Riva, Francisco De La. Papers, 1793-1805. 77 items. Location: U:49. Letters to Riva pertaining to the business of farm management. Throughout the correspondence is evidence of a dispute with the Monks of St. Augustine and the Indians over the water supply and the subsequent court case. In Spanish. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 675.

Richardson, Carey Johnson. Papers, 1864-1986. 1 linear ft. Location: 12:27. Papers include playbills and programs for New York theater productions annotated by Mrs. Richardson (1950s-1960s); an original typescript of Eudora Welty's The Ponder Heart; a letter from Maxwell Anderson (1956); and a prayerbook (1864). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4189.

Scuddeo, Marsh. Letter, 1846 December 20. 1 item. Location: Misc.:S. Letter describes a prayer meeting for slaves in New Orleans, and laments the sinfulness of the city and the lack of respect for the Sabbath among residents of the city. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2466.

Rouquette, Adrien, 1813-1887. Papers, 1840-1843, 1854-1860. 359 items, 27 vols. Location: A:15. Poet priest of Louisiana and 'Apostle of the Choctaw Indians' of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Poems, sermons, and notebooks of Adrien Emmanuel Rouquette. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 750, 1159.

Shaw, John F., 1827-1908. Notarial record books, 1875-1905, 1929, 1950. 4 items, 3 v. Location: Misc.:S, H:16. Notarial record books for St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, now Evangeline Parish (Ville Platte). Loose items include biographical sketches and a copy of THE BAPTIST MESSAGE (1950) in which a story of Shaw's conversion to the Baptist Church is published. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1786.

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872, Letter, 1844 Aug. 19. 1 item. Location: Misc.:S. U.S. senator from New York, a leader of the anti-slavery movement, and U.S. secretary of state. Letter signed by Seward, after leaving office as governor of New York, addressed to James N. Lake, voicing support of the New York Whig party, opposing the Texas annexation, and condemning slavery and religious intolerance. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3478.

Salem Baptist Church. Minute book. 1854-1893, 1901-1916. 1 item, 3 ms. vols. (on microfilm). Location: Mss. Mf.:S. Baptish church established in Walker, Livingston Parish, Louisiana (1854). Minute books record meetings of church, rules of order, and members. Included is a brief history of the church from its founding in 1854 to 1927. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2944, 3009.

Robertson, Mary Jane. Correspondence, 1860-1862. 7 items. Location: Misc.:R. Resident of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Letters from friends pertain to social life, the Catholic laity, and Confederate civilian experiences. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2868.

Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864. Portrait, circa 1898. 1 item. Location: OS:P. Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana and general in the Confederate army. Etching by Charles B. Hall, published in his Military Records of General Officers of the Confederate States of America, 1898. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3620.

Quintard, C. T. Diaries, 1864-1898. 33 ms. vols. (on six microfilm reels). Location: Mss.Mf:Q. Confederate chaplain and surgeon during the Civil War; Protestant Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee; and first vice chancellor of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. Civil War diaries record his experiences and duties in Georgia and Tennessee; atrocities committed by federal troops; his conversations with Confederate officers Hood, Johnston, and Stephen Lee; and his views on P. G. T. Beauregard. Quintard's post-Civil War diaries record trips in the United States and Europe, persons visited, and events and ceremonies attended. Other materials relate to African American Episcopal clergymen. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1118.