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Manuscript Collections Andrews, James M.
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Andrews, James M. Papers, 1846-1892. .25 linear ft. (103 items; 1 ms. vol., 1 printed vol.). Location: U:6. Farmer of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. In the 1840s he was a member of the Johnson Guards, Andrew Jackson Regiment, as part of the Texas Army of Occupation. Papers include correspondence, legal documents, poems, nursery price lists, home recipes and remedies, tax and merchandise receipts, Confederate bonds, and the succession accounts of Mrs. Louisa Andrews. Correspondence includes letters from James' father discussing relatives, local affairs, and crop conditions in Clinton. Letters from his daughter describe economic conditions in Amite, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 861.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1846
Manuscript Collections United Daughters of the Confederacy
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United Daughters of the Confederacy, Louisiana Division. Collection, 1922-1928. 8 items and 60 vols. Location: J:3, X:85-86. Mrs. Fred W. Bradt was historian of the Louisiana Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings. Printed material includes two programs of annual conventions; a constitution and by-laws of the New Orleans Chapter; and yearbooks for the Bunkie Chapter. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 428.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1922
Manuscript Collections Tyler, Jerry E.
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Tyler, Jerry E. Interviews, 1972 July 12, 25. 2 items. Location: Misc.:T. Interviews conducted by Tyler with Luis Quintanilla, former Mexican charge d'affaires in Washington, D.C. (1934-1940); and with Silva Herzog, an economist, sociologist, and historian. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2756.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1972
Manuscript Collections United Daughters of the Confederacy
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United Daughters of the Confederacy, Baton Rouge Chapter. Collection, 1899. 1 item. Location: OS:U. Charter of the Baton Rouge Joanna Waddill Chapter no. 294 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, signed at Nashville, Tenn., by the president and the secretary of the association. The charter gives the names of 22 charter members. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 893.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1899
Manuscript Collections Trollope, Frances Milton, 1780-1863
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Trollope, Frances Milton, 1780-1863. Papers, undated 2 items. Location: Misc.:T. English novelist, writer, and mother of novelist Anthony Trollope. Letter to a magazine publisher expressing pleasure at the acceptance for publication of her story 'Phyllis in Fetters'; and a poem, 'The King's Temptation,' attributed to Frances Trollope. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1350.
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Manuscript Collections
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Undated
Manuscript Collections Tuttle, Isaac O.
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Tuttle, Isaac O. Letter, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc.:T. Resident of or visitor to Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Letter to his cousin Miss Maria E. Seeley, of Fairhaven, Connecticut. Tuttle comments on the social customs of the Southern people, and describes the natural beauty and graciousness of Creole ladies at a plantation ball. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 872.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1840
Manuscript Collections Turnbull, Sarah, 1831-1914
Description
Turnbull, Sarah, 1831-1914. Diary, 1851. Transcription, 1 item (2 pages). Location: Misc.:T. Wife of James Pirrie Bowman, cotton planter, Rosedown, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Entries describe places visited on a European tour. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2375.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1851
Description
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883, Papers, 1834-1872. 3,053 items [on microfilm]. Location: Mss. Mf.:S. Vice-President of the Confederacy in the Civil War. His brother, Judge Linton Stephens, was lieutenant colonel of the 15th Georgia Regiment during the first year of the Civil War. Extensive correspondence between Stephens and his brother Linton Stephens; and a few other letters between Alexander and his brother's widow. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 863.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1834
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