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Historic Lafourche Parish Collection
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.
South Louisiana Oral History Collection
This is an artificial collection created by Ellender Memorial Library from oral histories donated over a period of decades. It comprises oral histories (on audiotape and videotape) and related materials collected from residents of South Louisiana between approximately 1972 and 1998. Interviewees discuss topics relating to local history and culture, including foodways, traditional crafts, race, religion, illness and medicine, education, labor, and industry.
Sugar Industry Collection
This collection comprises printed, microfilmed, and audiovisual materials relating to the sugar industry, predominantly that of Louisiana. The materials date from 1848 to 1985.
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- Acadia Plantation (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- Allemand, Samuel A. 1
- American Red Cross. 1
- American Sugar Cane League. 1
- Arialo Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
- Babin, Larry J. 1
- Bank of Lafourche (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- Bayou Lafourche (Lafourche Parish, La.). 1
- Bollinger, Donald G. (Donald George), 1915-2000. 1
- Bourgeois, Henry Louis. 1
- Bouverans Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
- C.P. Shaver and Co. (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- Cut Off High School (Cut Off, La.) 1
- Deere and Co. (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
- E.D. White Historic Site (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- Francis T. Nicholls Junior College 1
- Greenwood Sugar Factory (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
- Hebert-Terrebonne Cemetery (Galliano, La.) 1
- Holy Savior Church (Lockport, La.) 1
- Lafourche Parish (La.) 1
- Lefort Cemetery (Leeville, La.) 1
- Little Zion Baptist Church (Chackbay, La.) 1
- Melancon, Joseph Levy, 1906- 1
- Mount Carmel Academy (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church (Chackbay, La.) 1
- Rappelet, Albert O. (Albert Otto), 1903-1984. 1
- Sacred Heart Church (Cote Blanche, La.) 1
- Serigny Family Cemetery (Golden Meadow, La.) 1
- South Lafourche Oyster Festival. 1
- St. Charles Borremeo Catholic Church (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- St. John Catholic Church (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- St. Joseph Church (Galliano, La.) 1
- St. Luke Baptist Church (Chackbay, La.) 1
- United Houma Nation 1
- Williams Cemetery (Golden Meadow, La.) 1 ∧ less