Want to learn more about the government documents collection? Stop by on March 16 for Freedom of Information (FOI) Day.
FOI Day pays tribute to the importance of open government and freedom of information while celebrating the FOI Act that secures government transparency as an American right.
Today we will be highlighting the Carlton J. James Collection. The collection contains taped interviews with several participants in Louisiana's civil rights movement. The project directors were Drs. Patricia Rickels and Matthew Schott with assistance from Barry Ancelet, Elemore Morgan, Jr., and Doris White. The directors chose to honor long-time Lafayette educator and civil rights leader, Carlton James.
Did you know that in our Rare Books Collection, we have a copy of The Domesday Book?
This week we will be highlighting Collection 218, Amanda S. Hanks collection.
Amanda Hanks was an educator in Vermilion Parish for 43 years. She began her teaching career in 1934 in a two-room schoolhouse. She also wrote on the local history of southern Vermilion Parish.
We are highlighting Collection 219, Dudley J. LeBlanc Collection.
LeBlanc was an entrepreneur. He started an ironing business in college, which by graduation (from SLII) was a flourishing tailor shop. He later sold tobacco, shoes, patent medicine, launched a very successful burial-insurance company and a headache-remedy company. He was probably most famous for the invention, distribution and promotion of HADACOL, a vitamin/mineral supplement.
This week we will be highlighting Collection 50, the Owen J. Southwell Papers.
Southwell was an architect and artist. He first worked as an instructor at Carnegie Tech and continued his work at the University of Illinois from 1916-1918. Southwell received several honors, including the Carnegie Tech Medal of the American Institute of Architects in 1915 and the Certificate of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in 1919.
This week we will be highlighting Collection 101, Sibille Store (Britol, La) Collection.
The Sibille Bros. Cotton Gin was established in 1845 up until 1973. The Sible Bros. Store however, ran from 1890-1985. The Sibille Store was a plantation, store, and cotton gin, located in Bristol, Louisiana.
This collection is made up of ledgers, journals, day books, short stories, newspaper, clippings, photographs, and certificates.
Special Collections will be at Vermilionville this Saturday, Nov. 18, celebrating Native American Culture Day.
In honor of this, we will be highlighting Collection 147, Robert S. Neitzel Collection. Neitzel made major contributions to archaeological work in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia.
This week we will be highlighting Collection 69, American Association of University Women (AAUW), Lafayette, LA Branch Records.
The purpose of the AAUW was to unite alumnae of different institutions of higher education to advance the economic, political, and educational opportunities for women.
