Dugas, Claiborne J., 1898-. Scrapbook, 1907-1980. 2 items; 1 vol. (1 reel microfilm). Location: Mss.Mf:D. Louisiana Democrat, educator, journalist, and publisher of Donaldsonville Chief. He served as Secretary of Louisiana Senate, member of the Board of Tax Appeals. Scrapbook contains letters, news clippings, memoirs documenting 'Bobby' Dugas' activities, service to education in Louisiana, and developments in Louisiana and national public affairs. Includes typescript copy of speech on higher education. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3571.

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.

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.

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. Teacher's contract, 1923. 1 printed item. Location: E:Imprints. Contract signed by public school teachers listing monthly salary and terms of employment, including required standards of personal behavior. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3000.

Eno, Frank. Letter, 1857. 1 item. Location: Misc. Teacher of a private school in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Letter from Eno to a New York cousin, describing his teaching position and the effect of the Panic of 1857 on cotton planters. He also explains his move from the North to Concordia Parish, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1585.

East Feliciana Parish collection. 1819-1867 (bulk 1826-1857). 50 items. Location: D:90. Financial papers are primarily statements of merchant accounts. Legal papers include citations, indictments, affidavits, and correspondence for civil and criminal cases heard at the courthouse in Clinton, Louisiana. Of special interest are documents relating to the trial of two slaves for arson and to a case against Centenary College in Jackson, Louisiana, for payment owed to a Reverend William B. Lacy. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3599.

Dawson, John B. (John Bennett), 1800-1845. Letter, 1843. 1 item. Location: Misc.:D. Request to the editor of the District School Journal, New York, to send eight copies of the School Journal to New Orleans, and enclosing payment. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2466.

Davis, E. Greene. Diploma, 1897. 1 item. Location: OS:D. Diploma of the Southern Military Academy [Institute] in Clinton, Louisiana. The school was founded in 1894 by Captain T. H. Gilmore and folded in 1898. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3469.

Dialect Atlas of Louisiana Workbooks, 1944-1946, 1948-1949, 1951-1955. 41 vols. Location: 37-39. International authority on phonetics and Professor Emeritus of Speech, Head of the Speech Dept. At Louisiana State University. Linguistic Atlas of Louisiana workbooks based on South Atlantic Worksheets of the Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada under the direction of Hans Kurath, University of Michigan, and Claude Merton Wise. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1307.

Dixon, William Y., 1843-1874. Papers, 1860-1905 (bulk 1860-1874). 14 items (9 ms. vols.). Location: UU:119. Confederate soldier, student. Diaries record the battles at Baton Rouge (Aug. 1862), Vicksburg (1862), and Port Hudson (1863) and casualties suffered. Entries also refer to camp life 1860-1864), transportation of troops by steamboats (1863), diseases among soldiers and civilians (1860-1864), and the involvement of African American soldiers at Port Hudson. Other material relates to his education and financial affairs. Available on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 4. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3423.