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Evergreen (Avoyelles Parish, LA) Collection

Collection 510

Evergreen (Avoyelles Parish, LA). Collection, 1972–2015, n.d.

5 inches; 9.3 gigabytes

Evergreen is a town in Avoyelles Parish, LA. As of the 2010 census, there are around 310 people who live there. Chartered in 1869, the town contained Evergreen College (later Evergreen High School).

This collection contains material related to the town of Evergreen. Materials include newspapers/newsletters, high school reunion books, Homecoming items, CDs and DVDs and a proclamation signed by Governor Bobby Jindal honoring Evergreen “Wear Green” Day.

This collection also includes a digital exhibit that contains archived pages of the entire Evergreen website.

Dr. Edmond Dugas, a native of Evergreen, donated this collection.

Series:

A. Evergreen High School 1-01 through 1-07
B. News 1-08 through 1-11
C. Homecoming 1-12 through 1-15
D. Memories 1-16 through 1-20
E. Digital Media 2-01 through 2-08

Inventory:

Box 1
  A. Evergreen High School
    1-01 Evergreen High School - Reunion Book, 1913-1961
    1-02 Evergreen Reunion, 1983
    1-03 EHS Alumni Association, 1985
    1-04 Evergreen High School Program, 27 May 1990
    1-05 High School Class Rosters from 1911-1958, 2008
    1-06 Evergreen Reunion, 5 May 2010
    1-07 A School of Long Ago, by E. B. Robert, n.d.
  B. News
    1-08 Evergreen Centennial - Family Reunion, 23 April 1972
    1-09 The Magnolia Leaf Newsletter, 8 February 1983 - May 1990
    1-10 Announcements for Website, 2008, n.d.
    1-11 Newspaper Clipping - “Evergreen Reunion Held”, The Bunkie Record, 24 June 2010
  C. Homecoming
    1-12 Reunion - Homecoming Mass Program, 28 May 1983
    1-13 Homecoming Sticker, 1990
    1-14 Homecoming Organizational Meeting Itinerary, 17 February 1990
    1-15 Evergreen Homecoming, 1990
  D. Memories
    1-16 Granny’s Family Album, Part II, by Edmond Anthony Dugas, 1981
    1-17 Evergreen Civic League, 14 October 2000
    1-18 Proclamation Commemorating Evergreen “Wear Green” Day, signed by Governor Bobby Jindal, 17 May 2008
    1-19 Memorial Information, 2011, n.d.
    1-20 Evergreen Poem, by Erik B. Nelson, n.d.
Box 2
  E. Digital Media
    2-01 1983 Evergreen High School Reunion (Parts 1-3) and Evergreen Catholic Church Beauty Contest, DVD by Ed Dugas, 206 minutes
    2-02 Evergreen Homecoming, 1990 and 1983, digital images by Ryan Rabalais, 52 megabytes, 123 items
    2-03 Evergreen Homecoming, 1990, DVD by Ryan Rabalais, 120 minutes
    2-04 Evergreen Reunion, 2008, digital images (from five photographers) by Ryan Rabalais, 370 megabytes, 237 items
    2-05 Evergreen Lunch in Lafayette, October 17, 2009, digital images by Ryan Rabalais, 338 megabytes, 189 items
    2-06 2010 Evergreen Reunion, digital images by Ryan Rabalais, 5 megabytes, 31 files
    2-07 2015 Evergreen Reunion, digital images by Pete and Denise Riche, 124 megabytes, 94 items
    2-08 Evergreen School, digital images by John Smith from father’s (Anthony Smith) collection of materials from 1899-1958, 11 megabytes, 111 items. Includes correspondence of Evergreen College in 1899