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Nell Byars oral history interview
title
Nell Byars oral history interview
Subject
Immigrants, Louisiana, Italians, Louisiana, Widows, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Weddings, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Wives, Effect of husband's employment on, United States, World War, 1939-1945, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Physicians' spouses, Louisiana, Baton Rouge
Date created ms
1997
Abstract
Byars discusses her family; her father's immigration from Italy to Louisiana, his shoe store, and his early death in a trolley accident; her home life and education in Baton Rouge; the effects of the war on the preparation for her wedding; following her husband to different posts and writing one another during the war; Baton Rouge during the war; her husband's return and their life together after the war; and her husband's medical education in New Orleans and practice in Baton Rouge., http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/all/files/oralhistory/abstracts/military/Byars_Nell.abs.pdf
No Irish need apply
title
No Irish need apply
Subject
Folk songs, Irish, United States, Music, Pastor, Tony, 1837-1908, Immigrants, United States, Irish, United States
Abstract
Song lyrics tell the story of an Irish immigrant looking for work.
Chinese laboroers on sugar plantation
title
Chinese laboroers on sugar plantation
Subject
Studies (visual works), Sugar industry, Laborers, Immigrants
Date created ms
1871
Abstract
Sketch of Chinese laborers working the fields of a sugar plantation. Caption reads: China men on the sugar plantation
Patrick Crowley
title
Patrick Crowley
Subject
Crowley, Patrick, Portraits, Men, Clothing & dress, Mustaches, Mayors, Immigrants, Irish, United States
Date created ms
1895
Abstract
A portrait of Patrick Crowley who was mayor of Lake Charles in 1895.
Report of autopsies on two citizens of New Orleans in 1855.
title
Report of autopsies on two citizens of New Orleans in 1855.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Death, Dead persons, Immigrants, Slaves, Children
Date Issued
1855-03-01
Abstract
Text, March 1, 1855. Inquests. Report of autopsies on two citizens of New Orleans, Louisiana. The first a woman of 32, Mrs. Margaret Foy, died of apoplexy, the second, Mathew Lynch, a boy of 6, murdered by Bill Mullen, a slave. Published by the Daily Picayune.
Dispatch of emigrants to the new Republic on the coast of Africa, Liberia, from New Orleans in 1850
title
Dispatch of emigrants to the new Republic on the coast of Africa, Liberia, from New Orleans in 1850
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Immigrants, Emigration & immigration, Religious services, Ships, Colonies, American Colonization Society
Date Issued
1850-03-14
Abstract
Text, March 14, 1850. The Liberian Expedition. Announcement of a dispatch of emigrants to the new Republic on the coast of Africa, Liberia, from New Orleans, Louisiana. Published in the New Orleans Daily Picayune.
Wild Sports in the Far West by Frederick Gerataecher, Chapter XII, Louisiana, New Orleans and Home.
title
Wild Sports in the Far West by Frederick Gerataecher, Chapter XII, Louisiana, New Orleans and Home.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Gerstacker, Friedrich, 1816-1872, Immigrants, Plantations, Slavery, Slaves, Slave trade, Hunting, Game bird hunting, Alligator hunting, Alligators, Creoles, Ocean travel
Date Issued
18--
Abstract
Text, 1800s. Wild Sports in the Far West by Frederick Gerataecher [sic], Chapter XII, Louisiana, New Orleans and Home. A part of one chapter of the book Wild sports in the Far West; the narrative of a German wanderer beyond the Mississippi, 1837-1843 by Friedrich Gerstäcker. Includes passages related to Bayou Sara, German settlers, Jews, Pointe Coupee Parish, Gerataecher's hotels, Levees on the Mississippi River, a slave auction, the treatment of slaves, "Guinea negroes," an alligator shooting, the flesh of the alligator and prejudices against it, the habits of alligators, scenes on the Mississippi, Gerataecher's fellow passengers, sharks and sickness and death onboard. The account ends as the ship comes in sight of Cuba on the way to Europe.
History of Belgian colonists in Rapides and Sabine Parishes of Louisiana, from the 1930s.
title
History of Belgian colonists in Rapides and Sabine Parishes of Louisiana, from the 1930s.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Belgians, Colonists, Pioneers, Emigration & immigration, Immigrants
Date Issued
[193-]
Abstract
Text, circa 1930s. History of Belgian Colonists in Central Louisiana - Rapides and Sabine Parishes by W.H. Vandegaer. The Van Shoebrock, Melder, Vandegaer, Andries, Starkx and Buvens families are mentioned.
Description of Spaniards and their work ethic within New Orleans in 1850.
title
Description of Spaniards and their work ethic within New Orleans in 1850.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Laborers, Oystering, Oysters, Spaniards, Louisiana, Temperance, Emigration & immigration, Immigrants
Date Issued
1850-02-01
Abstract
Text, February 1, 1850. Spaniards in New Orleans. Published in the Daily Picayune. Description of Spaniards and their work ethic within New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jean Jacques Montfort and Marie Eulalie Blais marriage contract, 1829 October 26.
title
Jean Jacques Montfort and Marie Eulalie Blais marriage contract, 1829 October 26.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Spouses, Louisiana, New Orleans, Creoles, Louisiana, New Orleans, Cuban American women, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slave records, Women slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, Prenuptial agreements, Louisiana, New Orleans, Dowry, Louisiana, New Orleans, Women landowners, Louisiana, New Orleans, Marriage records, Louisiana, New Orleans, Saint-Domingue, Immigrants, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1829-10-26
Abstract
A marriage contract between Jean Jacques Montfort and Marie Eulalie Blais, both free people of color. The document includes an inventory of Marie Eulalie's dowry comprising a property on Burgundy St.; an enslaved person, aged 13 years, named Melie; monies, silver, furniture, clothing, and jewelry. In the agreement, the future wife reserves the right to retain and administer separate property. Document in French with English translation.
Joseph Landry, Esq. Obituary
title
Joseph Landry, Esq. Obituary
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Immigrants
Date Issued
1814-10-18
Abstract
Obituary of Joseph Landry, Esq. who died after a short illness.
Unione Italiana
title
Unione Italiana
Subject
Architecture, Historic buildings, Emigration & immigration, Immigrants
Date Issued
1979, 1983
Abstract
Exterior view of the two story stone and masonry Unione Italiana building (Italian Union Hall) on Esplanade Avenue. The Unione Italiana assisted new Italian immigrants to New Orleans.
Chinese laborers on Millaudon sugar plantation
title
Chinese laborers on Millaudon sugar plantation
Subject
Studies (visual works), Sugar industry, Laborers, Immigrants
Date created ms
1871
Abstract
Sketch of Chinese laborers on Millaudon sugar plantation.
Pohorelsky family
title
Pohorelsky family
Subject
Refugees, Immigrants, Children, Restaurant workers
Date created ms
1957-04-27
Abstract
Newspaper photograph and caption: (top) "Young Citizens -- Jane Pohorelsky holds Alice, the youngest member of the family, while 2-year-old Kathy keeps a sharp on the camera throught he rear window." (bottom) "'What'll It Be?' -- Gene Pohorelsky presents a big smile to his customers at Joseph's Drive-In. Gene is only one of many persons who have found peace and happiness in America."
Immigrating Negors from other states bringing vices for which a number of them now are tennants in the state prison
title
Immigrating Negors from other states bringing vices for which a number of them now are tennants in the state prison
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, African Americans, Immigrants, Travel
Date Issued
1819-08-12
Abstract
Text. Immigrating Negors from other states bringing vices for which a number of them now are tennants in the state prison. Louisiana Gazette; August 12, 1819; p. 2, c. 1.
Louisiana / A Taschenbuch / fur / Auswanderer / und / Freunde der lander und volkerkunde / Baltimore, MD / Verlad [von Scheld?] und Co. / 1837
title
Louisiana / A Taschenbuch / fur / Auswanderer / und / Freunde der lander und volkerkunde / Baltimore, MD / Verlad [von Scheld?] und Co. / 1837
Subject
Immigrants, Handbooks, manuals, etc
Date created ms
1837
Abstract
Title page of "A Handbook for emigrants."
Pat Malloy
title
Pat Malloy
Subject
Sheet music covers, Immigrants, Irish, United States, Portrait drawings, Clothing & dress, Bryant, Dan, 1833-1875
Abstract
Sheet music cover. Full title: "To Frank Drew, Esq. / Pat Malloy / Originally sung with Immense Success by / Mr. Dan Bryant / In his inimitable character of The Irish Emmigrant / at Wallack's Theatre / Words by Dion Bourcicault [sic] Esq. / Arranged by John P. Cook Esq." Cover features a sad young man sitting on a crate which reads, "Pat Malloy / Irish Kilkenny
No Irish need apply
title
No Irish need apply
Subject
Folk songs, Irish, United States, Music, Pastor, Tony, 1837-1908, Immigrants, United States, Irish, United States
Abstract
Song lyrics tell the story of an Irish immigrant looking for work.
A. Sampson letter introducing Eugène Warburg, 1852 November 23.
title
A. Sampson letter introducing Eugène Warburg, 1852 November 23.
Subject
Creoles, Louisiana, New Orleans, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, African American artists, Louisiana, New Orleans, Immigrants, France, Paris, Artists, Louisiana, New Orleans, Letters
Date created ms
1852-11-23
Abstract
Letter of introduction by A. Sampson of New Orleans to Monsieur Lafaure of Paris. Mr. Sampson requests that Monsieur Lafaure help in arranging lodgings in Paris for Eugène Warburg, a young artist and free person of color. The document describes Warburg's hope to work as a sculptor in Paris and to develop his general knowledge of art. In French.
Immigrating Negors from other states bringing vices for which a number of them now are tennants in the state prison
title
Immigrating Negors from other states bringing vices for which a number of them now are tennants in the state prison
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, African Americans, Immigrants, Travel
Date Issued
1819-08-12
Abstract
Text. Immigrating Negors from other states bringing vices for which a number of them now are tennants in the state prison. Louisiana Gazette; August 12, 1819; p. 2, c. 1.

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