Edwards-Cooper
Archival Collection
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 1 Personal and Business Letters
Folder 1 Andrew Edwards, Sr.: Personal Letters
June 9, 1881 from F. P. Mix, Sheriff and Tax Collector, Parish of Tangipahoa.
December 20, 1920 from Andrew Edwards, Jr., Lexington, VA
August 12, 1935 from Huey P. Long, Sending you bundles of American Progress Wednesday, please distribute
Folder 2 Andrew Edwards, Sr.: Empty Envelopes
Jan ______ from A. R. Lewis, Clerk of Court and Records, Amite City, LA
April 18, 1899 from Bank of Amite City, LA
March 19, 1903 from A. R. Lewis, Clerk of Court and Recorder, Amite, LA.
August 8,1904 from A. R. Lewis, Clerk of Court and Recorder, Amite, LA
January, 23, 1907 from H. P. McClendon, Fire Insurance Agent, Amite City, LA
December 24, 1907 from A. R. Lewis, Clerk of Court and Recorder, Amite, LA
March 31, 1908 from A. R. Lewis, Clerk of Court and Recorder, Amite, LA
November 19, 1908 from H. P. McClendon, Fire Insurance Agent, Amite City, LA
No date from Amite Bank and Trust Co., Amite City, LA
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company, H. P. McClendon, Agent, Amite, LA
Folder 3 Catherine Cooper Edwards: Personal Letters
May 15, 1887 Poem from Mrs. A. R. Slanier
March 31, 1897 from Eliza in New Orleans, LA
December 13, 1901 (xerox copy) from Ernest Cooper in Covington, LA
October 17, 1902 Letter from ________________
July 17, 1913 from Ingree in Holton, LA
November 10, 1914 from J. M. Welch in Cameron, LA
June 15, 1917 from J. M. Welch in Cameron, LA
September 11, 1918 from Ella in Aquilares, TX
January 29, 1919 from Minnie A. Arnold, 3013 Bank Street, Louisville, KY
February 3, 1922 from Leon at G. C. Military Academy; 2 letter with no dates
July 28, 1935 from Louise P. Hill in Ponchatoula, LA
August 31, 1937 from Boots, Barksdale Field, LA. 2 Newspaper clippings enclosed Court Rules Out Many in Fortune Case, its continuance, and 2 Ex-Slaves on Stand in Will Dispute
May 31, 1938 from Dot Johnson in Waco, TX. Enclosed is a newspaper obituary for Champ
B. Cooper
August 18, 1938 from Dot Johnson in Waco, TX
May 4, 1950 from Jimmy Morrison in Washington D.C., (Western Union)
May 5, 1950 from Lawrence Fredrick, Covington Motors Inc. (Western Union)
May 10, 1950 from Joe. B. Hamiter, Supreme Court of LA in New Orleans, LA
May 11, 1950 from Theo. Dendinger in New Orleans
r) May 14, 1950 from H. T. Carley, The Methodist Church, Satartia, MS
s) June 1, 1950 from Joseph A. Sims, State of LA Office of District Attorney, Hammond
t) February 15, 1951 from Mrs. A. M. Edwards to Ingree in Ponchatoula, LA
July 23, 1957 from Vashter in Pass Christian, Mississippi
June 9, 1966 from E. V. in Pass Christian, Mississippi
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BOX 1 Personal and Business Letters Continued
Folder 4 Andrew Edwards, Jr.: Personal Letters
June 4, 1916 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
August 19, 1917 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
September 19, 1917 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
September 22, 1917 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula
September 22, 1917 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
September 23, 1917 from Byard Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
September 31, 1917 from _____ in Ponchatoula, LA
October 14, 1917 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
October 15, 1917 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
October 26, 1917 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
November 15, 1917 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
November 16, 1917 from Andrew Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
December 3, 1917 from Andrew Edwards, Sr.
December 4, 1917 from Eliza in Ponchatoula, LA
December 13, 1917 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
January 14, 1918 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
February 11, 1918 from Eliza in Ponchatoula, LA and
February 11, 1918 from Bernice Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
February 21, 1918 from Andrew Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
r) March 25, 1918 from Andrew Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
April 22, 1918 from Andrew Edwards in Ponchatoula , LA
May 8, 1918 from Andrew Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
May 13, 1918 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
June 7, 1918 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
June 29, 1918 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
September 3, 1918 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
September 20, 1918 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
November 29, 1918 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
January 18, 1919 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
bb) January 23, 1919 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
cc) January 28, 1919 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
dd) February 5, 1919 from Standifer, The Ouachita National Bank in Monroe, LA.
ee) February 17, 1919 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
ff) March 15, 1919 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
gg) March 28, 1919 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
hh) April 9, 1919 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
ii) June 4, 1919 from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
Folder 5 Andrew Edwards Jr.: Business Letters
October 2, 1926 from J. V. Gresham in New Orleans, LA (Western Union)
October 26, 1926 from J. V. Gresham in New Orleans, LA
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BOX
1 Personal and Business Letters Continued
Folder 6 Andrew
Edwards Jr.: Empty envelopes and Letters not dated
April 2, 1919 from Katie Edwards in Ponchatoula, LA
__________ from Andrew Edwards, Sr. in Ponchatoula, LA
January 28, 19__ from ____________ in Ponchatoula, LA
Letter from Andrew Edwards, Jr. to his high school graduating class
Folder 7 Byard Edwards: Letter
October 6, 1969 from Roy L. Wood in Baton Rouge
Folder
8 Bernice Edwards: Personal Letters, 1926-1929 a) July 1, 1926 from Irene in Batesville,
Mississippi.
b) February 25, 1927 from Byard Edwards in Gainesville, LA.
c) September 27, 1927 from Will Ed Butler at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville,
Georgia
d) October 2, 1927 from Kent Carruth in Ponchatoula, LA
e) October 3, 1927 From O. Fussell in Ponchatoula, LA
f) October 9, 1927 from Will Ed Butler at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville,
Georgia. Newspaper clippings: (1) Coach Dowis to Have Men Ready to Meet Carlisle, (2) Riverside Wins By 31-6 Over Clarkesville, and (3) Riverside Cadets Ride Over Greenville with Overwhelming Win 44-6
g) October 19, 1927 from Will Ed Butler at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville,
Georgia
h) October 25, 1927 from Mrs. John R. Parker in Ponchatoula, LA
i) November 9, 1927 from Kent Carruth in Ponchatoula, LA
j) December 26, 1927 from Virginia at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
k) January 16, 1928 from Rose in Ponchatoula, LA
l) January 25, 1928 from Al____ in Ponchatoula, LA
m) February 9, 1928 from Will Ed Butler at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville,
Georgia
n) February 27, 1928 from Will Ed Butler at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville,
Georgia
o) March 5, 1928 from O. Fussell in Ponchatoula, LA.
p) March 23, 1928 from Will Ed Butler at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville,
Georgia.
q) April 30, 1928 from Will Ed Butler at Riverside Miliary Academy in Gainesville,
Georgia.
r) October 2, 1928 from Car___ in Ponchatoula, LA.
s) January 12, 1929 from C____ at LSU in Baton Rouge.
t) July 29, 1929 from C____ at LSU in Baton Rouge.
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BOX
1 Personal and Business Letters Continued
Folder 9 Bernice Edwards: Personal Letters, 1930-1934
a) January 3, 1930 from Car____ at LSU in Baton Rouge
b) February 16, 1930 from Car____ at LSU in Baton Rouge
c) April 8, 1930 from Car____ at LSU in Baton Rouge
d) April 15, 1930 from Car____ at LSU in Baton Rouge
e) May 2, 1931 from Caroline F. Richardson from H. Sophie Newcomb College
January 18, 1932 from Pierce Butler Dean from H. Sophie Newcomb College
g) February 24, 1932 from K. J. K. in New Orleans, LA
h) March 21, 1932 from Mr. and Mrs. Butler in New Orleans
i) April 16, 1932 From K. J. K. in New Orleans, LA
j) May 2, 1932 from Betsy in New Orleans
k) May 5, 1932 from K. J. K. in New Orleans, LA
l) June 1, 1932 from Betsy in New Orleans
m) June 1, 1932 from K. J. K. in New Orleans
n) July 7, 1932 from Betsy in Wichita, Kansas
o) January 21, 1933 from Betsy in Wichita, Kansas
p) May 6, 1933 from K. J. K. in New Orleans, LA
q) May 19, 1933 from Car_____
r) July 12, 1933 Form Car_____ in Baltimore, Maryland
s) August 30, 1933 from C. C, Pittman, Tangipahoa Parish School Board
t) February 24, 1934 from “Napoleon the Second”
Folder 10 Bernice Edwards: Personal Letters, 1950-1969
a) May 6, 1950 from Anne in Albuquerque, New Mexico
May 11, 1950 from Olivette in Amite, LA
July 31, 1957 from Katie in McComb, Mississippi
August 19, 1964 from Pick Zemurray in Boston, Massachusetts
October 9, 1964 from Putnam Phillips Flint in Weston, Massachusetts
March 3, 1965 from Dorothy Cooper Johnson in Waco, Texas. Newspaper clipping; Tribute Given to Former President [John F. Kennedy] dated November 26, 1964
September 29, 1965 from Beryl from Paris
September 27, 1965 from Ingree from Houston, Texas
June 10, 1966 from Katie Galloway in McComb, MS
June 18, 1966 from Florencia Coker in Baton Rouge, LA
January 8, 1967 from Florencia Coker in Baton Rouge, LA
April 29, 1967 from Janet E. Key in Metairie, LA
April 30, 1967 from Dorothy Reynaud in New Orleans, LA
May 4, 1967 from Jack and Yvonne in Metairie, LA
July 21, 1968 from Katie in McComb, MS
August 11, 1968 from Evelyn in Pass Christian, MS
August 30, 1968 from Florencia Coker in Baton Rouge, LA
October 12, 1968 from Ingree in Houston, TX
August 15, 1969 from Ingree in Houston, TX
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BOX
1 Personal and Business Letters Continued
Folder 11 Bernice Edwards: Personal Letters, 1970-1989
May 8, 1970 from Dorothy Cooper Johnson in Waco, TX
August 19, 1970 from Katie in McComb, MS
August 25, 1970 from Eliza Cook in McComb, MS
April 10, 1971 from Caliste in Ponchatoula, LA
August 25, 1971 from Ingree in Houston, TX
December 20, 1971 from “Your ole Pollard Pal”
February 18 , 1975 from The Reids in Loranger, LA
April 7, 1975 from The Myers in Covington, LA
April 29, 1975 from Francis E. LeJeune, M.D. at Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans
September 15, 1975 from Dorothy Cooper Johnson in Waco, TX
November 2, 1976 from Charles E. O’Neill, S. J. at Loyola University in New Orleans
March 27, 1978 from Dorothy Cooper Johnson, Waco, TX
August 17, 1981 from Beryl in North Suburban, IL
May 6, 1986 from Hawk Edwards in New Orleans, LA
May 7, 1986 from Andrew D. Crawford in Baton Rouge, LA
September 29, 1987 from J. Edward Layrisson in Ponchatoula, LA
August 5, 1988 from Earl K. Tucker in Ponchatoula, LA
September 6, 1988 from Hawk Edwards in Austin, TX
September 19, 1988 from Ashley Edwards in Starkville, MS
November 21, 1988 from Helen Farris in Kenner, LA
January18, 1989 from Patricia in Lafayette, LA
January 23, 1989 from Kate in ____________
February 13, 1989 from Myra Vaughan in Ponchatoula, LA
February 22, 1989 from Florencia Coker in Baton Rouge, LA
Folder 12 Bernice Edwards: Letter and Cards not dated and Empty Envelopes
7 Empty Envelopes
4 Little Cards
5 Letters
Folder 13 Bernice Edwards: Sympathy Letters from Catherine Edwards death
In Memory of Mrs. Catherine Cooper Edwards. Read at a club meeting at the house of
Mrs. Snell 11-14-1963
September 28 from Pat in Houston, TX (Western Union)
September 28 from Lucy and Frank Fleming in Baton Rouge, LA (Western Union)
September 28 from Ed J. DeVerges in New Orleans, LA (Western Union)
September 24, 1963 from Ingree in Houston, TX
September 28, 1963 from R. Snell in Ponchatoula, LA
September 29, 1963 from Gabby and E. J. Mittelbronn, Jr. in New Orleans, LA
September 29, 1963 from Evelyn White in Pass Christian, MS
September 30, 1963 from Mrs. S. D. Hennigan in Baton Rouge, LA
September 30, 1963 from Byard Edwards, Jr. “Peck” at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA
September 30, 1963 from Martha L. Fisher in New Orleans, LA
October 1, 1963 from May Coker in Monroe, LA
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BOX 1 Personal and Business Letters Continued
Folder 13 Bernice Edwards: Sympathy Letters from Catherine Edwards death Cont.
October 1, 1963 from Dave L. Pearce in Baton Rouge, LA
October 1, 1963 from Beverly in Fort Walton Beach, FL
October 1, 1963 from Helen in Metairie, LA
October 1, 1963 from Otis at the LA Dept. of Public Welfare in Baton Rouge, LA
October 1, 1963 from Jimmie H. Davis, Governor in Baton Rouge, LA
October 2, 1963 from Charles O’Neill in Paris, France
October 3, 1963 from Jimmy H. Morrison, Member of Congress in Washington, D.C.
October 3, 1963 from Dot Johnson in Waco, TX
October 4, 1963 from Joe at Norwood Plantation in Yazoo City, MS
October 5, 1963 from Flossie M. Ellis in Rock Island, IL
October 6, 1963 from Catherine Summers in Indianapolis, IN
October 9, 1963 from Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp, Jr. in Amite, LA
October 10, 1963 from Phillip and Ann Ribbeck in New Orleans, LA
October 13, 1963 from John O’Neill, Jr. in Circleville, OH
October 14, 1963 from Marcell in Hammond, LA
October 14, 1963 from Alice Lancaster in San Antonio, TX
October 17, 1963 from Patricia Richardson in Ponchatoula, LA
October 21, 1963 from Amelia Blache in New Orleans, LA
October 22, 1963 from Shirley Welles in Ponchatoula, LA
October 23, 1963 from Katie in McComb, MS
November 1, 1963 from Alf Woodell in Roanoke, VA
hh) November 5, 1963 from Florence Coker in Baton Rouge, LA
ii) November 14, 1963 from Ingree in Houston, TX
jj) November 21, 1963 from Raymond Schafer at Jerry Powell Memorial Library, First
Methodist Church in Ponchatoula, LA
kk) December 17, 1964 from Ruby in Welch, LA
Folder 14 Leon Edwards: Empty Envelopes
(Not Dated) from New York Life Insurance Company in New York 10, NY
June 29, 1959 from Ponchatoula, LA
August 21, 1959 from Fair Grounds Corporation in New Orleans, LA
May 5, 1960 from Rogers Dodson, Sec. Treas. in Amite, LA
May 16, 1960 from The Times Picayune Publishing Company in New Orleans, LA
August 25, 1970 from New York City, New York
August 26, 1970 from New York City, New York
December 13, 1971 from B. A. Richardson in New Orleans, LA
Leon Edwards: Notes/Messages
a) There is a destiny that makes us brothers-None goes his way alone.
b) From Jon Rhodes
c) The Lord gave you two ends one to think with and one to sit on. The success you
have depends upon which one you use. Heads you win- tails you loose.
d) Five people are waiting for you at the Sirloin Room Restaurant on S. Claiborne.
Please call and ask for either Dr. Frank Douglas or Jeny Freeman.
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BOX 1 Personal and Business Letters Continued
Folder 14 Leon Edwards: Empty Envelopes Continued
Leon Edwards: Notes/Messages Continued
e) There is a detail of a splash wall but I can find no such wall on the floor plan.
So I assume there is none-if there is you will need 81- 4X8X16 from Cos_______
f) You can answer by letter, wire or call. I’ll except the charges. from George Pallasch
UN-1-1850 in New Orleans, LA, 1102 Dante St.
g) Parian Marble, Give 5cc in the muscle. Mare should be in heat in 3 days. Breed
the mare on the day she comes in and at least 2 times thereafter. I would breed her
on the 4th, 5th, or 6th day or as long as the will stand. Do not use this drug after
she has been bred, but have her examined for pregnancy anytime after 42 days from
the last breeding.
Invitations
a) Covington Country Club, Bridge and Buffet and Dance and Buffet
b) Leighton-Turnbull Interiors, Inc., Announces a Sherry held in Ponchatoula Hotel
Letters: Not Dated
a) Sunday from Cordell Kelles
b) December from George Widence
c) Tuesday from Ruth
Letters: Dated
a) October 4, 1922 from Byard in Ponchatoula, LA
b) May 15, 1950 from Frank W. Hawthorne, Supreme Court, Associate Justices, in New
Orleans, LA
c) June 24, 1964 from Margaret Zemurray in Boston, Mass.
d) April 30, 1967 from Dorothy Reynaud in New Orleans, LA
Folder 15 Leon Edwards Letters: Business
a) from Kenneth Parker, Haband Company
b) June 19, 1959 from J. V. Leitch in New Orleans, LA
c) August 11, 1959 from Ed Kerr (Inspecting Forester)
d) August 17, 1950 from The LA Forestry Association in Alexandria, LA
e) May 5, 1960 from Rogers Dodson in Amite, LA
f) April 25, 1960 from Esso Standard Humble Oil and Refining Co. in New Orleans
g) August 9, 1960 from Rogers Dodson in Amite, LA
h) October 7, 1960 from Jimmie R. Major, Major and Ponder, in Baton Rouge, LA
i) August 30, 1966 from J. P. Ducournau in New Orleans, LA
j) July 13, 1971 from J. Lynn Pond, Ponder and Ponder, attorneys in Amite (attached
is a lease from Mrs. George Sticker)
k) January 10, 1972 from Nathan Greenberg in Gretna, LA
l) January 30, 1975 from Richard B. Nevils, Kleinpeter & Nevils in Baton Rouge, LA
Folder 16 A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.: Letters from Attorneys
a) October 16, 1930 from F. Otway Denny in Hammond, LA
b) March 27, 1943 from Titche and Titche in New Orleans, LA
c) May 18, 1944 from C. Paul Phelps in Ponchatoula, LA
d) May 14, 1947 from Ponder and Ponder in Amite, LA
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BOX 2 Cards
Folder 1 Bernice Edwards Miscellaneous
a) Valentine from Byard, 1928
Valentine from Ashley, 1989
Halloween from Ashley
Thanksgiving from Ashley
Thank you Sympathy from Patsy, Hope, and Ted
f) Wedding Invite from Gloria Tucker Heitman to Joseph McCarthy
g) Birthday from Vash and Evelyn
Wedding Invite from Beryl Anne Edwards to Michael Bruce Robertson
i) Thank you from Collins Pemble Lipscomb
Christmas from Milton and Beverly Scott, 1988
Christmas from Mike, Sharon, Liz, and Michael Haight
Christmas from Olivette and “Pi”, 1988
Christmas from Catherine and Bill Summers, 1988
Christmas from Joe and Pat Beter, 1988
Christmas from Florence
Christmas from Gloria and Griggs
Christmas from Ernest and Peggy Weisemiller, 1988
Christmas from Peck, 1988
Christmas from Kathlyn Conner, 1988
Christmas from Florencia, 1988
Thinking of you from Inez Layrisson, 1988
Christmas from Althea Tucker, 1988
Christmas from Dorothy Cooper Johnson and Peyton, 1988
Thank you from Ricky Beter
Christmas from Henry and Pat, 1988
Christmas from Liz Beter
Birthday from Carolyn and Jane
Wedding Invitation from Carmen Fitzgerald to Dr. Warrick R. Edwards, Jr.
Birthday from Lossie and Harvey
Sympathy from Bernice Edwards
Wedding Invitation from Teri Lynne Gerlach to Stephen D. Richardson, 1988
Thank you from Syannne Walter
Thank you from Marianne Weinhold, 1967
Christmas from Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Edwards
Christmas from Chief Justice and Mrs. John B. Fournet
Thinking of you from Eloris, Yolanda, Leon, and Marcus
Get Well from Milton and Beverly Scott
Thank you from Adam
Keep in Touch from Florencia, 1989
(Letter Included) Get Well from Inez Layrisson, 1986
oo) Thinking of you from Dorothy Reynaud, 1989
pp) Thank you from Henry “Hank” Buchholz, III, 1989
qq) Thank you from Dorothy Cooper Johnson and Peyton, 1989
rr) Thinking of you from Grace, 1989
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BOX 2 Cards Continued
Folder 1 Bernice Edwards Miscellaneous Continued
ss) Thinking of you from Christine (in New York flying to Paris), 1986
tt) Thank you from Pat Beten
uu) Thank you from Suzanne Hawkins, 1988
vv) Thinking of you from Inez Layrisson, 1988
ww) Thinking of you from Page
xx) Birthday from Peck, Ashley, and Hawk
yy) Birthday from Florencia Cocker, 1988
zz) Christmas from Brian
aaa) Thank you from Hunter Edwards
bbb) Christmas from The Lees, Bob, Anne, Jimmy & Mike
ccc) Invitation from Gov. and Mrs. Robert Floyd Kennon, 1956
ddd) Christmas from Gov. and Mrs. Robert Floyd Kennon, 1954
eee) Christmas from Mr. & Mrs. Russell B. Long, 1955
fff) Postcard from Peck
ggg) Award of Merit, Tangipahoa Parish American National Red Cross, 1956
Folder 2 Sympathy Cardsfrom the Loss of Catherine Cooper Edwards
from Jenny Farris in Hammond, LA
from Brent and Glady Dufreche in Ponchatoula, LA
from Mabel, Edna, Oneida Ward in Hammond, LA
from Lida Morrison in Amite, LA
from Mrs. Coulsou in Moist Point, MS
from Kathlyn and Elman Conner in Baton Rouge, LA
from Katie in McComb, MS
from Doris in Zachary, LA
from Dell Peeves in Greensburg, LA
from Myrta Fair Craig in Lafayette, LA
from Mrs. Lindsay in Ponchatoula, LA
from Circle II W.S.C.S. in Ponchatoula, LA
from Minnie King in Ponchatoula, LA
from Charlie and Neva in Ponchatoula, LA
from Esther Kent in New Orleans, LA
Thank you sincerely for sharing our sorrow. Your kindness is more deeply appreciated
than words can thanks can express J. T. Rainwater, Jess and Edith
from Nell Kent Fergeson in Houston, LA
from Mrs. L. E. Van Mullem in Ponchatoula, LA
from Rose and Gene in Metairie, LA
from Eunice Wright and Sons in Ponchatoula, LA
from Stella Stafford in Baton Rouge, LA
from Eulane in Ponchatoula, LA
from Muriel Jenning in Ponchatoula, LA
from Mrs. Mary Sticker Peters, Irma, and Family in New Orleans, LA
(Letter included) from Corinne, Isidore, and Ingree in Houston, TX
from Katherine S. Drude in Hammond, LA
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BOX 2 Cards
Folder 2 Sympathy Cards from the Loss of Catherine Cooper Edwards Continued
from Miss Fran Burke in Hammond, LA
from First Methodist Church Library by Woman’s Society of Christian Service in Ponchatoula,
LA
from Connie and Virginia in Donaldsonville, LA
from Edna Boutiton in Reserve, LA
from Louis J. Ourso, Jr. in Hammond, LA
from the Edgan Lea Morgans’ in Amite, LA
from Margaret Pierce in Hammond, LA
from Allie Hyde in Amite, LA
from Ruth Sandoz in Baton Rouge, LA
from Ogie in New Orleans, LA
from Miss Margaret Joyce Sellers in New Orleans
from Adele Bodker in Amite, LA
(Letter Included) from Zala and Huh in Canton, MS
from Loutie Barnett in New Orleans, LA
from Virgil and George McWilliams
from Ed and Betty Haight in Ponchatoula, LA
from Josie Delaune in New Orleans, LA
from Gladys W. Graham in New Orleans, LA
from the V. H. Maners in Hammond, LA
(Letter Included) from Vivian and Auggie Fuhmann in Covington, LA
from E. Barnfus in Hammond, LA
from The Women’s Auxiliary of Touro Infirmary (Fund for Cripples) in New Orleans,
LA
from “New” Circle II WSCS by Edna Drott in Ponchatoula, LA
from the John Scarles in Ponchatoula, LA
from Lygia Dahmer in Ponchatoula, LA
from Alvin and Edith Marmillion in Ponchatoula, LA
from Laura Jane and Harrold Quave in Ponchatoula, LA
from Ruby, Jim, Shirley, Sharon, Myrtle, Connie, Pearl, Margaret, Rosemary, Helen,
Elsie and A. J. Marmillion in Ponchatoula, LA
from Marie in Hammond, LA
Folder 3 Florist Sympathy Cards Sent from Pugh’s Florist in Ponchatoula, LA:
Neihaus Esson Service Station
Mrs. Woods, Clara, and Dallas
Pitts Place
Yvonne and Vic Leitch
Beverley and Milton Scott
Louis and Margie Edwards
The Galloway Family
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Yawn
Bohning and Co.
Will Ed and Helen
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BOX 2 Cards
Folder 3 Florist Sympathy Cards Sent from Pugh’s Florist, Ponchatoula, LA Continued:
Mildred and Jake
Tillmann and Frances Whitley
Mr. and Mrs. P.C. Granier
Mr. and Mrs. H.A. McClellon
Florence
Gloria and Myles Griggs and Mrs. Mae Pittman
The Glen Scott Family
Willie Norwood, Robert Morse, and Terrence Liebert
The Women’s Club
Myra Vaugham and Mrs. Parker
Inez Layrrisson and Family
Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Lavigne
J.D. and Virginia Addisson
Nick Cefalu
Leona C. Crawford and Herman H. Calmer
Jeannie Turner
The Kalive Family
The Brouphy Family
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Guiteau
Nicks Esso Service
Alma Reno and Sophie Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. Clavin Neihaus
Louisiana Cypress Lumber Co.
Jack and Cecille Bates
Charlie and Marion Pugh, Mrs. Mollie Pugh, and Children
Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Lavigne
Stella Kinney
Jane Cooper and Family
Alam Lavier and Family
Mrs. E.J. Kerlin, Ross and Blanche
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cullom
Joe, Hy, Margarete, and Jody
Mrs. H.P. Mitchell
Hotard and Goode
Herbert Fredricks and Family
Mary and Waldo Alford
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Richardson, and Patricia
Mrs. H. B. Roy and Robert
Emile Fuhmann
Sam and Annette Hagg
Harry Gabriel Family
Cecil and Lillian Koepp
Charlie and Willie Branch Family
Mollie, Maxine, and Family
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BOX 2 Cards
Folder 3 Florist Sympathy Cards Sent from Pugh’s Florist, Ponchatoula, LA Continued:
Frank Haight
Ruby and Charlie Pope
Sent from Pugh’s Flower Shop in Hammond:
Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Todd
Marietta Wedd
Clifford and Mary Ella Wedd and Family
The Edwards and O’Neills
Edith and Jesse Rainwater
Marion and Connie
Gert Gueyman and Roland Becnel
Joe Bres
Louise Rotenberg, Catherine Trotter, and Anita Manterstock
Minnette
Senator and Mrs. Grady Stewart
Lillian Crouse
Schofield and Frances Rownd
Horace and Mary Lea
Sadie and Jack Mashburn
Anna and John Simpson
Ridgeley and Carmin and Ridgeley and Sylvia
Hub and Zola Weems
Sent from D’s Flower Shop in Ponchatoula, LA
Duncan and Mary Belle
Ponchatoula Community Garden Club
Peets and Robert Ellis
Leila Peterson and Mary Ellen Armitage
Mr. and Mrs. G. Lamy
Alda Graves
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Douglass
Sent from Fred’s Florist in Hammond, LA
Jim and Doris Curtis
Dick Freshwater
Ed Damerson
Sent from Cole’s Florist in Baton Rouge, LA
Anna H. Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. Obs C. Edwards
Sent from Covington Floral Shop in Covington, LA
The Wallace King Family
Folder 4 Thank You for your Sympathy Cards: from Edwards family
Quantity: 22 Cards
“The Family of Catherine Cooper Edwards acknowledges with grateful appreciation your kind expression of sympathy.”
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BOX 3
Land Abstracts, Property Leases, Mortgages, Deeds, and Land Sales
Folder 1
Property Abstracts
a) Vincent Lu Lois purchased land on November 6, 1821 in St. Helena Parish
Lawrence Wells purchased land on May 31, 1921 in Tangipahoa Parish
John O. Robertson purchased land on June 13, 1898 in Tangipahoa Parish
(Letter) January 30, 1943 from The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
(Letter) June 5, 1944 from The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
Annie K. Lavigne in Tangipahoa Parish
William Ross Headright and William Cooper Headright, 1813 in Tangipahoa Parish
A. J. Rose purchased in June 1, 1868
George Keopp Jr. T7S, R9E, optioned to W. W. Carre & Co., of New Orleans
Folder 2 Property Lease
a) Power if Attorney to Receive Rent for Post Office Quarters (blank forms)
January 18, 1919 A.M. Edwards and Graves and Patenotte, Inc.
May 27, 1920 A.M. Edwards to Tom Robinson
October 15, 1920 Andrew M. Edwards to Mrs. Lucille Harriss and H. E. Tucker
September 10, 1921 Andrew M. Edwards to Simmons and Norton
July 27, 1925 A.M. Edwards to Southwest Post Office Fixture Company
January 1, 1926 A.M. Edwards to J. H. Inman
March 18, 1926 A.M. Edwards and Katie Edwards to The United States of America
August 26, 1926 A.M. Edwards and Hammond Gravel Co, Inc.
April 28, 1927 A. M. Edwards to Roxana Petroleum Corporation
July 13, 1927 Mrs. F.O. Andrews to A.M. Edwards
June 16, 1934 A.M. Edwards to Superior Oil Producing Co.
February 31, 1938 A.M. Edwards and Katie Edwards to The United States of America
May 10 , 1938 Leon Edwards to Illinois Central Railroad
June 18, 1938 Dallas S. Wood to Leon Edwards
June 28, 1938 A.M. Edwards to Willard M. Mitchell
July 15, 1938 Mrs. Mary Deliberto to Leon Edwards
Folder 3 Property Lease
May 30, 1940 A.M. Edwards to F. L. Wittie
December 11, 1941 A.M. Edwards to Sam Yawn
August 10, 1942 A.M. Edwards to The United States of America
February 19, 1943 Clearance Permit to Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
March 7, 1943 Mr. Joseph P. Edwards to The United States of America
June 3, 1944 A.M. Edwards Co, Inc. to P.F. O’Brien
July 7, 1944 A. M. Edwards Company to Argyle Corporation
July 1, 1946 A.M. Edward Co, Inc. to Robert Farris, DBA the Electric Shop
January 27, 1949 A.M. Edwards Co, Inc. to Sun Oil Co.
February 1949 A.M. Edwards Co, Inc. to O. P. Kiter, Jr
February 4, 1949 A.M. Edwards Co, Inc. to Sun Oil Co.
February 23, 1949 A.M. Edwards Co. and The United States of America
February 26, 1949 A.M. Edwards Co, Inc. to O. P. Kiter Jr. Furnished by The Texas
Co.
February 26, 1949 A M Edwards Co, Inc. to O. P. Kiter Jr. Furnished by The Texas Co.
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 3 Land Abstracts, Property Leases, Mortgages, Deeds, and Land Sales Continued
Folder 3 Property Lease Continued
February 26, 1949 A M Edwards Co, Inc. to O. P. Kiter Jr. Furnished by The Texas Co.
February 1951 A. M. Edwards Co, Inc. to Eugene A. Dupuy, Jr.
January 7, 1952 A. M. Edwards Co, Inc. Eugene A. Dupuy, Jr.
Folder 4
Mortgages
a) December 29, 1941 A. M. Edwards Co, Inc. indebted
b) May 5, 1919 Michael Brunck indebted to A. M. Edwards
c) June 8, 1918 John C. Wild indebted to A. M. Edwards
May 31, 1938 Leon Edwards indebted
September 1937 A. M. Edwards Co, Inc. indebted
October 14, 1941 ( Mortgage Certificate) A. M. Edwards, Sr., John W. Bradley, J. Winston
Bradley, Lucille Bradley McWilliams, and Orris Bradley Nalty
October 16, 1941 AM Edwards indebted
June 25, 1932 (Mortgage Certificate) A. M. Edwards Co, Inc.
November 1, 1930 A. M. Edwards Co, Inc. indebted to Mrs. Marie Bergeron widow of Frederic
Camors
December 2, 1929 Henry Tucker indebted to A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
May 30, 1938 (Mortgage Certificate) A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
April 15, 1937 Leon Edwards indebted
May 22, 1922 Amanda Taska wife of Richard Simmons indebted to A. M. Edwards
September 30, 1936 A. M. Edwards indebted
September 30, 1936 A. M. Edwards indebted
August 25, 1927 Alfred C. Bardwell husband of Maybell Hudgins indebted to A. M. Edwards
June 10, 1926(Mortgage Certificate) W. M. Mitchell
November 28, 1919 Theresa Budges indebted
Folder 5Mortgages
a) May 1, 1940 AM Edwards Co., Inc. indebted
May 4, 1949 Roy Ladner indebted to Edwards Motor Co.
February 11, 1949 (Mortgage Certificate) Johnnie Austin
September 22, 1936 (Mortgage Certificate) John McDonald
April 16, 1936 (Sheriff Sale) John McDonald to AM Edwards Co, Inc.
July 25, 1927 Mary J. Berthelot Gregoire indebted to A. M. Edwards Co, Inc.
May 20, 1929 John O. Robertson, Sr. indebted to A. M. Edwards Co, Inc.
March 18, 1947 Lawrence J. Davis indebted to A. M. Edwards Co., Inc
December 9, 1937 (Mortgage Certificate) Mrs. Emma Penn Estabrook
September 2, 1937 Mrs. Emma Penn Estabrook indebted to A. M. Edwards Co, Inc.
December 29, 1941 A. M. Edwards Co, Inc., Leon Edwards indebted
September 18, 1940 A. M. Edwards Co, Inc. indebted
October 17, 1946 Charles Meyers, Jr. indebted to Leon Edwards
December 18, 1941 (Mortgage Certificate) A. M. Edwards Co, Inc.
December 18, 1941 Leon Edwards indebted
August 19, 1942 A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. indebted
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 3 Land Abstracts, Property Leases, Mortgages, Deeds, and Land Sales Continued
Folder 5 Mortgages Continued
January 8, 1941 John C. Albin indebted to Leon Edwards
November 20, 1939 (Mortgage Certificate) A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
December 15, 1893 (Mortgage Certificate) John C. Ragan
July 25, 1921 Calvin Lindsey indebted to A. M. Edwards
July 30, 1918 Morgan Davies indebted to A. M. Edwards
September 30, 1922 and/or 1928 Christian Yochim indebted to A. M. Edwards
December 11, 1941 A. M. Edwards indebted to Sam Yawn
October 6, 1940 A. M. Edwards Co, Inc. indebted
January 20, 1931 Jacob Schum indebted to Joshua J. Brown
November 1, 1930 A. M. Edwards indebted to Mrs. Marie Bergeron
December 11, 1941 A. M. Edwards indebted to Sam Yawn
September 1, 1933 A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
March 7, 1946 Charles Meyers indebted to Leon Edwards
September 13, 1937 Mortgage Certificate for all properties in the name A. M. Edwards,
Sr. and A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. except 13 properties listed in Mortgage Book
Folder 6 Deeds and Land Sales 1885-1899
July 7, 1855 Mrs. Keay to Andrew J. Edwards
February 15, 1856 William Keay to Andrew Jackson Edwards
August 4, 1856 Lazar Baham to Andrew Jackson Edwards
December 1, 1866 Alfred I. Rose to Mary Margret Peak
June 1, 1881 S.L. Forgay to A. J. Edwards
January 14, 1882 Thos Badeaux, Adeline Laffitte, Mrs, Mary Gerrin, John Badeaux
February 16, 1882 Isabella Badeaux to Andrew Jackson Edwards
March 8, 1882 Josephine Badeaux to Andrew Jackson Edwards
March 16, 1882 Thos and Adeline Badeaux to G. Lafitte and Andrew J. Edwards
March 17, 1882 Adam Badeaux to Andrew Jackson Edwards
March 18, 1882 Mary Zoe Badeaux and Josephine Badeaux to William Gaile and Andrew
Jackson Edwards
March 18, 1882 Adam Badeaux to Andrew Jackson Edwards
October 13, 1884 Nancy Cooper, M. F. Cooper, A____ Cooper, A. J. Cooper and Martha
E. Lancier
November 26, 1884 State of Louisiana Parish of Tangipahoa to Andrew J. Edwards
May 13, 1885 Alphanso Martin to Andrew J. Edwards
October 9, 1886 Mrs. Lula G. Aby to Horace Tyler
June 21, 1889 Andrew J. Edwards to Andrew M. Edwards (land inherited to A. M. when
A. J. dies)
December 8, 1893 Sarah Jane Tyler to Ernest D. Ingalls
March 30, 1894 T.M. Terry to Andrew M. Edwards
January 22, 1897 Ernest D. Ingalls to Ellis H. Bostick
April 9, 1898 Andrew Jackson Edwards Heirs to Joseph P. Edwards
June 5, 1898 State of Louisiana to Andrew M. Edwards In the matter of interdiction
of Joseph P. Edwards
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 3 Land Abstracts, Property Leases, Mortgages, Deeds, and Land Sales Continued
Folder 6 Deeds and Land Sales 1885-1899 Continued
July 4, 1898 State of Louisiana to Andrew Stanga
March 28, 1899 A. N. Cooper to A. M. Edwards
December 27, 1899 H. D. Cooper to A. M. Edwards
Folder 7 Deeds and Land Sales 1902-1920
a July 7, 1902 E. H. Bostick to Andrew M. Edwards
July 7, 1902 Mrs. Caroline Stanga the wife of James Redding to W. W. Carre & Co.
April 30, 1903 John Edler and Adam Badeaux to Andrew Jackson Edwards
August 5, 1904 Samuel B. Cooper, Jr. to Andrew M. Edwards
May 13, 1905 Frank Myers to Andrew Jackson Edwards
June 1, 1905 State of Louisiana to Andrew Stanga
October 13, 1905 Alfred W. Cooper to Andrew M. Edwards
November 27, 1905 Alfred W. Cooper to Andrew M. Edwards
December 2, 1905 Miss Eliza Cooper to Andrew M. Edwards
June 6, 1907 Mose McCray to Andrew M. Edwards
September 21, 1907 Act of Partition by Andrew M. Edwards and Lake Superior Piping
Co. C.H. Houlton President
September 28, 1907 Morgan Davies to Andrew M. Edwards
December 19, 1907 Frank Stanga to Andrew M. Edwards
August 6, 1910 C.M. Moore to J. C. Fendalson
November 10, 1910 John Bradley to Andrew M Edwards
September 2, 1911 W. W. Carre Co., Limited to Frank Bardwell
October 11, 1911 John W. Bradley to Andrew M. Edwards
February 3, 1912 William Robertson to Andrew M. Edwards
March 3, 1912 Frank M. Bardwell to Henery P. Mitchell
July 19, 1912 George D. Robertosn to The Edwards Bros., Co., Ltd.
February 8, 1913 The United States of America to Richard Browning
July 3, 1913 Giuseppe Cuccia (Sheriff Sale) to Andrew M. Edwards
August 26, 1913 Mathew J. Howes to Andrew M. Edwards
September 10, 1913 Robert Stanga to Andrew M. Edwards
February 15, 1915 Reuben Allen Pierson to Andrew M. Edwards
June 17, 1916 Mrs. James Stewart to Andrew M. Edwards
October 16, 1916 Henry P. Mitchell to Andrew M. Edwards
January 8, 1917Leon J. Patenotte to Andrew M. Edwards
May 11, 1918 Emile Burkenstock to Andrew M. Edwards
September 4, 1918 Morgan Davies to Andrew M. Edwards
October 10, 1918 Kentwood Bank to Andrew M. Edwards
November 21, 1918 Ms. R.E Boyce and Other to Andrew M. Edwards
January 18, 1919 Andrew M. Edwards to Graves & Patenotte, Inc.
February 10, 1919 Mrs. Catherine Poche Davis, Morgan R. Davies, Elizabeth Daives Cooper,
Catherine Cooper, Nellie Davies Howes, John L. Davies, Bryan Davies, and Mary Davies
to Andrew M. Edwards
October 9, 1919 Andrew M. Edwards and John W. Bradley each owner of ½ of property
listed
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 3 Land Abstracts, Property Leases, Mortgages, Deeds, and Land Sales Continued
Folder 7 Deeds and Land Sales 1902-1920 Continued
Mrs. Ida K. Moffat, Nes Kiefner to Andrew M. Edwards
September 4, 1920 Henry D. Daniel to Andrew M. Edwards
Folder 8
Deeds and Land Sales 1921-1930
a) January 12, 1921 Robert R. Reid to Andrew M. Edwards
b) June 1, 1921 Lawrence E. Wells to Andrew M. Edwards
c) February 10, 1922 Willard M. Mitchell to Morris-Naul Company, Ltd.
February 25, 1922 Edward E. Raiford to Andrew M. Edwards Sr.
April 7, 1922 Willard M. Mitchell to Morris-Naul Company, Ltd.
August 1, 1922 J. R. Holliday to Andrew M. Edwards
September 8, 1923 Morris-Naul Company, Ltd. to Andrew M. Edwards
October 18, 1923 Finley A. Vinyard to Mose Williams
August 3, 1925 Mrs. Theresa Bridges to A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
September 21, 1925 Edward V. Richard to A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
August 25, 1926 Andrew M. Edwards to Louise Margaret Cooper and Emma Issette Cooper
October 30, 1926 Puritan Co. Ld. to A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
James Hawkins to A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
January 28, 1929 A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. to A. M. Edwards, Sr.
June 5, 1928 Edward W. Vinyard to A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
November 1, 1930 A.M. Edwards Co., Inc. to Mrs. Marie Bergeron
Folder 9 Deeds and Land Sales 1931-1952
August 15, 1931 Andrew M. Edwards vs Mrs. C.W. Barnum
July 19, 1932 Andrew M. Edwards (Property correction)
March 27, 1937 Baton Rouge, Hammond, & Eastern Railroad Co. to Andrew M. Edwards
November 16, 1938 A. M.. Edwards Co., Inc. to Willie Gordin
November 16, 1938 A. M.. Edwards Co., Inc. to Willie Gordin
May 21, 1940 A.M. Edwards Co., Inc. to John Eyrich
October 11, 1941 J. Winston Bradley to Andrew M. Edwards
November 27, 1942 John W. Bradley to Leon Edwards
February 1, 1943 Mrs. Dorrit Harris Taylor Vernado to Leon Edwards
March 24, 1943 Mrs. Janet Reid to Andrew M. Edwads
January 3, 1944 Mrs. Eliza Gordon Lindsey to Leon Edwards
March 29, 1944 H.J. Leonard to Leon Edwards
August 5, 1944 Fannaly Estate, Inc. to A.M. Edwards Co., Inc.
March _, 1945 A.M. Edwards Co., Inc. to Mrs. Fay Reimers
May 11, 1946 Charles K. Taylor, Jr. to Leon Edwards
March _, 1947A.M. Edwards Co., Inc. to Mrs. Fay W. Reimers
March _, 1947 A.M. Edwards Co., Inc. to Mrs. Fay W. Reimers
August 7, 1948 A.M. Edwards Co., Inc. to E.T. Rainey
January 25, 1949 Johnnie Austin to Leon Edwards
January 25, 1949 Johnnie Austin to Leon Edwards
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 3 Land Abstracts, Property Leases, Mortgages, Deeds, and Land Sales Continued
Folder 9 Deeds and Land Sales 1931-1952
Continued
April 5, 1949 Thomas Raiford to Leon Edwards
October 31, 1949 Mrs. Neva Jane Hoover Sharp and Lester F. Sharp to Leon Edwards
November 22, 1949 Leon Rachal and Angeline Schelette Rachel to Leon Edwards
May 7, 1950 Oscar Roberts to Leon Edwards
October 9, 1952 Mrs. Alma Drude Lanier and Donald Lanier to Ponchatoula Lumber Co.,
Inc.
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 4 Certificates, School Information and Miscellaneous Papers
Folder 1 Katie Edwards Certificate
From the State of Louisiana appointed her Commissioner of Precinct 2 Ward 7
Folder 2 Andrew M. Edwards Certificate
From the State of Louisiana appointed him Board of Commissioner of Gravity Drainage
District No. 2
Folder 3 Bernice Edwards Award and Scholarship
a) From the American Cancer Society, Inc.: A Certificate of Appreciation
From the Louisiana State University awards a scholarship
Folder 4 Department of Interior
a) October 25, 1893 S. W. Lamoreax, Commissioner of the General Land Office annexed
copy of patent in favor of John Curtis Ragan
February 15, 1913 From United States Land Office to Richard Browning
March 4, 1913 From United States Land Office to Richard Browning
Folder 5 Police Jury Papers
a) April 22, 1924 A. M. Edwards was declared duly elected Police Juror in and for
Ward Seven, Parish of Tangipahoa, State of Louisiana
b) April 8, 1929 To the Honorable President and Members of the Police Jury from J.
H. newton Construction Co., Inc.
Folder 6 Registration/Certificate for Cows and Ram
March 27, 1935 American Hereford Certificate of the bull Beau Blanchard 457th
July 1, 1941 American Hereford Certificate of the bull, Chenes Boy 2D
March1942 American Corriedale Association Certify the ram, L.S.U. 9
August 28, 1942 American Devon Cattle Club, Inc. Certificate of transfer for the bull,
Lonesome Caroler
Folder 7 Bernice Edwards Report Cardsand College Information
January 13, 1928 from Riverside Academy Gainesville, Georgia
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, 1930-32
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, 1931-32
College Pharmacy Menu
United Fruit Company Steamship Service Menu and Autograph Book, Aug. 9, 1928
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College List of Officers, Faculty and Students, Session 1927-1928
R.M.W.C. Pennant
R.M.W.C. Mini-Pennants
May 31, 1940 Louisiana State University and A.&M. College University Transcript
May 3, 1964 & January 30, 1965 Southeastern Louisiana College Grade Reports
Folder 8 Byard Edwards Scholar Report
a) 1915 and 1916 Second Grade at Ponchatoula School, Clyde Schelling, teacher
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 4 Certificates, School Information and Miscellaneous Papers Continued
Folder 9 Leon Edwards Gulf Coast Military Academy
a) March 2, 1922 Report Card
G. C. M. A. Greeting Card
Folder 10 Bernice Edwards Reports and School Notes
a) History II note cards
Parliamentary Points of Order Stuart
Essay: The Neurosis of Charlotte Bronte’
d) Essay: “Sublimity is the character of and object which is a source of pleasure
in that its immenseness arouses in one a feeling of greatness…”
Essay: “The three attitudes that may be taken toward any object of attention are …
Spanish Notebook
Spanish Notebook
Essay: October 26, 1931 Social Psychiatry
December 15, 1930 Contraste entre Leondro y Crispin
History Notes
English Notes
English Notes
English Notes
English Notes
History II Notes
History II Notes
Outline of As You Like It
Outline of L’Allegro and Qe Peneroso
Outline of Wordsworth As a Poet
Essay: The Meaning of Social Science
Outline of The Deserted Village
Footnotes for Papers of Dissertations
Folder 11 Bernice Edwards 50th Class Reunion from Tulane
a) May 15, 1982 Certificate of congratulations upon the fiftieth anniversary of graduation
from H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College
b) Letter from Kathy Smither wishing she could have made it to her reunion
April 27, 1982 Poem written by Dorothy Johnson Woodard
May 20, 1982 Letter from Cherry Phillips
Yearbook: 50 year Reunion Tulane University Class of 1932 May 15, 1982
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 5 Edwards-Cooper Legal and Financial Documents
Folder 1 Andrew M. Edwards, Sr. Financial Statements and Tax Receipts
1903 Parish License, Parish of Tangipahoa, for occupation of Retail Merchant, $5.00
1903 Auditor’s Office, State of Louisiana, for occupation of Retail Merchant, $5.00
1903 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $1.00
1905 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $12.04
1905 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $112.16
1906 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $1.00
1906 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $126.55
1906 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of St. Tammany, $1.95
1907 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of St. Tammany, $3.60
1907 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $11.68
1907 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $130.42
1908 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $179.72
1912 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $317.39
1916 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $687.84
1917 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $8.28
1917 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $2.45
1928 Shipping Season from Big Farm Strawberries A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
December 31, 1938 A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. Financial Statement; Letter dated June 3,
1939 to J. W. Fannaly, Special Agent, Tangipahoa Bank and Trust Co.; Agreement between
Tangipahoa Bank and Trust Co. & A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
6 Loan Receipts from Ponchatoula Bank & Trust Co., 1928-29
2 Loan Receipts from Hibernia Bank & Trust Co., 1929
Folder 2 Rudolph Poche Taxes
a) 1907 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, Ward 7, $1.00
Folder 3J. P. Edwards Taxes
a) 1903 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $6.64
1905 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $3.20
1907 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $4.24
1908 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $4.89
1923 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $25.56
Folder 4 Ernest D. Ingalls Taxes
a) 1894 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, Corp. of Amite City, $12.08
1894 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $17.50
1894 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, Corp. of Amite City, $12.40
1895 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $17.45
1896 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, Corp. of Amite City, $11.71
1896 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $17.96
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 5 Edwards-Cooper Legal and Financial Documents Continued
Folder 5 E. H. Bostick Taxes
a) 1897 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, Corp. of Amite City, $7.85
1897 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $12.36
1898 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $8.50
d) 1899 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, Corp. of Amite City, $5.10
1899 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, Corp. of Amite City, $6.00
1899 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $8.65
1900 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $9.00
1901 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $10.80
Folder 6 Katie and Eliza Cooper Taxes
a) 1903 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $6.95
1804 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $10.24
1805 Taxes; State of Louisiana, Parish of Tangipahoa, $9.60
Folder 7Edwards-Cooper Stocks
July 2, 1906 Edwards Brothers Co. Limited 85 shares for Andrew M. Edwards
May 20, 1925 Irrevocable Power of Attorney for Transfer of Stock Transfer of 38 shares
of Marine Bank & Trust Co. for A. M. Edwards
March 23, 1925 Department of State from A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. for recordation of
charter, 2600 words paid $82. 50
August 18, 1926 Irrevocable Power of Attorney for Transfer of Stock Transfer 70 shares
of Marine Bank & Trust Co.
Blank Form Irrevocable Power of Attorney for Transfer of Stock
October 30, 1928 Blank Form
October 30, 1928 Blank Form
April 9, 1946 Hammond Baseball Club, Inc. one share for Leon Edwards
July 15, 1947 New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association Debenture Bond for Leon Edwards
October 4, 1938 Louisiana Insurance Society, Inc. one share for A. M. Edwards, Co.
August 2, 1929 United Public Utilities Co. one share for A. M. Edwards Co., Inc.
l) August 3, 1939 Pan American Life Ins. Co. fifty shares for A. M. Edwards
April 15, 1943 Pan American Life Ins. Co. Letter from C. J. Dufreche, Jr.
April 26, 1943 Pan American Life Ins. Co. Letter from Frans Hindermann
June 28, 1950 Canal Bank and Trust Co. Letter from J. Edgar Monroe, George E. Burgess,
and Jno. F. Finke
Folder 8 Edwards-Cooper: Judgment, Suits, and Seizures
April 21, 1869 A. J. Edwards: Notice of Seizure (xerox copy)
Judgment: List of names from Tangipahoa Parish
May 17, 1946 Suit Dismissal for Leon and Byard Edwards
October 8, 1930 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Vs Urbin Gassen and Frances Shroder
August 30, 1928 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. Vs Peter Kostalanyi
January 9, 1931 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. Vs L. S. Palmer et al.
May 28, 1926 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Vs C. J. Lavigne
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 5 Edwards-Cooper Legal and Financial Documents Continued
Folder 8 Edwards-Cooper: Judgment, Suits, and Seizures Continued
January 9, 1931 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Vs Harvel P. Easley
February 21, 1930 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Vs Theodule H. Hebert
October 29, 1946 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Vs J. A. Byer
k) November 25, 1930 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. Vs J. J. Smiley
March 2, 1920 Assignment of Judgment: Merchants & Farmers Bank Vs S. B. Cooper
September 27, 1935 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. Vs B. A. Ridgdell and Mrs. Ella
C. Ridgdell
July 20, 1923 Judgment: Andrew M. Edwards Vs John O. Robertson, Jr.
June 12, 1929 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. Vs J. P. Downey
March 15, 1944 Judgment: A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. Vs Percy Johnson
May 1943 Judgment: Byard Edwards Vs Flint Sand and Gravel Co., Inc.
July 10, 1922 Petition and Application of Emery Wilson and Doretha Wilson Weber as
sole forced heirs of Henry Wilson, William Dennis, Annie, and Malinda Marks
September 24, 1930 A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. Vs G. H. Rester
Folder 9 Contracts
Contract between Andrew M. Edwards and Graves & Patenotte, Inc., Oct. 14, 1916
Contract between Leon and Byard Edwards, Fred Sinets, Jr., and E. W. Moragnes, May
1940
Folder 10 Edwards-Cooper Insurances
a) December 20, 1905 H. P. McClendon Fire Insurance Agent; Sun Insurance Co.
January 20, 1910 H. P. McClendon Fire Insurance & Real Estate; Sun Insurance Co.
November 19, 1911 H. P. McClendon Fire Insurance & Real Estate; Dixie Fire Insurance
Company
June 24, 1908 New York Life Insurance Company, Receipt
June 24, 1912 New York Life Insurance Company, Receipt
June 24, 1917 New York Life Insurance Company, Receipt
Providence Washington Insurance Company, 1913-1916
Folder 11 Andrew Edwards, Sr. Receipts
a) July 18, 1902 A.B. Griswold & Co. Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Jewelry
July 31, 1902 W. W. Carre & Co. Lumber
October 22, 1904 W. T. Jay Lumber
April 15, 1905 A. B. Griswold & Co. Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Jewelry
April 15, 1905 Abe Mayer and Co., Crockery, Cutlery, and Glassware
April 15, 1905 The Grant Furniture Co., Furniture
July 30, 1910 Receipt $360.00
Folder 12 Bernice Edwards Receipts
December 1927 College Pharmacy
May 8, 1969 The Highland Fling Antiques
April 22, 1969 The Highland Fling Antiques
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 5 Edwards-Cooper Legal and Financial Documents Continued
Folder 12 Bernice Edwards Receipts Continued
1959 State Tax Receipt for Sam McCay with attached letter
S.F.A. Folio Collections Inc.
October 2 D. H. Holmes Co., Ltd.
April 15, 1975 Neiman Marcus
May 13, 1975 Neiman Marcus
October 10, 1975 Kreeger’s
October 8, 1975 Bergdorf Goodman
April 28, 1971 The Highland Fling Antiques
October 1975 D. H. Holmes Co., Ltd.
December 10, 1970 Miles Kimball Co. with attached letter
December 5, 1975 Kreeger’s
o) November 1975 D. H. Holmes Co., Ltd.
September 10, 1975 Neiman Marcus
November 1975 Saks Fifth Avenue
November 1975 Bergdorf Goodman
October 28, 1974 Bennet Brothers, Inc.
September 1, 1974 Bennet Brothers, Inc.
October 1, 1974 Bennet Brothers, Inc.
August 2, 1974 Bennet Brothers, Inc.
May 14 Western Union to Miss Laura Adams
Neiman Marcus
September 23,1975 Mid City Building Supply
October 15, 1975 Chet’s Men Store
Misc. Unknown
October Maison Blanche
Walter Antin Jeweler
December Walter Antin Jeweler
Morton’s Auction Exchange, Inc.
Morton’s Antiques
October Maison Blanche
Misc. Unknown
October 1, 1975 Bergdorf Goodman
Richardson Hardware Co.,Inc.
October 8, 1975 Bergdorf Goodman
Misc. Unknown
June 24, 1963 Brent House Hotel
Misc. Unknown
June Kreeger’s
Douglas Pharmacy
June 20, 1975 Kreeger’s
October Godchaux’s
June 27, 1975 Douglas Pharmacy
December 6, 1975 Douglas Pharmacy
April 26,1975 Alden Comfort Mills
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 5 Edwards-Cooper Legal and Financial Documents Continued
Folder 12 Bernice Edwards Receipts Continued
April 15, 1967 Nick’s Esso Service
January 1, 1965 Tulane Alumni Fund
January 17, 1976 Richardson Hardware Co., Inc.
1976 Saks Fifth Avenue
Misc. Unknown
January 1976 Maison Blanche
January 1976 Gus Mayer
January 1976 Kreeger’s
January 1976 Sakourtz
January 1976 Bergdorf Goodman
January 1976 Neiman Marcus
ggg) January 1976 D.H. Holmes Co., Ltd.
hhh) January 17, 1989 B. Dalton Bookseller
December 31, 1988 Ponchatoula Pharmacy, Inc.
jjj) January 1976 Goudchaux’s
kkk) January 11, 1989 Ponchatoula Feed & Seed Store
Folder 13 Leon Edwards Receipts
a) December 1958 American Express Credit Card
March 1961 American Express Credit Card
December 31, 1959 (Misc. Registration)
July Godchaux’s
December 27, 1958 Misc
People’s Rexall Cash Pharmacy
January 1961 Esso
August 2, 1960 Ponchatoula Feeds & Seed Store
September 30, 1960 Ponchatoula Feed & Seed Store
December 15, 1965 Ponchatoula Feed & Seed Store
December 16, 1960 Ponchatoula Feed & Seed Store
October 13, 1960 Richardson Hardware Co., Inc.
April 10, 1960 Carte Blanche
November Stevens
October 1, 1960 Dr. M. A. Spindel, Veterinarian
October 25,1961 Hilton Hotels
October 21, 1960 Hilton Hotels
March 18, 1961 Hilton Hotels
November 21, 1960 The New Hotel Monteleone
March 2, 1961 The New Hotel Monteleone
May 18, 1961 The New Hotel Monteleone
May 26, 1961 The New Hotel Monteleone
March 26, 1961 The New Hotel Monteleone
June 27, 1961 Continental Motor Inn
October 25, 1961 The New Hotel Monteleone
November 15, 1961 Hilton Hotels
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 5 Edwards-Cooper Legal and Financial Documents Continued
Folder 13 Leon Edwards Receipts Continued
March 30, 1962 Bellemont Motor Hotel
August 3, 1959 H. F. Freler Oil Field Lumber Co., Inc.
October 26, 1961 F. W. Woolworth Co.
March 2, 1961 Arnaud’s Restraunt
Walther Bros. Company, Inc.
September 8,1961 Breeden Tractor and Implement Co.
December Himel Auto Parts
June 10, 1960 Western Union to Bernice Edwards
Harry M. Stevens, Inc.
American Creosote Works, Inc.
September 2, 1960 Gabriel Touzet Saddlery
June 20, 1960 Hungate’s Concrete Products
mm) December 16, 1960 Madisonville Creosote Works, Inc.
nn) December 22, 1960 Madisonville Creosote Works, Inc.
oo) April 14, 1960 Ozone Motor Line
pp) May 10, 1960 Ozone Motor Line
qq) November 9, 1959 Franklinton Stock Yard, Inc.
rr) August 20, 1959 Joe O. Hains
ss) December 18, 1958 Miley Trailer Sales, Inc.
tt) January 26, 1960 Service Equipment Company, Inc.
uu) June 11, 1960 Donovan Boat Supplies
vv) April 19, 1091 Bowman Manufacturers, Inc.
ww) September 26, 1958 W. H. Hodges & Company, Inc.
xx) October 18, 1960 Ponchatoula Lumber Company, Inc.
yy) December 22, 1960 Ponchatoula Lumber Company, Inc.
zz) January 23, 1961 Ponchatoula Lumber Company, Inc.
aaa) November 30, 1962 U.S. Department of Agriculture
bbb) Hurwitz-Mintz Furniture Co.
ccc) May 23, 1960 Mechanicla Equipment Company, Inc.
ddd) May 9, 1960 Goulds Pumps, Inc.
Folder 14 Katie Edwards Receipts, Checks, and Taxes
a) March 28, 1924 Pay to the order of Andrew M. Edwards, Jr.
June 22, 1924 Pay to the order of Cash
July 28, 1924 Pay to the order of Cash
January 23, 1925 Pay to the order of Cash
February 10, 1925 Pay to the order of Richardson H_____
March 1,1925 Pay to the order of A.M. Edwards
State of LA Taxes 1896 Parish of Tangipahoa (Katie and Eliza Cooper)
State of LA Taxes 1897 Parish of Tangipahoa ( Katie and Eliza Cooper)
January 1, 1897 J. R. Abeles Receipt
June 20, 1896 J.R. Abeles Receipt
March 20, 1897 J. R. Abeles Receipt
October 10, 1896 J. R. Abeles Receipt
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 5 Edwards-Cooper Legal and Financial Documents Continued
Folder 15 Bernice Edwards: Checks and Deposit Slips
a) Checks for the Estate of Mrs. Katie C. Edwards; Guaranty Bank &Trust Co.
4 Books of Deposit Slips for Bernice Edwards; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
Check for Bernice Edwards; Whitney National Bank
Check for Bernice Edwards; First Guaranty Bank
4 Checks for A. M. Edwards Company, Inc.; Guaranty Bank &Trust Co.
2 Check registers
October 31, 1985 Deposits with attached envelopes; Citizens National Bank
December 30, 1986 Credit Advice from Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.; Whitney National
Bank
July 10, 1956 Deposit Slip; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
October 15, 1956 Deposit Slip; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
March 4, 1957 Deposit Slip; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
l) May 8, 1957 Deposit Slip; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
June 27, 1957 Deposit Slip; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
August 20, 1957 Deposit Slip; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
October 4, 1957 Deposit Slip; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
January 13, 1958 Deposit Slip; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
February 21, 1958 Deposit Slip; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
June 2, 1958 Deposit Slip; Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
Check Reorder Form (#701); Citizens National Bank
May 14, 1956 Check from United Nations, Nations Unites
Folder 16 Bernice Edwards: Legal and Financial Documents
Contract to teach
Affidavit of Personal Knowledge and Memory – Class B
Katie Cooper Edwards Will and Testament
Title Endorsement
Appointment of Administrator Tutor, Etc. Succession of Katie Cooper Edwards
Succession of Katie Cooper Edwards
Letter from Attorney: de Verges & de Verges
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Motion to take deposition upon oral examination
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Letter from Attorney: de Verges & de Verges
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Bill from Reid & Macy
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Letter from Attorney: de Verges & de Verges
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 5 Edwards-Cooper Legal and Financial Documents Continued
Folder 16 Bernice Edwards: Legal and Financial Documents Continued
Letter from Attorney and Receipt of Payment: Reid & Macy
Letter from Federal Land Bank Association
Letter from Federal Land Bank Association
Letter from Attorney: Reid & Macy
Statement of Account: Reid & Macy
Letter from Federal Land Bank Association
Bill from de Verges & De Verges
Letter from Attorney: de Verges & de Verges
Letter from Federal Land Bank Association
Letter from Louisiana Department of Highways
Receipt from Tulane University
Internal Revenue Service Center ( Estimated Tax Payments)
Letter from Attorney: Macy, Kemp, & Newton
Letter from Attorney : Macy, Kemp, & Newton
Letter from Attorney: Mr. Tom H. Matheny
Letter from Attorney: Guste, Barnett, & Colomb
Partition: Bernice Edwards Vs Wallace A. Edwards and Helen Seib Edwards
Letter from Attorney: Macy & Kemp
Offer to Purchase from Roy F. Guste
Letter from Cecil H. Mc Adoo
Letter from Cecil H. McAdoo
Folder 17 Leon Edwards: Financial Documents
January 6, 1959 Deposit Slip: Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
January 8, 1960 Deposit Slip: Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
June 16, 1960 Deposit Slip: Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
November 5, 1960 Deposit Slip: Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
October 2, 1959 Deposit Slip: Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
October 6, 1960 Deposit Slip: The Citizens National Bank
July 23, 1959 Deposit Slip: Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
October 31, 1960 Deposit Slip: Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. and a charge to account
May 4, 1961 Deposit Slip: Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
Bill from Henry J. Forrest, O.D.
January 20, 1930 Loan from General Securities Co.
February 2, 1961 Overdrawn account
October 2,1 960 Loan from Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
October 3, 1960 Charge to Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
October 5 ,1960 Charge to Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
January 6, 1959 Loan from Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
October 2, 1959 Loan from Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
October 10, 1960 Loan from Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
June 16, 1960 Loan from Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
December 19, 1960 Loan from Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
Check from The Hibernia Bank in New Orleans
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 5 Edwards-Cooper Legal and Financial Documents Continued
Folder 17 Leon Edwards:
Financial Documents Continued
March 17, 1961 Check to Modern Appliance
Statement from The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
Statement from The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
National Farm Loan Association and The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans Receipt
April 16, 1960 Violation Ticket: Joseph M. Lemoine; Non-valid chauffeur license
April 23, 1960 Violation Ticket: Joseph M. Lemoine; Speeding
March 17, 1961 Agreement from Willie Powell
March 9, 1959 Report performance demand form United States Dept. of Agriculture
July 1, 1959 Letter from Lloyd J. Dubuc (Lessee)
LA Power & Light Co. Right of Way Permit
February 8, 1960 Lease of stallion from Roland Molinario
December 31, 1960 Depreciation Schedule
Letter from State of Louisiana Dept. of Highways
New York Life Insurance Co.
New York Life Insurance Co.
House Bill No. 1152 An Act
Amendment to a bill: HB 1384 W
Amendment to a bill: HB 1384 W
Folder 18 Leon Edwards: Will
a) February 14, 1958 Will with attached letter from Bill to Bernice Edwards
Folder 19 Miscellaneous Legal Papers
Notarial act dated November 13, 1890, Diedrick Abels to Mrs. Sarah Sylvana Duffy,
wife of Chas. D. Abels
June 20, 1925 Lease between A. M. Edwards Co., Inc. and J. M. Welles,
Petition of Andrew I. Edwards, December 7, 1859
Henry Cooper, Senr. Donation to William Cooper, Henry Cooper & Mary Cooper, October
12, 1825 (xerox copy)
Deed, dated February 15, 1856
Marriage License for Mr. A. M. Edwards and Miss Katie Cooper, September 7, 1898
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 6 Miscellaneous Papers, Maps and Leon Edwards Credit Cards
Folder 1 Edwards-Cooper: Blueprints/Surveys
a) Map: T7S, R8E, John S. Wood, Surveyor with attached letter dated July, 25, 1939
b) Map: Leshir Gainer
c) Map dated: May 24, 1920
d) Map dated: February 15, 1856 (xerox copy)
e) Map dated: March 23, 1947. Sec. 40, T7S-R9E Land of Fay W. Reimers
f) Map: Sec.1, T7S-R8E. C. M. Moore, Surveyor
g) Map of Robert, LA. H.R.’s 37 and 40, T6S. R’s 8 &9E, C. M. Moore, Surveyor
h) Map dated: July 20, 1937, T2S-R6E
i) 2 Maps dated: July 12, 1939, T7S, R’s.8 & 9E
j) Map dated: August 28, 1942. Sec. 42, T7S-R8E; L. B. Kinchen, Surveyor
k) Map dated: April 9, 1921. Town of Ponchatoula, LA; C. M. Moore, Surveyor
l) Map dated: September 22, 1939. T7S-R8E
m) Map: T7S-R8E, T7S-R9E
Folder 2Edwards-Cooper: Land Description
a) 4 pages of land descriptions
Folder 3 Edwards-Cooper: Miscellaneous Maps
a) Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi State Map (1970)
Leon Edwards Kitchen Remodeling Floor plan (September 12, 1960)
Tangipahoa Parish map (1970)
Folder 4 A. M. Edwards Co. Inc. Minutes
a) July 3, 1923
November 9, 1932
November 22, 1939
August 19, 1940
August 21, 1940
Folder 5 Bernice Edwards: Louisiana Department of Public Welfare
a) Speech about organization and function of State Welfare Board
File 13 Louisiana Department of Public Welfare, January 1955, Volume X, No. 71.
File 13 Louisiana Department of Public Welfare, January 1956, Volume XI, No. 83.
File 13 Louisiana Department of Public Welfare, June 1956, Volume XI, No. 88.
Folder 6 Leon Edwards: Hospital Documents
a) March 22, 1961 St. Tammany Parish Hospital Receipt for $5.83.
March 22, 1961 St. Tammany Parish Hospital Out-patient charge sheet for Drugs
January 7, 1961 Ochsner Clinic Bill totaling $293.25
September 9, 1959 Ochsner Clinic prescription
Folder 7 Byard Edwards: Birth Registration
a) Notification of Birth Registration, May 17, 1943
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 6 Miscellaneous Papers, Maps and Leon Edwards Credit Cards Continued
Folder 8 Leon Edwards: Horse Racing Papers
Brochure: Fowler’s Absorbent for the horses: Price $5.00
Horse bets. Winning tally of which horses paid.
1960 Fall Season: Jefferson Downs. Owner-Trainer. No. 113 (paper cap)
1960 Derby Day: Churchill Downs, Club House Dining Room (pass out check)
Calender: Fair Grounds, New Orleans’ Historic Race Course 1959-1960 Racing Dates
A piece of paper: Names of Horses and what the horse is.
Belmont: June 1960 Official Program $0.25. The New York Racing Association
Ninth Night, Friday, March 17, 1961 Jefferson Downs, Inc.
New Orleans Historic Fair Ground. 1959-1960 Season
Fair Grounds. 1960-1961 Season November 24 thru March 4
Fair Grounds. 1960-1961 Season November 24 thru March 4
A piece of paper: Names of Horses
A brief history of the Kentucky Derby Presented to you with the Compliments of Brown
Hotel Cigar Stand. Louisville, Kentucky and The Blood-Horse
Prize-Winning. Nordlicht Colt Selling at Kennenland April 25
Fair Grounds. 1961-1962 Season. November 23 thru March 10
Letter. List of things to take care of on Hotel Monteleone stationery
Books for Horsemen brochure
(2) Stall Application Fair Grounds Corporation (blank)
Tuesday, January 30, 1962. Fair Grounds. Fifty-fifth day of a 89 day meet.
Leon Edwards, Bread Axe Ranch, Ponchatoula, LA. Breeding of Stallions, Mares, and
Foals
Fair Grounds 1960-1961 season. Annual Yearling Show.
Folder 9 Beryl E. Robertson: Miscellaneous
a) Genealogy Paper entitled: “The Edwards Family” (3 pages)
Genealogy: Family group record of Samuel Benton Cooper and Mary Catherine Welch
Genealogy: Henry Cooper and Elizabeth Benton
Genealogy: Samuel B. Cooper and Catherine Welch
Genealogy: Catherine Welch and Mary Wilson
Genealogy: Family group record of Henry Cooper Sr. and Elizabeth Benton
Genealogy: Family group record of William Cooper and Mary Wilson
Genealogy: Family group record of John Welch and Mary McGeary
Genealogy: Pedigree Chart of Amidie Ulysees Peterson Ancestors
Genealogy: Pedigree Chart of William Cooper Ancestors
Genealogy: Pedigree Chart of Mary Wilson Ancestors
Genealogy: The Reid Family (8 pages)
Genealogy: Byard Edwards Family (3 pages)
Genealogy: Morgan Family
The St. Tammany Historical Society Gazette: Madisonville Issue, Vol. IV, March 1980
about General David Bannister Morgan (xerox copy of page 23)
LSU Museum of Geo-science
, page 7 showing Double-pen house and saddle-bag house (xerox copy)
February 22, 1919. Letter to Champ and Katie from Aunt Niece (xerox copy)
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 6 Miscellaneous Papers, Maps and Leon Edwards Credit Cards Continued
Folder 9 Beryl E. Robertson: Miscellaneous Continued
February 9. Note to Ingree from her Mamma, Mary Ellen Cooper Peterson (xerox copy)
November 3,1903. Note to Ingree from James M. Welch, brother to Catherine Welch Cooper
(xerox copy)
1902. Note to Ingree from Granma, Catherine Welch Cooper (xerox copy)
Scrapbook page-front side (xerox copy)
Scrapbook page-back side (xerox copy)
Scrapbook page-another fragment (xerox copy)
Poems in Catherine Welch Cooper scrapbook (xerox copy)
Catherine Welch Cooper-back cover of scrapbook (xerox copy)
Page from Catherine Welch Cooper scrapbook (xerox copy)
Piece of paper from the scrapbook of Catherine Welch Cooper (1855-1879)
Article of Tangi Digest entitled, “Amite Now & Then” (2 xerox pages)
Even This Will Pass Away (Poem) Theodore Tilton, New York, 1835-1907 (2pages)
Beside Still Waters
by Dorothy Cooper Johnson (xerox copy of book cover)
Samuel B. Cooper October 17, 1902 (Death Poem)
Card: March 14, 1994 from Ginger Romero
Card: July 8, 1998 from Seullen
Christmas Card: From Pat and Henry
Letter: July 16, 1991 from New Orleans Archdiocesan Cemeteries to Henry Fisher
Letter: September 19, 1991 from State of Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections
Letter: August 1, 1992 from Florence D. Coker
Letter: March 29, 1993 from Dorothy E. Reynaud
Letter: from Pat with attached ship records; Note from Pat on envelope
Envelope: December 7, 1989 from the Fishers
Envelope: August 20,1991 from Mrs. H. Fisher, Jr.
Envelope: July 8, 1998 from Suellen A. Eyre
Envelope from Mrs. Henry Fisher Jr.
Folder 10 Bernice Edwards (5) Date books (1966-1973)
a) American Greetings 1966
Hallmark Date Book 1966
Hallmark 1969 Date Book
1972
1973
Folder 11 Edwards-Cooper Government Thrift Cards
a) 1918 (2) Five dollar cards total of 5 stamps
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 6 Miscellaneous Papers, Maps and Leon Edwards Credit Cards Continued
Folder 12 Leon Edwards Miscellaneous (Plastic) Cards
Credit Cards
a) Conoco National Credit Card: Continental Oil Company: Expires August 1959
Conoco National Credit Card: Continental Oil Company: Expires August 1960
Conoco National Credit Card: Continental Oil Company: Expires August 1961
American Express Company Credit Card: Expires August 1959
American Express Company Credit Card: Expires February 1960
American Express Company Credit Card: Expires August 1960
Hilton Carte Blanche : Expires April 1960
Hilton Carte Blanche : Expires October 1960
Vieux Carre Restaurant Credit Card: Expires December 31, 1959
(3) The Diners’ Club Credit Card Regional Directory
American Express Credit Card Regional Directory
Business Cards
(44) Esso Personal Business Cards
Buster’s Bar & Café: Lacombe, LA
Hurston’s: Mandeville, LA
New Orleans Auto Supply Co.: New Orleans, LA
Pearce Ford, Inc.: New Orleans, LA
(2) Jerome F. Aldridge; Eastern States Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
Thomas T. Allen; Ayers Material Co., Inc.
(2) Stella D. Allphin; Allphin Realty Co.
Lucien S. Bonck; J.H. Bonck Co., Inc.
J. Winston Bradley; Noralyn Paper Mills, Inc.
Reuben G. Bush, III; Merril Lynch, pierce, Ferrer & Smith Inc.
John Ciolino; Acme Tavern
(2) Lowell E. Cummings; Licensed Surveyor-Road Contractor
F.R. Davern; Esso Standard Oil Company
Leon Dauterive; Walther Brothers Company Inc.
Jack DeLavergne; Topform, Inc.
Rogers Dodson; Federal Land Bank Association
Louis M. Donahue; Champion Spark Plug Co.
Thomas R. Draper; John Bransey Productions
(3) Lloyd J. Dubuc; Welding & Manufacturing Co.
Lloyd J. Dubuc; Orleans Insulation & Sales Co., Inc.
Milton Duck; LCA Motion Picture Co.
John G. Fitzgerald; Councilman, 3rd District, Jefferson Parish, LA
Alex Forschler, Jr., Favrot Roofing Co., Inc.
Billie J. Gales; J. C. Murphy, Inc., Realtor
E. J. Gibert, Jr.; Architectural Products Co.,Inc.
George Gray; The Olen Co., Inc.
N. J. Guiteau; Conway Guiteau Lumber Co.
(2) Judge Edwards A. Haggerty, Jr.; Criminal District Court
Francis Hays; Rittiner Engineering Co.
Charles Hosteltler, All kinds of hay
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 6 Miscellaneous Papers, Maps and Leon Edwards Credit Cards Continued
Folder 12 Leon Edwards Miscellaneous (Plastic) Cards Continued
David V. Johnston; Southern Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.
Wilfred B. Jones; Hemenway’s
James H. Kaye; Chapman Chemical Co.
(4) Wallace W. King; The Finest Appalossa Blood Available
William L. Langford; G.P. Rose& Co., Inc.
P. M. “Luke” Lukinovich, Jr.; Luke Equipment Corp.
ll) (2) Jimmy Lynch; Horse Transportation
mm) Alma McDonald; Homes Lakeside
nn) I. J. Merrian; International Parts Corp.
oo) Dr. J. Paul Mitchell; Veterinarian
pp) Ted Morgan; Otarion of New Orleans
qq) Floyd C. Motes; Curtis Industries, Inc.
rr) Henry w. Neville; U. S. Fruit Service Co.
ss) Joseph M. O’Farrell; Ocala Stud Farms Inc.
tt) J. T. Patterson; Distribution Oil Co., Inc.
uu) J. A. Perrin; General Construction Work
vv) (2) A. M. Poynter
ww) Val F. Schnell; City Glass& Mirror Co.
xx) John Schwegmann, Jr.; Schwegmann Bros. Giant Super Market
yy) Robert L. Strans; State of Louisiana, Dept. of Highways
zz) Sid Tarwater; Appaloosa Horses
aaa) A. Edgar Thomas; Certified Public Accountant
bbb) Ben Weiner; Weiner’s Inc.
ccc) (2) S & W Construction Co., Inc.
ddd) Bobby White; Portrait Beauty Salon
eee) Walter R. Whitney; Illinois Central Railroad
fff) Don G. Williams; Fulmer
ggg) A.T. Wilson; Southern Laundercenter, Inc.
Horse Racing Cards; Fairground Tickets/Stubs
Breeders of Good Blooded Appaloosa Horses
State of Louisiana, Jimmie Davis, Governor, Louisiana State Racing Commission and
Jefferson Downs, Inc. Invite
Fair Ground 1960-1961 Season Calender
Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association
Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders and Horsemen’s Association
The American Quarter Horse Association
Jefferson Downs 1961
(2) State of Louisiana, Earl K. Long, Governor, Louisiana State Racing Commission
and Jefferson Downs, Inc. Invite
i) Fair Ground Corporation and Louisiana State Racing Commission Extend to…
j) Fair Ground, Club House
k) Owner-Trainer (1958-1959) Fair Grounds
(2) Owner-Trainer (1960-1961) Fair Grounds
m) (3) Jefferson Downs Club Houses Admit One
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 6 Miscellaneous Papers, Maps and Leon Edwards Credit Cards Continued
Folder 12 Leon Edwards Miscellaneous (Plastic) Cards Continued
Horse Racing Cards; Fairground Tickets/Stubs Continued
n) First 44 Days Fair Grounds (1960-1961) Club House Member
Illinois Central Railroad, Kentucky Derby, Personally Conducted All Expense Tour Ticket,
May 5-8, 1960
p) (2) Fair Grounds 5, UgIKY, No.3 Seventh Race February 8, 1961
Miscellaneous Cards
License for Resident Hunter(1959-1960)
Social Security Act Account Number
State of Louisiana Executive Department ; Colonel on the Staff of Earl K. Long
Membership Card, The Louisiana Forestry Association (1958-1959)
Folder 13 Leon Edwards Phone Messages
a) July 5, 1961 at 4:15 PM From Mr. Mumford of D. H. Homes
April 6 at 4:30 PM From Mrs. Wilkey of Hammond
April 6 at 11:30 PM From Walter Crane of Hammond
April 5 at 4:00 PM From Roland Molanairo of New Orleans
Folder 14 Edwards-Cooper Miscellaneous Papers
a) Edwards Motor Co. Receipt and Esso Dist. Receipt
Cost and Sale List
Land Co-ordinances of township and range
June 9, 1952 Envelope from The National Bank of Commerce to Reid and Reid, Attorneys
at Law
Booth Directions for Registration Day for Women, Wednesday, October 17, 1917
October 25, 1940 Louisiana Power & Light Company Consumer’s Deposit Receipt
May 15, 1933 Loan of $1418.95
January 18, 1940 “Edwards Thanks Voters,” ” Sam Hagg Makes Statement,” “E. P. Cowen
Appreciates Support”
Property List and Sale
Bill of Sale of Pontoons, February 3, 1947
Programs and Meetings (1978-1979)
Medicine directions
Postmaster General Washington, D.C.
Blank form of War Department
Pleasure Boat of Yacht of the Tax class over 28ft. to 50 ft., Federal Use Tax Stamp
for Leon Edwards and Byard Edwards
The Morgan Edwards Chapter Louisiana Colonials invite you to tea, May 12, 1979
Home Modernizing Guide -17th Edition, G-E “Bright Ideas” advertisement
Community Committeemen Elected to Serve in Tangipahoa Parish From 1960
Order List
Hilton Credit Corporation Member Service Report, Lost or Stolen
“Quickie Questionnaire” Louisiana Petroleum Council
Jefferson Feed & Garden Supply Company Price List
(2) Department of Highways District 62
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 6 Miscellaneous Papers, Maps and Leon Edwards Credit Cards Continued
Folder 15 Advertisement Letters and Order Forms
Folder 16 Advertisement Letters and Order Forms
Folder 17 Pamphlets
Folder 18 Handwritten Notes
Folder 19 Miscellaneous
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 7 Newspapers
Folder 1 Clippings
a) Booklet: The Book That Has Helped Most in Business with Articles, Coupons, Obituaries, and Question & Answer Articles pasted to its
pages
Booklet: Time Book with Articles, Coupons, Facts, Obituaries, Question & Answer Articles and Receipts
pasted to its pages
Obituary: Mrs. Joseph Dupont pasted on a card
Article: “In Behalf of the Dog” on back “More About Dogs” on cardboard
Article: “Prejudice the Curse of the Ages” on back “Coyotes, in spite of 2 years of
vigorous . . .” pasted on cardboard
Article: “Curing Smithfield Hams” on back “Common Red or Roost Mite” pasted on cardboard
Article: “Wild Swans” pasted on postcard of Lafayette Square, New Orleans, LA
Article: “Japan Surpasses American Records” on back “Temperatures Change Little” pasted
on cardboard
Article: “Water Snake” pasted on cardboard
Picture of Elma Easley, Calvert, Texas on back Article: How do you say it? “‘Them’
as an Adjective” pasted on postcard
Article: How do you say it? “Lie’ and ‘Lay” on back How do you say it? “Common errors
in English and How to Avoid Them” pasted on cardboard
Article: How do you say it? “Shall” and “Will” on back How do you say it? “To ‘Raise’
Children” pasted on cardboard
Article: How do you say it? “Don’t” on back How do you say it? ” The Use of ‘Got”
pasted on cardboard
Article: How do you say it? “Double Negatives” on back ” Two Presidents” pasted on
cardboard
Poem: “The Clock on the Mantle”
Article: “Paul Gaston and Byard Edwards, Jr. Named Semifinalists In National Merit
Scholarship Competition
Picture and Article: Katherine Neville Edwards and Maurice Vigneron of Paris engagement
announcement
Articles: “Wilson-Lemoine,” “Vigeron-Edwards,””Gendron-Campbell,” on back “Landry-Mabile,”
“Fudge-Odom,” “Lagasse- LaBranche,” “Ewing-Overton”
Picture and Article: “May Wedding Set”
Picture and Article: “In a Candlelight Garden Ceremony May 30 Katherine Neville Edwards
of Ponchatoula married Jean-Maurice Vigneron of Paris”
Articles: “Leader Expires at Ponchatoula [Andrew M. Edwards],” “Support of Bond Election
Pledged,” “Officers are Seated,” “Leaders Elected” Times-Picayune, May 4, 1950 (4 copies)
Articles: “Prominent Citizen To Be Buried Today [Andrew M. Edwards]” and Alben W.
Barkley [vice-president of U. S.] Visit Plans Advanced, 1950 (2 copies)
Picture and Article: “Miss Katherine Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Byards Edwards
in Vienna, Austria”
Articles: “Here’s Bath Oil For Shower Fans,” “Edwards Chapter of Colonials Has Social
Meeting,” “Patou Believes In Seeing Both Hairdo and Hat,” ” Pilot Council Set in October”
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 7 Newspapers
Folder 1 Clippings Continued
Articles: “La. Colonials Hear Program In Ponchatoula,” “Two Entertain Mrs. Robert
Fetter at Farewell Party,” “Catholic Daughters Receive Honors” on back “Past Presidents
Group Entertained BY Mrs. Longsdorf,” “Five Hostesses Fete Miss Purpeta at Tea,” Morning Advocate, June 18, 1964
Article: “Speech Excerpts Carved at Wall at JFK Grave”
Article: “Take Life’s Tensions in Stride”
Picture and Article: “Blue Trumpet [horse] Awaits Bugle”
Article: “Welfare Worker Ends Career [Florence D. Coker retired]”
Obituaries: Mrs. Rose Mary Joseph Comeaux ; Clyde Cutrer; Leon Edwards; Mrs. Cornelia
Cross John; Mrs. Anges C. (Nee Agnes Mary Couvillion) Lemoine; Mrs. Georgiana Richardson
Malcolm; Wallace J. Sicard, Sr.; Mrs. Mary Tircuit; Joseph Walter Derosin; Corbert
J. Diez, Sr., Morning Advocate, October 18, 1975
Picture and Articles: “Uncashed Checks,” “Estate Valued at $300 Million Is Contested”
Morning Advocate, April 8, 1967
Picture and Article: “Scholarship Winner [Mrs. Hunter Dobson Edwards]”, Daily Star
Picture and Article: “Cancer drive set for April”, April 4, 1968
Article: “History by Jesuit Author Discussed,” “Annapolis to Get Rid of Cows”, Times-Picayune, November 27, 1966
Advertisement: McKenzie’s
Advertisement: Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry, Sunday Star, February 5, 1989
Advertisement: Internal Medicine Clinic of Tangipahoa, Inc.
Advertisement: The Home Furnishings Store & Café
Article: “Westpark, physicians draw praise”
Article: “Kids will love these breakfasts”
Advertisement: Rax Fast Food with Style
Advertisement: Hausmann’s
Article: “Re Racing Commission”
Article: “St. Tammany Vaccinations to Curb Disease Among Horses”
Time Picayune-New Orleans Wednesday , April 5, 1911- Articles: “Piece Parley,” “Iron and Steel merger,” “Call
for Negro Recruits,” “Southern Dental Association,” “Eloquent Plea for Firm Faith,”
“Morning Musical Club,” “Hon. C. H. Alexander,” “Vardaman at Enterprise,” on back
“Monument for Women of the Confederacy,” “Home Mission Party Posted,” “Soldiers’ Home
Circle,” “Orange Shortcake,” “A Clothes Chest for Baby,” “Time Table for Boiling,”
“Home Made Egg Dyes,” “As Seen Through A Girl’s Eyes,” “On the Steamer,” “Fads of
Fashion,” “Trifles That Lead in Millinery,” “Michel Will Take A Run Into the Country,”
“Agriculture Commissioner,” “Lambremont Goes to the Country,” “Back from Natchitoches”
Picture and Article: “New Cancer Detector”
Picture and Article: “Women Trainer Breaks F. G. ‘Male Barrier” on back “Bridge,”
“Allen Academy To Accept New Students”
Article: “Court Rules on Highway Issue,” “President Names McConaughy Envoy to Korea,”
“Two BR Youths Books With Sex Charges,” “
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 7 Newspapers
Folder 1 Clippings Continued
The Times-Picayune
, Saturday, May 26, 1923, Articles: “Phone Rentals Collection Ends Pending Decision,”
“Claiborne Wages Warfare on Ticks,” “Gulf Coast Military Academy Class Is Big,” “Drills
to Feature Academy’s Closing,” on back “Rum Ship Fades Away As Small Boat Is Caught,”
“Public Interest to be Protected Says La Follette,” “Another of ‘Most Beautiful’ Weds,”
“Women Voters Refuse ‘Pig-in-Poke’ Candidates,” “Choice of Cecil Reinforces new British
Cabinet”
Mrs. Andrew Edwards, Sr. of Ponchatoula will be 90 years old in August, unidentified
newspaper, May 9, 1958 (3 copies)
Miscellaneous Articles
Folder 2 The Radio Newspaper (Published Monthly by Students of Ponchatoula High School)
January 20, 1926, Vol. III, Number 5
September 22, 1926, Vol. IV, Number 1
October 20, 1926, Vol. IV, Number 2
December 22, 1926, Vol. IV, Number 4 (2 Copies)
January 31, 1927, Vol. IV, Number 5 (3 Copies)
March 2, 1927, Vol. IV, Number 6
April 7, 1927, Vol. IV, Number 7 (4 Copies)
Folder 3 Miscellaneous Newspapers
Daily Star June 1,1964 (5 copies)
Daily Star August 24, 1977
State-Times June 3, 1964
Morning Advocate June 2, 1960
Morning Advocate June 3, 1964
Morning Advocate June 18, 1964
Sunday Advocate March 1, 1964
Sunday Advocate February 16, 1969 (2 copies)
The Times-Picayune July 28, 1959
The Times-Picayune August 18, 1959 (2 copies)
The Times-Picayune March 8, 1964
The Times-Picayune February 7, 1969
The Enterprise May 5, 1950
The Enterprise March 9, 1956
The Enterprise March 23, 1956
The Enterprise May 11, 1956
The Enterprise February 10, 1961 (2 copies)
The Enterprise February 17, 1961
The Enterprise June 5, 1964
The News Herald September 11, 1959 (3 copies)
Amite Tangi Digest June 24, 1998
The Mississippi Market Bulletin January 15, 1960
Folder 4 Blank Stationery, Blank Greeting Cards, and Napkins
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 8
Bernice Edwards Memorabilia
a) Scrapbook for graduation of Bernice Edwards, April 8, 1927
b) The Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman H. Hyams given to the people of New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, Catalogue and Monograph, 1914
c) A Tribute published in the pages of The Times-Picayune, September 28, 1963, to Catherine Cooper Edwards
d) Louisiana Colonials, Morgan Edwards Chapter, Amite, Louisiana, Yearbook, 1981-1983
e) Memo Pads (2, one used, one empty)
f) 1969 Memo Pad
g) check book cover, blue with Bernice Edwards embossed on it
h) Inspiration Calendars for 1958 and 1959
i) Graduation Invitation from Mildred M. Hassing, April 1, 1921, Ponchatoula High
School
j) Return Address Labels
k) Invitation to a Luncheon for Beryl Edwards
l) Paper Napkin with BE embossed on it
m) Match Cover with Heaven Hill embossed on front (no matches)
n) 1934 Lapel Pin from Tulane University
Leon Edwards Memorabilia
a) Eyeglasses (3 pair, 1 broken)
b) Keys (2 sets)
c) Smoke Pak zipper case
d) Cigarette Lighters (2)
e) Ring that looks like a saddle
f) Two buttons
g) Safety Razors (2)
h) Fingernail clippers
i) Match Cover with Springs Motel, Lexington, KY embossed on front
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOX 9
Photographs Identified by Beryl Robertson July 18, 2002
Nicholas Warner (grandfather was Nicholas Stone Edwards)sitting in a chair outside
beside a tree (5″ x 7″)
Mary Martha Sticker (married to Andrew Jackson Edwards)Bust shot (3½ x 5″ oval on
cardboard)born June 18, 1830, married December 15, 1853, mother of Andrew M. Edwards
Cora WrenBust shot of young girl (4″ x 5½” on cardboard)
Anneise Cooper Lanier, Mary Ellen Cooper Peterson, Eliza Cooper (4″ x 5½” on cardboard)Bust
shots of three young women
Andrew Edwards, oldest son of Kathrine Cooper Edwards and A. M. Edwards (4″ x 5½”
on cardboard)full shot of young boy, born October 10, 1900
Six young women on a boat (4½” x 6½” on cardboard)
Katy Cooper (front) and Anneise Cooper (back) standing beside a horse (7½” x 9″ on
cardboard)
Leon Edwards (14″ x 17″)
Andrew Martin Edwards (14″ x 17″)
Katie Cooper Edwards (14″ x 17″)
Katie Cooper Edwards (14″ x 17″)
Andrew Edwards (4″ x 5½” on cardboard)
Turkey in front of a house (3½ x 6″)
Two deer beside a house (3″ x 5″)
EDWARDS-COOPER COLLECTION
BOOKS
Greenback, 1926, Ponchatoula High School Yearbook, Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Publishing Co.,
Inc., soft cover, 163 pp.
Louisiana Tours, A Guide to Places of Historic and General Interest, by Stanley Clisby Arthur, New Orleans, Harmanson, Publisher, 1950, soft cover, 200
pp.
Voyage to Louisiana, by C. C. Robin, 1803-1805, Robin’s trip to Pensacola, New Orleans, Ouachita, and
his stay in the Attakapas country at St. Martinville, New Orleans, Pelican Publishing
Company, 1966, hardcover, 272 pp. (Bernice Edwards written on first page)
Acts Passed by the Legislature, State of Louisiana, at the Regular Session, 1938, Constitutional Amendments, 1936, hardcover, 1300 pp. (Bernice Edwards, January 1939
written on first page)
Down Among The Sugar Cane, The Story of Louisiana Sugar Plantations and Their Railroads, by W. E. Butler, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Moran Publishing Corporation, 1980, hardcover,
266 pp. (written on first page “To Bernice- One of my very good friends for so many
years. Almost like Family, Will Ed)
American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the
United States, In Relation to The Public Lands, From the First Session of the First
Congress to the First Session of the Twenty-Third Congress, March 4, 1789 to June
15, 1834., Vol. III, Washington: Printed by Duff Green, 1834, hardcover, 806 pp.
Report of Statistics of Churches in The United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890, Henry K. Carroll, Special Agent, Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office,
1894, hardcover, 808 pp.
Ledger Book, 1903-1905
Hart’s History Aids, Consisting of Ten Colored Maps for Pupils’ Daily Schoolroom Use,
Showing Growth of Present United States Territory from 1748 to 1919, And Free and
Slave Territory Before the Civil War, Published for F. F. Hansell & Bro., Ltd., New
Orleans
Louisiana History, The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association
1964, Vol. V, Nos. 1-4
1965, Vol. VI, Nos. 1-4
1966, Vol. VII, Nos. 1-4
1967, Vol. VIII, Nos. 1-4
1968, Vol. IX, No. 1-3
