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Ruth Robertson Fontenot Collection

Collection 232

Ruth Robertson Fontenot (1914–-1995). Collection, 1801–1891, 1900–1994, n.d.

16 feet, 4 inches

Ruth Robertson Fontenot, artist, archivist, genealogical consultant. Born, Opelousas, Louisiana, March 30 1914; daughter of William Alexander Robertson and Marie Celeste Dupre. Married Austin L. A. Fontenot, Jr., May 20, 1936, eight children. Attended Sophie Newcomb College, 1931-1933; B.A. cum laude, Southwestern Louisiana Institute (alumni directory lists her as Ruth Alexander Fontenot), 1935. Resided in Washington, Louisiana, at the De la Morandiere House; later in Opelousas, Louisiana, at the Ringrose Plantation; at New Orleans’ Pontalba Apartments; in Franklin, Louisiana; and at the Governor Mouton mansion in Opelousas. Career achievements: edited the “History Edition” of the Opelousas Daily World, 1955, reprinted 1983; organized and helped establish the Jim Bowie Museum in Opelousas, 1958; assisted in establishing the Acadiana Tourism Center, the first of its kind in the Acadiana region, 1966; obtained state grant for the architectural survey of historic buildings in Washington, Louisiana, 1968; the drawings are in the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; official archivist of the St. Landry Catholic Church of Opelousas, Louisiana, translating the French and Spanish colonial records, 1951-1975; consultant of the Evangeline Economic and Planning District on a cultural and architectural survey of the Acadiana region for the Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation, 1977-86; surveyed St. Landry, St. Martin, Iberia, and St. Mary Parishes. Died, Lafayette, Louisiana February 12, 1995; interred Cedar Hill cemetery, Washington, Louisiana.

SOURCES: Vertical File, Louisiana Room, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette Daily Advertiser, February 14, 1995; personal research from Frederick Austin Fontenot, A.E.B.

Note: Narrative adopted from Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, ten-year supplement, 1988-1998

This collection contains architectural surveys for St. Mary, Iberia, St. Landry, St. Martin parishes. Also included are various histories for different parishes, genealogy material, photographs, publicity material, and miscellaneous materials as well.

This collection has been arranged by parish and then by subject. These are mostly her working files.

Series:

WORKING FILES  
   
A. St. Mary Parish  
  1. Architectural surveys 1-01 through 2-20
  2. Architectural hurricane damage 2-21 through 2-35
  3. Architecture, negatives and proofs 2-36 through 3-75
  4. History - miscellaneous 3-76 through 4-32
  5. Genealogy 4-33 through 4-45
  6. Clippings 4-46 through 4-47
  7. Maps 4-48
B. Iberia Parish  
  1. Architectural surveys 5-01 through 5-21
  2. Architectural contact sheets and negatives 5-22 through 6-08
  3. Images 6-09 through 6-39
  4. History - miscellaneous 6-40 through 7-06
  5. Photographs 7-07 through 7-15
  6. Clippings 7-16 through 7-20
  7. Genealogy 7-21 through 7-25
  8. Maps 7-26 and 7-27
C. St. Martin Parish  
  1. Architectural surveys 7-0-28 through 8-14
  2. Other 8-15 through 8-31
D. St. Landry Parish  
  1. Architectural surveys 8-32 through 9-01
  2. History - miscellaneous 9-02 through 9-76
  3. Genealogy 9-77 through 10-03
  4. Photographs 10-04 through 10-08
  5. Clippings 10-09 through10-10
  6. Maps 10-11 through10-12
E. East Baton Rouge Parish  
  1. History - miscellaneous 10-13 through 10-15; 10-18, 10-19
  2. Map 10-16
  3. Genealogy 10-17
F. West Baton Rouge Parish  
  1. History - miscellaneous 10-20 through 10-22
  2. Maps 10-23
G. Orleans Parish  
  1. History - miscellaneous 10-24 through 10-38
  2. Map 10-39
H. Lafayette Parish  
  1. History - miscellaneous 10-40 through 10-47
  2. Photographs 10-48
  3. Clippings and newspapers 10-49 through 10-50
I. Acadia Parish  
  1. History - miscellaneous 10-54 through 10-56
  2. Clippings 10-57
J. Evangeline Parish  
  1. Architectural surveys 10-52
  2. History - miscellaneous 10-53
K. Other Parishes  
  1. Avoyelles Parish 10-51
  2. Calcasieu Parish 10-59
  3. Natchitoches Parish 10-60 through 10-62
  4. Pointe Coupee Parish 10-58
  5. St. Helena Parish 10-63
  6. Union Parish 10-64
L. Multiple Parishes  
  1. Clippings 10-65
M. General 11-01 through 12-25
       
PERSONAL FILES  
       
A. Personal Papers 12-26 through 12-28
       
OVERSIZE 13-01 through 13-03

Inventory:

WORKING FILES
 
A. St. Mary Parish
1. Architectural Surveys
1-01 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-001 to #51-050
1-02 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-051 to #51-100
1-03 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-101 to #51-150
1-04 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-151 to #51-200
1-05 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-201 to #51-250
1-06 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-251 to #51-300
1-07 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-301 to #51-350
1-08 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-351 to #51-400
1-09 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-401 to #51-450
1-10 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-451 to #51-500
1-11 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-501 to #51-550
1-12 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-551 to #51-600
1-13 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-601 to #51-650
1-14 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-651 to #51-700
1-15 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-701 to #51-750
1-16 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-751 to #51-800
1-17 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-801 to #51-850
1-18 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-851 to #51-900
1-19 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-901 to #51-950
1-20 St. Mary Parish: architectural surveys: #51-951 to #51-1000
1-21 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1001 to #51-1050
1-22 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1051 to #51-1100
1-23 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1101 to #51-1150
1-24 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1151 to #51-1200
1-25 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1201 to #51-1225
2-01 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1226to #51-1250
2-02 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1251 to #51-1300
2-03 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1301 to #51-1350
2-04 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1351 to #51-1400
2-05 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1401 to #51-1450
2-06 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1451 to #51-1500
2-07 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1501 to #51-1550
2-08 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1551 to #51-1600
2-09 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1601 to #51-1650
2-10 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1750 to #51-1800
2-11 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1840 to #51-1881
2-12 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1801 to #51-1850
2-13 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1850 to #51-1900
2-14 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1901 to #51-1950
2-15 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-1951 to #51-2000
2-16 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-2001 to #51-2050
2-17 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-2051 to #51-2056
2-18 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-?; #51-2057 to #51-2060
2-19 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: #51-?
2-20 St. Mary Parish: architectural survey: contract - surveys
 
A. St. Mary Parish
2. Survey of Hurricane Andrew Damage to Historical Structures. [1992], n.d.
2-21 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-000 to #51-100
2-22 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-101 to #51-200
2-23 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-201 to #51-300
2-24 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-301 to #51-400
2-25 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-401 to #51-600
2-26 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-601 to #51-900
2-27 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-901 to #51-1000
2-28 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-1001 to #51-1200
2-29 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-1201 to #51-1700
2-30 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-1701 to #51-2100
2-31 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-? [Berwick]
2-32 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-? [Charenton]
2-33 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-? [Morgan City]
2-34 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-? [Patterson]
2-35 St. Mary Parish: architectural damage: #51-? [Verdunville]
 
A. St. Mary Parish
3. Architectural, negatives and proofs
2-36 St. Mary Parish: End of Sterling; Parish road 28 from Oaklawn to Sterling, October 1981
2-37 St. Mary Parish: Sterling and Robert Smitz, Pigioniere, October 28, ?
2-38 St. Mary Parish: Sterling Sugar Incorporated, Quarters, Big House, Engineers, Etc., n.d.
2-39 St. Mary Parish: Alice B., Charenton Road, Start of Sterling Sugars, Inc., 27 Oct. 1981
2-40 St. Mary Parish: Charenton Road from Charenton to Franklin, 22 October 1981
2-41 St. Mary Parish: Midway plantation, 13 October 1981
2-42 St. Mary Parish: Cypremort Road, 15 October 1981
2-43 St. Mary Parish: “Louisa” Cypremort Plantation, 22 September 1981
2-44 St. Mary Parish: Bayou Sale Road, 13 May 1982
2-45 St. Mary Parish: Alice C. (field side), road access from mill, Masonic Temple - Lafayette, 27-28 April 1982
2-46 St. Mary Parish: Dixie Road, Kemper Road, and Alice C. Road, 15 April 1982
2-47 St. Mary Parish: Edge of Town to Country Road including Arlington, April 14, ?
2-48 St. Mary Parish: Franklin - 4 corners - edge of Franklin, 12 April 1982
2-49 St. Mary Parish: Bayou Sale Road, “Tillansia” - entrance hall, 28 May 1982
2-50 St. Mary Parish: Town of Patterson, 1983
2-51 St. Mary Parish: Patterson, November-December 1983
2-52 St. Mary Parish: Patterson, 26 October 1983
2-53 St. Mary Parish: Town of Patterson, 24 October 1983
2-54 St. Mary Parish: Patterson “Idlewild”, October 1983
   
[Note: following folders have negatives and contact sheets]
3-01 St. Mary Parish: Gumpoint Lane off La. 28 near Franklin, 19 November 1981
3-02 St. Mary Parish: End of Parish Road 28, start of Gumpoint Lane to Shiloh Baptist Church, 18 November 1981
3-03 St. Mary Parish: Parish Road 28 past Sterling to Gumpoint, 16 November 1981
3-04 St. Mary Parish: St. Landry Catholic Church, 15 October 1981
3-05 St. Mary Parish: End of Sterling, Parish road 28 from Oaklawn & N. Bend Smokestack, 29 October 1981
3-06 St. Mary Parish: Avoca, J.N. Pharr and Sons, 6 April 1984
3-07 St. Mary Parish: Fairview Glenwild, takes of old photos from Newton Henry, interiors and exteriors, April 1984
3-08 St. Mary Parish: Fairview, Glenwild, retakes (overexposed film) , April 1984
3-09 St. Mary Parish: Fairview, Glenwild, Rochel boat workers, March 1984
3-10 St. Mary Parish: Berwick Locks, Fairview, Glenwild, Shivers, March 1984
3-11 St. Mary Parish: Fairview, Berwick Locks, house by subdivision, March 1984
3-12 St. Mary Parish: Bayou Sale Road, 9 April 1980
3-13 St. Mary Parish: Oxford Plantation, 30 June 1981
3-14 St. Mary Parish: Oaklawn Cabin, interior, 27 January 1981
3-15 St. Mary Parish: Oaklawn C. block quarters, 22 January 1981
3-16 St. Mary Parish: Oaklawn Plantation, 19 January 1981
3-17 St. Mary Parish: Oaklawn quarters - Westside, 15 January 1981
3-18 St. Mary Parish: Oxford - Oaklawn and Cote Blanche, 4 January 1981
3-19 St. Mary Parish: Oaklawn, 17 December 1980
3-20 St. Mary Parish: Oaklawn - big house gardens, 15 December 1980
3-21 St. Mary Parish: Charenton beach, Indian mounds, End of Charenton, 12 December 1980
3-22 St. Mary Parish: Charenton, 3 December 1980
3-23 St. Mary Parish: Charenton, 3 December 1980
3-24 St. Mary Parish: Charenton Area - old church and meeting house, 20 November 1980
3-25 St. Mary Parish: Adeline - Charenton, 14 November 1980
3-26 St. Mary Parish: Albania, 12 November 1980
3-27 St. Mary Parish: Shadowlawn, Main Street - Franklin, 11 November 1980
3-28 St. Mary Parish: Flatown Road, Linwood Lane, La. 326 between Linwood Plantation and Baldwin city limits to Ronnie Street, April-May 1981
3-29 St. Mary Parish: Main Street and Patterson Air Museum, 2 June 1980
3-30 St. Mary Parish: Franklin, Main Street, 30 April 1980
3-31 St. Mary Parish: Main Street, Parpay House, 27 May 1980
3-32 St. Mary Parish: Main Street, Franklin, 19 May 1980
3-33 St. Mary Parish: Main Street, Franklin, 8 May 1980
3-34 St. Mary Parish: Main Street, Franklin, 6 May 1980
3-35 St: Mary Parish: Main Street, Franklin, 5 May 1980
3-36 St. Mary Parish: Main Street, Franklin, 29 April 1980
3-37 St. Mary Parish: Franklin, Blanchard House, 29 April 1980
3-38 St. Mary Parish: Franklin, Jefferson Island, 24 April 1980
3-39 St. Mary Parish: Bayou Sale Road, October 15, ?
3-40 St. Mary Parish: Bayou Sale Road - Johnson retakes, Garrett debris, Maryland Home, 13 October 1982
3-41 St. Mary Parish: Bayou Sale Road, 13 October 1982
3-42 St. Mary Parish: Bayou Sale Road above North Bend, Johnson, Garrett, Maryland, 11 October 1982
3-43 St. Mary Parish: End of La. 87 and 182 before town of Patterson and beginning of Patterson, 11 March 1983
  See also: 9-27
3-44 St. Mary Parish: Baldwin, Ascough negatives, retake of Florence, Cote Blanche, sheets from Old Movie House in Baldwin, n.d.
3-45 St. Mary Parish: Lower part of Cypremort Road, St. Helena Cemetery, June 1981
3-46 St. Mary Parish: Old Glemco Road, Cypremort Point, Cypremort Park, Jackie’s House, Point House, 15 June 1981
3-47 St. Mary Parish: End of Baldwin, Start of Cypremort Road, La.83, n.d.
3-48 St. Mary Parish: Baldwin, Also L’Anse Maigre, Evangeline Parish, June 1981
3-49 St. Mary Parish: “Louisa” - Cypremort and La. 83 - Rodriguez, June 1981
3-50 St. Mary Parish: Katy Plantation, cabins past church, n.d.
3-51 St. Mary Parish: End of Sterling Plantation, Charenton to Baldwin, 14 May 1981
3-52 St. Mary Parish: Baldwin - Main Street and Charenton Road, May 21-22, ?
3-53 St. Mary Parish: Katy Plantation, 11 April 1981
3-54 St. Mary Parish: Sorrell, 14 November 1980
3-55 St. Mary Parish: Brunswick - Bres - Hughes Home, September 1983
3-56 St. Mary Parish: Sugar Mill at Victoria, 24 March 1983
3-57 St. Mary Parish; Grandwood, Calumet, Indian Mounds, Sugar Mill ruins, 8 May 1983
3-58 St. Mary Parish: Ricohoc, Pecan Grove, Calumet, 2 March 1983
3-59 St. Mary Parish: Shadyside Plantation on La. 182 near Verdunville, Jan.-Feb., 1983
3-60 St. Mary Parish: “Alice” and “Vermilionville Inn”, 14 December 1982
3-61 St. Mary Parish: Martin Road - Shadyside, 8 December 1982
3-62 St. Mary Parish: La. Highway 87 at Verdunville - near Verdunville Canal, East side of Bayou Teche, 3 December 1982
3-63 St. Mary Parish: Access Bayou Bank, “Buchey” and others, 17 November 1982
3-64 St. Mary Parish: Verdunville, 12 November 1982
3-65 St. Mary Parish: Verdunville, 12 November 1982
3-66 St. Mary Parish: Verdunville, 12 November 1982
3-67 St. Mary Parish: Centerville: Main Street, church area, 27-28 October 1982
3-68 St. Mary Parish: Centerville, November 1982
3-69 St. Mary Parish: Centerville, 17 November 1982
3-70 St. Mary Parish: Centerville, moving of “Inez”, retakes on La. 317 and 2 cabins, 25 October 1982
3-71 St. Mary Parish: Move Inez, end of La. 317, Log Bayou Road (parish road 116), 21 October 1982
3-72 St. Mary Parish: Maryland retakes, on Log Bayou Road, 21 October 1982
3-73 St. Mary Parish: Adeline, Fuselier, Sorrell, Baldwin, Maps from courthouse, 29 June 1981
3-74 St. Mary Parish: Grace Robichaux Boudreaux, Baldwin, 17 Nov. 1982
3-75 St. Mary Parish: Newton Smith, at Fairview; photos of Teddy Roosevelt at Orange Grove, Avoca Island, Glenwild, and Fairview - also a group on Berwick Bay at Morgan City with the “Sewanee” in one, March 1984
 
A. St. Mary Parish
4. History - Miscellaneous
3-76 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, Delas House, by Leonce Songe, n.d. [article]
3-77 St. Mary parish, history: Calumet Plantation, n.d. [handwritten notes]
3-78 St. Mary Parish, history: Katy plantation, n.d. [map]
3-79 St. Mary Parish, history: Plantation life, 1973 [articles]
3-80 St. Mary Parish, history: Francis Plantation, n.d. [article]
3-81 St. Mary Parish, history: Home, n.d. [photo, copy]
3-82 St. Mary Parish, history: Maryland Plantation, 1982 [newspaper clipping]
3-83 St. Mary Parish, history: Garden City, Albert Hanson Lumber Company, 1900 [floor plan]
3-84 St. Mary Parish, history: Garden City, n.d. [maps]
3-85 St. Mary Parish, history: Katy Plantation, n.d. [rough draft, standard structure surveys]
3-86 St. Mary Parish, history: Katy Plantation, n.d. [rough draft, standard structure surveys]
3-87 St. Mary Parish, history: Calumet Plantation, n.d. [handwritten notes]
3-88 St. Mary Parish, history: Katy Plantation, n.d. [correspondence]
3-89 St. Mary Parish, history: Katy Plantation, Columbia Plantation, n.d. [proofs]
3-90 St. Mary Parish, history: Katy Plantation, Office, store, cabins, n.d. [proofs]
3-91 St. Mary Parish, history: Calumet Plantation, n.d. [articles]
3-92 St. Mary Parish, history: Fairview, n.d. [photos, copy]
3-93 St. Mary Parish, history: Maryland Plantation, n.d. [maps]
3-94 St. Mary Parish, history: Berwick Locks n.d. [typed notes]
3-95 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, September-October 1984 [proofs, negatives]
3-96 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, September-October 1984 [proofs, negatives]
3-97 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, n.d. [proofs, negatives]
3-98 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City - 1960 [publication, copy]
3-99 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, August 1982 [correspondence, minutes, etc.]
3-100 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan city, n.d. [maps]
3-101 St. Mary Parish, history: Caffery Central Sugar Factory: Adeline Sugar Factory, n.d. [article]
4-01 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, n.d. [photographs]
4-02 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, n.d. [negatives and proofs]
4-03 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, September 26, ? [negatives and proofs]
4-04 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, 1927, 1971, n.d. [maps]
4-05 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, n.d. [articles, handwritten notes, etc.]
4-06 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, 1985, n.d. [maps, photos]
4-07 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, November 1984 [proofs]
4-08 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City area, 1982, n.d. [handwritten notes]
4-09 St. Mary Parish, history: Morgan City, 5 May 1980 [negatives, proofs]
   
4-10 St. Mary Parish, history: Franklin, 1994 [handwritten notes, clippings, correspondence]
4-11 St. Mary Parish, history: Patterson, 1965 [article]
4-12 St. Mary Parish, history: Fairview Home/Berwick, 1900 [photos]
4-13 St. Mary Parish: Albania - plat of 1879 and write-up [articles]
4-14 St. Mary Parish, history: Franklin Historical District Plat Commission. 1994 [map]
4-15 St. Mary Parish, history: Old River Control - Berwick Lock, n.d.
4-16 St. Mary Parish, history: Albania Refinery, n.d. [article]
4-17 St. Mary Parish, history: Garden City (interview with Taddy Aycock), n.d.
4-18 St. Mary Parish, history: Garden City, 29 April 1982 [negatives and proofs]
4-19 St. Mary Parish, history: F. B. Williams Lumber Company, 1972 [articles, photos - copy]
4-20 St. Mary Parish, history: Berwick Lock, Patterson, n.d. [handwritten notes, ]
4-21 St. Mary Parish, history: North Bend Refinery, n.d. [article, handwritten notes]
4-22 St. Mary Parish, history: Sugar Mills, n.d. [articles]
4-23 St. Mary Parish, history: Inter coastal Canal, n.d. [publication - copy]
4-24 St. Mary Parish, history: Stouts Pass - Atchafalaya Basin, n.d. [Archaeological survey]
4-25 St. Mary Parish, history: Charenton Church, n.d. [handwritten note]
4-26 St. Mary Parish, history: Belle Isle, January 1963 [correspondence, photo - copy]
4-27 St. Mary Parish: general history, n.d. [photo - copy, clippings, etc.]
4-28 St. Mary Parish: general history, 1898, 1980, n.d. [photo - copy, clippings, etc.]
4-29 St. Mary Parish: general history, 1966, 1979, n.d. [photo - copy, clippings, etc.]
4-30 St. Mary Parish: general history, 1980 [photo - copy, clippings, typed notes, etc.]
4-31 St. Mary Parish: general history, n.d. [photo - copy, clippings, articles, etc.]
4-32 St. Mary Parish: proposed home rule charter, 1983 [handwritten, typed]
 
A, St. Mary Parish
5. Genealogy
4-33 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Pharr family, n.d. [articles - copy]
4-34 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Chetimaches of Charenton, 1974 [publication - copy]
4-35 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, David Berwick family, n.d. [map/description - copy]
4-36 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Caffery family, 1977 [articles - copy]
4-37 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Caffery family, n.d. [publication - copy]
4-38 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Caffery family 1900-1958 [typed - copy]
4-39 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Caffery family, n.d. [handwritten notes, typed - copy]
4-40 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Pharr family papers, 1848-1922 [typed - copy]
4-41 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Pharr family papers, 1924, n.d. [handwritten notes, typed - copy]
4-42 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Biography of John Baldwin, pt.1, 1962 [publication - copy]
4-43 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Biography of John Baldwin, pt.2, 1962 [publication - copy]
4-44 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Baldwin family, 1962 [typed notes - copy]
4-45 St. Mary Parish: genealogy, Baldwin family, 1959, 1968, n.d. [typed notes - copy]
 
A. St. Mary Parish
6. Clippings
4-46 St. Mary Parish: clippings, Franklin, n.d. [copy]
4-47 St. Mary Parish: clippings, Franklin Banner-Tribune, Special Historical edition, 1959 [original]
 
A. St. Mary Parish
7. Maps
4-48 St. Mary Parish: maps, n.d. [copy]
13-01 St. Mary parish: maps, n.d. [oversize]
 
B. Iberia Parish
1. Architectural Surveys: Physical description of property and historical significance], n.d.
5-01 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, indices, index
5-02 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-001 to #23-054
5-03 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-055 to #23-100
5-04 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-101 to #23-150
5-05 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-151 to #23-200
5-06 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-201 to #23-250
5-07 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-251 to #23-300
5-08 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-301 to #23-322
5-09 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-323 to #23-350
5-10 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-351 to #23-400
5-11 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-401 to #23-450
5-12 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-451 to #23-500
5-13 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-501 to #23-550
5-14 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-551 to #23-600
5-15 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-601 to #23-650
5-16 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-651 to #23-700
5-17 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23 701 to #23-750
5-18 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-751 to #23-800
5-19 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-801 to #23-850
5-20 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-851 to #23-900
5-21 Iberia Parish: architectural surveys, #23-?
 
B. Iberia Parish
2. Architectural, negatives and contact sheets [proofs]. Also may contain photographs
5-22 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-001 to #23-009
5-23 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-010 to #23-022
5-24 Iberia Parish: images, 7 February 1979 #23-039 to #23-064
5-25 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-066 to #23-078
5-26 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-084 to #23-107
5-27 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-108 to #23-138
5-28 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-131 to #23-150
5-29 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-151 to #23-185
5-30 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-186 to #23-211
5-31 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-212 to #23-230
5-32 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-231 to #23-269
5-33 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-271 to #23-298
5-34 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-298 to #23-316
5-35 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-317 to #23-331
5-36 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-331 to #23-351
5-37 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-351 to #23-386
5-38 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-388
5-39 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-389 to #23-404
5-40 Iberia Parish: images, n.d. #23-390
6-01 Iberia Parish: images, n.d., #23-405 to #23-425
6-02 Iberia Parish: images, n.d., #23-426 to #23-?
6-03 Iberia Parish: images, n.d., #23-443 to #23-467
6-04 Iberia Parish: images, n.d., #23-468 to #23-478
6-05 Iberia Parish: images, n.d., #23-479 to #23-485
6-06 Iberia Parish: images, n.d., #23-486 to #23-499
6-07 Iberia Parish: images, n.d., #23-500 to #23-515
6-08 Iberia Parish: images, n.d., #23- 516 to #23-527
 
B. Iberia Parish
3. Architectural, photographs and negatives; also some folders of textual material
6-09 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette, photographs and negatives, n.d.
6-10 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette, photographs and negatives, n.d.
6-11 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette, photographs and negatives, n.d.
6-22 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette, 8 April 1982 [photographs]
6-27 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette, Alice Plantation, 1984 [correspondence]
6-28 Iberia Parish: Alice plantation, n.d. [description report]
6-34 Iberia Parish: Alice Home, n.d. [survey form, handwritten notes]
6-35 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette, Minvielle Blvd., 1980 [photographs]
6-36 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette, 1980 [photographs]
6-37 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette, 1980 [photographs]
6-38 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette, 1980 [photographs]
6-39 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette, 1980 [photographs]
   
6-12 Iberia Parish: Avery Island, photographs and negatives, n.d. [also contact sheets]
6-13 Iberia Parish: Avery Island - Salt Mines, n.d. [negatives and contact sheets]
6-14 Iberia Parish: Avery Island - Tobasco factory, n.d. [negatives and contact sheets]
6-15 Iberia Parish: Avery Island - birds, n.d. [negatives and contact sheets]
6-16 Iberia Parish: Avery Island - Marsh House, n.d. [negatives]
6-18 Iberia Parish: Avery Island, n.d. [negatives and contact sheets]
6-19 Iberia Parish: Avery Island, n.d. [negatives and contact sheets]
6-20 Iberia Parish: Avery Island, n.d. [negatives and contact sheets]
6-24 Iberia Parish: Avery Island, survey tree, exposed, n.d. [contact sheets, negatives]
6-30 Iberia Parish: Avery Island, Marsh House, Katherine Avery House, n.d. [photographs]
   
6-17 Iberia Parish: New Iberia, n.d. [negatives and contact sheets]
6-23 Iberia Parish: New Iberia Rehab, May 26-27, ? [negatives]
6-26 Iberia Parish: New Iberia Darby House, n.d. [photograph]
6-32 Iberia Parish: Mintmere Home, New Iberia, n.d. [handwritten notes, survey form]
6-33 Iberia Parish: Armant Broussard Home, New Iberia, n.d. [handwritten note, survey form]
   
6-21 Iberia Parish: Baldwin oak, Rehab, Toussaint, n.d. [contact sheets]
   
6-25 Iberia Parish: Linden Plantation, 15 February 1984 [negatives and prints]
   
6-29 Iberia Parish: Trappey House, n.d. [handwritten notes]
   
6-31 Iberia Parish: unidentified, n.d. [negatives]
 
B. Iberia Parish
4. History - miscellaneous
6-40 Iberia Parish, history: Jeanerette, n.d. [articles]
6-41 Iberia Parish, history: Avery Island, “The 100 Year History of Tabasco”, 1968 [publication]
6-42 Iberia Parish, history: Avery Island, n.d. [article]
6-43 Iberia Parish, history: Avery Island, Sugar House, 1830-1840 [blueprint - copy]
6-44 Iberia Parish, history: Trappey’s plant history, n.d. [typed - copy]
6-45 Iberia Parish, history: history of parish, n.d. [articles - copy]
6-46 Iberia Parish, history: Shadows-on-the-Teche, 1803 [article, clipping, photo]
6-47 Iberia Parish, history: recreation, sports, etc., 1980 [articles, photos - copy]
6-48 Iberia Parish, history: Jazz and other music, 1980 [articles, photos - copy]
6-49 Iberia Parish, history: transportation, n.d. [clippings, photos - copy]
6-50 Iberia Parish, history: Cuisine, n.d. [photos, clippings - copy]
6-51 Iberia Parish, history: general history, n.d. [articles, photos - copy]
6-52 Iberia Parish, history: general history, n.d. [articles]
6-53 Iberia Parish, history: government, politics, business, 1979, 1980, n.d. [clippings - copy]
6-54 Iberia Parish, history: sugar, 1891, n.d. [articles, photos - copy]
6-55 Iberia Parish, history: civil war, Weeks papers, n.d. [typed notes - copy]
6-56 Iberia Parish, history: general history, 1899, 1992, n.d. [typed notes, articles, clippings - copy]
6-57 Iberia Parish, history: early days in New Iberia, 1951 [handwritten notes - copy]
6-58 Iberia Parish, history: Jean Lafitte National Park by-laws, 1978 [article]
6-59 Iberia Parish, history: Federal Register, 1979, v.4, #4 [original]
6-60 Iberia Parish, history: general history, 1959, 1972, 1979, n.d. [articles, clippings - copy]
7-01 Iberia Parish, history: Katherine Avery - interview, 14 November 1979 [typed]
7-02 Iberia Parish, history: articles on survey, 1978, 1979 [publicity]
7-03 Iberia Parish, history: Lower Mississippi Survey, Petite Anse Project, 1978 [publication - copy]
7-04 Iberia Parish, history: Lower Mississippi Survey, Petite Anse Project, 1979 [publication - copy]
7-05 Iberia Parish: Cypremort Point, n.d. [photos]
7-06 Iberia Parish, history: East Main Street Historic District, 1983 [correspondence]
 
B. Iberia Parish
5. Photographs
7-07 Iberia Parish, photographs: New Iberia - Dark Alley, n.d.
7-08 Iberia Parish, photographs: Le Cour home, Great Blue Heron at “Welcome Hall”, 15 October 1984
7-09 Iberia Parish, photographs: unidentified, 1900-1920, other dates
7-10 Iberia Parish, photographs: aerials, n.d.
7-11 Iberia Parish, photographs: parish, n.d.
7-12 Iberia Parish, photographs: unidentified, n.d.
7-13 Iberia Parish, photographs: #23-331 to #-23-400, n.d.
7-14 Iberia Parish, photographs: unidentified, n.d.
7-15 Iberia Parish, photographs: unidentified, n.d.
 
B. Iberia Parish
6. Newspaper Clippings
7-16 Iberia Parish: 1963, 1986, n.d. [originals]
7-17 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette Enterprise, 1964 [transcripts and originals]
7-18 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette Enterprise, 1965 [originals]
7-19 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette Enterprise, 1966 [originals]
7-20 Iberia Parish: Jeanerette Enterprise, n.d. [transcripts and originals]
 
B. Iberia Parish
7. Genealogy
7-21 Iberia Parish: genealogy, Dauterive family, n.d. [article - copy]
7-22 Iberia Parish: genealogy, Patout family, 1849, 1969, n.d. [articles, maps, etc. - copy]
7-23 Iberia Parish: genealogy, Gates and Stephan family, 1979 [handwritten and typed notes - copy]
7-24 Iberia Parish: genealogy, Trappey family, 1965, n.d. [clippings]
7-25 Iberia Parish: genealogy, Trappey family, n.d. [typed notes - copy]
 
B. Iberia Parish
8. Maps
7-26 Iberia Parish: maps, Bayou Teche, Port Barre, 1979
7-27 Iberia Parish: maps, parish, n.d.
 
C. St. Martin Parish
1. Architectural Surveys: Physical description of property and historical significance, n.d.
7-28 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, index
7-29 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, index
7-30 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, index
7-31 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, index
7-32 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-001 to #50-011
7-33 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-012 to #50-024
7-34 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-025 to #50-040
7-35 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-041 to #50-049
7-36 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-091 to #50-103
7-37 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-104 to #50-118
7-38 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-119 to #50-131
7-39 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-132 to #50-141
7-40 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-142 to #50-148
7-41 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-050
7-42 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-051 to #50-063
7-43 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-064 to #50-075
7-44 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-076 to #50-090
7-45 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-149 to #50-162
7-46 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-163 to #50-173
7-47 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-174 to #50-182
7-48 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-183 to #50-194
7-49 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-195 to #50-206
7-50 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-207 to #50-218
7-51 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-219 to #50-228
7-52 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-229 to #50-245
7-53 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-246 to #50-254
7-54 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, #50-255 to #50-263
7-55 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 1 [rough draft]
7-56 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 2 [rough draft]
7-57 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 3 [rough draft]
7-58 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 4 [rough draft]
7-59 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 5 [rough draft]
7-60 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 6 [rough draft]
7-61 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 7 [rough draft]
7-62 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 8 [rough draft]
7-63 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 9 [rough draft]
8-01 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 10 [rough draft]
8-02 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 11 [rough draft]
8-03 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 12 [rough draft]
8-04 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 13 [rough draft]
8-05 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 14 [rough draft]
8-06 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 15 [rough draft]
8-07 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 16 [rough draft]
8-08 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 17 [rough draft]
8-09 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 18 [rough draft]
8-10 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 19 [rough draft]
8-11 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 20 [rough draft]
8-12 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 21 [rough draft]
8-13 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 22 [rough draft]
8-14 St. Martin Parish: architectural survey, folder 23 [rough draft]
 
C. St. Martin Parish
2. Other: printed, photographs, maps, etc.
8-15 St. Martin Parish: general history, n.d. [photos]
8-16 St. Martin Parish: general history, n.d. [typed notes - copy]
8-17 St. Martin Parish: general history, 1868, 1973, n.d. [typed notes - copy]
8-18 St. Martin Parish: general history, 1938, n.d. [typed notes - copy]
8-19 St. Martin Parish: general history, 1973 [typed notes - copy, clipping]
8-20 St. Martin Parish: Chicot, n.d. [photographs]
  Also: St. Landry and Evangeline Parish
8-21 St. Martin Parish: general, n.d. [photographs]
8-22 St. Martin Parish: Ellsworth Woodward - Paradise Oaks, n.d. [photographs]
8-23 St. Martin Parish: Mt. Carmel Convent, St. Martinville, Attakapas Chief; St. John Plantation Home - Persac, n.d. [photographs]
8-24 St. Martin Parish: general history, 1978 [clippings]
8-25 St. Martin Parish: general history, 1978 [clippings]
8-26 St. Martin Parish: general history, 1981 [clippings]
8-27 St. Martin Parish: genealogy, n.d. [handwritten notes]
8-28 St. Martin Parish: maps, Breaux Bridge and St. Martinville, 1978 [city]
8-29 St. Martin Parish: maps, St. Martinville, n.d. [city, marked]
8-30 St. Martin Parish: maps, St. Martinville, n.d. [upper, lower]
8-31 St. Martin Parish: maps, Attakapas, 1805-1868 [colored]
13-02 St. Martin Parish: “Teche News”, 17 August 1961
 
D. St. Landry Parish
1. Architectural Surveys: Physical description of property and historical significance, n.d.
8-32 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, index
8-33 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, index
8-34 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-001 to #44-011
8-35 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-012 to #44-027
8-36 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-012 to #44-027
8-37 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-046 to #44-055
8-38 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-046 to #44-055
8-39 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-063 to #44-073
8-40 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-074 to #44-088
8-41 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-089 to #44-101
8-42 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-102 to #44-112
8-43 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-113 to #44-126
8-44 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-127 to #44-137
8-45 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-138 to #44-148
8-46 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-149 to #44-163
8-47 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-164 to #44-169
8-48 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-170 to #44-194
8-49 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-195 to #44-223
8-50 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-224 to #44-242
9-01 St. Landry Parish: architectural survey, #44-243 to #44-295
 
D. St. Landry Parish
2. History - miscellaneous
9-26 St. Landry Parish: parish history, n.d. [typed - copy]
9-39 St. Landry Parish: Hinkley lawsuit, n.d. [handwritten notes, maps, etc.]
9-57 St. Landry Parish: music thesis, A. Sonnier, 1969 [typed notes, clippings]
9-62 St. Landry Parish: parish - brief history, 1925 [article - copy]
9-63 St. Landry Parish: Daddy do funny’s, Wisdom Jingles, by Ruth McEnery Stuart, 1913 [publication]
9-64 St. Landry Parish: The celebration Horse-Rare, Hi-Fa-Luti- , n.d. [handwritten and typed notes]
9-72 St. Landry Parish: parish history, 1971, n.d. [handwritten notes - copy]
9-73 St. Landry Parish: parish history, 1975, n.d. [typed notes - original and copy]
9-75 St. Landry Parish: general history, n.d. [clipping - copy]
9-76 St. Landry Parish: general history, n.d. [ clipping - copy, typed notes - original]
11-51 General: Highway 167 - between Opelousas and Lafayette, 1976, [correspondence]
   
9-03 St. Landry Parish: Poiret Place, Bistrup, Richard J., 1981 [property description, clippings]
10-01 St. Landry Parish: genealogy, Bistrup-Poiret, 1976, n.d. [photos, property description, etc. - copy]
11-07 St. Landry Parish: Bistrup, Dick, 1981 [typed]
9-40 St. Landry Parish: George Parker Home, n.d. [clipping - original]
   
9-23 St. Landry Parish: Grand Coteau; Eunice/Lawtell, Church Point, general history, 1976 [publications - original, correspondence - typed and handwritten]
9-29 St. Landry Parish: Sunset, Belleview, Opelousas, 1978 [clippings - copy]
9-30 St. Landry Parish: Cankton, Linwood, start of Opelousas, n.d. [clippings - copy]
9-33 St. Landry Parish: Plaisance, Prairie Rhonde, Palmetto, Melville, 1977, n.d. [clippings - copy]
9-31 St. Landry Parish: Eunice history, n.d. [clippings - copy]
9-55 St. Landry Parish: Eunice depot, 30 May 1980 [photos, proof sheets]
   
9-32 St. Landry Parish: Grand Coteau; Chretien Point, 1978 [clippings - original]
9-36 St. Landry Parish: Grand Coteau, St. Charles College, Academy of the Sacred Heart, n.d. [clippings - copy]
9-44 St. Landry Parish: Grand Coteau, 1958, 1981 [correspondence, clippings - original]
   
9-09 St. Landry Parish: Grand Prairie, Cemetery and Cajun Home, 31 October 1983 [negatives and contact sheets]
9-27 St. Landry Parish: Grand Prairie - parish barns, November 1983
  also: St. Mary Parish - houses on Main Street - Patterson [negatives and contact sheets]
9-34 St. Landry Parish: Grand Prairie history, n.d. [clippings - copy]
   
9-43 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas history, 1983, 1991 [clippings, correspondence, handwritten notes - copy]
9-02 St. Landry Parish: Lastrapes Home, n.d. [photos - copy, typed notes]
9-05 St. Landry Parish: Venus Home, Opelousas, 1979 [clippings, photo-copy]
9-06 St. Landry Parish: Estorge Home, 1983 [clippings]
9-07 St. Landry Parish: St. Landry Catholic Church; Michael Prudhomme Home, n.d. [property description]
9-08 St. Landry Parish: Estorge Home, n.d. [handwritten notes, property description, etc.]
9-10 St. Landry Parish: Catholic Church - history, n.d. [handwritten notes, correspondence, etc.]
9-11 St. Landry Parish: Catholic Church - history, n.d. [handwritten notes, correspondence]
9-12 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas Church Records, pt. 1, n.d. [handwritten notes - copy]
9-13 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas Church Records, pt.2 , n.d. [handwritten notes - copy]
9-14 St. Landry Parish: Church, 1794 - Bargain for building [handwritten notes]
9-15 St. Landry Parish: Catholic Church, n.d. [articles - copy]
9-16 St. Landry Parish: St. Landry Catholic Church, 9 August 1801, proposed repairs [handwritten - copy]
9-17 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas Catholic Church, 1975, n.d. [publication; article - copy]
9-18 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas Catholic Church, 1935 [correspondence - copy; handwritten notes - copy]
9-19 St. Landry Parish: Churches, graves, graveyards, n.d. [photos]
9-24 St. Landry Parish: Governor’s mansion, 1991 [clipping]
9-25 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas - Bi-Centennial, 1974, 1982, 1983, n.d. [clippings]
9-28 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas, general history, 1932, 1967 [typed correspondence]
9-45 St. Landry Parish: Bowie residence, n.d. [handwritten - original]
9-46 St. Landry Parish: priest - correspondence, 1964 [original]
9-47 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas census, 1771 [copy]
9-48 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas census, 1774 [copy]
9-49 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas history, 1925, n.d. [publication, article - copy]
9-50 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas census, 1777 [copy]
9-51 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas High School, class of 1931 [typed listing - copy]
9-52 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas - Tourist Map, rough draft work, publication 1957 [handwritten]
9-54 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas history - people, n.d. [handwritten notes]
9-58 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas, 1966, n.d. [photos, handwritten notes, correspondence]
9-60 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas newspapers listing, n.d. [typed listing]
9-61 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas City Market and Opelousas City Hall, 1932, n.d. [handwritten notes]
9-69 St. Landry Parish: Courthouse - demolishment, 1930s [photo]
9-71 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas Tourist guide, 1960 [publication - original]
11-09 St. Landry Parish: Jim Bowie Marker dedication, 11 June 1963 [clippings, typed material]
   
9-74 St. Landry Parish: Bayou Teche, Port Barre, Leonville, Arnaudville, n.d. [clippings - copy]
   
9-37 St. Landry Parish: Bayou Teche, Port Barre, Leonville, Arnaudville, n.d. [clippings - copy]
9-38 St. Landry Parish: Bayou Courtableu Project, 1985 [correspondence, handwritten notes]
9-41 St. Landry Parish: Courtableu Grant, n.d. [handwritten notes - original and copy]
   
9-04 St. Landry Parish: Arlington Home, 1870, 1991 [handwritten notes - copy, correspondence]
9-20 St. Landry Parish: Washington, n.d. [negatives, contact sheets]
9-21 St. Landry Parish: Washington, Joseph L. Montgomery Home, 1977 [typed letter - copy]
9-22 St. Landry Parish: Washington, a short history of the town “The Washington Excursion", n.d. [typed]
9-35 St. Landry Parish: Highway 182 - North of Washington - Bayou Boeut Road, n.d. [clippings - copy]
9-53 St. Landry Parish: Washington history, 1969, n.d. [clippings - original, handwritten notes - copy]
9-70 St. Landry Parish: Warehouse in Washington, 1975, 1976 [photos - copy]
9-42 St. Landry Parish: Poiret, Florentin - will, 1797 [handwritten - copy]
9-56 St. Landry Parish: Gilbert L. Dupré , Washington, n.d. [photo]
11-35 General: Dupré, Edith Garland, 1962, 1993 [clippings - original and copy]
11-40 General: Judge Gilbert L. Dupré, 1946 [clipping - original]
11-36 General: Dupré family genealogy, 1846 Mexican War material [document - copy]
9-59 St. Landry Parish:: Armand family history, 1976 [article - copy]
9-66 St. Landry Parish: Fuselier de laClairé 1764, 1770 [handwritten correspondence]
   
9-65 St. Landry Parish: land grant, n.d. [typed - copy]
9-68 St. Landry Parish: Pellerin grant, n.d. [article - copy]
   
9-67 St. Landry Parish: Calender of La., Colonial Records, v.2, 1964 [publication - original]
 
D. St. Landry Parish
3. Genealogy
9-77 St. Landry Parish: genealogy, 1st families of SW Louisiana, 1973 [correspondence, handwritten notes]
9-78 St. Landry Parish: genealogy, Dr. Perrodin, old documents, bills, receipts, 1881-1897, [original]
9-79 St. Landry Parish: genealogy, Stephenson, mortgage certificate, April 1923 [typed - copy]
9-80 St. Landry Parish: genealogy, Hudspeth, Green, 1870 [handwritten correspondence - copy]
9-81 St. Landry Parish: genealogy, John Thistlewaite Louaillieu, n.d. [article - copy]
9-82 St. Landry Parish: genealogy, Duplechain, Phillip, 1772 [handwritten correspondence - copy]
10-02 St. Landry Parish: genealogy, Roy family, 1967 [typed and handwritten notes - original]
10-03 St. Landry Parish: genealogy, Latour and Roy family, 1967 [correspondence - original]
 
D. St. Landry Parish
4. Photographs
10-04 St. Landry Parish: steamboat, n.d. [photo - copy]
10-05 St. Landry Parish: Opelousas Hotel, n.d. [photo - original]
10-06 St. Landry Parish: farm scenes, n.d. [photos - copy]
10-07 St. Landry Parish: plantations, n.d. [photos - original]
10-08 St. Landry Parish: plantations, etc., n.d. [photos - originals]
12-03 St. Landry Parish: Ringrose - snow - color portrait of painting, n.d. [handwritten correspondence, photograph]
12-04 St. Landry Parish: Ringrose Antiques [photographs]
 
D. St. Landry Parish
5. Clippings
10-09 St Landry Parish: parish history, 1973-1975 [clippings - original and copy]
10-10 St. Landry Parish: Grand Prairie, Washington, 1983 [clippings - originals]
 
D. St. Landry Parish
6. Maps
10-11 St. Landry Parish: Map, Bayou Tech, 1780 [copy]
10-12 St. Landry Parish: Magnolia Ridge, antebellum, n.d. [copy]
 
E. East Baton Rouge Parish
1. History - miscellaneous
10-13 Baton Rouge Parishs: 19th Judicial District Court, questions and answers, n.d. [typed - copy]
10-14 East Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Capitol, 50th anniversary, 1982 [clippings]
10-15 East Baton Rouge: Laurel Plantation, 1982 [clippings - originals]
10-18 East Baton Rouge: Aillet House, 1990, 1991 [correspondence, photos - copy]
   
E. East Baton Rouge Parish
2. Map
10-16 East Baton Rouge: parish history, 1961 [map - copy]
   
E. East Baton Rouge Parish
3. Genealogy
10-17 10-17 East Baton Rouge Parish: genealogy, 1940 [maps, clippings - copy]
 
F. West Baton Rouge Parish
1. History - miscellaneous
10-19 West Baton Rouge: Brusly, general history, 1990 [photos - originals]
10-20 West Baton Rouge Parish, Brusly, 2041 N. River Road, Home of Tom Erwin, 1959, 1976 [clippings, handwritten notes - originals]
10-21 West Baton Rouge: Brusly, Katherine Bres Pugh Home, 22 September 1983 [negatives]
10-22 West Baton Rouge: Poplar Grove, Wilkinson Plantation, n.d. [contract sheets]
   
F. West Baton Rouge Parish
2. Map
10-23 West Baton Rouge: Busley, LA, n.d. [map - original]
 
G. Orleans Parish
1. History - miscellaneous
10-24 Orleans Parish: Orange Grove, 1936 [article - copy]
10-25 Orleans Parish: Bayou St. John, 1980, 1981 [correspondence, clipping - copy]
10-26 Orleans Parish: general history, Big and Little Oaks, John James Audubon, 1969, n.d. [typed notes - copy]
10-27 Orleans Parish: Mid city notes, 1980, n.d. [typed - originals]
10-28 Orleans Parish: Jean Lafitte Park, 8 August 1984 [correspondence - originals]
10-29 Orleans Parish: Mollie More Davis, 1976 [clippings - originals]
10-30 Orleans Parish: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1977: April 16 through 1977: May 15 [program]
10-31 Orleans Parish: L. L. de la Gueronnieue, 1990 [clippings - originals]
10-32 Orleans Parish: Clarence Laughlin, 1981 [clipping - originals]
10-33 Orleans Parish: Behind the Cane Curtain, pt.1, 30 March 1973 [clipping - copy]
10-38 Orleans Parish: Behind the Cain Curtain, pt.2, 4 April 1973 [clipping - copy]
10-34 Orleans Parish: Jazz, 1885-1963 [articles - copy]
10-35 Orleans Parish: Louisiana and Texas for the Winter Tourist, 1911-1912 [copy]
10-36 Orleans Parish: A New Way for the Old Mint, by Benjamin F. Erlanger, n.d. [copy]
10-37 Orleans Parish: photos of paintings, The Levee, n.d. [photos - copy]
11-83 Orleans Parish: New Orleans - “Esplande”, 1975, 1977 [clipping, newsletter]
11-84 Orleans Parish: New Orleans Garden, Introduction of plants into New Orleans Gardens, n.d. [typed - copy]
11-85 Orleans Parish: Jackson Brewery Company, 1976 [clipping - original]
11-86 Orleans Parish: New Orleans - Vieux Carré, 1975 [correspondence]
11-41 Orleans Parish: Ellsworth Woodward [photo]
 
G. Orleans Parish
2. Map
10-39 Orleans Parish: map portion of 1806, which covers Lake Pontchatrain [copy]
 
H. Lafayette Parish
1. History - miscellaneous
10-40 Lafayette Parish: Dr. James Clause Home, description, n.d. [typed]
10-41 Lafayette Parish: Grant applications, Lafayette Natural History Museum, n.d. [typed - copy]
11-65 Lafayette Parish: Lafayette Natural History Museum, 1976 [correspondence, grant application]
10-42 Lafayette Parish: Vermilion Inn, n.d. [articles, description of property, etc. - copy]
10-43 Lafayette Parish: Attakapas Census, 1781 [typed - copy]
10-44 Lafayette Parish: Wilmot Dalfreres - address, dedication of the St. John Cathedral, 28 April 1963 [typed]
10-45 Lafayette Parish: Hope Lodge #145, 1857-1957 [property description, clippings - copy]
10-46 Lafayette Parish: Café Vermilionville, 25 March 1983 [correspondence]
10-47 Lafayette Parish: Historical Sites and Landmark Inventory, pre 1920 [typed]
   
H. Lafayette Parish
2. Photographs
10-48 Lafayette Parish: Bullard Mansion, n.d. [photos]
   
H. Lafayette Parish
3. Clippings and newspapers
10-49 Lafayette Parish: The News of the News, Lafayette, LA, 21 March - 18 April 1973; 16 October - 15 November 1973; 12 December 1978 - 15 January 1979; 16 January - 12 February 1979
10-50 Lafayette Parish: The News of the News, Lafayette, LA, 12 June - 10 July 1978; 11 July - 8 August 1978; 12 September - 28 September 1978; 10 April - 24 April 1979; 18 December 1979 - 6 January 1980 [originals]
11-51 General: Highway 167 - between Opelousas and Lafayette, 1976, [correspondence]
 
I. Acadia Parish
1. History - miscellaneous
10-54 Acadia Parish: Church Point Mardi Gras, Courier de Mardi Gras, by Dr. R.L. Savoy, n.d. [typed]
10-55 Acadia Parish: Crowley, official zoning maps, May 1980 [copy]
10-56 Acadia Parish: Eunice Duson Statue, 1994 [photo - original]
   
I. Acadia Parish
2. Clippings
10-57 Acadia Parish: clippings, n.d. [original]
 
J. Evangeline Parish
1. Architectural surveys
10-52 Evangeline Parish: Architectural surveys: #20-001 to #20-002
   
J. Evangeline Parish
2. History - miscellaneous
10-53 Evangeline Parish: parish history, 1972, n.d. [typed writings - copy]
  also: Rapides Parish
 
K. Other Parishes
10-51 Avoyelles Parish: Hypolite Bordelon House, n.d. [article - copy]
10-59 Calcasieu Parish: Museum, Cath. LeBleu Sallier Prop.; Chas. Sallier her husband, 1910, 1974 [typed - copy]
10-60 Natchitoches Parish: general history, 1962, 1963, 1992 [typed material, clippings]
10-61 Natchitoches Parish: Yucca House, Melrose House, September & October 1975 [correspondence]
10-62 Natchitoches Parish: historic landmark, 1983 [clipping - original]
10-58 Point Coupeé Parish: militia list, 1770-1771 [typed - copy]
10-63 St. Helena Parish: historic standing structure, 30 September 1985 [correspondence and typed writing]
10-64 Union Parish: Sorrell, n.d. [photographs]
 
L. Multiple Parishes
10-65 Multiple Parishes: Louisiana Plantation Homes, 1930s [clippings - originals
 
M. General
11-01 General: Acadian History, n.d. [handwritten notes]
11-02 General: Acadian Culture Center, n.d. [handwritten notes and typed]
11-62 General: John Adams, 1956 [article]
11-63 General: John Paul Adams - biography, 1945, 1982 [article, correspondence]
11-03 General: American State Papers, n.d. [handwritten notes]
11-04 General: Architectural Information, 1993 [correspondence - typed]
   
11-16 General: Barré, Charles, 1800 [map, documents - copy]
11-05 General: Basket-weaving, 1974 [clipping]
11-06 General: Bienville - a genealogical sketch, 1925 [typed]
11-08 General: Bowie, James, Colonel, 1978 [photographs, clipping]
11-10 General: Boyd Family, n.d. [genealogy chart, clippings]
11-11 General: Bureau of American Ethnology, n.d. [articles - copy]
   
11-12 General: Cajun Music and Musicians, 1976 [clippings]
11-13 General: Cathcart, James Leander, by Walter Prichard, pt.1, 1945 [article - copy]
11-14 General: Cathcart, James Leander, by Walter Prichard, pt.2, 1945 [article - copy]
11-15 General: Census 1771 [typed material - copy]
11-17 General: Chetimacha Indians, n.d. [articles, photos, maps - copy]
11-18 General: Cirelane, Wes Fover, Allendale, n.d. [photographs]
11-19 General: Cirelane, Wes Fover, Allendale, n.d. [photographs]
11-20 General: Cirelane, Wes Fover, Allendale, n.d. [photographs]
11-21 General: Cirelane, Wes Fover, Allendale, n.d. [photographs]
11-22 General: Civil War, n.d. [articles - copy]
11-23 General: Civil War, n.d. [articles - copy]
11-24 General: Claiborne Watkins and wife, n.d. [photographs - scanned]
11-25 General: Clothing - Louisiana, n.d. [handwritten and typed material]
11-26 General: Clothing - Louisiana, n.d. [article - typed; handwritten notes]
11-27 General: Clothing in Louisiana, 200 years of research for museum article, n.d. [handwritten notes]
11-28 General: Coat of Arms, n.d. [handwritten document - copy; photographs]
11-29 General: Correspondence, 1983 [typed]
11-30 General: Correspondence, survey - property requests, 1983, 1985 [typed]
11-31 General: Courier de Mardi Gras - Mamou, 1970, 1976 [clippings - originals]
11-32 William A. Coutant, 1985 [correspondence, newspaper articles - copy]
   
11-34 General: Dunbar, William, n.d. [clipping]
11-37 General: Dyer family, genealogy, 1968, n.d. [typed material]
   
11-38 General: Encyclopedia [pages - copy]
11-39 General: Exploration and Colonization 1541-1803 [typed - article]
   
11-43 General: Folklore, American society, program and abstract, 1975 [booklet]
11-44 General: Firemen, n.d. [Photograph]
11-45 General: Food List, recipes, n.d. [typed - copy]
11-46 General: French Heritage Commission, 1967 [correspondence]
   
11-42 General: Father Gache, Frenchman, Chaplain, Rebel, by Fitzgibbons, Kenneth C., Mrs. February, 1988 [article]
13-03 General: genealogy chart, n.d.
11-47 General: Glenwild, site layout, n.d. [drawing]
11-48 General: Governor’s Conference on Tourism, n.d. [typed - copy]
11-60 General: Jacques Guillaune, n.d. [handwritten notes]
   
11-49 General: Hamm, Bob, 1979 [clipping - original]
11-50 General: Handbook of American Indians, n.d. [material on Indians - copy]
11-52 General: Historic New Orleans Collection, guide to research, 1978 [handbook]
11-33 General: Historic New Orleans Collection, Catalog, 1992
11-53 General: Historic Preservation Law in Louisiana 1925 to 1988 [typed]
11-54 General: History Ed. and Tour Guide, n.d. [articles, photos - halftone]
11-55 General: House, unidentified, n.d. [photograph]
   
11-56 General: Indians, n.d. [articles, photographs]
11-57 General: Indians, n.d. [articles, photographs, etc.]
11-58 General: Indians - Coushatta, 1978 [clipping - original]
11-59 General: Indians, 1977, n.d. [articles, correspondence]
   
11-64 General: Knights of Malta, To Captain Gaspard Bernard to fly their flag on his ship - 1691 [handwritten correspondence, notes]
   
11-61 General: Jean Lafitte Park, public law, n.d. [typed - copy]
11-66 General: Linwood Home, n.d. [handwritten notes]
11-67 General: Louisiana - foods, “A Spice of Life”, n.d. [typed - original]
11-68 General: Louisiana - foods, n.d. [handwritten notes]
11-69 General: Louisiana - historic dress, n.d. [article]
11-70 General: Louisiana Historical Association newsletter, 1959 [article - typed]
11-71 General: Louisiana History, 1776-1976 [typed notes]
11-72 General: Louisiana History - selection list, [bibliography - typed]
11-73 General: Louisiana History, n.d. [article]
11-74 General: Louisiana History, n.d. [articles - copy]
11-75 General: Louisiana - tourism brochures, n.d. [correspondence, articles, brochures]
11-76 General: Louisiana History Society, 1959 [newsletters, brochures, etc.]
12-25 General: Louisiana Way of Life, n.d. [handwritten notes]
11-77 General: Long family - Earl, Huey Long, 1938 [correspondence, photos - copy]
11-78 General: Lynch, Gertrude Callahan, n.d. [handwritten notes]
   
11-79 General: Machard, M. - Costa, n.d. [article - copy]
12-21 General: Thomas L. McNicoll, 1920s [photo]
11-80 General: Memoires of a Louisianan, n.d. [notes - typed]
11-81 General: Miscellaneous materials, n.d. [typed articles, notes]
11-82 General: Mobile area [map - copy]
   
11-87 General: “Patent of Jerusalem”, n.d. [handwritten documents, notes, etc.]
11-88 General: Poteaux on Terre House, French Colonial Home, n.d. [article]
11-89 General: Photographs, miscellaneous, n.d.
11-90 General: Preservation in Progress, 1960: May [newsletter]
   
11-91 General: Quirk family, genealogy, 1967 [correspondence]
   
12-01 General: Ricard family, genealogy, n.d. [map [ copy]
12-02 General: Rice Mill - Dupré, Andre Huval, Patent, 6 October 1790 [correspondence - copy]
12-05 General: Riverboat - The Natchez, 1975 [clipping]
   
12-06 General: San Antonio, TX, 1918 [newspaper]
12-07 General: Slaves, 1935 [correspondence - copy]
12-08 General: Society for Louisiana Irises, 1941-1966, annual banquet [programs]
12-09 General: Spanish Land Grants, compiled by Jackie Vidrine, [typed notes]
12-10 General: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2 April 1967, [publication]
12-11 General: Peter Stagg, 1816 [correspondence - copy]
12-12 General: Standing Structure Survey - Code number for Acadia Parishes, n.d. [handwritten note]
12-13 General: Standing Historic Structure Survey - instructions, n.d. [typed]
12-14 General: Sugar, history , n.d. [brochures, articles, etc.]
12-15 General: Sugar Crop, 1861-1862 [publication - copy]
12-16 General: Sugar Mills, n.d. [scanned photos]
12-19 General: Sugar Plantation - maps, 1962 [copy]
12-17 General: Survey blank forms; instruction for nominating a property, etc., n.d. [typed]
12-18 General: Survey forms - blank, n.d.
   
12-20 General: Thiel, William, Architect - Turner’s Hall, Tulane, biographical information, n.d. [article - typed]
12-22 General: Thompson family, genealogy, 1812, 1860 [war of 1812 widow’s pension, handwritten correspondence]
   
12-23 General: Valcour Aime, Sugar Planters - history, 1993, n.d. [article, correspondence]
   
12-24 General: Wartelle Home, n.d. [scanned photographs, b/w and color]
 
PERSONAL FILES
12-27 Financial Records: bills, invoices, receipts, etc., 1970s [originals]
   
12-28 Correspondence: from Ruth to Gammie, 19 March 1916 [typed - copy]
   
12-26 General: Word.a.people.a.day, 1978 [handwritten poems]