This collection contains Dr. Brandon’s working and personal papers. A large portion of the papers include written notes, in both English and French, on Louisiana history, people, cultures, folksongs, and dances. Many of these notes contain sources that she utilized for her research. Additional series include materials on linguistics and education, correspondence, publications from Dr. Brandon and other colleagues, and notecards listed in alphabetical order containing useful resources.

Purchase of slave Lucy. Photocopy. No donor card.

This collection contains Mr. Martin’s research on ancestry, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. It also includes letters and narratives between him and his family.

Jim F. Martin, Jr. donated this collection.

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.

This collections contains mainly documents related to law practice of François Richard, fils, in St. Landry Parish and to legal matters involving the Richard family. Of special interest is a contract between a former enslaver and freedmen executed on 16 August 1865.

Sandra Clayton Richard donated this collection in 1989.