Alvin Brizzard collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of various types of early currency, including Confederate currency as well as currency from different Louisiana cities and towns, banks parishes, railroads and transportation companies, and some other states. In addition, there are checks, bonds, mortgages, promissory notes, receipts, option tickets, lottery tickets, stock certificates, and correspondence.
Dates
- 1775-1933
Creator
- Brizzard, Alvin Edwin. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Boxes 1 and 2 of this collection on the shelf are copies and the originals are in restricted houseing. Patrons are asked to utilize copies first. Freight bills from this collection are filed in the Joseph Merrick Jones Steamboat collection #262, Boxes 6-9.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
Alvin Edwin Brizzard (b. 1928) married Lynette Straley and had two children. His family originated from Morgan City, Louisiana. He was an accountant in California.
Extent
3.00 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as follows: currency (arranged by type, then arranged alphabetically, then chronologically), checks (arranged alphabetically), bonds (arranged alphabetically) legal papers (arranged chronologically), bills and receipts (arranged chronologically), other printed material (arranged by type, then chronologically), Louisiana State Lottery material, and other items.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Alvin E. Brizzard. Date acquired: 10/12/1968.
Processing Information
Collection processed in 1984 by JAE.
- Banks and banking -- Louisiana Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bonds (legal records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Checks (bank checks) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Forms (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Legal documents Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Lottery tickets Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Money -- Confederate States of America Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Money -- United States -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Promissory notes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Receipts (financial records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Stock certificates Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Author
- LAC Group
- Date
- 07/09/2012
- 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
