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Sugar plantations -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Ruffin Barrow, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00065
Scope and Contents This collection consists of business and personal correspondence, invoices, receipts, accounting books, newspapers and newspaper clippings, books and pamphlets, copies of civil court documents, a diary. a scrapbook, loose and framed photographs, and photograph albums. Most items concern the Barataria and Lafourche Canal (Westwego, La.), Myrtle Grove Sugar Plantation (Terrebonne Parish, La.), and the Airless Tube Filler Company (New Orleans, La.). The personal correspondence consists of...
Dates: 1829-1938; Majority of material found in 1901-1925

Barrow-Slatter-Gaidry Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00242
Scope and Contents This collection covers 18 linear feet and spans 1790-1973 with the bulk of the materials dating 1840-1917. The Papers of the Barrow, Slatter and Gaidry families consists of personal and business correspondence, business and legal documents, topical files, newspapers and newspaper clippings, ledgers, books and pamphlets, ephemera, and photographs. Early nineteenth century materials in this collection detail the business and personal life of Robert Ruffin Barrow, a wealthy sugar...
Dates: 1790-1973 1840-1917 Bulk

Bonvillain-Smith House Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00061
Scope and Contents

This collection dates from 1908 to 1964 and spans 5 linear feet. It consists of books, photographs, correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and artifacts pertaining to the Bonvillain, Smith, and Burguieres families of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The Smith materials pertain chiefly to Clifford Smith's business dealings, while the Bonvillain materials are primarily family papers.

Dates: 1908-1964, undated

Myrtle Grove Plantation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00053
Scope and Contents

This collection spans 9 linear feet and dates from 1927 to 1931. The collection comprises receipts, journal vouchers, correspondence, books, and notes relating to Myrtle Grove Plantation and Myrtle Grove Syrup Company of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

Dates: 1927-1931

Presqu'ile Plantation Sugar Mill Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00181
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises one photograph of the Presqu'ile (also spelled Presquille) Plantation sugar mill. The image shows the exterior of the mill with several people standing in the surrounding yard.

Dates: circa 1890-1900