Envelope: clippings, correspondence, records, and ephemera, 1838-1974, undated
Scope and Contents
Envelope of miscellaneous items, including “Proclamation No. 2 - People of Canada” (1838); Certificate of Death from St. Joseph’s Church for Charles Aubert (1843); Notarial record from Iberville Parish for marriage of John Hardy Fleetwood to Nancy A. Roth (1858); Correspondence from Office of State Superintendent of Public Education to J.D. LeBlanc (1867); Town License for A. Perrin’s store in Thibodaux (1867); Program for concert benefit for Guion Academy (1884); Newspaper clipping with general local news: Thibodaux Fireman’s Fair, Andrew Price renomination for Congress, poem read before Louisiana Press Association of Thibodaux on Tuesday May 14, 1889 by Ms. Addie McGroath (local editor of Baton Rouge Truth) (1889); Newspaper clipping-“The Storm: Effects of the Whirlwind in the Town” (1899); Obituaries for Mrs. John H. Fleetwood (Nancy A. Roth), Willie Fleetwood, and Dr. John N. Fleetwood (1901); Obituary for Henry W. Frost (1912); Newspaper clipping from Lafourche Weekly Press-“Picture out of the Past” on class of young girls at Guion Academy (1974); Excerpt from Southern Manufacturer on Roth Drugstore (copied by Lloyd & Myrtle T. Meyer); Newspaper clipping-“Teddy Jr. on His Great Louisiana Duck Hunt”; Newspaper clipping-“Louisiana, Illinois Share Areas Named Assumption” (Article by Claire Puneky concerning Edouard-Elisse Malhiot – ancestor of Maude Billiu, a state senator and sugar planter of Assumption Parish who bought land in Illinois and named the place “Assumption”); Obituary for Captain Clem P. Binnings (a well known planter at St. John Plantation); Memorial Picture of Huey P. Long.
Dates
- 1838-1974, undated
Extent
From the Collection: 15 Linear Feet (13 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Ellender Memorial Library
Nicholls State University
906 E 1st St.
Thibodaux Louisiana 70310 USA
985-448-4621
clifton.theriot@nicholls.edu