Theriot, Mrs. J. Account, 1874. 1 item. Location: Misc.:T. Financial account with Louisiana Retreat, New Orleans, La., for treatment and board from 1867 to 1874 for A. Theriot, son of Mrs. J. Theriot. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 419.

Tower, Eli. Letter, 1866 April 8. 1 item. Location: Misc:T. Letter written by Tower to his cousin relating family matters and his own good employment prospects. He also comments on people moving to Brazil and Mexico because of poor conditions in the postwar South. Tower also mentions an outbreak of small pox in Mobile, Alabama, and throughout the South, cholera in another area of Alabama, and an expected outbreak of yellow fever in Mobile and New Orleans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Fitzpatrick, John. Letterpress copybook, 1875-1878. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. Secretary of the Division of the Association of the Army of Northern Virginia. Correspondence concerns veterans' reunions and raising money to erect a monument and tomb in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, for use of the association's members. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1482.

Coston (L. A.) Papers, 1900, 1903. 3 items. Location: Misc:C. Receipts for cotton sales from Ferdinand Gumbel & Co. and Putnam V. King of New Orleans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1538.

Stouse, Fritz C. Collection, 1898-1932. 180 items. Location: C:36. New Orleans broker. Collection of invitations and admittance cards sent to Stouse and members of the family by various Carnival organizations. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1136.

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.

Steamboat images, circa 1842-1962 (bulk 1861-1918). 1895. 1 item. Location: E:70. Images of steamboats active in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some steamboats are in New Orleans, Louisiana. Images are arranged alphabetically by the name of the steamboat. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 893, 1052, 1297, 1331, 1510, 1516, 1584, 1704, 1776, 1877, and 3057.

Tabor, Hudson. Family Papers, 1812-1916 (bulk 1834-1868). 32 items; 2 ms. vols.; and 2 microfilm reels. Location: A:81, Misc.:T, Mss. Mf.:T. Cotton broker and merchant of St. Francisville and Thibodaux, Louisiana. Collection includes business correspondence between planters and merchants of New Orleans, family letters, and Civil War letters. Letters discuss slavery; destruction of property by Union troops; abolition; and economic and education issues. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 954.

Flanders, Benjamin F., 1816-1896. Papers, 1827-1889 (bulk 1864-1875). 863 items. Location: U:109-112, Vault:1. Governor of Louisiana and mayor of New Orleans during Reconstruction. Flanders came to New Orleans from New Hampshire in 1843, left at the outbreak of the Civil War, and returned in 1862. Official papers and letters, including Civil War correspondence with a variety of Union military and political leaders. Collection also documents other federal posts held by Flanders, including U.S. representative and U.S. assistant treasurer. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 671.

Sullivan, John L. and James J. Corbett. Grand glove contest ticket, 1892 September 7. 1 item. Location: E:Imprints. Printed ticket to the John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett Grand Glove Contest for the heavyweight championship of the world to be held in New Orleans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3705.