Scope and Contents This collection contains the papers of Anthony Muller Camp #8 from its formation in 1924 through 1979, divided into five main series. The first is composed of the organizational papers of Anthony Muller Camp #8. This includes correspondence sent and received from the camp to members and to the state and national headquarters of the USWV, local organization meeting minutes, news clippings, membership records, and financial records. The second series contains the proceedings and programs from...

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This collection contains five volumes of scrapbooks while he was mayor of Lafayette, each having been microfilmed. Also included is a Bertrand family genealogy scrapbook that was compiled by Velia Bertrand Jr. who is a distant cousin of Bertrand.

Henrietta Bertrand Boriskie donated the collection.

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This collection contains materials pertaining to P.O. Broussard. Of particular interest are scrapbooks containing photographs he took or collected during World War II.

Vaughan Baker, P.O. Broussard’s niece, donated the collection.

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This collection contains books, videos, articles, and newspapers from the veterans’ war service. Much of the material relates to the 50th anniversary of the battle in 1995. The collection also includes Mr. Chiasson’s personal slides of Louisiana and Oklahoma.

Roland M. Chiasson from Larose, Louisiana donated the collection.

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This collection contains copies of news clippings, a Civil War discharge certificate, notes on the Civil War Jayhawkers, and the diary of H.N. Connor. Sergeant Connor’s diary contains illustrative accounts of the battles and the extreme conditions he and other soldiers endured.

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This collection consists of a diary he kept while serving in the military and a Signal Manual photocopy.

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This collection contains a manuscript explaining the Civil War Service of the St. Martin Rangers. Photocopy of handwritten document, 34 pages.

H. Allen King donated this collection.

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This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, certificates, assignment orders, dog tag, military prayer books, and other material while he served in the U.S. Army. Also included are oversize framed photographs.

Mrs. Marian Yancey Landry donated the collection.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a 1940 film of Captain Mouton’s Les Jardins de Mouton in Lafayette, Louisiana with native cypress and oaks covered in moss. There was a grotto or shrine with Stations of the Cross and benches. There is a reference to a rock garden with statuary and a Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes. Plum trees were in bloom and there was a statue of Evangeline. Camellias were in this garden, which included the celebrated and rare Governor Mouton camellia, Pink Perfection, and the...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters written between Mr. and Mrs. Louis Henry Noel (L. H. Noel) and their children, family, and friends. The Noel family is from Abbeville, Louisiana. Most of the letters were written in the 1940s during World War II and most of them were written between the members of the Noel family. According to the way the letters were addressed, at least four of the children were participating in the war in some way. Elda, Wilfred, and Stella all served as Corporals and...