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Fleming, Walter L. (Walter Lynwood), 1874-1932. Walter L. Fleming collection, 1848-1914 (bulk 1860-1890).

Title: Walter L. Fleming collection, 1848-1914 (bulk 1860-1890).

Research material pertaining principally to the organization, history, and administration of Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Louisiana State University. Collection is comprised primarily of typescripts of correspondence of early members of the Board of Supervisors, administrators, faculty members, Confederate leaders, and alumni. Letters of David F. Boyd, president of LSU (1865-1880, 1884-1886), G. Mason Graham, chairman of the Board of Trustees and vice-president of the Board of Supervisors of LSU, W.T. Sherman, superintendent of Louisiana Military Academy in Alexandria, La. (1861), comprise the majority of the correspondence concerning official University business. Later correspondence of Walter L. Fleming and Leroy S. Boyd, son of David F. Boyd, pertains to the history of the University and its administrators and faculty. Some early correspondence concerns the execution of a young female slave, Civil war dispatches, General W. T. Sherman's political position, and in an original letter, a request from David Boyd for Sherman's assistance while held in a Union prison. Material relating to Fleming's publication, HISTORY OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1860-1896, includes research notes, a galley proof of chapter one, newspaper clippings, transcripts of University reports, and transcripts of writings. Among the writings is an account of the Red River Expedition, biographical sketch of David F. Boyd, biographical sketch of the artist, E.B.D. Fabrino Julio, with a history of his painting, THE LAST MEETING OF LEE AND JACKSON. Collection also contains several photographs of persons associated with the University.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft.

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Boyd, Leroy Stafford, 1873-. Leroy S. Boyd papers, 1806-1936 (bulk 1876-1936).

Title: Leroy S. Boyd papers, 1806-1936 (bulk 1876-1936).

Papers consist of correspondence, genealogical materials, photographs, printed items, and manuscript volumes. They reflect the political environment in Louisiana at the time, along with Boyd's political views as a Republican. Additionally, papers show his interest in history, particularly in the early history of Virginia. Correspondence comprises the majority of the collection and includes letters from political figures and public lecturers that were apparently written in response to Boyd's letters and comments on their policies, ideas, and actions. Other correspondence relates to matters concerning the Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Knights of Pythias, and Auburn University alumni. Additional Kappa Alpha Fraternity material pertains to the origin of the fraternity. Letters written in reply to Leroy Boyd's request for information regarding his father, LSU President David Boyd, General Sherman, and the Louisiana State Seminary are also present. Manuscript volumes include a postcard album, class notebooks, and scrapbooks (45 vols., 1927-1933). The album includes several downtown Baton Rouge buildings, streets and sights, including the National Cemetery, train depot, old LSU campus, St. Joseph Catholic Church, and Third Street. The scrapbooks were kept by Boyd during his tenure as I.C.C. librarian in Washington, D.C. They contain clippings about current and historical events and sights and social activities in Washington. Of note is scrapbook 42 (1932) containing clippings relating to the bicentennial celebration of George Washington's birth. Photographic materials (1892-1934) include glass plate negatives, mounted photographs, photographic postcards, cabinet cards, and snapshots of family members, cadets at Auburn, buildings and professors from Union University (Tenn.), and officials in Washington.

ArchivalResource: 16 linear feet.46 v.

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Boyd, Leroy Stafford, 1873-. Leroy S. Boyd letter, 1907 Dec. 7.

Title: Leroy S. Boyd letter, 1907 Dec. 7.

Letter written by Boyd from Washington, D.C., to S.H. Lockett of New York asking for papers concerning his father, David French Boyd, and for biographical information on Colonel Samuel H. Lockett.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77526540 View