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Legal documents related to sale or purchase of Lafayette newspapers, the Advertiser, the Progress, and the Democrat. Photocopies. Donated by Catherine Hazel Alpha, 1990.

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Photocopies of legal records, St. Landry Parish and Colonial Louisiana, 1786-1860; also 1919 copy of 1879 land sale. Donated by Jules B. Ashlock, 1975.

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This collection contains a handwritten brief for a case heard by W. L. Brand in St. Martin District Court. The case deals with land on Vermilion Bayou (1819).

Charles Caffery donated the collection.

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Jane Bode was an attorney from Crowley, Louisiana. This collection consists of her working files.

Scope and Contents Mainly papers dealing with land owned by A.D. Boudreaux and his father, Oliver, in Opelousas District and Lafayette Parish. Includes the following: deeds, sale documents, surveys, plats, other miscellaneous legal documents (sale of enslaved person), military service records including commission by Louisiana Governor in 1861 and amnesty oath, 1865, muster roll for Company K, 1st Regiment of Reserve Corps, Louisiana, July, 1864 – January, 1865, and newspaper article by Mario Mamalakis (1980)...

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This collection contains miscellaneous material related to Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. (Artificial collection with uncertain provenance. Some items may be from Rees Family Papers).

Grover Rees donated the collection.

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This collection consists of documents related to settling the estate of William Leigh Brent, St. Martin Parish, including succession.

No donor card.

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Miscellaneous papers of and referring to Andrea Dimitry and his son, Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883). No donor card.

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Legal documents connected with the succession of Pierre Olivier Duclozel, St. Martin Parish Estate 914, 1840-1848. Photocopies.

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Genealogical records on the Dupré, Vanhille, and Lastrapes families (compiled by Gus E. Dupré). Miscellaneous other materials include letters, legal documents, portraits, etc. All material is photocopied.