Louisiana Association of Deans of Women. Records, 1931-1984. .4 linear ft. Location: 94:64. State organization founded in 1931, affiliated with National Association of Women Deans and Counselors. Minutes, membership records, reports, resolutions, correspondence, and biographical information. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4652.

Harvey, Abram A. Arithmetic book, 1842-1858. 1 vol. Location: F:4. Arithmetic problems and solutions written as school exercises. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Pickett, George Blair, 1930-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1974. 2 sound cassettes (2 hours), Transcript: (48 pages). Location: L:4700.0051. President of the Llano Colony, a socialist cooperative society established in California (1914) and moved to Newllano, Vernon Parish, Louisiana (1918). Pickett was the son of George T. Pickett. Interview includes discussion of establishment of the Llano Colony, religious practices, education of children, daily life, manufacturing ventures, and the colony's collapse (1935). Reflections and descriptions of George T. Pickett also included. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0051.

Locquet Institute. Class exercise books, 1865-1866, 1873-1877. 2 vols. Location: H:23. Madame Locquet-Leroy was principal of the Locquet Young Ladies Institute and the Locquet-Leroy Institute of New Orleans. Locquet-Leroy's class exercise books contain questions and answers on history, literature, and science, together with names of students participating in exercises. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1135, 1497.

Louisiana Association of Educational Office Personnel. Records, 1978-1989. 2.5 linear ft. Location: UU:196-197. Established in 1979 and allied with American Association of School Administrators. Bylaws, minutes, correspondence, reports, programs, brochures, and quarterly newsletter, Lagniappe. Subjects include professional standards and office management. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4369.

Philip, Aba. Letter, 1913. 1 item. Location: Misc. Author of an essay on philosophy. Letter from Philip to Professor Frank Thilly of Cornell University regarding his essay and discussing proposed works. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 346.

Peytavin, John Ludger, b. 1859. Papers, 1852-1915. 102 items. Location: UU:84. Attorney, author, composer, and planter of Ancient Domain Plantation in St. James Parish, Louisiana, and of New Orleans. Collection includes letters, bills and receipts, and photographs, chiefly of Jefferson College in Convent, Louisiana, which Peytavin attended. A brochure describes the residents and history of Jefferson and several other parishes. Included are two family photograph albums, a volume of music composed by Peytavin, and two bound volumes of published sheet music. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1447.

Pierce and Payne College. Document, 1857. 1 item. Location: Misc. Certified copy (1861) of a document prepared in 1857 to obtain subscriptions for professorships for Pierce & Payne College to be established in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 866.

Lockett, Noland, 1938-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (1.5 hours), Index (7 pages). Location: L:4700.284. Resident of Four Corners, a community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Lockett, the great-grandson of a migrant sugarcane worker from the Caribbean, was a building contractor and former associate dean of a junior college. Lockett discusses the logging industry at Four Corners; the origin and history of the Lockett clan; local sugar growing and South Coast Plantation; service by African Americans in the Korean War; the plantation store system; and race relations. Lockett also discusses his seminary experience; plans for a private school in the area; and recalls childhood memories of Mardi Gras; gambling and his father; and social conditions of his community. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4700.284.

Pinckard, Joseph A. Papers, 1962-. Location: UU:176. Associate professor of Plant pathology ot LSU. Mss. 2236, 2341.