William W. King and family papers, 1833-1954 (bulk 1837-1936).

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William W. King and family papers, 1833-1954 (bulk 1837-1936).

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Correspondence, bills, and receipts concerning his association with the law firm of Elmore and King; L'Embarras Plantation in St. Martin Parish, La.; hardships encountered during the Civil War and Reconstruction; his children's education; the social, cultural, religious, and economic life of New Orleans; the anti-lottery movement; and travel in the United States and Europe. Notebooks, diaries, scrapbooks, and other manuscript volumes were created by members of his family, primarily Annie "Nan" R. King, Frederic D. King, Nina A. King, Sarah Miller King, and May King McDowell.

approx. 9,400 items.174 v.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932

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Grace King was the third child and eldest daughter of William Woodson King, a prosperous New Orleans attorney, and Sarah Ann Miller King. Impoverished by the Civil War, Grace King lived in New Orleans for the remainder of her life with her mother, brother, and two unmarried sisters, although she was able to travel in the United States and Europe and cultivated relationships with notables in the worlds of writing and publishing. Her own novels and short stories examined French Louisiana and Creol...

King, Annie Randall

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King, Sarah Miller.

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McDowell, May King, ca. 1853-1920.

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Elmore and King.

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King, Nina A.

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King, Frederic D.

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King, William Woodson, b. 1813.

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William Woodson King (1813-1881) was a prosperous New Orleans attorney married to Sarah Ann Miller King ("Mimi"). The family spent the period of the Civil War at their plantation, L'Embarras, in St. Martin Parish, La., but returned to New Orleans in poverty some years later. William Woodson King was the father of New Orleans novelist, historian, and littérateur, Grace King. From the description of William W. King and family papers, 1833-1954 (bulk 1837-1936). (Louisiana State Univer...