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  • Gay, Edward J., III. Congressional file, 1888-1921. 18 linear ft. Location: Y:62-80, OS:G, Vault:1. Comprised of official congressional files that document the political career of U.S. Senator Edward James Gay III. Files consist of correspondence, legal documents, and printed material pertaining to political campaigns, state and national elections, political patronage, legislative bills, Dept. of Agriculture, construction of levees by the Mississippi River Commission, and the participation in elections and political support of African-Americans. Legislative correspondence discusses pending bills concerning pensions, tariffs, health of rural populations, the creation of the Department of Education, and the transportation, storage and marketing of livestock. Files also contain selected subject materials relative to the American Legion bonus (1920), cotton, sugar, League of Nations (1919-1920), the United States Post Office, railroads, women's suffrage, and U. S. military academies. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1295.
  • Gempany, H. A. Letter, 1909 October 8. 1 item. Location: Misc. Superintendent of Agriculture for the British Leeward Islands. Letter to LSU president Thomas Boyd discusses rum production in the Leeward Islands. Mss. 3044 mcc
  • Gilkison, Helen, 1909-1948. Papers, 1925-1962 (bulk 1925-1948). 218 items, 29 vols. (3 ms. vols., 26 printed vols.). Location: U:167-168, 98:G. Louisiana journalist. Papers include correspondence (1929-1953) from national and local journalistic figures, manuscript writings (1927-1947), newspaper clippings, printed materials, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to Gilkison's activities at LSU and as a journalist. Clippings relate to LSU, local politics, and the death of Huey Long. Collection includes a broadside concerning a bill for a poll tax law signed by O. K. Allen and Huey Long. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1901, 2175.
  • Goyne, W. R. (William Robbuds), 1879- Photograph collection, circa 1900-1907. 88 photographic prints. Location: 65:5. William Robbuds Goyne attended Louisiana State University between 1900 and 1907. The collection consists of photographs associated with William Goyne and his time at Louisiana State University as well as prints collected by William Goyne of mostly unidentified men, women, and children, some of whom may have been students at Louisiana State University or the Louisiana State Normal School in Natchitoches. Mss. 3734.
  • Graham, George Mason, 1807-1891. Commissions, 1858-1859. 2 items. Location: OS:G Planter of Tyrone Plantation, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, member of the Board of Supervisors of the State Seminary of Learning at Alexandria, Louisiana. Commissions appointing Graham a member of the Board of Supervisors of the State Seminary of Learning at Alexandria. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 893.
  • Gray, Giles Wilkeson. Papers, 1914-1967. 328 items. Location: 6:37, 6:30. Professor in the Department of Speech, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (1933-1960). Professional papers include correspondence, manuscripts of articles, and materials for classes. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2693.
  • Greer, Frances. Papers, 1917-2000, undated (bulk 1934-1962). 1 linear ft. Location: 20:4, 43:65, OS:G. Soprano opera singer who graduated from LSU in 1938 and performed in the Metropolitan Opera. Consists primarily of correspondence, programs from her performance, newspaper clippings, and photographs of her and other opera singers. Mss. 4713. 
  • Gudas, Fabian. Papers, circa 1953-1992. 4 linear ft. Location: 92:16-19, 28. Professor of English at LSU. Research and teaching materials, subject files, and writings of Fabian Gudas. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4562.
  • Guthrie, D. V. Class register, 1913-1914. 1 ms. vol. Location: U:16. Physics instructor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Class register lists names and grades of students. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3081.
  • Guyot, Sister Henrietta. Papers, 1921-1965. 23 items, 56 vols. Location: 77:59. Director of the Department of Nursing, LSU School of Medicine (1937-1965). Mimeographed and printed material pertaining to nursing education; and personal items including 15 items referring to the death of Sister Stanislaus Malone, superior of the Sisters of Charity at Charity Hospital (1949). Includes materials from Ruth Ingram, former director of Touro Infirmary School of Nursing, telling of her work as supervisor of nursing education in the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2050.
  • Haag, William George, 1910-. Papers, 1940-1968. 11 items, 4 printed vols. Location: UU:168. LSU Boyd Professor Emeritus of Geography and Anthropology. Papers include academic articles and book reviews, and a book to which Haag contributed a chapter. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2435.
  • Haag, William George, 1910-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1994. 2 sound cassettes (3 hours), Transcript (104 pages). Location: L:4700.0453. LSU Boyd professor emeritus of geography and anthropology. Haag discusses his family history; the University of Kentucky; his work as an archaeologist for the Tennessee Valley Authority; the University of Michigan; World War II; the University of Mississippi; and his impressions of William Faulkner. Haag also discusses his career at LSU; the Poverty Point archeological site; excavations at the Centroplex and Magnolia Mound Plantation, Baton Rouge; research in the Antilles; and Civil War studies. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0453.
  • Hall, Stirling Poupard. Letters, 1887-1966 (bulk 1918-1919). 49 items, 0.25 linear ft. Location: T:99. Resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Papers include letters written during his military service in World War One, photographs of family members and of Hall and fellow soldiers in France during World War One. Other items include baptism certificates, a marriage certificate, and funeral notices. Mss. 5008.
  • Hammer, Carl, 1910-. Papers, 1947-1964. .3 linear ft. (230 items, 2 printed vols.). Location: UU:132. Professor of German at LSU and a Goethe scholar. Papers include correspondence, manuscripts, and newspaper clippings related to Goethe scholarship. Some items in German. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2011.
  • Hand-colored photograph of hay gathering on Louisiana State University campus, circa 1930. 1 hand-colored photograph on glass, 11 x 14 inches. Location: VAULT:79, MISC:H. Photograph is of African-American men gathering hay onto a cart in a field on Louisiana State University campus. The War Memorial Tower can be seen in the background. Mss. 3994.
  • Hardin, J. Fair (James Fair), 1893-1940. Papers, 1932. 1 flyleaf. Location: Misc. Flyleaf from a book given to the Louisiana State University library in memory of J. Fair Hardin, inscribed by Cammie G. Henry of Melrose Plantation, Natchitoches Parish, La. The book was probably by Mary Barrow Linfield, who also wrote under the pen name Lawrence Highland, of St. Francisville, La., as the inscription furnishes biographical information on Linfield. Mss. 2264.
  • Hargrave, W. Lee. Papers, 1973. 3.5 linear ft. Location: 77:119-122. LSU law professor. Papers include notes, correspondence, memos, drafts, and other materials relative to the 1973 Louisiana Constitutional Convention. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3179.
  • Harris, James Courtland, d. 1968. Papers, 1909-1956. 5 ms. vols. Location: B:9. Sugar chemist and 1911 LSU graduate. Harris held managerial posts in several Latin American countries, primarily Cuba. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2396.
  • Harris, Thomas H., 1869-1942. Manuscript, 1941. 1 item (881 pages). Location: C:25. Handwritten draft of 'The Memoirs of T. H. Harris' (Baton Rouge: Bureau of Educational Material and Research, College of Education, LSU, 1963). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2188.
  • Harris, William. Invitation, 1881 July. 2 items. Location: E:Imprints. Invitation and program for the 1881 Commencement at LSU. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2176.
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