Box 1

Newspaper clippings and copies of clippings of the "South Lafourche: It's Past and It's People" feature written by Norris H. Rousse and published in The South Lafourche Gazette. The column discusses people, families, and local history in the South Lafourche area.

Copy of Dr. Cooper's reminiscences from 1861 of the 8th Regiment of Vermont Volunteers, and a copy of pages 106-107 from Vermont History Vol. XXXI, No. 2 1963.

Contains document titled "Land Office South Eastern District of Louisiana" by Louis Martin regarding land claims (1848), typed letter from Edward Douglas White regarding a refinery (1901), World War II ration book owned by Lydia Alice Toups (1942), and cards and envelopes featuring Louisiana scenes drawn by Dolores Hebert Legendre.

Includes a flyer advertising a July 4th Bar-B-Que and Celebration on Rosella Plantation, La Vie Lafourchaise programs (1974, 1976, and 1978), and one sticker and two Lafourche Parish Industries brochures from the Industry Exhibit at the Louisiana Worlds Fair (1984). Lafourche Day at the Louisiana World Exposition was held on June 16, 1984.

Card promoting Dr. Thomas Stark for Sheriff, copy of a list of the Sheriffs of Lafourche Parish to 1988, and Sheriff's Department patches and decals.

Clippings, notes, ephemera, certificates, letters, and minutes elate to relating to the activities of the Lafourche Parish Chapter of the American Red Cross, including membership, knitting and medical supply drives, fundraising, Louisiana State Conventions of Red Cross chapters, organizational history and recordkeeping, disaster response, and local meetings.

Clippings, notes, and publications relating to Lafourche Parish. This includes information on its history, geography, natural resources, education, transportation, religion, goverment, businesses, and industries.