Simon Gumbel and family papers, 1851-1949 (bulk 1922-1933).

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Simon Gumbel and family papers, 1851-1949 (bulk 1922-1933).

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The Simon Gumbel family papers are comprised almost entirely of property tax receipts for city, parish and state taxes. The remaining papers consist of three stock certificates and personal legal papers. The Sophie L. Gumbel Home Records consist of business correspondence related to the management and financial operations of the Home, bylaws governing the Board of Managers/Directors, and minutes of their meetings. Additional papers include city ordinances related to the establishment and management of the Sophie L. Gumbel Home, administrative reports, and material related to the admission, evaluation, and activities of the residents. Financial records document funding and itemize expenditures for operations and maintenance of the Home. Printed items and graphic materials include newspaper clippings of pictures and articles related to the Sophie L. Gumbel Home and a sketch of a floor plan. Of particular interest are the letters of Dagny Sunne of Tulane University and Thomas D. Boyd, president of Louisiana State University. Sunne reports on the varying degrees of mental retardation found in a sample of 550 New Orleans children from different economic and racial groups (April 5, 1919). In letters to Governor John Parker (Nov. 1, 1923) and to Lester Gumbel (March 4, 1924), Thomas D. Boyd discusses his resignation from Louisiana State University.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Sophie L. Gumbel Home (New Orleans, La.)

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Boyd, Thomas Duckett, 1854-1932

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Thomas Duckett Boyd, younger brother of David French Boyd, was born on Jan. 20, 1854 to Minerva French and Thomas Jefferson Boyd of Wytheville, Virginia. He received his formal education at Louisiana State University, graduating in 1872 with a master of arts degree. He married Annie Fuqua, sister of Governor Henry Fuqua, March 1882. He participated in civic, religious and professional organizations including American Legion, and was instrumental in the formation of the Louisiana Edu...

Parker, John Milliken, 1863-1939

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John Milliken Parker (1863-1939) was born in Mississippi, was in the cotton business at New Orleans, La., from 1880 onwards, was member of the New Orleans Board of Trade, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Southern Commercial Congress, and was president of the Mississippi Valley Trade Association, 1919. He served as governor of Louisiana from 1920 to 1924 and managed flood relief in Louisiana in 1927. The Progressive Party made Parker its candidate for vice president of the United States in 1916, but ...

Gumbel, Simon, 1832-1909.

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Simon Gumbel, a native of Germany, was a merchant in Pointe Coupee Parish, La. After relocating to New Orleans in 1864, he began a wholesale notions business and established himself as a prominent member in the Jewish community and charitable organizations. He later formed the commission merchants firm of S. Gumbel and Co., Ltd., in 1873. He served as treasurer of the Association for the Relief of Jewish Widows and Orphans and contributed to the Jewish Orphans Home. He had eleven ch...

Sunne, Dagny Gunhilda.

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Gumbel, Lester.

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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 ...