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Manuscript Collections Chaffraix, D. A., Mrs.
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Chaffraix, D. A., Mrs. Papers, 1892-1904 (bulk 1899). 18 items, 5 ms. vols. Location: O:4, Misc:C. Social and civic leader in New Orleans. Chaffraix was associated with the Chinchuba Deaf-Mute Institute near Mandeville, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Papers include record books related to benefit performances at the institute. Included are broadsides of the Protestant Episcopal Children's Home and the Chinchuba Deaf-Mute Institute (1899). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1249, 1258.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1892
Manuscript Collections Chambon, Celestin M., 1879-
Description
Chambon, Celestin M., 1879-. Papers, 1892-1963. 73 items, 6 printed vols. Location: U:6, OS:C. Catholic curate and pastor of New Orleans. Chambon's research materials on Catholic architecture and history in New Orleans. Many items relate to St. Louis Cathedral. Included are typewritten copies of documents, newspaper clippings, and works published by Chambon. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2047.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1892
Manuscript Collections Smith, Jeanne Sully
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Smith, Jeanne Sully. Diary, 1910-1911. 1 ms. vol. Location: F:21. New Orleans debutante. Entries comment on social engagements prior to and during the Carnival season. Included are souvenir cards and favors, invitations, and newspaper clippings from the society page. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2346.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1910
Description
Bruns, J. Dickson (John Dickson), 1836-1883. J. Dickson Bruns and T. G. Richardson correspondence, 1869-1870. 4 items. Location: Misc:B. Physicians of New Orleans. Bruns was also an organizer of the White League. Letters to Richardson, General Braxton Bragg, and General Richard Taylor from Bruns; and letters to both generals from Richardson. All the letters concern a controversy between the doctors about a breach of medical ethics on the part of Bruns. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 47.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1869
Manuscript Collections Young, Perry
Description
Young, Perry. Illustrations, 1931. 31 items. Location: E:65. Prints of illustrations prepared by Young for the 1931 edition of The Mistick Krewe: Chronicles of Comus and His Kin, depicting costumes and floats of Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans between 1867 and 1915. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2185-76, 2786.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1931
Manuscript Collections World's Panama Exposition Company
Description
World's Panama Exposition Company. Papers, 1910. 2 linear ft. Location: 79:53-54. Correspondence, a booklet, and government documents reflecting the work of Governor J. Y. Sanders and other Louisiana officials and businessmen, to secure funds and endorsements, to establish New Orleans as the site for a World Panama Exposition. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1351.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1910
Manuscript Collections Brown, Edward F.
Description
Brown, Edward F. Letter, 1866 Dec. 18. 1 letter. Location: Misc. Edward F. Brown of Salem, Mass., writes to James Carnegy Savage of New Orleans, La., regarding Savage's going down to New Orleans to commence work on a plantation. He also relates family news and discusses the religious aspects of dying. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4244.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1866
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