Contents:
Introduction
Alphabetical List
Chronological Index

INTRODUCTION

This guide contains descriptions of manuscript materials on the history of New Orleans since the Civil War. These materials include the records of New Orleans residents, physicians, attorneys, politicians, journalists, writers and authors, educators, students, soldiers, clergymen, planters, merchants, factors and commission brokers, businesses, clubs and organizations. The history of New Orleans since 1866 is documented through papers (personal, business, financial, legal, military and government), educational materials, diaries, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, sheet music, poetry, and bills and receipts.

Some of the topics covered by collections described in this guide include the Spanish-American War, World War II, nursing in peace time and in war, music, theater (opera and plays), literature, and travel descriptions.

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

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

Albrizio, Conrad Alfred, 1894-1973. Papers, 1894-1973. 1.5 linear ft. Location: 64:4, T:14, OS:A, 104-105. Artist. Albrizio studied architecture at the Beaux Arts Institute, and later studied painting and drawing in New Orleans and Paris. He learned fresco painting and mural composition in Rome. In 1935 he joined the LSU Art Department. Collection includes personal and professional letters, slides, photographs, sketches, and printed items. Slides and photographs depict his work in the mural and fresco genres. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3349.

Ambert, Joachim. Papers, 1838-1876. 9 items. Location: Misc. French military officer and nobleman. Personal papers consisting of passports and related items (1838-1840); two letters from Baron Ambert in New Orleans; a bill for accommodations in Niagara Falls, New York; and Ambert's French military service record. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1356.

AMERICA broadsides, [1899], n.d. 4 items. Location: OS:A. Steamboat owned and commanded by Captain LeVerrier Cooley, a native of Savannah, Illinois, and later a resident of New Orleans. Broadside announcing the celebration of the maiden voyage of the America, the 'biggest boat that ever sailed the Ouachita.' Also includes a sheet of letterhead paper and two envelopes with views of the Mississippi River cotton packet. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1785.

Andry, M. T. (Michel Thomassin), 1811-ca. 1871. Family Papers, 1840-1882 (bulk 1858-1879).0.3 linear ft. (199 items). Location: UU:66. Sugar planter of St. John the Baptist and St. Charles parishes, Louisiana, and resident of New Orleans. Collection includes correspondence and legal and financial papers. Letters received by Andry's daughter Rosa from his sons describe their participation in the Battle of Shiloh, campaigns in Kentucky, and skirmishes at Camp Beauregard in the Civil War. Partly in French. Available on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1318. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF.

Anne Rice collection, 1979-1991. .5 linear ft. Location: W:69. New Orleans author. Articles, interviews, and reviews by and about Anne Rice and her works. Includes audio tapes of interviews of Rice on National Public Radio (n.d.) and on a Larry King radio broadcast (November 1988). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4446.Complete finding aid.

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

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

Anonymous letter, 1871. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter by unidentified Protestant minister of New Orleans to his wife, describing yellow fever conditions and church duties, written on the letterhead of Randolph, Singleton, and Brown, Attorneys at Law. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 70.

Anonymous manuscript volume, 1862-1877. 1 item. Location: Misc. Commercial diary printed in New Orleans. Contents include 'Diary notes on the revolution of the Southern States of America'; personal and press comments on the seizure of the Trent; and poetry, songs, and parts of plays in commedia dell'arte style. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3545.

Anonymous New Orleans letter, 1874 December 15. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from a visitor to New Orleans describes impressions of the city and comments on violent popular reactions to recent election returns. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2997.

Anonymous Reconstruction letters, 1875. 2 items. Mss. 2560. Ensign stationed on the U.S. Flagship Worcester in New Orleans describes the chaotic conditions existing in the Louisiana legislature, and mentions orders to disperse the legislature. He also mentions national politics and his own naval experiences. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2997.

Anonymous scrapbook, 1855-1857, 1865-1867, n.d. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:10. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, mainly of poems published in New Orleans papers, and sentimental engravings. Items are glued over ledger entries (1855-1857). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3012.

Anonymous scrapbook, 1861-1936, n.d. 2 vols. Location: Mf. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings collected mainly from newspapers in New Orleans and Natchez, Mississippi, include materials relative to Reconstruction, the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, the Chicago fire of 1871, and steamboats. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2554.

Anthony and Chapman-Catt lecture admit card, 1895. 1 item. Location: Impr. Admittance card to a lecture symposium featuring Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. C. L. Chapman-Catt speaking on 'Women's Inequality before the Law,' to be held at the Assembly Hall in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1189.

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

Atlantic Coast Seaman's Union. Account books, 1906-1915. 3 vols. Location: F:2. Three daybooks of the New Orleans branch of the Atlantic Coast Seaman's Union showing income and expenses of the union. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 592.

Babcock, Mrs. George. Diaries, 1871. 1 item and 2 ms. vols. Location: J:5. Wife of a New Orleans merchant. Travel diaries record a trip to Europe and give descriptions of places and events in England, Scotland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and France. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 791.

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

Battle of Liberty Place badges, 1874 September 14. 2 items. Location: Impr. Badges commemorating the battle between the White League and the metropolitan police in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1919.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Correspondence, 1858-1886. 10 items. Location: U:13. Available on microfilm: Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 2. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letters to Edward Clifton Wharton, journalist and Confederate major of New Orleans, discuss personal matters and the authorship and publication of Beauregard's reminiscences on the Civil War. Included is a letter from John Johnson, Confederate major, recalling the condition of Fort Sumter after 60 days of bombardment in the fall of 1864. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2128.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Papers, 1845-1894 (bulk 1861-1865). 144 items. Location: Mss.Mf:B, U:13-14. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Civil War letters comment on his command, discuss the role of Lee and Davis in the South's defeat, and the possible exile of southern soldiers. Also included are copies of letters and routine military dispatches by him. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 763, 780, 785.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Published volume, 1891. 1 printed vol. Location: F:3. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Presentation copy of Beauregard's Battle of Manassas to Mrs. Mary A. Townsend by General Beauregard in New Orleans, April 1891. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1716.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Family Papers, 1818-1912 (bulk 1850-1880). 671 items, 106 vols. (13 ms. vols., 93 printed vols.). Location: U:10-12, F:3, O:5. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Collection includes paper and items of financial, legal, political, and personal interest. Other items include recipes; scrapbooks; pamphlets; photographs; notebooks; and some papers of the Cenas family. Included are papers on New Orleans related to railroad, improvement, and other city projects. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 601.

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

Bienvenue Family Papers, 1779-1907, n.d. 143 items. Location: E:19. Planters of St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, and New Orleans. Business papers of Alexandre Devince Bienvenue and Pierre Armand Bienvenue largely concern land ownership and sales in the Attakapas region, St. Martin Parish and New Orleans. Collection also includes family letters and genealogical papers. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2604.

Billaud family. Papers, 1816-1868. 43 items. Location: U:20. Residents of New Orleans. Papers include correspondence documenting personal and business affairs, including the purchase and sale of skins; city and parish tax receipts; and a copy of Marie Isabelle Billaud's birth certificate. Letters in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 499, 1361.

Bishop Polk Benevolent Society. Record book, 1862, 1865-1868. 3 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc., M:20. Treasurer's book for benevolent societies at Trinity Church, New Orleans. Entries record the receipts and expenditures of the Benevolent Society. Entries for 1862 give the officers of the 'Ladies Society for the Promotion of Christian Objects.' For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 772.

Blakely, A. R. Correspondence, 1898. 6 items. Location: Misc:B. President of the New Orleans Progressive Union. Letters from Stuyvesant Fish requesting that Blakely's organization sponsor the subscription drive to purchase a silver service to be presented to the cruiser U.S.S. New Orleans by the people of New Orleans. Included is a letter from Captain William Folger, U.S. Navy commander of the NewOrleans, suggesting types of services that might be purchased. There is also an incomplete list of subscribers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1068.

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

Boggs, Hale, 1914-1972. Correspondence, 1964. 21 items. Location: Misc:B. U.S. representative from Louisiana. DeLesseps S. Morrison (1912-1964), attorney, politician, New Orleans mayor, actively encouraged Louisiana industry and trade, particularly with Latin America. Correspondence includes letters from U.S. diplomatic personnel and Latin American political figures concerning Morrison's report about the Louisiana Trade And Good Will Mission to Latin America. Letters express condolences on Morrison's death. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2899.

Boggs, William R., 1829-1911. Reminiscences, 1891. 3 items [photocopies]. Brigadier general of the Confederate army and chief of staff of the Trans-Mississippi Department from November 1862 until the end of the Civil War. Boggs' reminiscences, written in 1891 at the age of 62, cover the entire period of the war, from the election of 1860 until his surrender in June 1865. Also included are two obituary notices from Boston and New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3058.

Boland, Rose Mary Shields. Scrapbook, 1906-1940, n.d. 1 ms. vol. Location: Mf. Child actress and member of New Orleans theatrical family. Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items, largely concerning her career as a child actress with the Brown-Baker Stock Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2595.

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

Bonnot, Raoul. Bill, 1893. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans undertaker. Detailed bill for the funeral of Mrs. A. Caillier, widow. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2297.

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

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

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

Bowers, Laura Boddie Jones, Papers, 1906-1918, 1931-1955, 1980, 1990, undated (bulk: 1931-1955). 3.25 linear ft. Location: E:119-121. Librarian in Louisiana. Primarily correspondence documenting the family life, student life, and early career of Bowers in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Natchitoches, La. Newspaper clippings, notes, post card collection, printed items, and a scrapbook are also present. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3546. Complete Finding Aid.

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

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

Bozeman, Harley B. Telegram, 1930 July 17. 1 item. Location: Misc. Newspaper columnist and writer of Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana. Telegram addressed to the New Orleans Times-Picayune commenting on an editorial about the Louisiana Highway Commission. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3269.

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

Brent, Nanine M. Papers, 1886-1899, 1943, n.d. 53 items, 2 ms. vols. Location: U:114. Daughter of Colonel Joseph L. Brent. Diary, recipes, household hints, New Orleans trade cards, and newspaper clippings. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1822.

Brees, Ray. Photographs, 1959-1960. 37 items. Location: E:Pict. Coll. Photographs from 1959 and 1960 capture scenes from plantation homes, as well as buildings and streets of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 236.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Buhler, M. E. (Mary Edith). Papers, 1881-1931. 985 items, 7 ms. vols., 8 printed vols. Location: C:50-51; H:17. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 1-4. Poet and journalist of Mount Independence Plantation near Natchez, Mississippi, and resident of New Orleans and New York City; author of The Grass in the Pavement (1918). Papers consist of her manuscript and printed writings published in the New York Times and the New Orleans Times-Picayune and of materials relating to her family history and genealogy. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1192, 1210, 1333. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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

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

Burke, E. A. (Edward A.). Papers, 1859-1929 (bulk 1872-1899). 83 items, 2 printed vols. Location: C:48. New Orleans politician and publisher. Burke escaped to Honduras after being indicted for embezzlement (1889) as Louisiana State Treasurer. Papers include correspondence describing Louisiana politics and affairs in Honduras and Mexico, including letters from prominent Latin American political figures. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 547, 620, 641, 893, 1226.

Burt, Joseph, Jr. Papers, 1856-1876 (bulk 1862-1863). 16 items. Location: Misc:B. Union soldier in the 57th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. Papers include correspondence while Burt was stationed in New Orleans in 1863 commenting on military life, Confederate prisoners of war, and off-duty recreation including the shooting of alligators. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2721.

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893. Letter, 1890 March 1. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union general during the Civil War. Letter from Butler replying to a request for facts pertaining to the execution of William B. Mumford, refers the writer to James Parton, General Butler in New Orleans (1862). Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Butler, Benjamin Franklin. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1802.

Butler, Robert Ormond. Papers, 1848-1888. 1.5 linear ft. Location: S:25-26, OS:B. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reels 3-4. 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. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1068.Complete finding aid.

Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925. Draft telegram, 1883. 1 item. Location: W:37.Louisiana writer. Draft on the letterhead of Merrick, Foster and Merrick, attorneys, counselors, and solicitors, New Orleans, to Galt House, Louisville, Kentucky, requesting a room reservation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1162.

Caffery, Donelson Jr. Letter, 1889. 1 item. Location: Misc. Editor and manager of the Franklin, Louisiana, St. Mary Banner. Letter (1889) from Caffery to W. B. Logan, United States Marshal, in New Orleans, concerning the sale of Ivanhoe Plantation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 889.

Cale, John G., 1922-. Abstract, 1967. 1 item. Location: Misc. Genealogical data on the Henri Fourrier family of Baton Rouge taken from a paper by Cale, which he gave at an American Musicological Society meeting in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2304.

Campbell, Zoe J., d. 1866. Diaries, 1856-1866. 5 items; 10 ms. vols. Location: P:1, Misc:C. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 4-5. Resident of New Orleans; daughter of James and Zoe Lambert Campbell and sister of Lambert Campbell, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. Dairies document expenses, condolence visits, and piano lessons. Beginning in May 1861, they deal with the Civil War, including events in occupied New Orleans. Papers also include a funeral announcement for Campbell and a personal letter. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1274.

Carey, Cora, b. 1843. Family Papers, 1866-1971. 161 items; 2 ms. vols. Location: W:33, Vault. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 33. Journalist and organizer of Southern Women's Literary Clubs, of Holly Springs, Mississippi; creator of the 'Mr. Punch' column in the New Orleans Times-Democrat. Papers include correspondence about Mississippi and Louisiana women's clubs; and items from Longfellow, George Washington Cable, and Francis Willard. Later family correspondence includes that of Hamilton F. Richardson, tennis star. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2987. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Carmouche, Annie Jeter, 1843-1921. Papers, 1853-1964. 5 items; 4 ms. vols. Location: W:18, H:24. Available on microfilm: UPA Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 5. Annie Jeter Carmouche spent her childhood in Virginia and New Orleans and lived in Saint Landry and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, during and after the Civil War. She married Emile A. Carmouche. Collection includes family letters, papers, and tablets containing Carmouche's memoirs. Correspondence relates to social life, the Civil War, and family events. The memoirs recall Carmouche's childhood, the Civil War, and the postwar period. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2878.

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

Carrigan, Jo Ann, 1933. Civil War collection, 1862-1968. .3 linear ft. (26 items, 1 ms. vol., 2 printed vols.). Location: UU:72, OS:C. Professor of history at LSU. Muster rolls, photographs, and publications pertaining largely to the state of New York's participation in the Civil War. Included are postcards depicting Civil War scenes and photographs of maps of New Orleans during the War of 1812. There is also an autograph book containing the names, ranks, and addresses of soldiers in the 10th New York Artillery. Artifacts include Civil War uniform buttons, commemorative ribbons, and a medal. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2455.

Carroll, Daniel R. Family Papers, 1870-1948. 191 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: T:6, Vault. Owner of Ackbar Plantation, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Carroll was also a cotton broker in New Orleans. Papers include personal letters, scrapbooks, and genealogies of the Carroll and Parker families. Some papers document plantation management, including sugarcane growing, rice planting, the construction of a sugar mill, and black laborers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1514, 2296.

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

Casey, Powell A. Collection, 1782-1972. 238 items. Location: 77:99-100, 98:. 2540, 2712. Retired officer of the Washington Artillery, the Louisiana National Guard, and writer on military history. Collection includes research materials and other items pertaining to the history of the Battle of New Orleans and the Washington Artillery; typescripts of published writings by Casey; and correspondence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1732,

Cattarinich Family Papers, 1878-1880. 6 items. Location: Misc. Residents of New Orleans. Personal letters to Mr. Cattarinich from members of his family in Italy. In Italian. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

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

Chaffraix, D. A., Mrs. Papers, 1892-1904 (bulk 1899). 18 items, 5 ms. vols. Location: O:4, Misc:C. Social and civic leader in New Orleans. Chaffraix was associated with the Chinchuba Deaf-Mute Institute near Mandeville, Salection consists of correspondence and other papers of Azelie Delino de Chalmette. Included are letters from family members, F. Godefroy of the West Indies, the Delahoussaye family, Jean Saint-Avid of Paris, and M. Cruzat of New Orleans. Letters from Ignacio Delino de Chalmette written to John Forbes & Company of Mobile, Alabama, concern Bernard de Marigny's involvement with the company. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1245.

Chambon, Celestin M., 1879-. Papers, 1892-1963. 73 items, 6 printed vols. Location: U:6, OS:C. Catholic curate and pastor of New Orleans. Chambon's research materials on Catholic architecture and history in New Orleans. Many items relate to St. Louis Cathedral. Included are typewritten copies of documents, newspaper clippings, and works published by Chambon. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2047.

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. Mss. 65.

Chase, G. K. Letter, 1876 November 20. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from New Orleans to Judge Edwards Pierrepont discusses the disputed election of 1876; fear for the victory of Democratic presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden; and Democrats in New Orleans encouraging anti-Northern feelings. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2588.

Cior, Charles, 1819-ca. 1894. La musique, selon les sciences observées. L'histoire, la phylosophie, la physiologie, etc., etc., entendre, comprendre, se souvenir, 1885. 2 ms. vols. Location: H:20. Music teacher of New Orleans and native of Paris, France. Pedagogical manuscript containing lessons on music theory, exercises, and diagrams. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3287.

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

Clark, Charles, 1849-1936. Family Papers, 1829-1972. 1.1 linear ft. (427 items, 1 vol.). Mss. 3982. Charles Clark was married to Emma Fowler, daughter of New Orleans residents David and Mary Elizabeth Macbeth Fowler. In 1874, Clark moved to San Francisco, and in 1914, he became judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County. Papers of the Fowler, Nutt, Macbeth, and Clark families include personal correspondence and legal papers of Nathaniel W. Fowler and John Slidell, and personal correspondence of Mary Elizabeth Macbeth Fowler and other family members. Also included are correspondence, writings, and a travel journal of Charles Clark; photographs; printed material; ephemera; writings; and an account ledger. UU:253-254. For further information see online catalog.

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

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

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

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.

Colonel Cutts (Ship). Logbook, 1856-1878 (bulk 1856 February 13-October 19). 1 vol. Location: P:19. Ship which operated out of New Orleans. Its master was Jesse Snow. Logbook recording activities aboard the Colonel Cutts as it sailed from New Orleans to Falmouth, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cronstadt, London, Cardiff, and back to New Orleans. Included is a record of men employed from shore at Cronstadt. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1022.

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

Conrad, Charles Magill, 1804-1878. Letter, 1868 March 24. 1 item. Location: Misc. Louisiana attorney, congressman, U.S. senator, secretary of war, and delegate to the Confederate Congresses. Letter from New Orleans replies to a request for the address of former Louisiana governor Thomas O. Moore. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Conrad, Charles, 1804-1878. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2938.

Conservation of Cultural Resources. Louisiana committee minutes, 1942 January 17. 1 item. Location: Misc. Minutes presenting the importance of creating the Louisiana Committee to act with the national organization during World War II emergency. Persons in charge of cultural and official depositories of records in New Orleans and Baton Rouge are named. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1830.

Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans, Louisiana). Records, 1978-1989. 7 linear ft. Location: 95, Unproc. OS:C. New Orleans arts organization which held Mardi Gras parades, 1978-1989. Papers include grant applications to the National Endowment for the Arts, correspondence, budgets, membership files, publicity files, project proposals, photographs, and materials related to social events such as cocktail parties and balls. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4636.

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

Coston (L. A.) Papers, 1900, 1903. 3 items. Location: F:5. Receipts for cotton sales from Ferdinand Gumbel & Co. and Putnam V. King of New Orleans. Misc:C. For further information see online catalog.

Cotton Trade Warehouses, Inc. Account book, 1939-1941. 1 ms. vol. Mss. 2091. New Orleans company. Account book containing accounts principally with John M. Parker Company. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1538.

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

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.

CRESCENT RIFLES (THE), 1903. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: Impr. Song and chorus of the Crescent Rifles, dated January 26, 1903. Words and music are by Harry DeVere and the song was arranged by N. Martinez. The music was published by Junius Hart of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3061.

Cromwell, Bartlett Jefferson, 1840-1917. Letters, 1878, n.d. 4 items. Location: Misc:C. United States Navy Commander. Letters from New Orleans, Texas, and Georgia to his wife tell of his problems with his crew and ship. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Cutler, R. King (Rufus King). Memorandum, 1884 April 14. 1 item. Mss. 3032. Louisiana state congressman. Memorandum, written in New Orleans, expresses Cutler's support for national uniformity in matters of religion, law, and currency. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2105.

Daily Picayune. Papers, 1870, 1871. 2 items. Location: Misc. Statements to the Louisiana House of Representatives for subscriptions to Daily Picayune, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 92.

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

Davis (Don) Slide Collection, 1974-1991, 3 linear feet. 7:34-36. Collection consists of slides and color photographs taken of the Louisiana coasts and waterways from the 1970s through the 1990s. Miscellaneous paper-copy maps scattered throughout the photographic items were also retained in the collection. Louisiana parishes represented in the collection are Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, and Vermilion. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4896. Complete finding aid. HTML | PDF

Davis, James. Letter, 1872. 1 item. Location: Misc. Special agent of the United States Treasury Department, New Orleans. Letter from Davis to the Honorable Schuyler Colfax, vice-president of the United States, stating that the majority of the Louisiana and Mississippi delegates to the Philadelphia Convention will vote for the renomination of Vice-President Colfax. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1240.

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

Davis, Joel R. Papers, 1831-1876, 1898. 71 items. Location: UU:85. Resident of Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi. Papers include post-Civil War agreements regarding stores and supplies. New Orleans items consist of a marriage certificate (1860), an agreement, a report, and two receipts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1518.

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

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

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

Delta Duck Club of New Orleans. Daybook, 1914-1923. 1 vol. Location: J:10. Located in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, in what is now known as the Delta Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. Daybook records names of members, dues paid, and expenditures of the club.For further information see online catalog. [what is located in Plaquemines?] Mss. 907.

Douglas, Emily Caroline, b. 1840. Papers, 1855-1913 (bulk 1855-1868). 9 items, 2 ms. vols., 1 printed vol. Location: U:49, Mss.Mf:D. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 8-9. Connecticut native and resident of Louisiana and Mississippi. Autobiography, diary, and writings describe life in New England; with her brother, the Rev. William Kirtland Douglas, near Natchez, Mississippi, during the Civil War; at New Iberia, Louisiana; in various Mississippi towns; and in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 566.

Douglas, Judith Hyams, 1875-1955. Papers, 1897, 1911-1955, n.d. 578 items, 1 ms. vol. and 1 printed vol. Location: E:56-57, Mf. New Orleans lawyer and granddaughter of Louisiana lieutenant governor Henry M. Hyams. Collection arranged according to civic, cultural, and professional interests. Papers consist of letters from prominent Louisiana writers and political figures, speeches, photographs, business papers, and newspaper clippings. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1392.

Drouillard, Jean Baptiste. Family Papers, 1794-1901, n.d. 165 items and 2 microfilm reels. Location: Mss.Mf:D and S:121. Planter of Santo Domingo and of New Orleans. Letters and documents concern labor and economic conditions on Santo Domingo after the rise to power of Toussaint l'Ouverture in 1793, and the lives of exiles from the island who resettled in the United States. For further information see online card catalog. Mss. 2590. Complete Finding Aid PDF | HTML.

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

Dudoussat, Numa. Letter, 1878. 1 item. Location: Misc. Lottery agent of New Orleans. Short letter from Numa Dudoussat explaining that one-half of a lottery ticket entitles the owner to one-half of the prize drawn by the whole ticket. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1493.

Dufour, Charles L. Digest, 1861-1862, 1959. 1 microfilm reel. Location: Mf. Historian and author. Research notes on New Orleans prior to the Union occupation in the Civil War. The notes were taken by Dufour for his book, The Night the War Was Lost (on the fall of New Orleans), from New Orleans newspapers and other sources. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1536.

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

E. S. Ballad, 1874. 2 items. Location: Impr. Copy of a printed ballad concerning the 'Battle of Liberty Place,' New Orleans, September 14, 1874. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1439.

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.

Edwards, Marianne. Letters, 1855-1866 (bulk 1855-1863). 72 items. Location: U:239. Marianne Edwards, formerly of Evansville, Indiana, was the wife of Guy M. Edwards, a Massachusetts sea captain. She took voyages from Boston to New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Letters concern voyages to New Orleans, France, and Spain, among others. Letters (1862-1863) about a voyage along the lower Mississippi River, describe conditions during the Union occupation of New Orleans and the Battle of Port Hudson. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1850.

Egan, J. S. Family Papers, 1850-1893, n.d. 28 items. Location: UU-R 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.

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

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

Ellis, Hazel. Family Papers, 1848-1938 (bulk 1903-1911). 5,451 items, 15 vols. Location: U:67-90, G:1. Hazel and Nellie Ellis were members of the Caswell Prewitt Ellis family of Montgomery, Alabama, and New Orleans. Personal papers of the Ellis family include financial records, legal documents, photographs, and correspondence. Most correspondence relates to family matters, health, and social events including Hazel's trip abroad in 1902. Much of the correspondence dated 1905 pertains to social events related to Hazel as Queen of Mardi Gras. Other letters are those of suitors written to Hazel and Nellie. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 467. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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

Federal archives index, ca. 1933. 1 vol. Location: H:23. Copy of a summarized checklist of federal records in the Upper Record Room in the Custom House, New Orleans, by V. L. Landry, Jr. The volume also contains an account of the books and papers disposed of by an Act of Congress in 1918, 1927, and 1930. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1214.

Ferguson, Percy. Papers, 1864, 1899-1916. 9 items and 1 ms. vol. Location: OS:F. Daughter of Confederate general Samuel Wragg Ferguson. Scrapbook of manuscript poems by Percy Ferguson; a letter from her cousin, U.S. Senator LeRoy Percy of Mississippi, pertaining to national politics; and published music by Regina Morphy Voitier of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1416.

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

Fitzgerald, Desmond. Letter, 1877 April 24. 1 item. Mss. 1787. Hydraulic engineer and superintendent of the Boston Water Works. Letter by Fitzgerald, from New Orleans at the time of the withdrawal of U.S. troops at the end of Reconstruction, commenting on visits to headquarters of Governor Francis T. Nicholls and his defeated rival, Republican candidate, Stephen B. Packard. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2497.

Fitzpatrick, John. Letterpress copybook, 1875-1878. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. Secretary of the Division of the Association of the Army of Northern Virginia. Correspondence concerns veterans' reunions and raising money to erect a monument and tomb in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, for use of the association's members. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1482.

Flanders, Benjamin F., 1816-1896. Papers, 1827-1889 (bulk 1864-1875). 863 items. Location: U:109-112. Governor of Louisiana and mayor of New Orleans during Reconstruction. Flanders came to New Orleans from New Hampshire in 1843, left at the outbreak of the Civil War, and returned in 1862. Official papers and letters, including Civil War correspondence with a variety of Union military and political leaders. Collection also documents other federal posts held by Flanders, including U.S. representative and U.S. assistant treasurer. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 671.

Fluker, David J. Papers, 1839-1867. 54 items. Location: E:3. Resident of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Estate papers of David J. Fluker consist of business papers to his wife I. Ann Fluker. A letter from Fellowes and Company, New Orleans, urges sale of the plantation 'Isabella Place,' 1856. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 727.

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.

Fourchy, Alexandre François, 1787-1854. Family Papers, ca. 1848-1908, n.d. 185 items and 2 pamphlets. Location: U:117. Lawyer and writer of New Orleans. Family papers consist of correspondence and related items (1891-1895); family and religious cards; and 66 New Orleans trade cards. Included is a copy of Fourchy's Quelques Mots, a literary work dedicated to the memory of Napoleon I. Partly in French and in Spanish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1692, 1694.

Freemasons. St. James Lodge, No. 47 (Baton Rouge, La.). Records, 1819-1957. 6.5 linear ft., 4 microfilm reels. Location: 33:29-32, Mss.Mf:F. St. James Lodge was formed in 1844 and operates under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, New Orleans. Records include minutes, membership files, financial records, and correspondence between St. James and other lodges and related societies (such as Knights Templar and Odd Fellowships) throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2860. Complete finding aid.

French-American Society of New Orleans admit card, [1889]. 1 item. Location: Impr. Admit card to the ball celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of French Independence Day (July 14, 1889) at the West End Pavillion, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1189.

French-American Society of New Orleans invitation, 1964. 1 item. Location: Impr. Invitation to the annual ball celebrating French Independence Day (July 14, 1964) at the Royal Orleans Hotel. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2012.

French Opera Association. Stock certificate, 1910. 1 item. Location: Misc. Certificate for one share in the capital stock of the French Opera Association, Limited, of New Orleans, issued to C. M. Abrams. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1491.

French Society of New Orleans. Papers, 1851-1947 (bulk 1872-1891). 5 items, 4 ms. vols., and 3 printed vols. Location: U:114, F:8. New Orleans organization. Certified copies of minutes of the General Assembly of the Société francaise de bienfaisance et d'assistance mutuelle (forerunner to L'athénée louisianais), minute book of the Committee of Thirty, registers of tombs, and printed histories and reports. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 318, 1012.

Frost, Meigs O. Stories, 1936. 1 item. Location: Misc. Typewritten copy of 'Strange Stories Behind New Orleans' Streets' Names,' by Meigs O. Frost, published in the New Orleans Times-Picayune in August and September, 1936. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 965.

Fuqua, Henry Luce, 1865-1926. Speech, 1923 November 16. 1 item. Location: Misc. General manager of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (1916-1923) and governor of Louisiana (1924-1926). Printed copy of speech delivered at the Athenaeum, New Orleans, relative to his candidacy for governor. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Fuqua, Henry L., 1865-1926. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2571.

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

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

Garig, William Wallace, 1839-1908. Family Papers, 1858-1953. 594 items; 10 ms. vols.; 2 printed vols. Location: 7:58-59. Businessman and poultry breeder of Baton Rouge. His daughters Mercedes and Louise were both members of the LSU English Department faculty. Papers consist of correspondence pertaining to plantation work and social life in antebellum Louisiana; education of children, including that provided at LSU; social life in 20th-century Baton Rouge; and religion. Included are Garig's Civil War diaries and the papers of his daughters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2993

Garland, Henry L., 1866-1970. Collection, 1857-1901, n.d. 17 items and 24 ms. vols. Location: Misc., N:3-4. New Orleans lawyer and native of Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Professional records consisting of abstract of titles prepared from St. Tammany Parish records; index to St. Tammany conveyance records; and legal file on the case of Emmett T. Moody and Louis T. Heintz versus Zachariah Strain and Mrs. W. C. Heintz. Collection also includes an index to Garland's personal library and a list arranged alphabetically under subject and/or author. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Garland, Henry L. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1788, 1978.

Garland, Henry L., 1866-1970. Collection, 1907, 1916, 1924-1943. 13 items and 2 ms. vols. Location: B:14. New Orleans lawyer and native of Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Thomas Jefferson Howard statement of delinquent city taxes, interest and costs due City Treasury, New Orleans, June 10, 1907; eleven bookkeeping reports from J. Dudenhefer approved by a teacher, M. L. Taylor; and two memorandum books. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Garland, Henry L. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2140.

Gasquet, Marshall J. Records, 1885-1906. 2 items, 8 vols. Location: H:21. New Orleans attorney (1892) and later a member of the law firm of Gasquet, Rutherfurd, and Putnam of New York City. Office diaries, notebooks, and record books of Gasquet pertaining chiefly to office appointments and routine office matters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1229.

Gayarre, Charles, 1805-1895. Letter, 1890. 1 item. Location: Misc. Louisiana historian, jurist, and statesman. Letter from Gayarre to Charles F. Gunther, candy manufacturer and rare book collector, of Chicago, Illinois, offering his manuscripts and other objects for sale. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Gayarre, Charles E. A. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1095.

Gayarre, Charles, 1805-1895. Letters and miscellanea, 1853-1929 (bulk 1882-1894), n.d. 75 items and 5 printed vols. Location: UU:119. Louisiana historian, jurist, and statesman. Papers include letters and other materials of Charles E. A. Gayarre. Letters, principally by Gayarre to Edward C. Wharton, comment on literary and personal matters. Other materials include newspaper articles and printed items pertaining to writings by Gayarre and Wharton. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Gayarre, Charles E. A. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1553.

Gessner, Jessy Benedict. Letterbook, 1909-1913. 1 ms. vol. Location: F:16. William S. Benedict's daughter and successor in his New Orleans law practice. Letter press copy book of Jessy Benedict Gessner. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1351.

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892. Papers, 1848-1891. 164 items. Location: A:56. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 6. Confederate general and New Orleans lawyer, later a United States representative and senator from Louisiana. Papers include letters written from Yale or general of the Louisiana Division of the United Confederate Veterans Association. Papers include letters of condolence to Gilmore's wife at the time of his death, correspondence of Mrs. Mary Gilmore Harnett from officers of the Louisiana Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and a scrapbook containing obituaries. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 798. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Ginder, H. Letter, 1921 March 1. 1 item. Location: Misc. President of A. B. Griswold and Company, New Orleans jewelers to W. O. Hart. Letter from Ginder relating to an invitation to be a speaker on the occasion of the annual dinner of the Veterans of the Army of Tennessee. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1155.

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

Girod, Joseph. Papers, 1816-1899 (bulk 1830-1880). 588 items, 6 ms. vols. Location: U:133, G:8. Native of France and planter of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, and nephew of Nicholas Girod, first elected mayor of New Orleans. Joseph Girod's brother, Francis Girod, lived in Paris, France, and New Orleans. Papers include letters from Francis Girod, some of them related to the estate of Nicholas Girod, which provided for the aid of New Orleans orphans of French parentage. Plantation journals (1838-1877) and a letter book (1825-1832) are also included. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 838, 853.

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

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

Goodman, J. Harvey. Bibliographical compilation, 1893-1935. 27 items and 1 ms. vol. Location: E:51. Resident of New Orleans. Bibliographical compilation containing native Louisiana authors, writers whose works pertain to the state, and artists of Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1529.

Graham, Alice Walworth. Papers, 1884-1992, n.d. 5.3 linear feet. Location: 104:2-4; J: 25; and OS:G. Novelist and native of Natchez, Miss., and sometime resident of New Orleans. Professional and personal correspondence includes letters document Graham's literary career. Scrapbooks and printed items contain literary reviews of her books and describe her personal appearances at literary functions. Graham describes Natchez plantations in manuscript drafts for many of her published and unpublished works including Cibola, The Natchez Woman, and Romantic Lady. The letters of Graham's mother, Lela Gordon Walworth, and her sister, Mary Walworth Whitaker of Baton Rouge, are also part of the collection, and pertain to personal and family matters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4295. Complete finding aid

Graham, James, notary public. Papers, 1860-1883. 57 items. Location: A:57. Notary public and an auditor of public accounts in New Orleans and a marshal of the District Court of the United States of the Eastern District of Louisiana. Official papers consist of duplicate certificates of deposit of funds obtained from the sales of ships, tackle, cargo, and other goods condemned as prizes of war by the admiralty proceedings in the District Court during the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. 

Grand Army of the Republic. Papers, 1890-1923. 103 items, 5 vols. Location: U:181, F:18. Louisiana and Mississippi department of the Grand Army of the Republic, headquartered in New Orleans. Minute books, general orders, and correspondence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 767.

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

Grant, Kate K. (Kate Kingston). Papers, 1794-1960. 1 linear ft. Location: W:20-21. Writer of Grant Parish, Louisiana. Collection contains Grant's literary writings--unpublished novels, short stories, and plays set in Louisiana; they include information about ante-bellum New Orleans and the Colfax riot of 1873. Also includes papers of the Layssard family. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2875.

Grant, William, Attorney. Papers, 1868-1918. 478 items, 50 vols. Location: U:146-152. Attorney in New Orleans. He was at one time in partnership with J. D. Rouse but later practiced law independently. Grant served as U.S. Attorney in New Orleans in the 1890s. Legal papers, business accounts, and correspondence of Grant document his law practice in New Orleans and his association with J. D. Rouse. Volumes include cash books, ledgers, a time book, legal books, letter books, and a notebook of lecture notes. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 600.

Gray, Helen. Manuscripts, ca. 1912, ca. 1915. 3 items. Location: A:56. Southern journalist and resident of New Orleans. Typescripts of an account of Gray's travels in Finland prior to World War I and her views on Southern economy and politics. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1250.

Grima, Alfred. Papers, 1863-1868 (bulk 1864-1866). 68 items. Location: U:154. Personal letters by Alfred Grima from Richmond, Mobile, Paris, London, Cairo, and New Orleans, to members of his family in New Orleans and Augusta. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 816.

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

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

Grosjean, Henry. Notebook, 1868-1869. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:20. Employee of the New Orleans Crescent. Handwritten poems and stories, and newspaper clippings compiled by Grosjean. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 571.

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

Gueymard, Earnest. Programs, 1948-1972, n.d. 127 items. Location: W:5, 41-12. Programs for a variety of civic, social, and cultural activities in Baton Rouge, New Iberia, and New Orleans, Louisiana, collected by Gueymard. Includes programs for three world premiere performances. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2600-73.

Guion, Lewis, 1838-1920. Record books, 1859-1865. 2 ms. vols. Location: U:238. Lawyer in Thibodaux and New Orleans, Louisiana. Guion was an officer in the Confederate army in the Civil War, and later established a sugar planting partnership with his brother-in-law, Francis T. Nicholls. Two record books, one containing law examination questions from the University of Virginia, French language notes, and cash entries. The second is an official record book of Company H of the 26th Louisiana Regiment in the Civil War. Some notes in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1903.

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

Gurley, John W. Papers, 1858-1866. 81 items. Location: U:145. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B Reel 6 and Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 13. Attorney of New Orleans. Gurley and his wife Rosa were registered as enemies of the United States during the Civil War but were excused after they signed oaths of amnesty. The majority of letters are from Edward G. Stewart, a planter of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Papers of the Civil War period include claims the Gurleys were enemies of the United States, their oaths of allegiance, and letters confirming their loyalty. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 507. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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

Haber, Jacob. Collection, 1874-1902. 3 items, 2 printed vols. Location: Misc. German-born resident of Carrollton, Jefferson Parish (now part of New Orleans), Louisiana. Papers pertaining to activities of German-Americans in the New Orleans area. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1073, 1189.

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

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

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

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

Hart, Junius. Piano house receipt book, 1922. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipt book, with terms of sale for a piano, made out to J. L. Sallinger, Sr., of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3733.

Hartzell, Joseph C. (Joseph Crane), 1842-1928. Letters, 1862-1906. .6 linear ft. (488 items, 1 ms. vol.), 1mf reel, 2 OS folders. Location: U:155-156, Mss.Mf:H, OS:H. Minister of New Orleans and Missionary Bishop for Africa under the Methodist Episcopal Church. Collection includes correspondence related to Hartzell's work as a student, teacher, and minister in Bloomington and Pekin, Illinois, and as a minister in New Orleans. Includes letters related to Hartzell's missionary activities throughout Africa. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 506. Complete Finding Aid

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.

Heininey, Anna. My happy trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986. 1 item (21 leaves) [photocopy]. Location: 28:Box 732, folder 39. Resident of New York City. Heininey's handwritten and hand-illustrated account of a trip to New Orleans for the 1986 Mardi Gras. She was 75 years old at the time. The account details planning arrangements, experiences during Mardi Gras, and her return to New York City. Part of the Russell B. Long Papers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3700.

Heldner, Knute, 1886-1952. Papers, 1924-1978. 2.5 linear ft. Location: 48:22. Swedish-born painter and woodcarver who spent the latter part of his professional career in New Orleans. Heldner gained international recognition for his Louisiana landscapes. Correspondence, printed items, photographs, and manuscripts, including manuscript writings pertaining to his views on art; art appreciation; the artist's role in society; and the New Orleans art community. Correspondence documents artistic activity including exhibits, sales, and art adjudication. Printed items include newspaper clippings and exhibition catalogs. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3650. Complete finding aid.

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

Henriques, Albert David. Papers, 1928-1939 (bulk 1936). 81 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: U:175. Criminal Court judge of New Orleans. Papers of Judge Henriques (d. 1936) pertain to his succession. Account book (1928-1935) of Mrs. S. J. Henriques with the Eureka Homestead Society. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2012.

Heroman, John B., Sr., Photograph Collection, ca. 1885-1940. 1 cu. ft. Location: 91:2-3, OS:H. Photograph albums, loose photographs, postcards, one tintype, one greeting card, and three printed texts. All materials relate to the Heroman family of Baton Rouge and New Orleans, La. The albums contain images of the Heroman family, Heroman family dwellings in Baton Rouge, scenes around Baton Rouge, and New Orleans Mardi Gras scenes. Four of the loose album page groups contain Baton Rouge flood images from 1897, 1912. The Cirkut camera panoramic print documents Louisiana State University cadets in formation on the Parade Grounds of the University in its then three year old location in south Baton Rouge, 1928. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4951. Complete Finding Aid. PDF

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

Hoebel, H. Receipt, 1867. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipt for payment of flooring purchased by Hoebel, from George Merz, New Orleans lumber dealer and brewer. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 889.

Holland, Miss. Diary, 1869 September 1-October 24. 1 item. Location: Misc:H. Young woman from Liverpool, England. Diary of Holland's voyage from England to New Orleans. She describes the weather, the ship and crew, activities onboard, and adventures. She also describes places they passed enroute, including Mont Serrat, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and New Orleans.For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3275.

Hornor, Joseph P. Collector, 1718-1908. 149 items, 2 ms. vols. Location: UU:103.New Orleans lawyer. Documents and letters collected on Louisiana history and Hornor family business papers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2036, 2055, 2107.

Hornor, Joseph P. Papers, 1867-1933 (bulk 1867-1902). 229 items. Location: UU:110. New Orleans lawyer. Papers include invitations, programs, cards, badges, and related manuscript items concerning Hornor's membership in Masonic and Mardi Gras organizations and social clubs in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1471.

Huber, Leonard V. Collection, ca. 1868-1885. 12 items. Location: Impr. Reproductions from the Leonard V. Huber collection of prints, showing New Orleans Mardi Gras and Levee activity, steamboat disasters, flood scenes, building of the World's Exposition at New Orleans, and the battle of September 14, 1874. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1513.

Howard, Ellen E. (Elizabeth) journal, [ca.1866] 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Mississippi. Summary: In this incomplete journal, Ellen Howard relates her experiences while traveling to and from New Orleans and her social activities during her visit, including sight seeing, visiting, and attending the theater and opera. She also provides descriptions of the city, Mardi Gras, and a stage performance by the actor, Lawrence P. Barrett. She also mentions the attentions of a Mr. Gillespie, whom she later married. Mss. 3877.

Huguet, Adolphe H. (Adolphe Hiram), 1837-1928. Family Papers, 1850-1951. 20 items, 6 vols. and 1 microfilm reel. Location: UU:255, Mss.Mf:H, and OS:H. The related families of Adolphe H. Huguet and William S. Pike were influential in the economy and politics of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Papers include scrapbooks, correspondence, death notices, photographs, legal papers, and other materials relating to the Huguet and Pike families in Louisiana, as well as to their relatives living in Spain and France. Some items in French and Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3805. Complete Finding Aid.

HUNLEY documents, 1863-1864, 1957-1958. 35 items [copies]. Location: U:158, OS:H. Letters, documents, and photographs illustrating the history of the Confederate submarine Hunley, designed by James McClintock and Baxter Watson, financed by Horace L. Hunley, and built in Mobile, Alabama, in 1863. Included is information about an earlier submarine built in New Orleans in 1861-1862 by Hunley and McClintock. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1559.

Hunt, Minnie C. Diary, 1866-1867. 1 vol. Location: J:19.Resident of New Orleans who was born in 1849. She lived on a cotton farm, 'Mulberry Farm', with her parents. Diary kept by Hunt while on an extended visit with relatives in Massachusetts after the Civil War. She describes her daily life, family matters, health, and a beach holiday in Maine. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4693.

Hyams, Henry M. (Henry Michael), 1806-1875. Family Papers, 1843-1953 (bulk 1901-1955). 313 items, 7 printed vols. Location: E:55. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 13-14. Lawyer, state senator, and lieutenant governor of Louisiana. In the 1830s he was a member of a vigilante committee to oppose anti-slavery interests. His son, Henry Hyams, Jr., was a lawyer in New Orleans as was his daughter, Judith Hyams Douglas. Papers consist of letters pertaining to the political situation in Grant Parish, Louisiana, in 1873 and the causes of the Colfax riot. Included are land patents and plats issued in Carroll, St. Landry, and Caldwell parishes, Louisiana, and in Texas. Papers of Henry M. Hyams, Jr. relate to his work for the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims and family lawsuits which concerned litigation and recovery of Hyams' lands principally by Judith. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1392, 1564. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Illinois Central Railroad. Freight contract, 1883 April 11. 1 item. Location: Misc. Contract shipping oil and grease from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, with the consignee, Severin Landry of Assumption, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1198.

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

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

James, Patricia Rordam. Manuscript, 1967. 48 items. Location: U:158. Research notes for and typewritten copy of Oral Reading in New Orleans From 1890 to 1900. (M. A. thesis, LSU, 1969). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2470.

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

Jastremski, Leon, 1843-1907. Papers, 1876-1889. 3 items. Location: Misc. Polish-born Louisiana politician, journalist, and newspaper publisher who served as mayor of Baton Rouge (1876-1882) and United States consul in Callao, Peru (1893-1897). Documents concerning property purchased by General Leon Jastremski in New Orleans. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Jastremski, Leon. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Jewell & Prescott. Crescent City illustrated: the commercial, social, political and general history of New Orleans, 1872. 1 vol. Location: W:51. Edwin L. Jewell was prominent in New Orleans publishing from ca. 1886 to 1887 as a newspaper editor and publisher. Theodore Lilienthal was active as a photographer in New Orleans from ca. 1854-1886. Prospectus for Jewell's Crescent CityIllustrated, published in 1873 by Edwin L. Jewell. Includes a title page, sample ads and essays, and numerous original photographs by Theodore Lilienthal, which appear as engravings in the published works. . For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4526.

John Overton-Edwin Broussard Senate Primary Hearings Scrapbook, 1933. 1 item. Location: S:124. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from THE TIMES-PICAYUNE (New Orleans), Feb. 7, 1933 to May 2, 1933, reporting U.S. Senate hearings held in New Orleans regarding the disputed 1932 Senate primary between John Overton, an associate of Huey Long, and incumbent Edwin S. Broussasrd. For further information see the online catalog. Mss. 2600.

Johnson, Charles Andrew, 1818-1896. Papers, 1832-1896 (bulk 1858-1894). 514 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: UU:65. Native of New Haven, Connecticut, and a lawyer in New Orleans. Johnson served as a judge in Donaldsonville, Louisiana (1843) and in 1855 began a partnership in a New Orleans firm. Collection contains passports, letters (1858), military passes (1863-1864), a receipt for bonds (1864), bank checks (1866-1869), and two letters and a newspaper clipping (1873) relating to lawsuits of Johnson. Some letters in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1318.

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

Johnston, William Preston. Items, 1934-1935, n.d. 8 items. Location: Misc. President of LSU (1880-1883). Letters and related items pertaining to Johnston, including correspondence of Mrs. Grayson with the Johnston family pertaining to genealogy; a letter from Tulane University concerning a portrait of Johnston; and a list of New Orleans newspaper articles. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

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

Jones, Mary C. Notebooks, 1891-1893. 2 ms. vols. Location: G:21. Resident of New Orleans. Notebooks (1891-1893 and n.d.) of Mary C. Jones containing literary material. In French and English. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 192.

Joseph P. Hornor collection, 1718-1964 (bulk 1850-1890). .5 linear ft. Location: UU:103, OS:H. Lawyer and resident of New Orleans. Items primarily relate to New Orleans history and include colonial and ante-bellum documents. There are also items related to the War of 1812, manuscript extracts of legal codes, returns from elections (1867), and autographs of famous people. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2036, 2055, 2107.

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

Kane, Harnett T., 1910-. Papers, 1948-1958, n.d. 28 items. Location: Misc. New Orleans writer. Correspondence with Van Allen Bradley, literary editor of the Chicago Daily News, concerns Kane's literary and social activities. Included is a brief essay by Kane titled Enjoyment of Reading. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3161.

Kellogg, William P. Letter, 1867. 1 item. Location: Misc. Collector of Customs in New Orleans. Letter of application from Raymond Wigand for a position in the Collector of Customs office, giving Wigand's service record in the Union army. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1361.

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

Kendrick, Benjamin. Papers, 1806-1894 (bulk 1810-1840). .7 linear ft. (611 items). Location: U:170. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 11-12. 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. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 906. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Kenner, Duncan Farrar, 1813-1887. Papers, 1838-1905 (bulk 1838-1894). .8 linear ft. (342 items, 2 ms. vols., 1 printed vol.). Location: A:51, F:4, Vault:1. Planter of Ashland, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and Confederate diplomat. Financial, legal, and personal papers related to Ashland Plantation and Kenner's investments and business dealings in New Orleans, especially leasing the New Basin Canal in New Orleans and horse racing, as well as to Kenner's diplomatic mission to France on behalf of the Confederacy. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reel 14. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 198, 1402, 1477. Complete finding aid (PDF).

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

Kimmel, C. Letter, 1866. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from Rhode Island asking a friend to advertise in New Orleans and other Louisiana papers regarding the whereabouts of his son, probably a Union soldier. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2112.

King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932. Papers, 1851, 1864-1932, 1941, n.d. 3,800 items, 6 ms. vols., and 1 printed vol., 26 mf reels. Location: UU:10-31, N:6, Mss.Mf:K and Vault:11. New Orleans writer and historian. Correspondence, literary writings in notebooks, photographs, bound manuscript volumes, and printed materials concern Grace King's literary career, some family correspondence, principally of her sister, Annie R. King. Partly in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1282.

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

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

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.

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

L.S.U. WALTZ, sheet music, 1897. 1 printed item. Location: 65:. Sheet music for the L.S.U. Waltz by Theo. D. Meyer, published by Philip Werlein, Ltd., New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3187.

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

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

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.

Lamberton, W. W. Letter, 1909 August 17. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans resident. Letter to the secretary of the navy claims salvage fees for the recovery of five cannon from the gunboat Veruna, sunk in the Mississippi River near New Orleans during the battle of April 24, 1862. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2897.

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

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

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

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.

Lastrapes, Arthur. Invitation, 1913 February 4. 2 items. Location: Impr. Invitation and admittance card to the Mystic Krewe of Comus Ball in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2072.

L'athénée louisianais. Papers, 1876-1919, n.d. 570 items and 4 ms. vols. Location: UU:86. Society founded in 1876 to perpetuate French language and culture, successor to the French Society of New Orleans. Collection consisting of official correspondence and related items of the society. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1423.

Lawrason, J. Bruns. Papers, 1866, 1938. 2 items. Location: Misc. Letter commenting on Lawrason's article 'The Passing of the Old Factor,' in The Cotton Trade Journal (July 1938) together with a bill of sale (1866) from Richard Flower and Maes, New Orleans factors, used in writing the article. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1487.

Lawrence family. Papers, 1889-1926, n.d. .1 linear ft. Location: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 15. 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. OS:L. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4627.

Laycock, John T. Family Papers, 1840-1953. 78 items, 3 vols. Location: UU:149, O:3. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 15-16. Lawyer, banker, and author of Baton Rouge. Papers contain Laycock's law notes and a transcript of 'Fragments from a Collection of Letters and Notes of Nina Harper of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1861-1862,' describing civilian life during the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3194. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

LeBlond, Coralie. Music collection, ca. 1850-1870. 3 ms. vols. Location: 65. Concert pianist and composer of New Orleans. Sheet music, principally by Louisiana composers, arrangers, and publishers, collected by Coralie LeBlond, including one of her own compositions. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2204, 2205.

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.

Lejeune, John Archer, 1867-1942. Papers, 1815-1955 (bulk 1918-1919). 17 items, including 1 vol. Location: U:116, Misc:L. Commandant of the United States Marine Corps and Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute. Originally from Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Lejeune attended LSU before graduating from the Naval Academy. Papers document Lejeune's military career and include a citation for the Cross of the Commander of the Legion of Honor (in French) and biographical materials. An 1815 letter deals with the Battle of New Orleans. One item in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1690, 2553.

Lieutaud, Albert Louis. Collection, 1650, 1801-1965. Location: U:247-250, OS:L, 34:8-14. Albert Louis Lieutaud was a French art and manuscript dealer in New Orleans, La. Letters, books, pamphlets, sketches, and sheet music concerning New Orleans and Louisiana history; the career of R.J. Morgan, a 19th-century English actor in the United States; railroad transportation in the United States; the American Civil War; and Lieutaud's own literary works and his work as an art and manuscript dealer. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1407, 1700, 1771, 1784, 1853, 1936, 2046, 2211, 2369, 2469.

Lincoln, Lemuel L. Family Papers, 1808-1914 (bulk 1840-1914). 142 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: U:195. Confederate veteran and commercial editor of the Times-Democrat of New Orleans. Papers of Lincoln and members of his family, consisting principally of genealogical records of the families of Judge Lemuel Rixford Lincoln of Little Rock, Arkansas; Louis Marchand of Georgia; and Pierre Firman Helluin of Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Includes correspondence of Mary Lincoln and personal and business papers of Rixford J. Lincoln of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 688.

Lisle, N. Receipt, 1869. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipt for a chronometer on board the ship Plato at New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

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

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

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935. Letter, 1928 October 12. 1 item. Location: Misc. Winnfield, Louisiana, attorney, Louisiana Public Service Commission member, Louisiana governor, and U.S. senator. Letter from Long to Dan Moody, Texas governor, inviting him or someone appointed by him to attend the Conference of the Board of Governors of the United States, to be held in New Orleans. Listed in manuscript card catalog under: Long, Huey P. Letter. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3309.

Louisiana Avenue Mission. Valentine card, [1877]. 1 item. Location: Impr. Valentine Card inscribed 'Pauline Laburr, New Orleans,' from the Louisiana Avenue Mission. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1189.

Louisiana bonds and notes collection, [1832], 1866-1911. 29 items. Location: Misc. Collection includes a bank note (1866); 21 bonds approved by the Constitution of 1879 and an Act of 1880 known as 'Baby bonds'; and 2 bonds issued in 1836 on the Citizen's Bank of Louisiana and extended to 1911. Also included is a bond (1867) of East Baton Rouge Parish; a bond (1870) issued by the Council of the Administration of Charity Hospital of New Orleans; and a warrant (1873) from the Auditor's Office. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893, 1187, 1196, 1365.

Louisiana Constitutional Convention petition, ca. 1879. 1 item. Location: Misc. Petition of the citizens and taxpayers of New Orleans requesting the president and members of the Constitutional Convention of Louisiana to reject illegal debts of the State and to limit state taxation. A letter written by A. Garnier is attached. Letter in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 231.

Louisiana Engineering Society. Scrapbook, 1898-1922. 1 vol. Location: G:16. Association located in New Orleans. Scrapbook of printed circulars, letters, and cards issued by the Louisiana Engineering Society. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 232.

Louisiana Folklore Society. Records, 1955-1995. 2 linear ft. Location: Range 49. Society based in New Orleans. Correspondence, meeting programs, committee and annual business meeting minutes, treasurers' reports, and membership rosters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4168.

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 Historical Society. Index, 1945-1946. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:21. Index (actually a table of contents) to the Louisiana Historical Society publications and The Louisiana Historical Quarterly compiled by Sidney Louis Villere, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1596.

Louisiana Historical Society. Program, 1934. 1 item. Location: Impr. Program for memorial services for Henry Plauche Dart (1858-1934), for the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, under the auspices of the Louisiana Historical Society. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1851.

Louisiana House of Representatives, Special Committee. Minute book, 1867. 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc. Minute book of a special committee appointed to hold hearings on a bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Thieneman of New Orleans, prohibiting the establishment of slaughter-houses above the City of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1037.

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 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 Lottery collection, 1879. 2 items. Location: Impr. October 14, 1879, official drawing; and November 16, 1879, monthly distribution, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2060-83.

Louisiana military document, payroll sheet for the regiment for the year 1759, 1767. 1 item. Location: Safe:13, Fra. Louisiana French colonial military document giving the names of major officers, sergeants, corporals, cadet a l'eguillete, cadet soldier drummers and soldiers of a troop garrisoned at New Orleans with the amounts due each member in settlement of his pay. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1191.

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

Louisiana pictures, 1720-1865. 17 items. Location: Old Map Case. Prints include John Law's concession at New Biloxi; a plantation on Bayou Goula, Louisiana; the Civil War Battle of New Orleans sketched by a federal soldier; federal gunboats passing Port Hudson, Louisiana; and Jackson Station after it was burned. Also included are reprints of Civil War scenes of Port Hudson and Baton Rouge from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and Harper's Weekly Newspaper. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1733.

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

Louisiana scandals scrapbook, 1939 June 26-July 26. 1 vol. Location: 83:. Compilation of clippings from the New Orleans Times-Picayune covering the exposure, flight, arrest, and trial of Dr. James Monroe Smith, president of LSU. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2600.

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

Louisiana State Lottery collection, 1840-1905 (bulk 1879-1890). .3 linear ft. Location: OS:L. Incorporated in 1868, the Louisiana State Lottery Company operated in New Orleans until ca. 1894 when it relocated to Honduras. It was broken up by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1906. Collection includes letters received, order and remittance forms, lottery tickets, lists of prizes awarded, broadsides, publications, and newspaper advertisements; Anti-lottery League of Louisiana memorabilia; and imprints from out-of-state lotteries. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 854.

Louisiana State Lottery Company. Record books, 1868-1885. 2 ms. vols. Location: R:31. Company incorporated in 1868 and in business in New Orleans until ca. 1894 when it relocated to Honduras. It was broken up by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1906. Minute book and dividend book. Subjects of the minute book include bylaws and meetings. The dividend book lists stockholders, number of shares owned, amounts of dividends paid, and other related information. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4321.

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

Louisiana Sugar Planters Association. Records, 1897-1908. 205 items, 1 vol. Location: G:16. Sugar planters' association based in New Orleans. Records include meeting minutes (1877-1891) and correspondence related to sugar cane growing, immigrant plantation workers, and organizational changes. U:212, G:16. For further information see online catalog.

Louisiana Telegraph Company scrapbook, 1875-1879. 1 vol. Mss. 267. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning the Louisiana Telegraph Company, New Orleans, and other miscellaneous subjects. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 266.

Louisiana. Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Scrapbooks, 1896-1958. 36 vols. Location: 124:. Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, announcements, and advertisements on activities of the New Orleans Port Commission and on national, state, and local conditions affecting the economic and political situation of the Port of New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2772.

Louque, Charles. Papers, 1838-1909, 1917-1920, n.d. 518 items, 3 ms. vols. Location: UU:112. Native of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, prominent New Orleans attorney, and Louisiana state senator. Papers document his legal activities and participation in the economic development of New Orleans. The collection includes postcard views of LSU and Baton Rouge. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1473.

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

Lyons, Mary E. Notebook, 1855-1866. 1 vol. Location: G:16. Resident of Clinton and New Orleans, Louisiana. Notebook containing historical notes and poems written at Bienvenue Seminary, Fredericksburg, Virginia (1855), and newspaper clippings of poems (1864-1866). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 269.

Macarty, Jno. (John). Family Papers, 1764-1935 (bulk 1764-1837). 9 items. Location: B:50. Native of France and resident of New Orleans. Macarty owned a plantation home near New Orleans which was used by Andrew Jackson as a field headquarters in 1815. Papers pertain to the estate of John Macarty and include a forty-page inventory of the contents of his New Orleans residence and the Macarty plantation home. Also included is a roll of the Royal Legion of the Mississippi Militia (ca. 1798). In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 270, 496.

Magruder, Samuel Bertron, Jr. Collection, 1968, 1971. 7 items. Location: Misc. LSU student. Photographs of the ruins of Windsor Plantation house, near Port Gibson, Mississippi, and related subjects. Included in the collection is a newspaper article from the New Orleans Times- Picayune about Windsor. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2570.

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

Mandeville, Henry D. (Henry David), 1781-1878. Family Papers, 1815-1925 (bulk 1854-1883). 2 linear ft. (1,776 items), 6 ms. vols. Location: U:214-216. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reels 3-6. Henry D. Mandeville, originally from Philadelphia, was a factor in trade with China; his son Henry, Jr., was a lawyer in Natchez, Mississippi. Two other sons, Theodore and Ellwyn, served in the Confederate army. Collection includes personal and business correspondence documenting life in Natchez and New Orleans; the operation of Westwood Plantation (owned by Henry, Jr.), in Louisiana; and Civil War papers of Theodore and Ellwyn. Papers also include letters referring to musical performances in Arkansas, Virginia, Natchez, New Orleans, and Chicago; and materials documenting civilian life in New Orleans in the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 491, 535.

Mardi Gras scrapbook, 1871-1907. 1 vol. Location: F:4. Scrapbook containing carnival ball invitations, programs and related items, and other items of New Orleans interest. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1344.

Markham, Thomas Railey, 1828-1894. Papers, 1794-1932 (bulk 1850-1890). 4.5 linear ft. Location: B:42-45, J:4. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 12. Pastor of the Lafayette Presbyterian Church in New Orleans (1856-1894) and chaplain in the Confederate army in the Civil War. Collection documents Markham's activities as a minister and includes sermons and memorandum books. Civil War materials include correspondence and military orders. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 250, 649, 650. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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

Martin, W. L. Collection, 1831, 1863, 1869. 4 items. Location: 99:. Copy of a Benjamin Levy (New Orleans) imprint of a sugar statement for the year 1831 by Pierre A. Degelos which gives the names of the sugar planters by parishes; and three Thibodaux, Louisiana, newspapers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1904.

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.

Mather, Mary. Music collection, ca. 1860-1890. 3 vols. Location: H:11. Bound volumes of sheet music for piano, including waltzes, polkas, and popular melodies. Most of the sheet music was printed in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4466.

Mathews family letters, 1870-1877. 3 items. Location: C:61. Residents of New Orleans. Family letters from Mrs. Charlotte Ann Mathews and Mr. John Mathews; and a family letter to R. Bowman Matthews (spelled with 2 t's) from R. S. Floyd returning from Paris, France. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1209.

Mathews-Ventress-Lawrason Family Papers, 1770-1934. (bulk 1797-1798; 1820-1838; 1860-1876; 1919-1933). 3 linear feet. Location: UU: 255-258, OS:Ma. The Mathews, Lawrason, and Ventress families were cotton and sugar planters of West Feliciana, Lafourche, and Pointe Coupee Parishes, Louisiana. 19th century papers reflect planting activities of Mathews family; 20th century materials reflect real estate management and investment activities of the Ventress and Lawrason families. Papers include personal and business correspondence, printed items, newspaper clippings, financial records, and legal documents. Correspondence from Judge George Mathews, justice of the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans. Letters included from New Orleans cotton factors A.D. Kelly; Richard Flower; and Renshaw, Cammack & Co. relating to financial difficulties in post-war era. Copy of 1869 ordinance regarding the storage of sugar and molasses in the port of New Orleans. Account records with William Flower and J.I. Adams & Co, both New Orleans cotton factors. Ventress-Lawrason records of Santa Maria Apartments in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4358. Complete finding aid.

McCall, Henry. Speech, 1899. 1 item; typescript. Location: Misc. Speech, 'History of Evan Hall Plantation,' delivered by the Honorable Henry McCall to the Louisiana Historical Society, New Orleans (1899) gives a brief history of the plantation in Ascension Parish and its original owner, Evan Jones. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 271.

McClure, John W. Papers, 1862-1866. 915 items. Location: 41:25, OS:M. Captain in the Union army in the Civil War in the Department of the Gulf. McClure was appointed assistant quartermaster in 1862. Documents relating to the Union occupation of New Orleans, including forms related to supplies and expenses, personal correspondence, and confiscation records. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3240.

McCutchon, A. D. Letters, 1889-1890. 22 items. Location: Misc. Inspector on the dredge clearing Bayou Lafourche near Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Copies of letters to Captain M. W. Fish, U.S. Corps of Engineers in New Orleans, reporting on work accomplished. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1049.

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

McGloin, Frank. Letter, 1884. 1 item. Location: Misc. President of the Society of the Holy Spirit, New Orleans. Letter thanking C. H. Rabad for translating the rules, and regulations of the Society of the Holy Spirit into French in order that the communication may be sent to the Vatican in Rome. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1178.

McGrath, John, 1835-1924. Family Papers, 1785-1924. 208 items; 15 ms. vols.; 9 printed vols. Location: S:27; O:21; OS:M; 99:M; Mf. Journalist who worked on the New Orleans Picayune and the Baton Rouge Gazette. McGrath was a Confederate veteran who later founded the Baton Rouge Daily Truth and Weekly Truth. Papers include correspondence (among it McGrath's Civil War letters to his wife); an anonymous Confederate soldier's diary; legal documents; and scrapbooks relating to the interests and activities of McGrath's three daughters. Collection also includes accounts for St. Joseph's Church in Baton Rouge. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3281.

McGrath, John, 1835-1924. Papers and scrapbook, 1861-1949. 56 items, 1 vol. Location: C:36, 99:M. Journalist who worked on the New Orleans Picayune and the Baton Rouge Gazette. McGrath was a Confederate veteran who later founded the Baton Rouge Daily Truth and Weekly Truth. Papers include a copy of McGrath's Civil War military record and correspondence relating to his journalistic career and association with the Historical Society of East and West Baton Rouge. Collection also includes a scrapbook containing articles by McGrath, many of them on the history of Baton Rouge. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1115.

McHenry, John. Papers, 1809-1905 (bulk 1834-1878). 41 items. Location: C:18. Judge of the 1st District Court of New Orleans. Business letters and legal papers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 256, 272.

McKelvey, Peter B. Papers, 1862-1870. .3 linear ft. (86 items; 4 vols.). Location: S:26. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 13-14. 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. Complete Finding Aid

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

Merrick, Edwin Thomas, 1808-1897. Papers, 1830-1917 (bulk 1866-1871). 0.3 linear feet (229 items; 1 printed vol). Location: C:45, 99:M. Lawyer of New Orleans who served as chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He married Caroline Thomas of Cottage Hall Plantation, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Letters (1830-1838) from Merrick to his mother, Ann Merrick, and his brother, William Winston Merrickrecord Merrick's activities as a prep student in Wilbraham, Mass., and his law studies and early legal career in Ohio. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1137, 1752. Complete finding aid.

Metoyer, Adeleda. Papers, 1845-1897. 52 items. Location: A:1. Free woman of color, Isle Brevelle, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Bills and receipts (1845-1860) are for medical care, taxes, freight, and merchandise. Included are statements of account (1873-1874), from Miltenberger & Pollock, New Orleans factors, to Mrs. Philomene Metoyer. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 836.

Meyer, Eveleen. Announcement, 1915. 1 item. Location: Misc. Announcement for a song recital in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2525.

Miangolarra, Juan. Papers, 1836-1916. 61 items and 1 printed vol. Location: C:54. Native of Spain and a resident of Havana, Cuba, and New Orleans. Papers contain information concerning Miangolarra's activities as commander of the Spanish Cazadores of New Orleans and the Louisiana Defendera, battalions of the Louisiana militia volunteers in the Confederacy. In Spanish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1184, 1216.

Miller, Warren. Scrapbooks and memorabilia, 1909-1947. .5 linear ft. Location: M:24. New Orleans attorney and civic leader. Two scrapbook volumes, photographs, Sugar Bowl programs, and phonographic recordings of college songs document Miller's civic activities and his involvement with the founding of the Sugar Bowl college football game. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3612.

Mississippi and Louisiana Postcard Collection, 1906-1939. 93 items. Location: 11:4. Picture postcards of various sights, landmarks, buildings, architectural structures, and scenic views of Mississippi and Louisiana, particularly Bay St. Louis, Miss., New Orleans, La. and Baton Rouge, La. For further information see online record. Mss. 4483.

Mississippi River Map Collection, ca. 1858-1878. 19 items, 1 manuscript volume, 4 CD ROMS, 1 mf reel. Location: OS:M, M:29, Mss.Mf:M. Loose manuscript maps of the Missisisppi River from Baton Rouge to Jefferson Parish and land along the river, showing land parcels, landings, land ownership, and changes in the course of the river, and a bound volume of cut and pasted in maps of the Mississippi River from above Vicksburg to New Orleans, showing land parcels, land ownership, and landings. Included in the volume are pieces of Marie Adrien Persac's NORMANS CHART OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM NATCHEZ TO NEW ORLEANS IN 1858 and notes about the presence of sandbars in the river. For further information, see the online catalog. Complete finding aid

Mistick Krewe of Comus (Organization). Invitation, 1956. 2 items. Location: OS:M. Mardi Gras social organization. Invitation and admission card to Krewe of Comus' Grand Centennial Ball, February 14, 1956, addressed to Mrs. Berenice McKnight Irving. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4518.

Monget, Joseph William, 1866-1935. Diaries, 1898-1919. 170 items, 9 ms. vols. Location: W:16. Civil engineer and surveyor of Baton Rouge. Diaries record professional activities and travel. Collection includes photographs of the Mississippi River flood of 1912 and efforts at flood control near New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2929.

Monget, Joseph William, Papers, 1898-1944. .5 linear feet, 13 ms. vols. Location: W:16, J:29. Civil engineer and surveyor of Baton Rouge. Diaries record professional activities and travel. Collection includes photographs of the Mississippi River flood of 1912 and efforts at flood control near New Orleans. For further information, see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2929. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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.

Montegin, Sidney. Letter, 1881. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letter from Montegin to a friend. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

Montegut, G. Letter, 1886 March 5. 1 item. Location: Misc. Superintendent of the United States Mint, New Orleans. Letter to Louisiana State Treasurer E. A. Burke concerning the transfer of state funds. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3005.

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

Moore, Eddie. Musical composition, 1893. 1 item [microfilm copy and enlargement print]. Location: Misc., Mf. New Orleans mulatto studying music at a conservatory in Stuttgart, Germany. Musical composition, Mazurka d'encore, by Moore. The composition is part of an autograph album of Rosa Frantz Harper. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1288.

Moreland, William F. Diaries and account book, 1834-1867. 3 vols. [on microfilm]. Location: Mf., P:20. Resident of LaGrange, Georgia. Plantation diary and account book (1834-1849, 1861-1867); and typescripts of two small diaries of a trip from Macon County, Alabama, by way of New Orleans to Texas (1850). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 939.

Morgan Family Papers, 1772-1941 (bulk 1827-1911). 220 items, 7 vols. Location: Y:83, H:22. Planters and jurists of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Thomas Gibbes Morgan was a lawyer and judge. James Morris Morgan was a lawyer, planter, and journalist involved in politics. Relatives include the Frellsen, Hicky, Erksine, and Bunyan families. Correspondence, genealogical notes, family histories, and other papers document the Morgan, Frellsen, and related families. An autobiography by Margaret Benson Erksine (1840) describes her captivity with Shawnee Indians in Kentucky. Included is a grounds survey of the Baton Rouge State Capitol (1847) and a contract for the construction of a levee on Fairview Plantation, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2090.

Morrison, deLesseps Story, 1912-1964. Papers, 1961-1964. 20 items. Location: Misc. New Orleans mayor and U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States. Correspondence with state and national political figures pertaining to the 1964 gubernatorial contest and other political issues. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2899.

Moyer, H. P. Letter, 1874. 1 item. Location: Misc.Resident of Lebanon, Louisiana. Letter from Moyer to W. C. Cole of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

Mugnier, George François, 1857-1938. Photographs and exhibit catalog, 1880-1961 (bulk 1880- 1910). 39 items, 1 vol. Location: U:104. Swiss-born photographer who moved to New Orleans in the 1860s. He worked as a watchmaker, engraver, commercial artist, and photographer. In the 1880s, he owned a photographic studio which produced stereographic cards and views of local subjects. Photographs in the collection primarily depict New Orleans buildings and monuments. A printed catalog (1961) of an exhibit of works by Mugnier at the Cabildo in New Orleans is included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1728, 1781, 1968.

Mugnier, George François, 1857-1938. Stereographs and photographs, 1880-1910. 36 items. Location: U:105. Swiss-born photographer who moved to New Orleans in the 1860s. He worked as a watchmaker, engraver, commercial artist, and photographer. In the 1880s, he owned a photographic studio which produced stereographic cards and views of local subjects. Stereographs and photographic prints depicting New Orleans monuments, buildings, hotels, the French Quarter, Lake Pontchartrain, steamers on the Mississippi River, Louisiana swamps, St. Louis Cemetery, and street scenes. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1785.

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

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

National Student League, New Orleans Chapter. Letter, 1935 March. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter condemns Huey Long's political machine and urges the organization of a National Student League chapter on the LSU campus. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2140.

New Orleans Academy of Science. Papers, 1852-1870 (bulk 1869-1870). 7 items. Location: Misc:N.Minutes of meetings tell of the appointment of committees, reports presented at the meetings, speeches, and other matters. Included is a stock certificate of the New Orleans Mechanics Society and a land transfer by Martha Adams to Mrs. William C. Adams. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

New Orleans bills of exchange collection, 1836-1872. 72 items. Mss. 1185. Collection of drafts, bank notes, and promissory notes of banks in New Orleans. Some items relate to French and English banks. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 323.

New Orleans directory compilation, 1945. 8 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: U:99. Compilation of data from maps, censuses, and city directories, beginning with the census of 1805, pertaining to New Orleans persons and streets. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1827.

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 Draining District. Account books, 1858-1910. 61 vols. Daybooks, journals, minute books, ledgers, record books, and indexes for assessment records. The volumes record collection of assessments, Board of Commissioners minutes, owners list, diagrams of lot squares, bonds, weather reports, and expenses. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 317.

New Orleans Free Kindergarten Association. Records, 1909-1914. 266 items, 3 vols. (1 ms. vol., 2 printed vols.). Location: T:28. Organization affiliated with the Federation of Non-Sectarian Charity and Philanthropy of New Orleans. Member organizations included the Sophie C. Hart Free Kindergarten, the Michel Heymann Free Kindergarten, and the Jurgens Free Kindergarten. Collection contains correspondence, bylaws, minutes, treasurer's reports, and a roll book which pertain to the membership, financing, and work of the New Orleans Free Kindergarten Association. Included are printed reports of out- of-state free kindergartens and 2 pamphlets. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 760.

New Orleans funeral notices, 1845-1866. 49 items. Location: Impr. Printed and handwritten funeral notices from New Orleans families and a few announcements for memorial services. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 774.

New Orleans Grand Opera Company. Check book, 1919-1920. 1 vol. Location: J:12. Check book of the New Orleans Grand Opera Company on the Canal Bank and Trust Company showing deposits and disbursements. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 922.

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

New Orleans League of Nursing Education. Records, 1936-1952. Ca. 800 items. Location: 124:.Organization affiliated with the National League of Nursing Education and the Louisiana League of Nursing Education. Records consist of correspondence, reports, by-laws, and minutes of the New Orleans League; programs and pamphlets from conventions; programs and printed material of the Louisiana State Nurses Association; and items related to continuing education. Included are materials pertaining to a report prepared for the National Nursing Council by Esther Lucile Brown entitled 'Nursing for the Future.' For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1608.

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

New Orleans municipal records, 1765-1877 (bulk 1790-1836). 3,136 items. Location: T:55-62. Collection of miscellaneous municipal records of the city of New Orleans pertaining to the government and administration of the city. Records include ordinances, resolutions, deliberations, petitions, correspondence, reports, payrolls, and contracts. Some items in French and in Spanish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 719, 721, 726, 734, 737, 742, 759, 792, 795, 805, 824, 852, 902.

New Orleans municipal records, fire protection, 1807-1898. 19 items, 1 pamphlet. Location: T:62, 41:25. Documents, letters, photographs, and related items pertaining to the history of New Orleans fire protection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1190.

New Orleans Municipality warrant, 1837, 1936. 2 items. Location: Impr. Warrant issued by Municipality Number 1, New Orleans, in 1837, and a newspaper article about the warrant published in 1936. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 320.

New Orleans opera-theatre scrapbook, 1899-1937 (bulk 1913-1914). 8 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc., M:20. Scrapbook contains programs for operas, plays, and benefit performances given at the French Opera House and at New Orleans theatres. Loose items include programs for plays given at the Tulane Theatre and for Sarah Bernhardt's engagement at the Dauphine. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 794.

New Orleans Opera Company. Tickets, 1919-1920 season. 5 items. Location: Impr. Subscription tickets featuring Louis P. Verande, impresario. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1189.

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 Orleans Produce Exchange. Letter, 1888. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from the secretary of the New Orleans Produce Exchange notifying Jule J. Jacob of Convent, Louisiana, of his election to membership. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 324.

New Orleans Railway and Light Company. Permit, [1922]. 1 item. Location: Misc. Dog permit issued to M. F. Quesnos by N. H. Brown, General Superintendent. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1189.

New Orleans Republican prospectus, 1867 March. 1 item. Location: Impr. Printed prospectus proposing to establish a Reconstruction newspaper devoted to the political, commercial, and industrial interests of Louisiana. An endorsement by Generals Benjamin F. Butler and Nathaniel P. Banks is included. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1993.

New Orleans scrapbook, 1813-1845, 1865. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:18. Clippings of articles and public notices documenting official New Orleans business; a land sale by the Ursuline nuns; the Board of Health; New Orleans Jockey Club races; public auctions; cockfighting; and the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 920.

New Orleans scrapbook, 1889-1897. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:19. Newspaper clippings. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1942.

New Orleans Shipyard photographs, 1941 May 30-June 19. 76 items. Location: W:11. Shipyard owned by Louisiana Shipyards, Inc., located in New Orleans. Photographs show weekly progress of construction of shipyard facilities. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2989.

New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago R.R. Co. Letters, 1874-1875. 14 items. Location: Misc. Letters written to L. H. Sellars, superintendent, from various general managers, concerning the labor force, specifications and materials for cars, accidents, and purchase of coal. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3364.

Nicholls, Thomas C. (Thomas Clark), ca. 1790-1847. Reminiscences and Papers, 1837-1878 (bulk 1840-1842). 1 vol., 5 items. Location: B:50. Lawyer and judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Orleans. His son, Francis T. Nicholls, was governor of Louisiana. Papers include reminiscences, poems, newspaper clippings, obituaries, family history and biographical information, and descriptions of New Orleans and the Creole culture of Attakapas, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2160.

Owen, William Miller. William Miller Owen and Allison Owen papers, 1867-1914. 207 items. Location: U:122, OS:O. William Miller Owen was a captain in the Washington Artillery during the Civil War; his son Allison, a New Orleans architect, was a member of the Washington Artillery in World War I. Materials relate to the history of the unit, its celebrations, programs, and members. The bulk of the collection consists of letters (1913-1914) acknowledging invitations to the 75th anniversary of the Washington Artillery. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1948, 1955.

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

Papers, 1791-1819 (bulk 1792-1796). Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1792-1797. Letters address the debts of Nicolas Forstall and Guillermo Armand and securing a passport for Ygnacio Maria Spiller. Official issues include the boundary between Avoyelles and Rapides districts and completion of an inventory of military records. Included is a copy of sixteen rules of commerce by Carondelet and Andres Lopez Armesto governing the trade of the Spanish colonies (1793). In French and Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 59.

Parlange, Charles. Speech, 1893. 1 vol. [microfilm]. Location: Mf. Printed copy of an address delivered by Judge Charles Parlange on the occasion of the centennial celebration of the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1260.

Parsons Library. Inventory, ca. 1970, n.d. 3 vols. [photocopy]. Location: M:22. Bibliotheca Parsoniana, a private library and manuscript collection assembled by Edward Alexander Parsons in New Orleans. Complete inventory of its contents prepared for potential bidders when the library was offered for sale. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2836.

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

Pasteur, Amelia. Papers, 1896-1933, n.d. 12 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Papers include personal letters from friends; a letter from Mrs. Charles Fisk Beach of England regarding Pasteur's Society's Ready Reference; and a letter and Christmas card from Dorothy Dix. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 117.

Patin, J. H. Letterbook, 1880-1884. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:18. Resident of New Iberia, Louisiana. Business and personal letters from New Iberia, Houston, and New Orleans to friends and relatives. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 799.

Pecquet du Bellet de Verton-Kariouk Family Papers, 1856-1991.1 linear ft. Location: 49:14, Range 99. French aristocratic family that emigrated from France to Haiti during the early years of the nineteenth century, and later moved to New Orleans. Pierre Paul and Pierre Francois Pecquet married two sisters, and lived in France and Louisiana. Writings are comprised of family histories, correspondence, and regalia of the Pecquet du Bellet de Verton and Kariouk family; and memoirs that detail historical and political events which surrounded the family from 1793-1989." "Some material deals with Pierre Paul's attempt to get French government support for the Confederacy in the Civil War. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 4702. Complete Finding Aid

Peoples Homestead Association. Account books, 1888-1934. 13 vols. Location: H:10. New Orleans homestead association. Account books, including cash books (1888-1897), a letter book (1896-1899), and record books (1898-1930). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 459.

Pestel Papers, 1863-1877. 6 items. Location: Misc. Minister of the Netherlands to the United States. Official letters from Mr. Pestel to Amadee Couturie, consul of the Netherlands in New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 343.

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

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, civic affairs, and national news. Some early 1840 entries are in German. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1355.

Peterson, Clara Gottschalk. Published music, 1909. 1 printed vol. Location: OS:P. Revised edition of Creole Songs From New Orleans in the Negro-Dialect Set to Music by Clara Gottschalk Peterson. Published by the L. Grunewald Co., Ltd., New Orleans, 1909. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2143.

Petit and David. Receipts, 1851-1864. 10 items. Location: Misc. Receipts for taxes received from Gremier Petit and M. David by the City of New Orleans; from Gremier Petit by the Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana; from Arthur Gremier, Second Draining District, New Orleans; and from H. H. Hedden for repairs. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1361.

Peytavin, John Ludger, b. 1859. Papers, 1806-1937. 342 items, 43 vols. Location: C:27-29, O:17, OS:P, 99:P. Attorney, author, composer, and planter of Ancient Domain Plantation in St. James Parish, Louisiana, and of New Orleans. Business and professional papers concern the operation of Peytavin's plantation and law practice. Personal papers include correspondence, manuscript copies of poems, songs, speeches, and historical sketches. Collection also includes programs for New Orleans theater, opera, and concert performances. Most of the legal papers before 1843 are in French, as is some of the post-1885 correspondence. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 465, 1067, 1071, 1072.

Pierce, Charles H. Letter, 1867. 1 item. Northerner sympathetic to the Confederacy, probably living in New Orleans prior to and after the Civil War. Letter from Pierce telling of his and his brothers' service in the Confederate army. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1437.

Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892. Papers, 1862-1866. 13 items. Lawyer, U.S. Attorney General, and foreign minister. Papers relate to the case of Samuel Smith, a New Orleans banker, in the Civil War. During the federal occupation of New Orleans, General Benjamin Butler confiscated gold from Smith's bank to pay Union soldiers. Pierrepont was appointed to examine claims of prisoners in federal custody during the war. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2568.

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

Pipes, David Washington, 1886-1968. Papers, 1905-1956. 321 items; 1 vol. Location: T:7, F:6. New Orleans attorney and sugar planter active in Louisiana Republican Party. Pipes was a Republican candidate for the House of Representatives and president of the American Sugar Cane League. Papers include correspondence, news clippings, speeches, maps, photographs, and printed items pertaining to the Louisiana Republican Party and sugarcane. Scrapbook includes material from Pipe's political campaign. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1509, 1607.

Pipkin, M. Louis (Mrs.). Diary, 1886-1888. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:21. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 18. 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. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2822.

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.

Poetry scrapbooks and blacksmith ledger, 1833-1883. .2 linear ft. (2 vols.). Location: C:26. Clippings from New Orleans newspapers, including presidential campaign songs, poetry, and Confederate lyrics. Vol. 1 was originally a blacksmith ledger and contains blacksmith entries. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2297.

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

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

Porteous, Laura L. Collection, 1936, 1949. 2,260 items, 7 ms. vols. Location: 78:61-65. Collection includes transcriptions and translations of Spanish judicial documents and cases in the Cabildo (1769-1803); and lists of Spanish officials (1769-1803) and notaries in New Orleans (1822-1922). Also includes extracts and translations of the Favrot papers, and extracts from baptismal records. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1200.

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

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

Presbyterian Chinese Mission. Items, 1932. 2 items. Location: Impr. Invitation and program for the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the New Orleans Presbyterian Chinese Mission. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1829.

Pride, Nancy Burkett. Papers, 1971 June-November. 13 items [photocopies]. Location: Misc. Correspondence with persons in New Orleans, including Beverly Brown, Bernie Shields, and Elizabeth Shields Fourton, concerning Pride's research for a thesis on child acting and child labor laws (1900-1914). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2666.

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Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908. Card, n.d. 1 item. Location: Misc. Author of Maryland, My Maryland gives a description of New Orleans on a signed card: 'I can say of New Orleans as Byron sang of Rome, that it is for me the City of the Soul.' For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2268.

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

Rea, Jesse K. Bell. Notebook, ca. 1890. 2 vols. Location: J:12. Pilot and master of many of the steamboats owned or commanded by his father, Captain George Washington Rea. Personal record of way landings on the Mississippi River, from New Orleans to Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 900.

RED MASS prayer book, 1958. 2 items, 1 pamphlet. Location: Impr. The 'Red Mass' celebrates the opening of the Judicial year and is sponsored annually by the St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association of New Orleans at St. Louis Cathedral. Booklet containing prayers to be recited at the 'Red Mass.' Two enclosures in the booklet consist of an invitation and short history of the Mass, and an instruction card from Charles J. Rivet, K.S.G., in charge of protocol. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1829.

Reed, William. Papers, 1860, 1870. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. Letter from a cotton broker in New Orleans to William Reed regarding sale of cotton (1860) and a receipt for money paid by Read J. Tate to Blancand and Guite, New Orleans (1870). In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Regan, Godfrey Z., 1908-. Legal Opinions, 1948-1973. 25 vols. Location: 8:12-14. Associate and Chief JudOrleans and member of a prominent Creole family. Reynes was Justice of the Peace for the 2nd District of New Orleans and was later appointed as director of the Louisiana State Bank. Correspondence, essays, and business papers include letters describing civilian life in occupied New Orleans during the Civil War and conditions in the Confederate army. A record book describes a business venture of Polyxene Reynes. Some items in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1038.

Anne Rice collection, 1979-1991. .5 linear ft. Location: W:69. New Orleans author. Articles, interviews, and reviews by and about Anne Rice and her works. Includes audio tapes of interviews of Rice on National Public Radio (n.d.) and on a Larry King radio broadcast (November 1988). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4446. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Richardson, Carrie. Margaret Dixon scrapbook, 1935-1972. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. A native of New Orleans, Margaret Dixon was a journalist, editor, and dean of the Louisiana Capitol Press Corps. Scrapbook, compiled by Mrs. Roger W. Richardson, containing newspaper clippings, photographs, and other items which document Dixon's career as a journalist and editor of the Baton Rouge paper, Morning Advocate. Included are obituaries of Dixon. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3003.

Richardson, Henry Brown, 1837-1909. Family Papers, 1834-1967. 224 items; 4 vols. Location: W:32, D:16, Map case. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 16-17. Chief engineer of the State Board of Engineers of Louisiana (1880-1904) and a member of the Mississippi River Commission (1904-1909); member of the Confederate Corps of Engineers in the Civil War. Collection documents Brown's early Midwest travel and imprisonment in the Civil War; life in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and, after 1877, his work in New Orleans as an engineer. Includes correspondence and a diary of his wife, Anna Farrar Richardson. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2987. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Ripley, Mrs. E. Letter, 1909. 1 item [typed copy]. Location: Misc. Resident of New York. Letter published in the New Orleans Times Democrat gives supplementary facts to an article on the musical history of New Orleans. It describes in detail a fancy dress ball given by Joseph Kennedy at the New Orleans Mint in the 1850s. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 369.

Robertson, Maria McKinne Winter, 1854-1932. Papers, 1894-1932. .2 linear ft. [photocopies]. Location: UU:166. Robertson was born on Fairview Plantation, Georgia, and lived in Augusta, Georgia, and New Orleans. Papers consist of anecdotal accounts of her own and other families, and focus primarily on her life in Georgia. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3479.

Robinson, Harai, d. 1887?. Papers, 1861-1889 (bulk 1864-1866). 53 items [bound transcriptions]. Location: H:13. Colonel in the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Volunteers, U.S. Army, under Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans. Robinson worked for the Central Pacific and Mexican International railroads after the war. Papers chiefly relate to Robinson's military career, including legal documents and letters concerning the investigation of his order to shoot two soldiers for refusal to obey orders (1864). Included are items related to Robinson's employment with the railroads. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 488.

Robinson, Michael D., Collection, 1907-1944. 13 items. Location: Misc:R One letter and twelve picture postcards comprise this collection. Letter from Willaim Weeks Hall praises the job the military is doing during the war (presumably World War II) and the country's gratitude toward the soldiers. Postcards are of Baton Rouge, LSU, and New Orleans buildings and include, among others, images of the State Capitol and grounds, Huey Long pool at LSU, North Boulevard, the French House, general campus scenes (old and new campus), Charity Hospital, and the interior of the Roosevelt Hotel. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4845.

Rolling, Hubert, 1823-1898. Scrapbook, 1843-1898. 15 items, including 1 vol. Location: E:Impr, H:16. New Orleans pianist, composer, and music teacher, and a native of Alsace, France. Scrapbook (with some loose items detached) documenting Rolling's professional career. It includes articles from New Orleans and French newspapers and periodicals, correspondence from Louis Moreau Gottschalk and others, and two photos of Rolling. Some correspondence and newspaper clippings in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 997.

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. [is this right?] Mss. 1397.

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

Roy, John. Diary, 1860-1862, 1871. 1 vol. [microfilm]. Location: Mf. Assistant superintendent of construction for the U.S. Custom House in New Orleans and Confederate captain in the Civil War. Diary giving a day-by-day account of Roy's activities (1860-1862). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1531.

Roy, V. L. (Victor Leander), 1871-1968. Volumes, 1894-1913 (bulk 1894-1904). 7 vols. Location: H:12. Native of Mansura, Louisiana, an early graduate of LSU, and a Louisiana educator for nearly forty-six years. Roy was Louisiana's first agriculture agent. He formed the Corn Club, a youth agriculture group which developed into the 4-H club. Collection consists of Roy's personal diary and notebooks. Entries in the diary are concerned primarily with his activities in New Orleans, and his attendance at Tulane Graduate School, Marksville Academy, and Southwestern Louisiana Institute. The diary also refers to family matters. Five notebooks contain notes for courses in physics and related subjects at Tulane University. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2225.

Rozier, Valie J. Scrapbook, 1870-1901. 1 vol. Location: J:12. Lawyer of New Orleans. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings kept by Valle Rozier pertaining chiefly to Reconstruction matters in Louisiana. Some of the articles are written by J. Ad. Rozier, member of the New Orleans Law Association and a Unionist during the secession agitation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. [check] Mss. 879.

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

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

Sanders, Jared Y. Letter, 1910 October 18. 1 item. Location: Misc. Louisiana governor. Letter to the mayor of Warren, Maine, written as honorary president of the New Orleans World's Panama Exposition Company, listing the advantages of New Orleans over San Francisco as site of the planned exposition and requesting the mayor's support. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2991.

Savoy, Joseph. Family Papers, 1856-1909. .3 linear ft. (93 items). Location: W:31. Sugar planter on Bayou Lafourche, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Papers include family correspondence, with two letters of Corrine Savoy discussing the election of 1900; business papers dealing with the sale of sugar and molasses in New Orleans; and insurance policies for Joseph Savoy's plantation and sugar house. One letter and one receipt in French. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 3, Reel 15. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3022. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Saxon, Lyle, 1891-1946. Miscellany, 1930, 1933-1934. 5 items. Location: Safe:22.Louisiana writer. Four personal letters (1933-1934) from Saxon to a friend, Mrs. Grace Arny of New Orleans. Also a sketch (1930) by E. H. Suydam of the Napoleon House and Maspero's Exchange Coffee House, New Orleans. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Saxon, Lyle. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1469.

Saxon, Lyle, 1891-1946. New Year's Greeting Card, 1943. 1 item. Location: Safe:22, Miscellany. Louisiana writer. New Year's greeting card from Saxon to Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Lieutaud of New Orleans. The handmade card consists of a photographic copy of the Ghost Map of Louisiana later published in Gumbo Ya-Ya, a snapshot of Saxon, and handwritten greetings. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Saxon, Lyle. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1407.

Schmidt, Charles E. Letterbook, 1882-1889. 1 ms. vol. indexed (502 pages). Location: F:6. New Orleans lawyer. Letterpress copy book pertaining to Schmidt's legal practice. In French and English. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2159.

Schwartz, Kurt S. Papers, 1934-1935, n.d. 2 items. Location: Misc. New Orleans resident. Collection consists of a book of LSU Athletic Association student tickets (1934-35 season), with an identification photo of Schwartz and an LSU Library card No. 2622 issued to Schwartz. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3740.

Screwmen's Benevolent Association. Records, 1851-1917 (bulk 1860-1879). 1,854 items, 2 ms. vols., 9 printed vols. Location: A:18, H:16. Organization located in New Orleans. Records of the Screwmen's Benevolent Association. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1785.

Semmes, Thomas J. (Thomas Jenkins), 1824-1899. Letterbooks, 1885-1887, 1892-1893. 2 vols. Location: H:21. New Orleans attorney and member of the firm of Thomas J. Semmes and Legendre. As a member of the Louisiana Convention (1861) he helped draft the Ordinance of Secession. Letter press copybooks of Thomas J. Semmes. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Semmes, Thomas J. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1228.

Sequin, James D., 1853-. Diary, 1870, n.d. 1 ms. vol. Location: F:23. Resident of New Orleans. Diary records daily activities and weather conditions, reports from the Franco-Prussian War, and social attitudes. The volume also contains poetry and miscellaneous writings. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3127.

Seymour, William H. Papers, 1796, 1818-1917. 156 items, 6 printed vols. Location: U:164, M:18. Judge and collector of historical material in New Orleans. Letters, documents, broadsides, newspaper clippings, and related items. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2200, 2201.

Shakespeare Club. Admit cards, [1867]. 1 item. Location: Impr. Admit card for a performance of the Shakespeare Club, probably of New Orleans, at the National Theatre. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1189.

Sheet music collection, 1826-1912, n.d. 53 items, 2 vols. Location: 65:34. Sheet music, popular and sacred, some illustrated, printed, composed, or sold in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2600-73.

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

Shute, Dora. Autograph book, 1804-1918 (bulk 1862-1865). 1 vol. Location: J:5. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 31. Volume of inscribed and inserted autographs of Confederate military and political leaders and others, apparently compiled mostly in New Orleans from 1862-1865. Volume also includes several Civil War letters collected by Shute and two addressed to her. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 791.

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

Sims, Robert Nicholls, Jr., 1870-1944. Address, 1903 September 18. 1 item (7 pages). Location: Misc. Louisiana educator and public official, and New Orleans banker. Address given at the ground-breaking services for Alumni Hall on the old campus of LSU. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Sims, Robert Nicholls, 1870-1944. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2347.

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

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

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

Smith, Annabell, 1862-. Diary, 1873-1874, n.d. 1 ms. vol., 1 printed vol. Location: W:17. Resident of 'Forest,' near Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Volume contains original poetry and recipes, as well as a diary (1873-1874) which records daily activities, family visits, a trip to New Orleans by steamboat, social life, and life in a girls' school. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2904.

Smith, Jeanne Sully. Diary, 1910-1911. 1 ms. vol. Location: F:21. New Orleans debutante. Entries comment on social engagements prior to and during the Carnival season. Included are souvenir cards and favors, invitations, and newspaper clippings from the society page. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2346.

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

Solari, A. M. and J., Ltd. Souvenir volume, 1894. 1 printed vol. Location: OS:S. Historical and pictorial souvenir volume of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1822.

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

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

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.

Soule, Pierre, 1801-1870. Papers, 1850-1901 (bulk 1850-1864). 22 items. Location: A:35, H:17. New Orleans attorney, U.S. senator, and U.S. foreign minister to Spain (1854-1855). Letters pertaining principally to the proposed acquisition of Cuba by the U.S. and to Soule's activities in American political affairs. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 401, 1044, 1085.

Southern Association Amateur Athletic Union. Programs, 1909, 1910. 2 printed vols. Location: Impr. Programs for athletic events sponsored by the Southern Association Amateur Athletic Union of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1178.

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

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

Southern scenes: engravings, 1853-1876, n.d. 32 items. Location: OS:S, map case:D:14, S:2. Prints of wood and steel engravings, many from Harper's Weekly, some from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Prints include buildings and scenes of New Orleans, Mississippi River scenes and steamboats, and three maps. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3406.

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

Steamboat photograph, 1895. 1 item. Location: E:. Photograph of a steamboat at Canal Street in New Orleans. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under picture collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3057.

Stockton, Job. Papers, 1869-1870, n.d. 8 items. Location: Misc. Federal soldier in New Orleans. Correspondence and related items of Stockton from relatives and friends. The papers also contain Stockton's application to the U.S. Marshal for a postal service job, using William T. Sherman as reference. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 889.

Stouse, Fritz C. Collection, 1898-1932, n.d. 180 items. Location: C:36. New Orleans broker. Collection of invitations and admittance cards sent to Stouse and members of the family by various Carnival organizations. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1136.

Stuart, Ruth McEnery. Letters, 1896-1908. .1 linear ft. Location: Misc:S. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 31. Louisiana writer, born near Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, where her family had a plantation. She lived in New Orleans as a writer until c.1885, when she moved to New York, where she continued to write short stories about plantation life. Several letters from Stuart to friends discuss such topics as her short stories, word etymologies, and Stuart's activities in New Orleans. A 1905 letter asks for part time work for Martha Waddill Austin, also a Louisiana author. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1561, 3139, 3396.

Sullivan, John L. and James J. Corbett. Grand glove contest ticket, 1892 September 7. 1 item. Location: Impr. Printed ticket to the John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett Grand Glove Contest for the heavyweight championship of the world to be held in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3705.

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

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

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

Theriot, Mrs. J. Account, 1874. 1 item. Location: Misc. Account of Mrs. Theriot with the Louisiana Retreat, New Orleans, for board and medical treatment for her son, A. Theriot, from 1867 to 1874. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 419.

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

Thomas, Robert M. Heirs Papers, 1864-1867. 3 items. Location: Misc. Documents signed by the children of Robert Matthew Thomas (Elizabeth Margaret Thomas, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana; and Mary Ellen Thomas, New Orleans) in connection with the settlement of the estate of Thomas Sellers of England. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1071.

Thompson, H. Bolivar. Collection, 1885-1887, 1896-1899. 9 items, 2 vols. Location: UU:110.Resident of New Orleans and assistant state engineer of Louisiana. Personal papers of Thompson; and bound volumes and stapled records of the Spanish army in Cuba, for the period before and at the outbreak of the Spanish- American War, pertaining to the military defenses at Havana. Records of the Spanish army are in Spanish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1367.

Thrasher, Arthur P. Correspondence, 1895-1898. 51 items. Location: U:15. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 31. Massachusetts resident, married to Ella V. Burdick of East Hampton, Massachusetts. His brother, Charles Frank Thrasher, and Frank's wife Alice lived on a houseboat on the Mississippi River. Letters from Frank and Alice Thrasher document Frank's work as a tinsmith and life on the houseboat Eureka, including people and places seen during their journey up the Mississippi River from New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2247. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Thurston, George N. Family Papers, 1843-1907. .16 linear ft. (64 items, 3 vols.). Location: C:45. Mississippi River steamboat captain for the New Orleans Ice Company, and a sugar planter at Baskerville Plantation, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Papers include personal and business letters related to Thurston's work, and diaries and account books kept by his wife, Mary Thurston, concerning the household and plantation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1124.

Titcomb, Charles C. Papers and picture collection, 1820-1919. 1.9 linear ft. (5 items, 72 photographs, 27 glass plate negatives). Location: Vault, E:73, OS:T. Photographs and glass plate negatives depicting 19th century Louisiana scenes, including the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain, Bayou Lafourche, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge. There are also images of St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Charleston. Manuscript items consist of a clipping about Peggy Wood, a poem, a list of glass plate negatives, and a letter by General Robert E. Lee. Glass plate negatives are restricted. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1795, 2532.

Tompkins, William F. Papers, 1931-1940. 77 items, 1 vol. Location: W:24. Brigadier general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Louisiana 2nd District (New Orleans) Engineer (1936-1940) in charge of flood control. Professional papers consist of lectures delivered by Tompkins, mainly on the subject of flood control in the Mississippi River Valley (1936-1940) and materials from courses of the Army War College (1931-1932). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2974.

Tower, Eli. Letter, 1866 April 8. 1 item. Location: Misc:T. Letter written by Tower to his cousin relating family matters and his own good employment prospects. He also comments on people moving to Brazil and Mexico because of poor conditions in the postwar South. Tower also mentions an outbreak of small pox in Mobile, Alabama, and throughout the South, cholera in another area of Alabama, and an expected outbreak of yellow fever in Mobile and New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

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

Tulane, Paul. Letter, 1885. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Princeton, New Jersey. Letter from Tulane to LSU President David F. Boyd in reply to a request for funds to purchase a scientific collection exhibited at the World's Exposition at New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 965.

Tulane University Law Dept. Program, May 22, 1899. 1 item. Location: Misc.:T. Program for commencement exercises held at the Tulane Theater for the University's law school includes a list of graduates. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4523.

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

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

Turner, M. Jane. Scrapbooks, ca. 1838-1894. 3 vols. Location: N:2. Resident of Algiers, Louisiana. Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, chiefly poems and short stories, from Southern newspapers including the Louisville Bulletin, Southern Advocate, Mobile Mercury, The Jeffersonian, Home Journal, and the Southern Field and Fireside. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 842.

United Confederate Veterans. Papers, 1889-1910. 14 items, 1 ms. vol., and 9 printed vols. Location: A:70, J:12. Organization established in New Orleans in 1889 to unite all associations of Confederate veterans, maintain ties between veterans, care for the disabled, collect data, and preserve records of service of its members. Scrapbook, letters, and printed materials pertaining to the Louisiana Division, United Confederate Veterans, and the Veteran Confederate States Cavalry Association. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 236.

United Confederate Veterans. Records, 1861-1944 (bulk 1898-1930). 99.5 linear ft. Location: 32:1-50, OS:U, Vault:26. Organization established in New Orleans in 1889 to unite all associations of Confederate veterans, maintain ties between veterans, care for the disabled, collect data, and preserve records of service of its members. Collection contains official documents of the association, including correspondence, membership records, administrative records, printed items, logbooks, ledgers, and letters from soldiers during the Civil War. For further information see online caanuscript card catalog. Mss. 1351.

United Confederate Veterans. Scrapbook, 1899-1915. 1 folder. Location: Nsp.Organization established in New Orleans in 1889 to unite all associations of Confederate veterans, maintain ties between veterans, care for the disabled, collect data, and preserve records of service of its members. Special and souvenir editions of newspapers pertaining to United Confederate Veterans organizations and Confederate veterans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

United Confederate Veterans. Scrapbooks, 1862-1863, 1892-1915. 11 vols. Location: J:17. Organization established in New Orleans in 1889 to unite all associations of Confederate veterans, maintain ties between veterans, care for the disabled, collect data, and preserve records of service of its members. Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, chiefly from Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia newspapers, relating to Confederate military and public leaders, battles, reminiscences of veterans, monuments, and related matters. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1114.

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Louisiana Division. Collection, 1922-1928. 8 items and 60 vols. Location: J:3, X:85-86. Mrs. Fred W. Bradt was historian of the Louisiana Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings. Printed material includes two programs of annual conventions; a constitution and by-laws of the New Orleans Chapter; and yearbooks for the Bunkie Chapter. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 428.

United States Mint at New Orleans. Register, 1901 May-September. 1 ms. vol. Location: P:5. Register containing the names of depositors of gold bullion and of purchasers of silver bullion. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1366.

United States. District Court (Canal Zone). Records, 1907-1945. 1 linear ft. Location: UU:64. The Canal Zone was a U.S. dependency extending 40 miles along each side of the Panama Canal (1904-1979). It was under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth District, New Orleans. Records include rulebooks, handbooks, court documents, legislative bills, and memoranda related to the Canal Zone. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4004.

United States. Grand Army of the Republic. Minute book, 1889-1911. 1 ms. vol. Location: J:6.Minute book of the Joseph A. Mower Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Louisiana and Mississippi, New Orleans. Filed under United States Army Collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 429.

United States. Marine Hospital (New Orleans, La.). Summary of results obtained in fever therapy at United States Marine Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1938. 2 items. Location: Misc:U. 'Summary of results obtained in fever therapy from June 1, 1934 to Sept. 10, 1938.' The second part of the report is titled 'Complications of fever therapy.' For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4658.

United States. Military Division of the Gulf. Broadside, 1866. 1 item. Broadside of the 'Official Directory' for the headquarters and various departments of the Division of the Gulf, New Orleans, giving the name, rank, residence, and office address of the military personnel. Filed under United States Army Collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 429.

United States. Surveyor General's Office. Salary receipt book, 1882-1884. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:23. Printed receipts for monthly payments of salaries of employees in the New Orleans office. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1141.

Vallas (Antal and Family) Papers, 1831-1995 (bulk:1841-1968). 2.25 linear feet. Location: 109:33-34; J: 26-27; OS:V; Vault:1. A native Hungarian who served as a professor at the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy and an Episcopalian minister in New Orleans. Contains correspondence, printed items, personal papers and photographs related to the professional and family life of Vllas and his descendents. Consists of materials in English, Hungarian, German, French, Spanish and Latin. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4439. Complete Finding Aid.

Variety Association. Stock certificate, 1870. 1 item. Location: Misc. Stock certificate of La Variete Association of New Orleans issued to J. A. Stevenson and signed by M. O. H. Norton, President, and John Crickard, Secretary. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1189.

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

Vignaud, Henry, 1830-1922. Papers, 1862-1909. 385 items. Location: C:66. Journalist, diplomat, and historian of New Orleans. Papers consist of letters from Louisiana friends; officials in the Department of State and the diplomatic service; Americans in public life; and literary figures, historians, journalists, and other writers. Collection includes 75 letters (1865-1892) of L. Placide Canonge, New Orleans writer and dramatist, pertaining to literature and the theater in New Orleans. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1281.

Vinet, John B. (John Baptiste), b. 1835. Papers, 1861-1900. .16 linear ft. (37 items, 3 ms. vols., 3 printed vols.). Location: A:69, OS:V. Confederate officer in the Orleans Artillery Battalion in the Civil War and later Chief of Ordnance, Louisiana State National Guard (1889-1896). Papers include Civil War dispatches, field orders, vouchers, passes, and correspondence. A notebook (1861) kept by a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, physician contains remedies for illnesses, some in French. Two case record books of Vinet deal with the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans and document relief administered by the Howard Association. Some notebook entries in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 850, 898.

Wadleigh, Bainbridge, 1831-1891. Letter, 1876 December 20. 1 item. Location: Misc. Republican senator from New Hampshire. Letter from New Orleans comments on the testimony being taken on the contested election of 1876, the political atmosphere in the city, and invitations extended by social clubs. For further information see manuscript card catalog. 

Waiters Benevolent Mutual Aid Association Of New Orleans. Minute book, 1881. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:19. Organization founded in 1881 for benevolent purposes. Minutes and constitution of the association. Names of the officers and founders of the organization are given. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 768.

Walsh, Henry Hicky. Papers, 1841-1892, 1941. 9 items. Location: OS:W. Prominent New Orleans lawyer and grandson of Philip Hicky of Hope Estate Plantation, Baton Rouge. Personal papers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1622.

Walworth, Douglas, b. 1833. Walworth and Gordon Family Papers, 1806-1881 (bulk 1850- 1881). 189 items; 10 ms. vols. Location: U:234. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 20-21. Planter and attorney of Natchez, Mississippi, who served as a Confederate captain in the 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Alexander Gordon was a Scottish immigrant to New Orleans. Correspondence includes letters from Walworth's parents while he was at Harvard University. His diaries describe his childhood, study and student life, and Confederate military experiences. Civil War papers concern Confederate military administration. Gordon family papers include documents on the estates of James Gordon and his wife, family correspondence, the American naturalization certificate of Alexander Gordon, and Alexander's diary. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2471, 2499.

War Assets Administration circular, ca. 1947. 1 item. Location: Impr. E:. Advertising leaflet, listing lots, giving time and place for sales. Published by the New Orleans Regional Office, Office of General Disposal. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3677.

Webb, Alice. Sheet music, 1904. 1 item. Location: 65:60. Sheet music published by Charles Grinnell, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1956.

Weeks, David. Family Papers, 1802-1957. 14,400 items, 112 ms. vols., 26 printed vols. Location: S:73-102, X:75-77. The Weeks and related Conrad, Moore, and Gibson families, planters of New Iberia, Louisiana, and other areas in south Louisiana. Papers document the papers, 1852 December 8. 1 item. Location: Safe:26. The Weeks and related Conrad, Moore, and Gibson families, planters of New Iberia, Louisiana, and other areas in south Louisiana. Receipt for funds collected in New Iberia to aid in the erection of the National Washington Monument. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 6, Reels 1-11 or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 6, Reels 1-20. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1655.

Wehrmann, Henry, 1870-1956. Sheet music, 1912-1954, n.d. .2 linear ft. Location: 65. Music composer, arranger, and publisher of New Orleans. Manuscript sheet music composed, arranged, or published by Wehrmann, primarily for violin, viola, and cello. Most of the music is by 17th and 18th century composers, newly arranged by Wehrmann. One published item, Songs of the South, composed and published by Wehrmann (1912), is included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4669.

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Manuscript, ca. 1878. 1 item. U.S. secretary of the navy during the Civil War. Manuscript discusses the Union capture of New Orleans; the roles of the navy and the army in the campaign; and aspects of recruitment and command of the Union army. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3001.

Wharton, Edward Clifton. Family Papers, 1819-1947 (bulk 1819-1901). 1,130 items, 11 vols. Location: UU:120-125, OS:W. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 22.Resident of New Orleans, journalist, newspaper editor, playwright, author, and drama critic. Wharton served as a colonel in the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederate army. Papers of four generations of the Wharton family include correspondence, manuscript writings, manuscript volumes, photographs, printed items, and broadsides. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1553, 1575, 1594, 1610, 1613, 1663, 1714, 1736.

Wharton, Thomas K. Diary, 1853-1859, 1862. 2 vols. Location: Mf. Secretary to the commission for the New Orleans Custom House and assistant to Major P. G. T. Beauregard as superintendent. Wharton was superintendent of construction in 1861 after Beauregard's resignation. Diary and sketch book describing Wharton's journey from New Orleans to Boston (1853) and continuing after his return to New Orleans until December 1854. Diary includes comments on his work on the Custom House. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 807.

Whitaker, J. S. Scrapbooks, 1849-1880. 2 vols. Location: J:7. Judge and resident of New Orleans. Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings pertaining to Whitaker's legal decisions, New Orleans local affairs, the Civil War, and literary and scientific subjects. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 445.

Whitaker, Lily C. Poem, ca. 1916. 1 item. Location: Misc. Copy of her poem 'Shakespeare,' presented before the Shakespearean Anniversary Association at the Tulane Theater, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1284.

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

Wilke, Francis Albert, 1897-. Papers, (bulk 1906-1920)-1976. 16 items. Location: W:31. Freshman student at LSU in 1916 who attended the University sporadically thereafter until 1920. Wilke worked on the Reveille and later worked for the New Orleans Picayune and various Arizona newspapers. Papers include items associated with student life in 1916-1920. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3071.

Wilkinson, Hugh M. Papers, 1953, 1954. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans and a descendant of General James Wilkinson. Address by Wilkinson at the unveiling of a historical marker at the site of Camp Sabine, by the Louisiana State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (1953). Also a set of papers pertaining to the dedication exercises of the Wilkinson family burying-ground in Calvert County, as a historic site, by the Maryland State Chapter of the DAR. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1574.

Williams, L. Kemper. Collection, 1867-1896, 1915-1966, n.d. Ca. 1,500 items, 115 printed vols. Location: 77:71- 84. Printed materials, principally from New Orleans and other areas in Louisiana pertaining to Louisiana folkways and customs, cultural attractions, economic growth, entertainment, religions, and tourism. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2203.

Williams, Lester J. (Lester James). Papers, 1853-1950 (bulk 1901-1950). 8.5 linear ft. (54 items, 2 ms. vols., 3 printed vols.). Location: 77:50-52. Physician and chief of staff at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge (1927-1946); president of the Louisiana State Medical Society (1923-1924). Papers include certificates awarded to Williams for appointments, achievements, commissions, and memberships; photographs; and a postcard album containing scenes of Baton Rouge and New Orleans (1901-1909). Collection also includes a scrapbook (1853-1868) containing printed poems and pictures, and manuscript poems. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2108.

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

Women's Social Industrial Association. Record books, 1881-1899. 2 linear ft. Location: H:13. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 32. Association in New Orleans organized for the mutual benefit of its members and to promote the industries of women. Collection contains minute books, a journal of expenses for the charity committee, and a printed constitution and bylaws. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2137. Complete finding aid

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

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

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

Works Projects Administration. Federal Theatre and Federal Music Projects Programs, 1938. 4 items. Location: Impr. Playhouse of the Federal Theatre, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1980.

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

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

Wright, Sophie B. Papers and scrapbooks, 1893-1927 (bulk 1892-1900). .15 linear ft. (70 items). Location: U:91. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 33. Educator and charity activist of New Orleans; principal of the Home Institute, a day and boarding school for young ladies, and organizer of the Free Night School for working men and boys. Items removed from scrapbooks include letters of appreciation, programs, invitations, and other materials documenting Wright's career as an educator and philanthropist. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1134.

Wurtele, Mildred Orkney. Scrapbook, 1910-1912. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:18. 'A Theatre-Goer's Record' of entertainment in Chicago and New Orleans. Scrapbook contains clipped programs for plays, operas, ballets, concerts, vaudeville, and motion pictures, lengthy comments by Wurtele, and photographs of the artists. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2306.

Wynne, Michael D. Collection, 1827-1976, n.d. 5 linear ft. Location: U:34-35, P:19, Vault:5. Resident of Lafayette, Louisiana, and collector of historical materials on south Louisiana history and culture. Collection includes papers of planters, Civil War soldiers, politicians, and professionals. It contains letters, sheet music, photographs, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks documenting New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and surrounding parishes. Also included are papers of the Mayer Brass Band of Opelousas, Louisiana (1892-1909). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3053.

No "X" Records

Young, Perry. Illustrations, 1931. 31 items. Location: E:79. Prints of illustrations prepared by Young for the 1931 edition of The Mistick Krewe: Chronicles of Comus and His Kin, depicting costumes and floats of Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans between 1867 and 1915. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2185-76, 2786.

Zacharie, F. C. Letterbooks, 1878-1887. 2 vols. Location: J:7. Attorney of the firm of Zacharie & Howard, New Orleans. Letterbooks of F. C. Zacharie. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 470.

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX
1650, 1801-1965. Lieutaud, Albert Louis Collection
1699, 1915, n.d. Burguieres, Jules M. Papers
1718-1908. Hornor, Joseph P. Collector
1718-1964 (bulk 1850-1890). Joseph P. Hornor collection
1719-1954. Pradel, Jean Charles de, 1692-1764. Family papers
1720-1865. Louisiana pictures
1743-1929 (bulk 1862-1869). Reynes, Joseph. Family papers
1751-1972. De La Vergne family. Papers
1764-1935 (bulk 1764-1837). Macarty, Jno. (John). Family papers
1765-1877 (bulk 1790-1836). New Orleans municipal records
1766-1942 (bulk 1780-1884). Hamilton, William Sutherland, 1789-1867?. Family papers
1772-1941 (bulk 1827-1911). Morgan family papers
1779-1907, n.d. Bienvenue family papers
1782-1972. Casey, Powell A. Collection
1785-1924. McGrath, John, 1835-1924. Family papers
1786-1901. Bringier, Louis Amadee, 1827-1897. Papers
1789-1914 (bulk 1820-1863). Peters, Samuel J. Family papers
1794-1901, n.d. Drouillard, Jean Baptiste. Family papers
1794-1932 (bulk 1850-1890). Markham, Thomas Railey, 1828-1894. Papers
1794-1960. Grant, Kate K. (Kate Kingston). Papers
1796, 1818-1917. Seymour, William H. Papers
1797-1955 (bulk 1820-1910). Turnbull-Bowman-Lyons family papers
1799-1938 (bulk 1801-1850). McDonogh, John. Papers
1800-1950 (bulk 1860-1937). Barel, Leona Queyrouze, 1861?-1938. Papers
1801-1952 (bulk 1823-1852). Chalmette, Azelie Delino, de. Azelie Delino and Ignacio Delino de Chalmette papers
1802-1872 (bulk 1802-1859). Close, John. Papers
1802-1957. Weeks, David. Family papers
1803-1918 (bulk 1850-1870). Hennen-Jennings family papers
1804-1894 (bulk 1850-1870). Verret, Theodule. Papers
1804-1918 (bulk 1862-1865). Shute, Dora. Autograph book
1806-1881 (bulk 1850- 1881). Walworth, Douglas, b. 1833. Walworth and Gordon family papers
1806-1886. Montgomery, Joseph. Papers
1806-1894 (bulk 1810-1840). Kendrick, Benjamin. Papers
1806-1917 (bulk 1840-1880). La Villebeuvre, Jean Ursin. Family papers
1806-1937. Peytavin, John Ludger, b. 1859. Papers
1807-1898. New Orleans municipal records, fire protection
1808-1888. Inman, B. R. (Benajah R.), b. 1820. Family papers
1808-1914 (bulk 1840-1914). Lincoln, Lemuel L. Family papers
1809-1862. Soubie, Armand. Papers
1809-1905 (bulk 1834-1878). McHenry, John. Papers
1810-1879. New Orleans miscellaneous documents
1811-1897 (bulk 1830-1870). Hinckley, Orramel, 1813-1868. Family papers
1812-1916 (bulk 1834-1868). Tabor, Hudson. Family papers
1813-1845, 1865. New Orleans scrapbook
1815-1925 (bulk 1854-1883). Mandeville, Henry D. (Henry David), 1781-1878. Family papers
1815-1955 (bulk 1918-1919). Lejeune, John Archer, 1867-1942. Papers
1816-1868. Billaud family. Papers
1816-1899 (bulk 1830-1880). Girod, Joseph. Papers
1816-1957 (1911-1915). Burguieres, Jules M., Jr. Papers
1817-1888. Louisiana State Bank. Records
[1818-1866]. Plough, Alonzo L. Papers
1818-1912 (bulk 1850-1880). Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Family papers
1819-1947 (bulk 1819-1901). Wharton, Edward Clifton. Family papers
1819-1957. Freemasons. St. James Lodge, No. 47 (Baton Rouge, La.). Records
1820-1919. Titcomb, Charles C. Papers and picture collection
1823-1863. Diary, 1840-1862. Peters, Samuel Jarvis
1826-1912, n.d. Sheet music collection, 1826-1912
1827-1889 (bulk 1864-1875). Flanders, Benjamin F., 1816-1896. Papers
1827-1976, n.d. Wynne, Michael D. Collection
1829-1972. Clark, Charles, 1849-1936. Family papers
1830-1915. Lanaux, George. George Lanaux and family papers
1831-1876, 1898. Davis, Joel R. Papers
1831, 1863, 1869. Martin, W. L. Collection
1831-1995 (bulk:1841-1968) Vallas (Antal and Family) Papers
[1832], 1866-1911. Louisiana bonds and notes collection
1832-1896 (bulk 1858-1894). Johnson, Charles Andrew, 1818-1896. Papers
1832-1919 (bulk 1860-1905). Jones, Joseph. Papers
1833-1883. Poetry scrapbooks and blacksmith ledger
1833-1954 (bulk 1868-1936), n.d. King, William W. Family papers
1834-1867. Moreland, William F. Diaries and account book
1834-1949. Fontenot, Ozeme, 1846-1928. Family papers
1834-1967. Richardson, Henry Brown, 1837-1909. Family papers
1835-1866, 1886. Wood, William W. Account books
1835-1917 (bulk 1870-1898). Corbin, Robert A., d. 1906. Papers
1835-1917. Crane, Andrew E. Family papers
1836-1867. Smith, Ann E. Papers
1836-1872. New Orleans bills of exchange collection
1836-1877, 1902, n.d. Citizens' Bank of Louisiana. Papers
1836-1883. Bruns, J. Dickson (John Dickson)
1836-1916. Miangolarra, Juan. Papers
1837-1878 (bulk 1840-1842). Nicholls, Thomas C. (Thomas Clark), ca. 1790-1847. Reminiscences and papers
1837-1954 (bulk 1837-1933), n.d. King, William W. Family papers
1837, 1936. New Orleans Municipality warrant
1838-1876. Ambert, Joachim. Papers
1838-1894, ca. Turner, M. Jane. Scrapbooks
1838-1905 (bulk 1838-1894). Kenner, Duncan Farrar, 1813-1887. Papers
1838-1909, 1917-1920, n.d. Louque, Charles. Papers
1839-1867. Fluker, David J. Papers
1839-1908. Card, n.d. Randall, James Ryder
1840-1882 (bulk 1858-1879). Andry, M. T. (Michel Thomassin), 1811-ca. 1871. Family papers
1840-1905 (bulk 1879-1890). Louisiana State Lottery collection
1840-1953. Laycock, John T. Family papers
1841-1892, 1941. Walsh, Henry Hicky. Papers
1842-1941 (bulk 1842-1874). Bell, William R., ca. 1814-1874. Papers
1843-1898. Rolling, Hubert, 1823-1898. Scrapbook
1843-1907. Thurston, George N. Family papers
1843-1953 (bulk 1901-1955). Hyams, Henry M. (Henry Michael), 1806-1875. Family papers
1845-1866. New Orleans funeral notices
1845-1894 (bulk 1861-1865). Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Papers
1845-1897. Metoyer, Adeleda. Papers
1845, 1866-1876. Golsan Brothers. Papers
1846-1903. Poole, E. R. (Edward Richardson), b.1820. Business directory
1847-1874. Girard, M. D. Account books
1848-1863-1865, 1874-1900. Eager, William Blake, 1824-1890. Papers
1848-1888. Butler, Robert Ormond. Papers
1848-1891. Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892. Papers
1848-1908, n.d., ca. Fourchy, Alexandre François, 1787-1854. Family papers
1848-1938 (bulk 1903-1911). Ellis, Hazel and Nellie. Family papers
1849-1880. Whitaker, J. S. Scrapbooks
1849-1909 (bulk 1865-1895). Knapp, James S. Family papers
1850-1870, ca. LeBlond, Coralie. Music collection
1850-1893, n.d. Egan, J. S. Family papers
1850-1901 (bulk 1850-1864). Soule, Pierre, 1801-1870. Papers
1850-1951. Huguet, Adolphe H. (Adolphe Hiram), 1837-1928. Family papers
1850-1969 (bulk 1960-1969). Colomb, Bessie B. Collection
1851-1857, 1867. Martin, Eugene. Manuscripts
1851-1864. Petit and David. Receipts
1851-1917 (bulk 1860-1879). Screwmen's Benevolent Association. Records
1851-1947 (bulk 1872-1891). French Society of New Orleans. Papers
1851, 1864-1932, 1941, n.d. King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932. Papers
1852-1870 (bulk 1869-1870). New Orleans Academy of Science. Papers
1852-1870 (bulk 1864). Slauson, Daniel D. Papers
1852-1960 (bulk 1911-1941). Jahncke, Ernest Lee, Sr., 1877-1960. Papers
1853-1859, 1862. Wharton, Thomas K. Diary
1853-1876, n.d. Southern scenes: engravings
1853-1929 (bulk 1882-1894), n.d. Gayarre, Charles, 1805-1895. Letters and miscellanea
1853-1950 (bulk 1901-1950). Williams, Lester J. (Lester James). Papers
1853, 1954, n.d. Town, Clarissa E. Leavitt, b. ca. 1806. Diary
1854-1919 (bulk 1854-1863). Medical ledger and scrapbook
1855-1857, 1865-1867, n.d. Anonymous scrapbook
1855-1866 (bulk 1855-1863). Edwards, Marianne. Letters
1855-1866. Lyons, Mary E. Notebook
1855-1876. Duclos family. Records
1855-1913 (bulk 1855-1868). Douglas, Emily Caroline, b. 1840. Papers
1855-1917 (bulk 1866-1871). Merrick, Edwin Thomas, 1808-1897. Papers
1856-1866. Campbell, Zoe J., d. 1866. Diaries
1856-1876 (bulk 1862-1863). Burt, Joseph, Jr. Papers
1856-1878 (bulk 1856 February 13-October 19). Colonel Cutts (Ship). Logbook
1856-1909. Savoy, Joseph. Family papers
1856-1932 (bulk 1856-1860). Spyker, Leonidas P. Collection
1857-1901, n.d. Garland, Henry L., 1866-1970. Collection
1857-1929 (bulk 1880-1900). Hawkins, J. E. (Josiah Edwin). Papers
1858-1866. Gurley, John W. Papers
1858-1886. Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Correspondence
1858-1898. Porteous, Thomas Clark, 1841-1919. Papers
1858-1910. New Orleans Draining District. Account books
1859-1865. Guion, Lewis, 1838-1920. Record books
1859-1929 (bulk 1872-1899). Burke, E. A. (Edward A.). Papers
1860-1861, 1888-1890. Thibodeaux, Lucien. Account books
1860-1862, 1871. Roy, John. Diary
1860-1883. Graham, James, notary public. Papers
1860-1890, ca. Mather, Mary. Music collection
1860, 1880-1920, 1930. Lanaux's (T.) Sons. Account books
1860, 1870. Reed, William. Papers
1861-1862, 1959. Dufour, Charles L. Digest
1861-1866. Foster, Isaac G. (Issac Gaillard), d. 1864. Isaac G. and John S. Foster papers
1861-1867. Davidson, John M. Legal papers
1861-1889 (bulk 1864-1866). Robinson, Harai, d. 1887?. Papers
1861-1890 (bulk 1861-1865). Conrad, Archelus M. Papers
1861-1898 (bulk 1861-1874). Boothby, Charles W. Papers
1861-1900. Vinet, John B. (John Baptiste), b. 1835. Papers
1861-1936, n.d. Anonymous scrapbook
1861-1944 (bulk 1898-1930). United Confederate Veterans. Records
1861-1949. McGrath, John, 1835-1924. Papers and scrapbook
1861, 1869-1884. Kellogg, William Pitt, 1830-1918. Papers
1862-1863, 1892-1915. United Confederate Veterans. Scrapbooks
1862-1866. McClure, John W. Papers
1862-1866. Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892. Papers
1862-1870. McKelvey, Peter B. Papers
1862-1877. Anonymous manuscript volume
1862-1906. Hartzell, Joseph C. (Joseph Crane), 1842-1928. Letters
1862-1909. Vignaud, Henry, 1830-1922. Papers
1862-1968. Carrigan, Jo Ann, 1933. Civil War collection
1862, 1865-1868. Bishop Polk Benevolent Society. Record book
1862, 1900-1910. Gilmore, John Young, 1837-1900. Family papers
1863-1864, 1957-1958. HUNLEY documents
1863-1868 (bulk 1864-1866). Grima, Alfred. Papers
1863-1868, n.d. Bower, Garner and Harrison. Papers
1863-1877. Pestel papers
1864-1867. Thomas, Robert M. Heirs papers
1864-1868. Risley, Alice Cary, b. 1847. Diary
1864-1891. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891. Letters
1864, 1883-1933, n.d. King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932. Selected papers
1864, 1899-1916. Ferguson, Percy. Papers
1865-1866, 1873-1877. Locquet Institute. Class exercise books
1865-1976. Palmer-Lincoln family papers
1866. Kimmel, C. Letter
1866. United States. Military Division of the Gulf. Broadside
1866 April 8. Tower, Eli. Letter
1866-1867. Hunt, Minnie C. Diary
1866-1867. Lobdell, James L. Record book
1866-1870. Anonymous account book (e),
1866-1873. Bobet Brothers. Records
1866-1884. Boney, ichard K. (Richard Kinsey), 1855-1937. Papers and diaries
1866-1971. Carey, Cora, b. 1843. Family papers
1866, 1938. Lawrason, J. Bruns. Papers
[1867]. Shakespeare Club. Admit cards
1867. Hoebel, H. Receipt
1867. Kellogg, William P. Letter
1867. Louisiana House of Representatives, Special Committee. Minute book
1867. Pierce, Charles H. Letter
1867 February 6. Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885. Letter
1867 March. New Orleans Republican prospectus
1867-1896, 1915-1966, n.d. Williams, L. Kemper. Collection
1867-1914. Owen, William Miller. William Miller Owen and Allison Owen papers
1867-1933 (bulk 1867-1902). Hornor, Joseph P. Papers
1868 March 24. Conrad, Charles Magill, 1804-1878. Letter
1868-1869. Grosjean, Henry. Notebook
1868-1885, ca. Huber, Leonard V. Collection
1868-1885. Louisiana State Lottery Company. Record books
1868-1918. Grant, William, Attorney. Papers
1869. Gueble and Nippert. Circular
1869. Lisle, N. Receipt
1869 September 1-October 24. Holland, Miss. Diary
1869-1870, n.d. Stockton, Job. Papers
1869-1882. Brickell, D. Warren (Daniel Warren), 1824-1881. Papers
1870. Variety Association. Stock certificate
1870 February. Louisiana People's and White Man's Reform Party. Broadside
1870 April 25. New Orleans JOURNAL prospectus
1870-1877. Mathews family letters
1870-1901. Rozier, Valie J. Scrapbook
1870-1918, ca. Gumbel, Simon. Family papers
1870-1948. Carroll, Daniel R. Family paprespondence
1874. E. S. Ballad
1874. Moyer, H. P. Letter
1874. Theriot, Mrs. J. Account
1874 September 14. Battle of Liberty Place badges
1874 December 15. Anonymous New Orleans letter
1874-1875. New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago R.R. Co. Letters
1874-1902. Haber, Jacob. Collection
1875. Anonymous Reconstruction letters
1875. Smith, S. F. Letter
1875-1878. Fitzpatrick, John. Letterpress copybook
1875-1879. Louisiana Telegraph Company scrapbook
1876 June 3. Lusher, Alice Lamberton. Diploma
1876 November 20. Chase, G. K. Letter
1876 December 20. Wadleigh, Bainbridge, 1831-1891. Letter
1876-1888. Randon, François. Ledger
1876-1889. Jastremski, Leon, 1843-1907. Papers
1876-1913 (bulk 1883-1909). 1876-1913 (bulk 1883-1909)
1876-1919, n.d. L'athénée louisianais. Papers
[1877]. Louisiana Avenue Mission. Valentine card1878-1880. Cattarinich family papers
1877. Carriere, A. and Sons. Papers
1877 April 24. Fitzgerald, Desmond. Letter
1878 ca. Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Manuscript
1878. Dudoussat, Numa. Letter
1878. Larkin, E. J. Diary
1878. Roudanez, Celie. Document
1878-1887. Zacharie, F. C. Letterbooks
1878, n.d. Cromwell, Bartlett Jefferson, 1840-1917. Letters
1879 ca. Louisiana Constitutional Convention petition
1879. Louisiana Lottery collection
1879-1898. Grand Isle Hotel. Account books
1879-1899. Poole, E. R. (Edward Richardson), b.1820. Scrapbook
1879-1972 (bulk 1920-1950), n.d. Cohn, Isidore, 1885-. Papers
[1880]. Kreeger's billhead
1880-1884. Patin, J. H. Letterbook
1880-1894. La Houssaye, Sidonie de. Papers
1880-1910. Mugnier, George François, 1857-1938. Stereographs and photographs
1880-1961 (bulk 1880- 1910). Mugnier, George François, 1857-1938. Photographs and exhibit catalog
1881. Montegin, Sidney. Letter
1881. Waiters Benevolent Mutual Aid Association Of New Orleans. Minute book
1881-1899. Women's Social Industrial Association. Record books
1881-1914. Ronaldson and Puckett Company, Ltd. Papers
1881-1931. Buhler, M. E. (Mary Edith). Papers
1882-1884. Charity Hospital (New Orleans, Louisiana). Record books
1882-1884. United States. Surveyor General's Office. Salary receipt book
1882-1889. Schmidt, Charles E. Letterbook
1882-1903, ca. Sophie B. Wright Free School. Notebooks
1883. Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925. Draft telegram
1883. Lamothe, Leon. Receipt
1883 January-June. Claussen, Francis F. Letters
1883 April 11. Illinois Central Railroad. Freight contract
1883 October 5. Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921. Letter
1884. McGloin, Frank. Letter
1884. St. Louis, New Orleans and Atlantic Canal and Transportation Company. Prospectus
1884 April 14. Cutler, R. King (Rufus King). Memorandum
1884-1885, 1891-1898. Musson, G. Scrapbook
1884-1936. Louisiana sugar and rice trade collection
1885. Cior, Charles, 1819-ca. 1894. La musique, selon les sciences observées. L'histoire, la phylosophie, la physiologie, etc., etc., entendre, comprendre, se souvenir
1885. Tulane, Paul. Letter
1885-1886. World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. Register
1885-1887, 1892-1893. Semmes, Thomas J. (Thomas Jenkins), 1824-1899. Letterbooks
1885-1887, 1896-1899. Thompson, H. Bolivar. Collection
1885-1906. Gasquet, Marshall J. Records
1885-1907. Boyer, Albert P., Mrs. Papers and account books
1885-1926. Tew, Susan D. Papers
1885-1940. Heroman, John B. Sr. Photograph Collection, ca.
1886. Bulger, M. Receipt
1886 March 5. Montegut, G. Letter
1886-1888. Pipkin, M. Louis (Mrs.). Diary
1886-1899, 1943, n.d. Brent, Nanine M. Papers
1887-1887. Haas, Samuel, 1836-1919. Letterpress copybook
1887-1888. Lehmann, Victor. Notebook
1887-1895. Chaffe record books
1888. New Orleans Produce Exchange. Letter
1888-1908. Municipal Improvement Company. Record books
1888-1913. Mandeville and Wilson. Papers
1888-1934. Peoples Homestead Association. Account books
[1899], n.d. AMERICA broadsides
[1889]. French-American Society of New Orleans admit card
1889. Caffery, Donelson Jr. Papers
1889. Fisher, Lucy Maria W. F. Memoirs
1889-1890. McCutchon, A. D. Letters
1889-1890. Part, Justin. Papers
1889-1897. New Orleans scrapbook
1889-1910. United Confederate Veterans. Papers
1889-1911. United States. Grand Army of the Republic. Minute book
1889-1926, n.d. Lawrence family. Papers
1890 ca. Rea, Jesse K. Bell. Notebook
1890. Gayarre, Charles, 1805-1895. Letter
1890 March 1. Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893. Letter
1890-1921. Louisiana Leper Home. Records
1890-1923. Grand Army of the Republic. Papers
1891. Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Published volume
1891. Boggs, William R., 1829-1911. Reminiscences
1891 January 26. Grindley, George. Letter: Washington, D.C. to LeGardeur, New Orleans, La.
1891-1893. Jones, Mary C. Notebooks
1891-1893. Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New Orleans. Register
1892 September 7. Sullivan, John L. and James J. Corbett. Grand glove contest ticket
1892-1896. Goddard and Hall. Account books
1892-1904 (bulk 1899). Chaffraix, D. A., Mrs. Papers
1892-1963. Chambon, Celestin M., 1879-. Papers
1893. Bonnot, Raoul. Bill
1893. Moore, Eddie. Musical composition
1893. Parlange, Charles. Speech
1893-1927 (bulk 1892-1900). Wright, Sophie B. Papers and scrapbooks
1893-1930. Harris, William H. Papers
1893-1935. Goodman, J. Harvey. Bibliographical compilation
1894. Solari, A. M. and J., Ltd. Souvenir volume
1894-1913 (bulk 1894-1904). Roy, V. L. (Victor Leander), 1871-1968. Volumes
1894-1932. Robertson, Maria McKinne Winter, 1854-1932. Papers
1894-1970. Gamble, Harry Pollard, 1876-1972. Papers
1894-1973. Albrizio, Conrad Alfred, 1894-1973. Papers
1895. Anthony and Chapman-Catt lecture admit card
1895. Steamboat photograph
1895-1898. Thrasher, Arthur P. Correspondence
1896-1908. Stuart, Ruth McEnery. Letters
1896-1933, n.d. Pasteur, Amelia. Papers
1896-1958. Louisiana. Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Scrapbooks
1897. L.S.U. WALTZ, sheet music
1897-1898. Bourgeois Motor Works. Records
1897-1899. Whittington, H. K. Invoice book
1897-1908. Louisiana Sugar Planters Association. Records
1897, 1904-1961. Monroe, Ethel V. Papers
1897, 1911-1955, n.d. Douglas, Judith Hyams, 1875-1955. Papers
1898-1919. Monget, Joseph William, 1866-1935. Diaries
1898-1922. Louisiana Engineering Society. Scrapbook
1898-1932, n.d. Stouse, Fritz C. Collection
1898. Blakely, A. R. Correspondence
1899. McCall, Henry. Speech
1899-1900. Grima, Edgar. Letterbook
1899-1915. United Confederate Veterans. Scrapbook
1899-1937 (bulk 1913-1914). New Orleans opera-theatre scrapbook
1900, 1903. Coston (L. A.) Papers
1901 May-September. United States Mint at New Orleans. Register
1903. CRESCENT RIFLES (THE)
1903 September 18. Sims, Robert Nicholls, Jr., 1870-1944. Address
1903-1990, ca. Southern Forest Products Association. Records
1903, 1906, 1909, 1914. United Confederate Veterans. Reunion scrapbooks
1904 ca. Deiler, J. Hanno. Items, 1840
1904. Webb, Alice. Sheet music
1904-1964, n.d. Hamiter, Joseph Busbey, 1899-. Papers
1905 April 1. Crawford, Lewis B. Certificate
1905-1956. Pipes, David Washington, 1886-1968. Papers
1906-1915. Atlantic Coast Seaman's Union. Account books
1906-1940, n.d. Boland, Rose Mary Shields. Scrapbook
1906-1976 (bulk 1906-1920). Wilke, Francis Albert, 1897-. Papers
1906-1918, 1931-1955, 1980, 1990, undated (bulk: 1931-1955). Bowers, Laura Boddie Jones, Papers
1907-1945. United States. District Court (Canal Zone). Records
1907-1948. Simon, A. L. Papers
1907, 1916, 1924-1943. Garland, Henry L., 1866-1970. Collection
1909. Peterson, Clara Gottschalk. Published music
1909. Ripley, Mrs. E. Letter
1909 August 17. Lamberton, W. W. Letter
1909-1913. Gessner, Jessy Benedict. Letterbook
1909-1914. New Orleans Free Kindergarten Association. Records
1909-1947. Miller, Warren. Scrapbooks and memorabilia
1909, 1910. Southern Association Amateur Athletic Union. Programs
1910. French Opera Association. Stock certificate
1910. World's Panama Exposition Company. Papers
1910 October 18. Sanders, Jared Y. Letter
1910-1911. Smith, Jeanne Sully. Diary
1910-1912. Wurtele, Mildred Orkney. Scrapbook
1912 ca., 1915 ca. Gray, Helen. Manuscripts
1912-1954, n.d. Wehrmann, Henry, 1870-1956. Sheet music
1913 February 4. Lastrapes, Arthur. Invitation
1914-1919. Kent, Doris. Scrapbook
1914-1923. Delta Duck Club of New Orleans. Daybook
1915. Meyer, Eveleen. Announcement
1916 ca. Whitaker, Lily C. Poem
1917-1918 ca. Janvier, Charles. Notebook
1917-1956 (bulk 1918-1919). Bright, Jane C. Scrapbook
1919-1920 season. New Orleans Opera Company. Tickets
1919-1920. New Orleans Grand Opera Company. Check book
1919-1936, n.d. Hanley, Ben. Collection
1921 March 1. Ginder, H. Letter
[1922]. New Orleans Railway and Light Company. Permit
1922. Hart, Junius. Piano house receipt book
1922-1928. United Daughters of the Confederacy, Louisiana Division. Collection
1923 November 16. Fuqua, Henry Luce, 1865-1926. Speech
1924-1978. Heldner, Knute, 1886-1952. Papers
1926-2006. de Caro, Francis A. and Rosan A. Jordan Collection
1928 October 12. Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935. Letter
1928-1939 (bulk 1936). Henriques, Albert David. Papers
1930 July 17. Bozeman, Harley B. Telegram
1930, n.d. New Orleans pharmaceutical items
1930, 1933-1934. Saxon, Lyle, 1891-1946. Miscellany
1931. Young, Perry. Illustrations
1931-1940. Tompkins, William F. Papers
1932. Presbyterian Chinese Mission. Items
1933 ca. Federal archives index
1933, 1938, 1963, 1970-2004 (bulk: 1987-2004). Breaux, John B. Papers
1934. Louisiana Historical Society. Program
1934-1935, n.d. Johnston, William Preston. Items
1934-1935, n.d. Schwartz, Kurt S. Papers
1934-1949, n.d. Lake Charles District Nurses' Association. Records
1935 March. National Student League, New Orleans Chapter. Letter
1935-1972. Richardson, Carrie. Margaret Dixon scrapbook
1936. Frost, Meigs O. Stories
1936-1940. Samuelson, Hyman, 1919-. Papers
1936-1952. New Orleans League of Nursing Education. Records
1936, 1949. Porteous, Laura L. Collection
1937-1941, n.d. Work Projects Administration. Ex-Slave Narrative Project
1938. United States. Marine Hospital (New Orleans, La.). Summary of results obtained in fever therapy at United States Marine Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
1938. Works Projects Administration. Federal Theatre and Federal Music Projects Programs
1939 June 26-July 26. Louisiana scandals scrapbook
1939-1941. Cotton Trade Warehouses, Inc. Account book
1941 May 30-June 19. New Orleans Shipyard photographs
1942 January 17. Conservation of Cultural Resources. Louisiana committee minutes
1943. Saxon, Lyle, 1891-1946. New Year's Greeting Card
1945. New Orleans directory compilation
1945-1946. Louisiana Historical Society. Index
1947 ca. War Assets Administration circular
1948-1958, n.d. Kane, Harnett T., 1910-. Papers
1948-1972, n.d. Gueymard, Earnest. Programs
1948-1973. Regan, Godfrey Z., 1908-. Legal Opinions
1950. Matas, Rudolph. Note
1952. Louisiana League For Nursing. Document
1952-1960. Southern Forest Products Association. Personal copies of Edward C. Gates, director
1953, 1954. Wilkinson, Hugh M. Papers
1955-1995. Louisiana Folklore Society. Records
1956. Mistick Krewe of Comus (Organization). Invitation
1958. RED MASS prayer book
1959. Carrollton Centennial Exhibit collection
1959. Eldredge, Inman F. Oral history interview
1959, 1960. Souchon, Edmond. Articles
1961-1964. Morrison, deLesseps Story, 1912-1964. Papers
1964. Boggs, Hale, 1914-1972. Correspondence
1964. French-American Society of New Orleans invitation
1966. Woodland Plantation inventory
1967. Cale, John G., 1922-. Abstract
1967. James, Patricia Rordam. Manuscript
1968, 1971. Magruder, Samuel Bertron, Jr. Collection
1970 ca., n.d. Parsons Library. Inventory
1971 June-November. Pride, Nancy Burkett. Papers
1974. Favret, Joseph, 1873-. Oral history interview
1974-1991. Davis (Don) Slide Collection
1975. Duggar, Jan W., interviewee. Radio interview
1978-1989. Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans, Louisiana). Records
1979-1991. Anne Rice collection
1986. Heininey, Anna. My happy trip to New Orleans, Louisiana 

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