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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

South Louisiana Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00076
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1972-1998 and undated

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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Cooking -- Louisiana 2
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Ackerman (Miss.) 1
Agricultural industries -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 1
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Armed Forces -- Officers. 1
Assumption Parish (La.) 1
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Home economics extension work -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 1
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Hurricane Betsy, 1965. 1
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns -- Iraq -- Fallūjah. 1
Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991. 1
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Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 1
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Manila Village (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
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Montegut (La.) 1
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Acadia Plantation (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Allemand, Samuel A. 1
American Red Cross. 1
Arialo Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Babin, Larry J. 1
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Bank of Lafourche (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Bayou Lafourche (Lafourche Parish, La.). 1
Blanchard, Mrytle L. (Myrtle Louviere) 1
Bollinger, Donald G. (Donald George), 1915-2000. 1
Boudreaux, Irvin Robert. (Bobby) 1
Bourgeois, Henry Louis. 1
Bouverans Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
C.P. Shaver and Co. (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Cheramie, Joseph R. (Joseph Roy), 1923-2007. 1
Chiasson, Huey P., Sr., 1924-2011. 1
Chiasson, Roland M., 1921-2008. 1
Cut Off High School (Cut Off, La.) 1
Davidson, Charles H., 1921-2011. 1
Davis, W.J. (William Joseph) 1
Deere and Co. (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Downer, Hunt B., Jr. (Huntington Blair) 1
E.D. White Historic Site (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Foret, Alcide J., 1922-2013. 1
Francis T. Nicholls Junior College 1
Gilmore, Selwyn P., Jr. (Sonny) 1
Greenwood Sugar Factory (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Hebert-Terrebonne Cemetery (Galliano, La.) 1
Hession, Charles R. (Charles Ray) 1
Holy Savior Church (Lockport, La.) 1
Intrepid (Aircraft carrier) 1
Lafourche Parish (La.) 1
Lefort Cemetery (Leeville, La.) 1
Little Zion Baptist Church (Chackbay, La.) 1
Lognion, Peter D. (Peter Dallas), 1922-2011. 1
Melancon, Joseph Levy, 1906- 1
Mount Carmel Academy (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Ostheimer, L.R. (Lucius Raymond), 1928-2012. 1
Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church (Chackbay, La.) 1
Plaisance, Raymond, 1922-2012. 1
Rappelet, Albert O. (Albert Otto), 1903-1984. 1
Redmond, Russell J., 1921-1943. 1
Robichaux, R. Gibbens, (Richard Gibbens) 1
Ruffin, Louis, 1917-2012. 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
United States. Air Force. 1
United States. Army Air Forces. 1
United States. Army Nurse Corps. 1
United States. Army. 1
United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. 1
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps. 1
United States. Coast Guard. 1
United States. Marine Corps. 1
United States. Navy. 1
Waterproof Plantation (La.) 1
Williams Cemetery (Golden Meadow, La.) 1
Wisconsin (Battleship : BB-64) 1
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