Historic Lafourche Parish Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection dates from 1773 to 2006 and spans 7 linear feet. It consists of photographs, reports, printed materials, correspondence, meeting minutes, maps, blueprints, ephemera, and artifacts relating to the history and culture of Lafourche Parish in Louisiana. The collection is divided into the following series: General parish history, People, Events, Organizations, Education, Churches, Foodways, Historic sites, Transportation, and Business and industry.
Dates
- 1773-2006, undated
- Majority of material found in circa 1900-1990
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Physical rights are retained by Nicholls State University. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Historical Note
Lafourche Parish was established in 1807 and is located in the southeast region of Louisiana. It is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico, Terrebonne Parish, Assumption Parish, St. John Parish, St. James Parish, St. Charles Parish, and Jefferson Parish. The largest town in Lafourche Parish is Thibodaux, which is also the parish seat. Major industries in Lafourche Parish include agriculture (predominantly sugar cultivation and production), fishing, oil, and shipbuilding.
Extent
6 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
Multiple languages
Arrangement
The Historic Lafourche Parish Collection is an artificial collection compiled by the Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections Department staff. It is arranged by subject.
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.
- Acadia Plantation (Thibodaux, La.)
- Agricultural industries -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish
- Allemand, Samuel A.
- American Red Cross.
- Arialo Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.)
- Babin, Larry J.
- Bank of Lafourche (Thibodaux, La.)
- Bayou Lafourche (Lafourche Parish, La.).
- Bourgeois, Henry Louis.
- Bouverans Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.)
- Bowie (La.)
- C.P. Shaver and Co. (Thibodaux, La.)
- Cold War
- Community organization -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish
- Cooking -- Louisiana
- Cut Off (La.)
- Cut Off High School (Cut Off, La.)
- Deere and Co. (Lafourche Parish, La.)
- E.D. White Historic Site (Thibodaux, La.)
- Fishing -- Louisiana
- Floods -- Louisiana.
- Greenwood Sugar Factory (Lafourche Parish, La.)
- Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
- Hebert-Terrebonne Cemetery (Galliano, La.)
- Holy Savior Church (Lockport, La.)
- Home economics extension work -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish
- Hurricane Betsy, 1965.
- Lafourche Crossing (La.)
- Lafourche Parish (La.)
- Lafourche Parish (La.)
- Lafourche Parish (La.) -- History, Local.
- Lefort Cemetery (Leeville, La.)
- Little Zion Baptist Church (Chackbay, La.)
- Lockport (La.)
- Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Manila Village (Lafourche Parish, La.)
- Marshlands
- Mount Carmel Academy (Thibodaux, La.)
- Natural resources -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish
- Nicholls State University
- Oil industries -- Louisiana
- Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church (Chackbay, La.)
- Raceland (La.)
- Railroads -- Employees
- Sacred Heart Church (Cote Blanche, La.)
- School boards -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish
- Schools -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish
- Serigny Family Cemetery (Golden Meadow, La.)
- South Lafourche Oyster Festival.
- St. Charles Borremeo Catholic Church (Thibodaux, La.)
- St. John Catholic Church (Thibodaux, La.)
- St. Joseph Church (Galliano, La.)
- St. Luke Baptist Church (Chackbay, La.)
- Sugar plantations -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish.
- Trapping -- Louisiana
- Volunteer fire departments -- Louisiana
- Williams Cemetery (Golden Meadow, La.)
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Author
- Processed by Mary Katherine Kearns and Helen Thomas
- 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