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Richard D'Alton Williams Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00009
Scope and Contents

This collection covers a half linear foot and spans 1894-1975. It consists of a brief history of Williams, two selections of his poetry, newspaper clippings, and photographs of his tombstone in St. Joseph Cemetery in Thibodaux, La.

Dates: 1894-1975

Paula and Alvin Willis Collection of Poster Proofs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00130
Scope and Contents

This collection dates from 1990-1991 and spans 2 linear feet. The materials comprise two artistic proofs for posters used to publicize Civil War battle reenactments. Both proofs were designed by Alice Gibson.

Dates: 1990-1991

Woman's Club of Thibodaux Scrapbooks and Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00209
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of scrapbooks of the club's activities, a fiftieth anniversary album, an album of Christmas tours of local homes, and a calendar/planner for the Bayou Junior Woman's Club. The scrapbooks and albums contain newspaper clippings, correspondence, invitations, pamphlets, photographs, ribbons, and resolutions.

Dates: 1922-2024

W.P.A. collection. Historical Records Survey transcriptions of Louisiana police jury records.

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00220
Scope and Contents This collection consists of microfilm of transcriptions of police jury meeting minutes for Assumption Parish between 1848 and 1924, Lafourche Parish between 1852 and 1933, and Terrebonne Parish between 1822 and 1936. The records document government functions such as elections, road building, public health, law enforcement, parish budgets and taxes, the development of education for blacks and whites, the battle to control yellow fever, livestock maintenance, transportation, flood control, and...
Dates: 1822-1936

Elward Wright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00089
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of receipts, letters, correspondence, payment vouchers, and bank statements relating to Senator Ellender's re-election campaigns, predominantly the election of 1972. Also included are documents from the Senator's finance committee relating to its efforts to offset the political debt left after Ellender's death.

Dates: 1966-1978

Edwin Clarence Wurzlow Watercolor Paintings

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00058
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of twenty-five watercolor paintings by naturalist Edwin Clarence Wurzlow, Sr. of Houma, Louisiana. The paintings predominantly depict flora and fauna found in South Louisiana.

Dates: 1888-1896, undated; circa 1880-1900

Frank Wurzlow Jr. Collection on Senator Allen J. Ellender

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00066
Scope and Contents

This collection spans three folders and dates from 1972 to 1975. The collection comprises letters, a photograph, notes, printed materials, and an artifact relating to the death and funeral of Senator Allen J. Ellender.

Dates: 1972-1975 and undated

William R. Ziegler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00005
Scope and Contents

This collection contains letters and correspondence from the time period of the American Revolution, legal contract, last will and testament, speeches by president of Louisiana State University, John Hunter, bond certificate, and program for Charles Elkins retirement from Nicholls State College (later known as Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, La.). Includes a State of Louisiana bond dated 1883 and Writ of Fieri Facias for a slave dated 1827.

Dates: 1771-1963

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Thibodaux (La.) 25
Lafourche Parish (La.) 22
World War, 1939-1945 12
Lafourche, Bayou (La.) 10
Terrebonne Parish (La.) -- History 10
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 10
World War, 1914-1918 10
Louisiana -- Social life and customs. 9
Lafourche Parish (La.) -- History -- 20th century. 8
Lafourche Parish (La.) -- History, Local. 8
Louisiana -- Politics and government. 8
Civil war -- Louisiana. 7
Community organization -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 7
Sugar plantations -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish. 7
Assumption Parish (La.) 6
Clubs -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 6
Fishing -- Louisiana 6
Women -- Societies and clubs. 6
Clubs -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux. 5
Genealogy 5
Houma (La.) 5
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 5
New Orleans (La.) 5
Plantations -- Louisiana 5
Public officers. 5
Southern States -- Religious life and customs. 5
Thibodaux (La.) -- History. -- 20th century. 5
Agriculture -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish 4
Community organization -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux. 4
Cooking -- Louisiana 4
Enslaved persons -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 4
Floods -- Louisiana. 4
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux. 4
Lafourche Crossing (La.) 4
Lafourche Parish (La.) -- History -- 19th century. 4
Lafourche, Bayou (La.) -- History 4
Louisiana -- Surveys -- maps. 4
Medical care -- Louisiana 4
Raceland (La.) 4
Saint James Parish (La.) 4
Slavery -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish. 4
Sugar plantations -- Louisiana 4
Sugar plantations -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish 4
Sugarcane -- Louisiana -- Assumption Parish. 4
Sugarcane -- Louisiana. 4
Thibodaux (La.) -- History -- 20th century. 4
Thibodaux (La.) -- History -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. 4
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976 3
American drama -- Southern States 3
Bankers -- Louisiana. 3
Bowie (La.) 3
Businessmen -- Louisiana. 3
Donaldsonville (La.) 3
Drama -- 21st century. 3
Education -- Louisiana 3
Elections -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish. 3
Elections -- Louisiana. 3
Floods -- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- 20th century. 3
Genealogies. 3
General stores -- Louisiana. 3
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux. 3
Houma (La.) -- Maps. 3
Judges -- Louisiana. 3
Lafourche Parish (La.) -- Politics and government. 3
Lafourche Parish (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. 3
Louisiana -- Economic conditions. 3
Louisiana -- History -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. 3
Montegut (La.) 3
Napoleonville (La.) 3
Offshore oil Industry 3
Oil industries -- Louisiana 3
Oil well drilling -- Louisiana 3
Parish councils (Local government) -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux. 3
Saint Mary Parish (La.) 3
Schools -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 3
Sugar -- Manufacture and refining -- Louisiana -- Assumption Parish. 3
Sugar -- Manufacture and refining -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish. 3
Sugar factories -- Louisiana -- Assumption Parish. 3
Sugarcane -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish. 3
Terrebonne Parish (La.) -- History, Local. 3
Thibodaux (La.) -- History -- 19th century. 3
Vacherie (La.) 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean. 3
Yellow fever. 3
Acadians in literature. 2
Agriculture -- Louisiana 2
Assumption Parish (La.) -- History -- 19th century. 2
Assumption Parish (La.) -- History, Local. 2
Assumption Parish (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 2
Band musicians -- Performances -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux. 2
Bands (Music) -- Performances -- Louisiana -- Thibodaux. 2
Bank directors -- Louisiana. 2
Banks and banking -- Louisiana. 2
Barataria and Lafourche Canal (La.) 2
Bayou Terrebonne (La.) 2
Boatbuilding -- Louisiana. 2
Cajun music -- Louisiana. 2
Campaign funds -- Louisiana. 2
Campaign paraphernalia -- Louisiana. 2
Carnival. 2
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Language
English 162
Multiple languages 25
French 6
 
Names
Nicholls State University 18
Ellender, Allen Joseph, 1890-1972. 9
Nicholls, Francis T. (Francis Tillou), 1834-1912. 6
Laurel Valley Plantation (Thibodaux, La.) 5
Menard, Charles M., 1817-1896. 5
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Thibodaux, La.) 5
Uzee, Philip D. (Philip Davis), 1914-2010. 5
Bollinger, Donald G. (Donald George), 1915-2000. 4
Elkins, Charles Calvert, 1900-1963. 4
Francis T. Nicholls Junior College 4
Thibodaux College (Thibodaux, La.) 4
White, Edward Douglass, 1845-1921. 4
Barrow, Robert R., Jr. 3
Chiasson, Roland M., 1921-2008. 3
Cole, C. Grenes (Christian Grenes), 1880-1977 3
Francis T. Nicholls State College 3
Gaudet family. 3
Georgia Plantation (Labadieville, La.) 3
Lafourche American Revolution Bicentennial Commission 3
Laurel Grove Plantation (La.) 3
Legendre, Irving E. (Irving Edward), 1906-1992. 3
Leighton Plantation (Thibodaux, La.) 3
Long, Russell B. (Russell Billiu) 3
Martin, Whitmell P. (Whitmell Pugh), 1867-1929. 3
Morrison, deLesseps S. (deLesseps Story), 1912-1964. 3
Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church (Chackbay, La.) 3
Picciola, Marco J. (Marco John), 1898-1978. 3
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864. 3
Rappelet, Albert O. (Albert Otto), 1903-1984. 3
Robichaux, Eugene G. (Eugene Godfrey), 1829-1869. 3
St. John's Episcopal Church (Thibodaux, La.) 3
Superdome (New Orleans, La.) 3
Treen, David C., 1928-2009. 3
Woodlawn Plantation (Napoleonville, La.) 3
Albemarle Plantation (Assumption Parish, La.) 2
American Legion. 2
American Sugar Cane League. 2
Ayo, Sam. 2
Barker, Frank L. 2
Barker, Thomas M. 2
Barthet Bros. Photography (Labadieville, La.) 2
Barthet, Charles. 2
Beary, Thomas, 1853-1914 2
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. 2
Bourg, Clarence J. (Clarence Joseph), 1893-1953. 2
Bourgeois, Henry Louis. 2
Catholic Church 2
Chol, Emmanuel 2
Christ Episcopal Church (Napoleonville, La.) 2
Coulon Plantation (Thibodaux, La.) 2
Cut Off High School (Cut Off, La.) 2
Daughters of the American Revolution. 2
Duval, Claude B. (Claude Berwick), 1914-1986. 2
Episcopal Church 2
Folse, France Marie, 1906-1985. 2
Foret, Alcide J., 1922-2013. 2
Greenwood Plantation (Lafourche Parish, La.) 2
Greenwood Sugar Factory (Lafourche Parish, La.) 2
Guidry, Richard P. (Dick), 1929-. 2
Harang, Warren J., Jr. 2
Jake's Store (Thibodaux, La.) 2
John Dalton's Morgan City Fish and Oyster Depot (Morgan City, La.) 2
Jones, Sam H. (Sam Houston), 1897-1978. 2
Kittredge, E. E. (Ebenezer Eaton), 1739-1802. 2
Lafourche Drug Store (Thibodaux, La.) 2
Lafourche Heritage '76 2
Lafourche Heritage Society 2
Lafourche Heritage Society. Genealogy Committee 2
Lafourche Parish (La.) 2
Lafourche Parish Police Jury 2
Laurel Valley Sugar Refinery (Thibodaux, La.) 2
Lula Plantation (Belle Rose, La.) 2
Martin family. 2
Martin, W.L. (William Littlejohn), 1895-1965. 2
McKeithen, John J. (John Julian), 1918-1999. 2
Melodia Plantation (Thibodaux, La.) 2
Melodia Sugar House (La.) 2
Mount Carmel Academy (Thibodaux, La.) 2
Nicholls State University. Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building. 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. 2
Perez, Leander, 1891-1969. 2
Pugh, William Whitmell (William Whitmell Hill), 1811-1906. 2
Ravoire, A.F. (Augustin Francis), 1873-1950. 2
Roberta Grove Plantation (Houma, La.) 2
South Lafourche Oyster Festival. 2
St. Francis de Sales Church (Houma, La.) 2
St. John Plantation (St. Martinville, La.) 2
St. Martin, T. I. (Thaddeus Ignace) 2
St. Philomena Catholic School (Labadieville, La.) 2
St. Philomena Church (Labadieville, La.) 2
St. Philomena Convent (Labadieville, La.) 2
Terrebonne Association, Inc. 2
Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Department 2
Thibodaux, Henry S. (Henry Schuyler), 1769-1827. 2
Toups, Emanuel J., 1909-2003. 2
Toups, Leonard J. 2
United States. Army. 2
White Plantation (La.) 2
Works Projects Administration. 2
Ziegler, William R., 1898-1975. 2
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