Box 2

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Handwritten original and typed transcription of “Suggested Procedure for Laurel Valley”, signed “Dale” and dated 7-9-75.

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Single sheet undated, headed “Rural Life Museum Administration."

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Copy of Nicholls State University Letter of Intent dated August 30, 1976, signed by Dr. Randall A. Detro, Chairman, Nicholls State University Advisory Committee, Laurel Valley Village Project, and Dr. Paul A. Leslie, Director Nicholls State University Laurel Valley Village Project, to Miss Merrill Ware, Architectural and Environmental Arts Program, NationalEndowment for the Arts, Washington D.C.

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Copy of Organization Grant Application filed by Nicholls State University September 13, 1976 with the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington D.C. with attachments in support of application.

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Copy of program for Laurel Valley Village workshop held at Nicholls State University September 13, 1976 with the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., with attachments in support of application.

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Copy of letter dated July 13, 1976 from Darwin P. Kesley, Director for Museum Administration, Old Sturbridge Village, Mass., to Dr. Randall A. Detro, Nicholls State University, expressing appreciation for being invited to participate in the Laurel Valley workshop and giving his views in detail as to feasibility of the Laurel Valley project.

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Copy of letter dated July 13, 1976 from John T. Schlebecker, Editor ALFHAM Bulletin, Smithsonian Institute (Participant in Laurel Valley workshop, to Dr. R.A. Detro, Nicholls State University, giving his views on feasibility of project.

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Copy of letter dated June 22, 1976 from John H. Stubbs to Dr. Randall Detro, expressing appreciation for being consultant at the Laurel Valley workshop.

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Copy of letter dated June 14, 1976 from Richard G. Weimer, Architect, Picou & Weimer, Thibodaux, Louisiana, to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome S. McKee, Thibodaux, thanking them for allowing Nicholls State University to explore possibility of a museum at Laurel Valley and for the workshop.

Scope and Contents Copies of letters to Grants Office, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington D.C. in support of Nicholls State University’s application. Names of writers and dates of letters as follows: Vernon F. Galliano, President, Nicholls State University, September 13, 1976; Jerome F. McKee, Vice-President and General Manager Laurel Valley Plantation Inc. September 13, 1976; Warren J. Harang, Jr., Mayor of Thibodaux, September 10, 1976; Earl J. Brown, Chairmen, South Central Planning &...