Sugar plantations -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish

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...

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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.

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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.

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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.