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Alcee Fortier Collection (Valcour Aime)
Alcee Fortier Collection (Valcour Aime)
Fortier, Alce?e, 1856-1914
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Fortier, James Joseph, 1890-1961
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Plantation journals
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Slave records
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Aim, Valcour
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Collection of papers/books of several generations of the family of Alcee Fortier [1856-1914], Louisiana historian and professor of Romance languages at the University of Louisiana and Tulane University in New Orleans. Included in the collection are sever
Brent Collection (Richard Taylor)
Brent Collection (Richard Taylor)
Taylor, Richard--Correspondence
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Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories
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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
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Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
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Kenner, Duncan
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Sugar industry
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Salt industry
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Rice industry
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Sulphur industry
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Mississippi River Flood, 1874
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Flood control
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Muster rollsCivil War, 1861-1865
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Correspondence and dispatches (Oct 1864-May 1865) to and from General Richard Taylor, while commander of the Confederate department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana. Includes muster rolls of paroled members of Taylor's command surrendered at Mobi
Cenas Family Papers
Cenas Family Papers
Cenas Family
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Cenas, Hilary B
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Education
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Slavery
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Politics
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Yellow fever
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Upper class
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Family trees
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Education--Louisiana--19th century
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New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs
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Education--Louisiana--History
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Rillieux, Norbert, 1806-1894
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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
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New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century
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New Orleans--Social life and customs--19th century
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Genealogy--Cenas Family
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New Orleans (La.)--Politics and government--19th century
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Education--New Orleans--19th century
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Upper class--New Orleans--Education--19th century
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Collection of letters, papers, memorabilia of Hilary B. Cenas family. Documents nineteenth century education, travel, travel routes (especially over water), economy, politics, slavery, construction costs and supplies, medicine, mourning customs, hurrican
Duncan F. Kenner Papers (Sloo Collection)
Duncan F. Kenner Papers (Sloo Collection)
Kenner, Duncan
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Confederacy, loans
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Constitutional convention, 1867-1868
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Passenger lists
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Baruc, B
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Trenholm, G.S
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Benjamin, Judah P
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Wells, James Madison
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Election, 1876
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Political elections
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Monetary policy--Confederate States of America
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Louisiana--Constitutional Convention (1867-1868)
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Suffrage--Louisiana
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana
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Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950
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Confederate States of America--Relations--England--London
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Ships--Passenger lists
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Presidents--United States--Election--1876
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Governors--Louisiana--Elections--1876
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Includes material re negotiations for a loan to the Confederacy to be made by a French banker; 1867-8 state constitutional convention; 1876 gubernatorial election; passenger list of ""S.S America"" (sailing from Bremen. Kenner aboard, traveling under assum
French Manuscripts, Mississippi Valley
French Manuscripts, Mississippi Valley
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Includes 1724 Code Noir [1852.1.23], letters patent regulating Superior Council, decrees re currency values, edict re validating marriages, appointment of La Chaise and Perrault to audit Company accounts, regulation re land concessions, prohibition of gov
George Hebard Maxwell Papers
George Hebard Maxwell Papers
Water resources development--Louisiana
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Flood control--Louisiana
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Irrigation--Louisiana
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Correspondence, clippings, and other printed matter relating to Maxwell's work between 1899-1938 in the national irrigation and flood control, National Irrigation Association (later named National Reclamation Association, and Maxwell's tenure in New Orlea
Miscellaneous Oversize Colonial Document Storage
Miscellaneous Oversize Colonial Document Storage
Spanish colonial rule
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1768 Rebellion
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Cabildo
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Indian enslavement
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Food supply
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River regulation
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New Orleans--History--18th century
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Indians, Treatment of
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Insurgency--Louisiana history--18th century--Sources
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Spain--Colonies--America
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Gálvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786
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Louisiana Purchase
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Collection houses O'Reilly proclamations re clemency, foreigners, establishment of taverns and pool halls, auction of goods seized after 1768 rebellion, abolishment of Superior Council and establishment of the Cabildo, prohibition of Indian enslavement.
Papers of the Louisiana Engineering Society
Papers of the Louisiana Engineering Society
Engineering--Louisiana--Early twentieth century
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Collection includes drafts of organization constitutions, meeting minutes, membership lists, correspondence, and material relating to fiscal matters. The majority of the collection consists of items dating 1898-1908 and concerns financial matters of the
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