Scope and Contents Audrey Birdhill, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, created these scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings. The clippings originate mainly from New Orleans papers and concern Louisiana and New Orleans politics. Ms. Birdhill, who emphasized corruption, entitled her scrapbooks, "Louisiana Political Corruption.”There were originally 13 volumes in the series; only 7 were microfilmed. The Microfilm Department of Edith Garland Dupré Library microfilmed the scrapbooks in 1974. Reel 1 is...

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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 the writings of Alton Broussard. The first volume is the entire "Lafayette Guide" newspaper. The two scrapbooks contain his articles from other newspapers, such as the "Daily Advertiser." The list of “Points of Interests in the 'Lafayette Guide'” were compiled by Sam Broussard.

Alton Broussard’s children, Mary Perrin, Sam, and Alton “Skip” II, and his son-in-law, Warren Perrin, donated this collection.

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Collection contains mainly clippings of Caffery's congressional career, a photograph, and a biographical sketch. Donated by Patrick T. Caffery.

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This collection contains clippings about local items of interest, many of column by Ben Bayonne.

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This collection contains copies of news clippings, a Civil War discharge certificate, notes on the Civil War Jayhawkers, and the diary of H.N. Connor. Sergeant Connor’s diary contains illustrative accounts of the battles and the extreme conditions he and other soldiers endured.

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Miscellaneous papers of and referring to Andrea Dimitry and his son, Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883). No donor card.

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C.J. Edwards was editor of Abbeville Meridional. This collection contains letters from Harold G. Edwards and clippings from New Orleans, Alexandria, and Natchitoches papers.

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This collection consists of newspaper and magazine articles on Ferguson, publications on the Battleship Maine, and a large collection of photographs of the various stages of work that were necessary for the recovery of the historic Battleship Maine, and flooding of the Mississippi River. Some photographs in this collection have 2 copies. The collection was donated by Mrs. Charles Boudousquie of Lafayette, daughter of General Harley B. Ferguson.

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This collection consists of genealogy material such as correspondence, photographs, maps, research, documents and news clippings.