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Lafourche Heritage Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00039

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the records of the Lafourche Heritage Society. It includes a constitution, bylaws, correspondence, membership information, financial documents (bills, receipts, and bank statements), newsletters, legal documents, meeting minutes, notes, printed materials, publication manuscripts, surveys, interviews, essays, invitations, book jackets, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, cassette tapes, floppy disks, and ephemera. The materials concern the Society's activities relating to local history and culture, including preservation awards, historical markers, publications, and annual local history and genealogy seminars.

Dates

  • 1852-2017
  • Majority of material found in 1976-2017

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

The Lafourche Heritage Society was formed in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana in the 1970s. Local activities associated with the celebration of the American Bicentennial inspired an interest among community members in the preservation of their history, traditions, and culture. The Society supports genealogical research, the documentation of local history, and historic preservation through annual seminars, preservation awards, historical markers, and publications relating to history and culture. Their publications include Surname Index (1981), Death Notices, 1859-1961 (1988), Historical Scenes of Thibodaux (1989), Stories My Grandparents Told Me (1993), and Lafourche Country, vol. I-III.

Extent

34 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

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.

Title
Lafourche Heritage Society Records
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Ellender Memorial Library
Nicholls State University
906 E 1st St.
Thibodaux Louisiana 70310 USA
985-448-4621