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This collection contains genealogical charts, copies from books, various records, and books Mrs. Broudreaux used to compile the family genealogy. The family has been traced back to the year 920 AD.

Her daughter, Lisa B. Menard, donated this collection.

Scope and Contents The collection consists mainly of letters to Paul DeClouet, son of Alexander DeClouet, Sr. (1812-1890) of St. Martinville, Louisiana. Paul was a student in Virginia, a volunteer in the Confederate army, and a farmer in St. Martinville after the war. For a time in 1862 he and his brother, Alexander, Jr. were prisoners-of-war. The letters usually deal with domestic and personal matters. Some touch upon national politics including the Confederate Congress (to which Alexander DeClouet, Sr. was a...

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This collection consists of family photographs from the Joseph Chappelle Dorsey family. Most of these photographs are identified and have dates. A large amount taken in Montgomery, Alabama, others in New York.

Scope and Contents This collection contains Dr. Drake’s lecture notes for when he was a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina, as well as outlines from his own lectures. There is also correspondence regarding journal articles and his edited book The Great South, newspaper clippings, and Drake family history documents.Dr. Drake donated the family history portions of the collection. Dr. Michael Martin, Professor of History at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette donated the...

Scope and Contents This collection contains mostly photographs of individuals, weddings and special events taken by Carl Froitzheim. There are also some photographs taken by A. L. Barnett, a photographer from Crowley, Louisiana. There are also other materials such as correspondence, publications, and drawings related to a patent Froitzheim tried to register. Froitzheim was also very interested in cirkut photographs. There are a large number of these images in the collection, both positive and negative. Many of...

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This collection contains genealogy materials of members of the Girard and Crow families collected by Edward Crow Girard. There is also a framed design from Mr. Girard commemorating the university's centennial.

Edward Crow Girard donated the collection.

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This Bible belonged to the John Greig family. A notation inside the back cover dates it to 1759.

Donated by J.F. “Jeff” Webb of Florien, Louisiana.

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This collection contains materials collected by Evelyn Theresa Hannie in the preparation of her book, The Hannie-Saloom-Reslan Family Book (Lafayette, n.d.). Some items were donated later. The collection contains some family documents and photographs.

The collection was donated by Evelyn Theresa Hannie in 1986 and later.

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This collection consists of a binder of family history material dating back from the 1600s to 2016. It includes families of Hebert, LaBauve, Guidry, Bourg, Simoneaux, and other related families. These families mainly resided in the New Iberia, Louisiana area.

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This collection consists of correspondence, personal papers, business records, land records and tax bills and receipts (including one from the Confederacy), and succession records for members of the Lorrain family. Most of the correspondence is from family members who remained in France. It also includes maps, plans for a sawmill, and election certificates. Of special interest is a traiteur’s cure for worms. There is also a family genealogy drawn up many years later.