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Cheramie Family Collection of Political Campaign Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00146
Scope and Contents

This collection spans three linear feet and comprises printed materials, scrapbooks, and ephemera, and artifacts. The collection relates predominantly to political campaigns in Lafourche Parish and Louisiana dating from 1948 to 1975, along with some personal materials. Campaign materials are comprised primarily of promotional campaign cards, along with postcards, political cartoons, booklets, sample ballots, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1932-1975; Majority of material found within 1948-1963

Georgia Plantation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00045
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the business records of Georgia Plantation (Assumption Parish, La.), including correspondence, account books, reports, payroll ledgers, store ledgers, financial records, notes, catalogs, and ephemera. The records pertain predominantly to the cultivation and harvesting of sugar cane on Georgia Plantation, as well as associated topics such as labor, wartime agricultural production, and the Blanchard family of Assumption Parish.

Dates: circa 1890-1945

Abraham Martin Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00121
Scope and Contents This collection comprises 13 photographic negative strips. The photographs appear to date from the mid-20th century and earlier, and include primarily portraits of individuals (photographs of photographs), along with images of machinery, buildings, construction, groups of people, and agricultural scenes. Most images are unidentified, with the exception of two images showing Abraham Martin and Alcide Foret on horseback, and one of a group of people gathered at the Raceland/Matthews World War...
Dates: undated

Clarence J. Riviere Combat Mission Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00138
Scope and Contents

This collection dates from 1943 to 1944 and spans one folder. The collection comprises photocopies of the combat mission diary kept by 1st Lieutenant Clarence J. Riviere during World War II. The diary includes descriptions for 54 missions conducted in the Pacific Theater between October 1943 and June 1944.

Dates: 1943-1944

Roland M. Chiasson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00092
Scope and Contents

This collection spans 9 linear feet and dates from approximately 1941 to 2008. It consists of correspondence, clippings, articles, interviews, ephemera, photographs, artifacts, scrapbooks, memoirs and books relating predominantly to Chiasson's service in World War II.

Dates: 1941-2008

Thibodaux Boiler Works Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00119
Scope and Contents

This collection dates from 1943 to approximately 1945 and spans 1.5 linear feet. The materials relate to the World War II-era production of military equipment at the Thibodaux Boiler Works. It comprises an awards ceremony program, reference materials, and an inscribed artillery shell.

Dates: 1943 and undated

Town Talk World War II Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00109
Scope and Contents This collection dates from 1942 to 1945 and spans six linear feet. The collection comprises one scrapbook containing primarily letters, photographs, foreign currency and printed materials sent by servicemen and women of Thibodaux, Louisiana to the editors of the newsletter "The Town Talk." Printed materials include newspaper clippings, postcards, propaganda, mayoral proclamations, and news releases. The materials in this collection relate to the wartime experience of Thibodaux...
Dates: 1942-1945 and undated

Dr. B. Clark Vega Newspaper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00196
Scope and Contents

This collection contains various newspapers published primarily during the Civil War era. It includes two periodicals published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that contain Civil War photographs and stories. The collection also includes one poster from the WWII era printed by the U.S. Treasury Dept.

Dates: 1819-1944

Veterans of Southeast Louisiana Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00219
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of interviews with veterans residing in the following parishes of Louisiana: Assumption, Jefferson Davis, Lafourche, Orleans, St. Martin, and Terrebonne. Each interview showcases the life and military experience of the veteran and is stored in digital video format. The collection includes photographs, monographs, military awards and memorabilia, as well as telegrams, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1917-2019

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Chiasson, Roland M., 1921-2008. 2
Foret, Alcide J., 1922-2013. 2
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Blanchard, Mrytle L. (Myrtle Louviere) 1
Bollinger, Donald G. (Donald George), 1915-2000. 1