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  • Robert E. Lee farewell address, circa 1865-1890. 1 item [copy]. Location: Misc:A. General Robert E. Lee's farewell address to the Army of Northern Virginia, April 10, 1865, and poem entitled 'A Mother Waiting for the News.' Alternate title: Anonymous memorandum. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 219.
  • Robert, E. B. (Edward Bane). Papers, 1921-1972, undated. 1.5 linear ft. Location: 6:51, OS:R. Faculty member at LSU for 29 years, Dean of the College of Education for 24 years. Papers chiefly relate to Robert's autobiography THE LIFE AND WORK OF E. B. (TED) ROBERT and include research materials, a typescript, and galley and page proofs. A volume entitled FOOTNOTES NOT IN THE BOOK and a copy of the autobiography are included. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2708.
  • Roberts, A. W. (Abishai W.). Family Papers, 1837-1916 (bulk 1866-1878). 363 items. Location: A:13-14, H:12. Attorney of Lake Providence, Louisiana; soldier in the Confederate army; and prisoner of war at Johnson's Island Prison, Sandusky Bay, Ohio. Collection includes legal papers, receipts, family papers, and a license to practice law from the Louisiana Bar Association (1857). Also included are Civil War letters from Roberts, including one written while he was imprisoned. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 17. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 370.
  • Roberts, Emma A. Records, 1861. 2 items. Location: Misc.:R. An account sheet and invoice for personal items, along with fabric and ribbon purchased at shops in Washington, La. and Vicksburg, Miss. by Emma A. Roberts. Mss. 5298.
  • Roberts, Evans. Papers, 1797, 1890. 2 items (photocopies). Location: Misc.:R. Land survey document of property in Nueva Feliciana signed by royal surveyors of Spanish colonial Louisiana and by the governor. Also an indemnity patent signed by President of the U.S., Benjamin Harrison, transferring land to the state of Louisiana. In Spanish. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2654.
  • Roberts, John A. Letter, 1843 Aug. 26. 1 letter. Location: Misc. John A. Roberts in New Orleans writes Charles E. Hall of Middletown, Conn., discussing commerce in the city. It is written on a semi-weekly summary of commercial statistics from the "New-Orleans Price-Current, Commercial Intelligencer and Merchants' Transcript." Mss. 4097.
  • Roberts, Robert. Papers, 1806-1852. 14 items. Location: Misc.: R. Robert Roberts was a joint owner of the cargo ship, EXPERIMENT. Papers relate to the capture of the EXPERIMENT by pirates while en route to Port Montego, Jamaica, and Roberts's claim for government compensation. Other papers pertain to Roberts's claim to a land grant in West Florida that was supposedly awarded by the British government to John and William Williams (July 28, 1836, March 17, 1840). There is also a poem signed by Louisa Duff (Jan. 5, 1852). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3775
  • Roberts, Sylvia, 1933-. Papers, 1968-1973 (bulk 1970-1973). 293 items. Location: 79:117. Attorney of Baton Rouge. Roberts served as a member and secretary of the Louisiana Commission on the Status of Women, established by the Louisiana Legislature in 1968. Papers consist of files kept by Roberts of the Louisiana Commission on the Status of Women (1970-1973) including memoranda, correspondence, agendas, minutes, publicity, and printed items. Collection includes copies of the Commission's newsletter, Louisiana Women. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3259.
  • Roberts, W. W. Letter, 1863 January 13. 1 item. Location: Misc.:R. Reply to letter from Roberts by Captain George G. Garrison, A.A.G., Headquarters, Petersburg, Virginia, regarding couriers. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2121.
  • Robertson, Felix H., 18??-1928. Letters, 1894-1900. 5 items. Location: Misc.:R. Confederate brigadier general. Letters recount details of the Battle of Chicamauga and the Peninsular Campaign, and defend United States control over the Philippine Islands. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2864.
  • Robertson, Frederick, D. Plantation record books, 1852-1923. 1 linear ft. (17 vols.). Location: H:13. Sugar planter of Plaquemine, Louisiana; owned and operated Island, Homestead, Myrtle Grove and Hunter's Lodge plantations. Five daybooks, three payroll books, and nine record books consisting of information regarding daily plantation activities such as cultivation of sugarcane and minor crops, payment of laborers, and expenditures and credits. Entries about Robertson's court cases are included in vol. 2. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 579, 687.
  • Robertson, James E. Ledger, 1824-1834. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:20. Storekeeper of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Ledger (1824-1834) records sales of merchandise, insurance payments, purchases of goods and lottery tickets, and other business transactions. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2986.
  • Robertson, Lelle Dupre, Papers, 1850-1929. 7 items (photocopies). Location: U:105. Broadside and pamphlet satirically forecasting the election for judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District (St. Landry, Lafayette, and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana). A 1929 letter identifies the persons mentioned. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1734.
  • Robertson, Maria McKinne Winter, 1854-1932. Papers, 1894-1932. .2 linear ft. [photocopies]. Location: UU:166. Robertson was born on Fairview Plantation, Georgia, and lived in Augusta, Georgia, and New Orleans. Papers consist of anecdotal accounts of her own and other families, and focus primarily on her life in Georgia. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3479.
  • Robertson, Mary Jane. Correspondence, 1860-1862. 7 items. Location: Misc.:R. Resident of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Letters from friends pertain to social life, the Catholic laity, and Confederate civilian experiences. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2868.
  • Robertson, Minns S. Papers, 1910-1968, undated (bulk 1940-1955). 5 linear ft. Location: 43:54-56. Research Professor in the Louisiana State University College of Education from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. Consists of professional correspondence, organizational records, printed materials, and research files. Mss. 2797.
  • Robertson, Thomas Bolling, 1779-1828, Poem. 1 item. Location:Misc.:R. Louisiana congressman, governor (1820-1824), and district judge. Poem 'To Jno. Adams' criticizes Adams' policies and administration. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3056.
  • Robertson, Thomas Bolling, 1779-1828. Commission, 1824 Oct. 29. 1 commission. Location: Misc. Thomas Bolling Robertson was Louisiana's first member of the House of Representatives, 1812-1818, and was governor, 1820-1824. Governor Thomas Bolling Robertson commissions Moses Cox and A. Dubourg justices of the peace in New Orleans. Mss. 3773.
  • Robin, Jean. Document, 1764. 1 item. Location: Misc:.R. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of the plantation of Jean Robin to Phillip Perriche of New Orleans. In French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 423.
  • Robin, Jean Louis. Jean Louis Robin-Augustin Gradenigo document, 1807. 1 item. Location: Misc.:R. Residents of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Attestation by Jean Robin and Augustin Gradenigo of the authenticity of the signature of the will of Marie Louise Taillefaire. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 413.
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