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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Maurice Braud Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00073
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the personal war reminiscences of Maurice Braud, Jr. (2 copies), one newspaper produced by Allied prisoners of war during World War II, and one magazine describing the Allied liberation of Europe.

Dates: 1945-1984, undated

Cheramie Family Collection of Political Campaign Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00146
Scope and Contents

This collection spans three linear feet and comprises printed materials, scrapbooks, and ephemera, and artifacts. The collection relates predominantly to political campaigns in Lafourche Parish and Louisiana dating from 1948 to 1975, along with some personal materials. Campaign materials are comprised primarily of promotional campaign cards, along with postcards, political cartoons, booklets, sample ballots, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1932-1975; Majority of material found within 1948-1963

Stanwood R. Duval, Sr. and Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00243
Scope and Contents This collection covers 7 linear ft. and spans 1819-2012 with the bulk of the material dating 1933-1945. It is divided into two series: Stanwood R. Duval and Family Papers. The Stanwood R. Duval series mainly covers his military service in the Pacific during World War II and includes appointment letters, orders and certificates as well as his memoirs of his time in the service. The bulk of this series includes correspondence between Duval and his wife Bonnie Faught Duval and between Duval...
Dates: 1819-2012

Georgia Plantation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00045
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the business records of Georgia Plantation (Assumption Parish, La.), including correspondence, account books, reports, payroll ledgers, store ledgers, financial records, notes, catalogs, and ephemera. The records pertain predominantly to the cultivation and harvesting of sugar cane on Georgia Plantation, as well as associated topics such as labor, wartime agricultural production, and the Blanchard family of Assumption Parish.

Dates: circa 1890-1945

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

Historic Terrebonne Parish Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00021
Scope and Contents

The collection dates from 1816 to 2002 and spans three linear feet. It includes maps, copies of diaries, ephemera, printed materials, photographs, artifacts, and audiovisual material relating to the history and culture of Terrebonne Parish. The collection is divided into seven series: People, families, and personal Items; Historic sites; Schools; Events; Religious organizations; Businesses; and Terrebonne Parish general papers.

Dates: 1816-2002, undated; Majority of material found within 1906-2002

Abraham Martin Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00121
Scope and Contents This collection comprises 13 photographic negative strips. The photographs appear to date from the mid-20th century and earlier, and include primarily portraits of individuals (photographs of photographs), along with images of machinery, buildings, construction, groups of people, and agricultural scenes. Most images are unidentified, with the exception of two images showing Abraham Martin and Alcide Foret on horseback, and one of a group of people gathered at the Raceland/Matthews World War...
Dates: undated

Miscellaneous Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00143
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises one box of photographs and photograph albums. It includes items dated from 1898 to 1952, along with many undated items which appear to date from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Most photographs are portraits of individuals and groups, along with a few candid images.

Dates: 1898-1952 and undated

Wilson Petit Store Ledgers and Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00176
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises records of the Wilson Petit General Mercantile Store, along with some Petit family papers.

Dates: 1905-1948 and undated

Roland M. Chiasson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-00092
Scope and Contents

This collection spans 9 linear feet and dates from approximately 1941 to 2008. It consists of correspondence, clippings, articles, interviews, ephemera, photographs, artifacts, scrapbooks, memoirs and books relating predominantly to Chiasson's service in World War II.

Dates: 1941-2008