Scope and Contents This ledger contains accounts for Bellevue Plantation, c. 1860 – 1895. The plantation was located in the Youngsville area of Lafayette Parish. Martha Morse Cade was the widow of Robert Cade. There is also a contract between Mrs. Cade and freedmen (1870); a 1930 land sale by William Cade, and a scan of a photo of Bellevue Plantation. This material was donated by Alan and Brenda Broussard. Originally photocopies of the ledger and some accompanying documents were donated by Mr....

Scope and Contents This collection consists of miscellaneous family papers mostly dealing with land owned by members of the Darby family. There are also some records relating to purchases of enslaved people and 20th century tax receipts. Other records include receipts from the Iberia Sugar Cooperative, miscellaneous receipts, and a letter regarding a claim on a portion of the estate of the Very Rev. Giovanni Gradenigo, Bishop of Venice, possibly a scam.The collection was donated by Nelwyn Hebert,...

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The collection contains family papers and invoices collected by Virgil and Joseph Frozard. A great number of these documents are in French.

Yvonne Olivier and Louise V. Olivier, descendants of Agricole Olivier, donated this collection.

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This collection consists of business correspondence and financial records, succession records of various Mouton ancestors, and land records dealing with the title to the plantation in St. Martin Parish.

André Mouton, grandson of Sidney Mouton, donated this collection.

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Copies of legal documents probably assembled by Patricia Link in preparation of a research paper for History 497b, 1981. Papers mainly relate to sales and purchases of John Hampden Randolph.

Scope and Contents This is a miscellaneous collection that contains the following materials:1. George S. Kausler of New Orleans from 1850 to 19012. Photograph albums of old sugar plantations, homes, and early images of New Orleans, Louisiana taken by Col. C. Robert Churchill3. A photograph of E.V. Richards, Jr. and others with Dwight Eisenhower4. Publications related to the moon landing in 19695. Historical newspapers William G. Richards,...

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This collection consists of papers presenting the history of the Richardson, Bissell, and Horner families. These include genealogy, writings, photographs, and original letters between family members. There is also a record book dated from 1860-1868 of day-to-day operations on the plantation side. According to the record book, crops planted included cotton and corn, but mainly sugarcane.

Wesley Winans Horner II donated the papers. Gayle Breaux Smith donated the records book.

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This publication consists of information on plantation homes, state parks, ports of Louisiana, the Bayou Country, Mardi Gras, historical information, etc.

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This collections contains ledgers from the Sibille Brothers store, plantation and cotton gin.

Jules LeRoy Sibille and Mrs. Mellie (Sibille) Fontenot from Sunset, LA donated the collection.