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Authement, Warren L. (Warren Leo), 1915-2010. Tri Parish Hall of Fame collection, 1996-2006.

Title: Tri Parish Hall of Fame collection, 1996-2006.

This collection consists of ceremony programs, framed certifcates, VHS tape, biographies, resumes, correspondence, and newspaper articles.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/666405379 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Autograph letters and documents of officers and statesmen associated with the Confederacy in the Civil War, collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. Letter : Boston, to J.R.G. Pitkin, n.p., 1877 Mar. 17.

Title: Letter : Boston, to J.R.G. Pitkin, n.p., 1877 Mar. 17.

Autograph letter signed. Concerns Governor [Stephen] Packard and the presence of federal troops in Louisiana. Also includes a manuscript note signed by Garrison.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80039458 View

Venable, Charles S. (Charles Scott), 1827-1900. Charles S. Venable papers, 1862-1894 (1863-1864) [manuscript].

Title: Charles S. Venable papers, 1862-1894 (1863-1864) [manuscript].

Official communications, mainly dated 1863-1864, addressed to R. E. Lee, and to Venable and other staff officers, from Confederate commanders in the Virginia theatre of war. Scattered postwar letters to Venable from former Confederate officers contain discussions of military actions and include letters from Venable to his wife and his son, Francis Preston Venable. Other correspondents include R. H. Anderson, P. G. T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, Jefferson Davis, Jubal A. Early, Richard S. Ewell, Wade Hampton, A. P. Hill, J. D. Imboden, Bradley T. Johnson, Fitzhugh Lee, W. H. F. Lee, F. T. Nicholls, George E. Pickett, Jeb Stuart, and T. M. Talcott. Volumes include lecture notes and a printed copy of Venable's 1874 "Address before the Society of the Alumni of Hampden-Sydney College."

ArchivalResource: 600 items (0.5 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25031617 View

Frotman, L. L. Frotman certificate, 1877 Jan. 16.

Title: L. Frotman certificate, 1877 Jan. 16.

Certification of L. Frotman's election to the office of Constable of 1st Ward, Carroll Parish, La., signed by Louisiana Gov. Francis T. Nicholls.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70831349 View

Gay, Edward J. (Edward James), 1816-1889. Edward J. Gay family papers, 1797-1921 (bulk 1838-1910).

Title: Edward J. Gay family papers, 1797-1921 (bulk 1838-1910).

Personal and business papers of the Gay and related families consists of correspondence, land records, maps, photographs, land plats, bills, receipts, drafts, invoices, contracts and agreements, time sheets and pay rolls. These papers pertain to plantation economy, commerce, the sugar cane industry, slavery, St. Louis Plantation and its operation, Iberville Parish, the Civil War and Reconstruction in Louisiana, social activities and family matters. Manuscript volumes 1-31 reflect the business affairs of Joseph Erwin and include estate record books (1825-1848), cashbooks (1834-1852), expense account book (1836-1849), memoranda books (1812, 1829-52, bank books (1812, 1837-1846), daybook (1843-1847), and a diary (1827-1838). Volumes 32-36 contain daybooks (1826-1848, 1854-1858) and plantation record books (1849-1860) of Colonel Andrew Haynes concerning his estate and the management of his plantation by Edward J. Gay. Edward J. Gay's own record books, v. 37-92, consist of cashbooks (1860-1874, 1883), crop report book (1895-1904), daybooks (1857-1860, 1869-1874, 1877), memorandum books (1862-1908, n.d.), time books (1872-1887, n.d.), and notebooks (1865-1866). Volumes 93-164 comprise the record books of his grandson, Senator Edward J. Gay, III. They include cashbooks (1896-1898), a cane report book (1899-1900), memorandum books (1896, 1899), and scrapbooks (1880-1903, 1918-1919). A photograph album of the Gay family and friends, v. 165, is also among the manuscript volumes. Collection also contains official congressional files that document the political careers of Edward J. Gay and his grandson, U. S. Senator Edward James Gay, III. Files consists of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings and other printed material pertaining to political campaigns, state and national elections, political patronage, legislative bills, Dept. of Agriculture, construction of levees by the Mississippi River Commission, and the participation in elections and political support of African-Americans. Legislative correspondence discusses pending bills concerning pensions, tariffs, health of rural populations, the creation of the Department of Education, and the transportation, storage and marketing of livestock. Files also contain selected subject materials relative to the American Legion bonus (1920), cotton, sugar, League of Nations (1919-1920), the United States Post Office, railroads, women's suffrage, and U. S. military academies. Among the correspondents are U. S. Senator Randall L. Gibson, Francis T. Nicholls, U. S. Congressman William A. J. Sparks, and William S. Posey, an African-American state legislator from St. Mary Parish. Correspondence also contains requests from servicemen (1919-1920) for assistance in obtaining military discharges and finding employment.

ArchivalResource: 80.3 linear ft.165 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262293481 View

Louisiana. Governor (1920-1924 : Parker). Louisiana state executive correspondence, 1869-1924, 1930 (bulk 1920-1924).

Title: Louisiana state executive correspondence, 1869-1924, 1930 (bulk 1920-1924).

The Louisiana State Executive Correspondence consists of correspondence, invoices, tear sheets, clippings, certificates, maps, drawings, and other records created and accumulated by Governors Henry Clay Warmoth, William Pitt Kellogg, Stephen B. Packard, Francis Tillou Nicholls, Louis Alfred Wiltz, Samuel Douglas McEnery, Murphy J. Foster, William Wright Heard, Newton Crain Blanchard, Jared Young Sanders, Luther Egbert Hall, Ruffin G. Pleasant, John M. Parker, and Henry L. Fuqua in the conduct of their official duties between 1869 and 1924. The great majority of the correspondence is that of John M. Parker, dating between 1920 and 1924 and totaling 9.5 linear feet. His correspondence concerns agricultural issues; economic development; the National Guard; state educational and public health institutions; state boards, commissions, and police juries; bills and actions by the Louisiana Legislature; levees; public utilities; people seeking pardons and appointments; citizens' grievances; and other governmental matters. After Parker, most of the remaining correspondence belongs to the administrations of Luther Egbert Hall, William Pitt Kellogg, Samuel Douglas McEnery, and Francis Tillou Nicholls. Correspondence for all other governors is of a negligible quantity, always fewer than twenty items for each administration.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191091363 View

Louisiana. Governor (1877-1880 : Nicholls). Francis T. Nicholls proclamation, 1878.

Title: Francis T. Nicholls proclamation, 1878.

Thanksgiving proclamation recommending November 28, 1878, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer.

ArchivalResource: 1 proclamation.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232612291 View

Duval, Claude B. (Claude Berwick), 1914-1986. Claude B. Duval papers 1822-2006 (bulk 1950-1979).

Title: Claude B. Duval papers 1822-2006 (bulk 1950-1979).

This collection is divided into two main groups: Claude B. Duval and Easton family papers. The first group covers Duval's political career with a few aspects of his law practice and personal life. It includes numerous legislative bills and resolutions, political news, Duval's honors and certificates, political correspondence, and records of his campaigns for office. The second group contains records from the Easton family, who who are linked to Duval through his paternal grandfather--Dr. Claiborne Alexander Duval. This group contains materials concerning activities of various members of the Easton family during the late 1800s to early 1900s. It includes correspondence, recipe books, essays on local history, Civil War documents, stock certificates, accounting ledger sheets, autograph albums, campaign speeches, and notarial records.

ArchivalResource: 55 Linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/229895705 View

Pugh, William W. (William Whitmell), 1811-1906. Col. W.W. Pugh and family papers, 1833-1941.

Title: Col. W.W. Pugh and family papers, 1833-1941.

The Col. W.W. Pugh and Family Papers contain papers on W.W. Pugh's interest in Reconstruction politics, association with the Board of Levee Commissioners for the 3rd District, participation in the affairs of Christ Episcopal Church in Napoleonville, La., the education of his children, and family and plantation matters between 1848 and 1891. Correspondence, bills, receipts, and manuscript volumes document the career of Thomas B. Pugh, son of W.W. Pugh and physician of Assumption Parish, La. (1833, 1855-1941). His papers pertain to his education in Virginia and Louisiana, his medical practice in Baltimore and Assumption Parish, and his interests in politics and history. A scrapbook of newspaper clippings of W.W. Pugh's daughter-in-law, Eliza Lofton Phillips Pugh of Lyn's Hope Plantation in Assumption Parish, pertain principally to her published writings. Scrapbooks of Edward N. Pugh, son of W.W. Pugh and attorney of Donaldsonville, La., concern Confederate history.

ArchivalResource: 921 items.11 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310754290 View

Acy, William, b. 1822. William Acy, Jr. papers, 1844-1909.

Title: William Acy, Jr. papers, 1844-1909.

Correspondence, legal, and financial papers of William Acy, Jr. The personal papers consist primarily of correspondence with relatives and friends of Baltimore, Maryland. Letters (1882-1884) from Francis T. Nicholls provide advice to Acy on legal matters involving Acy's properties, and letters from his son, C. C. Acy, describe conditions and management problems at Standley Plantation in Greenwood, Mississippi. Legal and business documents include commissions signed by Louisiana Governors Hebert, Wickliffe, and Moore confirming Acy's elections as Justice of the Peace of Ascension Parish; papers relative to the estates of William Acy, Sr., and Acy's first wife, Margaret Stansbury; and deeds and other papers regarding property Acy acquired in Louisiana and Mississippi. The progression of a lawsuit filed against Acy by his nephew, William B. Lynam, is reflected in the correspondence and copies of court records. Financial papers include cancelled checks, tax receipts, bills, invoices, and manuscript volumes of accounts. Family photographs, a map of Baltimore, miscellaneous newspapers, memorandum books, notes on Acy family genealogy, and printed volumes and ephemera complete this collection.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (655 items; 18 ms. v.; 39 pr. v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122573802 View

Fitzgerald, Desmond, 1846-1926. Desmond Fitzgerald letter, 1877 Apr. 24.

Title: Desmond Fitzgerald letter, 1877 Apr. 24.

Letter by Desmond Fitzgerald from New Orleans, La., at the time of the withdrawal of Federal troops, commenting on visits to headquarters of Governor Francis T. Nicholls and his defeated rival, Republican candidate, Stephen B. Packard. Fitzgerald probably was in New Orleans to attend the American Society of Civil Engineers convention.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156976691 View

Louisiana. Governor (1877-1880 : Nicholls). Francis T. Nicholls letter press copy book and notebooks, 1877-1879.

Title: Francis T. Nicholls letter press copy book and notebooks, 1877-1879.

The letter press copy book contains official correspondence concerning financial matters of Nicholls' administration, criminal acts, elections, instructions to the LSU Board of Supervisors and other state officials, and other governmental matters (Feb. 12, 1877-Jan. 10, 1879). Two undated legal notebooks, said to have been prepared by Nicholls, contain references to constitutional, statutory, and judicial provisions pertaining chiefly to the state government and its officials.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232612289 View

Nicholls, Francis T. (Francis Tillou), 1834-1912. Francis T. Nicholls letter, 1889 Oct. 14.

Title: Francis T. Nicholls letter, 1889 Oct. 14.

Letter refuting a wartime rumor that Nicholls had been arrested as a spy.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232612287 View

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892. Randall L. Gibson speech, 1888.

Title: Randall L. Gibson speech, 1888.

Speech delivered by Senator Randal Lee Gibson at Monroe, La., in 1888 during his congressional reelection campaign. Speech gives an account of an interview with President Grant at the time of the Kellogg-Nicholls controversy over the Louisiana governorship in January 1877.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/259355872 View