Jack and Joanne Burchfield Family Collection

(Items donated from the Old Settoon House in Springfield, LA)

 

 

Box #1: 

Folder #1: 

1. Newspaper clipping of article titled “Denham Springs Man Is Killed in France,” announcing the death of Sgt. Henry L. Cockerham who was killed in action on August 3 (1944?)  
2. Newspaper clipping of article titled “Dr. Oscar Czarnowski Dead; Known as Poor’s Good Angel,” announcing the death of Dr. Czarnowski of New Orleans, LA
3. Photo of national league all-star baseball player from New Orleans, Rusty Staub, July 27-28, 1968 
4. Pages from Good Housekeeping magazine, September 1938
5. The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, Wednesday, October 16, 1940  
6. The Christian Advocate, Vol. 76, No. 38, New Orleans, LA, Thursday, September 18, 1930
7. The Christian Advocate, Vol. 76, No. 47, New Orleans, LA, Thursday, November 20, 1930
8. The Christian Advocate, Vol. 76, No. 42, New Orleans, LA, Thursday, October 16, 1930
9. The Christian Advocate, Vol. 76, No. 41, New Orleans, LA, Thursday, October 9, 1930
10. The Progress, Vol. 6, No. 6, Hammond, LA, Friday, May 20, 1938
11. The Eudora Weekly News, Vol. 33, No. 52, Eudora, KS, Thursday, May 29, 1919
12. Pages of The Daily Star, Hammond, LA, Thursday, August 31, 1972
13. The Advocate, 77th Year, No. 64, Baton Rouge, LA, Wednesday, September 12, 2001 

 

Folder #2: 

1. “Speed Recipes,” booklet made by Borden’s full of quick recipes using their sweetened condensed milk
2. “Clabber Girl Baking Book,” booklet made by Hulman and Co. full of recipes using their Clabber Girl Baking Powder, 1934
3. “Old Gloucester Sea Food Recipes from Frank E. Davis, The Gloucester Fisherman,” booklet made by the Frank E. Davis Fish Co. of Gloucester, MA with recipes using their products, 1929
4. “Successful Baking for Flavor and Texture,” 2nd edition, recipe booklet by Martha Lee Anderson, printed by Church & Dwight Co., Inc. of New York in 1934 with recipes using Arm & Hammer and Cow Brand Baking Soda
5. “Successful Baking for Flavor and Texture,” 5th edition, recipe booklet by Martha Lee Anderson, printed by Church & Dwight Co., Inc. of New York in 1936 with recipes using Arm & Hammer and Cow Brand Baking Soda
6. Various recipes cut of out a magazine and bound together 
7. “For Making Good Things To Eat,” recipe booklet printed by The Wesson Oil & Snowdrift People, New Orleans, LA in 1932
8. “Good Things To Eat,” recipe booklet with recipes using Arm & Hammer and Cow Brand Baking Soda
9. “24 New Dressings for 24 All-American Salads,” recipe booklet made by Mary B. Murray from The Wesson Oil & Snowdrift People, New Orleans, LA for various salad dressings using Wesson Oil 
10. “Quick, Easy, Grand New Dishes,” recipe booklet made by Borden’s full of quick recipes using their sweetened condensed milk
11. “New Easy-Mix Ice Cream Recipes,” booklet with various flavors of ice cream
12. “Clabber Girl,” booklet made by Hulman and Co. full of recipes and instructions for using their Clabber Girl Baking Powder, 1931
13. “Flavor and Spice and All Things Nice,” recipe booklet made by McCormick & Co., Inc. with recipes using their Bee Brand Spices, 1929
14. “Borden’s Evaporated Milk announces Recipe Quintuplets,” recipe booklet made by Borden’s full of “parent” recipes using their evaporated milk that can be used to make other recipes
15. “Farmer’s Guide and Household Hints,” booklet containing a calendar for 1938, weather forecasts, recipes, anniversaries of important historical events, farming tips on times for planting, etc. printed by The Snow King Baking Powder Co. of Cincinnati, OH 
16. “The Particular Cook’s Cook Book,” booklet printed by Borden’s with recipes using their products 
17. “Better Baking Recipes,” booklet with recipes using Snow King Baking Powder

 

Folder #3: 

1. Easter greeting message sent via the U.S. War & Navy Department’s V-Mail service, from PFC William C. Brown in New York, NY to Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Tanner in Springfield, LA, dated March 12, 1945 (envelope included) 
2. Typed letter from P. C. Tillery, Tiller Bros. Ltd., Montpelier, LA to Senator J. S. Settoon, Springfield, LA thanking Senator Settoon for his work done in connection with a state highway near Montpelier, dated November 18, 1921 (envelope included) 
3. Recommendation letter from Luther E. Carruth, Sr. of Carruth’s Pharmacy in Ponchatoula, LA for Charles Hardy Tanner of Springfield, LA, employed there from July 1942 to March 1946, dated September 11, 1948 (copy of the original included) 
4. Recommendation letter from Cleo J. McIntyre of Cleo’s Pharmacy in Independence, LA for Charles H. Tanner, dated April 22, 1949
5. Seven-page bulletin from Peter L. Grossimon, President of the State of Louisiana’s Board of Pharmacy, New Orleans, LA, to Charles H. Tanner pharmacist of Springfield, LA updating all the state’s pharmacists on new federal and state regulations for prescription drugs, dated May 1, 1941
6. State of Louisiana Tax Receipt B. S. Settoon, Sr. for the year 1920, dated April 14, 1921
7. Two bank mortgage statements: 

1. One for Mr. and Mrs. James L. Burchfield for mortgage attached to 42 acres of land and two dwellings due to the Bank of Ringgold, in Ringgold, LA, for $1,263.48 due August 1, 1955, dated August 1, 1954
2. One for Mr. Charles H. Tanner of Springfield, LA for $3,183.30 due by November 16, 1958 to the Guaranty Bank & Trust Co., in Ponchatoula, LA (envelope included) 

1. Table with measurements for a 24 hour co-efficient 4” line flange tap connections 
2. Invitation letter from J. H. Logan, county agent for the Pinellas County Agricultural Department in Largo, FL, to unknown recipient inviting him to a celebration planned for recipient for cows and bulls consigned to the Guernsey Breeders of the Southeast, dated April 6, 1940
3. Invitation letter from Hamlin L. Brown, secretary of The Florida Guernsey Cattle Club, Gainesville, FL, to unknown recipient inviting him and others to Florida for the second annual Florida Guernsey Cattle Club auction sale at Largo, FL, dated April 5, 1940 
4. Letter from J. Marion Legendre of Legendre’s, Inc. pharmacy in New Orleans, LA to Charles H. Tanner of Springfield, LA notifying him that the position he applied for was filled and returning duplicates of his letters of recommendation (also attached), dated October 31, 1949
5. Letter from Y. L. Forte of Shreveport, LA to Mr. Charles H. Tanner of Springfield, LA apologizing for hatching eggs broken during shipment to him and offering a refund, dated March 7, 1940
6. Invoice from the Reimers-Schneider Co., Inc. of Natalbany, LA for Mr. Charles H. Tanner of Ponchatoula, LA for cypress wood, dated April 5, 1957
7. Letter from E. M. Dauner of New Orleans, LA to Mr. James B. Frederick of Covington, LA discussing a man named Wiley Green, a copy of the letter was sent to Mr. Charles Tanner of Springfield, LA, dated April 1, 1940       

 

Folder #4:

1. Envelope from Dixie Coffee Mills, Importers and Roasters, New Orleans, LA to Mr. Charles Tanner of Springfield, LA, dated August 16, 1940
2. Annual Summer Commencement program for Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, dated Friday, August 2, 1968
3. Louisiana Conservation Review, October 1935, published quarterly by the Department of Conservation 
4. Stories Merry and Stories Wise, children’s Christmas book, names of Miss Ethel M. Settoon and Mr. V. E. Settoon of Springfield, LA handwritten on the cover 
5. 1908 Calendar for the Whitworth Female College in Brookhaven, MS 
6. “Springfield Bicentennial Tour of Homes,” advertisement for tours with drawn images of six historic houses in Springfield, LA (3 copies)
7. Livingston Parish Resources and Facilities, survey by Livingston Parish Development Board, published in cooperation with the State of Louisiana Department of Public Works Planning Division, discussing statistics and facts for the 1940s and 50s  

 

Folder #5: 

1. Postcard, 1944 from to Mrs. Ethel S. Tanner from Ola Mae
2. Postcard, 1944 to Mrs. Ethel S. Tanner from son
3. Letter from Raymond, July 13, 1930
4. Letter to the Tanners from W. C. Brown from Amarillo Army Air Field, Texas (2 pages)

 

Box #2 (loose in box): 

1. “The Blue Horse, No. 515” small notebook with recordings of cash collections and sales made for the years 1939 to 1940 
2. Small brown, velvet note pad labelled “Autographs” on the front, inside handwritten “Miss Maud Settoon, compliments of Peter F. Brambing(?)” (very fragile condition) 
3. Black photo book (fragile condition) with pictures glued in the first few pages, including two loose images and a small booklet titled “The Acts of the Apostles” with “Senator J. S. Settoon, Springfield” written on the front
4. Blue notebook, “Quarterly Conference Record, Springfield, Methodist Episcopal Church,” 1915 to 1918, containing minutes and notes for the church (fragile condition)
5. Brown “Composition Book” filled with newspaper clipping, images, and drawings of information, military personnel, and red cross nurses from the Spanish-American War   

 

Box #3 (flat box – most items in this box are in fragile condition): 

Folder #1: 

1. The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, dated November 11, 1918, partial newspaper 

 

Folder #2:

1. The Times-Picayune, Vol. 99, No. 231, New Orleans, LA, Thursday, September 12, 1935

 

Folder #3:

1. The Times-Picayune, Vol. 99, No. 232, New Orleans, LA, Friday, September 13, 1935

 

Folder #4:

1. The Times-Picayune, Vol. 99, No. 231, Part Two, New Orleans, LA, Thursday, September 12, 1935

 

Loose in box: 

1. “She Loves You Dearly” waltz song large music sheet booklet, words by Leta M. Calhoun, music by Helen M. Gilbert, published by L. Grunewald Co., Ltd., New Orleans, LA, dated June 14, 1909
2. Liberty, A Weekly for the Whole Family, Vol. 3, No. 27, November 6, 1926 
3. Pictorial Review, Vol. 26, No. 3, N. S. Edition, December 1924
4. Two large drawings of the Old Settoon House (one slightly smaller than the other) 
5. Poster for the Springfield Bicentennial Celebration in Springfield, LA (19 copies)