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				Paul Debaillon Collection
				Collection 7 Debaillon, Paul (1890-1948). Collection, 1852-1957 2 1/2 feet
				This collection reflects Paul Debaillon's interest in genealogy especially the family of Jean Mouton, founder of Vermilionville, now Lafayette. The collection contains extensive notes and charts compiled by the genealogist and much correspondence written in his attempt to gather information. There is also material on co-lateral families such as Debaillon, Dupré, etc. In addition, Judge Debaillon collected reminiscences compiled by Edith Garland Dupré and M. Evangeline Mouton in the early twentieth century and Amelia Thompson and her daughter, Amelia Watts, in the early mid 19th century; papers of Mary Swords Debaillon who was actively engaged in gathering, cataloging, and preserving Louisiana flowering plants; and scattered correspondence, political, and judicial records of Charles Homère Mouton. (Many C. H. Mouton related items were probably placed in the regional history subsection on politics and law as they had no apparent direct connection with Mouton.) There is even a very small collection of Paul Debaillon personal papers almost all of which date from 1930s. A secondary collecting area which is almost an outgrowth of the genealogy relates to regional history. Debaillon wrote brief essays on several local history topics. His work on Mouton family land ownership becomes almost inseparable from studies on the development of Vermilionville. The strong religious faith of Debaillon and his ancestors led to the collection of information on the Lafayette Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. At the same time the organization of the collection is somewhat artificial since it is very hard to distinguish the relationship of material to the Mouton Family. In such cases the items were usually placed in the regional history series, i.e., the White League reports and anti-lottery campaign material both of which reflect the activities and interests of C. H. Mouton. Similarly, it is very difficult to distinguish between Debaillon's notes dealing with Mouton family land ownership and those designed to illuminate the early land development of Vermilionville. Therefore very similar type material will be found in two sections. Collection donated by Charles Debaillon and Mrs. C. E. Hamilton in 1956.
				SERIES
				A.	Mouton Family
					1.	Paul Debaillon Sketches and Charts			1-01 through 1-16
					2.	Paul Debaillon Correspondence			1-17 through 1-27
					3.	Legal records			1-28 through 1-35
					4.	Miscellaneous			1-36 through 1-39
					5.	Primary Materials			2-01 through 2-06
					6.	Co-lateral Families			2-07 through 2-19
				B.	Other Families				2-20 through 2-28
				C.	Church History				3-01 through 3-14
				D.	Regional History
					1.	General			3-15 through 3-03
					2.	Politics and Law			3-31 through 4-17
					3.	Land			4-18 through 4-29
					4.	Organizations			4-30 through 4-33
					5.	Description and Travel			5-01 and 5-02
				E.	Paul Debaillon
					1.	Correspondence, Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches			5-03 through 5-07
					2.	Organizational Activities			5-08 through 5-17
				F.	Mary Swords Debaillon
					1.	Material on Specific Plants and Flowers			5-18 through 5-24
					2.	General Writings and Correspondence			5-25 through 5-29
					3.	Other
						a.	Caroline Dormon		5-30
						b.	Garden Clubs		5-31 and 5-32
						c.	Miscellaneous Publications and Catalogs		5-33
				INVENTORY
				A.	Mouton Family
					1.	Paul Debaillon Sketches and Charts
				1-01	Index "Family of Jean Mouton"
				1-02	Jean Mouton (first) and family
				1-03	"E": Louise (Lauisson) Charlotte Mouton
					"F": Andrew Herron Mouton
					"G": Information on Charles Mouton
				1-04	"I": Information on Moutons in France
				1-05	"L": Alexander Mouton
						also: excerpts from published works; newspaper article; copy of will
				1-06	"M": Life of Charles Homer Mouton
					See also 2-01, 2-04, 3-27; 4-01 thru 4-15
				1-07	"N": "Reconstruction of Mouton Family from Many Isolated Facts"
					"O": "Names Handed Down in Mouton Family"
					"P": "Matters Relating to Mouton Family Generally"
					"Q": "Lawyers in Family of Jean Mouton"
						See also 1-15
					"R": Excerpts from Dudley J. LeBlanc, The True Story of the Acadians
				1-08	"S": Information on Frederic Mouton's Family
					"U": Marie Julie Latiolais
	"Genealogy Series"
1-09	"1": "Names of [Jean Mouton's] Children and Their Wives"
1-10	"2": "Genealogy: Family of Antoine Bordat and Maguerite Martin"
	"3": "Genealogy: Family of Charles Mouton (Son of Jean)"
1-11	"4": "Family of Lizinia Mouton"
	"5": "Family of Ophelia (Pheia) Mouton"
	"6": "Family of Eraste (Coon) Mouton"
	See also 2-05
	Notes
1-12	Andrew S. Herron
	Salvadore Mouton
1-13	Sylvestre Mouton
1-14	Mouton Family
1-15	Moutons in professions
	See also 1-07
1-16	Miscellaneous: La Tour; genealogical questions; chart
A.	Mouton Family
	2.	Paul Debaillon Correspondence
1-17	Europe, 1938, 1943
		: Chateau de Baillon; Chateau Mouton-Rothschild
1-18	Canada, 1943-1944
		Institut Genealogique Drouin (Montreal)
1-19	Canada, 1942-1943
		J. Thomas LeBlanc (Moncton, New Burnswick); Rev. Rene Baudry, St. Joseph University (St. Joseph, New Brunswick); Gustave Lanctot, Public Archives of Canada (Ottawa)
1-20	Acadian Coast, 1938, 1942-1944
		re: family information on church records of New Orleans and Acadian Coast
1-21	William A. Read, 1942-1943
		re: variant spellings of Mouton; also discussed origin of place name Carencro
1-22	Father John Batiste Mouton, 1942
		correspondence about his death
1-23	Jerry Guidry. 1944
		correspondence about his death
1-24	St. Landry Church, 1938
		correspondence and transmittals of genealogical information
1-25	St. Martin Parish and St. Martin Church, 1942-1947
		correspondence and transmittals of genealogical information
1-26	Sacred Heart Church and St. Charles Church, Grand Coteau, 1938-1942
		correspondence and transmittals of genealogical information
1-27	St. John Church, Lafayette, 1942-1944
		correspondence and notes (taken from church records)
A.	Mouton Family
	3.	Legal Records
1-28	Index to successions
		taken from Lafayette Parish Clerk's records, 1942
1-29	Transcripts of selected Mouton family successions
		Jean Mouton (pere); Marin Mouton (pere); Marie Marthe Mouton (wife of Pierre Dugas); Marin Mouton (fils); Cyprien Mouton; Marie Mouton (wife of Sebastin Chargois)
1-30	Abstracts of selected Mouton family successions
		Marie Marthe Bordat; Zilia Rosseau Mouton; Cesarine Boudin Mouton
1-31	Legal transactions
		list of actions listing Moutons as vendors or vendees, 1812-1829
1-32	Legal transactions
		abstracts of transactions involving Moutons, 1823-1834; also all of "Old Series," 1-12, 1789-1814
1-33	Legal transactions
		list of "Lots Sold by Jean Mouton, Vermilionville," arranged by lot
1-34	Legal transactions
		list, abstracts and transcripts of land sales involving Jean Mouton
1-35	Legal transactions
		donations by Mouton family to St. John Church
	See 4-18 thru 4-24, 4-29 for more material on Mouton family and land (especially Vermilionville)
A.	Mouton Family
	4.	Miscellaneous
1-36	Gardner, Alfred M. (comp) Le Ligne des Descendants de la Famille de Jean Mouton, (Nouvelle-Orleans, 1890) 24 pages
1-37	Newspaper clippings: miscellaneous activities, 1930-1942
1-38	Newspaper clippings: obituaries, 1887, 1930s-1942
1-39	Newspaper clippings: Les Jardins de Mouton, 1936
A.	Mouton Family
	5.	Primary Material
2-01	Charles Homer Mouton, 1850-1903, n.d.
		scattered correspondence mainly dealing with politics speeches:
			address to grand jury, 1862, printed, in French; Attakapas Vigilantes, n.d.; reconstruction, n.d., handwritten; resolution opposing William Pitt Kellogg, n.d.; address to jury in murder trial, 1879, handwritten in French; correspondence re 1946; last page of court ruling in case of Marie C. Dugas, n.d
2-02	Charles Homer Mouton, 1866
		account book, 1866; list of cases in St. Landry Parish District Court; list of persons seen during trip to New Orleans, 1866; accounts of various estates, etc.
2-03	Charles Homer Mouton, 1870s
		notebook: includes: aphorisms, sayings, observations (many in French); clippings (some pasted over written entries), address of Lafayette Parish White League Clubs
	See also 4-09
2-04	Charles Homer Mouton, 1870s
		accounts of C. H. Mouton & Company, 1870s; personal accounts; also weather observations, February-May 1938
	See 1-06; 3-19, 3-27; 4-01 thru 4-15 for other material about, related to, or perhaps by Charles H. Mouton
2-05	Eraste Mouton, c. 1880s [3 items]
		letters by M. J. Louaillier, in French (rough translation by Cynthia J. Rice)
	See also 1-11
2-06	M. Evangeline Mouton, 1944: reminiscences, "Family Traditions"
A.	Mouton Family
	6.	Co-lateral Families
2-07	Debaillon: land: trace of land owned by Conrad Debaillon in Lafayette
2-08	Debaillon: activities - newspaper clippings: Jefferson College; First National Bank of Lafayette
2-09	Debaillon: memorials and obituaries
		includes: memorial to Dan Debaillon; list of memorials received after death of Mrs. Conrad Debaillon
	See also 5-04
2-10	Debaillon: primary material, 1889, 1903-1908
		letters to Conrad Debaillon 1889, 2 items, 1 photograph [tin type] Sacred Heart Convent
		grade reports from Jefferson College for Paul Debaillon (1903-1908) and Thomas Debaillon (1903)
			Jefferson College
		diploma: Charles Debaillon for census enumeration, 1900
		letter to Dan Debaillon from "Uncle Cent-A-Closss," 11/24/1907
2-11	Dupré Family of Opelousas
		chart by Paul Debaillon
2-12	Dupré Family
		notes by Paul Debaillon; correspondence with Gilbert J. Dupré; typescript of 1855 letter from Hon. Lucius J. Dupré; (attack on the Know-Nothing Party) and letter from Mary Jane Sweeney about item, 7/8/1937
2-13	Edith Garland Dupré
		notes; notes on the Forum (Lafayette) and The Lafayette Branch of the Women's Defense League; reminiscences: "My Life from 1885 to 1919"
2-14	Bordat Family
		notes by Paul Debaillon; letter to St. Martin Parish Clerk of Court, 1944; list of transmittals from primary records
2-15	Brashear Family
		notes by Paul Debaillon; correspondence
2-16	Bastarache Family; Girouard Family
		notes and clippings from Voix D'Evangeline, Moncton, 1942
2-17	Latiolais Family; McBride Family
		notes by Paul Debaillon
2-18	Martin Family
		notes by Paul Debaillon; newspaper clippings
2-19	Rousseau Family, 19442
		chart and letters from French family members
B.	Other Families
2-20	Arceneaux - Crow
		notes and/or charts by Paul Debaillon
		Arceneaux; Bacqué Family of Lafayette; Bazin; Billeaud; Blanchet; Bonnet Family (came from St. Landry); Boudreaux Family; Bullard (and Garland) Family; Campbell Family of Lafayette; Carriere Family; Chargois Family; Clark Family; Clegg Family; Cornay Family; Crow Family
2-21	Daigle - Montgomery
		notes and/or charts by Paul Debaillon
		Daigle Family; DeClouet Family; Delhomme Family (of Scott); Demanadé Family; Doucet Family (of Lafayette) obituary 1944; Dupuis, (Leonard Boyd); Eastin Family; Girard Family: Michael Girard; Guerré Family; Hebert Family; Hirsh (Hirsch) Family; Higgenbotham Family; Hopkins Family; Irwin Family; Judice Family; Kennedy Family; Lombard Family; Mills, G. M. Family; Montgomery Family
2-22	Morgan - Wilkens
		notes and/or charts by Paul Debaillon
		Morgan Family; Moss Family; Parkerson Family; Peck Family; Polonsky Family; Queen Family; Revillon Family; Salles Family; Syrian Families [ethnic designation]; Torian Family; Verot Family; Vigneaux Family; Voorhies, Bennet J., Line of Descent; Wittington Family; Wilkens Family
2-23	Bailey Family
		notes by Paul Debaillon; account by ?
2-24	Gerac Family; Greig Family; LeCoste Family
		notes and/or charts by Paul Debaillon
2-25	Roy Family, 1894, 1940
		letter from Conrad Debaillon to P. R. Roy, 5/9/1894; obituary of Joseph Arthur Roy, 1940
2-26	Gradenigo Estate, 1919, 1921-1922: clippings and correspondence
2-27	Miscellaneous, 1942, 1944
		clippings from La Voix D'Evangeline, Moncton, New Brunswick [in French] [indexed]
2-28	Miscellaneous, 1890s-1930s: obituaries [indexed]
C.	Church History
3-01	St. John Cathedral, 1919, 1922, n.d.
		photograph (half-tone); notes on founding by Paul Debaillon; documents concerned with sale of land by Cathedral 1922; program for dedication organ 1919
	See also 1-35 and 4-19
3-02	Lafayette Diocese, 1936, 1942
		Catholic Action of the South, 5/21/1936 (partial): history of the church in Lafayette
		Catholic Action of the South, 10/22/1942 (St. Landry Parish Section): history of the church in St. Landry Parish
3-03	Lafayette Diocese, 1943
		clippings of Silver Jubilee of Diocese of Lafayette
3-04	Lafayette Diocese, 1943
		clippings of Silver Jubilee of Diocese of Lafayette; Catholic Action of the South, 12/9/1943
3-05	Lafayette Diocese, 1946: clippings on Mt. Carmel Centennial
3-06	Lafayette Diocese, 1942, 1945
		education: clippings on dedication of Catholic Student Center at SLI (1942) and Seminary Building Fund (1945)
	See also 1-06, clippings on St. Charles College, Grand Coteau
3-07	Lafayette Diocese, 1939, 1942, n.d.
		organizations: Court Immaculate No. 503 - Catholic Daughters of America; Knight of Columbus, Lafayette Council, 1286: miscellaneous records: mimeo correspondence; membership list
3-08	Lafayette Diocese, 1943
		clippings: Lafayette laymen receive Papal honor
3-09	Lafayette Diocese: clergy, 1937-1938
		Father Butin: obituaries, articles, correspondence of Paul Debaillon
3-10	Lafayette Diocese: clergy, 1945
		Msgr. A. F. Isenberg: clippings re honored by
3-11	Lafayette Diocese: clergy, 1923, 1931, 1957
		Bishop Jules B. Jeanmard: typescript of statement on Ku Klux Klan, 1923; letter of F. Vavasseur Mouton, 1931; program for memorial service, 1957
	See 4-17 for more on Ku Klux Klan
3-12	Lafayette Diocese: clergy, 1944
		Msgr. William J. Teurlings: re Golden Anniversary of Ordination correspondence, clippings, program
3-13	Lafayette Diocese: clergy, 1943, 1945
		clippings: re local ordinations
3-14	Miscellaneous [1869]
		clipping: sermon of Bishop Elder at ground breaking ceremony for St. Joseph's Church, New Orleans (?)
D.	Regional History
	1.	General
3-15	article on Lafayette history by Moore and Sweeney (Mary Jane) [1937], 57 pp, typescript
3-16	Moore and Sweeney article: copy 2, with table of contents by Paul Debaillon
3-17	Notes on local history by Mary Jane Sweeney
3-18	Mouton, Jerome, "History by Lafayette [Parish]," ca. 1914, 9 pp, speech
3-19	Notes by Paul Debaillon
		Lafayette Parish: Origin and Development of the Parish"; " Origin and Development of the Parish of Lafayette as a Geographical and Political Unit"; comments made by C. H. Mouton upon presentation of portrait of Maxime Crow Girard to SLII, n.d., typescript
3-20	Notes by Paul Debaillon, 1936
		"Lafayette About One Hundred Years Ago." 2 copies, [correspondence related to preparation, 1936]; "Negro Faithful in Vermilionville and Early Lafayette"
3-21	Notes by Paul Debaillon
		"Origin, Development, etc. of Vermilionville-Lafayette"
3-22	Notes by Paul Debaillon
		place names of Carencro and Ossun
		See also 1-21 for Carencro
3-23	Rayne Tribune, 4/30/1943 [special history edition]
3-24	Notes by Paul Debaillon
		"Establishments (not homes)...in Vermilionville and Lafayette"; "Old Homes With Which Lafayette History is Connected"; "Interesting Memos on Vermilionville and Lafayette"; "Newspapers"
3-25	Reminiscences, 19th century
		"Life of Amelia Thompson, Born Near Nashville, October 16, 1799" [thru 1815], 5 pages, typescript, 3 copies; Watts, Amelia, "Reminiscences, 1832," 6 pages, typescript, 2 copies; Watts, Amelia, "War Experiences No. 1," 5 pages, typescript [Louisiana - Social Life & Customs - 19th Century; Plantation Life -- Louisiana; Yellow Fever - Louisiana, 1832]
3-26	article (1937) on St. Martinville wedding during 1850s
3-27	Education controversy, 1926
		State Board of Education campaign between Walter J. Burke and Fernand Mouton; public controversy over administration of SLII between Edwin L. Stephens and Fernand Mouton [broadsides, pamphlets, clippings]
3-28	Miscellaneous
		Lafayette newspapers: Lafayette Advertiser, 5/17/1873
			one of the articles includes information about Charles Homer Mouton
3-29	Miscellaneous
		St. Martinville newspapers: The Echo, 10/28/1872; 7/12/1873; St. Martin Reveille, 4/6/1889; The Weekly Messenger, 8/22/1903
3-03	Miscellaneous
		correspondence between Paul Debaillon and Montreal bookdealer involving books on Acadians and Acadiana, 1942
D.	Regional History
	2.	Politics and Law
	Notes by Paul Debaillon
3-31	Early Louisiana political development
3-32	Lafayette Parish office-holders
3-33	Lafayette Parish judicial history
		"Judges"; Judicial Districts - Lafayette Parish"
3-34	Lafayette Parish judicial history
		"Celebrated Criminal Cases in Lafayette Parish"; "Law Cases - Lafayette - City and Parish"
3-35	Lafayette Parish judicial history
		photograph (copy) of Alexis and Ernest Blanc with narrative of crime
Some newspapers in folders 3-02, 3-03, 3-23, 3-28, 3-29 of this collection have been microfiched. The fiche copy can be found in Collection 190 - Miscellaneous Louisiana Newspapers, and the originals are kept in this collection.
4-01	Political history: scrapbook: 1852 election
4-02	Political history: scrapbook: political articles and clippings, 1850s
4-03	Political history: scrapbook: anti Know-Nothing documents, 1855
		probably compiled by Charles Homer Mouton
4-04	Political history: newspaper, 1855
		The Semi-Weekly Union, Washington, D.C., 7/18; The Louisiana Democrat, Alexandria, La., 7/18; Ouachita Register, Monroe, La., 8/23 The True American, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 9/29
4-05	Political history: fragments dealing with Vigilantes, 1850s [in French]
4-06	Political history: miscellaneous, 1850s
		broadside attacking John Slidell; notes: New Orleans philanthropists; politics
4-07	Political history: miscellaneous, 1860s
		broadside: General Assembly of Louisiana resolutions, "Relative to Our Federal Relations", 1/9/1860; muster roll of Company B, 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Volunteers [photostat]; broadside: "Aux Democrates de la Louisiane," by Alcibiade DeBlanc, St. Martinville, 11/30/1868
4-08	Political history: speeches on Reconstruction, n.d. (partial)
		probably by Charles Homer Mouton
4-09	Political history
		White League of Lafayette Parish resolutions and membership lists, 1874
4-10	Political history
		Lafayette Parish Democrats: minutes of mass meetings, 8/15/1874; minutes of Executive Committee meeting, 9/1/1888
4-11	Political history: miscellaneous, 1870s-1880s, broadsides
		supporting nomination of Winfield Scott Hancock; anti Radical Reconstruction, n.d.; "Mr. J. R. Jolley's Letter of Acceptance" [Republican Party nomination for Congressman, 3rd District], 10/17/1888
4-12	Political history: anti-lottery materials
		minutes of meeting of Anti Lottery White Democrats, St. Martinville, 8/6/1890 [C. H. Mouton elected president of meeting]; booklet: The Progressive League of Louisiana; newspaper: The Question of the Hour The Progressive League of Louisiana]: 8/15/1890, 10/5/1890 [in French]; partial speech, "The Latter Day Politician"; miscellaneous
4-13	Political history: anti-lottery newspapers, 1890
		New Delta [New Orleans]: 6/6/1890; 6/30; 8/12; 8/23; 9/5; 10/1
4-14	Political history: anti-lottery newspaper, 1891
		New Iberia Democrat: 1/24; 6/6
4-15	Political history: anti-lottery newspapers: photocopies
		New Iberia Democrat: 8/23/1890; 9/6/1890; The Visitor (St. Martinville): 8/15/1891; New Delta (New Orleans): 9/1/1891
4-16	Political history: miscellaneous, 1898-1913
		broadside: campaign of Hon. R. F. Broussard for Congress; broadside: campaign of Frank R. Williams for Congress, ca 1900; broadside: Democratic candidates for Lafayette Parish offices, 1903 [in French and English]; reprinted editorial: supporting Theodore Roosevelt, New Orleans Item, 12/15/1907; broadside: "An Appeal to the People," [favors adoption of trolley-line taxes in Lafayette] 1913
4-17	Political history
		Ku Klux Klan: "Original List of Members of KKK, Lafayette Parish, From List Prepared by the Late Judge Paul Debaillon," n.d.
		See also 3-11
D.	Regional History
	3.	Land
4-18	Agreements by which Vermilionville and Pinhook (Bayou Vermilion) acquired public land (copies)
4-19	Notes and maps drawn by Paul Debaillon: Vermilionville, area around St. John
4-20	Maps drawn by Paul Debaillon: Vermilionville from 1824 survey
		area from St. John to downtown Lafayette
4-21	Notes by Paul Debaillon
		"Notes on Vermilionville Lots"; list of sales of Old Brick Yard; miscellaneous list and abstracts of land records
4-22	Deed search: last residence of Jean Mouton
4-23	Deed search: last residence of Jean Mouton (different location)
4-24	Deed search: residence of Alexander Mouton
4-25	Deed search: 2nd (Convent) Street
4-26	Deed search: Lot 23, Old Corporation, 1934
4-27	Deed search: Lot 24, Old Corporation
4-28	Deed search: Lot 119, Old Corporation, 1925
4-29	Miscellaneous abstracts of deeds
		mainly land but some property including slaves, Vermilionville, including some Mouton family members
	See 1-32 thru 1-35 for other information on land in Vermilionville
D.	Regional History
	4.	Organizations
4-30	Service clubs, 1909, 1913, 1931
		Elks: letter, 8/7/1909; flag day program, 1913; Rotary: program for "Minstrel" show by Rotary Boys' Band, 1931
4-31	Lafayette Charity Hospital, 1938
		articles from Public Welfare in Louisiana, 9/1938; 10/1938 material on dedication
4-32	Women's Club of Lafayette
		article by Anna Margaret Denbo, 1928; additional draft, 1940; addendum, 1949; clipping
4-33	Lafayette Bar Association, 1937
		issues of "The Western Onion Press Message"
		See also 5-13
D.	Regional History
	5.	Description and Travel
5-01	Pixley, R. B., "The Story of the Parishes: Lafayette - A Place to Live," The Item-Tribune, 2/3/1929: comments on article by PD
		Program for convention of Louisiana Peace Officers, 1937
5-02	Courthouse
		article from The Louisiana Bar; dedication program, 1929; copy of agreement with contractor; abstracts of laws concerning construction; notes by PD
	See 1-39 for description of another site
	See 3-24 for descriptions or directories of other buildings in region
E.	Paul Debaillon
	1.	Correspondence, Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches
5-03	Correspondence with Mary Jane Sweeney, 1937, 1942-1943
5-04	Correspondence, personal, 1937-1939
		includes sympathy notes upon death of his mother
5-05	Speeches, n.d.
		acceptance of honorary membership in legal related "Order" [during World War II]; commencement address for unspecified law school
5-06	Speech, 1936
		material connected with installation of new public officials, 5/1936 includes speech by PD; clippings; correspondence
5-07	Article, 1936
		"A Tribute" for Paul Krauss, Sr.
E.	Paul Debaillon
	2.	Organizational Activities
5-08	Boy Scouts, 1935-1936
		Lafayette District: mimeos and clippings; Lafayette District Court of Honor: speech, correspondence, clippings and programs
5-09	Chamber of Commerce, 1936-1938
		Monthly Bulletin, 7/1937-3/1938 (incomplete); letters to members (mimeos) and circulars; correspondence; By-Laws, Article 8; clippings
		See also 3-20
5-10	Chamber of Commerce, 1939-1943
		letters to members (mimeos) and circulars; correspondence
5-11	Mardi Gras Association, 1937-1941
		letters and financial statements; clippings
5-12	United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, 1937
		miscellaneous items
5-13	Local bar associations, 1935-1937, 1943, n.d.
		Acadian Bar Association Rules and Regulations, n.d.; Louisiana State Bar Association: circulars and correspondence, 1937, 1943; State Bar of Louisiana: correspondence, 1935-1937; list of members (by initial) in Lafayette, Abbeville and Crowley: compiled by PD; clipping
		See also 4-33
5-14	Local charity and culture groups, 1937
		Home Relief Association: letter, 1/1937; Child Welfare Council: letters, 4-6/1937; Community Concert Association, 6/1937
5-15	Local financial institutions, 1936-1937, 1942
		Home Building Association statements: 12/1936; 6/1937; Home Building and Loan Association statement and cover letter, 12/1936; Louisiana Homestead and Building Loan League program for annual meeting, 1942
5-16	Miscellaneous organizations A - H
		American Legion: correspondence, 6/1938; Cathedral High School: correspondence and programs, 1937-1938; Congress of the French Language: form letter and brochure, 5/1937; Hobo Volunteer Fire Company: correspondence and form letters, 1937-1941
5-17	Miscellaneous organizations, L - Y
		Lafayette Service Club: letter, 3/1939; Peace Officers' Association of Louisiana: letter and conference program, 1937; United Syrian-American Club: correspondence, 1937; Young Men's Business Club: clippings, program, form letter, 1933-1942
		See also 2-04 for miscellaneous material: weather observations, February-May, 1938
F.	Mary Swords Debaillon
	1.	Material on Specific Plants and Flowers
5-18	Camellias: manuscript article, n.d., 2 copies
5-19	Camellias: manuscript article; catalog
5-20	Camellias: speech on cutting; correspondence with nursery, 1931; excerpts from published works
5-21	Irises: speech on care of bulbous iris; Dormon, Caroline, "The Mary Swords Debaillon Iris Collection”
	See 5-30 for other Caroline Dormon material
5-23	Wildflowers: letters, 1932, 1936 ; catalog, 1931; publications (3 parts of series by C. A. Brown in Louisiana Conservation Review, 1935-1936
5-24	Avery Island: articles, 1933, 1947; records of Mary Swords Debaillon in obtaining seeds and flowers from E. A. McIlhenny, 1936; McIlhenny catalog, n.d.
E.	Mary Swords Debaillon
	2.	General Writins and Correspondence
5-25	"What To Do In the Garden During Fall and Winter"
		notes by Mary Swords Debaillon on collected flowers
5-26	"Supplementing the Azalea Trail"
		speech to Mobile Garden Club; clippings, re Mobile Speech speech on flower shows and judging
5-27	Correspondence between Mary Swords Debaillon and John K. Small of the New York Botanical Garden, 1931-1933
5-28	Debaillon - Small correspondence, 1934-1937; includes letter to Dr. George M. Reed, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 7/23/1937
5-29	Miscellaneous correspondence
		letter from Edward Gillet, 6/20/1921; postcards from Beverly R. Stephens, 1929, 2 postcards; letter from T. Kiyono, 1/5/1937; letter from Dan Debaillon to Mrs. Cordil, 1/25/1941
E.	Mary Swords Debaillon
	3.	Other
		a.	Caroline Dormon
5-30	Articles from Louisiana Conservation News
		"Camping in the Kistachie Wold"; "Cane River - Cane Lake" Paintings of some Louisiana irises, printed, 2 copies Review of Dormon's book Wild Flowers of Louisiana by John K. Small
	See 5-21 for another Dormon article
F.	Mary Swords Debaillon
	3.	Other
		b.	Garden Clubs
5-31	Newsletter of the New Orleans Garden Society, 1/1927-10/1931 [scattered], poor condition
5-32	Clippings about various garden clubs, 1934, 1941, n.d.
F.	Mary Swords Debaillon
	3.	Other
		c.	Miscellaneous Publications and Catalogs
5-33	Miscellaneous publications on gardening and catalogs
Records of the Louisiana Iris Society among the Mary Swords Debaillon material were removed to be added to Collection 63 - Louisiana Iris Society Records.

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