Gladys Means Loyd and family papers, 1904-1975.

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Gladys Means Loyd and family papers, 1904-1975.

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Papers of Gladys Means Loyd include correspondence and genealogical notes on 175 families in Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. A typewritten report (1968) on the Louisiana Leper Home by Gladys Loyd and a fragment of a manuscript entitled "Tanglewood" are included along with newspapers clippings of local historical interest. Photograph albums (1904-1970) kept by Gladys Means Loyd and Cecil Andrew Loyd depict plantations (including Hundred Oaks Plantation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana); levee and canal construction; army training at camps Beauregard and Kearney; LSU alumni, associations, and buildings; cotton harvesting; a Negro baptism; the First Methodist Church Sunday School Class; the Louisiana Leper Home; and friends and family members. The collection includes scrapbooks on the early settlers of and the history of Ida, Louisiana (1907-1970) and on Tensas Parish (1937-1975), and a printed pamphlet on the history of Baton Rouge (1967). Ledgers (1925-1931) of the Ida Hardware Store owned by James Taylor Means are included.

462 items.10 v. (9 ms. v., 1 pr. v.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Loyd, Gladys Means, d. 1984.

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Gladys Means Loyd was born in Lufkin, Texas, and raised in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. A graduate of Louisiana State University, she taught school in Ida, Louisiana (1919-1921) and in Saint Joseph, Tensas Parish (1941-1963). Cecil Andrew Loyd was a foreman on levee and canal construction sites in Louisiana. From the description of Gladys Means Loyd and family papers, 1904-1975. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122372577 ...

Loyd, Cecil Andrew.

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Means, James Taylor.

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Ida Hardware Store.

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Louisiana Leper Home

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The Louisiana Leper Home was established by the Legislature in 1894 for the detention of Louisiana residents affected with leprosy. It was placed in Iberville Parish, La., under the authority of the Home's Board of Control. The State sold the hospital to the Federal Government for $35,000 in 1920. On Jan. 3, 1921, it became the United States Marine Hospital No. 66, Carville, La., regulated by the United States Public Health Service. From the description of Louisiana Leper Home record...

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

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Arthur Taylor Prescott (1863-1942) graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., in 1884. He became commandant of the student cadet organization at the University of Virginia in 1887, the first president of the Louisiana Industrial Institute at Ruston in 1894, and professor of government at Louisiana State University in 1899. From the description of Arthur T. Prescott receipts, 1880-1885. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 308362360 ...