This collection spans from 1767 to 2003, with the bulk of the material between 1970 and 2000. The collection includes Conrad’s professional correspondence (1971-1993), travel vouchers, awards, essays, research notes, manuscripts, biographical sketches, student evaluations, conference material, and collection of books, journal articles, and newspapers. His correspondence is with various local, state, and national organizations including CODOFIL, the Louisiana Historical Association, the Attakapas Historical Association, the Louisiana Heritage Foundation, the Louisiana Heritage Congress, the Louisiana Cultural Exchange Program, Louisiana Preservation Alliance, the Jefferson Historical Society of Louisiana, the Historical Association of Central Louisiana, the Southwest Louisiana Geophysical Society, the Lafayette Genealogical Society, the Dept. of Culture, Tourism, and Recreation, the German and Acadian Coast Historical and Genealogical Society, the French Colonial Historical Society, the Mississippi Historical Society, the Southern Council on Francophone Studies, the Social Science Association, the Society of the War of 1812, the Southern Historical Association, the Bouligny Foundation, and the Pioneer America Society. Conrad’s essays pertain primarily to the history of New Iberia and the Attakapas District. The New Iberia series contains various early estate records, essays, maps, and photographs of these areas along with a substantial amount of Conrad’s correspondence on related projects, programs, and biographical sketches. The Louisiana Historical Association series contains a substantial amount of material including administrative documents, correspondence, the Book of Readings Project, and publication records of the Louisiana History Journal. The collection also contains manuscripts on Huey P. Long’s impeachment, biographies on various individuals, the Horn Island Case, France’s settlement of Louisiana and the Illinois Country, documents on the USL History Series, and administrative and financial records for the Center for Louisiana Studies.