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Pitre, Ludeau (1897-1962). Papers, 1937-1968, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0507

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of records from the Ludeau Pitre Store and Dixieland Ranch. This includes store ledgers, sharecropper time books, correspondence, receipts, and miscellaneous farm material from the store and ranch.

Boisy Pitre, great-grandson of Ludeau Pitre, donated this collection.

Dates

  • 1937-1968, n.d.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Ludeau Pitre, born April 18, 1897, was a farmer and rancher in the Prairie Ronde community of St. Landry Parish during the early and middle 20th century. He manufactured and sold moonshine during the Prohibition era of the 1920’s. Over the ensuing decades, Mr. Pitre parlayed those profits into building Dixieland Ranch, a sizable estate of land and cattle, including prized Angus, Brangus, and Hereford cows. He died on July 8, 1962.

Extent

9.25 Linear Feet (9 feet and 3 inches of materials contained in 8 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Ludeau Pitre Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Zack Stein
Date
01/29/2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031