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General stores -- Louisiana -- Cut Off.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Wilson Petit Store Ledgers and Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00176
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises records of the Wilson Petit General Mercantile Store, along with some Petit family papers.

Dates: 1905-1948 and undated

Pitre Store Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00203
Scope and Contents

This collection covers three linear feet and spans 1924-2010. It consists of store ledgers showing store sales and individual customer accounts. Most ledger entries were recorded in French with a few in English. The collection includes photographs of Constant Ignace Pitre and his wife Amy Lorraine, Resolution of Condolence from the Knights of Columbus pertaining to Constant Ignace’s death in 1952, and an interview on DVD with Constant “Bill” Pitre by his son, Billy Pitre, on May 29, 2010.

Dates: 1924-2010