Scope and Contents Microfilm of record books containing membership rolls and minutes of the congregational meetings, board of trustees (1877-1946), and session (1875-1975). The church evolved from the Vermilionville Presbyterian Church to the Lafayette Presbyterian Church to finally First Presbyterian Church, Lafayette.After being microfilmed by Dennis Gibson in 1975, the original record books were sent to the Historical Foundation of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches at Montreat, North...

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This collection contains records of the First Presbyterian Church of Abbeville. The film was made from material filed in loose leaf notebooks, which was not in chronological order.

Scope and Contents He collected a large amount of secondary and primary material on the history of Louisiana. The primary material includes copies of items related to Acadian vigilante committees and the business records of William Wyatt of Vernon, Louisiana. Much of the secondary material was removed from the collection since it duplicated items already cataloged in the Louisiana Room. (A list of the removed items is appended to the inventory.) Fletcher gathered much information on agriculture and industrial...

Scope and Contents This collection reflects his long and distinguished career as a leader in Louisiana education. It also shows his keen interest in the past, the present, and the future of the state. He collected a large amount of secondary and primary material on the history of Louisiana. The primary material includes copies of items related to Acadiana vigilante committees and the business records of William Wyatt of Vernon, Louisiana. Fletcher gathered much information on agriculture and industrial...

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This collection consists of photographs of the oil fields in Louisiana and Texas. There are also family photographs of the Gerwick family while in Titusville, Pennsylvania and the East.

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The Vermilionville Presbyterian Church was organized on August 23, 1875. This collection consists of a program of the first church services held in Lafayette.