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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

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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World War, 1939-1945 12
World War, 1914-1918 5
Cooking -- Louisiana 3
Lafourche Parish (La.) 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean. 3
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Cut Off (La.) 2
Fishing -- Louisiana 2
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945. 2
Lafourche Crossing (La.) 2
Lafourche Parish (La.) -- History, Local. 2
Napoleonville (La.) 2
Oil industries -- Louisiana 2
Prisoners of war -- Germany. 2
Raceland (La.) 2
Schools -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 2
Thibodaux (La.) 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German. 2
Ackerman (Miss.) 1
Agricultural industries -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 1
Agriculture -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish 1
Alligator hunting 1
Armed Forces -- Officers. 1
Assumption Parish (La.) 1
Assumption Parish (La.) -- History, Local. 1
Baton Rouge (La.) 1
Bay City (Mich.) 1
Bayou Dularge (La.) 1
Berwick (La.) 1
Bora-Bora (French Polynesia) 1
Bowie (La.) 1
Brownsville (Tex.) 1
Buffalo (N.Y.) 1
Camp Kaiser (Unchon-ni, South Korea) 1
Campaign paraphernalia -- Louisiana. 1
Carpentry 1
Catholic Church -- Terrebonne Parish 1
Caviness (Tex.) 1
Chackbay (La.) 1
Chauvin (La.) 1
Choctaw (La.) 1
Choupic (La.) 1
Cold War 1
Community organization -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 1
Crown Point (La.) 1
Dentistry 1
Donaldsonville (La.) 1
Duck shooting 1
Ducks 1
Education -- Louisiana 1
Eunice (La.) 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Floods -- Louisiana. 1
French language -- Louisiana 1
Game calling (Hunting) 1
General stores -- Louisiana -- Cut Off. 1
General stores -- Louisiana. 1
Glenn Orange (La.) 1
Golden Meadow (La.) 1
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. 1
Hamburg (Ark.) 1
Hamlet (N.C.) 1
Healers -- Louisiana 1
High Point (N.C.) 1
Historic Sites -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish 1
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux. 1
Home economics extension work -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 1
Houma (La.) 1
Hurricane Andrew, 1992 1
Hurricane Betsy, 1965. 1
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns -- Iraq -- Fallūjah. 1
Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991. 1
Jefferson Parish (La.) 1
Journals (periodicals) 1
Korean War, 1950-1953. 1
Labadieville (La.) 1
Lace and lace making 1
Lacombe (La.) 1
Lake Arthur (La.) 1
Larose (La.) 1
Leeville (La.) 1
Lockport (La.) 1
Louisiana -- Description and travel 1
Louisiana -- Economic conditions. 1
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 1
Louisiana -- History. 1
Louisiana -- Social life and customs. 1
Manila Village (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Maringouin (La.) 1
Marshlands 1
Medicine -- Louisiana 1
Medicine, Military -- United States. 1
Montegut (La.) 1
Morgan City (La.) 1
Musical groups -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish 1
Naples (Tex.) 1
Natchez (Miss.) 1
Natural resources -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 1
New Orleans (La.) 1
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel 1
Newspapers. 1
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Language
English 9
Multiple languages 4
 
Names
Nicholls State University 3
Bollinger, Donald G. (Donald George), 1915-2000. 2
Bourgeois, Henry Louis. 2
Chiasson, Roland M., 1921-2008. 2
Cut Off High School (Cut Off, La.) 2
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Foret, Alcide J., 1922-2013. 2
Rappelet, Albert O. (Albert Otto), 1903-1984. 2
Acadia Plantation (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Allemand, Samuel A. 1
American Red Cross. 1
Arialo Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Babin, Larry J. 1
Bank of Lafourche (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Bayou Lafourche (Lafourche Parish, La.). 1
Blanchard, Albert Jules 1
Blanchard, Mrytle L. (Myrtle Louviere) 1
Boudreaux, Irvin Robert. (Bobby) 1
Bouverans Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Braud, Maurice A., Jr. 1
C.P. Shaver and Co. (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Catholic Church. Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux (La.) 1
Cheramie, Joseph R. (Joseph Roy), 1923-2007. 1
Chiasson, Huey P., Sr., 1924-2011. 1
Davidson, Charles H., 1921-2011. 1
Davis, Bernard 1
Davis, W.J. (William Joseph) 1
Deere and Co. (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Downer, Hunt B., Jr. (Huntington Blair) 1
Ducros Plantation (Schriever, La.) 1
Dumez, Jean Baptiste 1
Dupont, Cyrille, Sr. 1
Dusenberry Family Singers 1
E.D. White Historic Site (Thibodaux, La.) 1
Ellender, Allen Joseph, 1890-1972. 1
Evergreen Junior High School (Houma, La.) 1
Francis T. Nicholls Junior College 1
Georgia Plantation (Labadieville, La.) 1
Gilmore, Selwyn P., Jr. (Sonny) 1
Greenwood Sugar Factory (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
Guidry, Richard P. (Dick), 1929-. 1
Guidry, Sherwin 1
Hebert-Terrebonne Cemetery (Galliano, La.) 1
Hession, Charles R. (Charles Ray) 1
Holy Savior Church (Lockport, La.) 1
Houma Air Force Station (La.) 1
Intrepid (Aircraft carrier) 1
Jones, Sam H. (Sam Houston), 1897-1978. 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
MacDonell United Methodist Children's Services 1
Martin, Abraham, 1922-2013 1
Melancon, Joseph Levy, 1906- 1
Morrison, deLesseps S. (deLesseps Story), 1912-1964. 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
Picou, Fernand T. 1
Plaisance, Raymond, 1922-2012. 1
Redmond, Russell J., 1921-1943. 1
Riviere, Clarence J., 1919-2001 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
Southdown Museum (Houma, La.) 1
Southdown Sugar Inc. 1
St. Charles Borremeo Catholic Church (Thibodaux, La.) 1
St. Francis de Sales Church (Houma, La.) 1
St. John Catholic Church (Thibodaux, La.) 1
St. Joseph Church (Galliano, La.) 1
St. Luke Baptist Church (Chackbay, La.) 1
Terrebonne General Hospital (Houma, La.) 1
Terrebonne Parish Court House (Houma, La.) 1
Terrebonne Parish Parks and Recreation Board 1
Thibodaux Boiler Works, Inc. (Thibodaux, 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
Vega, Benjamin C., Jr. (Benjamin Clark) 1
Vega, Benjamin C., Sr. (Benjamin Clark), 1909-1971. 1
Waterproof Plantation (La.) 1
Wegmann, Anthony J. 1
Williams Cemetery (Golden Meadow, La.) 1
Wisconsin (Battleship : BB-64) 1
Works Projects Administration. 1
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