Common Cause Louisiana Records, 1972-1991 (bulk: 1980-1990). 24.0 linear ft. Location: IMCCL. Consists of administrative and subject files for local and regional branches of a national citizen advocacy organization. Includes correspondence, newsletters, reports, printed materials, ephemera, and other records documenting group structure and activities. Records address political issues such as campaign finance reform, civil rights, nuclear disarmament, fair elections, wasteful government spending, and official corruption. For additional information, see online catalog. Mss. 4469.

Rauhman-Turner Family Papers, 1855-1924 (bulk 1855-1872). 1.2 linear ft. Location: 7:66-67. The Rauhman and Turner families conducted business in Baton Rouge in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Account books, scrapbooks, printed items, manuscript materials, and photographs, several by Andrew D. Lytle. Several items pertain to H. Avery. One daybook was maintained by P. and T. LaCroix of Covington, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4159.

Snee, J. E. (Joseph Emmett), 1895-1966, Photograph collection. 1914-1944. 41 items (35 are photographic copies, 6 are photocopies). Resident of Baton Rouge, employee of the Standard Oil Company, and director of the Stancola Refinery Band. Photographs made or collected by Snee of LSU students, Governor Ruffin G. Pleasant's inauguration, World War I military service, Baton Rouge landmarks, and Standard Oil Company. Collection also includes two band programs and other ephemera. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4069.

Rabenhorst, Alvin E. (Alvin Eugene), 1875-1946. Photograph Collection, 1897-1899. 0.25 linear ft. (69 prints). Location: UU:263. Baton Rouge funeral home and insurance company executive. Collection of prints copied from an album of photographs taken by Rabenhorst of Baton Rouge businesses, homes, and public buildings; social events; and residents of the city. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4110.

Rauhman-Turner Family Papers, 1855-1924 (bulk 1855-1872). 1.2 linear ft. Location: 7:66-67. The Rauhman and Turner families conducted business in Baton Rouge in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Account books, scrapbooks, printed items, manuscript materials, and photographs, several by Andrew D. Lytle. Several items pertain to H. Avery. One daybook was maintained by P. and T. LaCroix of Covington, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4159.

Adams, Israel L., 1801-1860. Family Papers, 1813-1890 (bulk 1852-1866). 0.5 linear ft. (505 items, 1 ms. Vol.). Location: Y:83, Mss. Mf.:A, E:Imprints. Merchant and farmer of Natchez, Mississippi. Collection consists of correspondence, bills, receipts, and printed items. Letters of the Adams children and others describe the Civil War in Arkansas and Mississippi. Some letters describe experiences of an immigrant cotton farmer in Sao Paulo, Brazil; other papers relate to German immigrants. Some letters in German. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3637.

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. Letter, 1829 October 8. 1 item. Location: Misc.:C, Vault:1. Letter, written from Ashland, Ky., to J. Whitaker [et al.], Clayville, Ky., compliments the workmanship of the combs produced by the factory in Clayville and gives special mention of one comb intended for use by Mrs. Lucretia Hart Clay. Included are Clay's comments on the American economic system, on the enterprise and ingenuity of American citizens, and on his advocacy of domestic economic protectionism. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3452.

McVea-Neville Family Papers, 1830-1917. 0.1 linear ft. Location: 50:15. The McVea-Neville Family papers consist of personal correspondence, items related to family property, and financial records. Of note is a copy of a Confederate States army substitution affidavit, dated October 24, 1864. The property records include official state and parish documents and notarized copies of various property agreements between McVea-Neville family members. Of note are a court judgment document on a family property dispute, dated December 3, 1865, and a plat map of Neville property, dated March 18, 1864. The financial records include receipts, bills of sale, ledger pages, tax rolls, credit account statements. Other items of note include a congressional report booklet on abandoned property claims, dated December 20, 1889, an insurance policy document for Mrs. M.L. Neville, dated November 6, 1903, and a monthly grade report for Albert McVea from Silliman Collegiate Institute, dated January 30, 1889. Mss. 3284.

Johnston, J. Bennett, 1932-. Papers, 196?-1996. Ca. 500 linear ft., Location: IMJBJ, OS, Range 59-60, Vault. A Shreveport attorney and state legislator, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1973 and retired in 1996. In addition to energy and defense, Senator Johnston focused on navigation, flood control, hurricane protection, and other natural resources programs. Primarily records of his Senate career, including correspondence, trip files, records of his administrative and legislative assistants, legislative files, papers related to Louisiana grants and projects, speeches, news releases and photographs, and committee files. Also found are papers related to his campaigns and the Democratic Party as well as the annual Washington Mardi Gras ball and the Mystick Krewe of Louisianians. Mss. 4473.

Jungle Gardens, Inc. bond issue ledger, 1927. 1 vol. Location: P:11. Business venture created by Edward Avery McIlhenny, owner of Avery Island, Louisiana, to grow and sell exotic tropical plants at affordable prices. One volume contains a single November 3, 1927 notarial act consisting of two hundred fifty cancelled bonds for Jungle Gardens, Inc. Included is the resolution of the Board of Directors for Jungle Gardens, Inc., authorizing the bond cancellation. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4668.