Box 1
Container
Contains 51 Results:
Invitations-“Mr. Louie”, 1958-1959, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Roussel and various acquaintances and shareholders inviting them to the christening of his drilling barge, “Mr. Louie.”; Also includes three invitation cards to the ceremony with map and directions.
List of invitees includes: Isaac Alt, Morgan City, La.; C.G. Baldwin, Metairie, La.; Rex Alford, New Orleans, La.; Donald Bollinger, Lockport, La.; A.E. Alexander, New Orleans, La.; Jean R. Veditz, New York, N.Y.; Richard N. Myers, New Orleans, La.; K.N. Davis,...
Dates:
1958-1959, undated
Invitation card to cocktail party and commissioning for Blue Water No. 1, 1957
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains information primarily pertaining to Roussel's new drilling barge, "Mr. Louie," including correspondence, notes, programs, newspaper clippings, receipts, ephemera, printed matter, and photographs. It also includes a few invitations to christenings of other barges, miscellaneous ribbons, Roussel's ancestor chart, obituaries for Roussel and his wife, and two volumes of his autobiography, "Friends, Enemies, & Victims." The collection also contains a model of...
Dates:
1957
Invitation to commissioning of D/B Ocean Driller, 1963
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains information primarily pertaining to Roussel's new drilling barge, "Mr. Louie," including correspondence, notes, programs, newspaper clippings, receipts, ephemera, printed matter, and photographs. It also includes a few invitations to christenings of other barges, miscellaneous ribbons, Roussel's ancestor chart, obituaries for Roussel and his wife, and two volumes of his autobiography, "Friends, Enemies, & Victims." The collection also contains a model of...
Dates:
1963
Letter from Freeport Sulphur Co. to Roussel responding to his request for a list of people who might be interested in buying offshore drilling equipment., 1958
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains information primarily pertaining to Roussel's new drilling barge, "Mr. Louie," including correspondence, notes, programs, newspaper clippings, receipts, ephemera, printed matter, and photographs. It also includes a few invitations to christenings of other barges, miscellaneous ribbons, Roussel's ancestor chart, obituaries for Roussel and his wife, and two volumes of his autobiography, "Friends, Enemies, & Victims." The collection also contains a model of...
Dates:
1958
Letter from the Dept. of the Army to Universal Drilling RE: Reception of brochure and photographs of offshore drilling unit, 1958
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains information primarily pertaining to Roussel's new drilling barge, "Mr. Louie," including correspondence, notes, programs, newspaper clippings, receipts, ephemera, printed matter, and photographs. It also includes a few invitations to christenings of other barges, miscellaneous ribbons, Roussel's ancestor chart, obituaries for Roussel and his wife, and two volumes of his autobiography, "Friends, Enemies, & Victims." The collection also contains a model of...
Dates:
1958
Letter to Louis J. Roussel from Jesse T. Grice, Morgan City photographer applying for job of photographing christening of “Mr. Louie.”, 1958
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains information primarily pertaining to Roussel's new drilling barge, "Mr. Louie," including correspondence, notes, programs, newspaper clippings, receipts, ephemera, printed matter, and photographs. It also includes a few invitations to christenings of other barges, miscellaneous ribbons, Roussel's ancestor chart, obituaries for Roussel and his wife, and two volumes of his autobiography, "Friends, Enemies, & Victims." The collection also contains a model of...
Dates:
1958
Telegrams between Roussel and colleagues regarding the christening of his new drilling barge, Mr. Louie., 1958
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 1-4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains information primarily pertaining to Roussel's new drilling barge, "Mr. Louie," including correspondence, notes, programs, newspaper clippings, receipts, ephemera, printed matter, and photographs. It also includes a few invitations to christenings of other barges, miscellaneous ribbons, Roussel's ancestor chart, obituaries for Roussel and his wife, and two volumes of his autobiography, "Friends, Enemies, & Victims." The collection also contains a model of...
Dates:
1958
Invitation Lists, 1957, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Contains several lists of people who Roussel intended to invite to the christening of his new drilling barge.
Dates:
1957, undated
Drilling Barge Specifications, 1957
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Contains material specifications and dimensions for construction of “Mr. Louie.”
Dates:
1957
Invoices and sample button from Roger Advertising Specialty Co., New Orleans, 1958
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains information primarily pertaining to Roussel's new drilling barge, "Mr. Louie," including correspondence, notes, programs, newspaper clippings, receipts, ephemera, printed matter, and photographs. It also includes a few invitations to christenings of other barges, miscellaneous ribbons, Roussel's ancestor chart, obituaries for Roussel and his wife, and two volumes of his autobiography, "Friends, Enemies, & Victims." The collection also contains a model of...
Dates:
1958