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  • Dunbar, Elijah. Correspondence, 1850, 1851. 2 items. Location: Misc:D. Resident of Canton, Massachusetts, and a boarder living in New Orleans, employed by a music dealer. Correspondence includes a letter by William T. Mayo of New Orleans, stating makes and number of pianos sold; and a letter by H. Waring, New Orleans, commenting on various people at Dunbar's boarding house. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1337.
  • Dunbar, Elijah. Letters, 1851. 3 items. Location: Misc:D. Resident of Canton, Massachusetts, and a boarder living in New Orleans, employed by a music dealer. Letters by Dunbar to his sister, Miss Chloe Dunbar, of Canton, Massachusetts, describing his religious, social, and business activities. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 985, 991.
  • Dunkley, Ferdinand. Musical arrangement, undated 1 item. Location: 65:. Louisiana composer, organist, and conductor, affiliated with Loyola University of the South. Musical arrangement for orchestration of 'Praise the Lord' by Ferdinand Dunkley. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 965.
  • Dupre and Metoyer and Company. Account book, 1830-1837, 1873. 1 vol. Location: F:15. General merchandise store in Isle Brevelle, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, owned by Emanuel Dupre and J. B. D. Metoyer, free African Americans. Inventory of stock of Dupre and Metoyer and Company. An entry in 1873 records a mortgage due to Oscar Dubreuil. Copies of songs and drawings by Leatter Dupre are included in the back of the book. In French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 834.
  • Durnin, James and John. Family Papers, 1849-1881. 24 items, 7 vols. Location: E:4. James Durnin was a resident of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, and Confederate soldier in the Civil War, serving in Louisiana and Mississippi. John Durnin, a brother, also served in the Confederate army. Papers include correspondence, bills, accounts, clippings of the Durnin family. Correspondence includes Civil War letters of James and John Durnin. Bound volumes include 3 cash books; a minute book of the Pickwick Baseball Club, Amite City, Louisiana; and a notebook with a list of music pieces and some scores. Available on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 4. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 697.
  • Eaton, Edward O., and Charles Lever. Song, 1864. 1 item. Location: Misc. Sheet music of a Civil War song, Camp Fire Song, with words by Charles Lever and music by Edward Eaton. The song is dedicated to Captain Charles E. Fenner of Fenner's Louisiana Battery and was published by Blackmar and Bro., Augusta, Georgia. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 134.
  • Ely, Richard T., 1854-1943. Memorial collection, 1544-1927 (bulk 1558-1835), undated 396 items, 9 vols. Location: U:92-94:, OS:E. Economics professor of Maryland and Illinois. Collection includes documentation collected by Ely of land tenure issues in England from the 16th to the 18th centuries; letters from 19th century English notables; Ely's personal papers; and the papers of his father, E. S. Ely. Included are five Revolutionary War period musical broadsides condemning France and Thomas Paine. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 532.
  • Emmanuel Chol funeral notice, 1916. 1 item. Location: E:Imprints. A native of France, composer Emmanuel Chol taught music at Mount Carmel Convent in Thibodaux, La. Funeral notice for Emmanuel Chol. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1771.
  • Everett, Edward. Scrapbook, 1891-1922. 1 scrapbook. Location: M:19. Playbills, programs, news bulletins, and other printed ephemera for plays, opera, vaudeville, and other entertainment in Chicago, New York City, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and other eastern cities. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2306.
  • Ewing Studio Inc. Photographs of Henry L. Fuqua's inauguration, 1924 May 24. 3 gelatin silver prints. Location: MISC:E. Prints are of Henry L. Fuqua's inauguration as governor of Louisiana. One photograph shows Fuqua giving his inaugural address in front of the Old State Capitol. Another photograph shows the Louisiana State University Marching Band performing during the inaugural parade, and another photograph shows the USS Richmond's Sailor's Band performing during the inaugural parade. Both band are marching past Hotel Alvis. Mss. 5322.
  • Favre, Mrs. Willard (Elaine). Photographs, circa 1915-1918. 19 photographic postcards, 8 black and white photographic prints. Location: V:48. Postcards show unidentified men, women, and children posing, walking down dirt roads, sitting outside or in front of houses, and standing around water or oil storage tanks. Photographic prints show a group standing on a train locomotive, three women posing in front of a goat or donkey, a man outside playing an accordion, and a group of men and women posing around concrete debris with a building in the background (at the top of what appears to be a levee). See catalog record for more details. Mss. 4819.
  • Favrot, Joseph St. Clair, 1872-1943. Family Papers, 1900-1924. 25 items. Location: UU:73. The Favrot family (Joseph, Beverly, and Joseph, Jr.) was active in amateur theater productions in Baton Rouge. Papers include Baton Rouge theater programs and other ephemeral printed material; and six photographs, some by A. D. Lytle, depicting Baton Rouge scenes, including some Civil War scenes. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3317.
  • Federal Theatre and Federal Music Projects programs, 1938. 4 items. Location: E:Imprints. Theater programs for a musical revue, "Jambalaya," and three plays, "Autumn crocus," "The first legion," and Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, wilderness," performed at the New Orleans Federal Theatre in 1938. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1980.
  • Ferguson, Kate Lee, b. 1841. Papers, 1858-1911. 38 items; 7 vols. (1 ms. Vol. and 1 printed vol.). Location: S:28, 65, 98. Available on microfilm 5750: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 10. Novelist, poet, and composer of Mississippi. She married Confederate general Samuel Wragg Ferguson in 1862. Papers include personal letters from friends and family members; a Spanish land grant for property in Texas of Nathaniel A. Ware (Ferguson's grandfather); manuscripts by Ferguson, including prose, poetry, and music; Ferguson's memoirs; and photographs. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1416, 1576.
  • Ferguson, Percy. Papers, 1864, 1899-1916. 9 items and 1 ms. vol. Location: OS:F, O:16. Daughter of Confederate general Samuel Wragg Ferguson. Scrapbook of manuscript poems by Percy Ferguson; a letter from her cousin, U.S. Senator LeRoy Percy of Mississippi, pertaining to national politics; and published music by Regina Morphy Voitier of New Orleans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1416.
  • Ferraro, Louis and Family. Papers, 1926-1979, undated. 2.5 linear ft., 7 vols., 6 reels. Location: 32:108-109. Associate professor in the LSU School of Music. Papers contain scrapbooks, sheet music books, magnetic tapes, and ephemera created and collected by Louis and Hilda Ferraro. Mss. 3375.
  • Ferraro, Louis and Sam Adams. Manuscripts, 1969. 2 items. Location: UU:169. Handwritten manuscript by Louis Ferraro, Associate Professor of Music at LSU, and typewritten 'translation' by Sam Adams, Professor of Education, at LSU. Manuscripts are from the Music: Imaginative Listening textbook written by Ferraro and Adams and published by Claitor's Publishing Division in Baton Rouge in 1969. Mss. 2439.
  • Fourrier, Henri, and Joseph Amedee Fourrier. Papers, 1838-1915, undated 240 items, 5 vols. Location: 65:33, OS:33. Henri Fourrier was a French composer and graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in Paris. His son, Joseph Fourrier, was organist of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Baton Rouge and director of the Fourrier Concert Band. Papers of Henri Fourrier include a bookplate (1838) from the Institution Royale des jeunes avengles, in Paris; and sacred musical scores composed and copied by him. Papers of Joseph include sacred and popular musical scores arranged and copied by him. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1456, 2298.
  • Fourrier, Joseph Amadee. Sheet music. 1844-1912. 34 items and 1 vol. Location: 65:. Baton Rouge music store proprietor and organist at St. Joseph's Church. Sheet music (1844-1912), some illustrated, includes both popular and sacred works. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2600-73.
  • French Opera Association. Stock certificate, 1910. 1 item. Location: Misc. Certificate for one share in the capital stock of the French Opera Association, Limited, of New Orleans, issued to C. M. Abrams. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1491.
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