Assumption Parish (La.)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Historic Assumption Parish Collection
This collection contains photographs of towns and people in Assumption Parish during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, programs, booklets, correspondence, surveys and newspaper clippings. It includes a masters thesis by Linda French Mariz (1973), a diary kept by Eliza Lofton Pugh from 1863-1864, a biography of Samuel Anatole Alleman who served as Assumption Parish Superintendent of Schools 1905-1947, and "History of the Town of Napoleonville" by Sam F. Gilbert.
Martin-Pugh Family Collection
This collection consists of title searches, business records, ledger books, correspondence, maps, invoices, and genealogies of the Littlejohn, Whitmell-Bryan, and Pugh-Martin families.
Louis Saillard Photograph Collection
This collection is divided into three folders. It contains black and white photographs of sugar plantations and mills in Louisiana and an issue of Rail Classics (1974). The photographs were taken by Saillard and C.W. Whitbeck.
Savoy (Savoie) Family Collection
This collection consists of manuscripts, notes, letters, correspondence, printed matter, and ephemera relating to the Savoy (or Savoie) Family of South Louisiana. The collection ranges in date from from 1859 to 1907, and includes a number of letters from and financial records concerning E.M. Scott, New Orleans Sugar Factor and Commission Merchant. Much of the collection concerns the Savoy family's business interests during the Reconstruction era and the late 19th century.
South Louisiana Oral History Collection
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.
Tri Parish Hall of Fame Collection
This collection consists of ceremony programs, framed certifcates, VHS tape, biographies, resumes, correspondence, and newspaper articles.