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Richard T. Hanson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00036
Scope and Contents

This collection spans from 1840 to 1979 and includes correspondence, legal and government documents, receipts, and newspaper clipping relating to Richard Tuite Hanson and his family. This collection also includes several documents signed by Louisiana Governors Francis T. Nicholls, Louis A. Wiltz, and Samuel D. McEnery, as well as United States Presidents Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison.

Dates: 1840-1979

Historic Lafourche Parish Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00017
Scope and Contents

This collection dates from 1773 to 2006 and spans 7 linear feet. It consists of photographs, reports, printed materials, correspondence, meeting minutes, maps, blueprints, ephemera, and artifacts relating to the history and culture of Lafourche Parish in Louisiana. The collection is divided into the following series: General parish history, People, Events, Organizations, Education, Churches, Foodways, Historic sites, Transportation, and Business and industry.

Dates: 1773-2006, undated; Majority of material found in circa 1900-1990

Historic Terrebonne Parish Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00021
Scope and Contents

The collection dates from 1816 to 2002 and spans three linear feet. It includes maps, copies of diaries, ephemera, printed materials, photographs, artifacts, and audiovisual material relating to the history and culture of Terrebonne Parish. The collection is divided into seven series: People, families, and personal Items; Historic sites; Schools; Events; Religious organizations; Businesses; and Terrebonne Parish general papers.

Dates: 1816-2002, undated; Majority of material found within 1906-2002

Institute for Acadian and Creole Studies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00093
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of family history research files, phonograph records of South Louisiana folk songs, printed materials, and microfilm copies of the St. Mary Parish records.

Dates: 1807-1952 and undated

Lafourche American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and Lafourche Heritage '76 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00029
Scope and Contents

This collection contains architectural information, newspapers and clippings, maps, photographs, artifacts, oral histories, and ephemera relating to the history of Lafourche Parish.

Dates: ca. 1976

Lafourche Parish Courthouse Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00188
Scope and Contents This collection spans 135 linear feet and dates from 1773 to 1983. The bulk of the materials date from approximately 1820 to 1941. The collection comprises vital, court, land, tax, and immigration records of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. This includes records of birth, death, marriage, divorce, civil and criminal court cases, wills and estates, orphans and adoption, insolvency, lunacy, voters and elections, licenses, militias, oaths, schools, judgements and appeals, indenture, slave sales,...
Dates: 1773-1983; Majority of material found in 1820-1941

Sheriff Lagarde Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00141
Scope and Contents

This collection dates from 1850 to 1873 and comprises legal documents, letters, receipts, and notes relating to law enforcement and personal property in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Materials of note include the estate of Jeannette Simoneaud Seely and several documents appointing individuals to serve as patrolmen prior to and during the Civil War. Several documents relate to purchases, inheritances, or laws regarding enslaved people in Lafourche Parish.

Dates: 1850-1873 and undated

Lockport Light and Power Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00193
Scope and Contents

This collection contains covers three linear ft. and spans 1925-2007, with the bulk of material dating 1925-1934. The collection includes canceled stock certificates, meeting minutes, a succession record, notarized statements, correspondence, an account service ledger, a collections ledger for Louisiana Power & Light Co., and an article on the company’s beginning in Terrebonne Parish.

Dates: 1925-2007

Louisiana Maps Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00080
Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection created by Ellender Memorial Library from maps donated over a period of decades. It spans 5 linear feet and comprises maps of various locations within Louisiana dating from approximately 1806 to 1995.

Dates: 1806-1995, undated

Charles M. Menard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00166
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises a speech and copies of the Annals of the Church of St. Joseph Church (photocopy of English translation and microfilmed copy of original French) written by the Rev. Charles M. Menard.

Dates: 1888, undated

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Nicholls State University 3
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Chol, Emmanuel 2
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Menard, Charles M., 1817-1896. 2
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Acadia Plantation (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Allemand, Samuel A. 1
American Red Cross. 1
American Sugar Cane League. 1
American Utilities Service Corporation 1
Arialo Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Ascension Episcopal Church (Donaldsonville, La.) 1
Babin, Larry J. 1
Bank of Lafourche (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Basset, Jules Louis, 1857-1933 1
Bayou Lafourche (Lafourche Parish, La.). 1
Beary, Andrew Thomas, 1890-1953 1
Beary, Edward Joseph 1
Beary, John Van Hal, 1883-1933 1
Beary, Laura Felicia Swartenbroek 1
Beary, Thomas, 1853-1914 1
Belle Terre Plantation (Assumption Parish, La.) 1
Bollinger, Donald G. (Donald George), 1915-2000. 1
Bonvillain family 1
Bouverans Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Braud, Maurice A., Jr. 1
C.P. Shaver and Co. (Thibodaux, La.) 1
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Coignet, Joseph Alfred Octave 1
Coignet, Marie Antoinette Ducrocq 1
Coignet, Marie Blanche 1
Coignet, Marie Octavie Catherine 1
Coignet, Stephanie Gaudet 1
Cut Off High School (Cut Off, La.) 1
Daigle, Jules O., Rev. 1
Daspit de St. Amant Family 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Davis, Bernard 1
Deere and Co. (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Ducros Plantation (Schriever, La.) 1
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Dumez, Jean Baptiste 1
Dupont, Cyrille, Sr. 1
Dusenberry Family Singers 1
E.D. White Historic Site (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Evergreen Junior High School (Houma, La.) 1
Federal Public Service Corporation of New Orleans 1
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Francis T. Nicholls Junior College 1
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Gaudet family. 1
Gheens, Mary Jo 1
Greenwood Sugar Factory (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
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Hanson, Margaret Calderwood, 1855-1934 1
Hanson, Richard Tuite, 1819-1895 1
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Lafourche American Revolution Bicentennial Commission 1
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Lemann, Bernard, -1899 1
Little Zion Baptist Church (Chackbay, La.) 1
Lockport Light & Power Co., Inc. (Lockport, La.) 1
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MacDonell United Methodist Children's Services 1
Melancon, Joseph Levy, 1906- 1
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Mount Carmel Academy (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Nicholls State University. Institute for Acadian and Creole Studies 1
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Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church (Chackbay, La.) 1
Peytavin Plantation (Ascension Parish, La.) 1
Picou, Fernand T. 1
Rappelet, Albert O. (Albert Otto), 1903-1984. 1
Robichaux, Eugene G. (Eugene Godfrey), 1829-1869. 1
Sacred Heart Church (Cote Blanche, La.) 1
Seely, Adele Hortense Coignet. 1
Serigny Family Cemetery (Golden Meadow, La.) 1
Sisters of Mount Carmel of Louisiana. 1
Smith, Clifford Percival, 1858-1943 1
South Lafourche Oyster Festival. 1
Southdown Museum (Houma, La.) 1
Southdown Sugar Inc. 1
Spring Hill College. 1
St. Charles Borremeo Catholic Church (Thibodaux, La.) 1
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