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Tureaud, Alexander Pierre, Jr. and Family. Papers, circa 1900-2023, undated (bulk 1953-2023). 4.5 linear ft. Location: 17:2-4, AA:, 104-105:, OS:T. Papers related to Alexander Pierre Tureaud, Jr., the first Black undergraduate to attend Louisiana State University. Papers include correspondence, Tureaud family history, photographs, articles, and materials concerning Tureaud's father, Alexander Pierre Tureaud, Sr., a prominent civil rights lawyer in New Orleans. Mss. 5401
Manuscript Number
5401
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1900
Description
Palfrey Family Papers, 1776-1918. (bulk 1806-1875). 388 items; 21 vols. Location: 77:89, H:22, Mss.Mf:P, 99. Family of planters, businessmen, politicians, public servants and author. Papers of John Palfrey (1768-1843) relate chiefly to the operation of Forlorn Hope Plantation, education of his sons, War of 1812, and reflect plantation life. Topics include the trade embargo, West Florida Controversy and the capture of Baton Rouge, War of 1812, slavery, cotton and salt production, and banking. Family papers pertain to Civil War battles, plantation economics, Confederate government, and Reconstruction. Papersof William Palfrey concern Ricahoc Plantation and a partnership David Weeks. They also discuss the Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad Company (1841-1842). Some items in French and Spanish. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm 6061 and 5322: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 6, Reel 12; Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 1, Reels 1-4. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 333, 334, 1409, 1442, 1632, 2076, 2580, 2773, 2857.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1776
Description
Shields, Joseph D. (Joseph Dunbar), 1820-1886. Papers, 1802-1960 (bulk 1843-1897). 1802-1960 (bulk 1843-1897). 712 items, 4 ms. Vols., 2 printed vols. Location: T:37-T:44; 99:S; Vault; OS: S. Resident of Natchez who was a judge, legislator, planter, and author. His son Joseph Dunbar Shields, Jr., served under J. E. B. Stuart in the Civil War and was killed at Culpepper, Virginia. Papers consist of personal, political, financial, Civil War, and plantation management correspondence and papers; historical, literary, legal, and political manuscripts; and printed items, documenting three generations of the Shields family. Includes letters from Joseph Dunbar Shields while attending the Univeristy of Virginia and drafts of his writings. Plantation papers relate to the family's plantation Pecano, in Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. 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 12-15, or Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries, Series E, Reel 34. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 390, 1526, 1542, 1709, 1821, 1996, 2053.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1802
Description
Vidal, Joseph and Family Papers, 1797-1869 (bulk 1828-1862), 1.4 linear ft., 3 vols., Location: A:68-69, OS:V, Vault:1. Business and legal papers of Joseph (José) Vidal, secretary to Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, and Commandant of the Post of Concordia, in Spanish Louisiana. Also included are the papers of Vidal’s son-in-law, Samuel Davis, a planter, banker, and enslaver from Natchez, Mississippi, and the papers from Francis Surget and Dr. Robert Carter, who were related by marriage to the Vidal-Davis families. Also available on microfilm 5322: University Publications of America Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reels 11-12. Mss. 432.
Manuscript Number
432
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1797
Description
Tureaud, Benjamin. Family Papers, 1805-1939 (bulk 1849-1880). 1.8 linear ft., 90 vols. Location: E:114-116, J:1-3, OS:T. Plantation and store owner of Bagatelle, Brule, and Houmas plantations in Ascension and St. James parishes, Louisiana. Papers include plantation records, business records, and correspondence of Benjamin Tureaud and his family. Some records document merchandise sold to African American laborers. Partly in French. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm 6061: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reels 3-13. Mss. 427, 560, 794, 811, and 1100.
Manuscript Number
427, 560, 794, 811, 1100
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1805
Description
Tureaud, Benjamin. Family Papers, 1805-1939 (bulk 1849-1880). 1.8 linear ft., 93 vols. Location: E:114-116, J:1-3, OS:T. Plantation and store owner of Bagatelle, Brule, and Houmas plantations in Ascension and St. James parishes, Louisiana. Business records consist of a checkbook for Houmas Plantation, a cashbook for B. Tureaud and Company, and a payroll book for Houmas and Brule Plantations. Some items are also available on microfilm 6061, Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration. Series B, Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries; pt. 1, Louisiana sugar plantations, reels 3-13. Mss. 427, 560, 794, 811, 1100.
Manuscript Number
427, 560, 794, 811, 1100
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1805
Description
Hyatt, Arthur W. Papers, 1861-1895 (bulk 1861-1864). 146 items; 4 ms. Vols. Location: U:159, G:11. Available on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 10. Officer in the Confederate army in the Civil War who served in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. Papers include official military records; personal and official correspondence; diaries; and newspaper clippings related to the Civil War, specific battles, and the Confederate army. Collection includes a description of the organization of the Corps d'Afrique. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 180.
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1861
Description
Pugh, Alexander Franklin, 1819-1883. Papers, 1850-1865. 0.25 linear ft. (11 items, 7 ms. Vols., 3 transcript vols.). Location: 77:88. Part owner and manager of Augustin, Bellevue, Boatner, New Hope, and Whitmell plantations on Bayou Lafourche in Assumption and Lafourche parishes, Louisiana. Papers include plantation diaries describing crop yields, behavior and health of slaves, economic conditions, and Civil War news. Includes a payroll account of former slaves (1865). Available on microfilm 5322: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reels 6-7. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 354.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1850
Description
Robinson, Joseph Toole. Papers, 183-, circa 1830-1866, undated. 13 items, 6 ms. Vols. Location: C:13. Cotton planter of Willow Point Plantation, Red River Parish, Louisiana. Plantation diaries, record books, and other records of Robinson and his family pertain to plantation operation; cotton growing; slaves; medical visits; weather observations and instrument readings; Indians in the work force; and skilled labor. 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. 1413.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
183-
Description
Pugh, Mary W. Papers, 1882-1925. 1.5 linear ft. 17 vols. Location: A:6-8, P:20, OS:P. Widow of Richard L. Pugh, of Live Oak Plantation, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Correspondence of Mrs. Pugh principally from her children. Contains a letter concerning African American labor problems; and memorandum book #5 and time books for the Thibodaux Brick Works. Photographs of Live Oak Plantation and the Maguire home in Tennessee are also included. For further information, see online catalog. Available on microfilm 6061: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 3, Reels 13-14. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 897, 1055.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1882
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