Peniston, Anthony, 1796-1826. Papers, 1821-1822. 5 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans and St. Francisville, Louisiana. Letters written to Peniston by his sister Ellen Peniston of Petersburg, Virginia, and by business associates. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3361.

Partin, Pauline Thibodeaux. Papers, 1864-1930 (bulk 1897-1905). 40 items. Location: U:119. Resident of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Correspondence and a few miscellaneous items of Pauline Thibodeaux Partin and the related Arceneaux and Brown families. In French and English. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1642.

Penrose, Ann Wilkinson. Diary and family letters, 1861-1865, undated 11 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: T:108, Mss. Mf.:P. Resident of New Orleans, Louisiana. Diary contains daily entries in the form of letters to her son, Joseph Biddle Wilkinson Penrose, serving in the Confederate army, reflecting civilian life in New Orleans during the Union occupation of that city. Loose items consist of family letters and a family history. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1169.

Opelousas Female Institute catalogue and announcement, 1891-1892. 1 vol. Location: E:Imprints. Boarding and day school for young ladies and children in Opelousas, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1189.

Peters, Emma Dell, 1941-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (6 pages). Location: L:4700.0283. Resident of Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Peters lived on Sterling Plantation; her great-grandparents were slaves. For 26 years, Peters worked as a cook in the school system. Peters gives an account of her great-grandparents' purchases as slaves, and discusses slave religion, the treatment of slaves, and female slaves who bore children for their white masters. Included are spirituals she learned from her grandparents. Peters also gives accounts of illnesses, funeral customs, early jobs she held, poverty in her youth, and discipline and life in her large family. She also discusses Civil Rights legislation. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0283.

Pasteur, Amelia. Papers, 1896-1933. 12 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans, Louisiana. Papers include personal letters from friends; a letter from Mrs. Charles Fisk Beach of England regarding Pasteur's Society's Ready Reference; and a letter and Christmas card from Dorothy Dix. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 117.

Percy, William Alexander, 1885-1942. Janet Percy Dana Longcope papers, 1911-1917. 31 items. Location: W:52. Author, poet of Greenville, Mississippi. Letters to Percy's cousin, Janet Percy Dana Longcope of New York City. Letters concern Percy's travels, his writings (particularly his poetry), Janet's nursing service in France during World War I, Percy's interest in military service, and American involvement in the war, and personal matters. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3511.

Peterson, Pattie P. Papers, 1962-1977. 4.3 linear feet. Location: 43:1-4, OS:P. Correspondence, notes, logs, and printed materials of Pattie P. Peterson (1916-ca. 1977?), state employee, member of Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations, and an advocate of civil rights. Correspondence pertains to race relations in Baton Rouge and the state and efforts to establish charity and volunteer programs. Notes and logs seem to be her record of what her contacts in the African American community told her about their attitudes about race relations and events in Baton Rouge. Printed materials include the newsletters of the Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations and the Unitarian Fellowship of Baton Rouge, as well as articles, publications and pamphlets regarding African American education, race relations in Louisiana, the South, and the United States, and poverty.

Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919. Sheet music, undated. 1 item. Location: 65:. Italian opera singer. Sheet music illustrated with a large picture of Patti, advertising Myers Brothers, leading grocers of Martinsburg, West Virginia. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1557.

Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919. Letters, 1889-1891. 15 items. Location: Misc. Italian opera singer. Letters from England and United States to Patti's friend, concert singer Giulia Valda Cameron, giving information on personal plans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1541.