Madison L. Funderburk Papers
Scope and Contents
The first series contains a mixture of Funderburk's personal, business, and political activities. It includes correspondence, telegrams, photographs, maps and map plats, blueprints, newspaper clippings, subscriptions, organizational memberships, certificates, audiocassettes, insurance policies, graduation and wedding invitations, civil court records, agreements and contracts, royalty and building leases, misc. notarial records, abstracts of title, subpoenas, court motions and judgments, and deeds. Each subsequent series for his corporations contain information specific to the respective company including bylaws, business investments, job applications, ledgers, balance sheets, payroll records, and taxes. The remainder of the collection includes printed matter such as newspapers, journals, magazines, articles, brochures, posters, and charts.
Dates
- 1828-1993
Restrictions on Access
Some personal information such as social security numbers, dates of birth, tax returns, resumes, payroll records, and student grades are restricted.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Physical rights are retained by Nicholls State University. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical Note
Madison L. Funderburk was a Houma businessman who began his career as a teacher and principal at Bourg High School. He was later employed at Bourg State Bank where he eventually advanced to president and chief executive officer. As a Marine, Funderburk fought in the Battle of Belleau Wood in Germany during World War I. This collection contains records from his corporations, as well as some personal materials. It includes account ledgers, correspondence, telegrams, photographs, maps and map plats, blueprints, newspaper clippings, subscriptions, organizational memberships, certificates, audiocassettes, insurance policies, graduation and wedding invitations, civil court records, agreements and contracts, royalty and building leases, misc. notarial records, abstracts of title, subpoenas, court motions and judgments, and deeds. It also includes the collection includes printed matter such as newspapers, journals, magazines, articles, brochures, posters, and charts.
Extent
140 Linear Feet (195 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The papers are organized into eleven series: Madison L. Funderburk, Funderburk Agency, Funderburk Corporation, Funderburk Realty, H.M.S. Corporation and H.M.S. Realty, Burkwall Corporation, Terrebonne Construction Co., Terrebonne Lumber & Supply, Inc., Standard Tile & Concrete Co., Newspapers, and Photographs.
Sensitive Materials Statement
This collection may contain material(s) with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Ellender Memorial Library and Nicholls State University assume no responsibility.
- Abstracts of title -- Louisiana.
- Acadialand Subdivision (La.) -- Aerial views.
- Acadialand Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- American Bankers Association.
- American Legion. Dept. of Louisiana.
- Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America.
- Argyle Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Bank buildings -- Louisiana.
- Bank directors -- Louisiana.
- Bank facilities -- Louisiana.
- Bank loans -- Louisiana.
- Bank management -- Louisiana.
- Bankers -- Louisiana.
- Banks and banking -- Louisiana.
- Barataria Canal (La.) -- Maps.
- Barrios Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Bayou Black (La.) -- Maps.
- Bayou Dulac Bridge (La.)
- Bayou Villars (La.)
- Benefactors -- Louisiana.
- Borrow Canal (La.) -- Maps.
- Boundaries (Estates) -- Louisiana.
- Branch Field (La.) -- Maps.
- Brittany Place Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Broadmoor Pharmacy (La.)
- Broadmoor Subdivision (La.) -- Aerial views.
- Broadmoor Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Building leases -- Louisiana.
- Burkwall Court Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Bush, George, 1924-
- Cement industries -- Louisiana.
- Charities -- Louisiana.
- Charity organization -- Louisiana
- Chauvin Field (La.)
- College benefactors -- Louisiana
- Commercial buildings -- Louisiana.
- Commercial leases -- Louisiana.
- Commercial real estate -- Louisiana.
- Community organization.
- Construction industry -- Louisiana.
- Contracts -- Louisiana.
- Contracts for deeds -- Louisiana.
- Corporate meetings -- Louisiana.
- Corporate minutes -- Louisiana.
- Corporate reorganizations -- Louisiana -- Houma
- Corporate resolutions -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Corporate tax documents -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Corporate tax documents -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish.
- Corporation reports -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Corporations -- Real estate investments -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Corporations, American -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Crescent Park Addition (La.) -- Maps.
- Cretini Court (La.) -- Maps.
- Donner Field (La.) -- Maps.
- Duval, Claude B. (Claude Berwick), 1914-1986.
- Elks Lodge (Houma, La.)
- Ellendale Country Club.
- Ellender Subdivision (La.)
- Ellender, Allen Joseph, 1890-1972.
- Elysian Park Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Endowments -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Exxon Corporation.
- Falgout Canal (La.)
- First National Bank of Houma (Houma, La.)
- Fordoche Field (La.) -- Maps.
- Funderburk Agency.
- Funderburk Corporation.
- Funderburk Realty.
- Funderburk, Madison Louis, 1899-1995.
- Funderburk, Madison Louis, 1899-1995.
- Getty Oil Company.
- Gibson Field (La.)
- Glenwood Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Goldwater, Barry, 1938-
- Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission.
- H.M.S. Barge and Boat Company.
- H.M.S. Corporation.
- Hollandale Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Hollywood Field (La.) -- Maps.
- Honduras Plantation Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Hospital benefactors -- Louisiana
- Houma (La.) -- Aerial views.
- Houma (La.) -- Maps.
- Houma Canal (La.)
- Houma Field (La.) -- Maps.
- Houma Golf Club.
- Houma Heights Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Houma Navigation Canal (La.)
- Houma Shrine Club.
- Housing development -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Housing management -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Humble Oil Company.
- Insurance companies, American -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Insurance policies -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Insurance premiums -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Insurance, Accident -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Insurance, Automobile -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Insurance, Explosion -- Louisiana.
- Insurance, Property -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- International House (New Orleans, La.)
- Intracoastal Canal Association.
- Intracoastal Realty Company.
- Intracoastal Waterway (La.)
- Jerusalem Temple (Houma, La.)
- Johnston, J. Bennett, (John Bennett), 1932-
- Kenney, Helen F. (Helen Funderburk)
- Kickapoo Lodge.
- La Carpe Plantation (La.) -- Maps.
- Lafourche Parish (La.) -- Maps.
- Lake Texarkana (Tx.)
- Lamar Subdivision (La.)
- Land companies -- Louisiana.
- Land subdivision -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Landlord and tenant -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Lapeyrouse Field (La.) -- Maps.
- Library benefactors -- Louisiana.
- Lirette Field (La.) -- Maps.
- Long, Russell B. (Russell Billiu)
- Louisiana Bankers Association.
- Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.
- Louisiana Higher Education Assistance Commission.
- Louisiana Land & Exploration Company.
- Louisiana Real Estate Commission.
- Louisiana. Dept. of Conservation.
- Louisiana. Dept. of Environmental Quality.
- Louisiana. Dept. of Health and Hospitals.
- Louisiana. Dept. of Highways.
- Louisiana. Dept. of Natural Resources.
- Louisiana. Dept. of Transportation & Development.
- Louisiana. Division of Employment Security.
- Madison Park Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Magnolia Cemetery (La.)
- Marine Corps League (U.S.)
- McKeithen, John J. (John Julian), 1918-1999.
- Morrison, deLesseps S. (deLesseps Story), 1912-1964.
- Mulberry Heights Subdivision (La.)
- Natchitoches (La.) -- Maps, Topographic.
- Newtown Addition (La.) -- Maps.
- Nicholls State University -- : Benefactors.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
- Office buildings -- Louisiana -- Houma
- Office leases -- Louisiana -- Houma
- Oil and gas leases -- Louisiana
- Oil fields -- Louisiana
- Oil industries -- Louisiana
- Oil sands -- Louisiana
- Oil well drilling -- Louisiana
- Oil wells -- Abandonment -- Louisiana
- Oil wells -- Louisiana -- Maintenance and repair
- Oil wells -- Louisiana -- Testing.
- Outfall Canal (La.)
- Park View Subdivision (La.) -- Maps.
- Petroleum Club of New Orleans.
- Pine Grove Sawmill.
- Placid Oil Company.
- Point au Fer (La.)
- Political participation -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Property insurance agents -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Property tax -- Louisiana
- Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, Inc.
- Public utilities -- Right of way -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Quayle, Dan, 1947-
- R.B. Prentice Drilling Company.
- Real estate business -- Louisiana
- Real estate development -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Real estate investment -- Louisiana
- Real estate management -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Real property -- Boundaries -- Louisiana
- Real property -- Louisiana -- Maps.
- Real property -- Ownership -- Louisiana
- Real property -- Valuation -- Louisiana
- Real property tax -- Louisiana
- Real property, Exchange of -- Louisiana
- Republican National Committee (U.S.)
- Residential real estate -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Resolution, (Civil law) -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Roads -- Right of way -- Louisiana
- Schlumberger Well Services.
- Scottish Rite Temple.
- Second Indian Head Division.
- Shreiner, Sylvia F. (Sylvia Funderburk)
- South Clara Driscoll Field (La.)
- St. Francis de Sales Church (Houma, La.)
- St. Louis Canal (La.)
- St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Company.
- Standard Tile & Concrete Company.
- State Normal College (Natchitoches, La.)
- Stockholders -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Tax assessment -- Louisiana
- Tax collection -- Louisiana
- Tax returns -- Louisiana -- Houma.
- Terrebonne C.B. Club.
- Terrebonne Construction Company.
- Terrebonne Lumber & Supply.
- Terrebonne Parish (La.) -- Maps.
- Terrebonne Parish Police Jury.
- Terrebonne Parish School Board.
- Terrebonne, Bayou (La.)
- Texaco, Inc.
- The Texas Company.
- Thibodaux Field (La.)
- Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003.
- Tide Water Oil Company.
- Treen, David C., 1928-2009.
- Union Oil Company.
- United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
- United States. Dept. of Commerce.
- United States. Maritime Commission.
- Unity Lodge (Houma, La.)
- Veterans -- United States -- Louisiana
- Wildcat Field (La.)
- Williams, Maxine F. (Maxine Funderburk)
- Woodlawn Bayou (La.)
- Title
- Madison L. Funderburk Papers
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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