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Laurel Valley Plantation (Thibodaux, La.)

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Leon Z. Boudreaux Store Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00047
Scope and Contents

This collection spans 7.5 linear feet and comprises ledgers dating from 1912 to 1947. The ledgers include day to day sales accounts, bank accounts, shipments, and other records relating to Leon Z. Boudreaux's store.

Dates: 1912-1947, undated; Majority of material found within 1912-1926

J. Wilson Lepine Collection of Laurel Valley and Melodia Plantation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00025
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the business records of Laurel Valley and Melodia Plantations and owner J. Wilson Lepine. These records include correspondence, letter books, account books, payroll records, plantation diaries, invoices, and sugar mill records. Of particular interest are the thirteen plantation diaries which span the years 1903-1915 which give a day by day account of life and labor on a Louisiana sugar plantation in the early twentieth century.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1890-1926; 1867-1976

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  • Subject: Lafourche Crossing (La.) X

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Lafourche Parish (La.) 1
Stores, retail -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 1
Sugar -- Manufacture and refining -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish. 1
Sugar plantations -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish. 1