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Lafourche Parish (La.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Lafourche Parish tax assessment rolls and Louisiana survey plats

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00205
Scope and Contents This collection of microfilm includes copies of Lafourche Parish tax assessment rolls and survey plats for various sections of the state of Louisiana. The assessment rolls include the name, address, and race of taxpayers in Lafourche Parish; description, size, and value of their property; amount of homestead exemption; and state, parish, and special local taxes assessed. The survey plats were recorded by the Surveyor General's Office in New Orleans and Donaldsonville, La., and the U.S. Dept....
Dates: 1801-1976; Bulk Dates: 1840-1875

Lafourche Parish Tax Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00078
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1876-1977

Laurel Grove Plantation Store Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00024
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1857-1953

James Legendre Collection on the American Bicentennial

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00084
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1862-1977

J. Wilson Lepine Collection of Laurel Valley and Melodia Plantation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00025
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1890-1926; 1867-1976

Martin-Pugh Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00012
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of title searches, business records, ledger books, correspondence, maps, invoices, and genealogies of the Littlejohn, Whitmell-Bryan, and Pugh-Martin families.

Dates: 1806-1887

Olga Laurent Genealogy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00063
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1850-1986 and undated

Wayne Oncale Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-000-232
Scope and Contents This collection contains manuscripts, photographs, ephemera and printed materials as well as artifacts. A large portion of this collection includes Civil War related manuscripts as well as printed and illustrated publications. There are several Civil War era newspapers including a rare copy of the Banner of the Ironsides published in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Additionally, there are muster rolls and information about Oncale’s ancestors who served as soldiers in the war. This collection has an...
Dates: 1585-2008

Records of Lafourche Parish Homemakers Clubs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00054
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1950-1984

Records of the Young Men's Benevolent Association of Lafourche

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00071
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1887-1966