Audrey Chandler Birdhill Scrapbooks
Collection 136
Birdhill, Audrey Chandler (c.1903– ). Scrapbooks, 1939–1942 [Microform]
2 reels (35 mm, negative and positive)
The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, mainly from New Orleans papers, concerning Louisiana and New Orleans politics. The compiler, who emphasized corruption, entitled her scrapbooks, "Louisiana Political Corruption."
There were originally 13 volumes in the series of which only 7 were microfilmed. Mrs. Birdhill was a resident of Houma, Louisiana.
Microfilmed by USL University Libraries Microfilm Department in 1974. Reel 1 is negative, Reel 2 is positive. A negative copy of reel 2 is stored with archival negatives making the total number of reels three.
Inventory:
Reel 1 | ||
Indexes: Several versions: by volume; by title | ||
Detailed Index of Volumes 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11 | ||
Volume 1 | June 21 - August 1, 1939 | |
volume 2 | Index only | |
Volume 3 | April 2 - May 20, 1940 | |
Volume 4 | May 21 - September [30], 1940 | |
volume 5 | February 4 - May 3, 1941 | |
Reel 2 | ||
Volume 10 | May 3 - July 19, 1941 | |
volume 11 | July 20 - October 20, 1941 | |
Unnumbered Volume | January 1 - [8], 1942 | |
Unnumbered Volume | Cartoons |