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  • Richardson, Thomas Parker. Letter, 1862 March 26. 2 items. Location: Misc.:R. Confederate surgeon and member of the 17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Letter from Dr. Richardson giving an eyewitness account of the preparations being made at Corinth, Mississippi, prior to the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. An envelope gives Dr. Richardson's wife's address as Monroe, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1684.
  • Richland Plantation plat, 1874 November 16. 1 item. Map of Richland Plantation, a sugar plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, in the vicinity of Bayou Goula, was surveyed and drawn by P.N. Judice, Civil Engineer. It is hand tinted on cloth and shows details of the large property, including the plantation's own railroad tracks, the dwelling, garden, old quarters, hospital, stable, sugar house, pond, saw mill, cow pen, blacksmith's shop, and surrounding woods For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3050.
  • Richmond Hospital (Louisiana). Voucher, 1862. 2 items. Location: Misc.:R. Voucher, issued by Captain N. A. Birge, Acting Quartermaster, C.S.A., Post Monroe, Louisiana, listing articles for the use of the patients at the hospital. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2339.
  • Richmond, Jane. Diary, 1911-1914. 1 ms. Vol. (on microfilm). Location: Mss. Mf.:R. Housewife of Jena, Louisiana. Diary records daily events of household and activities of children. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2767.
  • Ricker, Samuel S. Slave sale, 1853 Feb. 2. 1 act of sale. Location: Misc. This is a copy of an act of sale whereby Samuel S. Ricker of New Orleans sold to the firm of Robertson and McDougall of New Orleans a slave named Charles who was about 30 years old. The firm was comprised of John Robertson and John McDougall. Mss. 4105.
  • Ricks, A. Letter, 1847 May 7. 1 letter. Location: Misc. A. Ricks of La Grange, Ala., writes Ricks, Carroll & Co., commission merchants of New Orleans, La., announcing the shipment of 94 bales of cotton to them, describing the quality and weight of each bale, giving instructions on when to sell, and listing foods and other products he would like shipped to him. Mss. 4106.
  • Ridleman Letter, 1819 Dec. 12. 1 letter. Location: Misc.: R. A letter written by a Mr. Ridleman to "Ogden" describes the capture of eighteen of Jean Lafitte's pirates by two U.S. revenue cutters. Ridleman writes that guards patrolled New Orleans in order to prevent a rescue of the pirates. He reports that the Creole guards were unable to capture three other of Lafitte's men in the New Orleans neighborhood of Faubourg Marigny. He tells that he participated in the patrol of the city, and he describes the various crimes, which occurred. In other news, he writes that the good prospects of the newly formed firm of Ridleman and Burke ended when Mr. Burke succumbed to the "fatal climate." He also describes the newly opened Theatre d' Orleans, and its gambler owner, Mr. Davis. The Theatre d' Orleans was the most important opera house in New Orleans in the first half of the 19th century.
  • Riefenstahl, Leni. Oral history interview, 1979 September 5. 3 cassette tapes, 1 ms. vol. Location: 4700.0053. German actress and filmmaker. Taped interview with Leni Riefenstahl. Topics include a discussion of her production of official documentaries for the Nazi regime during the 1930's and her personal contacts with Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking government and party officials. Included are a typed transcription and a translation from German into English of an edited version. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0053.
  • Rights of freedmen. Circulation of emancipation proclamation, duties of superintendents of freedmen, 1865 July 14. 1 printed vol., 6 p.; 21 cm. Location: E:Imprints. Photostatic copy of printed circular from Headquarters, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, State of Louisiana, New Orleans, pertaining to freedmen and the circulation of Emancipation Proclamation. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 150.
  • Rion Family. Photographs, circa 1860. 4 copy prints, 2 35mm film negative strips. Location: MISC:R, E:65. Collection contains two unique portraits (copy prints of cartes-de-visite) of James Henry Rion and Preston Rion. James Henry Rion (1828-1886) served as colonel of the 6th South Carolina Volunteers Infantry Regiment and later served as major and eventually lieutenant colonel of the 7th South Carolina Infantry Battalion during the Civil War. His son, Preston Rion (1852-1922), was postmaster of Winnsboro, South Carolina. Mss. 4549.
  • Ripley, Eleazer Wheelock. Letter, 1816. 1 item. Location: Misc.:R. United States Army general, Louisiana state senator, and representative in Congress (1835-1839), stationed at the U.S. Army headquarters in Boston. Letter to John Langdon, Jr. concerning funds apparently for the Army. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1512.
  • Ripley, Mrs. E. Letter, 1909. 1 item [typed copy]. Location: Misc.:R. Resident of New York. Letter published in the New Orleans Times Democrat gives supplementary facts to an article on the musical history of New Orleans. It describes in detail a fancy dress ball given by Joseph Kennedy at the New Orleans Mint in the 1850s. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 369.
  • Risley, Alice Farmer and family. Papers, 1856-1939 (bulk 1860-1930). 174 items; 4 volumes; 3 reels. Location: 9:29, J:21, OS:R; MSS.MF:R. The family papers and photographs of Phoebe Farmer, Alice Risley, and Sam Risley include material on life in Civil War Louisiana (especially New Iberia and New Orleans), participation in Grand Army of the Republic and National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War, poetry, education, and Civil War hospitals. Within the collection are a Civil War diary of Alice Risley of her life in New Orleans and 91 period photographs. For more information, see online catalog. Mss. 2269, 4901.
  • Riva, Francisco De La. Papers, 1793-1805. 77 items. Location: U:49. Letters to Riva pertaining to the business of farm management. Throughout the correspondence is evidence of a dispute with the Monks of St. Augustine and the Indians over the water supply and the subsequent court case. In Spanish. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 675.
  • Rives, Mary Elizabeth Carter, 1829-1900. Diary, 1865-1900. 1 vol., (on microfilm) Location: Mss.Mf:R. Widow and planter of Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Diary records sentiments toward Confederate defeat and her experiences managing a plantation during early Reconstruction, including relations with freedmen. Also relates family activities and social life in Mansfield and Shreveport, Louisiana. Genealogical materials and remedies for smallpox, cancer, and scarlet fever are included. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2670.
  • Rivet, Bill Lindon, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1992. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (1 page). Location: L:4700.0054. River lock worker (1931-1961) and resident of Plaquemine, Louisiana. Rivet recalls drownings at the Plaquemine locks on the Mississippi River, the sinking of the steamboat Andes, and his work in the mechanical operation of moving boats through the locks. Rivet describes flood control, high waters, and repair of leaks. Rivet also describes precautions taken to protect the locks during World War II. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0054.
  • Roach, Richard. Ledger, 1832-1835. 9 items, 1 vol. Location: G:7. Merchant of Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Ledger of Richard Roach and loose items of T. L. and S. P. Andrews, attorneys for creditors of Roach. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1100.
  • Robb & Hoge. Letters, 1846. 3 items. Location: Misc.: R. New Orleans, La., banking and brokerage firm. Letters to Nevins, Townsend & Co., a Wall Street brokerage firm in New York, pertain to bills and accounts. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3572.
  • Robb, James, Letter, 1845. 1 item. Location: Misc.:R. Banker, railroad executive, president of the New Orleans Gas Light and Banking Co., 1842-1856. Letter from Robb as president of the New Orleans Gas Light Company to A. R. Splane, attorney of Franklin, La., regarding the assumption by William Sharp of St. Mary Parish of James G. Campbell's 1838 mortgage on 12 slaves Campbell had purchased. The New Orleans Gas Light originally held the mortgage. An extract of the company's board of director's minutes authorizing Splane to act as their agent in the matter is enclosed. The debt was contracted with Campbell by New Orleans Gas Light's predecessor agency, New Orleans Gas Light and Banking Company. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4854
  • Robert E. Lee photographs, circa 1865-1870. 3 photographic prints. Location: E:67. Confederate general in the Civil War. Formal photographic portraits of Robert E. Lee taken probably after the Civil War. These are copies of the original photographs made sometime around 1973.For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2788.
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