Eva Scott family papers, 1832-1959.

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Eva Scott family papers, 1832-1959.

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Early papers consist chiefly of correspondence (1866-1877) written to Bettie Gordon Scott by friends and relatives in New Orleans and Avoyelles, Saint Landry, and East Feliciana Parishes. Letters concern social activities and family matters. Family papers (1892-1900) pertain to social events and the Spanish-American War and include letters of condolence upon the death of Ned Scott (1898). Papers (1900-1959) largly consist of correspondence of Eva and Kate Scott concerning friends and family, gardening and horticulture, plantation administration, and local culture. Several social letters and cards (1921-1941) of Louisiana author Lyle Saxon and two letters of writer Sherwood Anderson (n.d.) are included. Business papers (1853-1941) pertain to the administration of The Shades Plantation and include tax records, bills, receipts, dairy records, and legal documents. Manuscript volumes include 5 ledgers (1889-1913) recording supplies and wages paid to hired laborers, a file book (1898-1901), a list of poll tax payers in East Feliciana Parish (1909-1910), and three notebooks (n.d.). Printed items relate to Silliman Female Collegiate Institute in Clinton, Louisiana, and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Poetry, recipes, and three photographs are included.

939 items.10 ms. v.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6739861

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Scott, Kate, d. 1936.

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Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941

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Author, newspaper editor. From the description of Letter to Maurice Hanline, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56349777 American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. From the guide to the Sherwood Anderson miscellany, 1981, undated, (The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.) Author. From the description of Death in the woods : annotated short story, circa 1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Silliman Female Collegiate Institute

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saxon, Lyle, 1891-1946

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Saxon, an LSU alumnus, was a resident of Baton Rouge, La. He was a historian as well as a writer of fiction. From the description of Lafitte the pirate, 1930-1932. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 262161478 Saxon, an LSU alumnus, was a resident of Baton Rouge. He was a historian and writer of fiction. From the description of Children of strangers, 1930-1937. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 262161476 Lyle Saxon was a fea...

Scott, Bettie Gordon.

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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 ...

Scott, Eva, 1877-1961.

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Eva Scott was an owner of The Shades Plantation near Wilson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Eva lived on the plantation with her aunt, Kate Scott (d. 1936). From the description of Eva Scott family papers, 1832-1959. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122505558 ...

Scott, Ned, d. 1898.

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