INTRODUCTION

This guide describes manuscript collections documenting plantation society and economy in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections (LLMVC) at LSU. The plantation records and personal papers of planters, factors, merchants, and others whose livelihood came from plantations provide a wealth of documentation supporting research in plantation economy, slavery, and the social history of Southern landholding elites.

The collections described below touch upon all facets of plantation life. They include the papers of tutors, preachers, lawyers, and doctors who provided services to planters. They include the letters of Northerners who visited plantations in the antebellum period and wrote home about them, and those of Union soldiers who marched past plantations and sometimes plundered them. While the majority of collections are from the prewar years, there are substantial holdings on postbellum plantations as well. The sugar and cotton plantation records in LLMVC are among its most noteworthy and famed collections, and among the earliest collections that LSU acquired.

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

July 31, 1998 

A. Ledoux, Miltenberger and Hall Company. Account book, 1856-1857. 1 vol. (110 pages, 62 1.). Location: W:53. Plantation record book kept by Samuel Leigh and Lewis F. Pulliam, overseers of the sugar plantation owned by A. Ledoux and Company, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reel 9. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 964.

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

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

Acy, William, b. 1822. Papers, 1844-1909. 2 linear ft. (655 items; 18 ms. vols., 39 printed vols.). Location: E:1-2, F:1. Justice of the Peace in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and plantation owner in Carroll County, Mississippi. Personal, legal, and financial papers; personal letters were mainly with relatives and friends in Baltimore, Maryland. Papers also include photos, newspapers, and other printed items. Collection includes letters on legal matters from Francis T. Nicholls, governor of Louisiana and chief justice of the state Supreme Court. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 717, 722. Complete Finding Aid.

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

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

Allen, Henry Watkins, 1820-1866. Letter and related photograph, 1864 July 6. 2 items. Location: Misc:A. Lawyer of Mississippi who served in both the Mississippi and Louisiana legislatures. Allen served in the 4th Louisiana Regiment during the Civil War and was Confederate governor of Louisiana in 1864. Letter from Allen to William F. Lockwood, keeper of machinery of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorizes Lockwood to loan penitentiary looms to cotton planters in eastern Louisiana and includes instructions for loaning the looms. Included is a photograph of Lockwood. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2867.

Allendale plantation records. 11 ms. vols. Location: Range 50. Mss. 3824.

Allyn, William B. Letter, 1862 November 25. 1 item. Location: Misc:A. Federal officer serving in Louisiana during the Civil War. Written from Camp Stevens, near Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Allyn's letter describes the surrounding countryside, federal policy toward captured Confederate sugar, and social relations with local planters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2941.

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

Anderson McNutt estate, 1868-1895. 42 items. Location: 32. Planter of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and brother of Mississippi governor A. G. McNutt. Records of the disposition of McNutt's estate describe the founding of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and early Mississippi politicians; family history; and economic and political difficulties of Reconstruction. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4187.

Anderson, Harrod C. (Harrod Clopton). Papers, 1849-1888 (bulk 1885-1887). 7 items, 3 ms. vols. Location: Mf:A, F:1, Misc:A. Planter of Magnolia, Haywood County, Tennessee. Papers include a cashbook, photoprints, and diaries which discuss opinions on philosophical, religious, political, and Civil War issues. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 20. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 8, 490, 539.

Andrew Jackson account, ca. 1840, n.d. 1 item. Location: Misc. President of the United States, 1828-1836. Anonymous manuscript apparently submitted to a periodical for publication describes a visit to Jackson's Tennessee home, the Hermitage. The writer discusses the location and appearance of the plantation and Jackson's health, interests, and family. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Account. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3212.

Andry, M. T. (Michel Thomassin), 1811-ca. 1871. Family Papers, 1840-1882 (bulk 1858-1879). Location: UU:66.1 linear ft. (199 items). 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: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1318.Complete finding aid.

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

Anonymous Civil War letter, 1863 April 13. 1 item (4 pages). Location: Misc. Union soldier's letter from Baton Rouge to his sister Ann relating details of his present situation and his impression of the local population, of Baton Rouge, and of nearby plantations. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3309.

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

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

Anonymous letter, 1807. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from a Natchez, Mississippi, planter to a brother living in the East, outlining the favorable economic conditions for plantation owners in the Natchez area. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1658.

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

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

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

Ashland Plantation record book, 1852. 1 vol. Location: M:19. W. C. Wade was an overseer of Ashland Plantation, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Ashland Plantation was owned by the sugar planter and politician, Duncan Farrar Kenner (1813-1887). Record book containing daily entries which describe activities on Ashland Plantation. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reel 13. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 534.

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

Avart, Valentine Robert. Document, 1806. 1 item. Location: Misc. Sale (notarized copy) of a plantation by V. Robert Avart to Lancelot Pearson at public auction. The plantation near New Orleans was given to receivers by its former owner, Charles Latours. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 18.

Bacon, Edmund, 1776-1826. Letters, 1802-1820. 14 items. Location: B:16. Virginia native, lawyer, and cotton planter educated in Augusta, Georgia, and Litchfield, Connecticut. He settled in Savannah, then moved to Edgefield, South Carolina. Letters to Bacon's sister Agnes and her husband Colonel Joseph Pannill of Loftus Heights, Mississippi, pertaining to legal, business, and agricultural matters; family and local news; difficulties with Creek Indians in the area; and travel. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2178.

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

Bagatelle Plantation cotton record book, 1879. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:20. Plantation owned by Benjamin Tureaud. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 19.

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

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

Baker, Sarah. Oral history interview, 1974. 2 sound cassettes. Location: L:4700.2. Sarah Baker was born and raised on the Magee Plantation in Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, and was 113 years old when the interview was done. Interview discusses plantation life and the end of the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.2.

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

Balmer Plantation account, 1778-1782. 1 item (13 pages). Location: Misc. Indigo plantation located at Mirebalois, Haiti. Receipts and expenditures made by the manager of the plantation, and prepared by the firm of J. M. Leremboure, Lassale, and Company, representatives of Mr. Balmer on the island. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2270.

Bannon, Lois Elmer. Research papers, ca. 1983. .5 linear ft. (115 items). Location: U:154, Misc:B. Papers pertaining to the history, structure, and National Register nomination of Magnolia Mound Plantation and the history of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, both in Baton Rouge. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2810.

Barbier, Charles. Correspondence, 1806-1831. 11 items [photocopies]. Location: Misc:B. Planter in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Letters discuss family matters, planting conditions in Lafourche and Assumption parishes, and social and economic conditions in France. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2831.

Barrow, Abram Feltus, 1868-1928. Family Papers, 1804-1982. 6 linear ft. Location: 7:60-62, OS:B, Vault:70. The Barrow family moved to Nuevo Feliciana (now in Louisiana) in 1799 and built several plantation houses there. Papers document the business interests of the Barrow family and their involvement with various fraternal orders. Records of the People's Bank, St. Francisville, and the Creole Oil and Mineral Co. reflect the involvement of the Barrow and Leake families. Photographs depict family members and fraternal gatherings. Also included are records of St. John's Church, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3696, 3745.Complete finding aid.

Barrow, Bartholomew, 1836-1869. Family collection of sheet music, 1848-1891 (bulk 1861-1874). 4 items, 3 vols. Location: 65:. Planter of Eldorado Plantation, a sugar plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Collection of bound and loose vocal and piano sheet music collected by Barrow and his family. Some compositions in French, German, and Italian. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1379.

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

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

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

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

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

Bateman, Mannah W. Family Papers, 1840-1879. 439 items on 1 microfilm reel. Location: Mss.Mf:B. Louisiana planter of Avalon Plantation. Correspondence, receipts, legal papers, and other items related to Mannah W. Bateman and family, and to their management of Avalon. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3332.

Bateman, Mary. Diary, 1856. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:19, TC. Young girl living with relatives at Argyle Plantation, near Greenville, Mississippi. Diary gives personal observations of local plantation social life. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 661.

Bayou Attanobe land grant, 1828. 1 item. Location: Impr. Official printed pamphlet giving the report of The Committee on Public Lands...on the case of Ebenezer Cooley; a land dispute concerning a plot on the Mississippi River in Louisiana settled as an indigo plantation in 1767. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3365.

Beauregard, Rene Toutant. Recollections, n.d. 1 item [typewritten copy]. Location: U:14. Son of General P. G. T. Beauregard. Typescript of Magnolia, by Rene Beauregard, telling of family life at 'Magnolia,' the plantation home of his grandfather, Jules Villere, and some criticism of General Beauregard's military and civilian life. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 787.

Beech Grove Plantation house photograph.  1 item. Location: 32:81. Mss. 4048.

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

Belmont Plantation scrip, n.d. 8 items. Location: Misc. Plantation in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. Scrip money used in exchange for merchandise at the plantation store. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2584.

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

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

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

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

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

Bertrand, Charles, Jr. Papers, 1866-1928. 728 items, 38 ms. vols. and 1 printed vol. Location: UU:141, H:14. Planter of Cloutierville, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Business papers and records of Charles Bertrand, Jr., and family documents (1676-1884) of members of the family in Couches-les-Mines, France. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 840, 867, 978.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bonner, Samuel C. Family Papers, 1772-1886 (bulk 1808-1886). 172 items. Location: UU:111. Cotton planter of Pickens County, Alabohe son-in-law of William A. Powell of Mount Flat Plantation, Red River Parish. Plantation records, business papers, and personal correspondence of the William A. Powell family; and similar papers and store ledgers of Hubbard S. Bosley and members of the Bosley family. Included are materials relating to the Civil War. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 19. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 963.

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

Bosley, Hubbard S. Papers, 1825-1947 (bulk 1850-1880). 10 linear ft., 39 vols. Location: C:1-5, O:1, OS:B 98:B. Planter of Telegram Plantation, Red River Parish, Louisiana. Bosley was the son-in-law of William A. Powell, a planter of Mount Flat Plantation who moved from Alabama to Caddo Parish in 1843, then settled in Red River Parish. Collection includes plantation records, personal correspondence, and business papers of William A. Powell, Hubbard S. Bosely, and families. Included are bound volumes of the Bosley family. 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 12-13, or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 2, Reel 19. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 963. Complete Finding Aid

Boucry Family Papers, 1814-1884, 1910. .25 linear ft. (3 ms. vols., 1 microfilm reel [negative], 6 ms. items). Location: 3N:77-88, Mf. Planters in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Record books of the Boucry family containing plantation accounts and notes on family history. In French. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reel 8. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 790.

Boucry, Hélène. Family record books and Papers, 1830-1910 (bulk 1830-1884). 9 items, including 3 vols.; vols. 2-3 also available on microfilm. Location: 77:88, Mss Mf:B. Sugar planters of Bonne Esperance Plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana. Papers include record books of Hélène Boucry containing financial and genealogical information about the Boucry, Bonnecaze, Webre, and other related families. Partly in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 790, 800.Complete finding aid.

Boudreaux, Maximilien E. Family Papers, 1856-1927 (bulk 1866-1905). .4 linear ft. (78 items, 15 ms. vols., 1 printed vol.). Location: E:41. Sugar planter in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Boudreaux and his son Rene may have practiced tenant farming in the 1890s. Papers pertain largely to the cultivation and sale of sugar cane and the purchase of merchandise, and include correspondence, cashbooks, time books, a letterbook, and a memorandum book containing genealogical information. Some items in French. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 3, Reel 15. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1099. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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

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

Bradford, David, d.1816?. Family Papers, 1798-1882 (bulk 1833-1838). 50 items. Location: U:120. Planter of the Myrtles Plantation, Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Papers include Spanish land grants, surveys, plats, conveyances, appraisals, and mortgages for land owned by David Bradford and family, chiefly in West Feliciana and East Baton Rouge parishes. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 735.

Bradford, David, d.1816?. Letters, 1798-1805. 25 items [typescripts]. Location: H:16, U:120. Planter of the Myrtles Plantation, Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Photocopies of letters written to David Redick of Pennsylvania relate to the settlement of Bradford's debts, the disposition of his property in Pennsylvania, and economic and political matters in Spanish West Florida. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 855.

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876. Letter, 1856. 1 item. Location: Misc. Confederate general in command of the Army of Tennessee during the Civil War. Letter to Bragg's wife describes Bivouac, a 2000-acre plantation three miles from Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, which he had just purchased. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2025.

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

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

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

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 online catalog. Mss. 0236.

Brent, Joseph Lancaster, 1826-1905. Papers, 1869-1940 (bulk 1869-1904, 1926-1940). 12 vols., 55 items. Location:U:244-246, U:114. Maryland native who married Rosella Kenner, the daughter of prominent Louisiana planter and politician Duncan Kenner, in 1870. He administered her father's plantations in Louisiana until Kenner's death. Recipes, household hints, New Orleans trade cards, and newspaper clippings. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reel 15. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1477, 1822. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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

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

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

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

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

Brown, W. D. Account books, 1913-1921. 7 vols. Location: F:15. Owner or agent of Gossypia Plantation. Records for the plantation kept by Brown covering cotton ginning and crop records, pay roll, cash accounts, and merchandise. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 45.

Bruce, Seddon, and Wilkins plantation partnership records, 1741-1865 (bulk 1847-1854). 607 items, 6 ms. vols. Location: S:124-125, J:20. William Webb Wilkins, James Coles Bruce, and James Alexander Seddon, partners in the ownership of sugar and cotton plantations, a saw mill, and a cooper's shop in Saint James Parish and Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Papers include legal documents, bills and receipts, correspondence, and manuscript volumes related to plantation operations and slave matters. Included are photocopies of a Union Army-issued circular and broadsides regarding slave employment and the subsistence of federal troops. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reels 9-10. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2668.Complete finding aid.

Brusle, Charles A. Diary, 1861 July-September. 1 ms. vol. Location: Safe:2. Sugar planter of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana; and Confederate army officer; state senator and representative; tax collector; and sheriff. Brusle's diary contains an account of his trip to the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, to muster a regiment of Creeks into the military service of the Confederacy under orders from General Benjamin McCulloch. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1627.

Brusle, Charles A. Papers, 1854-1905. 32 items (includes 3 vols.). Location: U:20, F:11. Sugar planter of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana; and Confederate army officer; state senator and representative; tax collector; and sheriff. Papers include diaries, a record book, and a scrapbook, primarily concerning Brusle's activities in the Civil War and in politics. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 558, 1605, 1627.

Buhler, John Christian, 1789-1866. Family Papers, 1805-1952 (bulk 1824-1931). 437 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: C:49, Map case. Planter of Winters Plantation in Buhler's Plains near Baton Rouge. Collection includes family correspondence, chiefly of John Christian Buhler, John Robert Buhler, Mary Edith Buhler, Hester S. Simmons, and Jane (Jennie) Gillespie Buhler. Letters concern politics, notable persons, and social and economic conditions. Financial documents include a copy of an act of sale (1852) of a parcel of land by John Buhler and his wife to the town of Baton Rouge, now the site of Magnolia Cemetery. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1192, 1210, 1238, 1311.

Buhler, John Robert, 1829-1886. Papers, 1843-1914. 6 ms. vols. Location: H:17. John Robert Buhler was the son of John Christian Buhler, a planter of Buhler's Plains near Baton Rouge. After his marriage to Mary Reynolds, they lived at Independence Plantation, home of his grandparents, the Smiths, near Natchez, Mississippi. Papers include three volumes of a diary containing entries (1847-1849) reflecting family and social life on Independence Plantation and providing information on events in and around Natchez, Mississippi, and Baton Rouge. Includes another diary containing manuscript poems (1881-1914) by Mary Edith Buhler, an autograph book, and a notebook containing poems by Buhler. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1311.

Buhler, M. E. (Mary Edith). Papers, 1881-1931. 985 items, 7 ms. vols., 8 printed vols. Location: C:50-51; H:17. 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. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 1-4. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1192, 1210, 1333. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Burden, Dan. Papers, 1860-1898. 8 items. Location: Misc. Resident of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Business and legal papers, including a probate court record relating to claims against the succession of Oscar Barber (1879) and copy of the lease of Myrtle Grove Plantation by Mary A. Pike to Dan Burden (1898). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 255.

Burden, Steele. Oral history interview, 1978. Transcript (13 pages). Location: L:4700.4. Landscape architect, gardener, and founder of the Rural Life Museum at LSU. Interview discusses Burden's work with Edward Avery McIlhenny (1872-1949) and Avery Island, and Weeks Hall's garden plan. It also discusses the landscaping and construction of Shadows-on-the-Teche in New Iberia, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.4.

Burruss, John C. Family Papers, 1825-1882. 407 items. Location: C:56, Mf. Methodist minister of Virginia and planter of Woodville and Cliffwood Plantation, Pinckneyville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Correspondence and personal and business papers of Burruss, his children, and grandchildren. Included are papers of the family of Edward McGehee of Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Papers relate to the Methodist church, family life, the Civil War, and slavery. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1209.

Butler Family Papers, 1663-1950. 16.5 linear ft. Location: S:2-S:8, OS:B, Vault. Cotton and sugar planters in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Papers include letters, personal papers, financial and legal documents, photographs, and printed items. Papers discuss the Civil War; plantation life; Thomas Butler's judicial and political career; and antebellum life in the Gulf South states. Included is correspondence from prominent Louisiana residents and others. Letters from Anna Butler who lived in the White House (1849-1850). Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reels 13-27. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1026.Complete finding aid.

Butler, Anna Elizabeth. Correspondence, 1838-1861. 1.5 linear ft. Location: S:23. Anna and Sarah Jane Duncan Butler were the daughters of Louisiana Judge Thomas Butler and Ann Butler. They lived at The Cottage in West Feliciana Parish near St. Francisville. Letters from friends and family reflect the social life and customs of antebellum Louisiana. Letters written by Anna and Sarah from home and during travels chronicle their social and private lives, describe local activities, and allude to national events. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reel 1. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 581.Complete finding aid.

Butler, James. Letter, 1804. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter addressed to the Duke of Ormonde, British ancestor of the Butler Family of The Cottage, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1537.

Butler, Margaret, 1821-1890. Correspondence, 1847-1880. .5 linear ft. Location: S:24. Daughter of Louisiana judge Thomas Butler and Ann Ellis Butler. She lived at the Cottage in West Feliciana Parish near St. Francisville. The Butlers were sugar and cotton planters. Letters from family and friends reflect the life of the Butler family in the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods. Antebellum letters depict plantation life and religious life in the Episcopal church. Several family members served in the Confederate army and corresponded with Margaret, describing the life of army personnel. Later letters illustrate social and economic conditions after the war. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reel 2. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1068.

Butler, Richard, 1777-1820. Papers, 1795-1899. 1.25 linear ft. Location: S:2, OS:B, Vault. Richard Butler, army officer and sugar planter, was the son of American Revolutionary War figure Colonel William Butler and Jane Carmichael of New Orleans. Papers include correspondence, financial papers, and plantation records. A diary describes Butler's travels from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Natchez, Mississippi, to deliver army dispatches. Included are two letters from Andrew Jackson to Butler. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reels 2-3. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1000.Complete finding aid.

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

Butler, Thomas W., 1842-1913. Papers, 1842-1910. 3766 items. Location: U:21-25, J:10, Mf. Owner of Cedars Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and properties in Arkansas. Personal correspondence, daybooks, ledgers, plantation diaries, and other business papers, of Butler and of his father, Richard Ellis Butler, planter of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Butler, Thomas W., 1851-1913. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 888.Complete finding aid.

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

Butler, Thomas, 1785-1847. Family Papers, 1663, 1793-1950 (bulk 1820-1920), n.d. 8,333 items, 53 ms. vols., and 74 printed vols. Location: F:16, OS:B, Mf., 65:B. Judge of the Louisiana Third District Court. Butler owned plantations in West Feliciana and Terrebonne Parishes. Papers include letters from public officials, friends, and family and correspondence and business papers relative to the management of Butler's plantations and to accounts and civil cases handled by Butler for merchants in Mississippi and Louisiana. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Butler, Thomas. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 581, 893, 965, 1353.

Butler, Thomas, 1785-1847. Papers, 1804-1945. 5.5 linear ft. Location: S:13-S:15, OS:B. Judge of the Louisiana Third District Court. Butler owned plantations in West Feliciana and Terrebonne Parishes. Papers include correspondence and documents related to household and business finances, documenting the plantation economy in the antebellum and post-bellum periods. Civil War papers include Confederate military orders and other official correspondence. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reels 9-13. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2850.Complete finding aid.

Cade account books, 1828-1878. 2 vols. Location: F:11. Robert Cade, resident of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Entries include Poplar Grove Plantation and the W. B. Chamberlin plantation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 474.

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.

Caffery, Donelson. Family Papers, 1580, 1725, 1790, 1813-1958 (bulk 1861-1909). 537 items, 24 ms. vols., 15 printed vols. Location: C:74-75, O:23, OS:C. Planter of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, and U.S. senator from Louisiana. Correspondence of Caffery and correspondence, genealogical and historical writings, and related items of Senator Caffery's family, particularly of his son, John Murphy Caffery (1877-1958). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1865.

Caldwell and Hicky. Receipt, 1837. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans factor. Receipt for payment by Ramsey and Parker of brokerage fee on sale of cotton. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

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

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

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.

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

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

Central America. Cacao Plantation reports, 1736-1797. 1 vol. Location: F:11. Reports to the 'Royal Society' in Guatemala containing information concerning the cultivation and varieties of cacao; adverse climatic conditions; owners' lack of interest; economic improvements that could be made; and data on uncultivated lands. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 406.

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.

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

Champomier, P. A., 1846. 1 printed volume. Location: Impr. 'Statement of the Sugar Crop made in Louisiana in 1845-6.' (New Orleans: Magne & Weisse, 1846). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1774.

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

Charles L. Thompson and Associates. Blueprint, 199-. 1 item. Location: OS:C. Architect in Little Rock, Arkansas. Blueprint produced to commemorate the publication of the book Charles L. Thompson and Associates: Arkansas Architects 1885-1938, by Dr. F. Hampton Roy. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4590.

Chatsworth Plantation store records, 1865-1893. .7 linear ft. Location: 33:33. Plantation in Louisiana purchased by the Gardere family in 1866 and managed by Fergus Gardere until 1895. Gardere also operated a cotton gin in partnership with Joseph Staring in the 1880s. Papers relate to the operation of the store and plantation at Chatsworth, and to the Gardere and Staring families. They include store ledgers recording accounts and payrolls. There is also material from a plantation journal in French and English. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4589.Complete finding aid.

Chinn, Jane McCausland. Civil War reminiscence, 1863. 1 item [16 pages, typescript copy]. Location: Misc. Mistress of Fair Oaks Plantation, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and widow of Cabell Breckinridge Chinn. Reminiscences taken from her diary record encounters with Union soldiers and the burning of grain stores. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2647.

Clauss & Fischer. Journal, 1851-1852. 1 vol. Location: G:16. Merchants and commission brokers of Bayou Sara,inancial 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. 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 contracons Series I, Part 2, Reels 17-18. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1646. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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

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

Compton, Mary E. Family Papers, 1858-1955 (bulk 1858-1888). 26 items, 2 ms. vols., on one microfilm reel. Location: Mss.Mf:C, C:72. Wife of George W. Compton, a planter of Walnut Grove Plantation near Cheneyville, Louisiana. Letters of Capt. Henry E. Handerson, 9th Louisiana, relate to life at Camp Bienville and the Battle of Manassas. Compton's diary documents wartime operation of the plantation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1299.

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

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

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

Consolidated Association of the Planters of Louisiana. Bond, 1836. 6 items. Location: Misc:C. Bond no. 606 issued to the State of Louisiana for one thousand dollars by the Consolidated Association of the Planters of Louisiana of New Orleans. The bond is signed by Governor E. D. White. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3659.

Consolidated Association of the Planters of Louisiana. Papers, 1829, 1831. 3 items. Location: Vault:4. Letter requesting transfer of stock held by Theodore Bergeron of Lafourche; a letter requesting membership in the association; and a letter requesting transfer of James Bowie's stock in the association to the person who bought his sugar plantation. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 82.

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

Corbin, James P. Papers, 1865-1904 (bulk 1875-1890). 19 vols. Location: F:15. Virginia Military Institute cadet, Confederate soldier, and justice of the peace of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Business and personal papers include plantation diaries recording the operation of Moss Neck and Race Field plantations, Virginia. Papers include minutes from Fredericksburg city council meetings. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 85.

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

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

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

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

Cox, Robert Ray. Oral history tapes, 1977-1978. 10 tapes. Location: W:41. Tapes of interviews conducted by Cox while doing research on his thesis on Weeks Hall and his work on the gardens at the Shadows in New Iberia, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3282.

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.

Dalrymple, C. G. Letter, 1847 June 5. 1 item. Location: Misc:D. Resident of Monroe County, Mississippi, and the wife of a cotton plantation overseer. Letter to Dalrymple's brother and sister in North Carolina describing her life on a small cotton plantation, land settlement in the area, the activities of family members, local attitudes towards violence, and her psychological state. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2966.

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

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

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

Dawson and Pipkin. Receipts, 1847-1850. 21 items. Location: Misc. Cotton planters. Receipts from New Orleans merchants reflect cotton sales and purchases of plantation supplies. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2950.

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

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

De La Vergne family. Papers, 1751-1972. 1 ft. and 1 reel of microfilm. Location: 11:21, O:22, Mf. A 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.

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

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

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

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

Diary, 1835-1837. 1 vol. Location: M:19. Governess from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at Belfield Plantation near Natchez, Mississippi. Diary records reactions to plantation life, amusements, visits to neighbors, and expressions of discontent with the South. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 33. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 533.

Dougherty, John A., b. 1809. Papers, 1861-1890. 8 ms. vols. and 1 item (on 1 microfilm reel). Location: Mss.Mf:D. Native of New York, plantation owner, and prominent citizen of Baton Rouge. Dougherty served as a police juror and as president of the New Board of Control of the penitentiary. Six diaries of Dougherty and two receipt books, one of which belonged to A. T. Prescott. Diary entries report on family, neighbors, acquaintances, and associates; historical events and personages; social activities; and government, law, and health. Also included are entries reporting on the cotton and sugar plantation economy; climate; and dreams. Noteworthy are the entries pertaining to the Civil War and the daily notations on weather. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3528.

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. 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. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 8-9. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 566.

Doussan Family Papers, 1827-1872. 94 items. Location: U:300. Correspondence, financial papers, and personal papers of members of the Doussan family (primarily Antoine Doussan, Louise Perrin Doussan, and Auguste Doussan of East and West Baton Rouge Parishes, Louisiana, and France. Correspondence of Charles de Rabars of Bordeaux, France, is also included, as is a letter from General Baron Joachim Ambert. Most documents reflect the Doussans' planting operations in West Baton Rouge Parish; their financial and legal transactions in Louisiana and France; family activities, interests, and concerns; and the experience of French émigrés in Louisiana as they encountered Anglo-American culture and society. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4800. Complete finding aid

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.

Dugas and LeBlanc. Account books, 1886-1933. 144 vols. Location: L:7-12. Residents of Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, manufacturers of Westfield sugar and molasses, and dealers in general merchandise. Records include account books, daybooks, and ledgers for the firm; and payroll books for Armelise, Magnolia, Westfield, and Whitmel plantations and for levee work in the Fourth Mississippi River District. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 611.

Dugas, Honore. Family Papers, 1861-1910, 1955, n.d. 1,825 items, 16 ms. vols. and 23 pamphlets. Location: T:24-27. Sugar planter of Armelise Plantation, Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Business and personal papers of Honore Dugas and family. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1645.

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

Duncan, Abner L. Papers, 1825-1866 (bulk 1841-1862). 13 items. Location: MISC:D. Planter of Baton Rouge, La. Correspondence between Abner L. Duncan and his relatives concerning the management of his late father's estates, the deaths of family members, and issues of inheritance among family members. Also included is an exchange of letters between Leon Bonnecaze, the French vice consul at Baton Rouge, and David Farragut of the U.S. Navy, regarding the bombardment of Baton Rouge on May 28, 1862. Mss. 4199.

Duncan, Lucius C. Letter, 1822. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letter by Duncan to Rufus Flynt, who had befriended him while at school in Monson, Massachusetts, tells of visiting at the cotton plantation of his uncle, Colonel Abner Duncan, near Baton Rouge. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1334.

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

Duncan, Stephen, 1787-1867. Family Papers, 1846-1899. 255 items, 11 ms. vols. Location: U:49, F:17, Mss.Mf:D. Planter and banker of Natchez, Mississippi. Duncan plantations included L'Argent, Auburn, Camperdown, Carlisle, Duncan, Duncannon, Duncansby, Ellisle, Homochitto, Middlesex, Oakley, Rescue, Reserve, and Attakapas. Correspondence, business papers, diaries, and plantation and personal records of Dr. Stephen Duncan and his son, Stephen, Jr., who also resided in New York City. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 126, 721.

Duncan, Stephen, 1787-1867. Letters, 1855, 1859-1860. 72 items. Location: U:65. Planter and banker of Natchez, Mississippi. Duncan plantations included L'Argent, Auburn, Camperdown, Carlisle, Duncan, Duncannon, Duncansby, Ellisle, Homochitto, Middlesex, Oakley, Rescue, Reserve, and Attakapas. Includes letters written by Duncan to his financial advisor, Charles Leverich, related to the economic and financial activities of a wealthy planter and land owner. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4641.

Eggleston-Roach papers, 1825-1903. 285 items, 6 vols. Location: U-51. Planters of Wilkinson County and Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mrs. Elizabeth Eggleston of Vicksburg smuggled goods through Union lines to Confederate soldiers. She was subsequently imprisoned and banished from Vicksburg. Diaries and personal papers of members of the Gildart, Eggleston, and Roach families. Horace Nelson Gildart's diary gives an account of a journey through England and Ireland; Dick Hardaway Eggleston's diary records activities on Learmont Plantation. Included are correspondence and orders of Union military authorities concerning Elizabeth Eggleston's activities during the Civil War. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reel 5. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 832. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Elliot, William St. John, 1800-1855. Papers,1824, 1835-1858.5 items. Location: OS:E. Cotton broker, planter, and owner of D'Evereaux Hall, Natchez, Miss.. Among other properites in Adams County, Miss., he also owned Saragossa Plantation. Indentures and deeds for land in Adams County, Mississippi, purchased by William St. John Elliot from Stephen Duncan, Samuel A. Moore, and Henry Chotard; and a land survey of a plantation in Tensas Parish, La., owned by his wife, Anna F. Conner Bell Ruffin Elliot. Also includes a plat of land in Adams County owned by various members of the Conner family. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1147.

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

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

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

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

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

Evergreen Plantation painting, 1860. 1 item [photographic copy]. Location: E:. Painting, gouache on paper, showing Evergreen Plantation, in West Feliciana or Iberville Parish, Louisiana. The artist is unidentified. Picture collection For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3460.

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

Farar, Benjamin. Papers, 1773-1826 (bulk 1820-1826). 56 items (on 1 microfilm reel). Location: Mss.Mf:F. Planter of Laurel Hill Plantation near Natchez, Mississippi. Papers include personal and business correspondence (1820-1826) related to family matters, plantation operations, and social life in New Orleans. Includes some land grants in Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1364.

Farrar, Alexander K. Papers, 1804-1931. 2,304 items. Location: UU:74-75. Planter and lawyer of Kingston, Adams County, Mississippi, and Mississippi state senator. Personal, professional, and plantation papers concerning Farrar's law practice, including settlement of several estates, and his plantation and business interests. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reels 6-10. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 782, 1348.

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

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

Ferris, Livingston Polk. Papers, 1920-1968, n.d. 3 linear ft. Location: 95. Electrical engineer of Ashton Plantation, Lecompte, Louisiana. Professional correspondence (1920-1968) pertains mainly to his work on electric railroads and experiments with electrical shock. Other papers include reports of experiments, lectures, technical papers, notebooks, films, and other materials. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2829.

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

Fitz, Charles. Letter, 1865 November 28. 1 item. Location: Misc. American lawyer. Letter to Edwards Pierrepont dealing with a claim made by an ex-Confederate Louisiana planter against the U.S. government for property confiscated during the Civil War. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2564.

Fleming, George A. Papers, 1826-1872 (bulk 1838-1866). 18 items and 1 vol. Location: W:52, OS:F. Planter of Madison County, Mississippi. Account book (1838-1866) contains accounts with overseers; entries for sale of feed, hardware, and clothing, and for repairs, loans, travel and personal expenses. Papers (1826-1872) consist of tax receipts, letters patent, and deeds of conveyance. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reel 18. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 462, 898, 936.

Flint, Lewis Herrick, 1893-1973. Manuscript, n.d. 1 item. Location: A:27. Manuscript of Rosedown: A Report on Echo Hunting in a Louisiana Plantation Home (1968). Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Flint, Lewis H., 1893-1973. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2199-79.

Flint, Lewis Herrick, 1893-1973. Notebook, 1954, n.d. 1 ms. vol. Location: A:37. Handwritten notes, including transcriptions of letters, taken by Lewis H. Flint in preparation for the various chapters in his book Rosedown: A Report on Echo Hunting in a Louisiana Plantation Home(1968). Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Flint, Lewis H., 1893-1973. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2199-79.

Flint, Lewis Herrick, 1893-1973. Transcriptions, [1765-1861]. 2 ms. vols. Location: A:27. Two notebooks containing transcriptions of materials from Rosedown, consisting of letters, bills and receipts, and documents of the Turnbull, Bowman, and related families of Rosedown and Oakley Plantations, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Flint, Lewis H., 1893-1973. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2199.

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

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

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

Fourniquet, E.P. Letter, 17 January 1838. 1 item. Location Misc:F. E.P Fourniquet was the owner of Long Branch Plantation in Grand Gulf, Miss. Letter from Fourniquet to his overseer William Pugh gives instructions about the maintenance of Long Branch. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4862

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

Garland, Kate A. Papers, 1860-1870 (bulk 1860-1868). 28 items; 1 vol. Location: Misc:G, G:6. Member of a slaveholding family in Virginia. Kate Garland spent several months in Alabama during the Civil War. Papers include a diary (1860-1868) containing descriptions of social life in Virginia and Alabama; and correspondence to and from John Holt Gill, a friend of Kate Garland. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 10-11. For further inf Y:82, G:17, OS:G. Sugar planter of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. He married Mary Augustina Dickinson in 1865, and they had four children. Papers include Civil War and Reconstruction correspondence, with letters by Confederate officers, including Elias B. Inslee. Diaries kept by Anna Maria Gay McClung, a daughter, record social life in Washington, D.C., and travel (1885-1898). Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 11-12. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2542.

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

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

Gayarré, Charles, 1805-1895. Collection, 1720-1895 (bulk 1845-1857). 588 items, 6 vols., and 1 microfilm reel. Location: U:124-132, Vault, Mss.Mf:G. Louisiana historian, jurist, statesman, and plantation owner. Papers include plantation and business records, legal documents, historical and political writings, and personal correspondence of Gayarré. The plantation diary is for Roncal plantation in Tangipahoa Parish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1282.

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

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

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.

Godet, Desire. Papers, 1826-1881. 66 items. Location: U:133. French-speaking cotton planter of Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Papers include letters to his parents, brother, and sister in Rouen, France. There are also bills, statements, and receipts from Opelousas merchants and statements of account with A. A. Mouton, Planters' and Merchants Agency. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 159.

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.

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

Gordon Family Papers, 1848-1857. 50 items. Location: Misc:G. Owners of Woodland Plantation in Port Gibson, Mississippi, where they raised cotton. Papers mainly consist of receipts for cotton shipments and invoices for purchases in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4666.

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

Graham, George Mason, 1807-1891. Letters, 1848-1849. 3 items. Location: Misc. Planter of Tyrone Plantation, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and a member of the Board of Supervisors of the State Seminary of Learning at Alexandria, Louisiana. Letters to his sister of Gunston Hall, Virginia, concern family and plantation matters. Letter (1849) tells of emigrants in the area suffering severely from cholera and refers to the cholera epidemic of 1833 on Graham's plantation. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Graham, G. Mason, 1807-1891. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 163.

Grand-Pre, Carlos De. Succession Papers, 1809-1816. 16 items. Location: Misc. Governor of the Baton Rouge District, West Florida. Statements and receipts for payment of accounts filed in connection with the settlement of the estate of Grand-Pre by Pedro Favrot and Samuel Fulton, executors, George Mather, tutor for his minor children, and Philip Hicky and Gilbert Leonard, auditors. Included is a copy of an inventory of the goods and effects of Alexander See, a weaver, who died on Philip Hicky's plantation, Hope Estate. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1067.

Gray, Lillie Trust. Papers, 1860-1920 (bulk 1886-1890). 178 items; 8 vols. Location: U:154; F:9. Musician and teacher at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana. Papers document Gray's teaching of and interest in music, and include a record book (1874-1900, 1902) containing lists of musical compositions and a diary (1900-1905) containing entries on music sung at Roman Catholic masses. Collection also includes household and farm entries; receipts for music lessons; and a payroll book (1865-1867) for Houmas Plantation. The payroll book is available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reel 15. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 165, 965, 422.

Great Britain. Board of Trade. Records, 1700-1721. 1 vol. Location: M:21. The Council of Trade and Plantations (1696-1782) was a British administrative body that regulated trade, manufacturing, plantations, and the use of natural resources in British colonies. Collection contains reports and memoranda related to Britain's colonial commerce and relations with France, Spain, and Portugal, including trade in the West Indies. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 680.

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

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

Gumbel, S. and Company, Ltd. Records, ca. 1870-1918 ca. 67 ms. vols. Location: 114:. New Orleans sugar and cotton factor. Includes cotton ledgers, account books, and journals of the company. Mss. 1490.

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. 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. 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. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 507. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

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

Hale, William George, 1810-1883. Papers, 1797-1967. 287 items, 1 ms. vol. on 1 reel of microfilm. Location: Mss. Mf:H. Planter of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Papers include correspondence, legal documents, and financial records, including some that relate to the Civil War and regiments mustered at Camp Moore, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2426.

Hall, George Otis. Family Papers, 1856-1900, 1990, n.d. (bulk 1856-1880). .7 linear ft. Location: T:54. George Otis Hall and his wife Charlotte Emma LeDoux Hall, owners of Magnolia Mound, a sugar and indigo plantation in Baton Rouge. From 1860 on they lived in England and Europe. Papers include correspondence, photographs, social invitations, and newspaper clippings. Topics include the education of the Hall children in Louisiana and Europe, the family's resettlement in Europe, and Magnolia Mound. Partly in French. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 12-13. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4320.

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.

Harding, Sidney, b. 1841. Diaries, 1863-1865. 2 vols. Location: U:230. Daughter of W. S. and Elizabeth Harding, Old Brier Plantation, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. During the Civil War, her family fled three times from home, the final time to DeSoto Parish. Three diaries chronicle the family's flight to North Louisiana during the Civil War and the hardships her family dealt with during their exile. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reel 4. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 721.

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

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.

Hawkes, John. Letter, 1863 January. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union soldier in the Civil War, a member of the 50th Massachusetts Regiment. Letter written from Camp Parapet, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, to a member of Hawkes' family in Maine. He mentions the fortifications at camp, guarding the plantation of a widow, and drinking the river water. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1265.

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.

Hazard Company. Letters, 1839-1855. 88 items. Location: E:57.Rhode Island manufacturer of cotton and woolen clothing, shoes, and textiles, with agents operating in New Orleans. Correspondence deals with clothing and textiles sold to plantation owners of Louisiana and Mississippi, and clothing worn by slaves on plantations. Customers were primarily from the Feliciana parishes in Louisiana and the Natchez and Vicksburg, Mississippi, areas.&nb