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Nicholls State University

 Organization

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph T. Butler, Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00118
Scope and Contents

This collection dates from ca. 1900 to 1984 and spans 2 linear feet. The collection comprises photographs, negatives, correspondence, and print materials relating to Louisiana history and culture.

Dates: ca.1900-1984 and undated

A Gathering of Old Men Movie Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00185
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises an invitation, photocopied article, and script relating to the made for television film adaptation of the Ernest Gaines novel "A Gathering of Old Men."

Dates: 1987

Lee Martin Collection on the Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Department

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00022
Scope and Contents This collection consists of centennial materials, pictures, and company histories relating to the Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Department. Materials date from 1888 to 1987 and include original and reproduced photographs, booklets, programs, correspondence, organizational records, and ephemera. Most pictures are twentieth century reproductions of earlier photographs. Many of the materials relate to the Thibodaux Firemen's Parade and other events, including a 1903 crevasse and various ceremonies...
Dates: 1874-1974

David Middleton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00087
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the papers of David Middleton dating from 1931 to 2016 and comprises eight series, including writings, correspondence, academic papers, subject files, personal papers, photographs, volumes and printed materials, and born digital materials. The collection documents his professional work as a poet and an educator, along with his personal and professional relationships with family, friends, writers, editors, and members of the academic community. Writings by...
Dates: 1931-2016; Majority of material found within 1969-2014

Marco J. Picciola Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00201
Scope and Contents This collection contains records from Picciola's work as a notary public as well as the operation of his stores. It includes estate records, expenditures and receipts, utility bills, investments, property maps, oil and gas leases, right of way sales, and insurance premiums that encompass both Picciola's business and personal life. It includes Picciola's honors and certificates, political correspondence, and records of the Golden Meadow Post Office during the early twentieth century. It...
Dates: 1831-1991

South Louisiana Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00076
Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection created by Ellender Memorial Library from oral histories donated over a period of decades. It comprises oral histories (on audiotape and videotape) and related materials collected from residents of South Louisiana between approximately 1972 and 1998. Interviewees discuss topics relating to local history and culture, including foodways, traditional crafts, race, religion, illness and medicine, education, labor, and industry.

Dates: 1972-1998 and undated

Veterans of Southeast Louisiana Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00219
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of interviews with veterans residing in the following parishes of Louisiana: Assumption, Jefferson Davis, Lafourche, Orleans, St. Martin, and Terrebonne. Each interview showcases the life and military experience of the veteran and is stored in digital video format. The collection includes photographs, monographs, military awards and memorabilia, as well as telegrams, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1917-2019