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Blanche, Alexander, 1833-1908. Alexander Blanche papers, 1851-1914.

Title: Alexander Blanche papers, 1851-1914.

Antebellum plantation diary (1851-1856) contains notes about cotton farming, slave labor and health, weather, medical remedies, and other plantation affairs. Papers (1881-1914) consist of correspondence, tax and payroll receipts, account sheets, and receipts for prisoners of Louisiana State Penitentiary. Letters to Blanche from S. L. James concern plantation supplies and prison laborers, among other things.

ArchivalResource: 79 items2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298256770 View

McHatton, Pike and Company. McHatton, Pike and Company record books, 1857-1860.

Title: McHatton, Pike and Company record books, 1857-1860.

Volumes contain the bound business papers of McHatton, Pike and Company, which concern transactions of the penitentiary. Items include invoices, warrants, receipts for cash and clothing received by discharged convicts, checks, payrolls of officers and guards, statements of articles charged on prison books, records of sales, copies of agreements, and other items related chiefly to the purchase of raw materials, particularly cotton and wool. These materials were probably used in the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods, bricks, and other products.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.3 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122403778 View

Carnochan, W. B. W.B. Carnochan papers, 1928-2009 (inclusive), 1960-2009 (bulk).

Title: W.B. Carnochan papers, 1928-2009 (inclusive), 1960-2009 (bulk).

These papers primarily document Carnochan's professional career as researcher and writer. Included are source materials, drafts, and published versions of his scholarly articles and books, with related correspondence; published book reviews, 1960s-90s; texts of papers and talks with related correspondence and ephemera, 1977-97; and materials pertaining to his support of the Stanford University Libraries and his directorship of the Stanford Humanities Center, including a VHS tape of his retirement roast. Correspondents include Richard Ohmann, Catharine Stimpson, Linda Hutcheon, Charles Pierce, Peter Brooks, David M. Vieth, Emerson Brown, Jr., W. J. Bate, Patricia Spacks, Newell Ford, and William Frost. Other papers include his grade reports and papers from Buckley School, St. Paul's School, and Harvard University; listing and appraisal of the Carnochan family papers; and the "American Vernacular" exhibit brochure for the Carnochan Collections at UC Berkeley's University Art Museum. The addition to his papers received in 2006 includes correspondence with Douglas Dennis, an inmate at Angola Prison, 1996-2006; copies of The Angolite, The Prison News Magazine, 1994-2005; and Brigitte Carnochan's portfolio of photographs taken at the Angola Prison Rodeo in 2001. The addition to his papers received in 2009 includes correspondence with Douglas Dennis, 2006-2009, and issues of The Angolite, 2006-09.

ArchivalResource: 17 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/462765433 View

Dixon, Margaret, 1908-1970. Margaret Dixon papers, 1922-1969.

Title: Margaret Dixon papers, 1922-1969.

Papers include letters addressed to Dixon as managing editor, some from Louisiana State Penitentiary inmates and political figures discussing prison reform. Also included are personal letters, research notes and writings, materials relating to the National Democratic Convention of 1956, an interview discussing her participation there, and one audio tape recording of a speech delivered by Dixon at a Louisiana AFL-CIO convention, 1969. A resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1960, expresses appreciation for Dixon's services to the University and to the state of Louisiana. Manuscript volumes include 2 notebooks (n.d.) and a scrapbook (1958). Three printed volumes, photographs, invitations, cards, and newspaper clippings are included.

ArchivalResource: 257 items;5 v. (2 ms. v., 3 pr. v.) ; 30 cm. or smaller;1 Audio tape ; 1/4 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122607912 View

Louisiana State Penitentiary. [Miscellaneous pamphlets, circulars, etc. including reports of committees to the General assembly].

Title: [Miscellaneous pamphlets, circulars, etc. including reports of committees to the General assembly].

ArchivalResource: v. 25 cm. in envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701741542 View

Fuqua, Henry L. (Henry Luse), b. 1905. Lytle photograph collection and papers, circa 1863-1978.

Title: Lytle photograph collection and papers, circa 1863-1978.

The materials are comprised of two collections, the Lytle Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1915, and Papers, ca. 1863-1978. The photograph collection contains photographs taken by Baton Rouge photographer Andrew David Lytle which depict prison life and farming and manufacturing operations worked by prisoners in Baton Rouge, Angola State Farm, Hope State Farm, and a levee construction camp on the Atchafalaya River. There is also the original and a copy print of an enlarged charcoal portrait of James O. Fuqua by J.A. Ducuir. The papers contain a list of slaves on Mandamus plantation at the time of emancipation and the will of John H. Matta. The majority are genealogical materials of the Fuqua and related families, including a compiled genealogy and photocopies of newspaper clippings and family documents. Photographs include cartes de visite of Fuqua relatives, portraits of Fuqua, Sr., and Laura Matta Fuqua, family photographs, and photos of Fuqua's inauguration as governor. Letters from Fuqua's cousins discuss family news. Manuscript volumes include Laura Matta Fuqua's autograph book and a scrapbook for the year 1924. Also included is the Bible used to swear in Henry L. Fuqua, Sr. as governor.

ArchivalResource: 131 items.2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244008006 View

Voorhies, Louis Joseph. L.J. Voorhies blueprints, 1906-1953.

Title: L.J. Voorhies blueprints, 1906-1953.

Blueprints, drawings, and maps of civil engineering projects in Baton Rouge and other regions of Louisiana (primarily Plaquemine, Port Allen, and Slidell). Engineering projects include sewerage and sanitary plans, highway construction, subdivisions, parks, and buildings. The blueprints include architectural drawings and engineering plans of Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Items of special interest include plans (1941, 1947) for the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and maps (1906, 1926, 1937, 1952, 1953) showing the location of black, white, and mixed households in Baton Rouge.

ArchivalResource: ca. 105 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/240474107 View

Fuqua, Henry L. (Henry Luse), b. 1905,. Henry L. Fuqua, Jr. oral history interview, 1979.

Title: Henry L. Fuqua, Jr. oral history interview, 1979.

This interview with Henry Fuqua, Jr., deals with his family background, living in Baton Rouge, the Flood of 1912, his educational background, and his father. Henry Fuqua, Jr. discusses his father's work as head of the penitentiary in Baton Rouge (1916) and, later, Angola; Henry Fuqua, Sr.'s run for governor (1924); and Fuqua Sr.'s work with Louisiana State University, Southern University, road building, and railroads. Fuqua identifies photos of the sugar house and other buildings at Hope Farm in New Iberia; a hospital, cotton gin, and levees in the Atchafalaya swamp for the LSU Libraries Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections; and discusses the old governor's mansion and his father's defeat of Huey Long. Individuals mentioned in the interview include Felton Clark, William H. Dalrymple, Eleanor Dalrymple, Huey Long, Thomas D. Boyd, Annie Boyd, and Hewitt Bouanchaud.

ArchivalResource: 2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 20 minutes);Transcript (54 leaves);Index (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/238756423 View

Allen, Henry Watkins, 1820-1866. Henry Watkins Allen letter and related photograph, 1864 July 6.

Title: Henry Watkins Allen letter and related photograph, 1864 July 6.

A 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 (n.d.) of Lockwood.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122297233 View

Bannon, Lois Elmer. Lois E. Bannon research papers, 1786-1983.

Title: Lois E. Bannon research papers, 1786-1983.

Papers pertaining to the history, structure, and National Register nomination of Magnolia Mound Plantation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the history of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, particularly the "Old Warden's House."

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft. (115 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122563230 View

S.M. Hart and Company. S.M. Hart and Company account books, 1854-1857.

Title: S.M. Hart and Company account books, 1854-1857.

Letterpress copy books of accounts of S. M. Hart and Company, commission firm of Baton Rouge, with the Louisiana State Penitentiary, the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and others, consisting of copies of letters, invoices, and related business papers of sales by the firm of sugar, molasses, cotton, grain, meat and similar produce, cloth, brick, rope, bagging and other materials and products.

ArchivalResource: 2 ms. v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/268954254 View

Fuqua, Henry L. (Henry Luse), 1865-1926. Henry L. Fuqua papers, 1917, 1923-1926.

Title: Henry L. Fuqua papers, 1917, 1923-1926.

The Henry L. Fuqua Papers contain a pamphlet of Fuqua's biography and gubernatorial campaign platform, two campaign speeches, a poster, a photograph, and 63 newspaper clippings pertaining to his campaign and political activities during his governorship. Also included is a 1917 pamphlet containing his recommendation for the commutation of life sentences for four prisoners, presented to the Board of Pardons during his term as general manager of the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

ArchivalResource: 70 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/163260635 View

Hart-Bonnecaze-Duncan family papers, 1775-1949 (bulk 1840-1875, 1905-1940).

Title: Hart-Bonnecaze-Duncan family papers, 1775-1949 (bulk 1840-1875, 1905-1940).

Papers include personal and business correspondence, writings, legal records, financial records, ephemera, sheet music, and photographs. Materials document land transfers, the cotton trade, and assorted mercantile transactions. They provide some information on civilian conditions during the Civil War and on the development of the Baton Rouge Fire Department.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/238234711 View