Peirce, Charles Sanders, 1839-1914. Letter, 1860 March 11. 1 item. Location: Misc. Peirce gives his Louisiana address as U.S.C.S. Schooner Twilight, Quarantine Station, Buras Settlement P. O., Louisiana. Letter comments on the carefree life he is enjoying comments about classmates at Harvard College. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2417.

Patrick, R. W. Account book, 1846-1850. 1 vol. Location: Misc.:P. Deputy clerk of court of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Daily register contains entries for court fees for parish, district, and probate court cases; expenditures for the court house; fees for licenses; payments of school fund; and salary and loans. For further information, see online catalog. Part of the East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1100.

Percy, William Alexander, 1885-1942. Papers, 1911-1917. 2831 items, 13 vols. Location: Mss. Mf.:P. Author and poet of Greenville, Mississippi. Literary, legal, and personal correspondence and writings of William Alexander Percy deal with Harvard Law School, his military service in World War I, his law partnership with his father in Greenville, and his literary works. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3275.

Peterson, Pattie P. Papers, 1962-1977. 4.3 linear feet. Location: 43:1-4, OS:P. Correspondence, notes, logs, and printed materials of Pattie P. Peterson (1916-ca. 1977?), state employee, member of Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations, and an advocate of civil rights. Correspondence pertains to race relations in Baton Rouge and the state and efforts to establish charity and volunteer programs. Notes and logs seem to be her record of what her contacts in the African American community told her about their attitudes about race relations and events in Baton Rouge. Printed materials include the newsletters of the Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations and the Unitarian Fellowship of Baton Rouge, as well as articles, publications and pamphlets regarding African American education, race relations in Louisiana, the South, and the United States, and poverty.

Pipkin, Charles W. Papers, 1930-1934, 1940. 30 items. Location: U:116. Political Science professor at Louisiana State University (1927-1942). Mimeographed and printed articles and speeches by Dean Pipkin , accompanied by related LSU News Bureau releases. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1706.

Persac, Marie Adrien, 1823-1873. View of New Orleans, circa 1850-1870. 1 item. Location: E:65. Louisiana artist, teacher, architect, photographer, lithographer, and engineer. Printed illustration by Adrien Persac depicting New Orleans docks on the Mississippi River, with St. Louis Cathedral, the Cabildo, and Pontalba Apartments in the background. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3705.

Mount Lebanon Academy. Records. 1866-1910. 6 items (enlargement prints). Location: Mss. Mf.:M, OS:M. Baptist Church-directed school in Mount Lebanon, Louisiana. Selected items include pages from the minutes of the Baptist State Convention, Mount Lebanon Church (1866); views of the campus; and catalog and announcements of Mount Lebanon University (1887-1889). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2013.

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826. Letter. 1800 October 29. 1 item. Location: Misc. Connecticut Congregational minister and geographer. Letter to Morse's father discusses inoculation against smallpox, diplomatic relations with France, national presidential candidates, and the education of his son Samuel Finley Breese Morse. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3223.

Murphy, Carolyn. Bound manuscript, 1967. 1 vol. (on microfilm). Location: Mss. Mf.:M. Graduate student in the Department of History, Louisiana State University. Term paper of 38 pages, 38 plates, and two maps, on Longwood Plantation in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2228.

Miller, Joan Chaffee. Notebook, 1932-1933. 1 vol. Location: W:1. Professor, LSU Department of English. Notebook containing 'Selected Contributions of Miss Miller's Class in Freshman English, 1932-1933,' dedicated to Dr. Miller at the end of her first year at LSU. For further information, see onine catalog. Mss. 2600-73.