest register, bills, and receipts of the hotel. The cashbook of Kranz contains accounts with fishing boats (or 'smacks') and fish dealers, and related accounts of expenses for fishing gear, bait, and ice. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1144.

Gras-Lauzin Family Papers, 1783-1917 (bulk 1783-1866). 1 linear ft. Location: U:152-153. Don Antonio Gras was an early settler, merchant, and shipper of Baton Rouge and Natchez, Mississippi. Others in the family included Lewis Valentin Foelekel and Dr. Jean Lauzin. Papers include financial records of Antonio Gras and Lewis Foelekel; a thesis of Dr. Jean Lauzin (Paris, 1832); and personal letters from friends of the Lauzin family who lived in France. Collection also includes Civil War letters from Francis F. Palms, a Confederate soldier, and others to Henrietta Lauzin. Some items in the collection are in French and Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 5.

Great Falls Manufacturing Company. Correspondence, 1834-1842. 23 items. Location: Misc. Company located in Boston, Massachusetts. Letters to George H. Kuhn, treasurer, of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company pertaining to purchase of cotton from New Orleans factors for New England textile mills. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1404, 1417.

Great Southern Lumber Company. Collection, 1924-1938. 129 items, 2 printed vols. Location: UU:163, OS:G. Lumber company chartered in Pennsylvania in 1902, and owners of land, a sawmill, and other timber-related industries in Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana. William H. Sullivan was vice-president of the company (1905-1929) and mayor of Bogalusa. Collection contains photographs of buildings, machinery, and operations of the Great Southern Lumber Company and its subsidiary, the Bogalusa Paper Company; post cards; publications; and paper specimens. Reforestation efforts of the company; tung oil groves at Isabel, Louisiana; and the Bogue Chitto stock farm are also depicted in photographs. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3225. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Green, Charles, carpenter. Letters, 1834-1836. 5 items. Location: B:40. Carpenter from Pennsylvania who moved to Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, where he sought to establish ice and confectionery businesses in Louisiana. His mother, Henrietta and his brother, George lived in Pennsylvania. Letters from Green to his family concern his travel to Alexandria, wages paid to laborers, establishment of an ice business, his interest in a retail business, the unprofitability of the ice business, and his plans to establish a confectionery business. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 166.

Grima, Edgar. Letter Book, 1899-1900. 1 vol. Location: Mss. Mf.:G. New Orleans, La., attorney and notary. Letter book contains correspondence relating to civil cases, finances, property, land sale, and the settlement of personal estates (Dec. 16, 1899-Dec. 27, 1900). See online catalog for further information. Mss. 1804.

Grindley, George. Letter: Washington, D.C. to LeGardeur, New Orleans, La., 1891 January 26. 1 item (4 pages). Location: Misc:G. Letter mentions a bill relating to business interests which Grindley and LeGardeur wish to have passed by Congress; dealings with Cusimano and Co.; problems with the Post Office; Grindley's wife and children in New Orleans; and his work in Washington. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4607.

Guay and DeArmond. Ledger, 1835-1837. 1 vol. General merchants of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Ledger of accounts of Guay and DeArmond giving itemized charges and total amounts of accounts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. Mss. 1100.

Gueble and Nippert. Circular, 1869. 1 item. Location: Impr. New Orleans merchants. Circular advertises gloves, hosiery, dolls, toys, and other items. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

Gumbel, Simon. Family Papers, ca. 1851-1949. 2.5 linear ft.Location: P:21-22. Resident of New Orleans. Comprised almost entirely of property tax receipts for city, parish and state taxes; remaining papers consists of three stock certificates and personal legal papers. Also includes the records of the Sophie L. Gumbel Home, comprised of correspondence, printed items, financial and administrative records. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1490. Complete finding aid.

Haas, Samuel, 1836-1919. Letterpress copybook, 1887-1887. 1 vol. on 1 microfilm reel. Location: Mss. Mf:H. Merchant and landowner born in Alsace, France, of Jewish descent, in Bayou Chicot, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. Letters to business associates and friends in Avoyelles, Rapides, and St. Landry Parishes, Louisiana, and in New Orleans. One letter contains a detailed description of St. Landry Parish and its people. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3698.

Hagan, John. Papers, 1833-1848. 6 items. Location: Safe:8. New Orleans merchant. Papers pertain to Hagan's connection with land transactions of General Lafayette, John McDonogh, Zachary Taylor, and Josiah Coghill. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1485.

Hale Correspondence, 1843, 1845. 4 items. Location: Misc. Business letters from New Orleans to New York City and to Alliance Mutual Company, New York. Letters (1845) comment on problems getting the required amount of cargo for a ship sailing to New York. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1404, 1417.

Hall, J. A. Account book, 1873-1885. 1 vol., microfilm. Location: Mf. Storekeeper of Coffee County, Alabama. Ledger entries include records of purchases of farm and household supplies; settlement of debtors' accounts by payments in cash, commodities, and services; articles of agreement with farm laborers and household workers; and letters and memoranda. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1013.

Hall, Samuel. Letter, 1843 March 3. 1 item. Location: Misc. Boston factor. Letter from Captain Albert Winsor, New Orleans, contains an account of expenses for barque Nahant. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1404.

Harbour, S. B. Account book, 1863-1865. 1 vol. Location: G:11. Keeper of a livery stable in Baton Rouge. Ledger records entries of rental and upkeep of horses. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 637.

Harris, M. Daybook, 1846. 1 vol. Location: G:4. General merchant of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Daybook of M. Harris listing itemized charges for merchandise. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. Mss. 1100.

Hart, S. M. and Company. Account books, 1854-1857. 2 vols. Location: P:20. Commission firm of Baton Rouge. Letterpress copy books of accounts with the Louisiana State Penitentiary, the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and others. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 992.

Hart-Bonnecaze-Duncan Family Papers, 1775-1949 (bulk 1840-1875, 1905-1940). 2 linear ft., 2 mf reels. Location: T:18, OS:H, Mss.Mf:B. Baton Rouge families related by marriage. Leon Bonnecaze was a businessman and French consular agent; Samuel Hart was the first chief of the Baton Rouge Fire Department; Robert Hart served as Baton Rouge mayor in 1898-1902. Papers include correspondence and writings; legal records; financial records; ephemera; sheet music; and photographs. Papers provide some information on civilian conditions in the Civil War and on the Baton Rouge Fire Department. Partly in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3371, 4208. Complete finding aid.

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.

Head, William Hughes, 1821-1886. Family Papers, 1838-1947 (bulk 1845-1930). 7 linear ft. Location: 34:123-130, OS:H. Baptist minister, druggist. Family papers include correspondence, sermons, and writings, and other family letters and legal documents related to the drugstore business. Correspondence reflects student life before and after WWI. Correspondence, photographs and printed items reflect the military service of William Hughes Head, Jr. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3238. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Hebert Bros. Meat Market Records, 1943-1946. 0.3 linear ft. Location: C:88, OS:H. Hebert Bros. Meat Market operated in Morganza, La. Business records consisting of financial papers, correspondence, reports, and federal regulations relate to the production, sale and distribution of meat under the Food Rationing Program of the Office of Price Administration, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture during World War II. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3833. Complete finding aid.

Hemphill, H. Account book, 1831-1835. 1 vol. Location: G:11. Ledger of H. Hemphill records general merchandise sales and cash accounts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 175.

Hendrick, E. B. and Company. Receipt, 1868 March 18. 1 item. Location: Misc. Commission merchant of Cairo, Illinois. Illinois Central Railroad Company receipt for sacks of seed to be shipped to W. H. Mann of Gilman, Illinois. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 850.

Herbert, Susan F. Papers, 1839, 1852-1857. 34 items. Location: C:61. Resident of Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Statements from Payne and Harrison, New Orleans factor, for sale of cotton for the estate of T. S. Herbert and for his wife, Mrs. Susan Herbert. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1209.

Heroman, George M., 1808-1861. Family Papers, 1816-1904 (bulk 1833-1865). 35 items, 2 ms. vols., 1 printed vol. on 1 reel of microfilm. Location: Mss.Mf:H, Misc:H, OS:H. German immigrant and merchant in Baton Rouge. Papers include Civil War letters of Fred W. H. Heroman, one of George Heroman's sons and a private in the 3rd Louisiana Infantry. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1882.

Hervey, Elstner & Warren. Letterbook, 1870. 1 vol. Location: G:11, BTC. Mercantile firm located in Shreveport, Louisiana. Letter book consists chiefly of letters to business associates and customers from Col. C. M. Hervey at the time he purchased the entire interest in the business. Bound typed copies also available. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 645.

Hilliard, Isaac H. (Isaac Henry), 1811-1868. Family Papers, 1756-1924 (bulk 1845-1920). 173 items, 12 ms. vols. Location: E:50 H:21. Planter on Hilliard Plantation in Grand Lake, Chicot County, Arkansas, where his family owned a merchandising business. Collection includes legal papers, correspondence, cashbooks, and diaries that document the personal, agricultural, and business activities of the Hilliard family. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1236, 1347.

Hinckley, Orramel, 1813-1868. Family Papers, 1811-1897 (bulk 1830-1870). 335 items, 16 vols. Location: UU:65, J:9, OS:H6. Steamboat owner and captain whose business was centered mainly in New Orleans and Opelousas, Louisiana. Hinkley's wife and son lived in Washington, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. Personal and business papers and account books (1834-1897) document Hinckley's work as a steamboat captain. There are also volumes relating to personal matters, Civil War letters and items, and the bylaws and rules of a chapter of the Royal Arch Masons. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 8-9. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 970, 1151, 1317. Complete Finding Aid PDF

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.

Hunter and Killian. Account book, 1839-1841. 1 vol. Location: G:4. D. D. Hunter was a grocer and tavern keeper. Ledger of D. D. Hunter probably owned before taking John Killian as a partner, April 3, 1839; miscellaneous statements of accounts contracted and statement of John Killian; and ledger of accounts of Hunter and Killian (1840-1841). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Mss. 1100.

Hunter Brothers General Merchandise. Business records, 1892-1899. 4,384 items, 91 vols. Location: 80:16-18, Q:7-9. Merchants of Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Business records are comprised of bills, receipts, business correspondence, cashbooks, cotton books, daybooks, ledgers, and a minute book of the Tensas and Condordia Farmers' Association (1913-1914). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2377.

Hunter Bros. Store photograph, 1971. 1 item. Location: E:Pict.Coll. Store in Waterproof, Louisiana. Photograph of the Hunter Bros. Store taken in April 1971, just before the building was demolished. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 236.

Hunter Family Papers, 1841-1968. 79 items, 56 vols. Location: UU:102, N:26-27, 98. Merchants and residents of Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Family papers include several family photographs, LSU students notebooks (1895-1899), and college textbooks. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2377.

Hutchinson, Charles W. Family Papers, 1803-1948 (bulk 1864-1888). 131 items, 6 vols. (4 ms. vols., 2 printed vols.). Location: UU:111, N:5, OS:H. Commission merchant and art collector of Utica, New York. His father, Holmes Hutchinson, was president of Oswego and Syracuse Railroad Co., and his brother, Edwin, was a faculty member at Yale University. Papers include letters and financial documents related to Charles Hutchinson's art collection. Also included are items and documents of Holmes Hutchinson concerning the railroad company and of Edwin Hutchinson concerning Yale University. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1856.

Hutchinson, Holmes, d. 1865. Family Papers, 1844-1904. 20 items, 1 vol. Location: U:159, Misc:H. Resident of Utica, New York, and tutor to Franklin A. Hudson, son of Silas F. Hudson, of Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Owner of cypress swampland in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Papers include: letters concerning management and revenue of the cypress swampland; cash expenses for trips between Utica and Bayou Goula; a stock certificate; and an account book. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 751, 802, 881.

Ile De France. Broadside, n.d. [18th or early 19th century]. 1 printed item. Location: Impr. Merchant's broadside announces the opening of a business house in the port of Nouvelle-Orleans on the French Indian Ocean colony of Ile de France. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3032.

Innerarity, James. Letters, 1816-1820, n.d. 4 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Mobile, Alabama. James and John Innerarity were associates of the commercial house of John Forbes and Company, Pensacola, Florida. Letters from Innerarity to Eligius Fromentin, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, and to the Land Office of East Pearl River pertain to the settlement of land claims between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers. Included is a statement listing cargo for a ship. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 908.

Interim Printing Company. Sample book, 1888-1896. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:24. Located in Convent, Louisiana. Sample book contains handbills for fairs, elections, concerts, and baseball games; wedding invitations and death notices; and billheads for merchants. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 794.

Isaiah Chase - Peter Hanson Business Letters,1847-1855. 16 items. Location: Misc:I. Most letters written to Joseph Holmes (1771-1863), shipbuilder and owner from Kingston, Mass., from New Orleans by either Isaiah Chase or Peter Hanson. Letters discuss financial transactions made through the New England Bank in Boston and ships used to transport the acquired commodites out of New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4946.

Jackson Lumber Company, Lockhart, Alabama. Personal copies of Edward C. Gates, President, 1902-1953. 20 ms. vols. Location: N:23. Company records bound under assigned titles. Records include annual reports, monthly reports and related statistics, forestry data, advertising, and photographs. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1895.

Jahncke, Ernest Lee, Sr., 1877-1960. Papers, 1852-1960 (bulk 1911-1941). 1,528 items, 16 ms. vols., 15 printed vols. Location: U:136-143, F:22-23, OS:J. Rear Admiral in the Naval Reserve, assistant secretary of the navy during the Hoover administration, president of Jahncke Interests in New Orleans, and first executive director of the Louisiana State Department of Commerce and Industry. Papers documenting Jahncke's civic, cultural, and professional interests. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1713, 1805.

James, Samuel L., 1834-1894. Letter, 1870 December 10. 1 item. Location: Misc. Louisiana engineer, businessman, and owner of the convict lease, 1870-1894. Letter to lawyer J. E. Austin encloses a newspaper article critical of the convict-lease system and requests that Austin begin a libel suit against the publisher. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2946.

Jamison, John Letter, 1817 September 30. 1 item. Location: Misc: J. Letter from John Jamison (an Indian Agent at Natchitoches, La. in 1817) to Joseph Saul, Esquire, the cashier of the Bank of Louisiana, in which Jamison complains about the difficulties of transacting the financial business of his office and asking to be able to draw bills through the Bank of the United States at New Orleans on the Bank of Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4889.

Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate records,1900-1970. 16 linear feet. Location: 2:29-36, 98:J, OS:J. Organized in 1901 by Walter Scott Heywood and five other Jennings, La. Businessmen. Correspondence relating to the involvement of the Heywood brothers and their associates in the oil industry in Louisiana and Walter Scott Heywood's political activities and service on the Jefferson Davis Parish Rationing Board, the Louisiana State Mineral Board, and the Mermentau Basin Association. His speeches and autobiography are also included. Bills and receipts for equipment and supplies used by the Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate and its related companies are present. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3262. Complete finding aid

Johns-Manville Products Corporation. Timberland records, 1939-1972, n.d. 26 linear ft., 2 ms. vols. Location: 94, OS:J, 97:. Regional office of a forest products corporation in Natchez, Mississippi. Records document managed timberlands in Southwest Mississippi and include timber and land sales; materials on forestry organizations; correspondence; policies; costs and returns; wood procurement records; photographs; a draft history; and scrapbooks. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2679.

Johnson (Alfred Grima) Family Papers, 1805-2001 (bulk: 1850-1950). 0.6 linear feet. Locations: 111:7, OS:J. Retired Central Intelligence Agency officer and historic preservationist. Collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, research notes, photographs, and other records pertaining to the Grima, Montegut, Pitot, Foley, and Pugh families of South Louisiana. The records were accumulated for the purpose of studying genealogy and family history. Contains records in both English and French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 5005. Complete Finding Aid. PDF

Johnson, Henry and Joseph. Store records, 1876-1890. 5 ms. vols. Owners of general mercantile store in Grove, Louisiana. Ledgers and daybooks record business transactions. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2781.

Jones, Charles C. Papers, 1887-1895, 1923-1926, n.d. 562 items, 2 ms. vols., 2 printed vols. Location: UU:101. Son of Dr. Joseph Jones, civil and mining engineer associated with the Cranes' Nest Coal and Iron Company of Lynchburg, Virginia, and general manager of Coeburn Coal Company, Coeburn, Virginia. Business papers, family letters, and personal business papers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1351, 1357.

Jones, L. E. Account books, 1906-1933. 14 vols. Location: F:18. Dealer in general merchandise of Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Account books of Louis E. Jones. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1007.

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.

Jungle Gardens, Inc. bond issue ledger, 1927. 1 vol. Location: P:11. Business venture created by Edward Avery McIlhenny, owner of Avery Island, Louisiana, to grow and sell exotic tropical plants at affordable prices. One volume contains a single November 3, 1927 notarial act consisting of two hundred fifty cancelled bonds for Jungle Gardens, Inc. Included is the resolution of the Board of Directors for Jungle Gardens, Inc., authorizing the bond cancellation. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4668. Complete finding aid. HTML| PDF

Keeler, Timothy B. Letters, 1823-1827. 14 items. Resident of Danbury, Conn.and New Orleans merchant. Letters to his wife, Mary provide news of his health, the state of his business in New Orleans, and his longing to be home in Connecticut with her. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4964.

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), plantation and store ledgers, cashbooks, daybooks, and receipts. Slave record books are on microfilm. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3010.

Keller, Arthur G., 1902-1968. Papers, 1878-1967 (bulk 1927-1967). 19 linear ft. Location: 94:. Professor of Chemical Engineering, LSU, specialist in sugar cane technology, and consulting engineer. Professional papers include correspondence; notebooks; teaching materials; and files, financial records, and reports relative to a firm of consulting engineers run by Keller. Materials on sugar cane technology include reports on refineries and production. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2318, 2746.

Kellogg, Walter Lumber Company, Inc. Records, 1918-1961. 7 boxes. Location: 80:22-28. Plant, mills, yard, and offices located in Alexandria and Monroe, Louisiana. Records include appraisals, minute books and records, CPA reports, monthly statements, and federal and state income tax returns. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2336.

Kemp, David. Journal, 1814-1815. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:19. Accounts for a general merchandise store in St. Helena Parish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 196.

Kenner, Duncan Farrar, 1813-1887. Papers, 1838-1905 (bulk 1838-1894). .8 linear ft. (342 items, 2 ms. vols., 1 printed vol.). Location: A:51, F:4, Vault:1. Planter of Ashland, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and Confederate diplomat. Financial, legal, and personal papers related to Ashland Plantation and Kenner's investments and business dealings in New Orleans, especially leasing the New Basin Canal in New Orleans and horse racing, as well as to Kenner's diplomatic mission to France on behalf of the Confederacy. 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. 198, 1402, 1477. Complete finding aid (PDF).

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).

Kent, Amos, 1811-1906. Family Papers, 1770-1906 (bulk 1855-1900). .25 linear ft. (130 items, 1 vol.). Location: C:31. Family of New Hampshire and Louisiana; merchant in Baton Rouge and farmer in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. The town of Kentwood was named in his honor. Kent served 8 years in the Louisiana legislature. Family correspondence of three generations of the Kent family and business papers of Amos Kent. Amos Kent's business papers consist of legal opinions of attorneys, deeds, and letters. Included is a diary kept by young George Favrot of Baton Rouge (later a U.S. Congressman from the Baton Rouge District) which describes happenings about town. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 199, 724, 1101, 2296.

Kent-Amacker family papers, 1853-1910 (bulk: 1860-1866). 65 items. Location: 1:55. Family correspondence of the Kent and Amacker families of St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes, La., including financial records and miscellaneous items. Bulk of correspondence written or received by the Kent Family during the Civil War and relates to military operations in southeastern Louisiana, family participation in campaigns in Georgia, presence of Federals, and the imprisonment of James Fluker Kent at Johnson Island, Ohio. Letters written before, during, and after the war also briefly describe news and events of local, business, and familial interest. For further information, see online catalog or Complete Finding Aid. Mss. 4185. HTML | PDF

Killian and Harry. Account book, 1839-1852. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:19. Dealers in lumber, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Ledger lists costs for boards and prices paid for hauling and construction work. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 200.

Kimble and Chase. Statement, 1873. 1 item. Location: Misc. Dealers in buggies, wagons, and carriages, of Shreveport, Louisiana. Statement from Kimble and Chase to Lieutenant Woodruff listing charges for repairs. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1437.

King, John W. Papers, 1828-1860 (bulk 1830-1850). .5 linear ft. (95 items, 1 ms. vol., 1 printed vol.), 1 mf reel. Location: UU:105, Mss.Mf:K. Physician of Covington, Kentucky, and president of Newport Manufacturing Company, Newport, Kentucky. Papers include correspondence, legal documents, receipts, printed materials, manuscript writings, a will, and a medical notebook. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1372, 1382.

Kleinpeter, Andrew. Papers, 1827-1833. 20 items. Location: B:40. Resident of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Correspondence from relatives in Spencer County, Kentucky, and letters from James Neilson, attending school in Lexington, Kentucky, commenting on Henry Clay after attending a party in his home, and mentioning a shooting by supporters of Clay and Jackson. Includes business letters of Isidor Larguire, cotton broker, of New Orleans; and a letter of A. Jones, Baton Rouge, concerning the treatment of cholera. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 238.

Knox, J. P., d. 1893. Family Papers, 1851-1921. 2 linear ft. Location: E:26-27. The Knox family of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, grew cotton and owned the Clinton Brick and Tile Company and the East Louisiana Land Investment Company. Robert Granville Knox was a member of Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Collection includes papers related to the Knox family businesses and to their personal affairs. Letters of Robert Granville Knox describe his departure to Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Cuba. Includes a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Granville Knox.  Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 11-12. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 715. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Kowalski, G. Papers, 1839-1841. 5 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Bordeaux, France. Letters from G. Kowalski to Jean and Lubin Garnier, New Orleans, concerning wine shipments and business conditions. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 203.

Kreeger's billhead, [1880]. 1 item. Location: Impr. New Orleans general department store. Billhead advertising Kreeger's art sales parlor, kid gloves, shoes, millinery, and children's clothing. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

Krotz Springs Cycling Plant. Blueprints, 1954. 1 vol. Location: H:20. Cycling plant of Gulf Refining Company. Blueprints consist of mechanical flow sheets and plot plans for the plant. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2807.

La Feria Style Shop. Account books,. 1 item, 3 vols. Location: OS:L. Includes one unbound and three bound record account books from La Feria Style Shop. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1153.

La Villebeuvre, Jean Ursin. Family Papers, 1806-1917 (bulk 1840-1880). 1,022 items, 39 vols. Location: B:48-49, J:4. Jean Ursin La Villebeuvre and his son, Eli Faurault La Villebeuvre, New Orleans commission merchants. Papers of the la Villebeuvre and the related Jourdain, Forstall, Roman, Peters, and Hyman families of New Orleans. Collection includes business and legal records as well as some family and personal papers. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 812.

Labatut, John B. Certificate, 1802. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans merchant. Certificate for merchandise shipped on the ship Roebuck by Philadelphia merchants and delivered at the Port of New Orleans for Labatut. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2014.

Lambert, A. J. Account book, 1920-1924. 1 vol. Location: J:11. Dealer in general merchandise, of Robeline, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Inventory of merchandise stock for the store at Boleyn, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, owned by A. J. Lambert and Son. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 957.

Lambert, John W. (John Walter), 1861-1932. Papers, 1872-1932 (bulk 1900-1931). 872 items, 59 vols. (35 ms. vols., 24 printed vols.). Location: U:196-197, G:15, OS:L. Physician, mayor of Tangipahoa, Louisiana, owner of a drug and mercantile business, and director of Amite Bank and Trust Co. Papers include printed items related to Tulane University Medical School; and business papers, letters, and financial documents related to Lambert's professional activities as a doctor and drug store owner. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 829, 1556.

Lamothe, Leon. Receipt, 1883. 1 item. Location: Misc. Proprietor of Leon's Oyster Saloon and Restaurant, New Orleans. Receipt for maintenance of jury. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 889.

Lanaux's (T.) Sons. Account books, 1860, 1880-1920, 1930. 49 ms. vols. Location: 114:, 125:. New Orleans commission merchants. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2222.

Larkin, E. J. Diary, 1878. 1 vol. Location: M:20. Businessman of Delta, Madison Parish, Louisiana. Entries record daily life and business and social matters. Diary also reports a yellow fever epidemic and its movement from New Orleans to Vicksburg, Mississippi, describing the fear and suffering of the people. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2491.

Laurans, J. Account book, 1827-1828, 1836. 1 vol. Location: J:11. Ledger of a general merchandise store in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Laycock, Samuel Gordon, 1851-1927. Papers, 1871-1874. 20 items. Location: Misc. President of the Baton Rouge Gas Light Company. Papers include routine bills signed by Laycock as president; and a letter (1874) from St. Louis, Missouri, verifying that a man had been sent to Baton Rouge in answer to a request for an employee. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2223.

Lazell, Perkins and Company. Correspondence, 1839-1845. 3 items. Location: Misc. Collection includes letters to the company related to the construction of sugar mill shafts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1404, 1417.

Lebrai Brothers. Account book, 1829-1830. 1 vol. Location: G:15. Accounts of a general merchandise firm of New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 215.

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.

Lebret & Hearsey. Record books, 1838-1875. 22 vols. Location: G:14. General merchandising firm in Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Peter Lebret was an owner and operator of Lebret & Hearsey. Manuscript volumes containing Lebret & Hearsey records include 12 journals (1838-1869); 9 ledgers (1842-1874); and an index. Part in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 216.

Lefevre, Paul. Letter file book, 1856-1859. 1 vol. (218 items). Location: F:8. Resident of Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and apparently a drygoods merchant dealing in women's apparel and accessories. Business correspondence of Paul Lefevre and his wife from New Orleans and New York merchants. Included are a few letters from customers. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 754.

Lester, George S. Papers, 1846-1890 (bulk 1861-1874), n.d. 54 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: C:61, OS:L. A Civil War veteran who served in the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers. Includes business letters to Lester from the Cleveland Chemical Plant Company, Cleveland, Ohio. For further information see the manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3666.

Leverich Company. Correspondence, 1839-1848. 5 items. Location: Misc. Cotton factors of New York and New Orleans. Letters of J. H., Henry L., and Charles P. Leverich concerning business and family matters. Included is a letter from Charles P. Leverich describing a sea voyage from New York to New Orleans in 1845.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2466.

Leverich Company. Papers, 1830-1851, n.d. 149 items. Location: W:11. Cotton factors of New York and New Orleans. Letters pertain to New Orleans business and banking conditions, shipping between New York and New Orleans, and family matters. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2998.

Leverich, Charles P. Correspondence, 1834-1847. 69 items. Location: A:56. Factor of New York City associated with J. H. Leverich and Company of New Orleans. Correspondence consists of letters from New Orleans merchants and factors including Maunsel White. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2418.

Leverich, Charles P. Correspondence, 1843-1853. 12 items. Location: Misc. Factor of New York City associated with J. H. Leverich and Company of New Orleans. Letters from a New Orleans factor comment on the effect of the Oregon Question on the sugar market. Letters from St. Mary Parish planters refer to shipping sugar and other cargo, a mortgage on Leonidas Polk's plantation, floods, and the parish's health. Letter from William J. Minor of Natchez mentions his interest in horse racing and comments on his son's finances in relationship to Yankee thriftiness. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1078, 1220, 1352, 1506.

Leverich, Henry S. Correspondence, 1831-1832, 1846. 7 items. Location: Misc. New York City commission merchant. Letters from James H. Leverich, Charles I. Leverich, and Joseph Lallande, New Orleans grocers, during a business trip to Natchez and New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2100.

Levi, Leopold. Account book, 1888-1893. 1 vol. Location: J:11. Dealer in general merchandise, of Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Ledger of Leopold Levi. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 975.

Liddell, Moses. Family Papers, 1813-1919 (bulk 1838-1870).6.5 linear ft., 39 ms. vols., 11 mf reels. Location: U:200-209, G:21, Range 98, Mss.Mf:L. Planter of Elmsley Plantation, Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. His son, St. John Richardson Liddell, was a planter of Llanada Plantation near Trinity, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, and a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War. Papers consist of plantation records, slave lists, personal correspondence, business and legal papers, account books, notebooks, and plantation diaries. Manuscript volumes consist of cashbooks, bank books, cotton and lumber record books, plantation notebooks, and an incomplete manuscript of LIDDELL'S RECORD OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA 1860-1866. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 531.

Lincoln, Rod M. Rod M. Lincoln collection of photographs of the Freeport Sulphur Company, 1933-1983 ca. 32 photographs. Location: 48:28. Photographs documenting various aspects of facilities and mining operations of the Freeport Sulphur Company, Louisiana. Most of the views depict the Grande Ecaille Mine, Grandeport, and Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4059.

Link, Louis, 1866-1934. Papers, 1883-1934, n.d. 45 items, 2 ms. vols. Location: W:49. German immigrant; executive of Standard Oil Corporation in Texas and Louisiana; and inventor. Papers include business letters, personal documents, printed materials, and photographs of a Baton Rouge flood. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3431.

Llano del Rio Company of Nevada. Legal records, 1950-1951. 7 printed vols. Location: Mf., Z:1. Four briefs and the transcript of record of the case of Llano del Rio Company of Nevada vs. Anderson-Post Hardwood Lumber Company, Inc., et al., in an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and a petition filed in the Supreme Court. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1075.

Lobdell, James L. Record book, 1866-1867. 1 vol. Location: G:16. Resident of Bellemont Plantation, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Bills of lading from Vose and Lobdell, commission merchants of New Orleans, and receipts for merchandise for James L. Lobdell. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 212.

Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN). Records, 1985-1998. 14.5 linear feet. Location: Range 10 and 142, Map Case 1. State network of individual citizens and organizations active in the campaign to enforce legislative environmental standards. Collection includes applications for environmental permits submitted by various Louisiana companies to the Department of Environmental Quality and lawsuit records documenting conflicts between companies and the DEQ. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4876. Complete Finding Aid HTML | PDF

Louisiana Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Records, 1928-1994. 9.5 linear ft. Location: 112:21-28, 91:69-70, 111:22-23. Organization affiliated with the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Minutes, correspondence, reports, directories, and quarterly newsletter, The Pelican. Subjects include women in business, women in the professions, and pay equity for women. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4471. Complete finding aid.

Louisiana Health Care Campaign Records, circa 1989-2004 (bulk: 1995-2001). Location: X 16 linear feet. Grassroots coalition that advocated for accessible, affordable health care for all Louisianans. Correspondence, reports, newsletters, press releases, and board minutes, and other records of the Louisiana Health Care Campaign, as well as background material on health care reform issues and groups and budgets and reports from allied groups and relevant state agencies, including the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of Insurance. Also includes records of the Louisiana Health Care Commission, of which the campaign was a member. For additional information, see online catalog. Mss. 4957. Complete finding aid.

Louisiana State Bank. Records, 1817-1888. Location: 79:8-21, Vault 13 and 21. Documents pertaining to the construction of the Louisiana State Bank of New Orleans; the bank's correspondence; financial, legal, and administrative documents and volumes;and a few items of its successor in 1871, the State National Bank of New Orleans. Part of the Charles Titcomb Collection. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1785. Complete finding aid.

Louisiana sugar and rice trade collection, 1884-1936. 175 items, 6 vols. Location: C:30, F:8. The Louisiana Sugar and Rice Exchange was a commodities brokerage concern in New Orleans. Raymond J. Martinez was the editor and publisher of The Rice Journal. Records consist of correspondence, form letters, announcements, financial reports, minutes of meetings, and broadsides. Papers of Raymond J. Martinez include correspondence; statistics of the rice industry; and items for publication. Photographs depict International Harvester Company equipment and some individuals; papers and letters concerning the photographs are included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 784.

Louisiana sugar documents, 1859. 2 items. Location: Misc. Statement of account for shipment of molasses, by Hawkins & Norwood of New Orleans, and certificate of gauging for this shipment. Statement addressed to Jas. A. Brown, Manchac, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3646.

Loyd, Gladys Means, d. 1984. Family Papers, 1904-1975. 462 items, 9 ms. vols., 1 printed vol. Location: UU:215, P:18, 99:L. Schoolteacher of Ida (Caddo Parish) and St. Joseph (Tensas Parish), Louisiana. Papers include correspondence and genealogical notes on Ida, Louisiana, families; photograph albums on plantations, including Hundred Oaks Plantation in Baton Rouge; and scrapbooks on the history of Ida and Tensas Parish. Collection also includes ledgers of the Ida Hardware Store owned by James Taylor Means. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3224.

Lyons Lumber Company. Records, 1905-1925. Ca. 14 linear ft. Location: 93:, 94:. Records include invoices, samples, inventories, and business correspondence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1461, 1502.

Machette, William. Letterbook, 1807-1820. 1 ms. vol. Location: U:107. Ship owner of Boston, Massachusetts. Letter book containing handwritten copies of letters to business associates in various parts of the world including several letters addressed to Judah Touro, New Orleans merchant, and other letters referring to Machette's dealings with Touro. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1808.

Magnin, A. Promissory note, 1831. 1 item. Location: Misc.:M. Promissory note of A. Magnin of New Orleans to Mr. Caltelnaux. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 274.

Magnolia Petroleum Company report and testimony, 1946 Aug. 27. 0.3 linear feet. Location: OS:M, T:100. Report and testimony presented to the Department of Conservation in the State of Louisiana regarding Magnolia Petroleum Company oil well drilling in Mamou Field, Evangeline Parish, La., considered to be the location of the first Louisiana oil field. The report contains correspondence, data, well surveys, departmental reports, and analysis gathered throughout 1946. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4840.

Magruder, W.H. Nathaniel, Papers, 1921-1963. 0.3 linear feet. Correspondence and other records related to W.H. Nathaniel Magruder’s management of Central Hershey sugar refinery in Cuba. The records document Magruder's relationships within the larger management structure and his experience with organized labor interests. Mss. 3915. Complete Finding Aid

Maling, M. C. Letter, 1853. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letter to William Lord, ship owner, of Kennebunk, Maine, concerning shipping problems in the New Orleans-Liverpool cotton trade. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1363.

Mandeville and Wilson. Papers, 1888-1913. 217 items. Location: U:213. Wholesale grocers of New Orleans. Business papers of Mandeville and Wilson. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 554.

Mann, Fischer and Company. Account books, 1869-1880. 4 ms. vols. Location: J:11. General merchandise firm of Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Cashbook, journal, and ledgers for Mann, Fischer, and Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 896.

Marchand Gin Company. Cotton book, 1900. 1 vol. Location: G:18. Cotton book of the Marchand Gin Company recording cotton ginned and shipped from September to December, 1900. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 280.

Marionneaux, Belford. Store ledger, 1842-1854, 1862, 1865-1884. 12 items, 1 ms. vol. Location:Mf. Ledger of general store in Iberville Parish (probably Plaquemine), Louisiana, records daily transactions and customer purchases. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2765.

Marston and Company. Letter, 1849. 1 item. Location: Misc. Company located in Palermo, Sicily. Letter to R. F. Nichols and Company, New Orleans, informing them of a shipment of citrus fruits. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 951.

Marston, Henry, 1794-1884. Family Papers, 1820-1938 (bulk 1850-1890). 2,104 items, 59 vols. Location: U:220-222, G:19. Planters of East Feliciana Parish and Red River Parish, Louisiana. Collection includes diaries; plantation records; legal documents; personal correspondence; bank records; and Civil War papers. Diaries comment on public health, yellow fever epidemic, race relations, labor and the political participation of African Americans. Other volumes record activities of the Clinton & Port Hudson Railroad and the Silliman Female Collegiate Institute. Papers of son , Bulow, reflect his activities as planter, steamboat operator, and warehouse owner. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm 5735 and 6061: University Publications of America, Confederate Military Manuscripts, Series B, Reel 13 and Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reel 14, or For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 624. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Martin, Sigur. Papers, 1905-1912. 236 items, 16 ms. vols. Location: U:211, G:18. Sugar planter of Grand Point Plantation and a dealer in general merchandise and liquor in Paulina, St. James Parish, Louisiana. He later held office in the Treasury Department in Baton Rouge. Collection includes store records, accounts, invoices, and receipts, many with Baton Rouge merchants. Some items document Martin's management of a sugarcane plantation. Included are letters from the Colonial Sugars Company listing cane deliveries from tenant farmers working on Grand Point Plantation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 460.

Maury Brothers. Ledger, 1851-1856. 1 vol. Location: M:20. James and Ruston Maury were cotton and commission merchants in New Orleans. Ruston Maury conducted company business in Liverpool, New York, Charleston, and Richmond. He was a member of Christ Church, New Orleans. Ledger records company income, expenses, and accounts of company partners. Accounts of cotton shipped and exported to England and the northern United States are included, along with smaller amounts of sugar and corn. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4676.

Maynard, I. N. Account book, 1847-1866. 1 vol. Location: G:18. Merchant of St. Francisville, Louisiana. Ledger of I. N. Maynard records sales and cash accounts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 286.

McCain, John I. Account books, 1891-1932. 27 vols. Location: P:24. Dealer in general merchandise of Montgomery, Grant Parish, Louisiana. Daybooks and ledgers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 957.

McClellan, W. H. Receipts, 1851. 3 items. Location: Misc. Receipt for cistern carpentry work and installation of awning. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

McCrindell, Thomas. Account book, 1851-1855. 1 vol. Location: J:12. Commission merchant of Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Daybook listing names of customers and daily expenditures credited to each customer for plantation supplies, storage, and shipping. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 913.

McCutchon, Samuel, 1820-1874. Family Papers, 1832-1890 (bulk 1832-1874). 104 items, 8 vols. (5 ms. vols., 3 printed vols.). Location: U:158, P:19, Misc:M. Manager of Ormond Plantation, Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana, and manager (1866-1874) for the Young, Toledo and Company in Belize, British Honduras. Collection includes diaries documenting the operation and management of the sugar plantation and saw mills. Papers include business letters, record books, inventories, newspapers, broadsides, and plans. Includes papers and descriptions of plantation life in Belize. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reels 5-6. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1049, 1087, 1060, 1109.

McDonogh, John. Papers, 1799-1938 (bulk 1801-1850). 3,595 items and 2 printed vols. [typescript copies]. Location: X:63-65. General commission merchant of New Orleans and planter of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Papers consist primarily of business records, correspondence (1801-1850) with business associates, commission firms, merchants, planters, tenants and civil authorities. Papers also include personal correspondence, with some letters relating to the American Colonization Society and the Washington National Monument Society. Papers also relate to death, his will and the controversial issues of his estate. For further information, online catalog. Mss. 1247.

McGalliard (William M. and Family) Papers, 1868-1948 (bulk: 1868-1891, 1916-1925). 1.5 linear feet. Location: UU:182-183, OS:Mc, 99:McGalliard. A doctor and president of the school board in Donaldsonville, La. Contains personal and business correspondence, financial records, and printed items related to McGalliard’s medical practice, business ventures, especially the Donaldsonville Bridge Company, and family life. Also includes information on home construction and artificial limbs. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3713. Complete finding aid (PDF).

McKittrick, David L. (David Lawrence), b. 1830. Papers, 1854-1911. .5 linear ft. (53 items, 6 vols.). Location: UU:139, O:3, Vault. Dentist of Baton Rouge. McKittrick was also involved in the farming business partnership of McKittrick & Keller. Papers pertaining largely to McKittrick's dental practice include patient records. Other materials include a pocket diary with memoranda and account information, and a ledger containing the 1871-1872 accounts of the Baton Rouge Broom Factory. Business entries, including labor contracts and cotton records, of the partnership of McKittrick & Keller are recorded in a manuscript volume. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3814.

McKowen, John, 1812-1871. Papers, 1836-1898 (bulk 1836-1869). 32 items. Location: E:54. Irish American general merchant of Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. His son, John Clay MacKowen, was a physician. Correspondence consists of letters from friends and business associates, many of Irish descent, living in Louisiana, New York, and Ireland. Letters discuss personal, social, economic, and political matters. Included is a newspaper article by Dr. John MacKowen refuting the claim by Colonel Allen D. Chandler that Chandler captured General Neal Dow at Port Hudson, June 3, 1863, during the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1353.

McVea-Neville Family Papers, 1830-1917. 0.1 linear ft. Location: 50:15. Allied families of St. Francisville and Port Hudson, La. Personal correspondence; financial records comprised of tax rolls, credit account statements, bills and receipts; and documents related to family property, including property agreements, a plat map and court records from a family property dispute. Also includes a copy of a Confederate States army substitution affidavit, a congressional report booklet on abandoned property claims, a grade report for Albert McVea from Silliman Collegiate Institute. Mss. 3284. For additional information, see online catalog or Complete finding aid.

Means, Thomas. Account book, 1801-1804. 1 vol. Location: F:1. Operated and probably owned a general store in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Ledger kept by Means contains entries of debts and credits valued in British monetary units and payments of accounts made through bartering. Newspaper clippings of prose, poetry, and illustrations have been pasted onto the first six pages of the ledger. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 73.

Meeker, Williamson and Patton. Correspondence, 1807-1808. 18 items. Location: C:18. Merchants of New Orleans. Correspondence concerning commodities from Amsterdam, Holland; letters of credit from Baltimore, Maryland, St. Louis, Missouri, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a letter from John Williamson from Havana, Cuba. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1230.

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.

Meyer and Hymel. Account books, 1850-1893. 50 items, 45 vols. Location: F:7. Dealers in general merchandise of Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Store account books of Louis J. Meyer and Leo Hymel; and ledger for Meyer Drug Store (1889-1893). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1425.

Meyer Brothers. Store records, 1855-1909, n.d. 10 linear ft., 245 ms. vols. Location: H:19, 92:2-14. Natives of Germany and general merchants of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Family papers consist of letters from family in Germany and in the U.S. and from various friends pertaining to business conditions and social life in Louisiana and Texas. Business papers include correspondence, bills, receipts, and manuscript volumes. The Jewish community in the Feliciana Parishes is reflected in a group of record books of the Feliciana Lodge No. 239 of the International Order of B'nai B'rith. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed under Meyer Brothers. Records in Archives USA. Mss. 2909.

Michel, Francios. Document, 1828. 1 item. Location: Misc.:M. A true copy of an act of sale of property by Diego Romero of Assumption Parish, Louisiana, to Francois Michel of Ascenion Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 552.

Michel, Joseph J. Papers, 1835-1850. 3 items. Location: Misc:M. Papers of Joseph J. Michel of St. James Parish, Louisiana, contain copies of the sale of property belonging to the estate of Pierre Michel (1835); power of attorney (1840); and the sale of land to Etienne Part (1850). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 295.

Mickins, Dan. Day book, 1900-1901. 1 vol. Location: G:1, Box. Day book of a livery stable keeper, probably Mickins. Entries give date, name of person, service rendered, and in some instances place to which transportation was furnished and amount. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Millard, Albert and Company. Account, 1834. 1 item. Location: Misc. Company located in Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Statement of account for plantation supplies from Albert Millard and Company to Messrs. Oulerbridge (?) Horsey and John Lee. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2186.

Miller, Charles W. Letters, 1941-1942.1 linear foot. Location: 7:64. Letters, postcards, and miscellaneous printed items sent from Charles W. Miller, a private in the U.S. Army stationed at Camp Claiborne in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, during World War II, to his fiancée and later wife Dorothy Northrup in Rochester, N.Y. Most of the materials pertain to the betrothal, marriage, and long distance relationship sustained by Miller and Northrup during this time. Many letters describe life on a U.S. Army post and in upstate New York during the early years of World War II. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4632. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Millikin Mercantile Company. Invoice book, 1916-1918. 1 ms. vol. Location: F:4. General store of Millikin, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, operated by J. S. Millikin. Invoice book of the Millikin Mercantile Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1341.

Millikin, James Shaw. Scrapbook, [1874]-1917 (bulk 1881-1898). 11 items, 1 ms. vol. Merchant and planter of Millikin near Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Scrapbook. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1990. Location: U:238.

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.

Miscellaneous sewing machine trade cards, n.d. 8 items. Location: Impr. Trade cards advertising the New Home Sewing Machine Company of Orange, Massachusetts, the Howe Sewing Machine Company of Binghampton, New York, and the White Sewing Machine Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1638.

Mississippi and Lafourche Railway Co., chartered under the laws of the State of Louisiana, 1896. 1 printed pamphlet, 34 p.; 21 cm. Location: E:Impr. Prospectus and charter for railroad describes its route from the west bank of the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, Louisiana, to a junction with main track of Southern Pacific Railway in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and lists officers of company. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2818.

Montan, Douglass C. Collection, 1896, n.d. 4 items. Location: Misc. Baton Rouge author and businessman. Newspaper obituary and photographs of Douglass C. Montan and a photograph of his wife, Isabel Montan. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1501.

Montgomery, William W. Document, 1836. 1 item (notarized copy). Location: Misc. New Orleans merchant. Sale of land by Montgomery to Simeon Knight. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 300.

Montpelier account book, 1819-1821. 1 vol. Location: H:3. Unidentified ledger for Montpelier Inn (?), St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, lists the sale of whiskey, rum, tobacco, and like items. There are also occasional entries of breakfast, lunch, and dinner; lodging; and toll for horses. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 302.

Moore, H. D. Letter, n.d. 1 item. Location: Misc. Dealer in general merchandise, Bell's Store, Louisiana. Personal letter of H. D. Moore. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 133.

Moyse-Gottlieb-Sommer Family Papers, 1886-1986 (bulk 1910-1960). 3 linear ft., 2 v. Location: U:317, OS:M, M:19. Members of the Moyse, Gottlieb, and Sommer families were predominantly merchants, businessmen, and bankers in Louisiana, primarily Baton Rouge. Correspondence, financial documents, photographs, printed items, scrapbooks, and writings reflect the personal and professional lives of a Jewish family from the 1880s to the 1980s. Central topics include Hermann Moyse Sr.’s involvement in the First World War and his employment at City National Bank, the educational activities of Ray and Lydie Sommer, and the family’s association with Temple B’nai Israel. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4671. Complete finding aid. PDF

Mulford, Jas. A. Letter, 1844. 1 item. Location: Misc:M. New Orleans merchant. Letter to Julius Wadsworth of Illinois regarding trade in pork and beef. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3635.

Municipal Improvement Company. Record books, 1888-1908. 3 vols. Location: H:1. Ledger, minute book, and trial balance of the New Orleans Municipal Improvement Company from the year 1888 when the company was granted its charter until its liquidation in 1908. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 308.

Murphy, Patrick, 1827-1885. Papers, 1853-1925 (bulk 1860-1885). 739 items, 69 ms. vols. Location: U:232, H:4. Catholic layman, bridge builder, and building contractor of Natchez, Mississippi, and St. Joseph, Louisiana. Personal and business papers including contracts, specifications, plans, memoranda, and accounts for building; statements for construction materials; and personal letters. For further information, see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 309. Complete Finding Aid HTML | PDF

Musson, G. Scrapbook, 1884-1885, 1891-1898. 1 vol. Location:  J:17. Scrapbook (1891-1898) of Musson containing newspaper clippings principally from New Orleans newspapers. The scrapbook was formerly a journal (1884-1885) of the A. B. Manufacturing Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1188.

Nashua Manufacturing Company. Correspondence, 1840-1841. 54 items. Location: E:57. Company located in Boston, Massachusetts. Correspondence of James S. Amory, treasurer of the Nashua Manufacturing Company, from company agents in New Orleans, about the purchase of cotton from factors for New England textile mills.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1383, 1404, 1417.

Natchitoches Parish. Papers, 1732-1920, n.d. 289 items, 2 ms. vols., on 1 reel of microfilm. 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.

Nathan, George. Letter, 1851. 1 item. Location: Misc. Commission merchant of New Orleans. Letter from Nathan to James Birckhead, Wall Street, New York, pertaining to the arrival of cargoes of coffee and prices obtained from each ship by name, and listing New Orleans prices of sugar, molasses, flour, pork, and cotton. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 904.

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.

Neil and Hardesty. Ledger, 1830-1831. 1 vol. Location: G:4. Merchants of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Ledger of S. W. Neil and Franklin Hardesty. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. Mss. 1100.

Nettles and Worsham. Account books, 1837-1839. 2 vols. Location: G:4. General merchants of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Account books of Nettles and Worsham. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. Mss. 1100.

New Orleans Canal and Banking Company. Draft, 1846. 1 item. Location: Misc. Draft payable to James F. Hayden. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1198.

New Orleans cotton sales receipt, 1846 May 16. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipt for 47 bales of cotton purchased by Fearn Crenshaw and Company, New Orleans, from John Robinson, giving weights of bales and charges. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3228.

New Orleans factors' letters, 1832-1851. 33 items. Location: B:11. Names of the factors listed on the inventory. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2414.

New Orleans merchants' invoices, 1847-1859. 223 items. Location: T:63. Invoices and bills of lading of merchants in New Orleans from firms in Liverpool, Paris, Bordeaux, Genoa, and Le Havre for merchandise. Partly in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 573.

Newman and Hanchelle. Account book, 1776. 1 item. Location: Misc., Vault:16. Merchants of Natchez, Mississippi. Two fragmentary sheets from an account book of Newman and Hanchelle giving names of purchasers, dates of purchases, merchandise purchased, and charges for items. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 946.

Newsom, M. S. Family Papers, 1829-1929 (bulk 1870-1910). 2,095 items, 102 ms. vols., 61 printed vols. Location: E:30-35, J:14-16, X:72, 99:. Maston S. Newsom and his sons, Samuel M. and Maston S. Jr., brick and lumber merchants of Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Business records and personal papers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 691, 716, 1102.

Norwood Plantation Store. Ledger, 1887. 1 ms. vol. Location: Location: F:14. Store owned by William A. West and Max C. Bridges, Norwood, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Ledger records sales of merchandise. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3036.

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.

Nosacka, S. and Son. Poster, n.d. 1 item. New Orleans manufacturer. Poster advertising metal furniture, flower stands, hanging baskets, animal cages, and yard equipment. Location: Impr. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1208.

Nott, William and Company. Notice, [1821]. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Printed notice stating that a copartnership between Nathaniel Amory of Boston, Thomas Callender of New York, and Nott had expired, and that the firm would transact business in New Orleans under the name of William Nott and Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1998.

Nuebling, Maximilian. Letterbooks, 1822-1826. 2 ms. vols. Location: J:12. German immigrant who settled in St. Francisville, Louisiana, and worked in a general store owned by his uncle, Dietrich Holl. Holl's wife, Virginia Martha Brent Chisholm, married Nuebling after her husband's death, and they had one son, John. Handwritten copies of letters by Neubling. Early letters were written at sea on board the S. S. Fortuna on a voyage from Bremen, Germany, to New Orleans. Later letters describe his life in St. Francisville while he was working in his uncle's store. In German with a typewritten volume containing English translations. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 873.

Occupied New Orleans Collection, 16 January-14 November, 1864. 7 items. Location: Misc: O. Certificates, receipts, and bills of lading. documenting business activities in occupied New Orleans, including the sale and shipping of corn and cotton and the purchase of groceries and soap. Three receipts and one certificate were issued to A[uguste] Lesseps of St. Clair Plantation in Plaquemines Parish, La. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4863.

Osburn, Ozias. Account book, 1852-1855. 1 ms. vol. Location: G:16. Dealer in general merchandise, of Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Ledger of Ozias Osburn. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1769.

O'Toole, Phelim F. Appraisal, 1966. 7 items. Location: B:48. Letter to James J. Curro of Baton Rouge, La., accompanies an appraisal and five black and white photographs of the Bentley Hotel located in Alexandria, La. Appraisal reports on all aspects of improvements, expansion and property value. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4571.

Oulie, M., and Company. Receipt, 1870. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipt of M. Oulie and Co. by G. Gandin to Numa Jacob, St. James Parish, Louisiana. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 329.

Owen, George S. Account books, 1857-1906 (bulk 1874-1896). 36 vols. Location: H:8-9. Postmaster, commission agent, steamboat agent, and general store owner at Pilcher's Point, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Shapley Owen was a planter of Owenton Plantation, Bunch's Bend, East Carroll Parish. Collection consisting of volumes relating primarily to Owen's management of the general store at Pilcher's Point but including some records kept by Shapley Owen as a planter of Owenton Plantation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 332.

Oxnard, Benjamin A. Papers, 1890-1960. 5 v. Location: H:14. Sugar industry executive. Collection relating to sugar industry includes a letter book (1890), data related to trade with England (1926-1927); account book for Adeline Sugar Factory Co. Ltd. (1902-1911); printed item on the American Sugar Refining Co. (1912), and a scrapbook for Oxnard Sugar Factory (1891-1958 rev. 1960). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4701.

P. A. Giraud & Co. Letter, 1856 March 15. 1 item. Location: Misc:G. Commission merchants located in New Orleans, dealing in molasses and sugar. Edward James Gay, born in Virginia, married Lavinia Hynes. Upon his father-in-law's death, Gay assumed control of Hynes' property in Louisiana and moved there in 1856. Letter from New Orleans by P. A. Giraud and Company to Gay at Hynes Plantation 'near Plaquemine,' Louisiana, details the shipping schedule of molasses and sugar on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3313.

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.

Palmer-Lincoln Family Papers, 1865-1976. 1 linear ft. Location: Range 33:33. Edward C. Palmer ran a family wholesale paper trade business in New Orleans, and his sister, Maud, was involved in the cranberry business in Massachusetts. His daughter, Helen, married James Rufus Lincoln. Papers largely consisting of family correspondence. E. C. Palmer's paper business is documented through letters, a copy book, and audit books. Papers from Maud Palmer's interests in the cranberry trade consist of correspondence, receipts, and notebooks. Lincoln family papers include family correspondence, legal papers, cards, and drawings. Photographs represent both families. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4628. Complete finding aid.

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.

Part, Justin. Papers, 1889-1890. 22 items. Location: Misc. Resident of St. James Parish, Louisiana. Papers include receipted bills from Bernard & Grima, commission merchants of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 336.

Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919. Sheet music, n.d. 1 item. Location: 65:. Italian opera singer. Sheet music illustrated with a large picture of Patti, advertising Myers Brothers, leading grocers of Martinsburg, West Virginia. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1557.

Pegram, Charles E. Ledger, 1843-1844. 1 vol. Location: G:4. Merchant probably in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Entries give name of account, date, purpose of entries, usually sundries, and page from which posted. Accounts are listed for the Railroad Commissioners, Dr. Mark Boatner, J. P. Bullard, John W. Hays, and others. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. Mss. 1100.

Pointe Coupee Land & Improvement Co. Brochure, 1916 ca. 1 item. Location: OS:P. Land development company based in New Orleans. Brochure with heading 'Pointe Coupee Parish-Louisiana. The new empire of corn, hogs, and cattle' promotes land for sale near Morganze, Pointe Coupee parish. Includes a plat of lots and descriptions of local agriculture, transportation, and amenities. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4528.

Pelican Hook and Ladder Company. Charter and constitution, 1876, 1879. 2 printed vols. Location: Impr. Baton Rouge fire company. Includes a copy of the revised constitution of 1879. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Pelican Hook and Ladder Company. Record book, 1893-1895. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. Baton Rouge fire company. Record of collection of dues, fines, and other monies from members kept by John Garvin, financial secretary. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1397.

Pennaud document, 1764. 1 item. Location: Misc. Merchant of New Orleans. Lease of a house, property of the heirs of Mr. Pennaud, to Mr. Gabarret, signed by Mr. Duchros, legal representative of the heirs. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 111.

Perez-Viscaino, Juan. Letterbook, 1901-1915. 1 ms. vol. (indexed). Location: M:19. Mexico city business man. Business correspondence concerning tobacco manufacturing and sales, banking, and real estate in Mexico City and Vera Cruz. In Spanish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1251.

Perrodin, Messrs. Jules and Auguste. Ledger, 1874-1878. 1 item, 1 ms. vol. Location: Mf. General merchants of Opelousas, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2422.

Perrodin, Messrs. Jules and Auguste. Papers, 1869-1880. 17 items. Location: Misc. General merchants of Opelousas, Louisiana. Waybills showing charges for freight on packets operating in the Opelousas and Atchafalaya area. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Perrodin, Messrs. J. and A. Mss. 2395.

Perrodin, Messrs. Jules and Auguste. Records, 1866-1901. 344 items, 26 ms. vols. Location: U:227, O:20, O:25. General merchants of Opelousas, Louisiana. Records consist of daybooks, ledgers, and letter file books. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2423.

Perry and Powell. Account books, 1836-1838. 4 vols. Location: G:4. Mercantile firm of Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Daybooks, journal, and ledger of Perry and Powell. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Peters, Samuel J. Family Papers, 1789-1914 (bulk 1820-1863). 71 items, 1 ms. vol., 1 printed vol. Location: E:49. Prominent New Orleans merchant, financier, civic leader, and political figure. Papers consist of an autobiography, diary, political speech, and letters by Samuel Peters, Sr.; a biography of him; family correspondence; a printed volume of novelist and artist, Rodolphe Topffer; and a manuscript volume containing genealogical data. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1346.

Petition of James Glover, 1873. 1 item. Location: Misc:P. 16 page petition, by James Glover of Pennsylvania, in an attempt to receive compensation for the destruction of his lumber mills and subsequent property in Harrisonburg, Louisiana during the Civil War. Includes depositions from James Glover, Cornelius Glover, A.G. Malloy (Union colonel responsible for destruction of said property), business associates, and family. Includes a list of items destroyed by the Union army as well as individual's assessments of the worth of said items. Testimonies recall the course of events leading to the erection and eventual destruction of Glover's buildings and property in Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss.4884.

Pettiss, W. T. D. Ledgers, 1847-1850, 1852. 2 vols. Location: G:1, Box, G:7. Innkeeper and butcher of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Ledgers containing accounts (1847-1850) for feeding and hire of horses and for meals and lodging. Entries (1852) list accounts for purchase and sale of beef, mutton, and hides. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Pharr family papers, [1848]-1934. 85,762 items, 220 ms. vols., 141 printed vols. Location: UU:211-213, X:1-42, Q:15-27. Captain John Newton Pharr was a sugar planter, manufacturer, and steamboat owner of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Papers and account books of Captain Pharr and records of the J. N. Pharr and Sons, Limited. Papers and volumes cover the operation of all the Pharr holdings including several plantations, Glenwild Sugar Refinery, the Fairview Dairy, and the Pharr Line. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 555.

Phillips Family Stores. Photographs, 1892, n.d. 2 items. Location: E:. Merchants of Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Photographs depict a pharmacy owned by Robison Mumford Phillips in Lakeland, Louisiana, and an engraved letterhead showing business and residential properties of M. P. Phillips, also in Lakeland. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3004.

Phoenix Steam Fire Company. Invitation, n.d. 1 item. Location: Location: Impr. Invitation to the Centennial Anniversary Dinner. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1198.

Pintard, John M. Papers, 1796-1809 (bulk 1808-1810). .5 linear ft. (118 items; 5 vols.). Store owner and cotton planter of Laurel Hill Plantation on Thompson's Creek, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Papers include documents related to Pintard's plantation and store, transportation on the Mississippi River, and commerce before and during the War of 1812. Location: Mss. 887. UU:67, H:10. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 14. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 887. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Plantation store account book, 1889-1958 (bulk 1889-1899). 1 item. Location: G:18. Account book of an unidentified plantation store merchant of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. Recorded are the debits and credits principally of tenant farmers in that area for rent, hauling, lumber, wages, ginning cotton, and their purchase of food, clothing, medicine, whiskey, and tobacco. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1888.

Pointe Coupee store ledgers, 1902-1904, 1940-1948. 3 ms. vols. Location: Mf. Ledgers are those of a general store in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2710.

Pointer, John L. Bills of lading, 1840-1844. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:20. Grocer, commission and forwarding merchant of Indian Village, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Volume records shipments of goods on steamboats, mainly traveling between Opelousas, Louisiana, and New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2986.

Pollock, Oliver, 1737-1823. Papers, 1767-1784, n.d. 192 items (photocopies). Location: W:18. Irish-born merchant of Pennsylvania and New Orleans, and United States agent in New Orleans (1777) and Havana, Cuba (1783). Letters from correspondents in Philadelphia, Louisiana, and Pensacola pertain mainly to commerce in Louisiana, Pollock's business affairs, and to his imprisonment in Cuba. Originals in the Library of Congress. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2879.

Poole, E. R. (Edward Richardson), b.1820. Business directory, 1846-1903. 1 ms. vol. Location: F:8. New Orleans commission merchant from Maine. Volume includes a directory, newspaper clippings, and ephemera compiled by Poole and probably some member of his family. The directory lists commission and lumber merchants, flatboat traders, ship captains, and others. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1526.

Poole, E. R. (Edward Richardson), b.1820. Scrapbook, 1879-1899. 1 ms. vol. Location: F:8. New Orleans commission merchant from Maine. Newspaper clippings and personal memoranda. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Poole, Edward R. Mss. 850.

Poole, James M., d. 1871. Diary, 1839-1846. 1 vol. Location: U:210. New Orleans commission merchant, originally of Portland, Maine. Poole spent some years in Charleston, South Carolina, before moving to New Orlea. Diary contains entries related to Poole's business and social interests in Charleston, South Carolina (1839-1843), and New Orleans (1843-1846). Includes comparisons Poole made between the two cities. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1526.

Porteous, Thomas Clark, 1841-1919. Papers, 1858-1898. .5 linear ft. (137 items; 6 vols.). Location: C:68, J:9, M:21. Manager of Levois Drygoods Store in New Orleans and of Star Plantation, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana; and bookkeeper for the Godchaux Department Store in New Orleans. Porteous was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Papers include documents related to Porteous' work at Star Plantation and at the stores. Included are letters, bank books, account records, receipts, and a map of the plantation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1200, 1201, 1316.

Pott, James Stansall. Papers, 1817-1818. 1 item (5 documents). Location: Misc. London merchant. Papers pertain to the collection of a debt owed Pott by James F. Wilson, merchant of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 350.

Powell and Wherry. Journal, 1838-1839. 1 vol. Location: G:7. General merchants of Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Journal of Powell and Wherry. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Powers, C. M. Papers, 1912-1914. 1 vol. Location: G:7. Retail grocer and saloon-keeper of Baton Rouge. Record book containing annual inventories of stock and movable equipment. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Powers, C. M. Papers, 1914. 106 items, 1 printed vol. Location: A:5. Retail grocer and saloon-keeper of Baton Rouge. Bills and receipts for Baton Rouge restaurant equipment, groceries, and liquors. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 577.

Pugh, George W. Collection, -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 (1887); 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. Mss. 897, 1055.

Pugh, W. W. (William Whitmell), 1811-1906. Family plantation records, 1852-1912 (bulk 1903-1908). 2 linear ft. (131 items, 14 vols.). Location: G:38-39, OS:P. Planter of Woodlawn Plantation, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, state representative, and president of the Board of Levee Commissioners. Papers include correspondence, legal and financial papers, township maps and survey plats, and printed materials. Financial records deal with Woodlawn, Himalaya, and Mount Lawrence plantations. Papers also include minutes of the Woodlawn Planting & Manufacturing Co., of which Pugh was chair; maps of land holdings in Assumption Parish; and cashbooks, ledgers, record books, and a time book. 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 12. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 740, 753.

Quick, W. J. Papers, 1945-1951. 18 items. Contractor of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Business papers consisting of blue prints, specifications, and pictures of Louisiana public and private buildings located at New Iberia, Crowley, Abbeville, Franklin, and Lafayette, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1267. Location: 78:74.

R. Viener and Company. Records, 1880-1936 (bulk 1893-1930). 27 linear ft., 494 ms. vols., 9 printed vols. Location: K:1-33, 128:. Wholesale grocery, feed, flour, and paper firm in Natchez, Mississippi. R. Viener was the treasurer of the B'nai Israel Congregation of Natchez. Records include financial and business documents related to the company, and cashbooks and record accounts of the B'nai Israel Congregation. Records also include commercial and mercantile reference books, books about buying cotton, and a telegraphic code book. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 518.

Rabb, Nicholas, b. 1799. Family Papers, 1799-1919 (bulk 1836-1876). 99 items, including 8 vols. on 1 microfilm reel. Location: Mss.Mf:R. Blacksmith and planter of Jefferson and Madison counties, Mississippi. His oldest son, Constantine N. Rabb, was a planter and general merchant of Madison County, Mississippi, and Evangeline and Vernon parishes, Louisiana. Papers include diaries, memoranda, daybooks, and a record book, documenting plantation management, social life, and blacksmith fees. Rabb family genealogical information is in the record book. Constantine Rabb's papers (1851-1905) include letters, tax receipts, and other items reflecting his work as a planter and general merchant. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1843.

Rabenhorst, Alvin E. (Alvin Eugene), 1875-1946. Photographs, 1897-1899. .25 linear ft. (69 prints). Location: UU:263. Baton Rouge funeral home and insurance company executive. Collection of prints copied from an album of photographs taken by Rabenhorst of Baton Rouge businesses, homes, and public buildings; social events; and residents of the city. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4110. Complete finding aid.

Rachal, Benoit C., Jr. Account book, 1877-1878. 1 vol. Location: M:20. Innkeeper at Grand Ecore, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Account book contains accounts of guests for room and board, transportation, mail, and sundry services. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 953.

Randon, François. Ledger, 1876-1888. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. New Orleans dealer in sugar mill supplies. Ledger contains accounts for plantations along the Mississippi River from False River to New Orleans and on Bayou Teche. The volume also includes a record of household expenses. In French. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 3, Reel 15. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 992.

Rauhman-Turner Family Papers, 1855-1924 (bulk 1855-1872). 1.2 linear ft. Location: 7:66-67. The Rauhman and Turner families conducted business in Baton Rouge in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Account books, scrapbooks, printed items, manuscript materials, and photographs, several by Andrew D. Lytle. Several items pertain to H. Avery. One daybook was maintained by P. and T. LaCroix of Covington, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4159. Complete finding aid.

Raynor, E. J. Papers, 1869, n.d. 7 items. Location: Misc. Correspondence of Raynor from the Essick Knitting Machine Company of Philadelphia offering him an agency, and a broadside describing the knitting machine for the making of hosiery in the home. Included are a letter and newspaper clipping concerning a meeting of friends of the Cuba Republic, the Kansas delegation seeking U.S. patronage, and comments on New York Medical University. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 889.

Rees, Grover, 1891-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1991-1992. Transcript (22, 25 pages), 2 sound cassettes (2.5 hours). Location: L:4700.78. Native of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, and graduate of LSU (1912) and Harvard Law School (1915) who wrote a history of Breaux Bridge. Interview deals with his student years at LSU and Harvard; his book on Breaux Bridge; and his work at Gulf Oil Corporation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.78.

Register records, The, 1948-1980. 13 linear ft. Location: 5:54-66. The Register was published in Baton Rouge from 1949-1980 by Elton Huckabay and edited by his wife Orene Muse. The magazine profiled local social events, prominent individuals, often in the context of fundraising, and events in private enterprise. Records document events and activities of selected Baton Rouge-area individuals, businesses, and social clubs. Orene Muse's activities related to the establishment and promotion of the annual charity event, the Mad Hatters Brunch, are also reflected. Scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and ephemera related to The Register, Mad Hatters, and radio and television broadcasts. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3529.

Reynaud, Juan. Papers, 1795-1799. 1 item (bound manuscript; 63 pages). Location: Misc. New Orleans merchant. Documents pertain to the legal proceedings of the case of Juan Reynaud vs. Juan Pedro Tauriac, surgeon of Opelousas, Louisiana, for payment of debt. In Spanish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 367.

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.

Roach, Richard. Ledger, 1832-1835. 9 items, 1 vol. Location: G:7. Merchant of Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Ledger of Richard Roach and loose items of T. L. and S. P. Andrews, attorneys for creditors of Roach. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Robb, James, Letter, 1845. 1 item. Location: Misc. A banker and railroad executive, Robb was president 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

Robertson, James E. Ledger, 1824-1834. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:20. Storekeeper of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Ledger (1824-1834) records sales of merchandise, insurance payments, purchases of goods and lottery tickets, and other business transactions. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2986.

Rodewald, Henry. Letter, 1853. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans tobacco broker. Letter addressed to Messrs. Sayer, Wallace & Co., New York. Rodenwald complains about high exchange rates, but expresses confidence in the market improving soon. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3416.

Ronaldson and Puckett Company, Ltd. Papers, 1881-1914. ca. 3,400 items, 16 ms. vols., 7 printed vols. Location: Location: UU:6-8, O:15. Baton Rouge grocers, commission merchants, and dealers in general merchandise. Business papers and account books of Ronaldson and Puckett; and account books of their predecessor companies, David, Garig and Company; and David, Garig, and Thomas. Also included are records of the New Orleans patent medicine firm, the Minute Man Oil Medicine Company, Ltd. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1397.

Rosenbaum (Max). Family Letters and Photographs, 1898-1945, n.d. 92 items. Location: S:136. World War I veteran and shopkeeper-resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Collection includes a series of letters written from Max Rosenbaum to his son, Bert Rosenbaum, who was in Europe serving in the United States Army during World War II. The collection is also comprised of photographs of Ruth (Elgutter) Rosenbaum's German-Jewish immigrant family. Mss. 4878. Complete Finding Aid

Ross, E. B. Account books, 1885-1894. 2 vols. Location: H:13. Merchant of Lexington, Kentucky, and Red Stick, Mississippi. Journal and ledger recording merchandise sales and cash accounts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 373.

Rudman, James, 1816-1894. Account book, 1844-1882 (bulk 1844-1848). 1 vol. Location: J:12. Blacksmith of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, born in Holstin (?), Massachusetts. He was married to T. M. A. Norman. Account book containing records kept by Rudman of his service as blacksmith for many prominent West Feliciana families. He also did work for the jail, newspaper, and courthouse. The entries list the type of work performed and the charges for each task. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 881.

S. Gumbel and Company, Ltd. Records, 1884-1942. 0.3 linear ft., 66 v. Location: P:14, 22; 114: Cotton and sugar factor and commission merchant firm of New Orleans, founded by Bavarian immigrant Simon Gumbel, a prominent member of the city's Jewish community. Records consist of correspondence, financial papers, legal documents and business ledgers concerning the financial transactions of S. Gumbel & Co. Ltd. relative to real estate in Louisiana and Mississippi, and the cotton, sugar and rice trade in Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1490. Complete finding aid.

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.

Sanchez ledger, 1910-1930 ca. 11 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: U:103. Spanish immigrant and rural storekeeper of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Ledger containing accounts posted in symbolic picture writing. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1755.

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 diaries covering 1864-1870; and personal letters of Charles Schlick discussing his grocery store (1871). Some letters in German. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1686.

Schloss Gin. Record book, 1916-1929. 1 ms. vol. Location: F:18. Cotton gin located in Baton Rouge. Record book lists customers and costs of ginning services. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2975.

Schmit, Mrs. M. A. Record books, 1891-1902. 3 ms. vols. Location: P:20. Dealer in general merchandise, of Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Daybook, invoice book, and account ledger. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1027.

Schwartz (John C.) Papers, 1848-1903. 6,885 items, 66 vols., and ca. 2 linear feet, 1 mf reel. Location: A:19-21, J:20-23; R:26; OS:S, Mss.Mf:S. Owner and operator of a retail hardware store in Natchez. Records include business letters and financial documents related to Schwartz's hardware business. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 385, 4732. Complete finding aid

Sedalia National Bank. Blank check, n.d. 1 item. Location: Impr. Check selected by Stephens Lithographing and Engraving Company of St. Louis as a specimen of its work.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1198.

Sevey, William. Letter, 1833. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans commission merchant. Letter from Sevey to a friend. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

Shamrock Lumber Company. Account book, 1905-1908. 1 vol. Location: J:17. Lumber Company in Shamrock, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Journal containing data relative to assets and liabilities of the Brown Lumber Company purchased as stock. Entries in the journal show debits and credits for lumber accounts, freight, logging, and salaries. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 980.

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.

Shepherd, John. Ledger, 1835-1838. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. Merchant of 'Crocket Vill' (probably Crockett near Senatobia, Tate County, Mississippi). Entries are mainly for alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and gunpowder. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 389.

Shlenker-Hirsch-Moyse Family Papers, 1878-1949 (bulk 1878-1896; 1907-1909; 1941-1949). 50 items, 2 v. Location: Range W:13. Members of the Shlenker, Hirsch, and Moyse families were predominantly merchants, businessmen, and bankers in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The family had connections with the prominent Texas rabbi Henry Cohen (1863-1952). Correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and two scrapbooks reflect the families' personal, business, educational, and social activities, especially the wedding of Carrie Shlenker and Jacob Hirsch (1882). Newspaper clippings also relate to prominent Texas Rabbi Henry Cohen. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4911. Complete finding aid.

Shuster, J. and Company. Account books, 1897-1902. 4 vols. Location: H:16. Dealers in merchandise and cotton, of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Cash book, journals, and ledger of J. Shuster and Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 481.

Simon, Joseph. Family Papers, 1882-1944. 731 items, 17 ms. vols., 41 printed vols. Location: C:80-81, O:3, 99:. Jewish Baton Rouge jeweler. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2379.

Simonds & Fenner. Letter: New Orleans, La. to Messrs. Landrum and Williamson, Shreveport, La., 1859 March 25. 1 item. Location: Misc:S. New Orleans law firm. Macgregor, Alloway & Co. were commission merchants in New Orleans. Letter on behalf of Macgregor, Alloway & Co. requesting collection of a claim against William A. Koger of Caddo Parish resulting from a cotton transaction. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4606.

Simoneaux, Milton Joseph. Ledger pages, 1916-1924. 9 pages (photocopy). Location: Misc. Owner of Smoke Bend Mercantile Company Store, near Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Ledger pages record maintenance of a truck garden, including crops planted and labor. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2847.

SIOUX CITY, bills of lading, 1870, n.d. 9 items. Location: Misc. Bills of lading for merchandise on board the steamer Sioux City to be delivered in Iowa and Nebraska. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1776.

Sizer, George W. Bill, 1852. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans merchant and farm implement dealer. Bill from Sizer to L. D. Seltzer. 'New Orleans Agricultural Warehouse' is printed across the top of the bill. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1563.

Skelton, James R., 1897-1986. Oral history interview, 1980. 2 sound cassettes (1 hour), Index (2 pages). Location: L:4700.25. Born in Dallas, Texas, and moved to Brownsville, Texas, in 1911 where he took over his father's land abstract company in 1934. Skelton discusses his family background; life on the Texas-Mexico border in the early 1900s; the Mexican Revolution in 1911; President-elect Warren G. Harding's visit to Brownsville in 1920; mistreatment of Mexicans; and crimes and trials in Brownsville. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.25.

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.

Sloo, Thomas, b. 1790. Papers, 1876-1913 (bulk 1883-1909). .3 linear ft. (104 items, 7 printed vols.).  Location: UU:109. Partner in the firms of Baker, Sloo, and Company and Whitney and Sloo Company of New Orleans. These companies manufactured saddlery, harnesses, and collars. Sloo married Duncan Kenner's granddaughter. Collection consists of business papers; materials from the Milton Society including its constitution; and invitations and admittance cards to Atlantean, Krewe of Momus, and Krewe of Comus dances.For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1470.

Smith, Ann E. Papers, 1836-1867. 265 items. Location: C:55. Wife of James P. Smith, Clover Hill Plantation, Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Factors letters and statements from M. B. Brady and Company and J. B. Byrne and Company, New Orleans factors, to Mrs. Smith for cotton sales. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1209.

Smith, Cantron and Co. Letter, 1839 May 13. 1 item. Location: Misc:S. Company located in New Orleans. Letter written by Smith, Cantron and Co. to Messrs. Smith and Co. of Hartford, Connecticut, discussing orders for saddles, bridles, and other horse equipment. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Smith, John-Kemper, Reuben. Papers, 1798-1803. 3 items. Location: Misc. Residents of the District of Feliciana, Louisiana. Papers (copies) contain a partnership agreement (1799); and a record of various notes, receipts, and accounts of the mercantile firm (1798-1803). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 133.

Smith, S. F. Letter, 1875. 1 item. Location: Misc., TC. Insurance agent for the Independent Insurance Agency of Syracuse, New York. Letter sanctions the conduct of General Philip Henry Sheridan during the political disturbances in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2290.

Snee, J. E. (Joseph Emmett), 1895-1966. Photograph collection, 1914-1944 (bulk 1917-1918). 41 items (35 are photographic copies, 6 are photocopies). Location: UU:255. Resident of Baton Rouge, employee of the Standard Oil Company, and director of the Stancola Refinery Band. Photographs made or collected by Snee of LSU students, Governor Ruffin G. Pleasant's inauguration, World War I military service, Baton Rouge landmarks, and Standard Oil Company. Collection also includes two band programs and other ephemera. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4069. Complete finding aid.

Snellings, John P. (John Phillip), 1834-1923. Account books, 1855-1905 (bulk 1894-1897). 1 linear ft. (11 vols.). Location: A:99, J:12. Merchant of Elbert County, Georgia, and planter and commissary operator of Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Collection includes individual account sales records, plantation records, a volume of verses written by Snellings, and a volume used to practice penmanship. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 956.

Snyder, H. A. Diary, 1862. 1 ms. vol. Location: Safe 23. Small merchant and a member of the Confederate Guards in Confederate New Orleans, and a private in the Confederate Guards, Louisiana Militia, at Camp Moore under Colonel J. F. Girault. Diary entries for August 10-22 and November 18-December 30, 1862 describe travel from New Orleans to New York State, of which he was a native. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2198.

Sophie B. Wright Free School. Notebooks, 1882-1903 ca. 5 ms. vols. Location: J:3. School located in New Orleans. Practice sets for a bookkeeping course at the Sophie B. Wright Free Night School belonging to students Norman E. Kerth and A. Robertson. Miss Lilli Richardson was the instructor. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in manuscript card catalog under Wright, Sophie B. Free School. Mss. 1351.

Soubie, Armand. Papers, 1809-1862. 91 items and 1 ms. vol. Location: A:35. New Orleans merchant and importer of guns. Correspondence consisting of personal and business letters principally from France and England; 43 maritime bills of lading (1843-1860); and a journal (1846-1849) containing entries for merchandise under names of ships. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 400, 1211, 1707.

Southern Forest Products Association. Personal copies of Edward C. Gates, director, 1952-1960. 9 ms. vols. Location: N:24. Nonprofit trade association of Southern Pine lumber manufacturers from twelve southern states, with headquarters in suburban New Orleans. It was founded as the Southern Pine Association in 1915; the name was changed to its present form in 1970. Records include directors, stockholders, and executive committee minutes; committee reports; and correspondence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Southern Pine Association, New Orleans. Mss. 1895.

Southern Forest Products Association. Records, 1903-1990 ca. Ca. 900 linear ft. Location: X:66-70, 55:-62:. Nonprofit trade association of Southern Pine lumber manufacturers from twelve southern states, with headquarters in suburban New Orleans. It was founded as the Southern Pine Association in 1915; the name was changed to its present form in 1970. Records include administration, advertising, annual meetings, antitrust activities, board meetings, committees, correspondence, field reports, the Interstate Commerce Commission, labor, land use, legislation, promotional materials, and publications. Other topics include reading files, statistics, and trade promotion. Some files are of predecessor companies (1903-1915). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in manuscript card catalog under Southern Pine Association. Mss. 1360, 1751, 2208.

Southern Mutual Insurance Company. Register, 1859-1862. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:20. Insurance company in Baton Rouge. Register containing subscribers to capital stock of the company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 992.

Spalding, Edward. Letterbook, 1820. 1 item. Location: C:72. Bristol, Rhode Island, merchant, and member of the board of directors of Eagle Bank. Letterbook contains 26 letters written by Spaulding from Trinidad, Cuba, most addressed to Jacob Babbit & Co., Bristol. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3416.

Speeg, George. Papers, 1895-1918. 562 items, 13 ms. vols., and 45 printed vols. Location: 79:78-83. Blacksmith and wheelwright of Lobdell, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Speeg, a German immigrant, came to Port Allen, Louisiana, in the 1890's and operated a blacksmith ship on the River Road just outside of Port Allen for over 50 years. German language account books, periodicals, newspapers, and bound printed volumes of George Speeg. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1735.

Springfield Lumber Company. Records, 1866-1934 (bulk 1899-1934). 176 items, 135 vols. (134 ms. vols., 1 printed vol.). Location: UU:176, P:17, 124:. Company located in Springfield, Louisiana. A commissary selling general merchandise was operated in association with it; Edward T. Cullom was involved with the management of both businesses. Collection consists of records and accounts of the lumber company and commissary. Loose items include correspondence, canceled checks, receipts, bills, minutes of meetings, and plats. Household accounts of Cullom and his family are recorded in two account books (1866-1932). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3191.

St. Louis, New Orleans and Atlantic Canal and Transportation Company. Prospectus, 1884. 1 item. Location: Misc. Prospectus promoting a continuous canal route from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean, including Lake Borgne Canal as part of the route. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 965.

Stafford, L. A. Letterbook, 1892-1897. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:20, BTC. Letter book of L. A. Stafford contains letters signed by Kilpatrick & Stafford and Waters & Stafford for the Red River Packet company in Alexandria. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 646.

Steam Boat Hotel daybook, 1836. 1 vol. Location: G:7. Daybook of John Spivy contains accounts for the Steam Boat Hotel at Port Hudson, giving date, name of person, nature of service, and amount charged. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Steamboat Images. ca. 1842-1962, undated (bulk dates 1861-1918). 81 images (78 photographic prints, 2 newspaper clippings, 1 pictorial envelope). Location: E:70. With the exception of 4 images, this collection consists of copy prints of mechanical and photographic images of steamboats. There are no restrictions on reproduction of these images for personal use. All but four (4) of the images in this collection are reproductions for which LSU Libraries does not hold originals. When it does not hold originals, the Libraries cannot provide permission to publish. Mss. 0893, 1052, 1297, 1331, 1510, 1516, 1584, 1704, 1776, 1877, 3057, and 3547. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Steele, Archibald B. Family Papers, 1830-1897, n.d. 22 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: Mf. Planter and merchant of Amite County, Mississippi. Papers include business records, a family letter (1853), and a journal of Archibald Steele (1832-1840). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2645.

Stevens, Angulo and Co. Letterpress Copybook, 1856-1857. 1 vol. Location: G:20. Stevens, Angulo and Co. was a brokerage involved in sugar trade. Correspondence details international competition, prices and profits, and the partial crop failure in Louisiana. Correspondence also reflects economic conditions in the U. S., England, and France. For more information, see the online catalog. Mss. 4434.

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

Stille and Yarbrough, Ltd. Account books, 1900-1937. 707 items, 75 ms. vols., 1 printed vol. Location: A:67, F:6-10. Cotton factors and dealers in dry goods, groceries, and plantation supplies in Robeline, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Papers consist of business letters, bills for merchandise, and inventories of stock. Volumes include cashbooks, index books, an inventory book, journals, ledgers, record books, a trial balance book, and a printed volume, Telegraphic Cipher Code. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1009.

Stokes, Joel A. Family Papers, 1863-1898. 140 items. Location: E:35-37. Druggist and retail liquor and tobacco dealer of Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi. Business papers consist chiefly of bills and tax receipts for Stokes' drug business. Personal papers include a Civil War letter from J. W. Courtney to his family and a series of letters from Lilly Stokes, a teacher in Osyka, to her brother J. J. Stokes. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 685.

Street, John. Ledger, 1806, 1819-1820. 1 vol. Location: H:19. Merchant at an unidentified place. Ledger of John Street containing accounts chiefly for rum; and accounts of William Cotes, apparently associated with John Street, doing business with small farmers in the Sandy Creek and Comite River area of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 169.

Strobel and Martini. Prices current, 1803 May 26. 1 item. Location: Misc:S. Commodity brokerage firm handling goods such as coffee, meats, spices, dyes, grains, wines, and luxury raw materials in American and European markets. The firm was probably based in Bordeaux, France. Report listing the current prices of several hundred items, quoted in francs and centimes. It also contains a printed letter in which it is announced that war between France and England has erupted and Louisiana has been sold to the United States. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3313.

Strormann and Ludeling Circular Letter, 1805 March 1. 1 item. Location: Misc:S. Written two years after the Louisiana Purchase, this circular was sent by a German retailer to announce to Spanish-speaking businesses that the cession of Louisiana to the United States has opened the way to free commerce with other countries directly. The firm of Strormann and Ludeling established a house in New Orleans (La.) to deal in linens and other articles. Written in Spanish with translation provided. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4943.

Stuart, Charles. Letterbook, 1792 January 4-July 26. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. Member of the Council of the British East India Company. Fair copies of correspondence between Stuart and native Indian rulers concern business and diplomatic relations of the East India Company and the course of the Third Mysore War. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1350.

Stuart, W. and Company. Bill, 1852. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans merchant and dealer in boys clothing. Bill from W. Stuart and Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1563.

Stubbs, Jefferson W. Family Papers, 1861-1895. .5 linear ft. (121 items). Location: A:55. Resident of Gloucester County, Virginia, who operated a store in Cappahousie both during and after the Civil War. His wife's brother, John L. Hibble, was a Confederate captain and quartermaster in the 26th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. Personal and business papers of Stubbs and other family members include Civil War correspondence to Stubbs from his sons William J., James, and Jefferson; John L. Hibble; and from various residents of Gloucester County serving in the army. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 18. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 567. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New Orleans. Register, 1891-1893. 8 items, 1 vol. Location: G:7. Appointment and policy register of Charles Kilbourne and Company, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, as agents for the Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New Orleans. Entries include name, residence, and description of the property insured. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Swartwout, John. Letter, 1806 April 5. 1 item. Location: Misc. Colonel of New York and political supporter of Aaron Burr. Letter from Swartwout to Ebenezer Foote referring to the business of his mercantile firm and to the Burr conspiracy. The letter was written before the arrest of Swartwout's brother Samuel in New Orleans because of his association with Burr. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1580.

Swetman, David. Journal, 1822-1824. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. Tailor of New Market, Louisiana. Journal contains entries for materials and tailoring of men's clothing. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 411.

Swift, John. Account books, 1830-1833. 3 vols. Location: G:7. Merchant of Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Daybooks and ledger include accounts for steamers, plantations, and individuals. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

T. Smith and Company. Papers, 1834-1851. 248 items. Location: A:34. Manufacturers and wholesale dealers in saddlery of Hartford, Connecticut,with branch stores in New Orleans, New York, and hide dealers and customers in other states. Papers are comprised of statements; orders for goods; and correspondence of T. Smith and Co., with approximately one-half from the New Orleans store reflecting economic conditions in the city and surrounding areas. Includes letters with comments on economic conditions resulting from the Panic of 1837. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 930, 1116, 1232, 1272, 1289, 1404, 1417.

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.

Talcott and Bowers. Letter, 1814. 1 item. Location: Misc. Factors of New Orleans. Letter from Talcott and Bowers to Messrs. Brown and Ives, of Providence, Rhode Island, commenting on the war situation in New England and at Pensacola, Mobile, and New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1248.

Taliaferro, Zachariah and James G., Papers, 1814-1829, 1867. 45 items. Location: A:57. Owner of a sawmill in Catahoula Parish, La. Papers consist of business and legal records of Zachariah Taliaferro and letters written to his son, James. Correspondence discusses literature, metaphysics, national politics, contagious disease and local events. Also included is an official statement (1867) of registered voters in the Fifth Military District of Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 237.

Taussig, Charles William, 1896-. Collection, 1667, 1700, 1717-1915, 1922. 130 items, 15 printed vols., 2 ms. vols. Location: UU:107-108. Materials pertagar and its products. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2284.

Taylor, Calvin, 1805-1889. Family Papers, 1822-1913 (bulk 1840-1870). 1,970 items; 9 vols. Location: A:58-60, H:20. Mississippi land speculator and merchant (1830-1845) and lumber and sawmill operator (1846-1889). Calvin's brother Sereno was a Baptist preacher; his brother Lewis was a farmer in New Hampshire. Collection contains business correspondence, family correspondence from Sereno and Lewis Taylor, and a three-volume diary of Calvin's daughter Louisa, describing family activities in Handsboro, Mississippi (1889-1909). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 525.

Tew, Susan D. Papers, 1885-1926. 422 items, 1 vol. Location: A:51-52. Professor of classical languages at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and native of Jamestown, New York. The Tew family was related to the Goodrich family. Papers include family letters, legal papers, newspaper clippings, and printed items related to Newcomb College. Items concern women's contributions during World War I, labor problems, aviation, auto racing, and B.F. Goodrich's rubber company. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1945.

Thibaut, James. Account book, 1878-1879. 1 vol. Location: M:20. Commission merchant of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Account book records sugar and molasses sold for various plantations in Louisiana, listing names of plantations and consignees; and contains written reports on the conditions of crops, health, weather, and the Mississippi River. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 421.

Thibodeaux, Lucien. Account books, 1860-1861, 1888-1890. 2 vols. Location: H:24. General merchant of Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana. Account books consisting of a ledger (1860-1861) containing accounts for groceries, wearing apparel, notions, and hardware; and an invoice book (1888-1890) for merchandise purchased principally from New Orleans. Ledger in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 165, 794.

Thompson Family Papers, 1865, 1924-1935, 1945. 10 items, 1 printed vol. Location: Misc., H:20. Christmas note from George W. Prescott, American Consul at Colombo, Ceylon, presenting book to wife of Captain James E. Robinson, U.S. Navy; business letter from Fairbanks, Morse & Company; and letter and card from relative living in Illinois. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2021.

Thompson, Edward B. Papers, 1819-1824. 7 items. Location: Misc. Merchant of Rushville, Ohio. Letters from A. McLaughlin, Chillicothe, Ohio, to Edward B. Thompson pertaining to the sale of pork for domestic trade, and family matters. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1519.

Tiernan, Charles. Letters, 1838-1839. 2 items. Location: Misc. New Orleans agent for the commission firm of L. Tiernan and Company of Baltimore, Maryland. Letters from Tiernan commenting on economic conditions caused by the Panic of 1837. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2106.

Toulmin, J. B. Letters, 1833-1844. 12 items. Location: Misc:T. Cotton merchant located in Mobile, Alabama. Correspondence by J. B. Toulmin relating to shipping and cotton interests. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3635.

Tower, L. F. Diary, 1845-1846. 2 vols. Location: H:20. Clerk for a New Orleans cotton exchange. Presumably Tower was not a native of Louisiana, as in his diary he refers to his relatives in Illinois, New England weather, and his desire to return home. Daily accounts of local events are provided. Entries mention visitors prominent in state and national politics, the military, and the arts. Tower notes the weather; mail and steamer arrivals; civic, social and political activities; and local holidays. Tower also notes cultural entertainment in the city and the trial of Dr. W. A. Scott, the First Presbyterian Church minister. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 765.

Trescott, J. M. Ledger, 1837, 1840. 1 vol. Location: G:7. Merchant of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, successor of Trescott and Wakeman. Entries give name of account, items purchased, amount charged, and notation of payment. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Tunnard, Fred D. Diary, 1868-1870. 1 vol. Location: H:20. Manufacturer of farming equipment in Baton Rouge. Diary gives personal notes, expenditures, and lists of names of planters visited while traveling through Louisiana to sell equipment. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 596.

Tunnard, Fred D. Speech, 1860. 1 item. Location: Misc. Manufacturer of farming equipment in Baton Rouge. Typewritten copy of a speech made by Tunnard on the Fourth of July. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Tureaud, Benjamin. Papers, 1872-1877, 1880-1882. 3 ms. vols. Location: G:7. Plantation and store owner of Bagatelle, Brule, and Houmas plantations in Ascension and St. James parishes, Louisiana. Business records consist of a check book for Houmas Plantation; a cashbook for B. Tureaud and Company; and a payroll book for Houmas and Brule Plantations. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Tureaud, Benjamin, 1818-1883. Mss. 1100.

Turnipseed and Babcock. Ledger, 1827-1828. 1 vol. Location: G:7. Merchants doing business in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Ledger (indexed) of Jesse Turnipseed and Dudley W. Babcock. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Urquhart, David. Journal, 1833-1841. 1 ms. vol. Location: P:5. Member of the firm of Urquhart and Milligan, New Orleans factors. Journal contains business and personal accounts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1277.

Vairin, Jules. Letter, 1833. 1 item. Location: Misc. Commission merchant in New Orleans. Letter from Jules Vairin to his brother. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

Ventress Brothers account books, 1900-1901. 2 ms. vols. Location: J:12. Residents of Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. James Alexander Ventress married Sallie Mathews of Greenwood plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, where these account books were found. Ledgers listing accounts for Caledonia, Lake Home, and Longwood plantations in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 910.

Verret, Theodule. Papers, 1804-1894 (bulk 1850-1870). .5 linear ft. (634 items). Location: E:38. Sawmill and lumber business owner in Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and justice of the peace and parish treasurer. Verret also owned property in New Orleans. Papers concern the rent or lease of Verret's property in New Orleans, his sawmill and lumber business in Mandeville, and his position as parish treasurer. Included are letters from Louisiana Superintendent of Education Robert Lusher. Some letters in French; one item in Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 905.

Vincent-David Papers, 1831-1881. 222 items. Location: C: 48. Cotton planters of Pointe Coupee Parish, La. Personal and business papers of Jean Vincent and Jean Baptiste David, of Fausse Rivierre Plantation, consist of financial papers, bills for medical services and correspondence from commission merchants. (In French). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1203.

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.

W. L. Tillery & Co. Invoice book, 1896-1897. 1 vol. Location: M:24. General store in Greensburg, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Invoice or receipt book for groceries, dry goods, and hardware purchased by W. L. Tillery from wholesale dealers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3733.

Wade, B., Account Sheet, 1870. 1 item. Location: Misc.:W. Merchant of Natchez, Miss. Statement showing account of T. C. Reddy of Cottage Grove Plantation with B. Wade. For more information, see online catalog. Mss. 896.

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.

Wall, Richard. Account books, 1844-1857. 6 vols. Location: J:6. Merchant of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Ledgers, journal, cash book, and record book of Richard Wall. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 484.

Warner, Mary Henkel. Family Papers, 1891-1962. 86 items; 5 vols.; 1 microfilm reel. Location: UU:149, O:22, OS:W, Mss. Mf:W. Wife of Thomas E. Warner. Mary Henkel Warner and family lived in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Manuscript materials include a Women's Christian Temperance Union minute book, a gas station ledger, and photographs. Poetry, stories, and other writings about Mary Henkel Warner are available only on microfilm. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3283.

Wartelle, A. L. Account book, 1826-1839. 1 vol. Location: J:6. Journal contains sales records and cash accounts. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 440.

Wartelle, Ferdinand M. Ledger, 1878-1896. 1 ms. vol. Location: Mf. Planter of Moundville Plantation, Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Plantation ledger records wages paid to field hands, debts and earnings of tenant farmers, and purchases made by hands or tenants at a plantation store. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2650.

Washburn, W. W. Washburn & Hesler ledger, 1861-1862. 1 vol. Location: M:19. W. W. Washburn and J. J. Hesler were Confederate sutlers for the 7th Louisiana Regiment at Manassas, Virginia, during the Civil War. Indexed ledger containing accounts of merchandise purchased by officers and soldiers. Entries list the price and type of merchandise purchased, Washburn and Hesler's expenses, profits and losses, and freight accounts. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 21. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2289.

Washington Hall Hotel. Ledger, 1832-1834. 2 items, 1 vol. Location: G:7. Hotel probably in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, kept by John Morgan. Each entry gives the name of the account, the date and purpose for which charges were made, and the date payment was received. Also included are charges for service of judicial writs and execution in civil cases (1834), a receipt, and a broadside. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Waterman and Burgess. Letters, 1834, 1836. 2 items. Location: Misc. Commission merchants of New Orleans. Letters to the Troy Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company of Fall River, Massachusetts, pertain to the expectation of a revival in the Mexican trade, and to prices paid for cotton, particularly from the Red River area. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 894, 1417.

Webber, Benjamin Franklin, d. 1940. Ledger, 1911-1941. 1 ms. vol., 22 items. Location: Mf. Storekeeper of Montpelier, Clay County, Mississippi. Ledger contains entries for sales of general merchandise and labor performed by tenant farmers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2963.

Webster, W. A. Letter, 1874 August 5. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Bayou La Chute, Louisiana. Letter reports poor business conditions in Louisiana and comments on the possibility of racial conflict because of the determination of the whites to rule the state. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3168.

Weld Company. Correspondence, 1833-1851. 96 items. Location: E:62. Commission merchants of Boston, Massachusetts. Correspondence with New Orleans commission and forwarding merchants. Subjects include the controversy following the Compromise of 1850 in New Orleans, New Orleans business and trade conditions, and the death of President William Henry Harrison. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

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.

Weydig, Martin. Business card, n.d. 1 item. Location: Impr. New Orleans manufacturer of saddles, harnesses, and hose. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

Whitaker, Josiah. Letter, 1829. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: UU:136. Associate of the comb factory in Clayville. Letter from Henry Clay 'Ashland,' to several associates of the comb factory in Clayville. The letter thanks the members for a comb presented to Mrs. Clay, and comments at length on the economic and political 'American System.' For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2437.

White Castle Moss Factory. Records, 1908-1956. 437 items, 37 vols. (34 ms. vols., 3 printed vols.). Location: 5:. A firm processing and dealing in Spanish moss run by Luke B. Babin and located in White Castle, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Papers include correspondence, bills, and receipts recording sales. Articles and printed pamphlets about the moss industry are included along with a list of moss ginneries in Louisiana and materials related to the White Castle Farmers' Cooperative, Inc. Manuscript volumes include ledgers, sales records, rent records, journals, ledgers of the company's accounts at the Whitney National Bank, and a notebook containing invoices. For further information see online catalog. Filed under Babin, Luke B. White Castle moss factory records in Archives USA. Mss. 3021.

Whittington, H. K. Invoice book, 1897-1899. 1 vol. Location: J:17. Dry goods merchant, of Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (1897-1898); and grocer of Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana. Volume containing invoices, statements of accounts, receipts for payments, and letters of acknowledgment for goods from wholesale merchants, chiefly in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1146.

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. Collection 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. Filed under Wilkins, William Webb. Papers in Archives USA. Mss. 4005.

Wilmans, J. E. Letter, 1873 June 11. 1 item. Travelling merchant. Letter mentions travel conditions and pertains to sale of land in Arkansas. Mss. 2864.

Winsor, Daniel L. Papers, 1826-1851. 1 linear ft. Location: S:127 O:W. Ship captain and agent for Magoun & Son, Boston shipowners. Personal and financial receipts, ship manifests, ship accounts, bills of lading, payments to seamen, and other matters related to Winsor's maritime business. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4740.Complete finding aid.

Witherell, W. Frank. Letters, 1860-1865. 54 items. Location: T:77. Native of New York state, student at Clinton Liberal Institute, Clinton, New York, and West Point cadet. After the Civil War, Witherell was associated with Witherell and Company, New Orleans commission merchants. Letters concern curriculum, faculty, and social life of students and cadets, attitudes of cadets toward Civil War, and the assassination of President Lincoln. Included is a letter from W. H. H. Witherell referring to business prospects in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1503.

Witherell, W. Frank. Papers, 1839-1958 (bulk 181860-1889). 6 linear ft. Location W:129-135, F:19, OS:W. Native of New York, West Point graduate, businessman and entrepreneur, in business with his uncle, W. H. H. Witherell, a New Orleans commission merchant and dealer. Correspondence related to the wholesale trade in hides and mining ventures in the West comprises the majority of this collection. Early papers relate to W. H. H. Witherell's dealings in Natchez and offer insight into the attitudes of West Point cadets towards the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1860-1865). Items associated with the hide trade include, shipping records, invoices, bills of lading, bank drafts, and receipts. Additional papers pertaining to mining enterprises contain assay certificates, invoices, contracts, deeds and reports on mines. Also included is material related to extending telephone service west of the Mississippi River and a plantation journal recording daily work activities, and sugarcane production for Magnolia Plantation, Plaquemine Parish, La. (1877-1880). For further information see online catalog or finding aid. Mss. 1498. Complete finding aid

Wood, William W. Account books, 1835-1866, 1886. 2 vols. Location: H:23. Purvis, Wood, and Company were cotton commission merchants of New Orleans. Fragmentary ledger of Purvis, Wood, and Company containing accounts and a list of planters and their addresses in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas; and a cashbook of Silas and W. W. Wood containing records of personal and business expenditures. Included in the cashbook are work sheets for laborers showing location and amount of timber cut and statements of account for supplies with James Dunning and Solomon Johnston. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1103.

Woodland Plantation inventory, 1966. 1 item (11 pages). Location: Misc. Plantation located in Mississippi. Itemized inventory of household goods of Woodland Plantation appraised by Merritt Shilg for Morton's Auction Exchange, New Orleans.  For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2173.

Woodward, Theophilus. Letter, 1845 ca. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from J. L. M. to Theophilus Woodward proposing improvements in a St. Louis business firm. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1272.

Woolman, Collett Everman, 1889-1966. Papers, 1916-1979. 519 items, 10 vols. (5 ms. vols., 5 printed vols.). Location: 9:34, 9:41, H:15, OS:W. Founder and chief executive officer of Delta Airlines. Woolman graduated from LSU and became the first college-trained county agricultural agent in Louisiana. Papers pertain to the development of crop dusting, Delta Airlines, and Woolman's role in aviation history. Papers include correspondence, business records, newspaper clippings, photographs, a scrapbook, brochures, programs, schedules, and ephemera. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3356.

World War I broadsides, 1918. 2 items. Location: Misc. Notices, distributed by the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana at Baton Rouge, announcing the amount of sugar allowed each employee per meal in accordance with the monthly allotment by the United States Food Administration. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1359.

World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. Register, 1885-1886. 1 ms. vol. Location: R:5. Exposition held in New Orleans. David F. Boyd was commissioner of the Department of Louisiana. Visitor's register. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 452.

World's Panama Exposition Company. Papers, 1910. ca. 3,000 items, 1 pamphlet. Location: 79:53-54. Correspondence, a booklet, and government documents reflecting the work of Governor J. Y. Sanders and other Louisiana officials and businessmen, to secure funds and endorsements, to establish New Orleans as the site for a World Panama Exposition. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1351.

Wotton, Josiah. Papers, 1852-1854. 26 items. Location: OS:W. Shipping records, mostly receipts, of the ship, JAMES COOK, captained by Josiah Wotton, and pertaining to business conducted in New Orleans, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4748.

Wright, Charles L., 1867-1951. Papers, 1884-1970 (bulk 1907-1934). 2 linear feet. Location: 32:134, OS:W. Wright worked in the lumber industry and ran the Excelsior Cypress Co. mill at Timberton, St.James Parish, La. The mill operated from 1907 to 1927. Collection consists of correspondence and letters, financial and legal papers, photographs, and printed items. These relate to Wright and his family's personal matters, the operation of Neta Plantation (the family farm), and the Excelsior Cypress Co. For more information see online catalog. Mss. 4785. Complete finding aid..

Wright, Jesse D., 1793-1850. Papers, 1831-1899 (bulk 1835-1882). 1.2 linear ft. Location: UU:248-249. The Wright family owned lands in Louisiana and Texas. Jesse practiced medicine in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and also managed several business concerns, including a store and plantations, and was active in civic and church affairs. Correspondence mostly reflects the business concerns of the Wright family. Topics include land acquisition, property management, division of property, settling wills, and financial and legal concerns. Other items include Esther Wright Boyd's memoirs. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 99. Complete finding aid.

No "X" Records.

No "Y" Records.

No "Z" Records.

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX
1665-1989. Chenel, Louis E. Family papers
1667, 1700, 1717-1915, 1922. Taussig, Charles William, 1896-. Collection
1699, 1915, n.d. Burguieres, Jules M. Papers
1700-1721. Council of Trade and Plantations. Letterbook
1718-1908. Hornor, Joseph P. Collector
1732-1920, n.d. Natchitoches Parish. Papers
1751-1972. De La Vergne family. Papers
1756-1924 (bulk 1845-1920). Hilliard, Isaac H. (Isaac Henry), 1811-1868. Family papers
1764. Pennaud document
1764 April 15. Ducrest, Louise. Account
1767-1784, n.d. Pollock, Oliver, 1737-1823. Papers
1767-1884 (bulk 1773-1855). Bisland, John. Family papers
1770-1906 (bulk 1855-1900). Kent, Amos, 1811-1906. Family papers
1775-1949 (bulk 1840-1875, 1905-1940). Hart-Bonnecaze-Duncan family papers
1776. Newman and Hanchelle. Account book
1776-1791. Joyce, John, d. 1798. Diary and memoranda book
1777-1852. Clay (Henry) Letter
1783-1917 (bulk 1783-1866). Gras-Lauzin family papers
1784-1969, n.d. Benson family papers
1786-1788. Anonymous account
1787-1870 (1830-1860). Merrill-Buckner papers
1789-1914 (bulk 1820-1863). Peters, Samuel J. Family papers
1790-1863, 1873. Clow, Andrew and Company. Papers
1791-1932 (bulk 1800-1850). Evans, Nathaniel. Family papers
1791, 1830's, 1849, 1862, 1870's, 1882. Taussig, Charles William. Papers
1792 January 4-July 26. Stuart, Charles. Letterbook
1795-1798. Rhode Island slave trade document
1795-1799. Reynaud, Juan. Papers
1795, 1807. Mills, John. Letters
1796-1799. Account book
1796-1809 (bulk 1808-1810). Pintard, John M. Papers
1798-1803. Smith, John-Kemper, Reuben. Papers
1798-1883. West Indies Collection land tenure
1799-1919 (bulk 1836-1876). Rabb, Nicholas, b. 1799. Family papers
1799-1938 (bulk 1801-1850). McDonogh, John. Papers
1800-1950 (bulk 1860-1937). Barel, Leona Queyrouze, 1861?-1938. Papers
1801-1804. Means, Thomas. Account book
1801-1952 (bulk 1823-1852). Chalmette, Azelie Delino, de. Azelie Delino and Ignacio Delino de Chalmette papers
1802. Labatut, John B. Certificate
1802 June 22. Shaw, Gabriel. Letters
1802-1832, n.d. Kenner, William, 1776-1823. Papers
1802-1872 (bulk 1802-1859). Close, John. Papers
1803 May 26. Strobel and Martini. Prices current
1803-1838. Hunt, David. Family papers
1803-1948 (bulk 1864-1888). Hutchinson, Charles W. Family papers
1804. Burgess, West. Agreement
1804-1894 (bulk 1850-1870). Verret, Theodule. Papers
1804-1982. Barrow, Abram Feltus, 1868-1928. Family papers
1805-1939 (bulk 1819-1869). Boyd, Thomas Jefferson Papers
1805-2001 (bulk: 1850-1950). Johnson (Alfred Grima) Family Papers
1806 April 5. Swartwout, John. Letter
1806-1822 (bulk 1812-1822). Combs, John P. Ledger
1806-1917 (bulk 1840-1880). La Villebeuvre, Jean Ursin. Family papers
1806, 1819-1820. Street, John. Ledger
1807-1808. Meeker, Williamson and Patton. Correspondence
1807-1820. Machette, William. Letterbook
1807-1863 (bulk 1835-1855). Bertoli, Nicolas. Family papers
1809-1862. Soubie, Armand. Papers
1809-1950 (bulk 1904-1945) Butler (Edward and Family) Papers
1810-1953, n.d.. Conner, Lemuel Parker, 1827-1891. Family papers
1811-1897 (bulk 1830-1870). Hinckley, Orramel, 1813-1868. Family papers
1811-1941. W. P. A. Historical Records Survey Transcriptions of Louisiana Police Jury Records
1811-1981 (bulk 1905-1943). Breazeale, Nita Sims. Family Papers
1812-1916 (bulk 1834-1868). Tabor, Hudson. Family papers
1813-1890 (bulk 1852-1866). Adams, Israel L., 1801-1860. Family papers
1814. Talcott and Bowers. Letter
1814-1815. Kemp, David. Journal
1814-1969 (bulk: 1913-1969). Bynum Family Papers
1814-2004. Gay-Butler-Plater Family Papers
1816-1820, n.d. Innerarity, James. Letters
1816-1900. Capell family. Papers
1816-1904 (bulk 1833-1865). Heroman, George M., 1808-1861. Family papers
1816-1957 (1911-1915). Burguieres, Jules M., Jr. Papers
1817-1818. Pott, James Stansall. Papers
1817-1820. Flower and Finley. Receipt book
1817-1882, 1969. Capell, Eli J. (Eli Jackson), 1814-1888. Family papers
1817-1932 (bulk 1842-1890). Capell, Eli J. (Eli Jackson), 1814-1888. Family papers
1817, 1818-1820. Anonymous tavern account books
1818 March 29. Amite Navigation Company. Articles of agreement
1818-1881. Bennett, Ezra. Family papers
1819 January 7. Blackburn, J. Letter
1819-1821. Montpelier account book
1819-1824. Thompson, Edward B. Papers
1819-1867 (bulk 1826-1857). East Feliciana Parish collection
1820. Spalding, Edward. Letterbook
1820-1829. Dunlop, James. Account book
1820-1859, n.d. Garnier, John and Lubin. Papers
[1821]. Nott, William and Company. Notice
1822-1824. Swetman, David. Journal
1822-1826. Nuebling, Maximilian. Letterbooks
1822-1913 (bulk 1840-1870). Taylor, Calvin, 1805-1889. Family papers
1822-1894. Britton, A. C. (Audley Clark). Family Papers 1830-1929
1824-1833. Foreign trade price lists collection
1824-1834. Robertson, James E. Ledger
1824-1899 (bulk 1838-1858). Britton & Koontz. Records
1825-1880 (bulk 1855-1861). Bills, John H. Family papers
1825-1947 (bulk 1850-1880). Bosley, Hubbard S. Papers
1826-1839. Wartelle, A. L. Account book
1826-1851. Winsor, Daniel L. Papers
1826-1869. Clark, Samuel M. D. Ledgers and papers
1827-1828, 1836. Laurans, J. Account book
1827-1828. Turnipseed and Babcock. Ledger
1827-1833. Kleinpeter, Andrew. Papers
1827-1872. Doussan Family Papers
1828. Michel, Francios. Document
1828-1860 (bulk 1830-1850). King, John W. Papers
1829. Whitaker, Josiah. Letter
1829-1830. Lebrai Brothers. Account book
1829-1868. Cannon, Andrew Family Papers
1829-1929 (bulk 1870-1910). Newsom, M. S. Family papers
1830. Desire, Monsieur. Account
1830-1831. Neil and Hardesty. Ledger
1830-1833. Swift, John. Account books
1830-1837, 1873. Dupre and Metoyer and Company. Account book
1830-1851, n.d. Leverich Company. Papers
1830-1897, n.d. Steele, Archibald B. Family papers
1830-1917. McVea-Neville Family Papers
1830-1929. Britton, A. C. (Audley Clark), 1822-1894. Family papers
1831. Magnin, A. Promissory note
1831-1832, 1846. Leverich, Henry S. Correspondence
1831-1835. Hemphill, H. Account book
1831-1899 (bulk 1835-1882). Wright, Jesse D., 1793-1850. Papers
1831-1938. Dameron-Pierson Company. Plat book and records
1832-1834. Washington Hall Hotel. Ledger
1832-1835. Roach, Richard. Ledger
1832-1851. New Orleans factors' letters
1832-1852. City Bank. Records
1832-1890 (bulk 1832-1874). McCutchon, Samuel, 1820-1874. Family papers
1832-1918 (bulk 1832-1865). Palfrey, William Taylor, 1800-1868, and George D. Account books
1833. Bell and Buchanan. Letters
1833. Sevey, William. Letter
1833. Vairin, Jules. Letter
1833-1836. Glass, James C. Account books
1833-1841. Urquhart, David. Journal
1833-1844. Toulmin, J. B. Letters
1833-1848. Hagan, John. Papers
1833-1851. Weld Company. Correspondence
1833-1865 (bulk 1833-1836). Easterly, Isaac. Diary
1834. Millard, Albert and Company. Account
1834-1836. Anonymous account book (c)
1834-1836. Green, Charles, carpenter. Letters
1834-1842. Great Falls Manufacturing Company. Correspondence
1834-1847. Leverich, Charles P. Correspondence
1834-1851. Smith, T. and Company. Papers
1834-1851. T. Smith and Company. Papers
1834-1904. Stewart, Robert H. Family account books
1834-1927. Alabama cotton sales and shipping statements collection
1834, 1836. Waterman and Burgess. Letters
1835-1836. Brown, Elizabeth. Account
1835-1837. Anonymous hotel account book
1835-1837. Guay and DeArmond. Ledger
1835-1838. Burbank, Whittier and Company. Account books
1835-1838. Shepherd, John. Ledger
1835-1839. S. B. Draughon and Company. Ledger
1835-1850. Michel, Joseph J. Papers
1835-1864. Commercial Bank of Natchez. Records
1835-1866, 1886. Wood, William W. Account books
1835-1917 (bulk 1870-1898). Corbin, Robert A., d. 1906. Papers
1835-1917. Crane, Andrew E. Family papers
1835-1960. Batchelor, Ruth Ker, 1895 or 6-1977. Batchelor-Nutt collection
1835, 1836. Bell and Company. Papers
1836. Campbell, James C. Letter
1836. Montgomery, William W. Document
1836. Steam Boat Hotel daybook
1836 July-August. Anonymous commercial journal
1836-1838. Perry and Powell. Account books
1836-1840. Cross, Richard, merchant. Account books
1836-1867. Smith, Ann E. Papers
1836-1877, 1902, n.d. Citizens' Bank of Louisiana. Papers
1836-1898 (bulk 1836-1869). McKowen, John, 1812-1871. Papers
1837. Caldwell and Hicky. Receipt
1837. Dezera account
1837. Duneau, William H. Letter
1837-1839. Nettles and Worsham. Account books
1837, 1840. Trescott, J. M. Ledger
1838. Bossier, Mrs. V. P. Account
1838. Charles C. Peck letter
1838. Currency collection
1838-1839. Anonymous Port Hudson journal
1838-1839. Cotton factors' statements
1838-1839. Powell and Wherry. Journal
1838-1839. Tiernan, Charles. Letters
1838-1847. Bailey, Albert. Account books
1838-1851. Bernard, E. L. Account books
1838-1856. Bray, John A. Papers
1838-1875. Lebret & Hearsey. Record books
1838-1947 (bulk 1845-1930). Head, William Hughes, 1821-1886. Family papers
1838, 1839. Cotton sales documents
1839. Block, W. Letter
1839. Davis, John. Document
1839. Eugene Rickets funeral notice
1839. Wainwright, George J. & Co. Letter
1839 May 13. Smith, Cantron and Co. Letter
1839-1841. Hunter and Killian. Account book
1839-1841. Kowalski, G. Papers
1839-1845. Lazell, Perkins and Company. Correspondence
1839-1846. Poole, James M., d. 1871. Diar
1839-1848. Leverich Company. Correspondence
1839-1852. Killian and Harry. Account book
1839-1855. Hazard Company. Letters
1839, 1840. Demolliens, Alexander. Papers
1839, 1852-1857. Herbert, Susan F. Papers
1840. Chinarel, Adolphe. Letter
1840. Cochuo Manufacturing Company. Correspondence
1840-1841. Nashua Manufacturing Company. Correspondence
1840-1844. McFadden, G. H. Account books
1840-1844. Pointer, John L. Bills of lading
1840-1917 (bulk 1842-1869). Capell, Eli J. (Eli Jackson), 1814-1888. Plantation records
1841 January 29-February 3. Danglade, Pierre. Papers
1841-(1860-1879)-n.d. Fourchy, Paul. Papers
1841-1842. Anonymous lumber company account book
1841-1843, 1853-1879. Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad Company. Record books
1841-1844. Abraham Bell & Co. Letters and receipts
1841-1856. F.[loating] D.[ry] Dock Company. Account book
1841-1968. Hunter family papers
1842 March 19. Geo. Limerick & Co. Letter: Vicksburg, Miss., to Lockhart, Fearn and Donegan, Madisonville, Miss.
1842-1854, 1862, 1865-1884. Marionneaux, Belford. Store ledger
1842-1941 (bulk 1842-1874). Bell, William R., ca. 1814-1874. Papers
1843. Esquire, Aleise. Tax receipt
1843 March 3. Hall, Samuel. Letter
1843-1844. Pegram, Charles E. Ledger
1843-1853. Leverich, Charles P. Correspondence
1843, 1845. Hale Correspondence
1844. Mulford, Jas. A. Letter
1844-1845. Braintree Manufacturing Company. Correspondence
1844-1857. Wall, Richard. Account books
1844-1882 (bulk 1844-1848). Rudman, James, 1816-1894. Account book
1844-1897. Norwood, Abel John, 1818-1896. Papers
1844-1904. Hutchinson, Holmes, d. 1865. Family papers
1845 ca. Woodward, Theophilus. Letter
1845. Centenary College of Louisiana. Document
1845-1846. Tower, L. F. Diary
1845-1861. Etienne, Thomas François. Record book
1845, 1866-1876. Golsan Brothers. Papers
1846. Cobb, Lemuel. Letter
1846. Harris, M. Daybook
1846. New Orleans Canal and Banking Company. Draft
1846 May 16. New Orleans cotton sales receipt
1846-1848. Graham, C. R. and Company. Account books
1846-1890 (bulk 1861-1874), n.d. Lester, George S. Papers
1846-1903. Poole, E. R. (Edward Richardson), b.1820. Business directory
1847. Britton, W. A. Record book
1847. Ellis, J. M. Letter
1847. Nautilus Insurance Company. Account book
1847-1850, 1852. Pettiss, W. T. D. Ledgers
1847-1859. New Orleans merchants' invoices
1847-1866. Maynard, I. N. Account book
1847-1874, n.d. Barrow, W. M. Family papers
1848-1852. Wilkins, W. W. (William Webb), d. 1859. Letters
[1848]-1934. Pharr family papers
1849. Marston and Company. Letter
1849-9 ca. Gumbel, Simon. Family papers
1852. Dennis, W. C. Letters
1852. Sizer, George W. Bill
1852. Stuart, W. and Company. Bill
1852-1854. Wotton, Josiah. Papers
1852-1855. Osburn, Ozias. Account book
1852-1870 (bulk 1864). Slauson, Daniel D. Papers
1852-1888. Brandon family. Notebooks and account books
1852-1912 (bulk 1903-1908). Pugh, W. W. (William Whitmell), 1811-1906. Family plantation records
1852-1960 (bulk 1911-1941). Jahncke, Ernest Lee, Sr., 1877-1960. Papers
[1853]. Clark, F. H., and Company. Letter
1853. Maling, M. C. Letter
1853. Rodewald, Henry. Letter
1853-1925 (bulk 1860-1885). Murphy, Patrick, 1827-1885. Papers
1854-1855. Ferguson, R. P., and Company. Account books
1854-1857. Bozeman & Company. Account books
1854-1857. Hart, S. M. and Company. Account books
1854-1911. McKittrick, David L. (David Lawrence), b. 1830. Papers
1854-1930 (bulk 1875-1890). Cockfield, E. J. Family papers
1855 December 19. Brenan, J. A. W. Letter
1855-1876. Duclos family. Records
1855-1905 (bulk 1894-1897). Snellings, John P. (John Phillip), 1834-1923. Account books
1855-1909, n.d. Meyer Brothers. Store records
1855-1924 (bulk 1855-1872). Rauhman-Turner family papers
[1855], 1964. Palfrey, Henry William. Letters
1856. Bowling, L. Cotton record book
1856 March 15. P. A. Giraud & Co. Letter
1856-1859. Lefevre, Paul. Letter file book
1857-1860. McHatton, Pike and Company. Papers
1857-1906 (bulk 1874-1896). Owen, George S. Account books
1858-1866. Anonymous account book
1858-1898. Porteous, Thomas Clark, 1841-1919. Papers
1858-1917. Bennett, George W. Business records
1858-1937 (bulk 1908-1923). Keller family. Plantation records
1858-1961. Barrow & Pope (Firm). Records
1858, 1865. Carroll, Hoy and Company. Papers
1859. Dornier, Jules. Account
1859. Louisiana sugar documents
1859 March 25. Simonds & Fenner. Letter: New Orleans, La. to Messrs. Landrum and Williamson, Shreveport, La.
1859 April 1, June 25. Baton Rouge, Grosse Tete, and Opelousas Railroad Co. Stock certificates
1859 October 5. Parker, Edward G. Letter
1859-1862. Southern Mutual Insurance Company. Register
1859-1874. Baton Rouge Gas Light Company. Record books
1859-1897. J. C. Schwartz Hardware Co. Records
1860. Delbondio, Fred. Letter
1860. Desobry, Charles A. Document
1860. Tunnard, Fred D. Speech
1860-1861, 1888-1890. Thibodeaux, Lucien. Account books
1860-1865. Witherell, W. Frank. Letters
1860, 1880-1920, 1930. Lanaux's (T.) Sons. Account books
1861 May 30. Chandler, E. H. Letter
1861-1862. Washburn, W. W. Washburn & Hesler ledger
1861-1867. Davidson, John M. Legal papers
1861-1879. Schlick, Henry N., b. 1841?. Papers
1861-1895. Stubbs, Jefferson W. Family papers
1862 March 14. Gaines, C. C. and Company. Papers
1862. Chaille, Stanford. Stock certificate
1862. Snyder, H. A. Diary
1863-1865. Harbour, S. B. Account book
1863-1868, n.d. Bower, Garner and Harrison. Papers
1863-1898. Stokes, Joel A. Family papers
1864 November 18. Confederate States Mail Line. Waybill
1864-1930 (bulk 1872-1915). Cary, Sylvester L., 1827-1915. Scrapbook
1865. Battle, Kemp P. Circular letter
1865-1976. Palmer-Lincoln family papers
1865, 1924-1935, 1945. Thompson family papers
1866-1867. Lobdell, James L. Record book
1866-1870. Anonymous account book (e)
1866-1873. Bobet Brothers. Records
1866-1879. Anonymous account book (h)
1866-1901. Perrodin, Messrs. Jules and Auguste. Records
1866-1934 (bulk 1899-1934). Springfield Lumber Company. Records
1867. Clendennen, R. Account book
1867-1881. Pugh, George W. Collection
1868 March 18. Hendrick, E. B. and Company. Receipt
1868-1870. Tunnard, Fred D. Diary
1868-1948 (bulk: 1868-1891, 1916-1925). McGalliard (William M. and Family) Papers
1869. Gueble and Nippert. Circular
1869 September 7. Fergusson, Tyson and Company. Price list
1869-1880. Mann, Fischer and Company. Account books
1869-1880. Perrodin, Messrs. Jules and Auguste. Papers
1869-1886. Anonymous account books (g)
1869, n.d. Raynor, E. J. Papers
1870. Hervey, Elstner & Warren. Letterbook
1870. Oulie, M., and Company. Receipt
1870. Wade, B. Account sheet
1870 December 10. James, Samuel L., 1834-1894. Letter
1870-1871. Gassie, August. Account book
1870-1887, n.d. Edwards, James Wiley, 1839-1934. Papers
1870-1918 ca. Gumbel, S. and Company, Ltd. Records
1870-1948. Carroll, Daniel R. Family papers
1870, n.d. SIOUX CITY, bills of lading
1871-1874. Laycock, Samuel Gordon, 1851-1927. Papers
1871-1876. Bruce, David. Papers
1871-1892. Clifton, Christopher. Papers
1871-1911. Bowers, Calvin T. Papers
1872-1877, 1880-1882. Tureaud, Benjamin. Papers
1872-1932 (bulk 1900-1931). Lambert, John W. (John Walter), 1861-1932. Papers
1873. Kimble and Chase. Statement
1873 June 11. Wilmans, J. E. Letter
1873-1885. Hall, J. A. Account book
1874 August 5. Webster, W. A. Letter
1874-1878. Perrodin, Messrs. Jules and Auguste. Ledger
[1874]-1917 (bulk 1881-1898). Millikin, James Shaw. Scrapbook
1875. Smith, S. F. Letter
1876-1878. Mayer, Abe and Brother. Account books
1876-1888. Randon, François. Ledger
1876-1890. Johnson, Henry and Joseph. Store records
1876-1892. Anderson, Decatur C. Papers
1876-1902. Anonymous cashbooks
1876-1913 (bulk 1883-1909). Sloo, Thomas, b. 1790. Papers
1876, 1879. Pelican Hook and Ladder Company. Charter and constitution
1877. Carriere, A. and Sons. Papers
1877-1878. Rachal, Benoit C., Jr. Account book
1878. Larkin, E. J. Diary
1878-1879. Thibaut, James. Account book
1878-1896. Wartelle, Ferdinand M. Ledger
1878-1967 (bulk 1927-1967). Keller, Arthur G., 1902-1968. Papers
1879-1898. Grand Isle Hotel. Account books
1879-1899. Poole, E. R. (Edward Richardson), b.1820. Scrapbook
1879-1914. Gendron, Charles E. Papers
1879-1928. Baldwin & Co. Records
[1880]. Kreeger's billhead
1880-1881. Bryan & Weyer. Account books
1880-1936 (bulk 1893-1930). R. Viener and Company. Records
1881-1907. Fischer, Max. Max and August Fischer papers
1881-1909 (bulk 1905-1909). Garland and Garland (Firm). Records
1881-1914. Ronaldson and Puckett Company, Ltd. Papers
1882-1903 ca. Sophie B. Wright Free School. Notebooks
1882-1925. Pugh, Mrs. Mary W. Papers
1882-1944. Simon, Joseph. Family papers
1883. Lamothe, Leon. Receipt
1883 January-June. Claussen, Francis F. Letters
1883-1934, n.d. Link, Louis, 1866-1934. Papers
1884. St. Louis, New Orleans and Atlantic Canal and Transportation Company. Prospectus
1884-1885, 1891-1898. Musson, G. Scrapbook
1884-1885. Feitel, Henry. Account book
1884-1936. Louisiana sugar and rice trade collection
1885-1886. World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. Register
1885-1888, 1890. Elliottville Mills Company. Letterbooks
1885-1894. Ross, E. B. Account books
1885-1907. Boyer, Albert P., Mrs. Papers and account books
1885-1921, n.d. Gilbert, T. B., and Company. Store ledgers
1885-1926. Tew, Susan D. Papers
1886. Bulger, M. Receipt
1886-1889. Faler, M. and Company. Letter file
1886-1933. Dugas and LeBlanc. Account books
1886-1986 (bulk 1910-1960). Moyse-Gottlieb-Sommer Family Papers
1887. Norwood Plantation Store. Ledger
1887-1887. Haas, Samuel, 1836-1919. Letterpress copybook
1887-1888. Davis, M. L. Letterbook
1887-1895, 1923-1926, n.d. Jones, Charles C. Papers
1887-1895. Chaffe record books
1887-1931, n.d. George, John, 1854-1931. Papers
1887-1933. A. M. & J. C. Dupont (Firm). Account books
1887-1942. Gianelloni, Sabin J., Sr. Papers
1888. Favrot, H. L. Account book
1888-1893. Levi, Leopold. Account book
1888-1896. Interim Printing Company. Sample book
1888-1908. Municipal Improvement Company. Record books
1888-1913. Mandeville and Wilson. Papers
1889-1890. Part, Justin. Papers
1889-1958 (bulk 1889-1899). Plantation store account book
1891. Anonymous account book (f)
1891 January 26. Grindley, George. Letter: Washington, D.C. to LeGardeur, New Orleans, La.
1891-1893. Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New Orleans. Register
1891-1902. Schmit, Mrs. M. A. Record books
1891-1932. McCain, John I. Account books
1891-1962. Warner, Mary Henkel. Family papers
1892-1893. Alleman, Narcisse. Ledger
1892-1896. Goddard and Hall. Account books
1892-1897. Stafford, L. A. Letterbook
1892-1899. Hunter Brothers General Merchandise. Business records
1892, n.d. Phillips Family Stores. Photographs
1893-1895. Pelican Hook and Ladder Company. Record book
1894. Fishman, Louis. Ledger
1895-1918. Speeg, George. Papers
1895-1942. A. C. Skiles Lumber Company. Records
1896. Mississippi and Lafourche Railway Co., chartered under the laws of the State of Louisiana
1896-1897. W. L. Tillery & Co. Invoice book
1896-1898. Frier, S. A. Papers
1896-1900. Gazette Printing Company. Sample book
1896, n.d. Montan, Douglass C. Collection
1897-1898. Bourgeois Motor Works. Records
1897-1899. Rabenhorst, Alvin E. (Alvin Eugene), 1875-1946. Photographs
1897-1899. Whittington, H. K. Invoice book
1897-1902. Shuster, J. and Company. Account books
1899. Ayraud Brothers. Letterhead
1899-1900. Anonymous account book (o)
1900. Marchand Gin Company. Cotton book
1900-1901. Mickins, Dan. Day book
1900-1901. Ventress Brothers account books
1900-1907, 1921-1962. Crossett Company, Crossett, Arkansas. Personal copies of Edward C. Gates, Director
1900-1937. Stille and Yarbrough, Ltd. Account books
1900-1944. Metoyer family papers
1900, 1903. Coston (L. A.) Papers
1901-1915. Perez-Viscaino, Juan. Letterbook
1901-1924. Boyd, Thomas D., Jr., 1882-1964. Papers
1902-1904, 1940-1948. Pointe Coupee store ledgers
1902-1936. Cohn Brothers. Store ledgers
1902-1953. Jackson Lumber Company, Lockhart, Alabama. Personal copies of Edward C. Gates, President
1903-1990 ca. Southern Forest Products Association. Records
1904 April-August. Anonymous lumberyard daybook
1904-1942. Dupre, Paul J. Account books
1904-1975. Loyd, Gladys Means, d. 1984. Family papers
1905-1908. Shamrock Lumber Company. Account book
1905-1912. Martin, Sigur. Papers
1905-1925. Lyons Lumber Company. Records
1906-1933. Jones, L. E. Account books
1908-1956. White Castle Moss Factory. Records
1910. World's Panama Exposition Company. Papers
1910-1930 ca. Sanchez ledger
1911-1941. Webber, Benjamin Franklin, d. 1940. Ledger
1911, 1919-1961. Coco, M. S. Business records
1912-1914. Powers, C. M. Papers
1912-1920. Gayle, W. N. Ledger
1913-1955. Fitzgerald, John H. Business records
1914. Powers, C. M. Papers
1914-1944 (bulk 1917-1918). Snee, J. E. (Joseph Emmett), 1895-1966. Photograph collection
1916 ca. Pointe Coupee Land & Improvement Co. Brochure
1916-1918. Millikin Mercantile Company. Invoice book
1916-1924. Simoneaux, Milton Joseph. Ledger pages
1916-1929. Schloss Gin. Record book
1916-1979. Woolman, Collett Everman, 1889-1966. Papers
1917-1965. Dornier, Jules A. and Family Papers
1918. World War I broadsides
1918 September 1. Argyle-Crescent Company. Appraisal
1918-1961. Kellogg, Walter Lumber Company, Inc. Records
1919-1920. Anonymous account books (l)
1920-1924. Lambert, A. J. Account book
1921-1963. Magruder, W.H. Nathaniel, Papers
1924-1938. Great Southern Lumber Company collection
1926-1927. Adler, Inc. Discount card
1926-1963. Fordyce Lumber Company. Records
1927. Jungle Gardens, Inc. bond issue ledger
1928-1994. Louisiana Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Records
1932. Browne, Charles Albert. Report
1932-1937, 1918, 1950 ca. Caldwell, Samuel S., 1894-1953. Scrapbooks
1933, 1938, 1963, 1970-2004 (bulk: 1987-2004). Breaux, John B. Papers
1933-1983 ca. Lincoln, Rod M. Rod M. Lincoln collection of photographs of the Freeport Sulphur Company
1937-1946. Fitzgerald, John H. Business records
1938. Beck's Studio. LSU campus photographs
1939-1941. Cotton Trade Warehouses, Inc. Account book
1939-1972, n.d. Johns-Manville Products Corporation. Timberland records
1941-1942. Miller, Charles W. Letters
1945-1951. Quick, W. J. Papers
1947-1949. Bellizio, Lillian. Ledger
1948-1957. Esso Standard Oil Company. Union contract
1948-1980. Register records, The
1950-1951. Llano del Rio Company of Nevada. Legal records
1952-1960. Southern Forest Products Association. Personal copies of Edward C. Gates, director
1954. Krotz Springs Cycling Plant. Blueprints
1954-1980. Capital Bank. Scrapbooks
1958, 1959. Demmon, E. L. Oral history interviews
1959. Eldredge, Inman F. Oral history interview
1966. Woodland Plantation inventory
1971. Hunter Bros. Store photograph
1972-1991 (Bulk: 1980-1990). Common Cause Louisiana Records (Mss. 4469) Inventory
1975. Duggar, Jan W., interviewee. Radio interview
1979. Gilchrist, Ray W. Oral history interview
1980. Farwell, F. Evans, 1906. Lecture and narration
1980. Skelton, James R., 1897-1986. Oral history interview
1991-1992. Rees, Grover, 1891-, interviewee. Oral history interview
1993. Davis, Joseph M., Jr., interviewee. Oral history interview
1995. Arst, Paul, interviewee. Oral history interview
n.d. [18th or early 19th century]. Ile De France. Broadside
n.d. Anonymous register
n.d. Anonymous shipping record
n.d. Currency collection
n.d. Fleming's Patent Medicine. Advertisement
n.d. Holloway and Gardes. Trade card
n.d. La Feria Style Shop. Account books
n.d. Miscellaneous sewing machine trade cards
n.d. Moore, H. D. Letter
n.d. Nosacka, S. and Son. Poster
n.d. Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919. Sheet music
n.d. Phoenix Steam Fire Company. Invitation
n.d. Sedalia National Bank. Blank check
n.d. Weydig, Martin. Business card 

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