Contents:
Introduction
Alphabetical List
Chronological Index

INTRODUCTION

This guide describes collections documenting the history of education in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections (LLMVC) at LSU. It includes the papers of education officials; college deans; university presidents; professors; principals; teachers; and students. It also contains some records of defunct universities, colleges, and schools. There are a number of collections containing records of teachers' associations and student clubs and organizations.

Records of Louisiana State University, which are part of the LSU University Archives, and the papers of LSU faculty, students, and alumni, are not described in this guide unless they also relate to education apart from LSU. A separate guide to the papers of LSU faculty, students, and alumni is forthcoming. Many University Archives records are described in the University Archives section of the Special Collections web site.

The guide contains school notebooks of elementary and university students; term papers and theses; diplomas; and materials on medical and legal education. There is also information about public, private, and parochial schools; higher education; and school integration. Most of the collections are from Louisiana, but there are also materials from other parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley.

Collections in this guide are listed alphabetically, with a chronological index after the alphabetical list. 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.

ALPHABETICAL LIST

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.

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

Agramonte, Aristides. Notebook, n.d. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:18. Notebook containing notes on grammar, philosophy, jurisprudence, rhetoric, mathematics, and agriculture; and a series of questions and answers. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 974.

Allen, William M., b. 1832 or 3. Correspondence, 1858-1863. .1 linear ft. (22 items). Location: E:3. Farmer of Holmesville, Pike County, Mississippi. His sister, Letty, and her husband, John Houston, owned a farm in Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana. William and his brother Felix were Confederate soldiers in the Mississippi Volunteers. Pre-Civil War letters from Houston discuss farming conditions, his advocacy of secession, and local social events. Civil War letters to Allen describe skirmishes in Kentucky and Louisiana, and war news such as the shelling of Port Hudson, Louisiana. Family affairs, illness and remedies, and attendance at the New Orleans School of Medicine are other topics in the letters. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 701, 2287.

American Association of University Women. Baton Rouge Branch. Records, 1939-1941, n.d. 124 items. Location: UU:113. Official papers of the Baton Rouge Branch of the American Association of University Women during the presidency of Mrs. May Lee Denham. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 666.

American Association of University Women. Louisiana State Division. Records, 1925-1941, n.d. 1,167 items, 1 ms. vol., 45 printed vols. Location: UU:1-4. Official records consisting of correspondence, annual reports, programs, and related printed materials from presidents and committee chairmen of branches in Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Hammond, Lafayette, Natchitoches, Ruston, and Shreveport, Louisiana. Included are mimeographed and printed material from A.A.U.W. National Headquarters. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 666.

American Association of University Women. Louisiana State Division. Records, 1948-1957. 36 items, 5 pamphlets. Location: UU:4. Records include a brief history of the association by Mrs. C. C. Henson, copies of bylaws, programs for annual meetings, letters from the general director, and association journals. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1486.

Amite County record book, 1851-1864, 1879, 1895. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. Records of the appointed trustees of the Common Schools for District No. 2 in Amite County, Mississippi. Reports from various schools list name of parents, name and age of scholar, and amounts drawn from the public fund. Some minutes are included. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 6.

Amite River Academy. Circular, 1879. 1 item. Location: Impr. Located in Grangeville, Louisiana. Printed circular for the Amite River Academy giving descriptive information about the school and the program for the closing exercises of the Intermediate Examination. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 7.

Anderson, John Q. Manuscript, LOUISIANA SWAMP DOCTOR, ca. 1960. 352 items. Location: C:76. Writer and professor of English, University of Houston, Texas. Manuscript of Louisiana Swamp Doctor; The Writings of Henry Clay Lewis, Alias 'Madison Tensas, M.D.', edited by John Q. Anderson. (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1962) and related correspondence and research notes. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Anderson, John Q., 1916-1975. Mss. 2156.

Anderson, John Q. Papers, ca. 1930-1990. Location: Ranges C, W, 7. Writer and professor of English, University of Houston, Texas. Papers documenting Anderson's teaching career and writings. Includes reprints of articles, copies of typescripts of his Louisiana Swamp Doctor, and research materials for Kate Stone's diary, published as Brokenburn. Included are other writings on folklore and history, research materials of his wife Loraine Epps Anderson, and materials documenting their involvement with the Texas Folklore Society. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2162.Complete finding aid.

Anonymous Civil War letter, 1863. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from a teacher in North Carolina to his parents in Richmond, Virginia, telling of his work as a mechanic in order to avoid the Confederate conscript law. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1452.

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 notebook, ca. 1850. 1 ms. vol. Location: C:45. Notebook containing grammar notes and catechism questions. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Appleton, H. Diary, 1875-1876. 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc.:A. H. Appleton was an LSU student and cadet. His diary describes the life of an LSU student. It discusses his classes and professors, as well as his social and personal life. Mss. 4804. For further information see online catalog.

Applewhite, Cornelia. Papers, 1877-1878, 1924-1925, n.d. 3 items, 2 ms. vols., 2 printed vols. [on microfilm]. Location: Mf. Student at Whitworth Female College, Brookhaven, Mississippi. Two notebooks containing entries on basic subjects; lists of students; and biographical and genealogical notes. Also included are a printed song book (1877); a printed volume on the history of Sarepta (1924-1925); and three pictures. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3498.

Arceneaux, William. Papers, 1972-1996, ongoing. 5.5 linear ft. Location: 38:100-101, 105-106, 110. Higher education official in Louisiana. Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, and memorabilia document activities of the Louisiana Board of Regents and the Louisiana Coordinating Council for Higher Education during and after Dr. Arceneaux's membership. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4107.Complete finding aid.

Arndt, Hilda C. M., interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Transcript (8 pages). Location: L:4700.320. Faculty member of LSU's School of Social Work. Arndt discusses her decision to enter social work; her education and career before coming to LSU; the impact of World War II on day care for children; and the LSU School of Social Work faculty, students' curriculum and field experiences, and enrollment. Arndt also describes her professional activities and honors received and compares schools of social work at Tulane and LSU. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.320.

Aswell, James B. (James Benjamin), 1869-1931. Family Papers, 1892-1959 (bulk 1909-1931). 3 linear ft. (1,319 items; 18 ms. vols.; 38 printed vols.). Location: U:172-174, G:1, 98:A. Educator, Louisiana State Superintendent of Schools, Louisiana gubernatorial candidate, and U.S. congressman. Materials pertain principally to Aswell's political career and Louisiana politics; World War I; and post-war European conditions. Included are diaries documenting Aswell's official missions to Europe and scrapbooks on his career as an educator. Notable individuals mentioned include Huey Long, John M. Parker, Gaston Porterie, Herbert Hoover, and Al Smith. For further information see online catalog. Filed under Aswell family. Papers in Archives USA. Mss. 1408, 1426, 1468, 1483.

Badon, Robert, 1896-1998, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1995. 1 sound cassette (1.25 hours), transcript ( 41 p.). Location: L:4700.00555. Robert Badon was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana and educated in St. Martinville. He worked as a New Orleans public service employee, a county agent, and a school teacher.  He was a veteran of World War I and graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in agriculture in 1918. Badon discusses early life and education in St. Martinville, his experiences as a cadet at LSU, as a county agent, and as a teacher, coach, and principal. He tells of anthrax vaccinations, introduction of fertilizer in sugar cane farming, and the spead of information in rural areas. He also relates his four months of military duty during WWI and a visit by Theodore Roosevelt to Iberia Parish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.00555.

Balque, Joseph. Document, 1848. 1 item. Location: Misc. Document (certified copy) appointing Joseph Balque, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, natural tutor to his children. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 21.

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

Batchelor, Albert A. (Albert Agrippa), 1845-1905. Papers, 1852-1930 (bulk 1870-1900). 15 linear ft. Location: S:143. Planter, Louisiana legislator, and physician of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Papers include correspondence, diaries, and account books documenting plantation management and schools in Louisiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi (including Oakland College near Rodney, Jefferson County, Mississippi) before and during the Civil War. Collection also documents Confederate military service and civilian life during the Civil War. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 5, Reels 1-15, or Confederate Military Manuscripts, Series B, Reels 1-2. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 919. Complete finding aid (PDF).

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.

Belle Grove Institute. Invitation, 1857. 1 item. Location: Impr. John R. Hutchison was principal of the Belle Grove Institute. Invitation to an exhibition by the pupils and an address by J. M. Chilton of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1353.

Benson Family Papers, 1775-1967, n.d. 447 items, 4 ms. vols., 4 printed vols., microfilm., 25 enlargement prints. Location: Mf., OS:B. Cotton planters of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Letters, documents, and plantation diaries reflect plantation economy, the administration of secondary schools, the history and administration of the Baptist Church, and civilian and military participation in the Civil War. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2424.

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.

Bertrand, Alvin Lee, 1918- interviewee. Oral history interview, 1995. 5 sound cassettes (7.5 hours), transcript (276 p.). Location: L:4700.0524. LSU alumnus and Boyd Professor of Sociology/Rural Sociology.  Bertrand discusses growing up in rural Louisiana and the French language and Cajun culture. Bertrand also discusses loss of the small farm way of life, agricultural mores, and the impact of mechanization on rural life in Louisiana. Bertrand describes the general layout of the LSU campus in 1936, the creation of the LSU lakes, the LSU stadium, and student social activities. He comments on the many changes he witnessed while at LSU and details his long association with LSU and the Sociology Dept. He also discusses the development of rural sociology at LSU; his own involvement in international organizations; his work as an international rural sociologist; and his research and studies on health care needs. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0524. Complete Finding Aid

Bertrand, Alvin Lee. Papers, 1942-1988. 1 linear foot. Location: Range 43:65. Author and professor of rural sociology at Louisiana State University. Includes copies, drafts, and typescripts of articles for publication; reports on rural industrialization, development, settlement, and social impact studies in Louisiana and the American South; and addresses and speeches given at sociology conferences in the United States and around the world. Completed Finding Aid

Binning, Wayne. Collection, 1830-1896. 106 items. Location: U:114. Professor of history at University of Mississippi. Constable's bills of costs (1830, 1832) St. Augustine, Territory of Florida; and other items (1850, 1877-1896) pertaining to the treatment and railroad transportation of prisoners and the insane in the state of Florida. Photographs of American and European historical figures, largely nineteenth century, include Civil War military and political figures. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2043.

Blakeney, Thomas, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1992. 3 sound cassettes (2 hours), transcript (70 p.). Location:  L:4700.0181. Colonel in the United States Army and commandant of LSU ROTC cadet corps. Blakeney describes his personal and educational background, his early interest in the military, and his involvement in ROTC while a student at LSU. He recounts his military assignments in the United States, Europe during WWII, and Vietnam in the1960s. He relates his views on ROTC at LSU; the effects of Vietnam War protests on the program, and he offers recollections of Dean Arden French and Dean James Reddoch of LSU. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0181.

Blom, Francis. Letter, 1919. 1 item. Location: Misc. Archaeologist and former director of the Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University. Letter written from Mexico City by Blom. In Danish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 965.

Blom, Frans Ferdinand, 1893-1963. Papers, 1919-1941. 159 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: UU:136. Danish-born archaeologist and director of the Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University. Correspondence, writings, and other papers pertain largely to the development and work of the Middle American Research Institute, to Pre-Columbian Central America, and to contemporary Latin America. Writings are by Blom and other unidentified authors. Scripts for radio and film programs, engravings, photographs, and clippings are included. The scrapbook has articles about Latin America by Isaac Marcosson which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2817.

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

Blum, Morgan, 1914-1964. Published writings, 1939-1965. 3 items, 20 printed vols. Location: 34:6. Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. Writings consist of poetry, articles, and reviews. Included in the collection are autographed presentation copies from authors. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2030, 2221.

Bondy, Laura. Correspondence, 1876-1889, n.d. 7 items [photocopies]. Location: Misc. Student at Afton Villa girls' school, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Letters mention school and social activities. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2783.

Boney, Richard K. (Richard Kinsey), 1855-1937. Papers and diaries, 1866-1884. 18 items ( on 1 microfilm reel). Location: Mss.Mf:B. Lawyer and planter of Duckport Plantation, Madison Parish, Louisiana. Diaries record student life at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington; social life in Virginia and Vicksburg, Mississippi; and legal studies at the University of Louisiana (now Tulane University), New Orleans. Included are miscellaneous papers and photographs of Boney. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3041.

Bonner, Samuel C. Family Papers, 1772-1886 (bulk 1808-1886). 172 items. Location: UU:111. Cotton planter of Pickens County, Alabama. Papers include family correspondence describing antebellum and post-bellum social conditions in Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana, including education at the University of Alabama and news about the Civil War and Reconstruction. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1472, 1507.

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

Boyd, Leroy Stafford, 1873-. Papers, 1806-1936 (bulk 1876-1936). 16 linear ft., 46 v. Location: D:55-62; 79:71-74; OS:B; R:12-15; Z:23-25; Vault. Librarian for U. S. Interstate Commerce Commission and son of David French Boyd. Correspondence, genealogical materials, photographs, printed items and scrapbooks. They reflect the political environment, Boyd’s political activities, his interest in LSU, General William T. Sherman, and his father LSU President David F. Boyd, and his involvement with Kappa Alpha Fraternity. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 99. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Boyd, Overton F. (Overton Fuqua), 1891-1951. Papers, 1915-1938 (bulk 1915-1925). .5 linear ft. (23 items, 1 ms. vol., 2 printed vols.). Location: U:118. Son of LSU President Thomas D. Boyd and a sugar chemist and professor. Papers relate to Boyd's position as a sugar chemist at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad, British West Indies. Two broadsides pertain to the U.S.' military control of the Dominican Republic during Woodrow Wilson's administration. Included are a memorandum book containing formulae for sugar processing, notes, and a few cancelled postage stamps; and printed volumes. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1589, 1799.

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.

Breazeale, Elizabeth, 1919-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassettes (50 min.), transcript (35  p.), index (13 p.). Location: L:4700.0304. LSU alumnae and Kappa Gamma House board president. Breazeale describes her experiences as a student at LSU and a member of the Kappa Gamma Sorority. She describes LSU social life; women's clothing; layout and use of the Panhellenic Building; dormitory rules; ceremonies and traditions; the push for the construction of sorority houses; her thoughts on LSU today; and problems with the Legislature and university funding. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0304.

Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-. Letter: New Haven, Conn. to Annette Duchein, 1984 December 21. 1 item. Location: Misc:B. American scholar, writer, and professor of English at LSU and Yale University. Brooks mentions his preparations for forthcoming Jefferson Lecture and other lectures and his plans to visit Louisiana; he also comments on the use of the work 'reckon.' For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4602.

Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-. Papers, 1936-1963. 28 items. Location: W:49. American scholar, writer, and professor of English at LSU and Yale University. Collection consists of miscellaneous papers concerning administration policy at LSU and Phi Beta Kappa faculty at LSU; also typescript of Eliot H. Stanley's Harvard College Honors Thesis, The Tiger Stays For Dinner, 1963. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3426.

Brown, James (James Wilson) 1913 September 18 interviewee. Oral history interview, 1979. 1 sound cassette, transcript (28 pages). Location: L:4700.3. Dean of Graduate Service in Research at San Jose State University, California. Richard Lewis was the Director of the Development of the Media Service and Support Program and Instructional Television also at San Jose State. Interview with Brown and Lewis concerns the production and use of audio-visuals and films by the U.S. Navy in World War II; the development of audio-visual products for use in schools; and their later career in the film industry. Topics include British and Canadian film making during the war; the prevention of venereal disease through films; medical films; demobilization films; and the Ladies Training and Development Center. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.3.

Brown, Sarah Goodwin. Collection, 1840-1944. 31 items. Location: U:181. Materials documenting the history of Baton Rouge and Clinton, Louisiana. Included are two letters referring to the enlistment of a Northern school teacher in the Confederate army. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1573, 1986.

Bruxner, A. Lecture notebook, 1854-1856. 1 vol. Location: O:17. Student at the University of Leipzig. Four semesters of lectures delivered by Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, a German economist who taught at the University of Leipzig, recorded by A Bruxner. Subject matter includes economic theory and practice, finance, statistics, and political science. In German. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3201.

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

Buck, William C. Family correspondence, 1855-1894. 11 items. Location: Misc:B. Baptist minister of Columbus, Mississippi, and editor of the Baptist Banner and Western Pioneer in Louisville, Kentucky. Buck moved to Texas in 1866 and lived there until his death in 1872. Letters from Buck's son Gideon to his wife describe Staten Island and New York City; Northern attitudes toward his sister, who was living in the North; and Northern publishers' prejudices against his father's and other Southern literary works. Included is a letter from William to his son. Remaining correspondence by Sallie G. Willson and others discuss Waco Classical School, Salado College, development of Salado, Texas, and family matters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1699.

Buckley, Margaret, 1819-. Diary, 1852-1853. 1 ms. vol. Location: Mf. Housewife and seamstress of Finley, Ohio. Diary records daily life during the time she supported her family while her husband traveled to California. Included are mentions of social life, education of children, illnesses, and a list of household expenses. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2643.

Butler, Thomas W., 1842-1913. Papers, 1842-1913. 7 linear ft. Location: U:17-19, J:10. Owner of Cedars Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and properties in Arkansas. Papers include correspondence, plantation records, financial papers of Cedars Plantation, and Butler's own personal and financial papers. Some materials relate to Le Carpe Plantation, owned by his father Richard Ellis Butler. Included are letters related to the higher education of Butler's children. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reels 4-9. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 888.

Bynum Family Papers, 1814-1969 (bulk: 1913-1969). 1 linear foot, 26 manuscript volumes. Location: E:103-105, OS:B. Prominent family of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Papers contain correspondence, writings, records, manuscript volumes, printed items and graphic materials. Early correspondence to Samuel Clark concerns family matters, land claims, requests for land surveys, and sale of cotton. The majority of 20th century correspondence written to Walter Bynum, Jr., reflects everyday life in Baton Rouge and Southwestern United States in the early 1900s. Correspondence of the 1940's reflects military life during WWII. Letters also discuss the return to civilian life with shortages of food, automobiles, goods, and housing. Manuscript volumes include Maggie Chamberlain's autograph book (1876), memoranda books (1898, 1901), school notebooks (1889-1920, n.d.), Phi Gamma Sigma Fraternity notebook. The majority of diaries appear to be those of Clara Adams Bynum (1906-1921) and reflect life in Baton Rouge and Louisiana during the early 20th century. Entries pertain to current events, weather, social affairs, family matters, Louisiana State University football, student life (1914), local and state government, flooding and work on the levees (1911-1912), and war news and anti-German sentiments (1915-1916). A scrapbook contains by-laws, rules and regulations for the Female Orphan Association of Baton Rouge, with a list of children received into the orphanage (1848-1861). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3104, 3174. Complete finding aid.

Byrd, Winnie Evans, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 2 sound cassettes (2 hours), transcript (77 p.), index (19 p.). Location: L:4700.0302. LSU
alumnae; member and officer of Delta Delta Delta sorority. Byrd discusses her decision to become a teacher and her experiences as a student at LSU, including her
involvement in student politics; the impact of WWII on the student body; ROTC parades; graduation in the Greek Theater; involvement with Tri-Delta alumnae; and
T. Harry Williams, Professor of History at LSU. Byrd also discusses the University's decision to allow the construction of sorority houses and describes each step in
the construction process of the Tri-Delta sorority house. She also gives her views on the role of sororities in the 1990s and impressions of LSU. For further
information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0302.

Cabassa, Luis G. Letter, 1917 April 3. 1 item. Location: Misc. Inquiry addressed to the Dean of the University of Louisiana by a pharmacist of Caguas, Puerto Rico, as to fees and course of study in chemistry and sugar manufacture. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3616.

Cale, John G., 1922-. Papers, 1966-1968. 98 items, 1 ms. vol., microfilm. Location: Mf. Thematic index cards and bound typewritten seminar paper list titles of manuscript and printed music of Henri and Joseph Amedee Fourrier in the LSU Library and the Baton Rouge School for the Blind. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2304.

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

Cannon, Fenelon. Commission, 1859. 1 item. Location: OS:C. Resident of Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Commission by Louisiana Governor Robert C. Wickliffe appointing Fenelon Cannon a member of the Board of Supervisors of the State Seminary of Learning. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1654.

Carnatz family papers, ca. 1850-1886. Papers during the period from 1850 to 1886 pertain to legal and educational matters concerning Rodolph Carnatz and his wife Virginia De Varenne. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 924.

Carrollton Centennial Exhibit collection, 1959. 53 items [photocopies]. Location: OS:C. Exhibit created for the Carrollton Branch, Whitney National Bank of New Orleans. Materials pertain to Carrollton, Louisiana, formerly part of Jefferson Parish, later annexed into New Orleans. Collection includes maps; photographs; petitions; reports; city ordinances, regulations, and orders; and interpretive explanations of items relating to the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad, the Carrollton Hotel and Gardens, public schools, and homes. There are also interpretive explanations for fire companies, the federal occupation in the Civil War, the levee, and roads. The photocopies are made from original items dating from 1832 to 1908. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1623.

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

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

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

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

Cazayoux Family Papers, 1929-1999 (bulk 1939-1979). 1.3 linear ft., 7 v. Location: UU:289-291, J:24, OS:C. Catholic family of Baton Rouge, La, including siblings Reverend Clair Cazayoux, a Jesuit priest, teacher at Jesuit High School in New Orleans, and missionary to India and Ceylon; Gene Cazayoux, a brother of the Sacred Heart and teacher at various Catholic schools; librarian Vivian Cazayoux; and Drs. Francis and Robert Cazayoux. Papers consist of correspondence, sermons prepared by Reverend Clair Cazayoux, church publications, travel pamphlets and brochures, speeches given by Vivian Cazayoux on her travels, and scrapbooks reflecting practices of the Catholic Church, the family members' careers, education, and religious beliefs, as well as the close familial bonds of the Cazayoux family. Collection also offers insight into the political events and social conditions in Ceylon and India, where Clair Cazayoux was a missionary, and the military situation in Korea during the 1950s and early 1960s, in which Francis and Robert Cazayoux participated. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4827. Complete finding aid

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.

Chaffraix, D. A., Mrs. Papers, 1892-1904 (bulk 1899). 18 items, 5 ms. vols. Location: O:4, Misc:C. Social and civic leader in New Orleans. Chaffraix was associated with the Chinchuba Deaf-Mute Institute near Mandeville, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Papers include record books related to benefit performances at the institute. Included are broadsides of the Protestant Episcopal Children's Home and the Chinchuba Deaf-Mute Institute (1899). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1249, 1258.

Chaplin, Breazeale and Chaplin. Papers, 1806-1902 (bulk 1860-1877). 265 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: B:55-63. Law firm of Natchitoches, Louisiana. Correspondence and related papers of Chaplin, Breazeale, and Chaplin; surveys by Samuel Cook; and exchange of correspondence between Joseph Irwin, deputy surveyor, and Levin Wailes, register of the Opelousas Land Office. Also included are papers of Samuel M. Hyams and James C. Hughes, sheriffs of Natchitoches Parish; and material on the Constitutional Convention of 1867-1868, and public school education. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1028.

Chaplin, Breazeale and Chaplin. Papers, 1806-1904 (bulk 1866-1893). 3,673 items, 35 ms. vols., 6 printed vols. Location: B:55-63, O:2, 98:. Law firm of Natchitoches, Louisiana. Phanor Breazeale was an attorney, president of the Natchitoches Parish school board, a newspaper editor, and a U.S. congressman. Correspondence and related papers of Chaplin, Breazeale, and Chaplin; and business and some official papers of Phanor Breazeale reflecting economic, political, and similar matters in the Natchitoches area. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 952.

Chaplin, Breazeale and Chaplin. Papers, 1812, 1867-1925 (bulk 1880-1905). 974 items, 26 ms. vols., 6 printed vols. Location: B:55-63, O:2, 98:. Law firm of Natchitoches, Louisiana. Correspondence and related papers of Chaplin, Breazeale, and Chaplin, and of Thomas P. Chaplin containing a body of materials concerning education in the Natchitoches area, particularly the history and administration of the Louisiana State Normal School. Other records include minutes and correspondence of the Independent Perseverance (volunteer) Fire Company of Natchitoches. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 967.

Charles, I. H. (Isaac Henry). Letters, 1841-1848. 10 items. Location: Misc:C. Charles moved with his family from Philadelphia to New Orleans in 1841. There he attended school and worked as a clerk in a commercial house. Letters to a cousin, John Edward Liddall, describe Charles' sea voyage to New Orleans; his secondary education in private schools in Louisiana; the presence of yellow fever; news of the War with Mexico; and reactions to a call for volunteers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 621.

Chol, Emmanuel, 1834-1916. Papers, 1845, 1854-1921, n.d. 1,213 items, 6 ms. vols., and 31 printed vols. Location: U:163-164, 65:29, 98:. Native of France, music teacher and composer of Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Bills and receipts, manuscript and sheet music, pamphlets, and other imprints reflect Chol's professional career, his affiliation with the Catholic Church, and the education of his children in parochial schools. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1790, 1906.

Choppin, A. R. Research reports, 1927. 1 ms. vol. Location: W:5. Bound volume of research reports and materials compiled by A. R. Choppin for a dissertation on 'The use of aluminum compounds in the manufacturing and refining of sugar.' For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2600-73.

Clark, R. S. Diary, 1859.1 ms. vol. (typescript). Location: M:21. 'Journalist' for the Mountain Rangers, a group of students from the University of North Carolina. The entries describe a walking trip through a large portion of western North Carolina including Mount Michell and Asheville. Diary includes rules and regulations for the Rangers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 659.

Clinton School Papers, 1826-1829. 3 items. Location: Misc. Terms of tuition and regulations for an academy at Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana (1826); and contracts with Thomas F. Sale to teach grammar school literature (1828, 1829). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 925.

Coates, Raymond, 1875-1965. Manuscript music, 1953, 1956, n.d. 9 items. Location: 65:82. Composer and music teacher of Baton Rouge. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2382, 2406.

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.

College of Baton Rouge. Records, 1836-1853. 17 items, 4 vols. Location: Misc:C, F:6. College organized in Baton Rouge in 1837, the successor to the Baton Rouge Academy, which had been founded in 1820. Presidents of the college included Pierre Dubayle, William B. Lacey, and R. H. Ranney. Account books, a minute book of the Board of Trustees, ledgers, printed materials, and miscellaneous memoranda document the college's organization and operation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 78.

College Writers' Society. Program, 1962. 2 items. Location: Impr. Included is a newspaper clipping about Cleanth Brooks speaking at the meeting of the Society. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2409.

Conner, Lemuel Parker, 1827-1891. Family Papers, 1810-1953, n.d. 12.5 linear feet and 22 ms. vols. Location: A:, 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: 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

Conrad, Charles Magill, 1804-1878. Letter, 1854 October 2. 1 item. Location: Misc. Louisiana attorney, congressman, U.S. senator, secretary of war, and delegate to the Confederate Congresses. Letter to William G. Webster, regarding the abolitionist views of a 'Mr. Bacon' and the questionable suitability of one of his sons as tutor to Conrad's sons. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Conrad, Charles M., 1804-1878. Mss. 3377.

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

Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 1801-1885. Letters, 1829-1890, n.d. 14 items. Location: Misc. English philanthropist and social reformer, and seventh Earl of Shaftesbury. Letters, largely social, include a defense of the 'Ragged Schools' for children of the poor. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1350.

Cornish, Reverend John Hamilton, 1815-1878. Papers, 1855-1888. 157 items. Location: W:51. Protestant Episcopal Rector of St. Thaddeus' Church, Aiken, South Carolina. Collection includes correspondence of Cornish, his sons, his daughters, and other family members. Correspondence concerns church affairs, education of the sons at Sewanee Theological Seminary and other institutions, travel, and personal relationships. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3365.

Cottingham, Claybrook C., 1881-1949. Papers, 1860-1963 (bulk 1907-1956). 198 items, 18 vols. (12 printed vols., 6 ms. vols.). Location: 6:40-41, OS:C. President of Louisiana College and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, and director of Rotary International. Collection contains manuscripts of speeches related to education and religion, correspondence related to Rotary International, a notebook, scrapbooks, clippings, and memorabilia. Also included are issues of The Pine Knot (1913-1937). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2686.

Cunningham, John A. Notebook, 1865-1866. 1 vol. Location: F-16. Student at the University of Virginia in 1865-1866. Notes kept by Cunningham as a student. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 90.

Davidson, Neal. Papers, 1837-1862. 4 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Cotile, Louisiana. Papers of Major Davidson include a letter (1862) notifying Davidson of a meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning at the Ice House Hotel, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Davis, E. Greene. Diploma, 1897. 1 item. Location: OS:D. Diploma of the Southern Military Academy [Institute] in Clinton, Louisiana. The school was founded in 1894 by Captain T. H. Gilmore and folded in 1898. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3469.

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.

Dawson, John B. Letter, 1843. 1 item. Location: Misc. Request to the editor of the Didtrict School Journal, New York, to send eight copies of the School Journal to New Orleans, and enclosing payment. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2466.

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.

Deiler, J. Hanno. Items, 1840, ca. 1904. 4 items. Location: Mf. Former professor of German at Tulane University, New Orleans. Microfilm copies of two articles, concerning German immigration to Webster Parish, Louisiana, and to Texas, by J. Hanno Deiler, and a related newspaper clipping; and a copy of The Native American, March 28, 1840. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1112.

Delelis, O. Leon. Scrapbook, 1843-1874, n.d. 1 ms. vol., 1 microfilm reel. Location: UU:252, Mf. Schoolmaster and writer of St. Martinville and Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Scrapbook of manuscript writings and newspaper clippings, some pertaining to the Civil War and Reconstruction. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2677, 2677-88.

Delsarte, François Alexandre Nicolas, 1811-1871. Papers, 1811-1934 (bulk 1830-1899), n.d. 1,448 items, 74 ms. vols., 33 printed vols. Location: 35:82-95, OS:D. French educator, music and dramatic instructor, and originator of a widely recognized system of elocution. Professional papers contain materials relating to the study of pantomime; notes and manuscripts of writings by Delsarte's pupils, William Alger and James MacKaye, together with studies of the Delsarte system by S. S. Curry, Claude Shaver, and others. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1301. Complete finding aid in PDF

Derr, Lucile Elizabeth. M. A. thesis, 1784-1791. 1 item. Location: Mf. 'The Administration of Estevan Miro, 1784-1791,' January 1927, Graduate School, University of California. Includes an appendix of translations from the original of Spanish documents, 1781-1791; 382 pages. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3381.

DeRussy, Rene Edward. Letter: Old Point Comfort, Va., to Benjamin L. C. Wailes, Washington, Miss., 1838 December 1. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:D. Born in the West Indies and appointed to the U.S. Military Academy in 1807, Benjamin L. C. Wailes was a treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Jefferson College in Washington, Adams County, Mississippi. Letter to Wailes in which DeRussy declines an offer of a position as a teacher of mathematics and civil engineering at Jefferson College. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1053.

Dialect Atlas of Louisiana Workbooks, 1944-1946, 1948-1949, 1951-1955. 41 vols. Location: 37-39. Linguistic Atlas of Louisiana workbooks based on South Atlantic Worksheets of the Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada. Hans Kurath, University of Michigan, is the director. The Louisiana work is under the direction of Dr. C. M. Wise. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1307.

Dialectic Society. Resolution, 1859 September 10. 1 item. Location: Misc. A student literary society at the University of North Carolina. Resolution by the Dialectic Society upon the death of a member, Norman A. Morrison of Richmond County, North Carolina, who graduated from the University in 1857. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1832.

Dixon, William Y., 1843-1874. Papers, 1860-1905 (bulk 1860-1874). 14 items (9 ms. vols.). Location: UU:119. Student at Centenary College in Jackson, Louisiana, before and after the Civil War. Four diaries (1860-1871) include descriptions of battles at Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, and Port Hudson (1862-1863). Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 4. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3423.

Dornier, R. L. Collection, 1874, 1880-1890. 5 items, 1 ms. vol. and 2 printed vols. Location: C:25. School record book contains minutes of the St. James Parish School Board. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2286.

Dugas, Claiborne J., 1898-. Scrapbook, 1907-1980. 2 items; 1 vol. (1 reel microfilm). Location: Mss.Mf:D. Louisiana Democrat, educator, journalist, and publisher of Donaldsonville Chief. He served as Secretary of Louisiana Senate, member of the Board of Tax Appeals. Scrapbook contains letters, news clippings, memoirs documenting 'Bobby' Dugas' activities, service to education in Louisiana, and developments in Louisiana and national public affairs. Includes typescript copy of speech on higher education. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3571.

Dumble, Edwin Theodore, 1852-1927. Paper, 1960. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: Misc. State Geologist of Texas, director of the third Texas Geological Survey, 1888-1899. Term paper on Edwin T. Dumble by James R. Underwood, a student at the University of Texas. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2695.

Dunkley, Ferdinand. Musical arrangement, n.d. 1 item. Location: 65:4. Louisiana composer, organist, and conductor, affiliated with Loyola University of the South. Musical arrangement for orchestration of 'Praise the Lord' by Ferdinand Dunkley. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 965.

Durnin, Henry. Mathematical notebook, 1837, 1840-1844. 1 item and 1 ms. vol. Location: U:186. Resident of Ireland and later teacher in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Notebook illustrating use of mathematical principles in solving problems or puzzles; contains copies of 2 letters from Irish immigrants to America, articles relating to the trial of Irish politician Daniel O'Connell, and a list of Irish abbreviations. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2077.

Eager, P. H. (Patrick Henry). Mississippi authors collection, 1899-1908 (bulk 1900-1908). 111 items, 5 ms. vols. Location: U:50, F:16. Professor of English at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. Collection containing biographical sketches and writings of well-known poets and authors of Mississippi during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Included are newspaper clippings, letters, and manuscript and printed writings of authors. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 130.

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. Teacher's contract, 1923. 1 printed item. Location: Impr. Contract signed by public school teachers listing monthly salary and terms of employment, including required standards of personal behavior. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3000.

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.

Ellis, E. John and Thomas C. W. Family Papers, 1829-1936 (bulk 1870-1920). 9.3 linear ft., 72 vols. Location: U:52-65, G:5. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 21-22. Sons of Ezekiel Parke Ellis, a judge and state legislator from Amite, Louisiana. E. John and Thomas C. W. Ellis were practicing attorneys who were active in Louisiana politics. Both men served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and business papers of three generations of the Ellis family. Civil War correspondence includes letters by E. John Ellis from prison camp at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Politics occupies a large place in the correspondence and speeches of 1856-1861 and in the correspondence of the Reconstruction period. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 136. Complete finding aid (PDF)

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

Ellis-Farar Papers, 1768-1871 (bulk 1804-1833). 308 items. Location: S:1. Richard Ellis, planter of White Cliffs, Homochitto, and Laurel Hill plantations, Natchez. His children included Mary (who married Captain Benjamin Farar), Jane, and Abram. Papers document plantation management and include deeds, vouchers, correspondence with overseers, and receipts. Jane took a special interest in managing Laurel Hill. Personal correspondence deals with education, plantation life, and family news. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reel 10. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1000. Complete Finding Aid

Ely, Richard Theodore, 1854-1943. Collection, 1544-1927 (bulk 1558-1835), n.d. 396 items, 9 ms. vols. Location: 94, OS:E. Economics professor of Maryland and Illinois. Collection includes documentation collected by Ely of land tenure issues in England from the 16th to the 18th centuries; letters from 19th century English notables; Ely's personal papers; and the papers of his father, E. S. Ely. Included are five Revolutionary War period musical broadsides condemning France and Thomas Paine. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Ely, Richard T. Mss. 552.

Ely, Richard Theodore, 1854-1943. Collection, 1855-1911, 1928-1930. 11 items and 1 ms. vol. Location: OSSE, F:16. Economics professor of Maryland and Illinois. Printed announcements for auction sales of estates, farms, and other pieces of property in Ireland, 1855-1911. Letter File Book, 1928-1930, containing correspondence and other research material apparently for a manuscript. Ely Memorial Collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Ely, Richard T. Mss. 2064.

Ely, Richard Theodore, 1854-1943. Papers, n.d. 3 items. Location: Misc. Economics professor of Maryland and Illinois. Reports, 'Labor under the N. R. A.' and 'The labor injunction,' issued by the Industrial Research Group, Columbia University, and an article, 'The workingmen of the United States,' by Edward W. Bemis, Vanderbilt University. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Ely, Richard T. Mss. 2600-73.

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

Emmanuel Chol funeral notice, 1916. 1 item. Location: Impr. Funeral notice for Professor Emmanuel Chol, composer and teacher of music, of Thibodaux, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1771.

Eno, Frank. Letter, 1857. 1 item. Location: Misc. Teacher of a private school in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Letter from Eno to a New York cousin, describing his teaching position and the effect of the Panic of 1857 on cotton planters. He also explains his move from the North to Concordia Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1585.

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

Falk, Myron, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (.75 hours), transcript (24 p.). Location: L:4700.330. Former director of the United Way in Baton Rouge and a writer and advocate of social welfare who endowed a scholarship in the School of Journalism at LSU. The interview describes Falk's family history, his education at Tulane, his wife Roberta's family history, her education, her career in social work, and her job with the Louisiana Conference of Social Welfare. Also described are Falk's work for the Transients and Migrants program during the Depression, his writings, and his presentations before Congress. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.330.

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

Faulk, John T. Papers, 1833. 2 items. Location: Misc. Planter of Bayou DeSiard, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. Letter of John T. Faulk to Mr. Goodwin, teacher, outlining the course of study desired for his sons; and a contract with William Henderson to board Faulk's children in order that they could attend the public school house in Prairie Maroughe. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 877.

Feliciana Female Collegiate Institute. Records, 1851-1895 (bulk 1867-1895). 8 vols. (6 ms. vols., 2 printed vols.). Location: F:8. Institute located in Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, 1867-1877; Afton Villa, West Feliciana Parish, 1877-1884; and Jackson again after 1884. It was directed by Mrs. Rufus K. Howell. Four record books include accounts with students, the school's accounts with a merchandising business, and attendance and deportment records of students. Printed volumes include a catalog of the institute for 1893. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 9. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 757. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Ferguson, Samuel Wragg, 1835-1917. Papers, 1857-1915, n.d. 61 items. Location: T:13. Confederate general and lawyer of Charleston, South Carolina, and Greenville, Mississippi. During the Civil War Ferguson served as aide to General P. G. T. Beauregard and was commander of the 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment in the Atlanta Campaign. Letters, memoirs, and writings describe student life at West Point; the settlement of Kansas; religious missions and the life of missionaries in the Oregon territory; and the hostility of Indians and the fate of settlers bound for California and Oregon. Civil War materials include records of Ferguson's Confederate military service, descriptions of participation in several battles, and a description of the collapse of the Confederate government. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1416, 1576.

Ficklen, John R. Papers, 1840-1906. 43 items and 6 vols. Location: U:98, G:6. Resident of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and member of the Department of History and Political Science at Tulane University. The bulk of the material consists of notes, rough drafts, and correspondence relative to Ficklen's work on the history of the Reconstruction period in Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 144, 209.

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

Fisher, Lucy Maria W. F. Memoirs, 1889. 1 item; 25 pages [photocopy]. Location: Misc. School teacher from Connecticut who became a resident of Louisiana and taught in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans schools. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2497.

Fitzpatrick, Joseph F. Jr. Papers, 1930-(1965-1998)-2000. 15 linear feet. Location 35: This collection contains professional correspondence, field notes from field work in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and professional and travel diaries of Dr. Joseph F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., a professor at the University of South Alabama and later Tulane University and researcher in the field of astacology, or crawfish taxonomy. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4945. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Fleming, Walter L. (Walter Lynwood), 1874-1932. Family Papers, 1861-1973 (bulk 1894-1963). 3 linear ft. Location: Z:15. Educator and historian who dealt with Civil War and Reconstruction history. He also fought in the Spanish-American War. Scrapbooks, correspondence, educational materials, photographs, and postcards document Fleming's personal and professional life. Among the photographs are portraits of Fleming and photographs of Ku Klux Klan members in Klan regalia. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3530. Complete Finding Aid

Florence. Letter: Lecompte, La. to Friend, 1884 August 24. 1 item. Location: Misc:F. Teacher residing in Lecompte, Louisiana, in 1884. Letter to 'Friend' mentions Rapides Parish and Alexandria, Louisiana, opportunities in the area, and the Wells-Wood Plantation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4604.

Focillon, Henri, 1881-1943. Letter, 1923 January. 1 item. Location: Misc. Professor at the Sorbonne, art critic, and authority on Romanesque and Gothic architecture. Brief letter to an associate. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2600.

Foster, James, d. 1880. Family Papers, 1829-1904. 92 items, 7 ms. vols. Location: U:117. Medical doctor of Natchez, Mississippi, and owner of the Hermitage Plantation near Natchez. Correspondence consists chiefly of personal letters from family members concerning travel in the East; yellow fever in New Orleans; and plantation affairs. Some letters relate to student life at Oakland College (Mississippi) and Harvard University. Three manuscript volumes contain poetry and four record books concern a Confederate monument in Natchez, listing subscribers to a memorial fund (1888-1889). Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 6. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1705.

Fouque, Gabriel. Account book, 1838-1846. 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc. Native of France and teacher in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Accounts of Gabriel Fouque. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1724.

Fouque, Gabriel. Correspondence, 1831-1852, n.d. 10 items. Location: Misc. Native of France and teacher in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Correspondence from members of his family and friends in France. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

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.

Fournet, John B., 1895-1984. Papers, 1844, 1927-1970, n.d. 70 linear ft., 8 ms. vols., and 16 films. Location: 8:15-80, OS:F, 98:F, 124:, Vault:14. Louisiana attorney, politician, and Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 1949-1970. Personal and professional papers reflect Fournet's career as schoolteacher and principal, lawyer, politician, and judge. The papers include materials which reflect Fournet's association with Huey P. Long. Also included are political campaign materials and films; photographs; scrapbooks; judicial opinions and decisions; and newspapers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2558.

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

Fuqua, Henry L. (Luce), interviewee. Oral history interview, 1979. 1 sound cassette (1 hour); transcript (54 pages). Location: L:4700.21. Son of Henry Luce Fuqua, Louisiana governor. Interview discusses his family, living in Baton Rouge, the Flood of 1912, his father's work as head of the penitentiary in Baton Rouge (1916) and Angola, his involvement with LSU and Southern University, and his gubernatorial campaign (1924). Notable individuals mentioned include Felton Clark, William H. Dalrymple, Thomas D. Boyd, Annie Boyd, and Huey Long. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.21.

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

Garig, William Wallace, 1839-1908. Family Papers, 1858-1953, n.d. 594 items; 10 ms. vols.; 2 printed vols. Businessman and poultry breeder of Baton Rouge. His daughters Mercedes and Louise were both members of the LSU English Department faculty. Papers consist of correspondence pertaining to plantation work and social life in antebellum Louisiana; education of children, including that provided at LSU; social life in 20th-century Baton Rouge; and religion. Included are Garig's Civil War diaries. Collection also includes papers of Garig's daughters. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2993.

Garland, Henry Lastrapes, 1826-1908. Papers, 1778-1940 (bulk 1860-1940). 804 items. Location: 79:94, Vault. Lawyer and landowner of Opelousas, Louisiana. Correspondence, land documents, and legal and business documents of Garland and his wife Celeste. Papers include letters of Confederate civilians, materials relating to St. Landry Parish schools, and materials on railroads in the state. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3087.

Gayarre, Charles, 1805-1895. Manuscript, n.d. 1 item (4 sheets). Location: Misc. Louisiana historian, jurist, and statesman. Manuscript of Gayarre giving an account of the career of noted Protestant Episcopal clergyman, Francis L. Hawks, while in New Orleans. Hawks served as minister of Christ Church and as president of the University of Louisiana (now Tulane University). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Gayarre, Charles E. A. Mss. 1558.

Gayle family collection, 1846-1916, n.d. 56 items. Location: U:113. Collection of printed materials consisting of broadsides pertaining to the Mexican War and Louisiana politics; funeral notices for Baton Rouge and area residents; and programs for entertainment given by Baton Rouge schools and institutions. Mss. 1818.

Gentil, François J. Class roll book, 1853. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. Professor at Louisiana College, St. James Parish, Louisiana. Roll book containing names, attendance records, and grades of students. Caricatures are drawn on the pages throughout the book and initialed 'J. G.' In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 676.

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892. Papers, 1848-1891. 164 items. Location: A:56. Confederate general and New Orleans lawyer, later a United States representative and senator from Louisiana. Papers include letters written from Yale University as a student; Civil War papers from the 13th Louisiana Regiment; a copy of a letter from his sister Eleanora describing New Orleans in 1861; and mortgages and leases for various properties. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 6. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2402, 2412, 2423.

Girard, M. D. Account books, 1847-1874. 2 vols. Location: G:8. French teacher in New Orleans. Journal recording pupils and income received for her lessons; record book including lectures contributed by members of her salon in 1865, and questions and answers asked at seances which she conducted. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 502.

Girard, William. Notebook, 1885-1888. 1 vol. Location: G:8. Notebook of William Girard containing material covered in his lectures on history. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 158.

Girault, Auguste, b. 1790 or 91. Papers, 1808-1845. 12 items. Location: Misc:G. Music professor in New Orleans. Girault (earlier known as Giraud) was a native of Nantes, France. Papers include passports, a discharge from military service, and correspondence, among it a letter from Dulisse Alleye recalling two years spent in prison with Girault. In French, one item in Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1145.

Golden, Laron E. Papers, 1961, 1967. 5 items. Location: UU:166. Assistant Professor of Agronomy. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2266.

Gorham, Daniel Barlow, 1838-1911. Diaries, 1856-1859. 3 ms. vols., 6 items. Location: Mf., Misc. Student at St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Kentucky. Diaries record daily student life, studies, social activities, and religious events at the Catholic-run college; and social life in St. Francisville, Louisiana. A typewritten transcription is also available. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3096.

Graham, George Mason, 1807-1891. Commissions, 1858-1859. 2 items. Location: Misc. Planter of Tyrone Plantation, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and a member of the Board of Supervisors of the State Seminary of Learning at Alexandria, Louisiana. Commissions appointing Graham a member of the Board of Supervisors of the State Seminary of Learning at Alexandria. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Graham, G. Mason. Mss. 893.

Graham, George Mason, 1807-1891. Letter, 1860 January 24. 1 item. Location: Misc. Planter of Tyrone Plantation, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and a member of the Board of Supervisors of the State Seminary of Learning at Alexandria, Louisiana. Letter to Senator John Moore of New Iberia, Louisiana, expresses his views on the merits of a military school. Original manuscript letter is in the Weeks Family Papers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Graham, G. Mason, 1807-1891. Mss. 1761.

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.

Griffith, Isaac, 1787-. Record book, 1812-1820. 1 ms. vol. Location: Mf. Native of Delaware who settled in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, in 1814 as a school teacher. Book contains a biographical sketch, family data, records on students and on crops, and miscellaneous notes. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3697.

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

Haag, William George, 1910-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1994. 2 sound cassettes (3 hours), Transcript (104 pages). Location: L:4700.453. LSU Boyd professor emeritus of geography and anthropology. Haag discusses his family history; the University of Kentucky; his work as an archaeologist for the Tennessee Valley Authority; the University of Michigan; World War II; the University of Mississippi; and his impressions of William Faulkner. Haag also discusses his career at LSU; the Poverty Point archeological site; excavations at the Centroplex and Magnolia Mound Plantation, Baton Rouge; research in the Antilles; and Civil War studies. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.453.

Hackett, Derek L. A. Collection, 1970-1971. 111 items. Location: A:11. Professor of History, University of Sterling, Scotland. Materials pertaining to the 1971 White House Conference on Youth at Estes Park, Colorado. Collection also includes printed materials from student activist organizations. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2593.

Hahn, Michael, 1830-1886. Letter, 1864. 1 item. Location: Misc. Governor of Louisiana (1864-1865) and Louisiana congressional representative. Letter from Hahn to John McNair, Superintendent of Public Education, sanctioning and authorizing McNair to apportion public school funds in the state treasury to loyal parishes of the state and to exclude insurrectionary parishes. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Hahn, Michael. Mss. 903.

Hamilton, William Sutherland, 1789-1867?. Family Papers, 1766-1942 (bulk 1780-1884). 4 linear ft., 16 vols. Location: T:82-87, H:21, UU:148, OS:H. U.S. Army officer under General Wade Hampton, planter of Holly Grove Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and politician who served on the first board of trustees for the College of Louisiana and a term in the Louisiana legislature. Papers reflect the administration of U.S. Army troops in the Territory of New Orleans and give an inclusive picture of national and Louisiana politics. Included are descriptions of Southern college facilities and curricula and early medical treatments. The papers also document conditions in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War, land speculation in Texas, and various aspects of plantation life and economy. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1029, 3167.

Hamiter, Joseph Busbey, 1899-. Papers, 1904-1964, n.d. 252 items. Location: 1:23. Associate Justice, Louisiana State Supreme Court. Papers include correspondence (1956-1960); speeches (1931-1964); genealogy; papers pertaining to Hamiter's association with the Orleans Parish School Board and the Louisiana State Board of Education; and materials pertaining to the Boy Scout organization. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2594.

Hanley, Ben. Collection, 1919-1936, n.d. 41 items. Location: U:115. Director of the New Orleans School of Speech and Dramatic Art, teacher in the New Orleans Public High Schools, and one of the organizers of Le Petite Theatre du Vieux Carre and the New Orleans Conservatory of Music. Papers include announcements, circulars, programs, and related items pertaining to the Anna Morgan Studios in Chicago, Emerson College in Boston, and the New Orleans School of Speech and Dramatic Art. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1683.

Harkins, John. Manuscript, 1967. 1 item (59 pages). Location: Misc. 'Poplar Grove, Sugar Plantation on the West Bank of the Mississippi River across from Baton Rouge,' term paper presented for Fine Arts 120 taught by Mr. James R. Reeves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2250.

Harvey, Abram A. Arithmetic book, 1842-1858. 1 vol. Location: F:4. Arithmetic problems and solutions written as school exercises. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Haynie, Martin L., Jr. Document, 1808. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of St. Francisville, Louisiana. Diploma of Martin L. Haynie, Jr. from the Medical College of Maryland. In Latin. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 174.

Hebert, Louis, 1820-1901. Autobiography, ca. 1893. 1 ms. vol., 11 items. Location: Mf. Native of Iberville Parish, Louisiana, and a Confederate general during the Civil War. Autobiography discusses family background; early life; experience on the Louisiana State Board of Engineers; Confederate military experience in Missouri, Kansas, northern Mississippi, and North Carolina; and postwar experiences as a teacher. Included are correspondence and documents containing biographical information. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3014.

Hebert, Raphael. Family Papers,1827-1960 (bulk: 1861-1960). Size: 3.5 linear ft. Location: S:137-140, OS:H.. Raphael Hebert family of West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes (La.). Collection is primarily papers of Raphael Hebert and his children Joseph Guy, Noel, and Marguerite, a school teacher. Correspondence, financial / legal papers, personal papers, printed items. and photographic materials reflect the family's involvement in civic, educational, and religious affairs and includes letters from Melanie Hebert while at student at St. Basil's in Plaquemine in the 1870s, as well as a few Civil War letters. Also included are records from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brusly, La. For further information see online catalog or Complete finding aid (also in Printable Version). Mss 4769.

Hennen-Jennings Family Papers, 1803-1918 (bulk 1850-1870). 216 items; 25 vols. (1 ms. vol., 24 printed vols.). Location: U:157, Mss.Mf:H. Alfred Hennen was a civil lawyer, a Presbyterian, a professor of constitutional law in New Orleans, and a director of the old Bank of Louisiana. Hennen's daughter, Ann Maria, was married to Needler Jennings who was a major in the Confederate army. Papers relating to Ann Maria Jennings, including letters, an Italian passport, and a pardon signed by Andrew Johnson. Other papers include personal and family correspondence of Alfred Hennen and Needler R. Jennings and Civil War letters. Printed pamphlets include discourses and sermons by Reverend Benjamin M. Palmer, and two stories, 'Dominic You,' and 'Husacar' by Louisiana author Octavius N. Ogden. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 6-7. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 748. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Holcombe-Kilbourne-Craddock Family Papers, 1874-1902 (bulk 1874). 58 items. Location: E:7. Emma Holcombe, daughter of Centenary College professor A. R. Holcombe, married James Kilbourne in 1876. James, a Louisiana farmer, was the son of J. G. and Almena L. Perkins Kilbourne. Letters primarily written by Emma to James prior to their marriage describe events at Centenary College; visits to LSU; family; and friends including James O. Fuqua. Also described are Emma's education and her involvement in a temperance union. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4478.

Huddle, David Franklin, 1852-1921. Papers, 1883-1954 (bulk 1885). 4 items. Location: Misc. Louisiana educator and mayor of Pineville. Letter (1885) invites Huddle to leave Virginia and teach in Pineville, Louisiana. A clipping from the Alexandria (Louisiana) Daily Town Talk is of a ceremony in honor of Huddle. Enclosed is a memo with brief biographical information. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2672.

Huey P. Long broadsides, 1935, n.d. 3 items. Location: OS:L. Winnfield, Louisiana, attorney, Louisiana Public Service Commission member, Louisiana governor, and U.S. senator. Broadside (1935) outlines the educational program of the Share Our Wealth Society, broadside (n.d.) details the principles and platform of the Society, and form letter (n.d.) designed to accompany information distributed on formation of local societies. Listed in manuscript card catalog under: Long, Huey P. Broadsides. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2748.

Huey P. Long photograph album, 1928-1935. 1 album (30 photographs). Location: V:67. Winnfield, Louisiana, attorney, Louisiana Public Service Commission member, Louisiana governor, and U.S. senator. Photographs depict Long as governor and senator, Long's associates, family, LSU and Tulane events, the Overton trial, and Hattie Caraway's Arkansas campaign. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4495.

Hulin, Aaron. Letter, 1835. 1 item (2 pages). Location: Misc. Native of New York and school teacher in Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Letter tells of financial problems responsible for leaving the North and cites advantages of being a school teacher in Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2381.

Hummel, Richard J., Sr. Papers, 1861, 1875, 1894-1896, 1929. 250 items. Location: UU:63, OS:H. Baton Rouge postmaster. Papers include an acknowledgment from Governor Huey Long of a letter from Hummel concerning a proposed plan for additional financial aid from the state for public schools (1929); 246 hand stamped mail covers; and a Louisiana militia commission (1861). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2044.

Hunter-Taylor Family Papers, 1848-1899, n.d. 346 items; 6 ms. vols. Location: W:27. Residents of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Papers of Sereno Taylor, minister and principal of Silliman Female College in Clinton, Louisiana, and his wife Mary Emerson Creed Taylor on family, education, and the Civil War. Collection includes letters of Confederate soldier Samuel Eugene Hunter. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 9-10. For further information see online catalog. Filed under Taylor, Sereno. Family papers of Sereno Taylor and Samuel Eugene Hunter in Archives USA. Mss. 3024.

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.

Ives, C. A. (Clarence Albert), 1869-1966. Papers, 1895-1964. 2 linear ft. (1,748 items, 1 printed vol.). Location: 79:75-76. Dean of the College of Education at LSU and president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Papers include Ives' professional correspondence, newspaper articles, historical writings on Louisiana, and extensive records of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (1918-1945). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2002, 2227.

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

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

Jacotot Institute. Report, 1837. 1 item. Location: Misc. Institute for young men in New Orleans. School report signed by Louis Caboche, director of the Jacotot Institute. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

James Madison will, 1812. 1 item. Location: Misc. First Protestant Episcopal bishop of Virginia and president of the College of William and Mary. Handwritten and typewritten copy of the last will and testament of James Madison recorded by the clerk of court, James City County, Virginia. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Jameson, M. Margaret. Papers, 1958-1986. 1 linear ft. Location: 91:40. Dean of Women and Dean of Students at LSU. Papers consist of speeches and materials related to Jameson's activities in the LSU Womens Faculty Club, the Pan Hellenic Council, the Intercollegiate Association for Women Students, and associations of women administrators and deans. Cassette tapes of speeches given at administrative conferences are included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4703.

Janvier, Charles. Notebook, ca.1917-1918. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:20. Resident of New Orleans. Notebook containing copies of speeches given at religious, charitable, educational, and patriotic meetings. Included are copies of poems, quotations, and articles from published sources. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1253.

Jefferson College. Library slips, n.d. 2 items. Location: Misc. Located in Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana. Library slips from Jefferson College. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 995.

Johnson, Charles James. Papers, 1827-1866 (bulk 1861-1862). 162 items and 1 vol. Location: C:31, Vault:10. Physician of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. During the Civil War he served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 11th Louisiana Infantry. Letters of Johnson while he attended University of Nashville; letters to his wife, Louisa Butler McCrindell, while he was in the Confederate army; and correspondence of the Edington, Bowman, Bell, Stirling, Hereford, Courtney, and McCrindell families. Miscellaneous items include a deed for a land sale (1827), a broadside (1833), and a petition for opening the succession of Mrs. Harriet McCrindell (1863). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1152.

Johnson, Walter B. Scrapbook, 1962, n.d. 1 vol. Location: M:19. Scrapbook of clippings from English-language Indian newspapers contains information about urban problems, industry, education, the arts, and other aspects of contemporary life in India. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2825.

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

Kahao, Mary Jane. Mary Jane Fly Kahao collection of photographs and ephemera, [ca. 1887-1910]. 26 items. Location: UU:250. This collection includes twenty-three photographs from people in the Baton Rouge area. Eight of these portraits were made by Baton Rouge photographer Andrew D. Lytle. Also in the collection are invitations to commencement ceremonies from the LSU Corps of Cadets (1891), Silliman Collegiate Institute (1887), and the S. A. K. Literary Society (1891). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4703.

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

Kent, Doris. Scrapbook, 1914-1919. 11 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc., H:24. Native of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and newspaper reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Scrapbook contains mementos of student days at Sophie Newcomb College and newspaper clippings, letters, and telegrams reflecting her work as a reporter. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1268.

Kentucky Military Institute volumes, 1888-1893. 5 ms. vols. Location: G:17. Class record books of W. P. Martin, S. R. Douglas, W. H. Conner, and Colonel P. Albert Moore, teachers at the Kentucky Military Institute, Farmdale, Kentucky, during the period David F. Boyd, formerly president of LSU was superintendent of the school. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 965.

Ker, John, 1789-1850. Thesis, 1811. 1 item (typescript copy). Location: Misc. Medical doctor of Good Hope Plantation of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, the father of Mary Susan and William H. Ker. Thesis presented by John Ker in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Ker, John. Mss. 945.

Kilbourne, Hal Harper. Family Papers, minute book of the Mystic Seven, 1849-1861. 1 ms. vol. [1 reel microfilm]. Location: Mf. History and minutes of secret fraternal organization, titled First Book of the Chronicles of the Mystic Seven, Temple of the Wreath, located at Centenary College, Jackson, Louisiana, written in cryptic language. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2891.

King, William W. Family Papers, 1833-1954 (bulk 1868-1936), n.d. ca. 8,802 items. Location: 36. New Orleans lawyer and the father of writer Grace King. Personal and family papers of King consisting of correspondence and bills and receipts concerning the law firm of Elmore and King; L'Embarrasse Plantation in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; and hardships during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also included are papers concerning the education of the children; the social, cultural, religious, and economic life of New Orleans; the anti-lottery movement; and travel in the U.S. and Europe. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1282.

King, William W. Family Papers, 1837-1954 (bulk 1837-1933), n.d. 550 items, 174 ms. vols., 64 printed vols. Location: UU:23-27, 28:72-73, OS:K, N:6-8. New Orleans lawyer and the father of Grace King. Records of the law firm of William King, manuscript volumes of members of his family, and printed volumes of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union. Manuscript volumes include records of expenses, school notebooks, and travel diaries. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Grace King Collection. Mss. 1282.

Kirby, Thomas Austin. Oral history interview, 1982. 1 sound cassette (1 hour), Transcript (27 pages). Location: L:4700.31. Served as Chair of the Department of English at LSU from 1940 to 1973. Kirby is best known for his work Troilus: A Study in Courtly Love. Interview concerns Kirby's education in the 1930s, his work at the LSU English Department, and his colleagues. Topics include Kirby's predecessor, rivalry between certain professors, Huey Long's effect on LSU, and the demise of the Southern Review. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.31.

Kittel, Jane B. Letter, 1857. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from a New England farm girl to her sister, telling of the brutality of the local schoolmaster, a young man with strict religious practices; and family and local news. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1511.

Knapp, James S. Family Papers, 1849-1909 (bulk 1865-1895). 1,187 items, 16 printed vols. Location: U:182-185. Dentist and dean of the New Orleans Dental College. He was the nephew of Frederick H. Knapp, a dentist of Baltimore, Natchez, Memphis, and New Orleans; and his son, J. Rollo Knapp, was president of the Louisiana State Dental Society. Early papers include dental bills and receipts; and the charter for the New Orleans Dental College. Post-1865 papers concern the Louisiana Dental Association and the New Orleans Dental College. Also included are personal papers. Papers of J. Rollo Knapp deal with his dental practice. Frederick H. Knapp's papers include certificates from the Board of Medical Censors of Adams County, Mississippi, and the University of Havana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 880.

Knight, Thomas J. Papers, [1861-1865, 1866-1877]. 3 items. Location: U:186. Three sketches by Knight concerning the life of his father, Newton Knight, his rudimentary education, his activities in the revolt of the 'Free State of Jones County' against the State of Mississippi, and his activities in the Confederacy. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 495.

Lakanal, Joseph, 1762-1845. Letter, ca. 1824-1830. 1 item. Location: Safe:12. French Revolutionary free-thinker and head of the College of Orleans in New Orleans. Letter from Mobile, Alabama, to Monsieur Arnault, member of the Institute of Paris, justifying his resignation as president of the College of Orleans in July 1823. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 244.

Lakanal, Joseph, 1762-1845. Papers, 1793-1834, n.d. 21 items. Location: Safe:12. French Revolutionary free-thinker and head of the College of Orleans in New Orleans. Letters from free-thinkers, scientists, teachers, artists, and learned men of the first Republic of France. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1312.

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.

Landry-Pedesclaux family correspondence, 1806-1896. 38 items. Location: W:52. Related families of south Louisiana. Correspondence among members of these families in Louisiana and in the Northeast U.S. includes comments on business, national politics, and college life at Georgetown University and schools in Massachusetts. Some letters in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3566.

Lane, Pinkie Gordon Papers, 1925-2001, n.d. (bulk 1970-2000) 15 linear ft., 1 volume. Location: T:128-141; T:100 (short shelf); G:15; OS:L. African American poet, Louisiana poet laureate (1989-1992), and Southern University (Baton Rouge, La.) professor. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, writings, photographs, conference materials, printed items consisting of newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, and fliers; and topical files that document Lane's personal and professional life. Although professional papers for Lane's tenure at Southern University are not in this collection, correspondence and instructional materials for her guest lecture appearances are, as well as printed items for the College Language Association and educational conferences. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4629. Complete finding aid..

Lassalie, Aline. Memorial, 1960. 3 items. Location: Misc. Letter of acknowledgment for money given to Marillac College in memory of Sister Aline Lassalle by her parents. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2409.

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.

Lehmann, Victor. Notebook, 1887-1888. 1 vol. Location:  J:11. Notebook of Lehmann containing notes of lectures by Professors John B. Elliott and T. G. Richardson of the Medical Department, Tulane University. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 955.

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

Lemon, James J. Letter, 1861 June 29. 1 item. Location: Misc. Physician and school teacher, Tickfaw Station, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Letter requests payment for teaching services and mentions that his patients have not been paying for medical services. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3245.

Liddell Family Papers, 1850-1869, n.d. 23 items. Location: C:61. Letters from members of the Liddell Family pertain to the California Gold Rush, the migration of Southern planters to South America after the Civil War, and financial aid offered by Southern colleges to prospective students during Reconstruction. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under George M. Lester Collection. Mss. 1209.

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

Locquet Institute. Class exercise books, 1865-1866, 1873-1877. 2 vols. Location: H:23. Madame Locquet-Leroy was principal of the Locquet Young Ladies Institute and the Locquet-Leroy Institute of New Orleans. Locquet-Leroy's class exercise books contain questions and answers on history, literature, and science, together with names of students participating in exercises. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1135, 1497.

Lopez, John. Admittance cards, 1848. 7 items. Location: Misc. Admittance cards issued to Lopez for lectures offered by the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1696.

Louisiana Association of Educational Office Personnel. Records, 1978-1989. 2.5 linear ft. Location: UU:196-197. Established in 1979 and allied with American Association of School Administrators. Bylaws, minutes, correspondence, reports, programs, brochures, and quarterly newsletter, Lagniappe. Subjects include professional standards and office management. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4369.

Louisiana League Of Nursing Education. Records, 1925-1953. 141 folders, 10 ms. vols., 17 printed vols. Location: 95:. Correspondence, minutes, annual reports, membership lists, treasurers' reports, conference programs, and related state and national printed material. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2288.

Louisiana Music Teachers Association. Papers, 1954-1970, n.d. 80 items. Location: 6:65. Newsletters, convention and rally materials, and questionnaires. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2813.

Louisiana Music Teachers Association. Papers, 1970-1971. 11 items. Location: Impr. Newsletters, convention and rally materials, and a questionnaire. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2626.

Louisiana postal cards, n.d. 2 items. Location: Impr. Postcards of a crawfish race at Breaux Bridge, Louisiana; and of Kolb's Restaurant in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2600.

Louisiana Principals' Association. Letter, 1955 July 12. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter, July 12, 1955, from the secretary of the Louisiana Principals' Association, W. W. Williams, outlining the history, objectives, accomplishments, and organization of that association. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2600-73.

Louisiana Postcard Collection, 1904-1951. 507 items. Location: 11:4. Postcards depict subjects, especially churches, schools, and some plantations in towns and regions of Louisiana. Louisiana towns and regions best represented in the collection include Abita Springs, Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Bogalusa, Convent, Covington, Donaldsonville, Franklin, Hammond, Houma, Jennings, Lake Charles, Mandeville, Monroe, Morgan City, New Orleans, Plaquemine, Saint Francisville, Shreveport, and Thibodaux. Included is a photograph depicting three women in front of a plantation house. The photograph is labeled "Alice Emilie Knapp, Forrest Home." For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3654. Complete finding aid

Louisiana School Journals, bibliography, 1941. 1 item. Location: Misc. Collection contains copies of bibliographic listings for periodicals and printed items related to education in Louisiana, including Louisiana School Review and Journal of the Louisiana Teachers' Association. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2409.

Louisiana State Department of Education circulars, 1922, 1937. 153 items. Location: U:209. Circulars from State Superintendent of Education T. H. Harris, and state supervisors of elementary, secondary, and rural schools. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 794.

Louisiana Teachers' Association. Publications, 1922-1961. 21 items. Location: E:34. The Louisiana State Public School Teachers' Association was organized in Alexandria, Louisiana, in 1892. At the 1915 convention in Baton Rouge, the name of the association was changed to Louisiana Teachers' Association. Programs and proceedings of some annual meetings, reports, and other miscellaneous publications. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4595.

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.

Lusher, Alice Lamberton. Diploma, 1876 June 3. 1 item. Location: OS:L. First principal of Sophie Wright School, teacher for over fifty years in New Orleans, and wife of Louisiana educator and superintendent of education Robert M. Lusher. Diploma issued by the Peabody Normal Seminary of New Orleans to Miss Alice Lamberton. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3705.

Lusher, Robert Mills, 1823-1890. Papers, 1846-1853. 21 items. Location: Misc. Educator, public official, and Grand Worthy Patriarch of the Louisiana Sons of Temperance. Letters addressed to Lusher, written from Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and other places in Louisiana, several by members of the Alexander Dimitry family. Letters relate to the Louisiana Sons of Temperance and to professional and personal matters. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Lusher, Robert M., 1820-1890. Mss. 3376.

Lytle, Andrew D., 1834-1917. Collection, ca. 1862-1904. 16 items, 2 vols. (385 photographs). Location: 1, 5, 11:. Baton Rouge photographer. Photographs depict Baton Rouge and Clinton, Louisiana, Civil War scenes; the old LSU campus; the Louisiana State Penitentiary; Baton Rouge firemen's parades; Governor Foster's inauguration; Centenary College; and Silliman Female Collegiate Institute. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1254.

Macomber, James Dale. Papers, 1947-1967, 1974. 441 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: UU:163, UU:169. Assistant professor of Chemistry, LSU. High school, college, and graduate school records; activity records for Boy Scouts and Junior Rifle Association; military personnel file; and correspondence and published studies related to work at Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2244.

Mansfield Female College. Catalogues, 1855-1856, 1868, 1968. 3 items [photocopies]. Location: Impr. School located in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Catalogs of Mansfield Female College. Included is a program for the 1968 reunion. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2353.

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

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

Martin, Eugene. Manuscripts, 1851-1857, 1867. 5 items, 4 ms. vols. Location: A:16. Writings of an antebellum educator who conducted a private school in New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2138.

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

Mather, Louise. Notebook, 1875. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:20. School notebook containing