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Lewis, Irma Polidore, 1945-, interviewee. Oral history interview, 1993. 1 sound cassette (45 minutes), Index (3 pages). Location: L:4700.0219. Daughter of a sugarcane worker and life-long resident of Four Corners, a community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Lewis recalls her childhood as the daughter of unwed parents; being trained in carpentry by her uncle; work as a child on a sugarcane farm; plumbing and other self-provisioning skills; and traditional foods and folk medicines. Lewis also discusses her inability to attend college; and her involvement in the Four Corners Community Center. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4700.0219.
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1993
Manuscript Collections Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885
Description
Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885. Letter, 1862 February 13. 1 item. Location: Misc. Daughter of New Orleans merchant Daniel Clark and party to litigation involving Clark's estate. Letter written from Richmond, Virginia, refers to difficulties in obtaining a federal passport to travel to New Orleans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3142.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1862
Manuscript Collections Korn, Bertram W.
Description
Korn, Bertram W. Correspondence, 1965-1972. 16 items. Location: Misc. Senior Rabbi of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Letters to Mrs. S. J. Gianelloni, Jr. of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, about genealogical research of Jewish family in the U.S. and the scarcity of research in American Jewish history. The Monsanto, Dow, and Tessier families are mentioned. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3459.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1965
Manuscript Collections Knight, Bradley Jay
Description
Knight, Bradley Jay. Family Papers, 1850-1967, undated 46 items, 9 ms. vols., 4 printed vols. Location: W:1, M:21. Correspondence and other papers pertain to family and social matters. Diary of Alta M. King (1871-1872) records daily activities of schoolgirl in Rochelle, Illinois. Diaries of William H. King (1885-1894) record daily activities of a farmer in Rochelle. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2614.
Manuscript Topic
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1850
Manuscript Collections Lincoln, Lemuel L.
Description
Lincoln, Lemuel L. Family Papers, 1808-1914 (bulk 1840-1914). 143. Location: U:195. Confederate veteran and commercial editor of the Times-Democrat of New Orleans. Papers of Lincoln and members of his family, consisting principally of genealogical records of the families of Judge Lemuel Rixford Lincoln of Little Rock, Arkansas; Louis Marchand of Georgia; and Pierre Firman Helluin of Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Includes correspondence of Mary Lincoln and personal and business papers of Rixford J. Lincoln of New Orleans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 688.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1808
Manuscript Collections Larche, Adeline N.
Description
Larche, Adeline N. Letter, 1861. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Providence (now Lake Providence), East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Letter to Mrs. Larche from Levy & Dieter, commission merchants, New Orleans, concerning her account and the cost of insurance to cover the cotton crop. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 860.
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1861
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