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Barrilleaux Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MS-00200
Scope and Contents
Ferdinand Barrilleaux was a storekeeper and postmaster in Lockport, La. during the 19th century. This collection consists of photocopies of his diaries recounting his personal life, business transactions, and experiences with Civil War strife. He originally wrote these diaries in French, but English translations are available.
Dates:
1827-1994
Greenwood Sugar Factory and Allied Plantations Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-00035
Scope and Contents
This collection dates from 1894 to 1968 and spans 20 linear feet. It consists of reports, ledgers, notebooks, printed materials, bank records, tax records, blueprints and photographs relating to sugar cane production at Greenwood Sugar Factory (Thibodaux, La.) and surrounding plantations.
Dates:
1894-1968
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
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- Community organization -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 1
- Farms -- Louisiana -- Assumption Parish. 1
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- General stores -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux. 1
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- Merchants -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux. 1
- Saint James Parish (La.) 1
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions. 1
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- French 1
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- Barrilleaux family. 1
- Barrilleaux, Ferdinand, 1827-1900. 1
- Barrilleaux, Joseph, 1805-1873. 1
- Greenwood Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
- Greenwood Sugar Factory (Lafourche Parish, La.) 1
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