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Lafourche Parish (La.) -- History, Local.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Martin Cortez Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00043
Scope and Contents

This collection spans 2 linear feet and includes materials dating from 1910 to 1983. The collection comprises photographs, printed materials, audio recordings, and other papers relating to the local history research of Martin Cortez.

Dates: 1910-1983
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Martin Cortez Collection

Dietetics 330 Collection - Health Beliefs & Practices in a Diverse Society

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00217
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of audio cassettes, questionnaires, transcriptions, and surveys of food and health practices during the early twentieth century in the parishes of southeast Louisiana.

Dates: 2006-2013
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Dietetics 330 Collection - Health Beliefs & Practices in a Diverse Society

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

Lafourche American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and Lafourche Heritage '76 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00029
Scope and Contents

This collection contains architectural information, newspapers and clippings, maps, photographs, artifacts, oral histories, and ephemera relating to the history of Lafourche Parish.

Dates: ca. 1976
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Lafourche American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and Lafourche Heritage '76 Collection

Lafourche Heritage Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00039
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the records of the Lafourche Heritage Society. It includes a constitution, bylaws, correspondence, membership information, financial documents (bills, receipts, and bank statements), newsletters, legal documents, meeting minutes, notes, printed materials, publication manuscripts, surveys, interviews, essays, invitations, book jackets, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, cassette tapes, floppy disks, and ephemera. The materials concern the Society's activities...
Dates: 1852-2017; Majority of material found in 1976-2017
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Lafourche Heritage Society 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

Doris Mae Naquin Ledet Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00079
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the research materials of Doris Mae Naquin Ledet pertaining to the local history and genealogies of Lafourche Parish and surrounding areas. It includes genealogical charts, certificates, maps, photographs, newspapers, magazines, books, catalogs, photocopies, audiocassettes, medals, checks, and ephemera.

Dates: 1830-2009, undated
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / Doris Mae Naquin Ledet Collection

South Louisiana Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00076
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1972-1998 and undated
Found in: Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections / South Louisiana Oral History Collection

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