Louisiana--History
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
Mouton, Alexandre (1804-1885). Papers, 1813-1885, n.d.
This collection consists of mostly personal correspondence which was written to his family. It also contains some financial records and a scrapbook of newspaper articles.
Nineteenth Century Louisiana. Collection, 1801-1900
This is an artificial collection designed to hold miscellaneous items dating from the nineteenth century. The collection contains original documents and photocopies.
Nottoway Plantation. Collection, 1848-1889, 1981
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.
Opelousas (Louisiana), City of. Oral History Collection, 2019-2021
This collection contains oral histories from residents of Opelousas. Topics include life in Opelousas during the 1940s and 1950s, experiences as educators, the Civil Rights Movement, Cajun and Creole cultures, Zydeco music, and the Louisiana Orphan Train Riders.
Melanie Lee-Lebouef of the City of Opelousas Tourism donated this collection.
Orleans Parish. Notarial Records, 1739-1928
Parker, Jeanette Plauché (1934- ). Bendel Gardens Collection, 1799-2021, n.d.
This collection contains Dr. Parker’s research notes on Bendel Gardens. These include published articles and deeds documenting chains of title and historical events from the early Spanish land grants to the Mouton family’s Walnut Grove Plantation, the acquisitions by fashion icon Henri Bendel, and the 1950s development of Bendel Gardens subdivision.
Dr. Jeanette Plauché Parker donated the collection.
Pearson, Mary Alice ( - ). Collection, 1968-2002, n.d.
This collection contains materials reflecting the Aime and Grevemberg families. Valcour Aime in particular was a successful sugar planter from the 1800s based in St. James Parish. His plantation home was known as “Le Petit Versailles.”
Mary Alice Pearson of Temple, Georgia donated this collection.
Perrin, Warren A. (1947- ). Papers, 1993-2014, n.d.
This collection contains files of Perrin’s correspondence with foreign governments, testimonies from Acadian descendants, numerous speeches and newspaper articles, and the Official Proclamation by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of England recognizing the injustice done to the French Neutrals (The Acadians) in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from 1755 through 1763, commonly known as the Grand Dérangement.
Mr. Warren Perrin donated this collection.
Pointe Coupée Parish. Civil Records, 1765-1967
Prejean, James M. ( - ). Collection, 1874-1985
This collection consists of family histories of the Prejean and Blanchet families.