University Archives & Acadiana Manuscripts Collection
University Archives
The University Archives houses the archival records of the University starting around 1900. The Archives is especially strong in the records of the Office of the President. Other materials include records from the Student Government Association, the Registrar’s Office, and the Department of Speech. There is a large collection of photographs starting in the 1900s and football game films from 1968 to 2000.
Photographs of Southwestern Louisiana Institute from albums compiled by Presidents Edwin L. Stephens and Lethar E. Frazar between 1923 and 1940 are available online through the Louisiana Digital Library.
Acadiana Manuscripts Collection
The Acadiana Manuscripts Collection includes over 500 collections of personal or family papers, business or organizational records, photograph collections, oral history recordings, and much more. Most of the manuscript collections relate to the Acadiana region of Louisiana, but several have a much broader scope.
Among the subjects covered in these collections are agriculture, the oil industry, architecture, education, literature, local and regional history, politics, and women’s history. The larger collections include the Rice Millers Association Records, the Louisiana Intracoastal Seaway Association Records, the Jefferson Caffery Papers, the Edwin E. Willis Papers, the David R. Williams Papers, the Ollie T. Osborne Papers, the Mary Alice Fontenot Papers, the [Freeland] Barnett Studio Photographic Collection, the Robert F. and Edwin S. Broussard Papers, the Louisiana State Rice Milling Company Records/Godchaux Family Papers, and the Colonial Louisiana Records.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts are small collections consisting of individual or just a few items.
Find Archival Materials
Online listings of materials are available via the Dupré Library Catalog and the Special Collections Finding Aids.
Special Collections services are open to the public, be they University-affiliated or not. Making appointments in advance is strongly recommended, though not required.
Contact
Special Collections
Edith Garland Dupre Library, 3rd Floor, Room 314, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 400 E. St. Mary Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70503, (337) 482-6031, speccoll@louisiana.edu
