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.

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.

Scope and Contents Ms. Rabel’s collection includes copies of five novels of historical fiction; a collection of poetry for adults; a collection of poetry for children; poetry and short stories for children and young adults; children’s books; nonfiction; and illustrations, drawings and paintings. Original manuscripts; correspondence; over twenty albums of photographs and handwritten documents dating from the nineteenth century; autobiographical and biographical materials; works on paper; illustrations, drawings...