Michael D. Wynne Collection
Collection 75
Wynne, Michael D. (1957– ). Collection, 1764–1989, n.d.
1 foot, 3 inches; Oversize
Michael Dayries Wynne was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1957. At an early age, he became fascinated with all forms of history, collecting memorabilia on his family and Louisiana in general. In 1972, at the age of 15, he was hired as an assistant curator for the Lafayette Museum. Two years later, he recorded a talk on a New Orleans television station regarding historic preservation. Some of his interests included Huey Long, Louisiana politics, and family history.
Mr. Wynne worked for many decades in law enforcement, serving as the District Administrator over the Louisiana State Probation and Parole Office. Nevertheless, his fascination for history never waned. He has published around 8 books and given various talks on Louisiana history and preservation. He has also served on many state commissions, including as Vice Chairman of the Louisiana Statehood Bicentennial Commission, and as Vice Chairman of the Louisiana Commemorative Coin Commission.
Materials in this collection were gathered by Mr. Wynne. He has a miscellanea of items related to Louisiana including correspondence, documents, flyers, broadsides, announcements, and others. There are several folders of materials related to Huey P. Long (1893-1935). Much of the 19th century documents come from the Bayou Sara/St. Francisville area.
Box 2 has been arranged basically by chronology. The newspapers in Box 1 have been microfiched. See Archival Assistant for location of microfiche.
The collection also includes corresponding letters to and from an SLI student from the 40s, and a scrapbook on the McClelland Family that was compiled by Mr. Wynne.
Michael D. Wynne donated this collection circa 1980.
Series:
| A. | Newspapers | 1-01 through 1-05 | |
| [For location of microfiche see Archival Assistant] | |||
| B. | Correspondence and Documents | 2-01 through 3-05 | |
| Huey Long Materials | 2-09 through 2-15 | ||
| Alice Cox Letters | 2-19 through 3-05 | ||
| C. | Ephemera | 3-06 through 3-10, Map Case 13-04 | |
| D. | Photographs and Postcards | 3-11 through 3-12 | |
| E. | Artifacts | 3-13 | |
| F. | Scrapbook | Box 4 | |
| G. | Oversize: Framed Items | 3 items | |
Inventory:
| Box 1 | |||||
| A. Newspapers | |||||
| 1-01 | American Progress, September 1935 | ||||
| Arkansas Democrat - Little Rock, 7 June 1942 | |||||
| Arkansas Gazette - Little Rock, 16 September 1918 | |||||
| Campaign Republic - New Orleans, 9 August 1852, 30 August 1852, 20 September 1852 | |||||
| Columbian Centinel - Boston, 18 January 1815 | |||||
| 1-02 | Daily Advocate - Baton Rouge, 26 January 1861, 2 March 1861 | ||||
| Evening Delta - New Orleans, 1 May 1861 | |||||
| Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper - New York, 9 March 1861 | |||||
| Jennings Daily News, 21 March 1952 | |||||
| Lafayette Advertiser, 24 October 1885 | |||||
| 1-03 | Montgomery Advertiser, 21 October 1945 | ||||
| New Orleans Price Current Commercial Intelligencer & Merchants’ Transcript, v. 16, # 25, 7 December 1844 | |||||
| New York Herald, 4 December 1862, 7 December 1862 | |||||
| Le Nouvelliste - Lyons, France, 8 August 1939 | |||||
| Opelousas Courier, 9 December 1865 | |||||
| Le Propagateur Catholique - New Orleans, 29 August 1857, 9 January 1858 | |||||
| 1-04 | Scientific American - New York, 14 December 1850 [Missing], 15 February 1851, 22 February 1851, 1 March 1851, 14 December 1851[missing], 30 April 1853, 10 June 1854, 17 June 1854, 14 July 1855, 6 October 1855, 14 February 1857, 1 August 1857, 10 July 1858 | ||||
| 1-05 | Vermilion Star - Lafayette, March 1945 | ||||
| Weekly Cotton Report - New Orleans, 10 March 1883 | |||||
| Weekly Gazette - Ville Platte, 11 December 1937 | |||||
| Weekly Tropic - New Orleans, 8 August 1846 | |||||
| Box 2 | |||||
| B. Correspondence and Documents | |||||
| 2-01 | Correspondence, before 1861 | ||||
| A.W. De R. to Esther, ALS on card, n.d. | |||||
| 2-02 | Documents, 1801-1860 | ||||
| Baptismal Certificate, Alexandre Contillo, 15 March 1801 | |||||
| Mandat de Payement to William Waters [in French], 9 June 1814 | |||||
| Draft on Bank of Louisiana to pay West Feleciana Parish taxes from N.C. Hull, 29 February 1836; Receipt for payment, 4 March 1836 | |||||
| Public Instruments of Protest [unpaid notes], 20 April 1839, 6 December 1839 | |||||
| Promissory Note, 30 November 1839 | |||||
| Legal Document: Payment in suit of John Albritton, 1841 | |||||
| Conveyance Forms [blank], West Feliciana Parish, 1840s | |||||
| Certificate to practice law before Louisiana courts: L.E. Hunter [signed by Supreme Court Justices], 12 May 1856 | |||||
| Note, 29 August 1859 | |||||
| 2-03 | Correspondence and Documents [Civil War], 1861-1865 | ||||
| Thomas Mullett to General ?, ALS, 13 July 1862 | |||||
| Report of military situation in West Feliciana Parish sent from Jackson, LA [Centenary College letterhead] - Mullett was First Lieutenant, Battery. H, Artillery, 8th Louisiana Regiment | |||||
| Unknown to “My Dearest Sister Evaline”, ALS 3 sheets, 30 January 1868;Written by someone in U.S. Navy on board U.S. flagship Hartford in New Orleans; among personal matters contains some accounts of naval engagements in Louisiana, especially Berwick Bay. [See also: H.W. Allen letter, 2-18] | |||||
| Money issued by State of Louisiana, Doc, 24 February 1862 | |||||
| List of property held by John N. Evans, West Feliciana Parish, subject to Confederate tax [includes slaves], 17 February 1864; receipt for tax payment, AD, 9 May 1864 | |||||
| Confederate States Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1865..., H.C. Clarke, Mobile, Alabama, publication | |||||
| 2-04 | Financial Records [receipts and invoices], 1866-1899 | ||||
| Stock Certificate - Plainfield, NJ, Petroleum Company, 1865 | |||||
| Steamboat Receipts [13 items], 1868-1889 | |||||
| Receipts for State Occupational License Tax [15 items; some very faded], 1870s | |||||
| [For Julius Freyham, St. Francisville Retail Liquor] | |||||
| Stamps for U.S. Internal Revenue Tax [12 items], 1873-1879 | |||||
| [For Julius Freyham, St. Francisville] | |||||
| Invoices from Various Stores for Mills Family [2 items], 1883 | |||||
| Receipts for State Taxes, St. Landry Parish: Gaston Wills [2 items], 8 October 1883 | |||||
| Invoice from A.J. Moss Lumber and Coal Yard, Lafayette, 20 October 1887 | |||||
| Share Certificate in the West Feliciana Agricultural Fair Association, 16 March 1888 | |||||
| 2-05 | Correspondence and documents, 1866-1899 | ||||
| Voter Registration of Thomas Leonard, West Feliciana Parish, 9 September 1870 | |||||
| [Duplicate of lost document, issued 6 October 1868] | |||||
| Advertisement for Rochester Riving, Shaving, and Jointing Shingle Machine, New Orleans, 15 September 1871; [For W.G. Shepard; Southern Car Works, La.] | |||||
| Election Ticket, Democratic Party, 1872 | |||||
| I00F, Bond of Treasurer: J. Jacob Michel, Bayou Sara, 1873 | |||||
| Summons of Leopold Hirch to witness in a civil suit, Lafayette Parish, 1874 | |||||
| Brand Recording, Receipt to Charles Wills, 1875 | |||||
| Ticket to [New Orleans] Opera House [Miss C. Morgan], 28 February 1878 | |||||
| Program for unveiling and dedication of Washington Artillery Monument at Metairie Cemetery, 22 February 1880 | |||||
| C.C. Meminger at Flat Rock, Henderson Co., NC to Edw. P. McCrady of Charleston, S.C., ALS [photocopy], 27 September 1881 | |||||
| Theological discussion regarding work “Jehovah” | |||||
| Invitation to Installation of Officers, Baton Rouge Commandery No. 5, R. T., 16 June 1882 | |||||
| Invitations to events sponsored by Knights of Pythias, Bayou Sara [2 items], 1883, 1890 | |||||
| Wedding Invitations at Grace Church, St. Francisville [4 items], 1884, 1888, 1895 | |||||
| Circular regarding Louisiana Exhibit at the North, Central and South American Exposition, 1 September 1885 | |||||
| Certificate of Shares in W. Feliciana Agricultural Fair Association, 1888 | |||||
| Invitation to Ball at Freyhan’s Hall, 11 February 1890 | |||||
| Baptismal Certificate, Leander Wills, 31 March 1893 | |||||
| 2-06 | Materials on Louisiana Lottery [3 items], 1886-1892 | ||||
| Ticket, 1886 | |||||
| Newspaper Advertisement, 1890 | |||||
| Pamphlet/Flyer, 1892 | |||||
| 2-07 | Correspondence, 1901-1928 | ||||
| Edwin Lewis Stephens Letters | |||||
| To John T. Mudd, Louisiana Secretary of State: TLS, corrects Mudd’s biennial report to General Assembly which misnamed schools in Lafayette and Ruston, 13 August 1901 | |||||
| To R.D. Voorhies, Jr.: TLS, cover letter sending copy of recommendation ELS wrote for Voorhies, 2 April 1927 | |||||
| To E.W. Finch, Birmingham Trust and Savings Company: [carbon] TL, letter of recommendation for R.D. Voorhies, Jr., 2 April 1927 | |||||
| To “All and Singular Those Mysterious & Beneficent….”, n.d. | |||||
| From T.H. Harris, 6 January 1900 | |||||
| Baroness de Pontalba to President of Louisiana Historical Society: Paris, France, [French] ALS | |||||
| re: Honorary membership in organization, 29 December 1906 | |||||
| James J. Bailey, Louisiana Secretary of State to “Dear Sir”, 5 August 1918 | |||||
| Cover letter for certified list of agents of foreign corporations [printed pamphlet] | |||||
| Lyle Saxon to Maude ?: New Orleans, La., TLS [4 sheets], (Times-Picayune stationary), 13 December 1919 | |||||
| Opera House fire; work at Times-Picayune; social life | |||||
| L.A. Andepont to K.T. Catlett of Rosa, La.: Opelousas, TLS (on [Clarion] Progressstationary, Opelousas, La.), 3 May 1922 | |||||
| Mainly arranging for transfer of boxes; some on local politics | |||||
| Campbell Bascom Slemp, Secretary to President Coolidge, to Henry L.Fuqua: White House, Washington, D.C., TLS, 13 August 1924 | |||||
| Thanks Fuqua for sending views to President | |||||
| Letters to J.O. Modisette, Jennings, La., Chair of Louisiana Library Commission [all TLS] | |||||
| Mary Mims, Louisiana Cooperative Extension, State Community Worker to JOM: Baton Rouge, 12 May 1928 | |||||
| Thanks JOM for talk at meeting | |||||
| T. H. Harris, Louisiana State Superintendent of Education, to JOM: Baton Rouge, 12 May 1928 | |||||
| Schedules meeting | |||||
| Harriet S. Daggett, LSU School of Law to JOM: New Haven, Conn., 2 July 1928 | |||||
| Summer at Yale University; state appropriations for library work | |||||
| James J. Bailey, Louisiana Secretary of State, to JOM: 8 August 1928 | |||||
| Will discuss matter raised by JOM with state librarian when she returns | |||||
| 2-08 | Documents and Financial Records [invoices and receipts], 1901-1928 | ||||
| Receipts: V.H. Sibille and Son, Sunset: 12 October 1908; Felix Eloi Girard: 27 November 1908; Petetin Brothers, Grand Coteau: 14 January 1922 | |||||
| Tax receipts: St. Landry Parish: 6 May 1905; Lafayette Parish Road Tax: August 1908; St. Landry Parish: 23 January 1924 | |||||
| Flyers: camp meeting in Montrose, Natchitoches Parish, October 1900; Our Lady of Mercy Auxiliary Motion-Picture Entertainment, 29 September 1911 [New Orleans] | |||||
| Invitation: Daughters of Mnemosyne Dance [Lutcher], 19 September 1901 | |||||
| Program: Madam Adelina Patti Recital at French Opera House, 6 February 1904 | |||||
| Information Brochure about The Archconfraternity of the Holy Agony of Our Lord Jesus Christ: New Orleans [Jules B. Jeanmard, Adminstrator S. V.], 6 February 1918 | |||||
| Birthday greeting post card from Holmes Midget Theatre, New Orleans, 7 May 1928 | |||||
| Advertisement for radio program sponsored by Beech-Nut, n.d. | |||||
| 2-09 | Huey P. Long: Correspondence [10 items], 1923-1933, n.d. | ||||
| Mainly mass mailings | |||||
| 2-10 | Huey P. Long: Broadsides and Circulars [23 items; 26 documents (including duplicates)], 1927-1935, n.d. | ||||
| [Most done while in U.S. Senate] | |||||
| Louisiana - Politics and government, 1900-1945 | |||||
| 2-11 | Huey P. Long: Materials on “Share the Wealth” Plan [9 items, 16 documents (including duplicates)], 1933-1939 | ||||
| Circulars and broadsides; club activities; speaking schedules | |||||
| 2-12 | Huey P. Long: Speeches in Congressional Record: 4 April 1933 - 15 June 1935 | ||||
| 2-13 | Huey P. Long: Memorabilia and Miscellaneous | ||||
| Subscription forms and promotional flyers for American Progress, n.d. | |||||
| Invitation to New Orleans Testimonial Banquet to Hon. Huey P. Long, 26 January 1928 | |||||
| [Robert Ewing, Chairman] | |||||
| Program for Inaugural Ceremony, 21 May 1928 | |||||
| Ticket: Impeachment Hearings, 1929 | |||||
| Program: Citizens Banquet to His Excellency Hon. Huey P. Long, New Orleans, 17 September 1930 | |||||
| Sheet Music: “Every Man a King” [2 items] | |||||
| Rainbow Music Company, New York City, 1935 | |||||
| National Book Company, New Orleans, 1935 | |||||
| Flyer: Speaking tour of Huey P. Long and John B. Fournet, Lieutenant Governor and candidate for Supreme Court, 24 September - 3 October 1934 | |||||
| Cartoon: “The Senator from Louisiana Yields”, by Fred O. Seibel, 10 September 1935 | |||||
| Broadside: “Why Didn’t the Daily Reveille Print This?” [Reprint of Drew Pearson column on Long’s assassination, n.d.] | |||||
| Program: “Memorial Services in Observance of the Birthday of Our Late Senator Huey P. Long”, Baton Rouge, 30 August 1938 | |||||
| Flyer: Rally organized by Gerald L. K. Smith, Winnfield, 19 April 1946 | |||||
| Program includes tributes to Huey P. Long, and George Long a speaker | |||||
| 2-14 | Anti-Long Materials, 1927-1924, n.d. | ||||
| Circulars, pamphlets, newspapers | |||||
| Barksdale, Joseph B. “On Behalf of Riley J. Wilson for Governor: The Truth about Huey P. Long.”: Speech in Shreveport, 24 September 1927 | |||||
| Steele, A.C. “Public Statement of ....”, 29 September 1927 | |||||
| Dupré, Gilbert L. “Address of Honorable Gilbert L. Dupré before the Louisiana House of Representatives”, 22 April 1929 | |||||
| Circular: “Louisiana, Wake Up!”, n.d. | |||||
| Pamphlet: “What the Record Reveals: A Discussion of the Occupational License Taxation in Louisiana”, n.d. | |||||
| Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, Shreveport, La., 9 May 1929 | |||||
| Broadside: Louisiana Taxpayers Association, 13 March 1933 | |||||
| The Bumble Bee [Alexandria, La.] v. 1, #13, 1934, n.d. | |||||
| Anti-Tax Card, n.d. | |||||
| 2-15 | Political Broadsides and Circulars, Non-Long [7 items, 16 docs.], mainly reflects pro-Huey P. Long positions 1930s | ||||
| American Progress Bulletin | |||||
| Committee of the Democratic Party | |||||
| John B. Fournet | |||||
| Friends of Mrs. Boliver Kemp | |||||
| 2-16 | Correspondence and Documents [12 items], 1920s-1961 | ||||
| Letters of George H. Gardiner, Lafayette [LA] Chamber of Commerce Secretary mainly with Lyle Saxon, State Director of Federal Writers’ Project, New Orleans, La. [6 items] | |||||
| To Lyle Saxon, TLS: 21 October 1935; 7 November; 11 February 1936 | |||||
| From Saxon, TL: 22 October 1935; 4 November | |||||
| To Henry G. Alsberg, Director Federal Writers’ Project, Washington, D.C., TL: 21 October 1935 | |||||
| Mary Jane Sweeney, Lafayette District Supervisor, Federal Writers’ Project to Carolyn Cassibry, Federal Writers’ Project, New Orleans [ordering supplies], TLS [2 items]: 21 January 1937, 2 April 1937 | |||||
| $1.00 bill with Dudley J. LeBlanc’s Picture, 1 August 1940 | |||||
| The Voice of Fatima Newsletters [2 items], 13 August 1950, August 1951 | |||||
| Deep South Television Schedule, Times-Picayune [photocopy], 5 November 1960 | |||||
| William D. Pierson, American Bar Association Chair of Section of Insurance, Negligence andCompensation Law to Hon. Joe B. Hamiter, Justice of Louisiana Supreme Court, TLS, May 1961 | |||||
| Cover letter for 1960 Proceedings of the Section | |||||
| Letter to Fellow Citizens of Louisiana, by Marc Mouton, n.d. | |||||
| News Clippings: Marc M. Mouton, Candidate for Lt. Governor | |||||
| From Lyle Saxon, 4 November 1937, 26 October 1927 | |||||
| 2-17 | World War II Materials | ||||
| Drawing: “‘Tis the Night Before Christmas”, 728 Railway Operating Battalion, 1944, n.d. | |||||
| Ration Stamps [fuel, shoes, processed food, mileage]; Application Form | |||||
| 2-18 | Signatures of U.S. Presidents and Louisiana Governors | ||||
| Land Grant, signed by James Buchanan, 1 June 1858 | |||||
| Document, signature of Benjamin Harrison and Secretary of State James G. Blaine, 24 May 1890 | |||||
| [Partial, bottom portion only] | |||||
| Resolution of state legislature signed by Jacques Dupré, Acting Governor, 20 April 1830 accepting constitutionality of 1828 tariff. Addressed to Governor of Connecticut | |||||
| Letter from Gov. Joseph Walker to Phillip Allen, Governor of Rhode Island, May 1851 | |||||
| Land registration certificate for Theodule Leonard, signed by Governor Robert C. Wickliffe, 1859 | |||||
| Letter from H.W. Allen to “My dear Hunter”, Mobile [laminated], 12 June 1863 | |||||
| Pamphlet inscribed by Henry L. Fuqua | |||||
| Certificate of appointment for A.B. Hardeman as Notary Public in Webster Parish, signed by Alvin O. King, 4 April 1932 | |||||
| 2-19 | Alice Cox Letters, 1942-1943 | ||||
| 2-20 | Alice Cox Letters, 3 January - 8 February 1944 | ||||
| 2-21 | Alice Cox Letters, 14 February - 28 April 1944 | ||||
| 2-22 | Alice Cox Letters, 11 May - 23 June 1944 | ||||
| 2-23 | Alice Cox Letters, 24 July - 25 August 1944 | ||||
| 2-24 | Alice Cox Letters, 9 September - 31 October 1944 | ||||
| Box 3 | |||||
| 3-01 | Alice Cox Letters, 4-27 November 1944 | ||||
| 3-02 | Alice Cox Letters, 2-30 December 1944 | ||||
| 3-03 | Alice Cox Letters, 6 January - 20 April 1945 | ||||
| 3-04 | Nainette K. Amos Correspondence, 1968 | ||||
| 3-05 | Letters to Cox Family, 1943-1944 | ||||
| C. Ephemera | |||||
| 3-06 | Politics | ||||
| Dance card from Inaugural Ball of Henry Fuqua, 29 May 1924 | |||||
| Invitation to reception for Calvin Coolidge and wife sponsored by the Pan-American Union, 29 May 1925 | |||||
| Invitation to Governor and Mrs. Fuqua to reception in White House, 28 January 1926 | |||||
| Clipping re: television program on 1960 campaign [photocopy], November 1960 | |||||
| 3-07 | Education | ||||
| Invitation to Exhibition of Pupils of Belle Grove Institute, 25 March 1857 | |||||
| Invitation to Commencement of Law Department, University of Louisiana [Tulane], 6 April 1857 | |||||
| Invitation to Commencement at Jefferson College, 16 July 1889 | |||||
| Map Case 13-04 | |||||
| Poster: Courses for foreign students, Université de Grenoble [in French], 1905 | |||||
| 3-08 | Funeral Announcements [7 items], 1939-1895, n.d. | ||||
| All from Bayou Sara/St. Francisville Area | |||||
| 3-09 | Pamphlets: Miscellaneous [3 items] | ||||
| “Ante-Bellum Days Along the Ol’ Mississippi”, Illinois Central Railroad, n.d. | |||||
| Audubon Pilgrimage, 1939, 1941 | |||||
| 3-10 | Publications: Miscellaneous | ||||
| “Extrait de la Lettre du Roi, 1764, earliest known Louisiana imprint, [1938 facsimile] | |||||
| “I Saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing,” Edwin Lewis Stephens, Louisiana Conservation Review, v.4, #2, April 1934. Signed by Edith Garland Dupré | |||||
| News Clipping: City Hall Island, Daily Advertiser, 16 August 1949 | |||||
| Flyer: La Grande Soirée de Lafayette, Acadian Village, 6 May 1983 | |||||
| D. Photographs and Postcards | |||||
| 3-11 | Photographs | ||||
| Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge, 1880s [not an original]; Arkansas State Capitol, (under construction) [original], 1911 | |||||
| Hale Boggs, Congressman of Louisiana, n.d. | |||||
| Lyle Saxon, Louisiana Writer, 1920s-1940s | |||||
| 3-12 | Postcards | ||||
| Holidays: Christmas [2]; Thanksgiving [1]; birthday [1] | |||||
| Birth Announcements: J.W.N. Co., Providence, Rhode Island [1]; T.P. and Company, New York, 1912 | |||||
| [1] friendship: [2] flowers: [5, n.d.: 1 duplicate] people: Arctic explorers (Cook and Peary) [1]; Richard E. New (legless motorcycle rider, advertisement for Goodrich Tires) | |||||
| Unidentified Scenes: Traffic on coast road [1]; farm house with pond, etc., 1908 [1] | |||||
| New York’s World Fair, 1939 [2 items] | |||||
| Trylon and Perisphere, Manhattan Post Card Publishing Co. | |||||
| The Hall of Communications, Frank E. Cooper | |||||
| E. Artifacts | |||||
| 3-13 | Krewe of Proteus Ball Favor, n.d. | ||||
| Box 4 | |||||
| F. Scrapbook | |||||
| 4-01 | McClelland Family, 1852-1989 | ||||
| Oversize | |||||
| G. Framed Items | |||||
| 1. | Certificates from La Délégation du Québec en Louisiane for Lessie W. and Edward W. Wynne: Pour reconnaître sa contribution à l’essor de la Francophonie Nord-Améicaine, 24 June 1983 | ||||
| 2. | Lafayette, LA Twinning Trip to Namur, Belgium. Trip taken by Dr. Edward Wynne & Mrs. Edward (Lessie) Wynne, Sr., 9-23 July 1983 | ||||
| 3. | Lafayette Centennial: A Year of Celebration, 5 May 1984 | ||||