Thompson, Gilbert L. Papers, 1829-1854, undated (bulk 1837-1838). 0.3 linear ft. Location: 32:100, OS:T. Civil engineer and a sugar manufacturer who operated in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Contains manuscript records related to civil engineering and sugar manufacturing, personal and professional correspondence, deeds and acts of sale, bills and receipts, inventories, as well as oversized maps of Louisiana. Mss. 3638.

Bacon, Albert C. Photographs and Papers, 1916-1963, undated (bulk 1948-1955). 0.75 linear ft. Location: UU: 108. World War I veteran, photographer, and musician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Primarily consists of photographic negatives and prints on subjects such as Baton Rouge, the Mississippi River, the LSU campus, chemical plants and oil refineries, local parades, and area flooding circa 1950. Writings include an account of Bacon’s service as a United States Marine in France during World War I. Printed materials include Baton Rouge postcards, LSU ephemera, Delta Zeta publications, and a scrapbook about Huey P. Long. Mss. 1625.

Burruss, John C. Family Papers, 1825-1882. 407 items. Location: C:56, Mss. Mf.:B Methodist minister of Virginia and planter of Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Correspondence, and personal and business papers of the Burruss and Edward McGehee families. Papers relate to the Methodist Church and plantation operations, including sugarcane growing, rice planting, the construction of a sugar mill, and African American laborers. They also reflect Confederate military life, and civilian life during the Civil War. A group of poems concern the 1845 presidential election of James K. Polk and George M. Dallas. Mss. 1209.