Box 2

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Letter dated May 10, 1978 (copy) to Mr. Paul Hartwig, Louisiana Art, Historical and Cultural Preservation Agency, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from Randall A. Detro, Advisor, Nicholls State University, Laurel Valley Village Project. Re: Award of Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) grant to Nicholls State University.

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Copy of letter dated May 10, 1978 to U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston, dated May 5, 1978, from Randall A. Detro, Library Director, Nicholls Sate University, re planning grant from National Endowment for the Arts for Laurel Valley Village.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection comprises documents, photographs, and audio recordings relating to Laurel Valley Plantation in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The materials relate predominantly to efforts made between 1970 and 1979 to document and preserve the history and physical buildings of the plantation. These include correspondence, meeting minutes and publicity, photographs, grant applications, sketches, notes, and research materials. Also included in the collection are a set of sugar cane grinding...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection comprises documents, photographs, and audio recordings relating to Laurel Valley Plantation in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The materials relate predominantly to efforts made between 1970 and 1979 to document and preserve the history and physical buildings of the plantation. These include correspondence, meeting minutes and publicity, photographs, grant applications, sketches, notes, and research materials. Also included in the collection are a set of sugar cane grinding...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection comprises documents, photographs, and audio recordings relating to Laurel Valley Plantation in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The materials relate predominantly to efforts made between 1970 and 1979 to document and preserve the history and physical buildings of the plantation. These include correspondence, meeting minutes and publicity, photographs, grant applications, sketches, notes, and research materials. Also included in the collection are a set of sugar cane grinding...

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Letter to Mr. Wilson Lepine, Thibodaux, Louisiana, from Calvin Viator, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University. Thanking Mr. Lepine for allowing him to take his class to the farm and enclosing a brief summary of his findings in regard to mosaic infestation at Laurel Valley cane field.

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Copy of letter to Mr. John Stubbs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from Thomas Becnel, Project Director, re oral history project he feels will be helpful to Mr. Stubb’s Laurel Valley Village Study.

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Two copies of a notice from John Stubbs, Coordinator, to members of the Laurel Valley Plantation Study Committee and scheduling a meeting for October 15, 1975.

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Letter from John Stubbs to Dr. Thomas Becnel, Lafourche Heritage ‘76, Thibodaux, Louisiana, acknowledging receipt of final payment to him as architectural consultant (for the Laurel Valley study).

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Copy of letter dated September 18, 1975 from Tom Becnel, Director, to John Stubbs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, transmitting check for $450 in final payment for study of Laurel Village Project.