Helen Gilkison papers, 1925-1962 (bulk 1925-1948).

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Helen Gilkison papers, 1925-1962 (bulk 1925-1948).

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Papers include correspondence (1929-1953) from national and local journalistic figures, manuscript writings (1927-1947), newspaper clippings (1925-1948), printed materials (1926-1962), photographs (1925-1940), and scrapbooks (1929-1932) relating to Gilkison's activities as a student at Louisiana State University and as a journalist. Manuscript writings include items by Helen Gilkison on Lyle Saxon, miscellaneous news stories, and poems by Helen's mother, Robbie Wilson Gilkison (d. 1965). Newspaper clippings relate to Louisiana State University, local politics and history, plantation homes, the death of Huey P. Long, and the career and death of Helen Gilkison. Printed items include pamphlets relating to Louisiana State University, leprosy in the United States, and Louisiana history and social conditions. The collection includes a broadside concerning a bill for a poll tax law signed by O. K. Allen and Huey P. Long.

218 items.29 v. (3 ms. v., 26 pr. v.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Gilkison, Robbie Wilson, d. 1965.

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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 ...

Gilkison, Helen, 1909-1948.

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Helen Gilkison was a Louisiana journalist and a graduate of Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. From the description of Helen Gilkison papers, 1925-1962 (bulk 1925-1948). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122642725 ...

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935

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Huey Long Pierce, Louisiana governor and United States senator, was born 30 August 1893, near Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, and died 10 September 1935. He studied law and practiced in Winnfield after 1915; served as Louisiana public service commissioner (1921-1926); was elected governor of Louisiana (1928); was elected to the United States Senate (1930); and organized the Share-Our-Wealth Society (1934) for which he had national support. On 8 September 1935 he was shot by Dr. Carl A. Weiss ...