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Fontenot, Mary Alice (Mary Alice Fontenot), 1910-2003

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Fontenot, Mary Alice (1910-2003). Papers, 1946-2003

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0097
Scope and Contents

The collection includes scrapbooks containing clippings which document Mrs. Riehl’s engagements as a speaker, review her various books, and provide other biographical information. Some also include photographs, correspondence, drawings, promotional material and writings. The papers were donated by Mary Alice Fontenot as part of the Women in Louisiana Collection.

Dates: 1946-2003

Fontenot, Mary Alice (1910-2003). Papers, circa 1880s-2005

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0097.1
Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection were donated after Collection 97 was processed, so they are placed in a supplemental collection. The contents are very similar to what is in Coll. 97 so the arrangement is comparable. Collection 97.1 includes many items related to the book Acadia Parish: A History to 1900 by Fontenot and Paul Freeland.

Mary Alice Fontenot Riehl and her daughter, Julie Landry, donated these papers.

Dates: 1880s-2005

Hayes, Elijah Cabot (1893-1990). Autobiography, 1980

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-MSS-0039
Scope and Contents

Typescript of autobiography of Acadia Parish educator and farmer, Elijah Cabot Hayes; handwritten original in Acadia Parish Library; transcription by Mary Alice Fontenot.

Dates: 1980

Riehl, Vincent L. (1911-1995). Collection, 1890s-1900s

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0209
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of mainly photographs of Acadia Parish from the late 1890s through the 1900s. These are scenes of Crowley, Rayne, Esterwood and other areas in the parish. There are also photographs of families and individuals. Also included are negatives to the photos, newspaper clippings, postcards, etc.



Dates: 1890s-1900s

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