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Lafayette (La.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

First Baptist Church (Lafayette, Louisiana). Bulletin, 1936

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-MSS-0216
Scope and Contents

First Baptist Church (Lafayette, Louisiana) bulletin dated April 26, 1936. It is located at 1225 Lafayette Street, Lafayette, LA. It is titled “The Watchman”, which includes morning worship, services, etc. Original.

Dates: 1936

First National Bank (Lafayette, Louisiana). Statement, 1918

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-MSS-0223
Scope and Contents

Statement Showing the Condition of The First national Bank of Lafayette at the Close of Business May 10, 1918. (1 item)

Dates: 10 May 1918

First Presbyterian Church, Lafayette (Louisiana). Records, 1875-1975

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0128
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...
Dates: 1875-1975

Fletcher, Joel L., Jr. (1897-1972). Papers, 1862-1979, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0012
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...
Dates: 1862-1979, n.d.

Fletcher, Joel L., Jr. (1897–1972). Papers, 1843-2024, undated

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0012B
Scope and Contents This addition to the collection includes handwritten letters from Joel Fletcher, Jr. to his wife, Frances Allen McLees Fletcher during the 1940s and a thank-you note from Dr. Michael Wade to Joel Fletcher III for using the letters for research on his forthcoming book about desegregation in higher education in Louisiana. Also included is correspondence from Joel Fletcher III to UL Lafayette faculty, a student who wrote a thesis about his father, and President Savoie; articles and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1943 - 2024

Fontenot, Mary Alice (1910-2003). Papers, 1946-2003

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0097
Scope and Contents

The collection includes scrapbooks containing clippings which document Mrs. Riehl’s engagements as a speaker, review her various books, and provide other biographical information. Some also include photographs, correspondence, drawings, promotional material and writings. The papers were donated by Mary Alice Fontenot as part of the Women in Louisiana Collection.

Dates: 1946-2003

Fontenot, Mary Alice (1910-2003). Papers, circa 1880s-2005

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0097.1
Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection were donated after Collection 97 was processed, so they are placed in a supplemental collection. The contents are very similar to what is in Coll. 97 so the arrangement is comparable. Collection 97.1 includes many items related to the book Acadia Parish: A History to 1900 by Fontenot and Paul Freeland.

Mary Alice Fontenot Riehl and her daughter, Julie Landry, donated these papers.

Dates: 1880s-2005

Griffin, Lucile Meredith Mouton (1889-1983). Collection, 1798-1967, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0026
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the work of both Lucile Mouton Griffin and her husband, Harry L. Griffin, and Mrs. Griffin's interest in Mouton family history. The personal portion contains scrapbooks kept by Mrs. Griffin before her marriage including her years as a student at SLII and material from her graduate school work at the University of Chicago and Columbia University. A second section of this portion contains photographs of Lafayette, many used to illustrate Griffin's Attakapas Country,...
Dates: 1798-1967, n.d.

Guchereau, Moore. Correspondence, 1957-1960

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-MSS-0262
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence pertaining the “Community Chest of Lafayette, Inc.”, Congratulations on being re-elected as Mayor, Field trip of student from Mt. Carmel School in Lafayette, Thank You notes for contributions to his campaign, etc.

Dates: 1957-1960