Lafourche Parish (La.)
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Lafourche Parish Tax Records
This collection spans twelve linear feet and dates from 1876 to 1977. It comprises thirty-seven ledgers and binders pertaining to the Lafourche Parish tax collections and disbursements.
Laurel Grove Plantation Store Records
This collection contains records of the Laurel Grove Plantation Store between 1857 and 1953. Records include sales slips, inventories, receipts, ledgers, order books, account books, sales and credit journals, day books, cash journals, payrolls, and other documents.
James Legendre Collection on the American Bicentennial
This collection spans 9 linear feet and dates from 1862 to 1977. It comprises scrapbooks, printed materials, photographic materials, subject files, and memorabilia. These materials either pertain to the American Revolution Bicentennial and related observances in Louisiana or were collected during the Bicentennial.
J. Wilson Lepine Collection of Laurel Valley and Melodia Plantation Records
This collection contains the business records of Laurel Valley and Melodia Plantations and owner J. Wilson Lepine. These records include correspondence, letter books, account books, payroll records, plantation diaries, invoices, and sugar mill records. Of particular interest are the thirteen plantation diaries which span the years 1903-1915 which give a day by day account of life and labor on a Louisiana sugar plantation in the early twentieth century.
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.
Olga Laurent Genealogy Collection
This collection spans 13.5 linear feet and includes materials dating from 1850 to 1986. The collection comprises printed materials, photographs, letters, proofs, accumulations, ephemera, notes, and charts relating to Olga Laurent and her genealogical research.
Records of Lafourche Parish Homemakers Clubs
This collection spans 2 linear feet and dates from 1950 to 1984. The collection comprises materials concerning homemakers clubs in Lafourche Parish sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service. Materials include record books, clippings, correspondence, photographs, notes, programs, information sheets, an organizational constitution, meeting materials, ephemera, and publicity materials.
Records of the Young Men's Benevolent Association of Lafourche
This collection spans 2 linear feet and dates from 1887 to 1966. The collection comprises journals and a framed photograph relating to the Young Men's Benevolent Association (YMBA) of Lafourche. Records include articles of incorporation, amendments, minutes, treasurer's reports, and membership dues.
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.