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Floods -- Louisiana.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

Louisiana Flood of 1927 Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00077
Scope and Contents

This collection spans one folder and dates from 1927. It comprises five black and white photographs depicting scenes from Avoyelles Parish and St. Landry Parish during the Louisiana Flood of 1927.

Dates: 1927

Louisiana Flood of 1927 Signature Books

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00095
Scope and Contents

This collection dates from approximately 1927 and spans 1.5 linear feet. It comprises three books containing the signatures of French children. The books were sent to the people of Louisiana to express sympathy for the hardships they faced following the flood of 1927.

Dates: 1927

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