Thibodaux (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Taylor Beatty Diaries
Item
Identifier: MF-204
Scope and Contents
Microfilmed copy of the diaries of Taylor Beatty (Beattie), Sr. of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The diaries document his activities during the Civil War and his later years as a sugar planter and a lawyer who attended court in Houma, Napoleanville, Thibodaux, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Reel 1 contains Volume 3, dating from 1861 to 1865. Reel 2 contains Volumes 4 through 12, dating from 1883 to 1917.
Dates:
1861-1917
Naquin Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-00198
Scope and Contents
This collection covers 3 linear ft. and spans 1855-1939 with the bulk of material dating 1870-1890. It includes a scrapbook converted from an 1855 account ledger by Odile and Emeline that documents St. Valerie School, their family and friends, local events, and World War I. It contains newspaper clippings, wedding invitations, Confederate currency, poems, foreign postage stamps, obituaries, and death notices. In addition to the scrapbook, the collection includes photographs, printed matter,...
Dates:
1855-1939