Theriot, Joseph. Family Papers, 1866-1958. .4 linear ft. (76 items, 94 photographs). Location: F:1. Residents of St. James Parish, Louisiana. Family papers include receipts, legal bills, handwritten prayers, poems, religious leaflets, and photographs. Some religious items are in French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2926.

Wilson, James H. Letters, 1909, 1913. 2 items. Location: Misc.:W. Resident of Wilmington, Delaware, and cavalry officer in the Union army during the Civil War. Letters to Colonel Eben Swift. One compliments Swift on an article published in the "Journal of Military Service Institution;" the other comments on notices being given his book "Under the Old Flag." For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 986.

Topham, Edward, 1751-1820. Letter, undated, [October 9]. 1 item. Location: Misc.:T. English playwright and journalist. Letter to Mrs. Wells describing a visit to the country with a hunting party, and discussing his own and other people's plays. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1350.

Thomson, Alexander, 1763-1803. Letter, 1801 September 11. 1 item. Location: Misc.:T. Scottish poet. Letter to London publishers Cadell and Davis asking them to undertake the London publication of his latest book of sonnets. Letter also refers to the sale of another of his books, Whist. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1350.

Thompson, Benjamin, 1766?-1816. Letters, 1800, 1815. 3 items. Location: Misc.:T. English dramatist. Letters concern artistic and commercial problems encountered in writing his plays, and discuss his social life. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1350.

Stuart, Ruth McEnery. Letters, 1896-1908. 6 items. Location: Misc:S. Louisiana writer, born near Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, where her family had a plantation. She lived in New Orleans as a writer until c.1885, when she moved to New York, where she continued to write short stories about plantation life. Several letters from Stuart to friends discuss such topics as her short stories, word etymologies, and Stuart's activities in New Orleans. A 1905 letter asks for part time work for Martha Waddill Austin, also a Louisiana author. Available on microfilm 5750: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 31. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1561, 3139, 3396.

Taylor, Charles E. Papers, 1848. 11 items, 1 vol. Location: Misc.:T, H:14. Resident of Clinton, Louisiana, and president of Silliman College. Play, poem, and sketch of early life by Charles E. Taylor. Bound volume contains a group of school orations. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 415.

Tamplin, William H. Letters, 1862-1865, undated. 20 items. Location: Misc:T. Native of Longbranch, Panola County, Texas, and a Confederate soldier in the 11th Texas Regiment during the Civil War. His brother was Benjamin F. Tamplin. Letters addressed to Retincia, Benjamin Tamplin's wife, written from camps in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, describe camp life and conditions in camp hospitals, and the Red River expedition in Louisiana. Included are poems by Benjamin. Available on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 18. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3015.

St. Denis-DeBlanc Family Collection, 1922. 2 items. Location: Misc.:S. Collection consists of a story about St. Denis's founding of Natchitoches, the holographic will of Louis Charles de Blanc, grandson of St. Denis, and genealogical information about the St. Denis and de Blanc families. The will and genealogy are written in French and the story, in English. Mss. 4803. For further information, see online catalog.

Orage, Alfred Richard. Papers, 1921, 1930-1932, undated .12 items. Location: UU:118. English writer. Papers of Alfred Richard Orage (1873-1934) including a letter (1921) from his pupil, Katherine Mansfield; and newspaper clippings (1930) containing reviewsof his book The Art of Reading. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 965.