Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs taken at the Breaux Bridge Centennial Celebration on April 10th, 11th, and 12th in 1959. The celebration included the Crawfish Queen Contest and Coronation Ball, five big dances, four parades, a hobby show, art show, athletic events, special exhibits, American Motorcycle Association Field Meet, cooking contests, and the Crawfish Trail Riders from Texas. There was also a Mass and the blessing of the new City Hall. The collection also includes one...

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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 contains records of the Breaux Bridge City Council, mainly minutes of meetings and ordinances. There are also correspondence, contracts, and newspaper clippings.

The originals were loaned to SAMC (now UAAMC) by the Town of Breaux Bridge to be microfilmed.

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Writings of John J. Lynch

Scope and Contents English translation speech by the Honorable Wade O. Martin, Jr., Secretary of State of Louisiana on the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana. Banquet held on 15 August 1965, at the Lafayette Municipal Auditorium Ballroom, Lafayette, LA. [typed] Also included is a certificate signed by Secretary Martin honoring Breaux Bridge as recognized as the Crawfish Capital of the World, and Shediac, New Brunswick celebrates the Lobster Festival annually each July. [copy] No...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of copies of transcripts of the letters from Mrs. Margaret Jones Rees Morgan of Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania to her son David Rees in Louisiana (usually sent in care of Benjamin Morgan or George Morgan of New Orleans). The letters are dated from 1804 to 1827. David Rees settled near Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, served as a justice of the peace from 1805 to 1835, represented Attakapas County in the first legislature of Louisiana, and served as a major in the...

Scope and Contents This collection contains personal and business correspondence of the Henry Rees Family of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. It reflects life from about mid-nineteenth century to the twentieth century dealing with family life, illness (such as yellow fever), community life, agriculture, finances, taxes, legal matters and attitudes and opinions on contemporary events. Included also are the legal papers of Henry Rees generated while he served as Justice of the Peace in St. Martin Parish and Orderly...