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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
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
Laurel Grove Plantation Store Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-00024
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records of the Laurel Grove Plantation Store between 1857 and 1953. Records include sales slips, inventories, receipts, ledgers, order books, account books, sales and credit journals, day books, cash journals, payrolls, and other documents.
Dates:
1857-1953
Laurel Valley Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-00180
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises documents, photographs, and audio recordings relating to Laurel Valley Plantation in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The materials relate predominantly to efforts made between 1970 and 1979 to document and preserve the history and physical buildings of the plantation. These include correspondence, meeting minutes and publicity, photographs, grant applications, sketches, notes, and research materials. Also included in the collection are a set of sugar cane grinding...
Dates:
1898-1979 and undated; Majority of material found in 1975-1977
J. Wilson Lepine Collection of Laurel Valley and Melodia Plantation Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-00025
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the business records of Laurel Valley and Melodia Plantations and owner J. Wilson Lepine. These records include correspondence, letter books, account books, payroll records, plantation diaries, invoices, and sugar mill records. Of particular interest are the thirteen plantation diaries which span the years 1903-1915 which give a day by day account of life and labor on a Louisiana sugar plantation in the early twentieth century.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890-1926; 1867-1976
Martin-Pugh Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-00012
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of title searches, business records, ledger books, correspondence, maps, invoices, and genealogies of the Littlejohn, Whitmell-Bryan, and Pugh-Martin families.
Dates:
1806-1887
E. D. White Letter and related materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-00160
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a letter written by Edward Douglass White to Thomas Beary, along with related photocopied materials.
Dates:
1909
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- Albemarle Plantation (Assumption Parish, La.) 1
- Alleas, Louis. 1
- Allemand, Samuel A. 1
- Amarst, J.J. 1
- American Red Cross. 1
- Andrews, Sallie. 1
- Arialo Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
- Arms, George. 1
- Atkinson, Annetta S. 1
- Aucoin, Francois. 1
- Aucoin, Gabriel Guilliame. 1
- Aucoin, Hyacinthe. 1
- Aucoin, Jean Baptiste. 1
- Aucoin, Joseph. 1
- Ayo, Ernest. 1
- B.J. West and Son (New Orleans, La.) 1
- Babin, Larry J. 1
- Bailey, R.B. 1
- Bailey, W.H. 1
- Baker, S.J. 1
- Bank of Lafourche (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- Barilleaux, C.H. 1
- Barilleaux, Francois. 1
- Barker, Frank L. 1
- Bayard, Samuel. 1
- Bayou Lafourche (Lafourche Parish, La.). 1
- Beary, Thomas, 1853-1914 1
- Bourgeois, A., Mrs. 1
- Bourgeois, Henry Louis. 1
- Bouverans Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
- C.P. Shaver and Co. (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- Cherry Henderson and Co. (New Orleans, 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
- Elliot Bros. 1
- Fearn, Donegan, and Co. (New Orleans, La.) 1
- George Lysle and Sons (Pittsburg, Pa.) 1
- Greenwood Sugar Factory (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
- Hebert-Terrebonne Cemetery (Galliano, La.) 1
- Hermitage Plantation (St. Charles Parish, La) 1
- Holy Savior Church (Lockport, La.) 1
- J.T. Gibbons and Co. 1
- J.W. Burridge and Co. 1
- J.W. Platt and Co. 1
- John and M. Hart. 1
- Lafourche American Revolution Bicentennial Commission 1
- Laurel Grove Plantation (La.) 1
- Laydon, John Martin. 1
- Lefort Cemetery (Leeville, La.) 1
- Lehman and Abraham. 1
- Lejeune, Clovoise. 1
- Little Zion Baptist Church (Chackbay, La.) 1
- Martin family. 1
- McMillan and Blackman (New Orleans, La.) 1
- Melodia Plantation (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- Melodia Sugar House (La.) 1
- Melrose Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
- Mount Carmel Academy (Thibodaux, La.) 1
- Napoleonville Apothecary. 1
- New Orleans Land Office (New Orleans, La.) 1
- Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church (Chackbay, La.) 1
- Pugh, Lofton, Mrs. 1
- Pugh, Whitmell Hill, 1781-1834. 1
- Robert Campbell Martin family. 1
- Sacred Heart Church (Cote Blanche, La.) 1
- Serigny Family Cemetery (Golden Meadow, La.) 1
- Shinkle, Cowell, and Kress. 1
- Smith Bros. and Co. (New Orleans, 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
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- Steamer Annie Wagley. 1
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- Steamer Bradish Johnson. 1
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- Steamer Dr. Batey. 1
- Steamer E.W. Fuller. 1
- Steamer Ella Hughes. 1
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