La Villebeuvre, Jean Ursin and Family. Papers, 1803-1917, undated (bulk 1840-1880). 1.75 linear ft. Location: W: 91-93, J:4, OS:L. Jean Ursin La Villebeuvre and his son, Elie Farault La Villebeuvre, were commission merchants in New Orleans, Louisiana. The collection includes the Papers of the La Villebeuvre family and the related Jourdain, Peytavin, Gray, Forstall, Roman, Peters, Toledano, and Hyman families of New Orleans and St. James Parish. Contents include business and legal records, account books, family letters, personal papers, and photographs. Mss. 812, 1208. 

Butler family. Papers, 1663-1950 (bulk 1813-1915). 16.5 linear ft. Location: S:2-S:11, OS:B, 65:, Vault:2. Cotton and sugar planters in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Papers include letters, personal papers, financial and legal documents, photographs, and printed items. Papers discuss the Civil War; plantation life; Thomas Butler's judicial and political career; and antebellum life in the Gulf South states. Included is correspondence from prominent Louisiana residents and others. Letters from Anna Butler who lived in the White House (1849-1850) Collection also contains manuscript and published music, including the music of John Thuer. Available on microfilm 5322: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reels 13-27. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 893, 965, 1026, 1076, 1217, 1240, 1309, 1353, 1381, 1640, 1649, 1913, 1938.

Thomas, Mary Sefton. Papers, 1924-circa 1982, undated (bulk 1932-1945). 0.40 linear ft., 2 vols. Location: B:138, OS:T. Correspondence, manuscript volumes, photographs, newspaper clippings, and writings collected or created by Mary Sefton Thomas and her husband Frans Blom, a noted Danish archaeologist and founder of the Middle American Research Institute at Tulane University.  Mss. 3490

Hero, Andrew Jr. and George. Papers, 1829-1905, undated (bulk 1840-1890). 0.85 linear ft. Location: U:160, O:63, OS:H. Correspondence, financial, professional, and political papers, and photographs concerning the life of Andrew Hero Jr., a prominent New Orleans attorney and soldier in the Washington Artillery, and his family members. Includes some items in Spanish and French. Available (with some omissions) on UPA microfilm 5735: Series B, Reels 7-8. Mss. 976, 977, 994, 1030, 1039.