Regional History-Washington Parish
Archival Collection
REGIONAL HISTORY--WASHINGTON PARISH COLLECTION
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1. History of Washington Parish, by Texanna Carter; Washington Parish Courthouse (xeroxed from Courthouses of Louisiana)
2. Washington Parish Map; Pre-1825 Washington Parish (list of residents' names, section, township and range, compiled by Evelyn Fairley); Statistical Profile of Washington Parish, prepared by the Public Affairs Research Council of La., Inc., 1973; Washington Parish Profile, La. Office of Commerce and Industry, October 1989; Statistical brochure
3. A Place-Name Study of Washington Parish from Louisiana Studies (xerox copies)
4. Soil Survey of Washington Parish, Louisiana, by A. C. Anderson, (original pages from U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service)
5. Development of the Dairy Industry in Washington Parish, A Story in Progress (brochure)
6. A Brief History of the Washington Rifles, by Daunton Gibbs, 1978 (3 typewritten pages); List of Confederates Killed and Wounded in Ranks of Co. "I" of 9th Louisiana Infantry, Era Leader, October 13, 1910
7. Newspaper Supplement on Senator B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn, unidentified newspaper, n.d.; "60," by Millie Ball, Dixie, July 13, 1980; "Sixty", The Dean of the Louisiana Senate Talks About Politics and Governors He Has Known, Sunday Advocate magazine, April 17, 1983; News Release from SLU, 1/17/83; B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn (1 page biography); They call him `Sixty,' Daily Star Gumbo Magazine, February 14, 1988
8. Bogalusa City Directory, First One Printed and Bound, January 8, 1916 (xerox copy)
9. Bogalusa City Maps; Bogalusa, Louisiana (booklet), Bogalusa Community Profile, La. Office of Commerce and Industry, October 1989; statistical brochures
10. A Brief History of Bogalusa, by Margaret Collett (original paper-7 typed pages)
11. Bogalusa, by A. R. Yates, Secretary-Manager of Bogalusa Chamber of Commerce (3 type written page paper--4 copies)
12. Bogalusa (xeroxed pages 40-49 from unidentified source); Description of Bogalusa from a Chamber of Commerce publication, n.d. (xeroxed); Pamphlet About Bogalusa, "The Magic City"--The Green Empire; Bogalusa: The "Magic City" of Louisiana (Descriptive Paragraph written for photographic exhibit)
13. Bogalusa Was A Frontier Town, Dixie, July 2, 1950; Bogalusa: The City that Refused to Die, Dixie, January 31, 1954; Bogalusa--Built to Last, Dixie, June 1, 1969; Bogalusa Comeback, Dixie, March 12, 1972
14. Birth of Bogalusa Picture Album, The Daily News, 1982 (xerox copy)
15. Annual Report of the Bogalusa Chamber of Commerce, 1935-36
16. Bogalusa Golden Jubilee, 1914-1964
17. Certificates used for Bogalusa Golden Jubilee Celebration, 1914-1964
18. Bogalusa, Perpetual Timber Supply Through Reforestation as Basis for Industrial Permanency of Bogalusa, by Courtenay DeKalb, 1921
19. 3 Booklets: Bogalusa, The City of Families and Factories, Department of Publicity, Great Southern Lumber company, n.d.; Bogalusa, Interweaving Lumber Manufacture and Reforestation, reprinted articles from issues of the American Lumberman, 1922; Facts About Bogalusa, the City of Assured Growth, Chamber of Commerce, 1927
20. Dedicated to The Italian Community of Bogalusa, Roy Capo, Frank Montalbano, March 1980 (4 copies)
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21. Mill Whistle, 1920, Vol. 1, September, No. 1, November No. 2, December No. 3; 1921, Vol. II, January, No. 1, February, No. 2, May No. 5, July No. 7, October No. 9; 1922, Vol. III, May No. 5; 1923, Vol. III, July No. 3 (xerox copy)
22. List of references about the Great Southern Lumber Company in The New Orleans Item, June 24, 1917 and an article from the Bogalusa Enterprise, February 1, 1917, "Catching the Hogs" (Donated by Clark Forrest, Jr.); Recession of 1919 Killed Off First Paper Mill, unidentified newspaper, n.d. (xerox copy)
23. Mainline and Shoreline Passenger Trains of the NOGN (New Orleans Great Northern), by Daunton Gibbs, Era-Leader, November 18, 1981; 1910 railroad schedule for the Main Line, Shore Line, and Bogue Chitto Branch (xerox copy); Landmark Restoration Slated (Freight Office of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in Bogalusa), Daily News, July 8, 1980
24. Prejudice Keeps a Low Profile in Bogalusa, Times-Picayune, August 21, 1988
25. 1979 and 1981 calendars with sketches of Bogalusa and Franklinton scenes, compliments of First State Bank & Trust Co.
26. In Celebration of the Harvest: The Early History of the Washington Parish Fair, 1911-1928 by James Michael Ryan, April 1985 (SLU Thesis)
27. 1980 Washington Parish Fair Catalog, October 15-18
28. 1982 Washington Parish Fair Catalog, October 20-23
29. 1984 Washington Parish Fair Catalog, October 17-20
30. Washington Parish Fair Programs, 1981 (4 copies), 1983, 1984, and 1991
31. Washington Parish Fair, Mile Branch Settlement Brochures, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1991
32. Notes Cards of Cabins of Mile Branch Settlement
33. Newspaper clippings about the Washington Parish Fair, 1981, 1982, and 1989
34. History of Franklinton, Louisiana schools, compiled by Joe Poole (xerox copy of original paper); History of The Era Leader, by Kharon Brock (xerox copy of original paper); Scenes From Our History: students in one-room school in Pearl, Louisiana in 1898, Daily Star Gumbo Magazine, July 6, 1986; Out of the Past-Ginn: Above all, a Class Gentleman [Edd Ginn], unidentified newspaper, n. d.
35. Fire of 1934 Almost Destroyed All of Town's Business District, Era Leader, November 24, 1982
36. Ancestor Search Is `Fun,' Sunday Advocate, December 12, 1976; Blackwell Story Told by Dr. Crain, Bogalusa Sunday News, October 19, 1975
37. Black Farmers Living off the Land in Louisiana (Washington Parish), Dixie, December 30, 1984; Willie `Li'l Boy' Harvey Begins 58th Year of Syruping, Enterprise, November 23, 1981
38. Daunton Gibbs: Franklinton Historian Enjoys Preserving the Past, Says it's Worthwhile, Era Leader, March 26, 1980
39. Clipping About Zuma Magee Giving $24,000 to Tall Timbers, Camp Living Waters, and First Baptist Church, Franklinton, Louisiana, The Baptist Message, August 13, 1987; Clipping About Donation of Zuma Magee's Collection to Southeastern Louisiana University Archives, 1987; Certificate given to Zuma Magee who attended the first Washington Parish Fair, October 1911
40. George Pepe: Bogalusa's Earliest Living Pioneer, Daily News, June 30, 1985; George Pepe, Marking the Passing of a Bogalusa Pioneer, Daily News, May 14, 1989
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41. Ozzie Warner: The Soap Lady, Daily News, February 10, 1985
42. Austin, Pa.: The Magic City that Died, Daily News, August 4, 1982 (xerox copy); W. H. Sullivan Empire Builder, The Daily News (Bogalusa), October 26, 1986
43. Radio Address given by Judge Jim W. Richardson, Sr., probably 1950
44. Characters from the Old South from a Collection of Short Stories, written by Mrs. Euda Seale Jones
45. Materials about A. Z. Young (Civil Rights marcher)
46. Newspaper Clippings about Places in Washington Parish, Ben's Ford, Comnock, Fricke's Cave, Military Road, Pico, Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Valley, Strawberry Bluff, Thomas, and Warnerton
47. In search of Evidence of Choctaw and Other Indian Tribes in Washington Parish by Michael Ryan
48. A History of Mt. Hermon School by Nancy Dutton
49. Louisiana's Great Train Robber [Eugene Bunch], Dixie, June 4, 1950
50. Map to and description of Larry and Jean Crain's Farm House (The Magee House) between Angie and Pine, Louisiana
51. The First Hundred Years, 1874-1974, Mount Hermon United Methodist Church
52. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Its First 150 Years, 1841-1991 (Donated by Charles C. Miller in 1991)
53. Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial, United Methodist Church Membership Roster, 1906-2006 Bogalusa, Louisiana
54. Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial, United Methodist Church Membership Roster Index Volumes 1, 2, and 3, 1906-1956 Bogalusa, Louisiana
55. 2001 Washington Parish Fair Catalog, October
56. Varnado Store Museum
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1. State Line, Louisiana Church Minutes, 1856-1868 (1st part-xerox copy)
2. State Line, Louisiana Church Minutes, 1856-1868 (2nd part-xerox copy)
3. State Line, Louisiana Church Minutes, 1856-1868 (3rd part-xerox copy)
4. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1956
5. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1957
6. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1958
7. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1959
8. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1960
9. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1961
10. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1962
11. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1963
12. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1967
13. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1969
14. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1971
15. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1972
16. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1974
17. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1976
18. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1977
19. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1978
20. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1980
21. Washington Parish Baptist Association Minutes, 1981
REGIONAL HISTORY--WASHINGTON PARISH COLLECTION
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1. Newspaper clippings of The Daily News with the series of Washington Parish Police Jury Minutes from 1881 through 1905 by Carole Knight (Donated by Dr. Larry Crain)--The minutes appeared in the newspaper between May 10, 1987 through January 31, 1988.
2. Tatters From Time (Series of Articles on a variety of historical subjects dealing with Washington Parish by Carole Knight), The Daily News, January 22-February 19, 1989.
3. Louisiana Museum of Ancient Indian Culture, Cassidy Park Development Commission, Bogalusa, Louisiana, 1972
4. Record of Births, Bogalusa, Louisiana, January 1926--October 1928 (Ledger)
5. Record of Deaths, Bogalusa, Louisiana, January 1926--September 1928 (Ledger)
6. Gumbo Magazine of February 14, 1988, Program, Pin, and Napkin from ceremony honoring "Sixty" Rayburn, March 6, 1988
7. Bogalusa Enterprise (about Bogalusa), October 30, 1924
8. Bogalusa Daily News, March 29, 1949, Section two
9. Ponderings: The Recollections of a Country Girl by Wilkie Forrest Cudd
10. Resources and Facilities of Washington Parish during 1945 by the State of Louisiana Department of Public Works and Washington Parish Planning Board.
11. Map of the Great Southern Lumber Company's property to be known as the town of Bogalusa. In Sec's 13, 14, and 15. Head Right's 45 and 46. T.5S. R.15E, Washington Parish, LA., with handwritten additions, February 1909, (Copy) (Stored in oversize items cabinet)
12. DVD - archival footage - 1950s fairs, pine forests, etc.
13. Photocopy of Journal of Delos Johnson (1879-1956) Washington Parish, La.
