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Lafourche Parish (La.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Beary and Swartenbroek Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00226
Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers relating to the Beary and Swartenbroek families of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The collection covers three linear feet and spans 1845 to 2003. Materials include correspondence, a diary, receipts, maps, financial and legal documents, genealogical research materials, schedules of religious services, descriptions of gymnastics routines, sheet music, photographs, and other printed matter. Topics represented in this collection include family news and business...
Dates: 1845-2010, undated
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Beary and Swartenbroek Family Papers

Center for Traditional Louisiana Boatbuilding Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00075
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises oral histories collected by the Center for Traditional Louisiana Boatbuilding. All interviews relate to topics of boats and the history of southern Louisiana, particularly Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish.

Dates: 1979-1985
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Center for Traditional Louisiana Boatbuilding Oral History Collection

Civil War Centennial Commission Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00013
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, brochures, programs, and meeting minutes of the Civil War Centennial Commission planning the celebration in Lafourche Parish.

Dates: 1961-1993
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Civil War Centennial Commission Collection

Coignet and Gaudet Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00227
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials relating to the Coignet and Gaudet (Gaude) families, primarily the descendants of Guillaume Alfred Coignet and his two wives, sisters Charlotte and Stephanie Gaudet. The bulk of the collection consists of original correspondence (with translations) and printed sheet music. In addition, there are report cards, school assignments, poems, cards, notes, obituaries and death notices, genealogical research materials, certificates, newspaper clippings,...
Dates: 1838-2010
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Coignet and Gaudet Family Papers

Claude B. Duval Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00202
Scope and Contents This collection covers 55 linear ft. and spans 1822-1989 with the bulk of material dating 1950-1979. It is divided into two main groups: Claude B. Duval and Easton Family Papers (Duval’s paternal relatives). The Claude B. Duval Group covers Duval’s political career with a few aspects of his law practice and personal life. His political career covers his campaigns which include correspondence, campaign speeches, radio shows, campaign advertisements and paraphernalia, ads of his opponents, and...
Dates: 1822-2006
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Claude B. Duval Papers

Elbert L. Gaudet, Sr. Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00234
Content Description This collection covers 1.3 linear feet and spans 1950-1970. The Gaudet photograph album contains photographs of homes and businesse in and around Thibodaux taken by Elbert Gaudet, Sr. in the 1950s,1960s, and 1970s. Many of the structures in the photographs are no longer standing. A description of each photograph was written on the back of the photograph by Gaudet. There are a total of 153 photographs, 2 newspaper clippings, and 3 dance tokens/tickets. The dance tokens are from the American...
Dates: 1950-1970
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Elbert L. Gaudet, Sr. Photograph Album

Greenwood Sugar Factory and Allied Plantations Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00035
Scope and Contents

This collection dates from 1894 to 1968 and spans 20 linear feet. It consists of reports, ledgers, notebooks, printed materials, bank records, tax records, blueprints and photographs relating to sugar cane production at Greenwood Sugar Factory (Thibodaux, La.) and surrounding plantations.

Dates: 1894-1968
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Greenwood Sugar Factory and Allied Plantations 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
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Historic Lafourche Parish Collection

Knights of Columbus, Lafourche Council No. 1114 Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00208
Scope and Contents

This collection contains club charters, photographs, correspondence, portraits, awards, minute books, resolutions, scrapbooks, roll books, newspaper clippings, medals and pins, and certificates.

Dates: 1905-2006
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Knights of Columbus, Lafourche Council No. 1114 Records

Lafourche Parish Courthouse Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00188
Scope and Contents This collection spans 135 linear feet and dates from 1773 to 1983. The bulk of the materials date from approximately 1820 to 1941. The collection comprises vital, court, land, tax, and immigration records of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. This includes records of birth, death, marriage, divorce, civil and criminal court cases, wills and estates, orphans and adoption, insolvency, lunacy, voters and elections, licenses, militias, oaths, schools, judgements and appeals, indenture, slave sales,...
Dates: 1773-1983; Majority of material found in 1820-1941
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Lafourche Parish Courthouse Records

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