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Long, Russell B. Papers, 1774-2004 (bulk 1938-1986). 772 linear ft., 9 microfilm reels. Location: 21:-27:, MAP CAGE, MSS.MF:L, VAULT:47, AA:. Shreveport, Louisiana attorney and U.S. senator. Papers include correspondence; legislative, committee, federal agency, special project, and political campaign files; press releases; speeches; audio tapes; motion picture film; videotapes; and photographs, relating chiefly to Long's senatorial career. Topics include tax reform, petroleum issues, and employee stock options. Materials on the personal and political activities of other Long family members, among them Huey Long, are included. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3700.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 3700
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1774
Manuscript Collections Madame Butterfly opera scrapbook
Description
Madame Butterfly opera scrapbook, circa 1935-1937. 1 volume. Location: T:2. Contains chiefly black and white photographic prints (with some hand-coloring) of the cast of the opera Madame Butterfly (Madama Butterfly), presented by the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Music from 1935 to 1936. Performers include Virginia Gaines as Madame Butterfly and Marcella Uhl as Suzuki. Additionally, scrapbook contains an advertisement for the School of Music's production of the opera Faust, starring Frances Greer as Marguerite (circa 1937), and two clippings. Mss. 5382.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 5382
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1935
Description
Cavalleria rusticana opera scrapbook, circa 1936-1937. 1 volume. Location: T:98. Contains a program for the opera Cavalleria rusticana and a recital of modern dance, performed during the 1936-1937 Louisiana State University Opera Season by the School of Music and the Dance Center, sponsored by The Baton Rouge Grand Opera Association. Scrapbook also contains black and white photographic prints (portraits) of the opera's cast, including Marcella Uhl as Lola. Mss. 5380.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 5380
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1936
Description
Fleming, Walter L. (Walter Lynwood). Manuscript, 1931. 2 typescripts. Location: UU:132. Walter Lynwood Fleming served on the faculties of several universities in the South as a professor of English and history, including Louisiana State University from 1907 to 1917. Edited first typescript of chapters 12-19 and edited carbon copy of second typescript of chapters 12-19 of Fleming's "Louisiana State University, 1860-1896." Mss. 2147.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 2147
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1931
Description
Fleming, Walter L. (Walter Lynwood). Manuscript, 1912. 0.5 linear ft. Location: A:6. Walter Lynwood Fleming served on the faculties of several universities in the South as a professor of English and history, including Louisiana State University from 1907 to 1917. This is the edited typescript and copies of illustrations for Walter L. Fleming's "General W.T. Sherman as College President." For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4211.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 4211
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1912
Description
Kidd, John W. Photographs and broadside, 1936-1940. 8 items. Location: MISC:K. LSU alumnus, conductor of the swing band Johnny Kidd and His Orchestra, and member of Owen Reed and the Playhouse Orchestra. Photographs of Kidd and other members of swing bands based at LSU; and a broadside of 'Johnny Kidd and His Orchestra' (undated). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4635.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 4635
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1936
Description
Stones, Margaret. Native flora of Louisiana collection, 1974-2014, undated. 2.3 linear ft. Location: 42:, 43:57. Internationally known British botanical artist. Items pertain to Margaret Stones' work on the Native Flora of Louisiana watercolors and their subsequent exhibition and reproduction for Louisiana State University. Items include correspondence, memoranda, planning documents, printed materials, and photographs. Collection is unprocessed, and some materials are restricted. Mss. 4781. 
Manuscript Number
Mss. 4781
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1974
Description
Reyer, Karl D. Papers, 1924-1995. 2 linear ft. Location: Range 43:. Professor of Management and Marketing in the College of Business Administration at LSU from 1937-1965. Printed items, correspondence, course materials, subject files, photographs, resumes, and other materials document Reyer's career as a professor and lecturer in the field of management and marketing. Papers contain drafts of Reyer's writings including 'Unusual small businesses: adaptive behavior by small businessmen.' For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2522.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 2522
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1924
Description
Conner, Lemuel Parker and family Papers, 1810-1953, 1985 (bulk 1850-1940). 12.5 linear feet and 28 volumes. Location: AA:, A:106-117, 120-121, 98:C, OS:C, 65: Vault:34, 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 5322: 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, 1431, 1475, 1551, 1595, 1710, 1793, 1859, 1934, 1999.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 81, 1403, 1431, 1475, 1551, 1595, 1710, 1793, 1859, 1934, 1999
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1810
Description
Wright, Jesse D. Papers, 1831-1906 (bulk 1835-1882). 1.2 linear ft. Location: OS:W, UU:248-249. The Wright family owned lands in Louisiana and Texas. Jesse practiced medicine in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and also managed several business concerns, including a store and plantations, and was active in civic and church affairs. Correspondence mostly reflects the business concerns of the Wright family. Topics include land acquisition, property management, division of property, settling wills, and financial and legal concerns. Other items include Ester Wright Boyd's memoirs. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 99.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 99
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1831
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