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Ludeau Pitre Papers

Collection 507

Pitre, Ludeau (1897–1962). Papers, 1937–1968, n.d.

9 feet, 3 inches

Ludeau Pitre, born April 18, 1897, was a farmer and rancher in the Prairie Ronde community of St. Landry Parish during the early and middle 20th century. He manufactured and sold moonshine during the Prohibition era of the 1920’s. Over the ensuing decades, Mr. Pitre parlayed those profits into building Dixieland Ranch, a sizable estate of land and cattle, including prized Angus, Brangus, and Hereford cows. He died on July 8, 1962.

This collection consists of records from the Ludeau Pitre Store and Dixieland Ranch. This includes store ledgers, sharecropper time books, correspondence, receipts, and miscellaneous farm material from the store and ranch.

Boisy Pitre, great-grandson of Ludeau Pitre, donated this collection.

Series:

A. Correspondence 1-01 through 1-05
B. Photographs 1-06
C. General Records 1-07 through 1-19
D. Financial Records 1-20 through 7-17
E. Publications 7-18 through 7-27
F. Miscellaneous 7-28 through 7-29
G. Oversize Box 8

Inventory:

Box 1
  A. Correspondence
    1-01 Letters/Cards
    1-02 Commercial Credit Corp., 1953
    1-03 Louisiana Angus Association, 1960
    1-04 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, n.d.
    1-05 Correspondence, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
  B. Photographs
    1-06 Photographs, n.d.
  C. General Records
    1-07 Handwritten Notes, n.d.
    1-08 Registrar of Voters, 1949-1956
    1-09 Sworn Affidavits, 1942-1943, 1956, 1965, n.d.
    1-10 Homestead Application, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1959-1960
    1-11 Division of Employment Security, n.d.
    1-12 Certificates and Registrations, n.d.
    1-13 Guaranty Seed Analysis, n.d.
    1-14 Certificate of Record of Official Calfhood Vaccination (Brucellosis), n.d.
    1-15 Certificate of Record of Official Calfhood Vaccination (Brucellosis), n.d.
    1-16 Livestock Sanitary Board, 1963
    1-17 LSU - Agriculture, n.d.
    1-18 Louisiana Angus Association, 1960, 1962
    1-19 Department of Agriculture - Soil and Water Conservation Plan, n.d.
    1-20 Department of Agriculture - Production and Marketing Administration, n.d.
    1-21 Equipment Rental Contract - J. Alonzo Dunbar, n.d.
    1-22 Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease, n.d.
  D. Financial Records
    1-23 Department of Revenue, n.d. *RESTRICTED*
    1-24 Tax Notice - Parish of St. Landry, n.d.
    1-25 Tax Receipt - Parish of St. Landry (Opelousas), n.d.
    1-26 Tax Receipt - Parish of Evangeline (Ville Platte), n.d.
    1-27 Department of Agriculture - Cotton, n.d.
    1-28 Department of Agriculture - Notice of Acreage, n.d.
    1-29 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Adjustment Administration, n.d.
    1-30 Department of Agriculture - Practice Approval and Application for Payment Agricultural Conservation Program, n.d.
    1-31 Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Research Service, n.d.
    1-32 Department of Agriculture - Purchase Order for Conservation Materials and Service, n.d.
    1-33 Vehicle Receipts, n.d.
    1-34 Ledger, 1937
    1-35 Ledger, 1954
    1-36 Ledger, 1958
    1-37 Journal Ledger, 1950-1951
    1-38 Journal Ledger, 1956
Box 2
    2-01 Time Book, 1948, 1954, 1958
    2-02 Time Book, 1960, 1962
    2-03 Time Book, 1963-1964
    2-04 Capital Liabilities Insurance Agency, 1965
    2-05 Clyde Doucet Insurance Agency, 1960s
    2-06 Herbert Insurance Service, 1940s
    2-07 Home Insurance Company, 1948
    2-08 Larcade Insurance Agency, 1940s-1960s
    2-09 Lynch Insurance Agency, 1940s-1950s
    2-10 Opelousas Insurance Agency, 1947
    2-11 Phillips Insurance Agency, 1946-1947, 1949
    2-12 Producer’s Loan Statement - Commodity Credit Corporation, 1961
    2-13 American Band and Trust Company, 1962-1963
    2-14 Farmers State Bank and Trust Company, 1956, 1959
    2-15 Gulf National Bank, 1956
    2-16 Planters Trust and Savings Bank, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1959
    2-17 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, 1948-1949
    2-18 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, 1951-1957
    2-19 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, January - December 1959
    2-20 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company (Check Stubs), January - December 1959
    2-21 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, January - June 1960
    2-22 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, July - December 1960
    2-23 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company (Check Stubs), January - December 1960
    2-24 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, January - July 1961
    2-25 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, August - December 1961
    2-26 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company (Check Stubs), January - December 1961
    2-27 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, January - May 1962
Box 3
    3-01 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, June - October 1962
    3-02 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, November - December 1962
    3-03 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company (Check Stubs), July - December 1962
    3-04 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, January - April 1963
    3-05 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, May - July 1963
    3-06 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, August - September 1963
    3-07 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, October - November 1963
    3-08 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, November - December 1963
    3-09 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company (Check Stubs), January - December 1963
    3-10 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, January - March 1964
    3-11 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, April - May 1964
    3-12 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, June - July 1964
    3-13 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, August - September 1964
    3-14 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, October - December 1964
    3-15 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company (Check Stubs), January - December 1964
    3-16 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, January - March 1965
    3-17 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, April - June 1965
Box 4
    4-01 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, July - September 1965
    4-02 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, October - December 1965
    4-03 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company (Check Stubs), January - December 1965
    4-04 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, January - April 1966
    4-05 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, May - July 1966
    4-06 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, August - September 1966
    4-07 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, October - November 1966
    4-08 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, December 1966
    4-09 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company (Check Stubs), January - October 1966
    4-10 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, January - February 1967
    4-11 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, March - May 1967
    4-12 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, June - August 1967
    4-13 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, September - December 1967
    4-14 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, January 1968
    4-15 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company - Dallas Pitre, 1957, 1959
    4-16 St. Landry Bank and Trust Company - Dallas Pitre, 1962-1963
    4-17 Received from A. B. Cummings - Receipts, 1961-1962
    4-18 John Daigle - in Acct. with Ledo Pitre - Receipts, 1963-1965
    4-19 Houston Dessousseau - in Acct. with Ledo Pitre - Receipts, 1962
    4-20 Lawrence Fontenot - in Acct. with Ledo Pitre - Receipts, 1960-1962
    4-21 Al Fournette - Receipts, 1955
    4-22 Wilfred Guillory - in Acct. with Mrs. Ledo Pitre - Receipts, 1961, 1963
    4-23 Nolan and Valsie Meche - in Acct. with Ledo Pitre, 1960
    4-24 Dallas Pitre - Receipts, 1958-1960, 1966
    4-25 Ledo/Leroy Pitre - Receipts, 1948, 1950s, 1960
    4-26 Turlin Prudhome - Receipts, 1948
    4-27 Whitney Richard - in Acct. with Ledo Pitre - Receipts, 1962-1963
Box 5
    5-01 Eugene Sonnier - in Acct. with Ledo Pitre - Receipts, 1960-1961, 1963
    5-02 Receipts received by Gilbert Sonnier, n.d.
    5-03 Sam Stewart - in Acct. with Ledo Pitre - Receipts, 1963
    5-04 Theodore L. Richard - in Acct. with Ledo Pitre - Receipts, n.d.
    5-05 House Rent Receipts, 1960, 1962, n.d.
    5-06 Coop. Receipts, 1956, 1959-1960, 1963
    5-07 Abdalla’s Furniture Store - Receipts, 1950s
    5-08 The A. C. Skiles Lumber - Receipts, 1951
    5-09 Acadiana Packing Corp. - Receipts, 1960
    5-10 Adler Ledoux Tire & Supply, Inc. - Receipts, 1966
    5-11 A & F Tileboard Co. Inc. - Invoices, 1959
    5-12 Amy Drilling Company - Invoices, 1960, 1967
    5-13 A. Amy Lumber Company - Invoices, 1959
    5-14 Andrepont Hatchery & Feed Store - Receipts, 1950-1951
    5-15 Arceneaux’s Service Station - Receipts, 1960-1963
    5-16 Arthur A. Thibodeaux, Potato Grower and Shipper - Receipts, 1956
    5-17 The Avoyelles Wholesale Grocery Co. - Receipts, 1951
    5-18 Bertrand’s Lumber Yard - Receipts, 1948, 1951, 1956, 1959-1960
    5-19 Bertrand’s Esso Servicenter - Receipts, 1951, 1963
    5-20 Bertrand’s Machine Shop and Garage - Receipts, 1951, 1956, 1960
    5-21 Bertrand’s Tractor and Implement Co. - Receipts, 1948, 1950s-1960s
    5-22 B. F. Trappey’s Sons Inc. - Receipts, 1960
    5-23 Bordelon Motor Co./Bordelon Chevrolet Co. - Receipts and Invoices, 1940s-1960s
    5-24 Breaux Bridge Sugar Cooperative - Receipts, 1960
    5-25 Briggs Electrical Supply Co. - Receipts and Invoices, 1948, 1959, 1961
    5-26 Brown-Roberts Hardware Supply - Receipts and Invoices, 1959
    5-27 Buck’s Esso Servicenter - Receipts, 1958, 1963
    5-28 Builder’s Lumber and Supply Co. - Receipts and Invoice, 1958
    5-29 Cary Iron Works, Inc. - Receipts, 1960
    5-30 C. C. Lanusse & Son - Receipts, 1950s-1960s
    5-31 Cedric Fruge: Building Mat., Groceries, Feedstuffs - Invoice, 1955
    5-32 Chaumont Warehouse - Receipts, 1948
    5-33 Chilean Nitrate Sales Corporation - Invoice, 1959-1960
    5-34 Church Point Farmers - Receipts, 1960-1961
    5-35 Church Point Wholesale Grocery Company - Receipts, 1948, 1951
    5-36 Clause’s Woodwork Shop - Receipts, 1950-1951, 1960
    5-37 Clyde Pitre, Electrical Contractor - Receipts, 1959-1960
    5-38 Colonial Sugars Co. - Receipts, 1955
    5-39 Cormier Motor Co. - Receipts, 1951-1952
    5-40 C. Thad Montgomery & Sons - Invoice, 1959
    5-41 Daily World - Receipts, 1959-1960
    5-42 Daly Motor Supply Co. - Receipts, 1948
    5-43 Danel Lumber Co. - Receipts, 1948-1960s
    5-44 Dezauche & Son - Receipts, 1948, 1950s, 1960
    5-45 Diesi Pontiac Company - Receipts, 1950s-1960s
    5-46 Dimmicks - Receipts, 1948, 1950s-1960s
    5-47 Dixie Glass Co. - Receipts, 1959-1960
    5-48 Dohmann & Franchebois - Receipts, 1960s
    5-49 Dominque Inc. - Receipts, 1951
    5-50 Downey’s Tin Shop - Receipts, 1959-1960
    5-51 Dunbar Gas and Hardware, Inc. - Receipts, 1955, 1959-1960
    5-52 Dupont Manufacturers, Inc. - Receipts, 1960
    5-53 Durio & Sibille (Buyers and Shippers of Quality Sweet Potatoes) - Invoice, 1948
    5-54 Dutch O’Neal Motors Inc. - Receipts, n.d.
    5-55 E. J. Matt & Sons Garage - Receipts, 1960
    5-56 Elton Doucet’s Store - Receipts, 1950s, 1960
    5-57 Esso Delivery Ticket - Invoice, 1960s
    5-58 Evangeline Seed Company Inc. - Receipts, 1960s
    5-59 Evans Electrical Supply, Inc. - Receipts, 1959
    5-60 F. Hidalgo & Son - Receipts, 1959, 1961
    5-61 Fontenot’s Supply House - Receipts, 1948, 1950, 1960
    5-62 Fruge’s Lumber Yard - Receipts, 1960s
    5-63 Gantt Nicholson - Receipts, 1948, 1950s, 1960
    5-64 Gifford-Hill & Company, Inc. - Receipts, 1948, 1956, 1960
    5-65 Guidry & Co., Brokers - Invoices, 1959
    5-66 G. J. Boudreau & Son - Invoices, 1948
    5-67 Guilbeau Oil Company - Receipts, 1950s-1960s
    5-68 H. Hardy and Sons - Invoices, 1948, 1950s-1960s
    5-69 Hollier Implement Co. - Receipts, 1950s-1960s
    5-70 J. B. Sandoz Inc. - Receipts, 1940s-1960s
    5-71 Jennings Stock Yard - Receipts, 1956, 1960
    5-72 J. L Hebert Engine Sales and Service - Receipts, 1956
    5-73 J. M. Lafleur - Invoice, 1960
    5-74 John A. Cachere, Produce Buyer and Farmer - Receipts, 1960
    5-75 John Landry, Buyer and Shipper of Sweet Potatoes - Receipts, 1948
    5-76 Kelly, Weber & Company, Inc. - Receipts, 1948, 1950s
    5-77 Knapp Brothers - Receipts, 1961
    5-78 Lafayette Wood Works - Invoices, 1959
    5-79 Layton Ledoux’s - Receipts, 1950s
    5-80 LeDee’s Garage - Receipts, 1951, 1960
    5-81 LeDoux’s Feed and Seed Store - Receipts, 1951
    5-82 LeDoux’s Food Store - Receipts, 1956
    5-83 LeDoux’s Magnolia Service - Receipts, 1959, 1960
    5-84 L. G. Seale & Co. - Receipts, 1948, 1950s, 1960
    5-85 Leland Gauthier - Receipts, 1951
    5-86 Leroy LaFleur - Receipts, 1951
    5-87 Leroy Fontenot, Produce Buyer - Invoice, 1960
    5-88 The Long-Bell Lumber, Co. - Receipts, 1949
    5-89 Louisiana Agricultural Supply Company, Inc. - Receipts, 1956, 1961
    5-90 Louisiana Agricultural Cooperative - Receipts, 1956, 1960s
    5-91 Mary Carter Paints - Receipts, 1960
    5-92 Matt Machine Works - Receipts, 1956, 1960
    5-93 Mike-Baker Brick Company - Invoice, 1959
    5-94 Mobil Oil Company - Receipts, n.d.
    5-95 Mouret Packing - Receipts, 1948, 1950s
    5-96 Mowata Rice Drier - Invoice, 1948, 1951, 1960
Box 6
    6-01 Nasco - Invoice, 1962
    6-02 Ned A. Pellerin & Son - Receipts, 1960
    6-03 Niagara Chemical Division - Invoices, 1962
    6-04 Octave Fontenot Store - Receipts, 1961
    6-05 The Old Dutch Paint Shop - Invoices, 1952
    6-06 Opelousas Concrete Company - Invoices, 1948, 1959-1960
    6-07 Opelousas Farm Equipment Co. - Receipts, 1948
    6-08 Opelousas Glass Co. - Receipts, n.d.
    6-09 Opelousas Lumber Co. - Invoices, 1950s
    6-10 Opelousas Oil Mill - Invoices, 1951, 1956, 1960
    6-11 Opelousas Scrap Materials - Receipts, 1948, 1960
    6-12 Opelousas Shell Service - Receipts, 1961
    6-13 Orkin Exterminating Company - Invoices, 1959-1960
    6-14 Oscar Sylvester, Jr., Contractor - Receipts, 1951, 1959
    6-15 Painters Local Union No. 783 - Receipts, 1952
    6-16 People’s Lumber Co. Ltd. - Receipts, 1948
    6-17 Pierre Guidry & Son Co. - Receipts, 1960, 1963
    6-18 Pitre’s Service Station - Receipts, 1959-1960
    6-19 Plaisance Wholesale Grocery - Receipts, 1950, 1960
    6-20 Prejean & Higgin Botham - Receipts, 1960
    6-21 Rex Milling Company, Inc. - Receipts and Invoices, 1960, 1962-1963
    6-22 Richard’s Texaco Service Station - Receipts, 1960
    6-23 Riley Reed - Invoice, 1960
    6-24 Savoy’s Esso Station - Invoice, 1959-1960
    6-25 Shipping or Day Receipt, 1959, 1960s
    6-26 Sinclair Refining Company - Receipts and Invoices, 1940s-1960s
    6-27 Southern Sales & Transportation Co. - Receipts, 1948, 1956
    6-28 Steven Dupuis and Bros. - Invoices, 1950s, 1966
    6-29 St. Landry Frozen Food Lockers - Invoices, 1956, 1959
    6-30 St. Landry Lumber Company, Ltd. - Invoices, 1951
    6-31 St. Landry Parish Airport - Receipts, 1951
    6-32 St. Landry Supply Company - Invoices, 1948, 1951, 1956, 1960
    6-33 St. Landry Tractor Co. - Invoices, 1948, 1956, 1960
    6-34 St. Landry Wholesale Grocery Co. - Invoices, 1948, 1950s-1960s
    6-35 Sun Oil Company - Receipts, 1956, 1965
    6-36 Sunset Marketing Company, Inc. - Invoices, 1960
    6-37 Superior Butane Co., Inc. - Invoices, 1948, 1951
    6-38 Television Service Call Ticket - Invoices, 1959
    6-39 Texaco Receipts, 1964
    6-40 Theo. Daigle & Bro., Inc. - Invoices, 1948, 1950s, 1963
    6-41 Thistlethwaite Retail Yard - Invoices, 1948, 1950-1951
    6-42 Verrette Saw Mill - Invoices, 1951
    6-43 Walter’s “66” Super Service - Invoices, 1962
    6-44 Watkins Quality Products - Invoices, 1949, 1951
    6-45 W. H. Land & Son Lumber Company - Invoices, 1959
    6-46 Wilkerson Tile Company - Invoice, 1959
    6-47 WM. S. Elder Lumber Co. - Invoices, 1959
    6-48 Account Sales of Cotton Seed - Invoices, n.d.
    6-49 Account Sales of Cotton Seed - Invoices, n.d.
    6-50 Belaire Cove Gin - Invoices, 1959-1960
    6-51 Chas. Bourque, Cotton Buyer - Invoices, 1948
    6-52 C. P. Aguilar Gin - Invoices, 1955, 1960-1961, 1966
    6-53 Eunice Farmers Gin Co., Inc. - Invoices, 1948
    6-54 Furby’s Gin - Invoices, 1948, 1950
    6-55 I. Isaac, Cotton - Invoices, 1948
    6-56 Lawtell Gin Co. - Invoices, 1948, 1960
    6-57 Leonce Roos, Cotton Buyer - Invoices, 1948
    6-58 Peoples Moss Gin Co., Inc. - Invoices, 1966
    6-59 Point Blue Gin Co., Inc. - Invoices, 1960
    6-60 Prairie Ronde Gin - Invoices, 1960
    6-61 Rozas Gin Co., Inc. - Invoices, 1960
    6-62 Wallace Dejean - Invoices, 1960
    6-63 Stelly Gin Co., Inc. - Invoices, 1960
    6-64 Cotton Producer’s Sales Agreement, 1960
    6-65 Dr. N. C. Lafleur - Receipts, 1950
    6-66 Dr. D. J. deBlane - Receipts, 1959, 1960s
    6-67 Dr. E. J. Petitjean - Receipts, 1959-1960
    6-68 Attaway Clinic and Hospital - Receipts, 1959, 1962
    6-69 St. Landry Clinic Inc. - Receipts, 1960s
    6-70 The New Drug Store - Receipts, n.d.
    6-71 The Service Drug Store - Receipts, 1963
    6-72 Shute’s Drug Store - Receipts, 1950s, 1960
    6-73 Various Medical Receipts, n.d.
    6-74 St. Landry Animal Medical Center - Receipts, 1951, 1960
    6-75 Animal Medical Center - Receipts, 1965
Box 7
    7-01 Brown-Alsbrooks Stockyards, n.d.
    7-02 Dominique’s Commission Barn, n.d.
    7-03 Eunice Stockyard, n.d.
    7-04 K. Jennings Commission Barn, n.d.
    7-05 Joe Tate Commision Barn, n.d.
    7-06 Southern Bell Telephone - Invoice, 1950s-1960s
    7-07 Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corp. - Invoice and Notice, 1950s
    7-08 City of Opelousas (Water Consumption) - Receipts, 1960s
    7-09 Town of Melville, La. (Natural Gas Division) - Receipts, 1954
    7-10 General Gas Corporation - Invoice, 1950s-1960s
    7-11 United Gas Corporation - Invoice, 1960s
    7-12 Funeral - Receipts, 1963, 1965
    7-13 Money Order - Receipts, 1954, 1956, 1961
    7-14 Received Payments (Handwritten), n.d.
    7-15 Various Receipts, n.d.
    7-16 Unknown Receipts, n.d.
    7-17 Loan Stubs, 1960
  E. Publications
    7-18 Intermediate Pupils; Beginner Bible Story, 1963, 1965
    7-19 Cotton Calculator, n.d.
    7-20 Journals - Agriculture, n.d.
    7-21 Catalog - Livestock, n.d.
    7-22 Reference Guide - Angus/Beef, n.d.
    7-23 Louisiana Angus Association, 1959-1963
    7-24 Angus Sale, 1962
    7-25 Hereford Association, 1961-1962
    7-26 Machinery Manuals, n.d.
    7-27 Transportation, n.d.
  F. Miscellaneous
    7-28 Business Cards, n.d.
    7-29 Miscellaneous, n.d.
Box 8
  G. Oversize
    8-01 Store Ledger, 1915
    8-02 Store Ledger, November 1947
    8-03 Store Ledger, January - December 1948
    8-04 Store Ledger, 1949
    8-05 Store Ledger, January - December 1949