Lambert family papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers of Pierre Antoine Lambert (d. 1827) and of his son, Pierre Alexandre Lambert (1806-1895). Included are diplomas, medical certificates, a thesis, a slave agreement, correspondence, photographs, clippings, account books and other financial records, patient ledgers and prescriptions, baptismal records, contracts, passports, legal opinions, scientific and mathematical papers, political pamphlets, a theater ticket, a map, and other handwritten and printed material.
Dates
- 1798-1905
- Other: Majority of material found in 1798-1862
Creator
- Lambert family. (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
Pierre Antoine Lambert (d. 1827) was a native of Saint-Domingue, who later lived in Cuba on his coffee plantation, and then settled in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he owned a pharmacy, practiced medicine, and taught at the Collége d'Orléans. His son, Pierre Alexandre Lambert (1806-1895) was a prominent New Orleans doctor and administrator of Charity Hospital.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Arranged by type, and then chronologically. The collection consists of 1 box and 1 oversize folder. It is 1.5 linear feet.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift from the de la Vergne family. Date acquired: 07/04/1965.
Processing Information
Collection originally processed ('cataloged') on August 29, 1973.
- Charity Hospital (New Orleans, La.) -- History.
- Lambert, Pierre Alexandre.
- Medicine -- United States -- Louisiana Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Baptismal certificates Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Collége d'Orléans -- History.
- Contracts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diplomas Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hospitals -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lambert family.
- Lambert, Pierre Antoine.
- Ledgers (account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Military passes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- New Orleans (La) -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Obituaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Passports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Pharmacology -- United States -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Physicians -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Prescriptions Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Slave records Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery -- Cuba -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery -- Saint-Domingue -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Writings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Eira Tansey
- Date
- 07/09/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Tulane University Special Collections Repository
