Manuscript Resources on
the History of Medicine in the
Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections,
Special Collections, LSU Libraries

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.

Alley, Mary. Scrapbooks, 1843, 1862-1884, 1910. 3 vols., 109 items, on microfilm. Location: Mf. Baton Rouge native and wife of Charles Henry Jolly. Clippings from Baton Rouge papers on local and national issues at the end of the Civil War and early Reconstruction. Topics include politics, medicine, poetry, anecdotes, and deaths of Baton Rougeans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3570.

American Psychological Association. Division of Clinical Neuropsychology. Records, 1982-1996 (1994-1996). .6 linear ft. Location: T:66. The APA was founded at Clark University in 1892 for the advancement of psychology as a science, and incorporated in 1925. Division 40 petitioned for recognition in 1995, and was sanctioned in 1996. Archival records of Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology) of the American Psychological Association, including Division policy documents, minutes of meetings, committee reports, significant correspondence, and printed material. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4725.

Andrews, James M. Papers, 1846-1892. .25 linear ft. (103 items; 1 ms. vol., 1 printed vol.). Location: U:6. Farmer of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. In the 1840s he was a member of the Johnson Guards, Andrew Jackson Regiment, as part of the Texas Army of Occupation. Papers include correspondence, legal documents, poems, nursery price lists, home recipes and remedies, tax and merchandise receipts, Confederate bonds, and the succession accounts of Mrs. Louisa Andrews. Correspondence includes letters from James' father discussing relatives, local affairs, and crop conditions in Clinton. Letters from his daughter describe economic conditions in Amite, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 861.

Anonymous cattle medicine manuscript, n.d. 1 item. Location: Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 995.

Anonymous letter, 1847. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from New Orleans referring to the yellow fever epidemic. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1801.

Anonymous medical notebook, 1831-1849. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:18. Notebook includes remedies for various medical conditions, recipes, and a diary. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2901.

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

Anonymous prescription book, 1900-1902. 1 vol. Location: F:4. Volume containing approximately 6,000 prescriptions principally from Baton Rouge medical doctors. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Anonymous receipts, n.d. 4 items. Location: Misc. Recipe of a St. Catherine doctor for medicinal tea; and others for mahogany stain, creole beer, and cornstarch pudding. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 170.

Anonymous veterinary medicine notebook, 1840. 1 vol. Location: F:2. Notebook containing notes on the commercial jurisprudence of veterinary medicine, including Roman and French law; a consideration of various animal diseases; and models of various forms of commercial paper. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 284.

Arceneaux, Alexander. Papers, 1839-1895, n.d. 133 items. Location: C:68. Cotton planter of Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, along with his son-in-law, Louis Fuselier. Papers consist of receipts for parish and state taxes, medical services, food supplies, and for recording brands for cattle. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1319.

Armstrong, A. Notebook, 1839-1847. 1 vol. Location: F:2. Notebook of miscellaneous items including remedies, beverage recipes, medical reports, observations on phrenology, Clay and Polk campaign songs, poetry, memoranda, directions for erecting a house, correspondence, and events in Armstrong's life. Included is Armstrong's will, July 7, 1841, made before meeting 'Mr. Smith' in an affair of honor. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 664.

Avery, Dudley. Letters, 1815 January. 2 items [photostats]. Location: Misc. Physician, resident of Baton Rouge, and speaker of the house in the West Florida legislature. Letters from Dr. Avery to Mrs. Mary Ann Avery during his service as a volunteer medical doctor with the Louisiana militia in New Orleans. Letters contain an account of the Battle of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1874.

Baines, Henry. Papers, 1796-1905. .6 linear ft. Location: C:55, 65. Planter of Bains, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and a member of London's Royal College of Surgeons. Baines was related to the McDermott and Maynard families. Collection contains papers and letters of the Baines, McDermott, and Maynard families related to the cotton trade, medical education, the Civil War, and financial dealings. Includes a Spanish land grant of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1209. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Bass, John H. Diary, 1864-1866. 1 item on microfilm. Location: Mf. Physician. Bass was born in Adams County, Mississippi; was educated at Medical School in Louisville, Kentucky; and practiced in Madison Parish, Louisiana. He served as an assistant surgeon in the Confederate army, mainly in Georgia and Tennessee. Diary covers experiences in battles during the Civil War from April to December 1864. It also contains lists of casualties, medical memos, prescriptions, and miscellaneous accounts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3363.

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.

Baton Rouge Barracks. Papers, 1821. 4 items. Location: Misc. Report from Colonel Talbot Chambers, commander of the military post at Baton Rouge to General Edmund P. Gaines, with accompanying statements from the quartermaster and surgeon at the post. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2115.

Beauregard handbill, 1863. 1 item [photographic print]. Location: U:13. Handbill advertising a patent medicine in which Civil War general P. G. T. Beauregard's name is exploited. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1279.

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

Bell, James T. Letter: Johnson Island Prison, Ohio, to Mary Whitaker, Alabama, 1864 February 28. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:B. Confederate officer in the Civil War. Bell assumed charge of the 21st Alabama Infantry after Captain John B. (Boyington) Hazard died at Johnson Island Prison, February 1864. Letter written to Hazard's sister, Mrs. Mary Whitaker and her husband, Benjamin Andrews Whitaker, describing Hazard's illness, last wishes, death, those present at his death, and general conditions of the medical facilities and the prison itself. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 2. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3453.Complete finding aid.

Beraud, Jos. (Joseph). Guide homéopathique, 1876. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:20. Resident of Louisiana. Beraud probably owned a tract of land where the town of Leonville, Louisiana, is now situated. Bound manuscript volume giving instructions for treatment of and prescriptions for various diseases. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 801.

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.

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

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

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

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

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).

Bradford, James L. Papers, 1856-1865. 19 items. Location: E:4. Confederate captain in the 1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery, in the Civil War. Personal letters and bills of Bradford including a letter from his brother, J. B. Bradford, discussing Louisiana politics. Civil War documents include a list of officers in Bradford's company and a record of an expense account for recruiting officers. Also included from the Civil War are a payroll account; monthly returns recording the company's stores and supplies; and doctors' statements regarding the health of enlisted men. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 727.

Breda, Jean Philippe, 1808-1882. Family Papers, 1776-1921. 1,070 items and 31 vols., 3 mf reel. Location: B:64-65, J:13, 98:, Mss.Mf:B, Vault: 13. Physician and druggist of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Letters, personal papers, and business records of Dr. Breda concerning his medical practice, Louisiana politics, and family matters; together with correspondence and papers of his son, J. Ernest Breda, relating to the Civil War and politics. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 953, 966, 1021.

Brickell, D. Warren (Daniel Warren), 1824-1881. Papers, 1869-1882. .55 linear ft. (82 items, 1 ms. vol., 1 printed vol.). Location: C:74, 98:B, F:16. New Orleans gynecologist, founder and dean of the New Orleans School of Medicine, and editor of numerous medical journals. Papers consist mainly of newspaper clippings and political broadsides, many dealing with Reconstruction issues. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1430, 1617.

Bright, Jane C. Scrapbook, 1917-1956 (bulk 1918-1919). 31 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: 38:73. Native of Yazoo City, Mississippi, attached to the New Orleans Chapter Base Hospital Unit No. 24, stationed at Limoges, France. World War I scrapbook of Bright containing mementos of her service as a Red Cross nurse with the American Expeditionary Force in France. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1810.

Brooks, F. M. and Son. Business records, 1892-1894. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:15. Retail druggist of Baton Rouge. Record book containing copies of prescriptions from local medical doctors. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2506.

Brooks, F. M. Bills, 1870, 1882, 1883. 3 items. Location: Misc. Dr. F. M. Brooks, plantation and retail druggist of Baton Rouge. Bills from Dr. Brooks. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2555.

Brown, E. Y. Letter, 1863 April 21. 1 item. Location: Misc.:B. Letter written while aboard the steamboat, Natanzas, describing the scenery along the Mississippi river, war torn New Orleans, and a visit to a military hospital. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3802.

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.

Bruns, J. Dickson (John Dickson), 1836-1883. J. Dickson Bruns and T. G. Richardson correspondence, 1869-1870. 4 items. Location: Misc:B. Physicians of New Orleans. Bruns was also an organizer of the White League. Letters to Richardson, General Braxton Bragg, and General Richard Taylor from Bruns; and letters to both generals from Richardson. All the letters concern a controversy between the doctors about a breach of medical ethics on the part of Bruns. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 47.

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.

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.

Buman, A. W. Letter, 1865 February 18. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union soldier during the Civil War. Letter from Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D.C., describes the routines and privileges at the hospital, and mentions visits to the public buildings in Washington. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2425.

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

Butler, Robert Ormond. Papers, 1848-1888. 1.5 linear ft. Location: S:25-26, OS:B. Medical doctor in New Orleans and Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and sugar planter and molasses producer in Terrebonne Parish. Papers include correspondence, financial papers, legal documents, printed items, and photographs related to Butler's business and professional lives. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reels 3-4. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1068.

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.

Cable, James B. (James Boardman), 1846-1915. Papers, 1862-1913 (bulk 1885-1913). .5 linear ft. (61 items; 1 printed. vol.). Location: U:106, M:18. Writer of Long Beach, Mississippi. His brother was the writer George Washington Cable. Papers chiefly consist of Cable's published and unpublished poetry and short stories. Letters from Cable to his mother mention his work as an orderly at Oliver Hospital, Lauderdale, Mississippi, during the Civil War. There are also letters from George. Some genealogical material regarding the Cable family and an article about James B. Cable are included. The printed item is a first edition of George Cable's Grandissimes. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1765. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Caldwell, David. Letter, 1844. 1 item. Location: Misc. Apparently a clergyman from Virginia. Letter telling of the excellent medical attention he received in New Orleans and his desire to return to his church in Virginia rather than accept positions offered in Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2097.

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

Carpenter, George H., 1849-1892. Family Papers, 1806, 1835-1964. 642 items, 21 ms. vols., 84 printed vols. Location: A:28-31, OS:C, 98:. Dentist of Clinton and Slaughter, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Carpenter's father-in-law, John Y. East, was a clergyman and planter of East Feliciana Parish. Correspondence, diaries, account books, writings, albums, scrapbooks, and printed matter of Carpenter and his family. Also included are correspondence, sermons, and legal and business papers of John Y. East; and an autobiography of Frances Collins East. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2317.

Carriere, Joseph Victor. Papers, 1790-1844. 16 items, 2 vols. Location: A:1. Physician and druggist of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Papers include baptismal certificates and records of slave sales. Medical account books (1819-1822) record patient visits, including slave patients. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 984.

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 August 8. 2 items. Location: Misc. Physician of Natchez, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Cartwright was a Confederate army physician, and at one time a professor of diseases of the Negro in the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana. Letter to Doctor Q. A. B. Quesenbery discusses the treatment and prevention of cholera. 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.

Cato, Daniel. Statement, 1812. 1 item. Location: Misc. Bill for medical services from Daniel Cato to Benjamin Bradford, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1120.

Chambers, Rowland. Diaries, 1849-1863. 7 vols. Location: U:25. Itinerant dentist from Vicksburg, Mississippi. Chambers practiced dentistry in various places, including Yazoo County, Mississippi, and Madison Parish, Louisiana. Six diaries cover the period 1849-1863 and describe Chambers's activities in North St. Louis, New Orleans, Panama City, Yazoo County, Mississippi, and Madison Parish, Louisiana. The diary from 1862-1863 describes experiences in Vicksburg and includes an account of the siege of Vicksburg. Collection also includes a diary of Augustus Lattz of the 76th Illinois Regiment. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 3-4. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 839.

Charity Hospital (New Orleans, Louisiana). Record books, 1882-1884. 4 vols. Location: F:12. Hospital in New Orleans. Case record books of Charity Hospital list patients' names, ages, places of birth, residences, medical histories, conditions upon admission, clinical histories, treatments, results of treatments, and names of doctors assigned to cases. For further information see online catalog. Filed under Charity Hospital, New Orleans, La. Records in Archives USA. Mss. 65.

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.

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

Clarke, Powhatan. Diary, 1862-1863. 1 vol. Location: M:18. Surgeon, professor of chemistry, and aide-de-camp to Brigadier General D. M. Frost during the Civil War. Colonel David French Boyd was a captain of engineers on General Richard Taylor's staff (1863). Diary includes Clarke's round trip from Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to Camden, Arkansas. Later entries by Boyd include his military and topographical notes of the area between Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, and Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 4. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Clary, Hiram T. Papers, 1862-1889. 9 items. Location: Misc:C. Surgeon and physician servn the 32nd Illinois Infantry Regiment (1862-1864) during the Civil War. Papers include recommendations and official orders concerning positions held by Clary. Included are orders to report to Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Little Rock, Arkansas; his discharge paper (1864); and a notice from the pension office. Also included is a copy of a document admitting Clary to the degree of a master mason. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 361.

Coats, Lewis M. Correspondence, 1941-1943. .3 linear ft. Location: 92:71. Military hospital orderly at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. He married Mildred Bell in September 1941. Coats was reassigned to the U. S. Army Officer Candidate School sometime before March 1943. Letters to Mildred Bell are mainly from Coats, with a few letters from other family members. Coats relates his wartime experiences as a hospital orderly, the morale of fellow soldiers, and the effect of the war upon such communities as Lake Charles. His correspondence also describes his impressions of New Orleans and Houston, and provides details of his plans to elope with Mildred Bell. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4705.

Cohn, Isidore, 1885-. Papers, 1879-1972 (bulk 1920-1950), n.d. 29 linear ft. Location: 34:136-174, OS:C, 102:69-70. New Orleans surgeon and medical educator. Collection contains articles, lectures, letters, photographs, and printed material related to medicine. Includes material related to Lafcadio Hearn, LSU Medical Centers, Tulane University Medical Center, and other medical organizations in Louisiana. Collection also includes audio recordings of Cohn (1955). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3425.Complete finding aid.

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

Collins, O. L. Account book, 1857-1871. 1 vol. Location: H:21. Physician of Chipola, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Daily record of Dr. O. L. Collins giving names of patients, fees, and treatment prescribed. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1235.

Cotton, William Davis and Family. Papers, 1852-1989. .8 linear ft., 4 vol. Location: S:136, OS:C, H:14. Collection contains correspondence and papers belonging to the Cotton Family. This includes the Civil War correspondence of Dr. Drury P. Gibson and his sister Mary Gibson Cotton, correspondence between George Spencer Cotton and his fiancée Lizzie Davis (1888-1890), and correspondence, photographs, and printed items belonging to William Davis Cotton, attorney of Rayville, La, and former president of LSU Alumni Federation (1969-1989). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4780. Complete finding aid (PDF)

Crawford family notebook, 1886-1887, 1914-1917. 1 vol. Location: F:16. Farmers of Centreville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Early notes are recipes for various medical cures; later notes pertain to stock on the Crawford farm. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 288.

Crawford, Lewis B. Certificate, 1905 April 1. 1 item. Location: 78:24. Charity Hospital ambulance surgeon. Certificate given by Charity Hospital (New Orleans) to Crawford for faithfully and efficiently discharging his duties in the Charity Hospital Ambulance Service, organized in 1885. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1811.

Dalrymple, William Haddock, 1856-1925. Papers, 1905. 17 items, 1 vol. Location: U:47. Professor of veterinary science at LSU and a practicing veterinarian in Baton Rouge. Papers contain manuscript definitions of medical terms and notes on diseases, anatomy, organs, arthrology, mycology, bone structures, and other related topics. Included is a published work by Dalrymple, Livestock Sanitation (1923). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 604.

Dansereau, Hercules, b. 1832. Account books and Papers, 1807-1907 (bulk 1859-1906). 32 items, 5 ms. vols. Location: Misc:D, F:16. Physician of Thibodaux, Louisiana, and a member of the Scottish Rite Masonic Order. Papers include two medical ledgers (1860-1906) and a daybook (1874-1875); a minute book of the Scottish Rite Thibodaux Lodge No. 13 (1859-1861); and a minute book of the Philharmonic Society of Thibodaux (1861). Some manuscript volumes in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 823.

Doctor Tichenor's Antiseptic. Advertising broadside, n.d. 1 item. Location: Impr. Broadside advertising Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic 'for wounds, burns, bruises, scalds, colic, cramps, cholera morbus & [sic] flux and for colic, Botts & [sic] Footevil in horses and mules,' manufactured by Tichenor and Sherrause, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2600-73.

Drewry, William Francis, 1860-1934. Circular insanity. Report of the three cases, 1895. 8 p. ; 24 cm. Location: UU:97. First assistant physician at Central State Hospital and Vice-president of the New York Medico-Legal Society. "Reprint from the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, April, 1895." Part of the Joseph Jones Papers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 468, 534, 544, 1036, 1352, 1357, 1393.

Eager, William Blake, 1824-1890. Papers, 1848-1863-1865, 1874-1900. 21 items. Surgeon in the 162nd New York Volunteers in the Civil War. Letters concern service in military hospitals in Carrollton (now part of New Orleans) and Franklin, Louisiana; the siege of Port Hudson; and the Red River campaign. Other materials deal with Eager's medical education and a European tour in 1877. Mss. 2826.

East Feliciana State Hospital. Papers, 1848-1852, n.d. 21 items. Location: E:53. Hospital established by an act passed by the Louisiana legislature (1847). Papers of the Board of Administration of the Insane Asylum of the State of Louisiana for the period immediately following its establishment, dealing with the work of the board in organizing and planning for the institution. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1353.

Egan, J. S. Family Papers, 1850-1893, n.d. 28 items. Location: UU-118; OS:E. Resident of New Orleans. Papers contain Civil War letters from Virginia and Port Hudson, Louisiana, commenting on the people of New Orleans immediately prior to the surrender of the city and Union Sympathizers during the Union occupation. Included are antebellum letters telling of social conditions in San Francisco, California, following the Gold Rush; medical practice in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; and travel in Europe. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1467.

Erwin, Isaac, d. ca. 1872. Diary, 1848-1868. 1 vol. Location: W:16. Sugar and cotton planter of Shady Grove Plantation, Bayou Gross Tete, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Diary records plantation, personal, and family activities, and mentions local aspects of the Civil War, Reconstruction, epidemic diseases, floods, levee maintenance, and sugar and cotton production. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2933.

Estorge, Joseph Leonard 18 -1880. Papers, 1866-1877. 34 items (enlargement prints). Location: 41:15. Medical doctor of Opelousas, Louisiana. Papers consist of bills and statement of accounts for services. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Estorge, J. L. Mss. 2422.

Estorge, Joseph Leonard 18 -1880. Papers, 1866-1911, n.d. 371 items and 6 ms. vols. Location: W:21. Medical doctor of Opelousas, Louisiana. Business papers consist largely of bills and receipts for professional services and supplies. The collection includes ledgers (1868-1880) recording services rendered to patients. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2946.

Evans, H. Letter, 1864. 1 item. Location: Misc. Private, 9th Louisiana Infantry, Stafford's Brigade. Letter from H. Evans commenting on the activities of his friends in the Confederate army and in particular the courtesies received by a soldier in a hospital at Richmond from the wives of staff officers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1063.

Evans, Simeon A. Letters, 1861-1864. 93 items. Location: U:239. Union assistant surgeon in the 14th Maine Regiment. Letters relate to Evans' experiences in the Civil War in Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. His assignments included New Orleans (1862-1863), Port Hudson (1863), and Camp Bisland (1863). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1845.

Eversol, Samuel. Letter, 1833 June 2. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter mentions outbreak of Asiatic cholera in New Orleans and along the Mississippi River. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2873.

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)

Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946. Concerning hepatic syphilis, 1902. 13 p. ; 20 cm. Location: UU:97. Professor of pathology at the University of Pennsylvania. "Reprinted from the New York Medical Journal." Part of the Joseph Jones papers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 468, 534, 544, 1036, 1352,1357, 1393

Flournoy, Alfred. Papers, 1824-1936. 1 ms. vol. (51 items). Location: G:6. Medical doctor and cotton planter of Pulaski, Tennessee, and after 1838, cotton planter of Greenwood Plantation in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and leader in the Democratic Party. Bound typewritten copy of a scrapbook, containing papers of Dr. Flournoy, Civil War letters to and from Flournoy's sons Alfred, Jr., and Alonzo, and related newspaper clippings and family histories. For further information see manuscript card catalog.Mss. 628.

Fontenot, Ozeme, 1846-1928. Family Papers, 1834-1949. 1148 items; 49 ms. vols.; 5 printed vols. Location: UU:190-194; O:21;0S:F. Planter of Grand Prairie, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Plantation, business records, correspondence of Ozeme Fontenot and family. Some relate to the marriage and divorce of daughter Alma Parker, and to her hospitalization in New Orleans. Papers also deal with United Confederate Veterans activities. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reels 3-6. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3248. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Foster, Isaac G. (Issac Gaillard), d. 1864. Isaac G. and John S. Foster Papers, 1861-1866. 110 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: B:41. Isaac G. Foster and John S. Foster were the sons of James Foster, a medical doctor of Natchez, Mississippi. Both served in the Confederate army and died during the Civil War. Papers include letters from John Foster written in New Orleans (1861) relating his views on Louisiana's secession. Later letters describe First Bull Run, Chancellorsville, and other battles. Isaac Foster's papers deal with Shiloh and other battles. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2184.

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.

Foster, James, d. 1880. Medical record books, 1826-1830, 1867-1868, 1876-1878, 1893. 3 ms. vols. Location: G:6. Medical doctor of Natchez, Mississippi, and owner of the Hermitage Plantation near Natchez. Entries give patients' names, treatment, and fees for Foster's medical practice in Kentucky and later in Mississippi. Volume 3 contains an extensive inventory of household furnishings. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1403.

Fourgeaud, L. Account books, 1887-1903, 1910-1932. 14 items and 15 ms. vols. Location: Misc. L:6. Doctor and resident of Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Medical account books and a few related bills of Dr. L. Fourgeaud. Accounts with patients are recorded in daybooks and ledgers, and record books contain diagnoses and treatment of patients. Prescription book (1887-1900) has a separate index book. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1154.

Franklin, J. C. Letters, 1864. 2 items. Location: Misc:F. Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Letters written from Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, and Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, Virginia, to Franklin's wife, S. W. Franklin ('Sookey'), describing conditions in the hospitals. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 22. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2121.

French, Cornelius R., 1786-1863. Family Papers, 1805-1920. 234 items, 6 vols. (5 ms. vols., 1 printed vol.). Location: U:123, 98:F. Doctor and resident of Baton Rouge. Personal and business papers of Dr. French and his family. Collection contains correspondence, medical items, and photographs; bills, receipts, and bank notes; and death notices, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893.

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.

Gandy, Thomas H. and Joan W. Photograph collection, 1850-1950, 1960-1988. 110 linear ft. Location: Range 64. Thomas H. Gandy, Natchez, Mississippi, physician, and his wife Joan. Collection contains glass plate and celluloid negatives of Natchez photographers Henry Norman, Henry Gurney, and Earl Norman, collected by the Gandys, and prints made from the negatives by Dr. Gandy. Images include scenes of Natchez, historic buildings, civic events, sports, family groups, and portraits.
Mss. 3778.

Gates, A. S. Prescription book, 1895-1896. 1 vol. Location: H:23. Druggist of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Prescription book of A. S. Gates. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1234.

Gautier, Mary Agnes. Letters, 1937-1945. 182 items and 8 printed vols. Location: T:19-20. Graduate of LSU (1938) and of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (1942). Gautier became an U.S. Army nurse stationed in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. World War II letters and related printed material. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1855.

Gautier, Mary Agnes. Scrapbook, 1942-1956. 1 ms. vol. Location: T:20. Graduate of LSU (1938) and of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (1942). Gautier became an U.S. Army nurse stationed in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. World War II scrapbook of Gautier containing handwritten entries of events and mementos. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1855.

Gayden, Agrippa. Record book, 1877-1888, 1905, 1907, n.d. 6 items and 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc., M:18. Medical doctor, alumnus of Tulane University (1877), and resident of the Norwood area, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Entries include medical notes, prescriptions, and accounts with patients. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2209.

Gorgas, William Crawford. Papers, 1912-1937. 10 items. Location: U:100. Surgeon General. Papers include reports of trips to Brazil and Lima, Peru; an address delivered at Johns Hopkins University; and an address on the life and character of Dr. Carlos G. Finlay. Included is a letter from Grace N. Robinson to Mrs. Smith describing Gorgas' last illness and funeral; and an article and radio talk by Dr. J. N. Baker on his achievements. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1637.

Green, Caleb, Jr. Letter, Aug. 2, 1835. 1 item. Location: Misc.: G. Resident of St. Martin Parish, La. In a letter to his father in Saratoga County, New York, Caleb Green, Jr. announces the birth of his daughter, describes suffering a heat related illness and the use of bleeding as a medical treatment. He also reports on the financial worth of two planter friends in Mississippi. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4406.

Goudeau, Edme. Family Papers, 1670-1811, 1956, n.d. 15 items on microfilm. Location: Mf. Residents of La Rochelle, France. François and Pierre Goudeau were medical doctors of colonial Louisiana. Documents and accompanying notes consisting of medical commissions (1670-1722) granted members of the Goudeau family; and governmental orders and permissions (1756-1811) of François Goudeau and Pierre Goudeau. In French and Spanish with translations. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1377.

Guyot, Sister Henrietta. Papers, 1921-1965. 23 items, 8 ms. vols., and 48 printed vols. Location: 77:59. Director of the Department of Nursing, LSU School of Medicine (1937-1965). Mimeographed and printed material pertaining to nursing education; and personal items including 15 items referring to the death of Sister Stanislaus Malone, superior of the Sisters of Charity at Charity Hospital (1949). Includes materials from Ruth Ingram, former director of Touro Infirmary School of Nursing, telling of her work as supervisor of nursing education in the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2050.

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.

Hawkins, J. E. (Josiah Edwin). Papers, 1857-1929 (bulk 1880-1900). 6.7 linear ft. (4,464 items, 135 ms. vols., 52 printed vols.). Location: UU:309-315, J:8-9, OS:H, 98:H. Physician, surgeon, and farm owner in Bayou Chicot, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. Hawkins was originally from Georgia and first practiced medicine in Columbia City, Arkansas. Collection includes professional, business, and personal papers related to Hawkins' medical career. Papers include medical daybooks, plantation diaries, financial records, maps, and newspapers from New Orleans and St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 982.

Hendry, Alexander R. Medical daybook, 1839-1844 (bulk 1839-1842). 1 vol. Location: M:18. Medical doctor of northeastern Louisiana. Volume containing entries for medical services rendered by Dr. Hendry in Catahoula Parish and Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. Entries contain patients' names, drugs prescribed, fees, distance to patient, and often the nature of the illness. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1888.

Hines, Moses, 1935-, interviewee. Moses Hines and Charlotte Hines Alfred oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (3 pages). Location: L:4700.286. Residents of Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Hines was the son of a sugarcane farmer. Hines and Alfred describe their grandparents work in sugarcane growing; the management of the 20 acre farm owned in common by the Hines family; and natural remedies for colds, flu, colic, teething, and rheumatism. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.286.

Hutchinson, Edwin. Papers, 1861-1866. 221 items. Location: U:159, OS:H. Mss.Mf: H. Medical cadet at the United States General Hospital, Annapolis, Maryland, and army surgeon with the 3rd Maryland Volunteers and the 137th New York Volunteers. Collection contains letters to Hutchinson's family related to his military service in the Civil War, including Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and other battles in Tennessee, Alabama, and Virginia. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 751.

Hyde, Sue and E. Letter, 1843. 1 item. Location: Misc. Residents of Natchitoches, Louisiana. Letter from Sue and E. Hyde, Jr., to Sophia L. Hyde, Baltimore, Maryland, requesting vaccine because of the poor quality used in Natchitoches. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1363.

Insane Asylum of the State of Louisiana. Records, 1848-1852. 21 items. Location: E:53. Institution established by an act of the General Assembly of Louisiana (1847); it later became the East Louisiana State Hospital. Papers include financial documents, a list of patients, minutes of board meetings, drafts and plans, letters, and rules and regulations related to the asylum. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1353.

Intestinal dyspepsia or indigestion, 1910. 15 p. ; 16 cm. Location: UU:97. Part of the Joseph Jones Papers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 468, 534, 544, 1036, 1352,1357, 1393.

Jackson, Charles T. Letters, 1849. 3 items (photographic prints). Location: Misc. American physician and scientist. Letter from Dr. Jackson together with copies of letters supporting his claim for the discovery of ether as a surgical anesthesia and his suggested use to W. T. G. Morton in tooth extraction. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1597.

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.

Jones, Joseph. Notice, 1883. 1 item. Location: Impr. New Orleans physician and scientific writer, Confederate medical authority, and president of the Louisiana State Board of Health. Notice from the Louisiana State Board of Health by Dr. Jones to steamboat captains and ship agents, announcing the removal of the Quarantine Station from Fort Pike to Robbit Island, East Rigolets. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1350.

Jones, Joseph. Papers, 1832-1919 (bulk 1860-1905). 3,360 items, 52 ms. vols., and 22 printed vols. Location: UU:87-100, N:1-2, OS:J. New Orleans physician and scientific writer, Confederate medical authority, and president of the Louisiana State Board of Health. Papers consist of Dr. Jones's manuscript writings pertaining to his investigations of various diseases, his studies on American archaeology and anthropology, and his published and unpublished papers on Confederate medical history. Also included are family letters; and manuscript volumes consisting of six letter file books containing correspondence and related items by subjects. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 468. For the complete online finding aid, click HERE

Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943. The non-surgical treatment of ovarian diseases, 1893. 26 p. : illu. ; 22 cm. Location: UU:97. Superintendent at Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich. "Reprinted from Modern Medicine and Bacteriological World." Part of the Joseph Jones Papers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 468, 534, 544, 1036, 1352,1357, 1393.

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

Ker, John, 1789-1850. Family Papers, 1803-1862. 27 items, 1 vol. Location: S:108. Medical doctor of Good Hope Plantation of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, and the father of Mary Susan and William H. Ker. Papers include letters from Stephen Duncan, Sr., of Natchez, Mississippi, and Philadelphia, to Dr. John Ker; and Civil War letters from William H. Ker, a Confederate soldier. Collection also includes a diary (1850-1851) of Mary Susan Ker with details on family life after her father's death. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 15. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3539. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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.

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

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

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.

Lake Charles District Nurses' Association. Records, 1934-1949, n.d. 83 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: 124:. Records include correspondence (1943-1948) principally with the Louisiana Nurses Board of Examiners, in New Orleans; minutes (1942-1949) of meetings of the Board of Directors and the Lake Charles District; and a treasurers' record book (1934-1949). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1778.

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.

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

Lawrence family. Papers, 1889-1926, n.d. .1 linear ft. Location: OS:L. Family of New Orleans. George Washington Lawrence, a medical doctor, was married to Clara E. Solomon, Jewish diarist in New Orleans during the Civil War. Papers include typescripts of letters, the last will of George W. Lawrence, manuscript sheet music, and photographs of Clara Solomon and the Lawrence daughters. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 15. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4627.

Lazaro, Ladislas. Papers, 1894-1928. 6,046 items, 29 ms. vols., 189 printed vols. Location: C:37-43, P:4, Z:16. Louisiana physician, state senator, U.S. congressman, and planter. Papers include medical account and record books, political papers and correspondence, and personal correspondence. Political papers reflect his interest in agriculture and the tariff question, state and local politics, and related national matters. Some bound volumes include material about World War I. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1113, 1149.

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.

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.

Leonpacher, Louis. Diary, 1908-1923. 47 items, 5 ms. vols. Location: Mf. Baton Rouge veterinarian and German immigrant who came to Louisiana in 1916. Five-volume diary illustrated with colored sketches, post cards, photographs, and advertisements. Included are copies of letters received. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2141.

Lewis, Anna E. Papers, 1896-1926. 27 items. Location: UU:109. Correspondence, family photographs, and related items of Mrs.Anna Lewis, resident of Baton Rouge, La. Papers include letters describing activities of soldiers stationed at Panama Park, Fla. during the Spanish American War (1898) and the flu epidemic at Camp Meade, Maryland, during World War I (1918); a photograph of the K.O.P. Grand Lodge (Knights of Phythias) members and their families in front of the Standard Oil office building in Baton Rouge, La. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1080.

Lewis, Irma Polidore, 1945-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (3 pages). Location: L:4700.219. Daughter of a sugarcane worker and life-long resident of Four Corners, a community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Lewis recalls her childhood as the daughter of unwed parents; being trained in carpentry by her uncle; work as a child on a sugarcane farm; plumbing and other self-provisioning skills; and traditional foods and folk medicines. Lewis also discusses her inability to attend college; and her involvement in the Four Corners Community Center. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.221.

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

Little, Sidney O. Letter, 1862 December 27. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union Civil War soldier on a transport ship, the United States steamer Northerner with the Mississippi Squadron. Letter tells of military and naval operations on the Yazoo River above Vicksburg, Mississippi. The letter also mentions that the hospital at Memphis is full and that sick soldiers needed to be sent to St. Louis. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1448.

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

Louisiana Industrial Nurses Association. Records, 1949-1972, n.d. 4 linear ft. Location: 92:. Professional nursing association. Records include correspondence of local association presidents, secretaries' files, project files, membership records, copies of association newsletters, annual reports, conference materials, and materials from the national organization. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1969, 2231, 2467.

Louisiana League for Nursing. Committee on Careers. Records, 1928-1958. ca. 400 items, 21 vols. (5 ms. vols., 16 printed vols.). Location: Range 113. Committee organized jointly by the Louisiana State Nurses' Association, the Louisiana League of Nursing Education, and a national committee of the American Nurses' Association for the recruitment of nurses and the promotion of nursing. Committee records include minutes, correspondence, and printed materials related to nursing careers and the recruitment of nurses. Includes documents related to the Future Nurses' Club (1954) and the United States Cadet Nurse Corps. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1840, 1893, 1288.

Louisiana League For Nursing. Document, 1952. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: Misc. League formed by the merger of the New Orleans League of Nursing Education and the Public Health Association in 1952. Articles of Incorporation of the Louisiana League for Nursing. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2192.

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 Leper Home. Records, 1890-1921. 13 linear ft., 16 ms. vols. Location: 35:57-66, O:18. Institution for lepers originally established in New Orleans (1892), and then moved to Carville, Louisiana. Records include correspondence, financial documents, insurance policies, time sheets and payrolls, and reports. Manuscript volumes include bank books, cashbooks, ledgers, and a register of patients. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2515.

Louisiana State Nurses' Association. Records, 1904-1970. 4,984 items, 13 linear ft., 35 ms. vols., 522 printed vols. Location: 38:41, Range 95. Correspondence, official records, and printed materials pertaining to state and national nurses' associations and to the profession of nursing. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1545, 1893, 2573, 2631.

Loyd and Keasbey. Journal, 1827-1829. 1 vol. Location: G:4. Dealer in drugs and medicine of St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Journal of Loyd and Keasbey containing records for medical and dental visits and services, prescriptions, and sales of drugs, patent medicines, and related items. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. Mss. 1100.

Lyons, I. L. and Company. Trade card, n.d. 1 item. Location: Impr. New Orleans wholesale druggist. Trade card advertising Abrams' ointment. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

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

Macrery, Andrew, 1775-1843. Papers, 1795-1855, n.d. 46 items, 3 ms. vols. Location: S:121. Planter of Natchez, Mississippi, and owner of Roseland and Springfield plantations. Family correspondence concerns social life, health, and medical practices. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reels 10-11. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1403.

Marshall-Furman Family Papers, 1794-1975 (bulk 1833-1905). 3,046 items, 35 vols., 8 microfilm reels. Location: W:59-68, OS:M, Mss.Mf. Henry Marshall was a cotton planter and a member of the Louisiana Senate. S. C. Furman, Marshall's son-in-law, was a medical doctor and officer in the Louisiana Second Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Correspondence deals with politics, economics, agriculture, and the Civil War. Also included in the collection are financial and professional papers, a muster roll, diary, account book, memorandum book, map, and scrapbook materials. For further information see online catalog. Filed Under Marshall, Henry. Family papers in Archives USA. Mss. 2740, 4042.

Marston, Francis. New Orleans Letter, 1849 Jan. 28. 1 item (2 pages). Location: Misc: M. The letter of Francis Marston to William Green of Boston, Massachusetts describes, Marston's journey through the Gulf of Mexico and the city of New Orleans, as well as the visit of President-Elect Zachary Taylor who visited the city the same time as Marston. The letter also mentions the visit of Henry Clay (U.S. Senator from Kentucky) to the city and a recent outbreak of cholera. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4913

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.

Matas, Rudolph. Note, 1950. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans surgeon. Thank-you note from Dr. Matas on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Part of the note is in Dr. Matas's handwriting and signed with his initials. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1613.

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

McCarstle, Cullen. Manuscript volumes, 1842-1843, n.d. 2 vols. Location: Mf. Bills of lading signed by McCarstle for cotton loaded at Fontania on steamboats bound for New Orleans. An undated scrapbook contains recipes for baked goods and remedies for diseases in people and animals. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2726.

McGuire, R. F. Diary, 1818-1852. 1 vol. Location: U:114, J:12, BTC. Doctor of Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. Photographic copy and a bound typewritten carbon copy of a diary giving monthly weather reports, summary remarks concerning the inhabitants' health, and entries describing crop conditions, prevalent diseases, local and personal items, and current events. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 235.

McKelvey, Peter B. Papers, 1862-1870. .3 linear ft. (86 items; 4 vols.). Location: S:26. Physician of New Orleans who served as a Confederate surgeon and hospital inspector in the Civil War. After the war, McKelvey returned to his medical practice in New Orleans. Papers include a record book (1864-1865) containing official correspondence and inspection reports for hospitals in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana; a request to practice medicine in New Orleans; and records of that practice. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 13-14. Complete Finding Aid

McKinney, Jeptha. Papers, 1841-1931 (bulk 1850-1870). 746 items, 6 ms. vols., 9 printed vols. Graduate of the University of Louisiana (Tulane University Medical School) and practicing physician in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Papers of Dr. McKinney and family correspondence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 273, 718.

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

McKowen-Lilley-Stirling Family Papers, 1797-1921 (bulk 1877-1901). 1 microfilm reel. Location: Mss.Mf. Thomas William Lilley founded Springfield Plantation in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. His daughter Edith married John Stirling. John McKowen, an Irish immigrant, was a resident of Jackson, Louisiana. Papers include Lilley-Stirling legal documents and financial papers; McKowen family correspondence; and legal papers, and medical correspondence of John C. MacKowen, a Louisiana physician. Other papers relate to MacKowen's property in Anacapri, Italy. For further information see online catalog. Filed under McKowen Family. Papers in Archives USA. Mss. 4356.

McLaurin (James W.). Case Records, 1939-1942 (bulk 1941-1942). 1 vol. Location: J:25. Medical doctor/surgeon practicing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Includes patient demographic information, examination observations, diagnoses, descriptions of operations performed, anesthetics administered, and post-operative progress notes. Mss. 4779.

McQuiston, Nelson, 1897-, interviewee. Nelson and Lottie McQuiston oral history interview, 1979. 1 sound cassette (1.5 hours), Index 2 (pages). Location: L:4700.44. Nelson and Lottie McQuiston married in 1921 and lived in the Atchafalaya Basin area of Louisiana. They resided in Baker, Louisiana, at the time of this interview. They discuss geographical changes in the Atchafalaya Basin since 1929; the Atchafalaya spillway; lumbering in the area; local treatment of illnesses; residents shopping for groceries and clothing; mail service; education; boat building; and housing. They also discuss births; weddings and funerals; crops and livestock; fishing; and picking and ginning Spanish moss. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.44.

Meckstroth, Bertha Amelia. Papers, 1903-1958. 207 items, 9 vols. (7 ms. vols., 2 printed vols.). Location: U:180, F:4. Graduate of Radcliffe College (1906), nurse, teacher, student at the Chicago Art Institute, and exhibitor at the Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago (1933-1934). Collections includes personal letters, an autobiography, notebooks, copies of articles for publication, and a Radcliffe College alumnae directory (1940). Includes designs and items related to Meckstroth's quilting exhibition at the Century of Progress International Exposition. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2248.

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

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

Mercy Hospital School of Nursing textbooks, 1736-1929 (bulk 1894-1929). 43 printed vols. Location: 38:83-84. The Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in New Orleans was a Catholic institution, which had a lending library for the use of its students. Collection consisting chiefly of textbooks and related published materials for use in nurses' education at the Mercy Hospital in New Orleans. A copy of volume 1 of George Washington Cable's Old Creole Days (1883) is included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1600, 1841.

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

Merritt, John. Letters, 1861-1874 (bulk 1862-1865). .2 linear ft. Location: W:24. Union soldier from Madison County, New York. He enlisted as a private (1862) in the 114th New York Volunteers and served in several Louisiana campaigns. Early correspondence (1862-1863) and two diary entries describe Merritt's voyage from Fortress Monroe, Virginia, to Ship Island, Mississippi. 1864 letters are from several states and describe military activities and several months spent in a hospital. 1865 letters, written from Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., relate the loss of men in Merritt's Company. Later correspondence (1867-1874) consists of personal family letters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4674.

Mexican Army company record, 1846 January-May, 1876-1880. 1 ms. vol. [microfilm copy]. Location: Mf. Day-by-day record of absentees from the 3rd Permanent Infantry Regiment of the Mexican Army at Guadalupe, Mexico, for hospitalization, desertion, and jail terms; and a day-by-day record of visits with patients and fees for services of Dr. Curry. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1879.

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

Mississippi Board of Medical Censors. Minute book, 1819-1835. 2 ms. vols. Location: Safe:15. Minutes of the Board of Medical Censors for the Western District of the State of Mississippi. The rough minutes cover 1819-1834 and receipts and disbursements for 1820-1835. The finished minutes stop after 1831 and receipts, etc. stop after April 1834. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 708.

Monette, John Wesley, 1803-1851. Essay, 1824. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:20. Medical doctor of Mississippi. Manuscript of 'An Essay on Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Form of the Human Species,' by John W. Monette. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 593.

Monroe, Ethel V. Papers, 1897, 1904-1961. 209 items, 2 ms. vols., 19 printed vols. Location: 78:24. Medical nurse. Papers of Monroe pertaining to her work with nursing organizations. Included are 2 minute books of the New Orleans Sanitarium Alumnae Association, an organization made up of nurses who attended the New Orleans Sanitarium and Training School for Nurses. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1779.

Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876. Papers, 1832-1877 (bulk 1856-1871). 711 items, 1 mf reel.. Location: U:231, H:3, Mss.Mf:M. Sugar planter of Rapides Parish, Louisiana; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and state Senate; and governor of Louisiana (1860-1864). Moore fled Louisiana after the Civil War but later returned. Papers include personal correspondence, business papers, and political and legal documents. Antebellum materials include slave sales and accounts of physicians treating slaves. Papers from 1859 to 1871 deal largely with Moore's political activities. They include gubernatorial papers concerning his nomination, the Democratic Party, the transport of the state archives from Baton Rouge, the Louisiana Secession Convention, and other matters. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 18-19. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 305, 893, 1094. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826. Letter, 1800 October 29. 1 item. Location: Misc. Connecticut Congregational minister and geographer. Letter to Morse's father discusses inoculation against smallpox, diplomatic relations with France, national presidential candidates, and the education of his son Samuel Finley Breese Morse. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3223.

Myers, W. G. Letter, 1865 March 26. 1 item. Location: Misc. Federal surgeon stationed at the U.S. army general hospital in Baton Rouge in the Civil War. Letter giving detailed information concerning the city of Baton Rouge and describing the plantation area along the Mississippi River in Southeastern Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1506.

N. A. Birge transportation record book, 1862-1863. 1 vol. Location: F:12. N. A. Birge was captain and quartermaster in the Confederate army. Franklin Garrett was transportation agent in the Confederate army at the Monroe Army Post, Louisiana. Volume, probably kept by Franklin Garrett, containing records of transportation tickets issued by N. A. Birge, indicating the movement of Confederate army men and supplies on various railroad, steamboat, and stage lines. Also recorded is the movement of soldiers on sick leave to and from hospitals at Delhi and Monroe, Louisiana, as well as those soldiers who were on detail to Texas or discharged. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1050.

New Orleans District Nurses' Association. Records,1892-1968. 6.5 linear feet, 12 ms v. Location: R:41-45. Collection reflects the history and organization of the New Orleans District Nurses' Association as well as the activities of the Louisiana State Organization for Public Health Nursing and the National Organization for Public Health Nursing. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1547, 2288, 2372.

New Orleans pharmaceutical items, 1930, n.d. 3 items. Location: Misc. Patent medicine labels for Syrup Tolu and Syrup of Rhubarb from New Orleans pharmacists C. A. Desporte and J. Llado. Included is a U.S. Bureau of Prohibition Prescription Form for Medicinal Liquor, December 20, 1930. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2617.

New York (State). An act to create a Metropolitan Sanitary District and Board of Health..., 1866. 50 p. ; 18 cm. Location: UU:97. Part of the Joseph Jones papers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 468, 534, 544, 1036, 1352,1357, 1393

Nicholson, George, d. 1883 or 4. Family Papers, 1824-1897. 337 items; 5 vols. (3 printed vols., 2 ms. vols.). Location: E:36,H:8. Medical doctor of Homesville, Pike County, Mississippi. He was married to Salena A. Quin Nicholson. Papers include a U.S. land certificate (1824) Nicholson's last will and testament (1852); and family correspondence regarding political and social conditions in Mississippi and Louisiana. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 17-18. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 702. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Outten, W. B. A case of double gastrolith removed by gastrotomy. Recovery. Death by phthisis three months afterward, 1894.  8 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Location: UU:97. "Reprint: The medical fortnightly." Part of the Joseph Jones Papers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 468, 534, 544, 1036, 1352,1357, 1393.

Osgood, Jessie C. Letters, 1862-1864. 5 items. Location: Misc. Federal soldier stationed in New Orleans in the Civil War. Letters giving information concerning guerrilla fighting south of New Orleans and a hospital at Morganza, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1460.

Pearson, C. F. Letter, 1860. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter to Dr. T. G. Richardson, New Orleans, complaining of a medical treatment. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1198.

Pease, E. M. Record book, 1866, 1897-1904. 1 vol. Location: M:20. Surgeon in charge, 9th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, stationed at Greenville, Louisiana. Register and prescription book of the Medical Department of the U.S. Army kept by Dr. Pease. Entries list soldiers by name, rank, company, and include comments on ailments and nature of prescriptions. Later entries are an account by E. M. Pease, Jr., as a child in California (1897-1899, 1901). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1303.

Pelican Mutual Benevolent Association. Circular, n.d. 1 item. Location: Impr. New Orleans organization. Circular lists officers, members of the relief committee, physicians and apothecaries, and states regulations governing receipt of benefits. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1189.

Peniston, A. Notebook, 1854. 1 vol. Location: M:20. Notebook of Dr. A. Peniston containing medical memoranda. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 339.

Percival, James, 1795-1856. Letter, 1849. 1 item. Location: Misc. American poet, geologist, and physician. Letter from Percival and addressed to U.S. Vice-President M. Fillmore disagreeing with recent political appointments, expressing disappointment with Whig Party politics, and foreseeing defeat of the Whigs in Ohio. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3449.

Percy, William Alexander, 1885-1942. Papers, 1911-1917. 31 items. Location: W:52. Author and poet of Greenville, Mississippi. Letters to Percy's cousin, Janet Percy Dana Longcope, in New York City. Letters concern Percy's travels, his writings, Janet's nursing service in France during World War I, Percy's interest in military service, and American involvement in the war. Included are printed and typescript copies of four poems by Percy and a photograph of Percy. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3511.

Perlu, A. Letter, 1828 July 3. 1 item. Location: Misc. Physician of New Orleans. Letter to a friend discusses an epidemic of fever in New orleans and shipping activity on the river. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2979.

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

Peters, Samuel Jarvis, 1823-1863. Diary, 1840-1862. 1 vol. Location: E:49. Samuel J. Peters, Jr., was the son of New Orleans merchant, civic leader, and banker Samuel Jarvis Peters. He worked as a clerk in New York City (1841-1842), then returned to New Orleans to work in his father's business. Diary describes social life in New Orleans during the antebellum period and in the Civil War prior to federal occupation of the city. Includes entries on family life and health, theater in New Orleans, and national news. Some early 1840 entries are in German. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1355.

Pinson, Hamet. Family Papers, 1859-1951 (bulk 1859-1899). .6 linear ft. (491 items and 5 vols.). Location: E:58. Physician and assistant surgeon in the Confederate army. A native of Arkansas, Pinson became a cotton farmer in Mississippi and Alabama after the Civil War. Papers include correspondence, bills, receipts, memorandum books, and ephemera. Includes items from Pinson's son, Senator John H. Pinson. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 14. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1385. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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

Pipkin, M. Louis (Mrs.). Diary, 1886-1888. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:21. Resident of New Orleans. Diary records daily activities, family news, and treatment of numerous illnesses. Also includes newspaper clippings of household hints and lists of expenditures. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 18. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2822.

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

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

Plough, Alonzo L. Papers, [1818-1866]. 1 roll microfilm. Location: Mf. New Orleans dentist. Papers of Plough and of Edward Simon, and a plan of Jean Berard's plantation, now the town of St. Martinville, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2149.

Preston's HED-AKE trade card, n.d. 1 item. Location: Impr. Trade card distributed by H. M. Garlichs, of St. Joseph, Missouri, advertising instant cure for any headache. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2264.

Pugh, W. W. (William Whitmell), 1811-1906. Family Papers, 1833-1941. 921 items, 11 ms. vols. Location: U:165-168, H:9, OS:P. Planter of Woodlawn Plantation, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, state representative, and president of the Board of Levee Commissioners. Papers document politics, the Board of Levee Commissioners, Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, education of the Pugh children, and plantation matters. Includes papers of Pugh's son Thomas, a physician; and Edward, a lawyer of Ascension Parish. Also included are materials relating to the Civil War and to Pugh's daughter-in-law, Eliza Lofton Phillips Pugh. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Pugh, Col. W. W., 1811-1906. Mss. 2052.

Pugh, W. W. (William Whitmell), 1811-1906. Sketch, 1926. 1 item. Location: Misc. Planter of Woodlawn Plantation, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, state representative, and president of the Board of Levee Commissioners. Typewritten copy of a sketch of the life of Dr. Whitmell Hill Pugh (1781-1834) by his son, W. W. Pugh. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Pugh, W. W., 1811-1906. Mss. 540.

Pugh, Whitmell Hill, 1781-1834. Certificate, 1804. 1 item. Location: Misc. Photostatic copy signed by Dr. Benjamin Rush, of the University of Pennsylvania, stating that Dr. Pugh had studied medicine under his supervision for one year and had completed his work with honors. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 810.

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

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

Redhead, Joseph. Joseph and John A. Redhead diary, 1853-1870. 1 ms. vol. on 1 reel of microfilm. Location: Mss.Mf:R. Doctor and planter of Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Diary and letters copied in it describe plantation activities and his family's experience of the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1374.

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

Richard, J. N. Family Papers, 1894-1933, n.d. 295 items, 126 ms. vols. Location: C:55, 36:1-3. Postmaster and druggist of Bayou Goula, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Correspondence and business record books document the management of the post office and of J. N. Richard and Company, the drugstore. Included in the collection are labels for patent medicines. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2563.

Richardson, Thomas Parker. Letter, 1862 March 26. 2 items. Location: Misc. Confederate surgeon and member of the 17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Letter from Dr. Richardson giving an eyewitness account of the preparations being made at Corinth, Mississippi, prior to the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. An envelope gives Dr. Richardson's wife's address as Monroe, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1684.

Richmond Hospital (Louisiana). Voucher, 1862. 2 items. Location: Misc. Voucher, receipted by Captain N. A. Birge, Acting Quartermaster, C.S.A., Post Monroe, Louisiana, listing articles for the use of the patients at the hospital. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2339.

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

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

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

Rush, Benjamin, 1745?-1813. Letter, 1812 December 2. 1 item. Location: Vault:21. Philadelphia physician and Revolutionary patriot. Letter to Dr. M. L. Haynie of St. Francisville, Louisiana, expresses appreciation of essays written by Dr. Haynie on the use of mercury in the treatment of bilious fevers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 376.

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

Sanborn, John E. Letters, 1862-1865. 20 items. Location: Misc:S. Resident of Rockport, Massachusetts, prior to enlisting in the 27th Iowa Infantry in 1862 as a surgeon. His wife and children resided in Epworth, Iowa, during the Civil War. Letters written to Sanborn's wife depicting his service in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Some letters concern Sanborn's problems with superior and fellow officers who prevented him from fulfilling his duties as he saw fit. Sanborn describes illnesses and injuries of soldiers and his treatment of them. One letter refers to the arrival at Fort Snelling of two opposing parties to decide the fate of the Indians. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3736.

Sandifer, Richard. Papers, 1831-1880. 20 items, 8 vols. Location: E:40. Resident of Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi. Sandifer's papers include a letter to his wife from camp at Milldale, Warren County, Mississippi (1862); a document releasing Sandifer, a prisoner of war (1865); and personal notes (1866). Included are letters from H. H. Varnado to his family in Osyka. Also included are a ledger and four medical notebooks of H. W. Sandifer (1875-1880). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 699.

Scott, Walter H., 1893-. Papers, 1914-1921, 1994. 1 linear ft. Location: W:56. World War I hospital ward clerk from Michigan, stationed in Vittel, France, 1917-1919. Photographs, diaries, scrapbook, postcards, and printed items document Scott's experiences during the First World War, and other significant events and figures of the period. A biography of Scott by his daughter, Marie Scott Standifer, is included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4465.

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866. Letter: to Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, 1863 January 1. 1 item. Location: Misc:S. Union general during the Civil War. Letter from Scott in New York recommending a surgeon, Dr. Mercer of New Orleans, for appointment. Mercer was a veteran of the War of 1812. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3583.

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

Slauson, Daniel D. Papers, 1869-1872. 1 vol. Location: G:7. Physician of Morchy Plantation and later Ernst Place. Record of visits of Dr. Slauson, with date, name of person, purpose of charge, amount, and notation of payment. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

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

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

Smith, William P. Diary, 1853-1855. 1 vol. Location: H:17, BTC. Diary of Smith from Virginia, while a cadet at the United States Military Academy. The entries concern Smith's life at the academy including living conditions, amusements, health treatment, curriculum, and discipline; and his trip home. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 313.

Smythe, George M. Account, 1839. 1 item. Location: Misc. Doctor and resident of Opelousas, Louisiana. Receipted statement of Dr. Smythe to John Bence for services rendered. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 399.

Snider, William E. Letters, 1862-1863. 3 items. Location: Misc:S. Snider's letters to his parents describe his condition in a military hospital in Virginia. A letter from William's brother describes his separation from his military unit in West Virginia because of an ankle injury, and discusses William's discharge. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 18. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2121.

Souchon, Edmond. Articles, 1959, 1960. 2 items. Location: Impr. New Orleans surgeon. Articles from periodicals on Dr. Souchon and his interest in the jazz idiom and, in particular, the promotion of New Orleans jazz. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1925.

St. Landry Parish marks and brands register, 1810-1832 (bulk 1810-1823), 1890 ca. 2 items and 1 ms. vol. Location: C:8. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, cattle brand book showing designs and noting transfers; a description and plat of land; and a copy of an undated remedy for dysentery. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 378.

Stephens, John F., 1813-1884. Correspondence, 1861-1864. 4 items. Location: Misc:S. Resident of Sparta, Bienville Parish, Louisiana. His son Edward L. Stephens, W. Ezra Denson, and Henry M. King were members of the 9th Louisiana Infantry in the Civil War. Letters written by Denson from Camp Beauregard and Louisiana Hospital, Virginia, describe the commands of Generals Joseph E. Johnston and G. T. Beauregard. A letter from Edward Stephens, written near Fredericksburg, Virginia, describes camp conditions. A letter of King gives details of the deaths of Stephens and Denson and the condition of surviving members of Company C. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 18. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 882.

Stevens, John B. Diary, 1863 April 21-August 21.1 vol,; 17 x 8 cm. Location: Misc.:S. Farmer from Petersham, Massachusetts, enlisted in the United States Army, Massachusetts 53rd Infantry, Sept. 15, 1862. He served as a private until he was mustered out Sept. 3, 1863. Civil War diary gives an account of Stevens' stay in a Baton Rouge hospital. Suffering from dysentery, he described his condition and treatment; he also mentioned the deaths of fellow soldiers. One entry (June 17, 1863) tells of preparations made for more wounded arriving from Vicksburg, Mississippi. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4711.

Suydam, G. H. Photograph collection, 1845-1864 (bulk 1863-1864). 26 items. Location: Vault. Captain in the 162nd New York Volunteers in the Civil War. Photographs depicting occupied Baton Rouge, Farragut's fleet, and a Union military headquarters and hospital, probably taken by Baton Rouge photographers McPherson and Oliver. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1394.

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