Louisiana Historical Society.
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Etienne Arthur Gayarré papers
Collection
Identifier: LaRC-426
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials written by or relating to Charles Etienne Arthur Gayarré, a Louisiana historian. There is personal correspondence, manuscripts by Gayarré, genealogical material, a biography of Gayarré, notes on his publications, and personal financial records.
Dates:
1848-1895
Edward A. Parsons papers
Collection
Identifier: LaRC-382
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of personal, professional, and collected items of Edward A. Parsons of New Orleans, La. Included are correspondence, post cards, greeting cards, telegrams, speeches, essays, programs, invitations and other items of social ephemera such as Carnival ephemera, financial and business documents, a map, photographs, pamphlets, advertisements, dust jackets and end papers, journal issues, newsletters, books, newspaper clippings and other printed items. Also included are...
Dates:
1908-1962
Frank Leo Loria papers
Collection
Identifier: LaRC-395
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, articles, photographs, invitations, speeches, and die-cast stamps. Frank Leo Loria (b. 1898-) was a surgeon at the Tulane University School of Medicine. He was very interested in Italian-American affairs, writing articles for La Voce Coloniale, many of which can be found in the collection. Loria also founded the Virgilian Society in 1921 to create better relations between Italians and New Orleanians. Information about the Society, as well...
Dates:
1933-1975
George C.H. Kernion papers
Collection
Identifier: LaRC-718
Scope and Contents
The collection is made up of drafts of speeches and lectures given by George C.H. Kernion. Some were given to civic groups, while others were heard over the radio on WJBO in New Orleans, especially his lectures on communism. There is also Kernion's correspondence with Trist Wood (1933-1934). In addition, there is a manuscript of a work called "Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos." in the collection.
Dates:
1929-1939
Hewitt L. Ballowe papers
Collection
Identifier: LaRC-273
Scope and Contents
Dr. Hewitt L. Ballowe was a physician and folklorist from Buras and Diamond, Louisiana. The collection consists of Ballowe's correspondence, a large number of handwritten and typewritten drafts of his books, newspaper clippings, bills and receipts, certificates, genealogy, a photograph, and a scrapbook containing William L. Shirer's Berlin Diaries in newspaper clippings. Most of the correspondence is with Dr. R. Matas, M.M. Wilkerson of Louisiana State...
Dates:
1818-1951
J. Mitchell Pilcher papers
Collection
Identifier: LaRC-306
Scope and Contents
Joseph Mitchell Pilcher was a poet, newspaper writer, social worker, and religious educator. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and bound typescripts. There are also journals containing Pilcher's poems or information about him. Much of the correspondence is with his friend, George Kent, as well as with various publishers. There are Alabama Writers' Conclave and National Poetry Day materials as well as copies of songs for which Pilcher wrote...
Dates:
1890s-1972
Louisiana Historical Society records
Collection
Identifier: LaRC-854
Scope and Contents
The oldest historical organization in the state, the Louisiana Historical Society was founded in 1835. The collection consists of the organizational records of the Louisiana Historical Society, including correspondence, a history of the Society, newsletters, agendas, reports, cassettes, receipts, other financial records, member lists, publications, pictures, minutes, and proceedings. There is a significant amount of correspondence from President Hugh Wilkinson in 1962 as well as minute books...
Dates:
1877-1997
Sidney Villere papers
Collection
Identifier: LaRC-919
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of materials used by Sidney Villere while researching his great grandfather, Jacques Philippe Villere, the first native-born governor of New Orleans. There are genealogical notes on numerous families related to the Villere family, photocopies of documents by and about figures that interacted with Jacques Philippe Villere, as well as Sidney Villere's correspondence. Also included in the collection is material by George C.H. Kernion, a Louisiana genealogist,...
Dates:
1884-1981; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1989
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- Correspondence 7
- Clippings (information artifacts) 3
- Typescripts 3
- Genealogies 2
- Manuscripts (document genre) 2
- Photographs 2
- Research notes 2
- Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La) 2
- Agendas (administrative records) 1
- American literature -- 20th century 1
- Authors and publishers 1
- Authors, American -- 20th century 1
- Biographies 1
- Book collectors -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- Carnival -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- Certificates 1
- Communism 1
- Creoles -- Louisiana -- Folklore 1
- Drafts (documents) 1
- Historians -- Louisiana -- History 1 ∧ less
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