New Orleans (La) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century

Scope and Contents

A collection of material dealing with the social and business life of New Orleans from the 1850s through the 1930s. The collection includes material on fairs, expositions, balls, receptions, concerts, theater performances, social and religious organizations, dedications, women's fashions, souvenir booklets, maps, and business advertisements.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of personal papers of, and genealogical research relating to, the Vairin, Baldwin, and allied families of the United States, especially Louisiana and other southern states. Included are handwritten and typed correspondence, research notes, biographical and genealogical information, religious items, invitations and other items of social ephemera, undated family photographs, telegrams, certificates, newspaper clippings and other printed items. Also included is a large...