Donelson Caffery and family papers, 1580-1958 (bulk 1861-1909).

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Donelson Caffery and family papers, 1580-1958 (bulk 1861-1909).

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Correspondence, genealogical and historical writings, clippings, photographs, pamphlets, diaries, notebooks, postcards, scrapbooks, and financial records of Donelson Caffery and other members of the Caffery family, particularly Bethia Richardson Caffery and John Murphy Caffery. Donelson Caffery's correspondence primarily concerns family matters, Louisiana politics, Louisiana campaigns during the Civil War, his U.S. senatorial career, the Spanish-American War and its effect on the Louisiana sugar industry, his involvement in the Louisiana oil industry, and plantation business. John Murphy Caffery's diary and correspondence mostly concern family matters, his attendance at the U.S. Naval Academy, his service in the Navy, and the Louisiana sugar industry. The papers also include John M. Caffery's naval notebooks and textbooks; Mary Frere Caffery's album of postcards, mostly of Louisiana and Mississippi; and scrapbooks on the Caffery and Richardson families.

537 items.39 v.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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