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Watson Family. Papers, 1793-1930
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0003
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
1793-1930
Webb, Bernice (1920-1999). Papers, 1756-1991, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0168
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of her working files which include genealogy, letters, journals, correspondence, writings, publications, and other professional materials. The collection also contains Robert Webb's working files, such as biographical, professional, and personal materials.
William C. Schear, Bernice Webb's son, donated the collection.
Dates:
1756-1991, n.d.
Weeks Family. Collection, 1806-1971, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0055
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material on the Weeks family who resided in New Iberia, Louisiana. It includes biographical information on William F. Weeks, John Moore, and other descendants. There are a number of articles on the history of New Iberia (general), churches, correspondence, and material on the floods of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya.
Dates:
1806-1971, n.d.
West Feliciana Parish. Civil Records, 1811-1855
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0370
Scope and Contents
This collection contains civil parish records from 1811 to 1855, although the dates vary for each series. The records include successions, notarial records, partitions, marriage Licenses, Police Jury minutes, poll tax records, and a book of oaths.
The records were filmed by the Center for Louisiana Studies in 1976, as an extension of the Colonial Louisiana Records Collection. That collection was transferred to the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection in 2013.
Dates:
1811-1855
Wharton, Vernon L. (1907-1964). Papers, 1935-1964, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0034
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, writings and speeches, lecture notes, clippings, and other materials. Several of these works reference African Americans, the South, Reconstruction, and American, European, and Latin American history.
Dates:
1935-1964, n.d.
Whisler, Ernest Jackson (1870-1958). Collection, 1901-1967, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0031
Scope and Contents
This collection contains literary material of Ernest Jackson Whisler, a turn-of-the-century writer of plays and folk stories under the name of Jack Whisler. His career appears to span the first half of the 20th century. Born in Rochester, Pennsylvania in the 1870s, Whisler's family later settled in Tucson, Arizona because of his parent's health. Whisler died in 1958 of a heart attack in his home in Burlingame, California. Also included in the collection are ads and flyers, plays,...
Dates:
1901-1967, n.d.
White, Maunsel (1783?-1863). Letters, 1836-1844
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-MSS-0079
Scope and Contents
Letters to a New Orleans merchant from John Howard Pane and Andrew Jackson. Photocopies; location of originals unknown. Donated by Maunsel White.
Dates:
1836-1844
Wilby, Routh Trowbridge (1922-2006)/Foster, Murphy J. (1849-1921). Family Collection, 1839-2002, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0330
Scope and Contents
This collection is divided into two series; the Murphy J. Foster Family Collection and the Routh T. Wilby Research Materials. The Foster Family Collection contains correspondence, bills, photographs, ephemera, publications, and artifacts from the Murphy J. Foster (January 12, 1849- June 12, 1921) and Rose Ker Foster (November 17, 1861- February 14, 1959) family of Franklin, Louisiana. The second half of the collection, the Routh Trowbridge Wilby Research Materials, contains Wilby’s research,...
Dates:
1839-2002, n.d.
Williams, David Reichard (1890-1962). Papers, 1847 (1915-1984)-1986
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0027
Scope and Contents
Among the many subjects and people represented in the collection are:
Subject:
Alexandria (Virginia)--Description and Travel
American Association of University Women. Lafayette (Louisiana)
Chapter
American Association of University Women. Louisiana Branch
American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Architects. Dallas (Texas) Chapter
Architecture--Texas
Architecture--Texas--History
Architecture--Texas--Pictorial Views
Architecture--United...
Dates:
1847-1986
Williams, Espy (1852-1908). Collection, 1865-1908, 1969
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0020
Scope and Contents
This collection centers on the literary career of Espy Williams. It contains news clippings (primarily reviews), flyers and ads for Williams's works, a few photos, correspondence, two diaries, poetry, essays, librettos, and plays by Williams.
Eunice Simonds Osgood (Mrs. Phillips E.) of Summit, New Jersey donated this collection.
Dates:
1865-1908, 1969
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