Tom Anderson Collection
Box 1
Folder 1: Newspaper articles
1. Newspaper – The Daily Star, Hammond LA, Wednesday, March 5, 2008, Volume 49,
No. 81
2. Copy of newspaper article – “I Remember Little Joe…”, The Salem Speedway News,
September 25, 1954
3. 2 page copy of newspaper article – “Slain Marshal is Buried at Centreville”
(article about death of John Gordon Anderson), The Daily Courier, May 17, 1933, Volume
II, No. 26
4. Copy of newspaper photograph-Seventh Ward Judge Edward Dufreche, Gordon Anderson
Jr., and Judge Leon Ford III, February 12, 1976
5. 2 copies of newspaper photograph – Judge Leon Ford administered oath of office
to Brent Dufreshe and Gordon Anderson, Jr., February 11, 1976
6. copy of newspaper article – “Rites for Slain Policeman Held: Marshal Anderson’s
Body Taken to Mississippi for Burial”
7. copy of newspaper article – “Gunman Battles Until Felled by Shots as Police
Close Upon Him”
8. Newspaper article – “Anderson named one of N.O.’s top athletes,” Sunday Star,
April 17, 1994
Folder 2: Flying Charlie McDermott
1. 3 page typed document – A Brief Biography of Charles McDermott, Founder of
Dermott, Arkansas
2. 8×10 black and white photograph – Hettie, Ben Anderson, Gordon’s Brother;
July 6, 1899; Smylie Anderson’s Ball club
3. 12 typed pages – Articles About Dermott – 125 Years of History Woven Into
A Short Story by Abbott F. Kinney, published on February 17, 1952
4. 9 page typed document – The Dermott News, May 27, 1970 (Vol. 61, #36) – January
30, 1974 (Vol. 65, #18) – contains documents of US Patent Office – Improvements of
Cotton – Picking Machines and an Apparatus for navigating the air (2 copies)
5. 1 page typed letter – to Marshall M. Snyder from Russell P. Baker-letter about
the enclosed newspaper file; February 8, 1996 (file not attached to document)
6. Dermott’s First Permanent Settler (historical marker) – Dr. Charles McDermott
7. Copy of Times-Picayune article, “Home Where Audubon Taught to be Displayed.”
2/23/1941.
8. Typed letter to Mr. William J. Hughes from Janey Smylie Stark, Dermott, Arkansas.
8/4/1971.
9. Copy of newspaper article, “…Memories Fresh in Mind of Genius.” ND.
10. The Times-Picayune New Orleans, “He built an Airplane over 100 Years Ago.” George M. Lester. 1/9/1944.
11. Copy of “He Flew in 1872.” DIXIE, 11/22/1959.
Folder 3: Copies of Handwritten Letters
1. Letter to Mrs. Porter from Victor “Gordon” Anderson, Jr. – regarding copies
of newspaper articles of relative killed in the line of duty; October 19, 1992
2. Letter to Louise from Gordon Anderson – regarding a correspondence from grandfather
Gordon Anderson that was dated on July 27; October 19, 1992
3. Letter to Gordon from Louise – regarding family history; attached – genealogy
chart of the Anderson, Conyers, and Way families
4. Letter to the mayor of Hammond from Louise Hubbard – regarding the death of
Gordon Anderson, July 27, 1992 (2 copies); attached – copy of envelope and typed
letter to Louise Hubbard from Robyn Porter (2 copies)
Folder 4: Marshal James Gordon Anderson gun death, May 15, 1933
1. 4×6 black and white photograph – James Gordon Anderson (on back is genealogy
notes)
2. Newspaper – The Daily Progress, Hammond, LA, Monday, February 1, 1937, Vol.
V, No. 221
3. Newspaper article – “Slain Marshal is Buried at Centreville” (article about
death of John Gordon Anderson), The Daily Courier, May 17, 1933, Volume II, No. 26
4. 4 small newspaper articles regarding the death of John Gordon Anderson
5. Copy of “Tragic Death Ends Career of Officer,” Hammond Vindicator, 19 May 1933. (X2)
Folder 5: Genealogy Records
1. Genealogy chart – starts with Henry Way (5 copies)
2. 2 page typed correspondence from Antoinette Anderson Yokum-regarding Sarah
E. Anderson Heirs, June 1984. (3 copies)
3. 7 page typed document-Heirs of Sarah E. Anderson, June 1984 (3 copies)
4. 4 page typed document-Sarah E. Anderson Heirs, September 10, 1978 (4 copies);
attached-handwritten note
5. Family tree of Anderson family. (3 copies)
6. Copy of handwritten family history beginning with Victor Gordon Anderson.
3/25/1971.
Folder 6: Maps
1. Gloster Quadrangle, Mississippi (15 minute series) – US Department of the
Interior Geological Survey – maps depicts geographical layout of the land
2. Woodville Quadrangle, Mississippi (15 minute series) – US Department of the
Interior Geological Survey – maps depicts geographical layout of the land
3. General Highway map – Wilkinson County Mississippi, prepared by Mississippi
State Highway Department Transportation Planning Division, 1984
Folder 7: Photographs
1. 5×7 black and white photograph – Mary McCraine Anderson, wife of slain Marshall
James Gordon Anderson
2. 3×5 black and white photograph – Sidney Bowman, H.H.S. All State Q.B. and
U.S. Olympian Triple Jump, brother to Admiral Bowman Olympian
3. 8×10 color photograph – unidentified elderly man
4. 8×10 black and white photograph – Hammond High Football Team, 1926; attached
– names of the coach and players
5. 11×14 black and white photograph – Hammond High Football Team, 1926
Folder 8: Miscellaneous
1. Postcard-to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Anderson
2. Laminated prayer card with obituary attached – John A. McCraine, 1964
3. Typed letter – to Victor Gordon Anderson from John H. Rice; subject-Oil, Gas,
and Mineral Lease, Sarah E. Anderson Heirs, Harrison County, Mississippi; June 4,
1984; Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease – Victor Gordon Anderson, June 4, 1984 (2); attached-envelope
that contained the materials previously mentioned
4. Newspaper photograph – Vic Anderson
5. 3 page typed document – Articles of Partnership, Victor G. Anderson and Joseph
A. Sims, 1943
6. 4 page typed document – Contract for Lease and Option to Purchase, State of
LA, Parish of Tangipahoa; document involves – Lula Pearson (Pierson) Ashley, Ivy W.
Ashley, Mildred Ashley Verberg, Herman E. Ashley, Victor G. Anderson, Juliana Graves,
and Joseph A. Sims, October 30, 1943
7. 2 page typed document – Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease – Victor Gordon Anderson
and Edna White Anderson, February 6, 1984 (2)
8. 4 page typed document – Application for Membership to the National Society
of the Daughters of the American Revolution-Antoinette Anderson Yokum, July 30, 1980
Folder 9: Miscellaneous
1. Handwritten letter – from Gordon Anderson, September 20, 1910
2. Newspaper articles-“Nathan B. Tycer, 60, Succumbs Friday Morn After Long Illness”;
“Former Football Stars”; “The One-Legged Man”
3. Printed email correspondences-to Marshall Snyder and Sharon Lambert from Tom
Anderson, subject-Charles McDermott, July 11, 2001
4. Printed flyer – “Andersonville, LA. 70401 (Don’t laugh – It Could be Your
Home Town) – Some Facts Voters Should Know” (3)
5. Printed flyer – “Fillups (with) Billups Ticket You the Taxpayers Pay! Pay!
Pay! And Pay! The “King maker” Gets Fatter”
6. Printed email correspondences – to Perry Snyder from Marshall Snyder, subject-News:
Arkansas Celebrates the Aerospace Industry, July 2, 2001
7. Printed email correspondences – to Perry Snyder from Marshall Snyder, subject-Historical
Articles about Dermott, Arkansas, July 2, 2001
8. Newspaper clipping, “Heart Ailment Proves Fatal to Joseph Monget.” ND.
Folder 10: Anderson Photographs and Letters
1. 2 5×7 black and white photographs – Mary McCraine Anderson, wife of James
Gordon Anderson
2. handwritten letter to Mary (Mrs. G. Anderson) from Kace/Kate Esther, November
2, 1970 (enclosed in envelope)
3. Newspaper article – Death notices – Redheard, Mrs. Esther McCraine
4. Postcard – John A. McCraine, 1916, WWI, France (from Centerville, MS)
5. handwritten note – to “Aunt Mary” from J. B. Hughes, September 18, 1969
6. State Department of Education of Louisiana Elementary School Certificate –
J.C. Anderson, May 27, 1926
7. Handwritten letter
8. Black and white photograph – Leon McGraw, January 7, 1977
9. Metal negative – most likely a photograph of Mary McCraine Anderson
10. Holiday card from “Birdie,” Tom Anderson’s maternal great-aunt. 1968.
11. Note from Tom Anderson (aged 7) to his mother, Edna White Anderson. Includes
small copy of elementary school photograph. 12/16/1958.
Folder 11: Family Photographs
1. 3×5 black and white photograph – Vic
2. 3×5 black and white photograph – Vick Anderson
3. 4×6 color photograph – Grand Opening of “Country Market”, Ponchatoula, LA,
July 3, 1973
4. Ripped black and white photograph-Victor G. Anderson football picture, 1928
5. 3×5 black and white photographs – Victor Gordon Anderson, Sr. June 14, 1960
6. 3×5 black and white photographs – Victor Gordon Anderson, Sr. June 14, 1960
7. 3×5 black and white photographs – Victor Gordon Anderson, Sr. June 14, 1960
8. 4×4 color photograph – Tom, Vic, and Gordon Anderson, 1973 Hammond Mayor race
(Tom lost in runoff by 42 votes to incumbent Sam Saik after lead in first primary,
178 votes from winning in first primary
9. 4×6 black and white photograph – Daddy – man cutting grass, August 1959
10. circular black and white photograph-Victor Gordon Anderson, Born April 8,
1909, Centerville, MS
11. 4×7 black and white photograph-Joe Gayle Vic Anderson
12. 3×5 color photograph-family photograph-Tom Anderson and children-Ashley, Joseph,
and Webb, circa 1988
13. 3×6 black and white photograph-Huey Long’s grave
14. 3×6 black and white photograph-Huey Long’s grave
15. 3×5 black and white photograph-Hunt at Galva Club, Manchac, LA., November 12,
1955
16. 2×3 black and white photograph-Dermott Anderson, WWII
17. 3×5 black and white photograph-Mary Gordon Anderson Jenkins, born August 11,
1913, died November 11, 1980; 1923
18. 3×6 black and white photograph-men swimming-note on back-“To Mrs. McGehee, The
water is fine wish you were here”; Dermott Anderson during World War II with friends
19. 3×6 black and white photograph-Winnifred Aurora Anderson, daughter of Victor
and Edna, circa 1939
20. 4×6 black and white photograph-Benjamin McDermott Anderson, born January 23,
1916; photograph taken during World War II
21. 3×6 black and white photograph-Joseph Thomas Anderson, 6 months
22. circular black and white photograph-John A McCraine
23. circular black and white photograph-Annaleese Anderson
24. 4×6 color photograph-Daddy O Easter 1959
25. 4×6 black and white photograph-Tom Anderson (bottom left), Edna/mom (top left),
sister, Mary Virginia (Hix) and mother Winnie Gayle White and Susan Sziszak
26. 3×6 black and white photograph-Easter Sunday at Whites 1939
27. 4×6 black and white photograph-Vic Anderson with wife Edna (left) and son Tom
(on tricycle) with Edna’s mother, Winnie Gayle White (right); (left to right)-Ellen
White, Sherry White, Gloria White (mother of Sherry) and son Ronnie (in lap)
28. 4×6 black and white photograph-Tom Anderson with his dad Vic and mother Edna,
with eldest sister Amelie and mother Winnie Gayle White
29. 4×6 color photograph-Vic Anderson and Edna with Joseph Anderson and Allison Crim
30. 4×6 color photograph-Vic and Tom Anderson
31. 4×6 color photograph-Vic, Tom, and Edna Anderson with niece Elizabeth Reno
32. 4×4 color photograph-Edna Anderson
33. 4×6 color photograph-“My mama and daddy, Easter 1959”
34. 4×6 black and white photograph-Betty Stine Patenotte, L.T. Patenotte, and Edna
Anderson on the beach
35. 4×6 black and white photograph-people sitting on a lawn-at Starvation Landing,
Edna Anderson behind lawnmower looking east to Lake Pontchartrain on South Pass Manchac-Fritz
Murray Camp; in background is Lake Pontchartrain
36. 4×6 black and white photograph-Edna Anderson, Florida
37. 4×6 black and white photograph-Edna Anderson
38. 4×6 color photograph-Vic and Edna Anderson, Daytona Beach, Florida
39. 4×6 black and white photograph-Vic and Edna Anderson
40. 3×6 black and white photograph-Vic and Edna Anderson with “pointer dogs”, 1941
41. 4×6 color photograph-unidentified man and woman
42. 4×6 color photograph-Edna, Vic, Gordon, and Vickie Anderson
43. 4×6 color photograph-Joseph Thomas Anderson age 1 ½ years
44. 4×6 color photograph-Tommy Anderson and J.T. A., age 1 ½ years
45. 4×6 color photograph-Irene, Vicki, Daddy, Gordon, mama, Doots, Tom and Rusty,
Easter 1959
46. 4×6 black and white photograph-Mom and Tom, Spring 1959
47. 4×6 black and white photograph-Vicky, Jim Wasson, Tom, and Doots
48. 4×6 black and white photograph-Gordon Anderson holding Tom Anderson
49. 4×6 color photograph-Vick Anderson, Edna Anderson, Winnie Mae Anderson, Gordon
Anderson, and Tom Anderson
50. 4×6 color photograph-Doots Anderson, Vickie Anderson, Gordon Anderson, and Tom
Anderson
51. 4×6 black and white photograph-Jim Wasson, Gordon, Tom, and Doots 1962
52. 4×6 color photograph-Vick Anderson, Edna Anderson, Gordon Anderson, Tom Anderson,
and Winnie Mae Anderson
53. 4×6 black and white photograph-Vick, Edna, Doots, Vicky, Gordon, Tom Anderson
54. 4×6 black and white photograph-Vick, Gordon, and Tom Anderson
55. 4×6 black and white photograph-Tom (as a child) running crab nets and cane pole
to catch skip jack to bait trot line
56. 4×6 black and white photograph-Gordon, unknown, Vickie, and Doots
57. 4×6 black and white photograph-Christmas 1963-Vic Anderson family
58. 4×6 color photograph-Vickie Anderson, Edna Anderson, Vic Anderson, Winniefred
“Doots” Anderson, Gordon Jr. Anderson, and Tom Anderson
59. 4×6 color photograph-Vickie, Mama, Daddy, Doots, Gordon, Mama Mary, and Tom-Easter
1959
60. 4×6 black and white photograph-Vick, Edna, Doots, Vicky, Gordon, and Tom Anderson,
Easter 1961
61. 4×6 black and white photograph-Vic, Edna, Doots, Vickie, and Gordon
62. 4×6 black and white photograph-Jim Wasson and Tom Anderson wearing boxing gloves
63. 4×6 black and white photograph-Tom Anderson as a child-Ponchatoula Centennial
celebration
64. booklet-“Album Prints”-Easter 1952-photographs of: Gloria and Travis; Mrs. Winnie
White and 8 children (Amelie, Winnie Mae, Edna, Beale, Norwood, Gayle, Travis; Mary
Va. White Sziszak (somewhat illegible) and Rebecca; Mrs. N. J. White and 8 children
and 5 grandchildren; Edna Anderson and 4 children (Doots, Vicky, Gordon, and Tom);
Mrs. N. J. White and 5 grandchildren (Doots, Vicky, Gordon, and Tom Anderson), Becky
Sziszak (somewhat illegible); Edna White Anderson; Vic and Edna W. Anderson and 4
children
Folder 12a: Receipts, Documents, and Personal Letters of James Gordon Anderson
(Typed correspondences)
1. copy of cover of the box that held the contents of folders 12a,12b, and 12c-contains
rough sketch of genealogy of the Anderson’s
2. to: Mary Anderson, from: Henry Gillespie, May 28, 1936
3. to: J.G. Anderson, from: E. Barnett, April 8, 1916-envelope found after letter
4. to: E. Barnette, from: The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company,
April 13, 1916
5. to: T.H. Cutrer, from: W.D. Owens, May 1, 1936
6. to: W. D. Anderson, from: E. Barnett, November 9, 1915-envelope found after
letter
7. to: Clerk of Court, Wilkinson County, from: Henry Gillespie, May 11, 1936
8. to: Mary Anderson, from: W. M. Gray, May 25, 1936-envelope found after letter
9. to: J. Gordon Anderson, from: G.A. Bardley, August 14, 1936 (2 pages)
10. to: Vic Anderson, from: Burrell J. Carter, March 28, 1988
11. to: Vic Anderson, from: Bernie W. Bierman, July 6, 1928-envelope found after
letter
12. to: Mary Anderson, from: Henry Gillespie, May 12, 1936; attached-statement of
Mary McCraine Anderson, April 28, 1936
Folder 12b: Receipts, Documents, and Personal Letters of James Gordon Anderson
(Handwritten letters)
1. handwritten list written on Hammond Sanitarium and Cottage Colony letterhead-envelope
found after letter
2. to: Gordon Anderson, from: Edna (or Eva?)-envelope found after letter, November
19, 1920
3. to: Gordon Anderson, from: R. E. Craig, Jr., January 21, 1914 (2 pages)-envelope
found after letter
4. Gayle Anderson, June 24, 1936
5. to: Mary McCraine, from: Gordon-envelope found after letter, October 24, 1906
6. to: Mary (Mrs. J. Gordon Anderson), from Auntie A.E.A.-envelope found after
letter, June 12, 1933
7. to: Mary Anderson, from: M. L. White, November 21, 1946-envelope found after
letter
8. to: Mary Anderson, from: Eva-envelope found after letter, May 28, 1936
9. to: “my dear wife”, from: Vic, May 21, 1947 (3 pages)
10. to: “my dear wife”, from: Vic, May 22, 1947 (2 pages)
11. to: “my dear wife”, from: Vic, May 23, 1947 (2 pages)-envelope found after letter
12. to: “dady”
13. from: Mary
14. to: Gordon, from: Aunt Sarah, December 25, 1916
15. to: “Dady”, from: Victor Anderson, November 1916
16. to: Gordon Anderson, from: Charles, August 18, 1929
17. to: Mary, from: Eva (3 pages)
18. handwritten note with an address on it-G.A. McDermott
19. to: “Daddy”, from: J. C. Anderson
20. to: “Grandpa”, from: Joseph Clark Anderson, September 3, 1907
21. to: Mary, from: Gordon Anderson
22. to: Mary, from: Gordon-envelope found after letter
23. to: Mary McCraine, from: J. G. A.
24. to: Mr. Anderson, from: Mary-envelope found after letter
25. 3×5 black and white photograph-Dick and Antoinette Anderson
26. to: Gordon, from: illegible name, November 6, 1906-envelope found after letter
27. to: Gordon Anderson, from: Mary McCaine, September 11, 1906-envelope found after
letter
28. to: Mary McCaine, from: Gordon Anderson, November 6, 1906
29. to: Mary, from: Gordon, August 14, 1906-envelope found after letter
30. to: Mary, from: Gordon-envelope found after letter
31. to: “my darling”, from: Gordon-envelope found after letter
32. to: “my darling Mary”, from: Gordon
33. to: Mary, from: Gordon (2 pages)
34. postcards:
a. to: J.G. Anderson, from: A.R.C.
b. to: Gordon Anderson, from: Sam-postcard of Race Track-Gainesvile, Tex.
c. to: Gordon Anderson, from: S.E.A.-postcard of the Smithsonian Institution
d. to: Mrs. J.G. Anderson, from: S.E.A.-postcard of sheep
e. to: Mrs. Gordon Anderson
f. to: Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Anderson-postcard of congratulations
g. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Summer, Aunt Metella Montgomery Beckham, Mary M. Anderson
Folder 12c: Receipts, Documents, and Personal Letters of James Gordon Anderson
(Receipts, Poll Taxes, and Miscellaneous Documents)
1. Obituary-Edna White Anderson
2. McCain and Cate Insurance Invoice-Mary W. Anderson, March 8, 1967
3. McCain and Cate Insurance Invoice-Mrs. Gordon Anderson, October 24, 1967
4. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company-McCain and Cate, Inc.-Insurance
Form-Mary W. Anderson, May 8, 1967; attached-Dwelling and Contents Form
5. Typed will between Thomas Kernon DeLee and J. Gordon Anderson, 1921
6. Newspaper article-announcement of engagement of Antoinette Mitchell Anderson
7. Newspaper article-“Today’s Talk: Cosmic Law” by George Matthew Adams
8. Newspaper articles-“Former McComb Woman Honored”; “Italian Consul to be Entertained
Here”; “First Clinic to be Held in Ponchatoula”
9. Newspaper article-“Meet the President: Cume Anderson”
10. Poll Tax Receipts-1914-1951 (32)
11. 2 2×3 black and white photographs-unidentified man and woman
12. circular black and white photograph-Victor Gordon Anderson, April 8, 1909
13. Pamphlet-“Straight Thinking-America’s New Trend” by James W. Fifield, Jr.
14. Program-Commencement Exercises of Edward McGehee College for Girls, May 21-25,
1909
15. U.S. Bureau of Public Roads Cooperating with the Louisiana Highway Commission-Passenger
Car Data
16. Scottish Union and National Insurance Company-Standard Windstorm Policy-J. Gordon
Anderson, May 11, 1923; attached-General Form
17. Marriage License-State of Mississippi, Wilkinson County-James Gordon Anderson
and Mary V. McCraine, November 20, 1906
18. State of Mississippi Marriage Certificate-James Gordon Anderson and Mary V. McCraine,
November 21, 1906
19. Typed will-to M.L. Harvey, May 10, 1951
20. Check-J. Gordon Anderson, July 9, 1921
21. Water Meter Deposit Receipt-Mrs. Gordon Anderson, February 20, 1945
22. City of Hammond, La., Water Department Water Ending-Mrs. Gordon Anderson, December
15, 1947
23. Hammond Ice, Light, and Bottling Co., Ltd. receipt-J. Gordon Anderson
24. Envelopes to Mr. J. Gordon Anderson-1906-1967 (5)
25. Cloth banner that reads “Love One Another
Folder 13: Newspapers, Genealogy, and Miscellaneous Handwritten/Typed Documents
1. Copy of newspaper article-“Centennial Celebration of Old Bethany Church, Established
by Rev. James Smylie”, The Daily Picayune, October 18, 1908
2. Copy of newspaper article- “Home Where Audubon Taught To Be Displayed”, Times
Picayune, February 23, 1941 (2)
3. Copy of 5 page document-“Shrines of Tomorrow” by Carl McIntire
4. Copy of newspaper article- “PTA Congress Salutes Oldest Living Founder Now
Residing in East: Mrs. Hughes, Now 83, Served as President From 1917-22” (3)
5. Copy of obituary and prayer-B.W. Anderson (2)
6. Copy of 1 page document-Notes of Interest-about Sarah Anderson (2)
7. Copy of obituary, prayer, and death notice-Benjamin Way Anderson (3)
8. Copy of newspaper article- “Pages From An Old Scrap Book by Anabel Power:
The Smylie Family in America 1776-1935” (part 1) by Kate Markham Power, March 12,
1950
9. Copy of newspaper article- “Pages From An Old Scrap Book by Anabel Power:
The Smylie Family in America 1776-1935” (part 2) by Kate Markham Power, March 19,
1950 (2 copies)
10. Copy of obituary-Joseph Way Anderson, Sr.
11. Copy of newspaper article-“Scenes from our History: Rotary Outing” (C. R. Anderson,
9th from left in photograph)
12. Handwritten note about Centreville, MS Newman Funeral Home, Anderson plot
13. Handwritten letter-to Antoinette, August 1
14. Typed resolutions-Oliver M. Anderson, Centreville, MS, December 8, 1916
15. Copy of handwritten letter-Antoinette Yokum from Annie Laurie Anderson Whitaker,
July 2, 1974
16. 1 page typed document-Old Smiley Cemetery, from Annie Laurie Anderson Whitaker,
July 1, 1974
17. Louisiana Genealogical Register, March 1975, submitted by Mrs. Walter E. Haase-Smith,
Montgomery, and Sims Cemetery
18. 2 page typed document-Terrell Cemetery, Smylie Cemetery, and J.H. Bramlett Cemetery-Cemetery
and Bible Records, Volume VI
19. Copy of handwritten document
20. Copy of pedigree chart-Ozenne family
21. Copy of pages from the Census of Pointe Coupee Louisiana 1745
22. Copy of excerpt taken from “In Old Natchez” by Catherine Van Court
23. Copies of various biographies-John Anderson, William Waye, Henry Smith, James
Smylie, David Anderson, DeCuir family members, D’Arsensbourg family, and MacDemort(t)/MacDermon
family
24. 3 page document-Oaklawn Cemetery Records, Centreville, MS, 1973
25. Newspaper clipping, “Services Held for Gayle P. White.” ND.
26. Newspaper clipping, notice of funeral for N.T. White. ND.
Folder 14: Family Mementos
1. Resident Hunting License-Gordon Anderson, September 28, 1931
2. Newspaper article-“Shower Given Saturday Night for Miss Anderson”
3. Handwritten letter and envelope-to the “bride and groom” from “Mama Mary”,
August 3, 1973
Folder 15: School Records
1. Tom Anderson’s report cards from grades 3-10-1958-1969 (9)
Box 2
Folder 1: Correspondence: between J. G. Anderson and wife Mary Anderson and family
in 1906-1935
1. Letter to Mr. J. Gordon Anderson from wife Mary. Postmarked March 10, 1921
2. Letter from Gordon Anderson to “Dearest girl”, from Leeland MS. Dated “Tues.
at 7:16pm.
3. Letter to Mr. J. G. Anderson from wife Mary. Letters dated May 12, 1921. Postmarked
Feb. 9, 1921.
4. Letter to Gordon Anderson from wife Mary. Dated “Wednesday pm.”
5. Letter to Mr. J.G. Anderson from wife Mary. Attached letter from son, Victor
Gordon Anderson. Postmarked Feb. 4, 1921.
6. Letter dated Aug. 16 from Mary to Mr. J.G. Anderson
7. Letter from J.G. Anderson to Victor Anderson. Written on Hammond Hardware
and Supply Co. stationary. Undated.
8. Letter to Mr. J.G. Anderson to from wife Mary. Postmarked Apr. 18, 1921.
9. Letter to J.G. Anderson from wife Mary. Dated May 1921.
10. Letter to Mrs. Mary Anderson from J.G. Anderson. Postmarked Sept. 12 1918 from
Baton Rouge, LA.
11. Letter dated Dec. 11 1916, unaddressed.
12. Letter to Gordon Anderson from wife Mary. Undated.
13. Letter to Gordon Anderson from wife Mary. Undated.
14. Letter to Gordon Anderson from wife Mary. Undated.
15. Letter to “Daddy” from Mary Anderson. Undated.
16. Letter to Mr. Vick Anderson from “Ved”. Postmarked Jul. 27, 1935.
17. Letter to Mr. Victor Anderson in Hammond Louisiana, Letter dated Aug. 31 1924.
18. Letter to J.G Anderson of Centerville MS. From his wife Mary. Enclosed are:
a. Letter to “Daddy” from Mary Anderson
b. Letter to “Daddy” to “Daddy” from son Dermatt
c. Letter to J. Gordon Anderson from David C. Bramlette. Dated Dec. 31, 1925
19. Letter to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from “Mama”. Postmarked March 25, 1932.
20. Letter to Masters J.C and Victor Anderson. From Grandfather, Dr. S.S. Anderson.
21. Letter to Mr. J.G. Anderson, postmarked Mar. 5, 1921. Enclosed are:
a. Letter to “Daddy” from son, Demott Anderson
b. Letter to Gordon from wife Mary
22. Letter addressed to Mr. Victor Anderson of Gulport MS. From his mother Mary
Anderson.
23. Letter to Mr. J. Gordon Anderson of Woodville, MS from son Victor Anderson. Updated.
24. Letter of Recommendation for Mr. J.G Anderson from the President of the Centerville
Bank.
25. Letter from Gordon Anderson to his wife Mary Anderson. Postmarked Apr. 8, 1925.
26. Letter to “Daddy and Mommy” from their son Victor Anderson, not dated.
27. Incomplete letter to Gordon Anderson from Mary Anderson.
28. Letter addressed to a Miss Mary McCraine from Gordon Anderson. Dated May 21st
1906.
29. Letter addressed to Mr. J.G Anderson from wife Mary Anderson postmarked Sept.
9th 1910.
30. Letter to Gordon Anderson from son Victor dated Aug. 12, 1919.
31. Letter to Mary from Gordon. Undated.
32. Incomplete letter. Undated and Unsigned.
33. Incomplete letter to Mary from Gordon Anderson.
34. Letter to “J.Q. and Vic” from Gordon Anderson.
35. Letter to Mary Anderson from husband Gordon Anderson. Dated Aug. 26, 1917.
36. Letter to Gordon Anderson from wife Mary. Postmarked May 12, 1910.
37. Letter to Gordon Anderson from “Mama” Undated.
38. Incomplete letter in Mary Anderson’s hand. Undated.
39. Letter to Mary Anderson from husband Gordon, dated Sept. 20 1920.
40. Letter addressed to Mary Anderson. Undated and unsigned
41. Letter to Mary and Gordon Anderson from “Aunt Sarah” dated Oct. 27 1919.
42. Letter to Mrs. J. G. Anderson from “Mama”. Postmarked Mar. 11 1920.
43. Letter to Gordon Anderson, sender unknown and undated.
44. Letter to Gordon Anderson from wife Mary. Sent from Baton Rouge undated.
45. Envelope addressed to Mrs. J.G. Anderson in Centerville MS.
46. Letter to Mary and children from husband Gordon Anderson. Undated.
47. Unaddressed Letter headed “Tuesday Night”
48. Letter to wife Mary from Gordon dated Dec. 7, 1916.
49. Letter dated Sept. 13 1910 from Hammond, LA.
50. Letter to Mrs. J.G. Anderson from husband Gordon Anderson. Postmarked Aug. 27th
1917.
51. Letter to Gordon and Mary Anderson from son Victor Anderson.
52. Letter to Mrs. J.G. Anderson from J.A Hughes, postmarked Feb. 19, 1930. Enclosed
are:
a. Letter to Mary dated Feb. 18th 1930
b. Newspaper Article entitled “Mrs. Hughes talks to woman’s culture club”.
c. Letter to Mary Anderson from brother Pte. J.A. McCraine. Dated April 2, 1919
from Base Hospital #208 in Bordeaux, France.
53. Letters addressed to Mr. J. Gordon Anderson from son Victor Anderson. Postmarked
Jan. 27th 1928.
Folder 2: Correspondence from 1933
1. Letter from Emma to Mary Anderson, no date.
2. Letter from Bill to Mary Anderson, May 1933
3. Letter from Ed and Kathleen to Mary Anderson. Dated May 18th, 1933
4. Card from Tommy McPeak to Mary Anderson, no date.
5. Telegram from Alonzo to Mary Anderson. Dated May 10th 1933.
6. Telegraph from Beulah and Billy Delcourt to Anderson family. Dated May 16th
1933.
7. Telegram from Helen S. Smith to Dermott Anderson. Dated May 16th 1933.
8. Telegram from B. Field to Victor Anderson. Dated May 16th 1933.
9. Telegram from Frances and Tilghman to Victor Anderson. Dated May 17th 1933.
10. Telegram from Luther Montgomery to Anderson family. Dated May 16th 1933.
11. Telegram from Luther Montgomery to Anderson family. Dated May 16th 1933.
12. Telegram from Leonard Collins to Anderson family. Dated May 16th, 1933.
13. Telegram from Tom Baker to Victor Baker. Dated May 16th 1933.
14. Telegram from Kappa Sigma Fraternity to Mary Anderson. Dated 16th 1933.
15. Telegram from Lillie Bell Townsend to Mary Anderson. Dated May 16th 1933.
16. Telegram from Nick Felsher to Mary Anderson. Dated May, 16th 1933.
17. Telegram from “Case and Edith” to Mary Anderson. Dated May 16th 1933.
18. Letter to Anderson family from “Mama”.
19. Letter from “Mrs. Holley” to Mary Anderson . May 19th 1933.
20. Card from Evid Lions to Mary Anderson. Dated May 17th 1933.
21. Telegram from Adeline to Mary Anderson. May 16th 1933.
22. Letter5 from “Joy” to Mary Anderson. Dated May 17th 1933.
23. Card from Verina and Bobbie to Mary Anderson.
24. Telegram from William Haghes to Anderson family. May 16th 1933.
25. Letter from Pat Russell to Victor Anderson. May 14th 1933.
26. Letter from Victor, Edna, Dvots, Vickie and Gordon to Mary Anderson. July 18th
1949.
27. Telegram from Johnnie Ellis to Mary Anderson. May 16th 1933.
28. Letter from Ms. Melella to Mary Anderson. June 17th 1933.
29. Letter from Jack Anderson to Mary Anderson. Dated May 16th 1933.
30. Letter from Paine to Mary Anderson. Dated May 16th 1933.
31. Card from Bill, Edith , and Mary Florence to Mary Anderson. Dated May 17th 1933.
32. Letter from Anna Belle to Mary Anderson. Dated May 22nd 1933.
33. Letter from Sister and Aunt Jamie to Mary Anderson. May 16th 1933.
34. Letter from Beatrice to Victor Anderson. May 25th.
35. Card from Gladys Storm to Mary Anderson. Dated May 16th 1933
36. Letter from Mallie Lou to Mary Anderson. Dated May 22nd 1933
37. Letter from Nelda to Dermott Anderson. Dated May 16th 1933.
38. Letter from Helen Till to Mary Anderson. Dated May 22nd 1933.
39. Card from Hardy to Victor Anderson. Dated May 17th 1933.
40. Telegram from Marguerite Powell to Anderson Family. Dated May 16th 1933.
41. Letter from Ned to Victor Anderson. Dated May 17th 1933.
42. Letter from Uncle Charles and Aunt Connie to Mary Anderson. Dated May 25th 1933.
43. Letter from Helen S. Smith to Dermott Anderson. May 16th 1933.
44. Letter from Lilla to Mary Anderson. Dated May 25th 1933.
45. Letter from Toby to Mary Anderson. Dated May 17th 1933.
46. Card from Bailey to Mary Anderson. Dated May 16th 1933.
47. Letter from Edmond Joseph to Dr. Anderson. May 16th 1933.
Folder 3: Correspondence to Mrs. Gordon Anderson and Correspondence to Mr. J. C. Anderson,
1936.
1. Poem by Mrs. F.B. Thomas of Hammond, LA.
2. Letter to Mrs. Gordon Anderson and family from Sarah Anderson postmarked Apr.
25th 1936 from Saucier MS.
3. Letter to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from “Mama”. Undated.
4. Sympathy card sent to Mrs. Mary Anderson from Winnie Mae and Elton. Postmarked
Apr. 28th 1936 Monroe, LA.
5. Sympathy cards to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from Nelda Jones Sallemod. Postmarked
Apr. 25th 1936, Houston, TX.
6. Sympathy card to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from Mrs. C.B. Starkey. Postmarked April
25 1936.
7. Sympathy card to Mr. and Mrs. Vick Anderson from Bee and Lawrence. Postmarked
Apr. 28th 1936 Monroe, LA.
8. Sympathy card addressed to Mrs. Mary Anderson from Dorthey. Postmarked May
2nd 1936, Del Rio, TX.
9. Letter to Mary Anderson from Jamie. Postmarked Apr. 28th 1936 from Chattanooga
TN.
10. Letter to Mary Anderson from Aunt Jamie. Dated May 11 1936.
11. Sympathy card from Mr. Mrs. V.A. Davis to Mrs. Mary Anderson. Postmarked May
1st 1936.
12. Letter to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from Annabel Paine. Postmarked Apr. 25th 1936,
Memphis, TN.
13. Letter to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from Mrs. W.D. Anderson. Postmarked Aug. 18th
1936.
14. Letter to Mrs. Mary Anderson from “Toby”. Postmarked Apr. 30th 1936.
15. Letter to Mrs. J. Gordon Anderson from Mrs. Kale-Palemer. Postmarked Apr. 25
1936.
16. Letter on back of a Germany Motor Company receipt, to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from
Jenice Hughes.
17. Western Union telegram – Mothers Day Greeting to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from Ed
Sylvester Jr. and Jud. Dated May 10th 1936.
18. Letter to Mrs. J. Gordon Anderson from Mary Gordon. Dated April 27th 1935.
19. Letter to Miss Mary Gordon Anderson from Toby. Dated May 1st 1930.
20. Letter to Mrs. J. Gordon Anderson and Family from Victory Catherine Neaton. Dated
April 25th 1936.
21. Postal Telegraph to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from Iris and Jr. McGehee. Dated April
23rd 1936.
22. Sympathy Card to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from Corinne Alexander. Dated Apr. 27th
1936.
23. Sympathy card from Mr. Mrs. Ben Gill and Family.
24. Letter to Mrs. Anderson from Mrs. Holly of the Ladies of Federal Church. Dated
Apr. 29th 1936.
25. Letter to Mrs. Anderson from Mama dated May 8th 1936.
26. Western Union Telegraph to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from Emma. Dated Apr. 23rd 1936.
27. Letter to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from Avil Melella dated Apr. 28th 1936.
28. Letter to Mrs. Gordon Anderson from Guaranty Bank and Trust Co. of Hammond LA.
Dated Jan. 2nd 1947. Enclosed in letter are receipts of used checks.
29. Western Union Telegraph from “Stevie” to Mrs. Gordon Anderson. Dated April 24th
1936.
30. Western Union Telegraph from Roy Neal to Mrs. Gordon Anderson dated Apr. 26th
1936.
31. Western Union Telegraph from Mr. Gideon and Mrs. Mildred to Mrs. Gordon Anderson.
Dated Apr. 23rd 1936.
32. Best wishes floral arrangement card from Mielee Owens to Mr. J.C. Anderson.
33. Best wishes floral arrangement card from Sidney to Mr. J.C. Anderson.
34. Get well soon card addressed to Mr. J.C. Anderson from Margarette Catha. Postmarked
Apr. 21st 1936.
35. Get well soon card from Kaithlyne Martin to Mr. J.C. Anderson.
36. Postcard to Mary Gordon Anderson, dated 1935. Found inside the 1921 Reveille.
Folder 4: Newspapers concerning J. Gordon Anderson’s Death
1. Daily Courier. May 16th 1933. Two issues.
2. Daily Courier. Article “Slain Marshal is Buried at Centerville”. Undated.
3. Article “Tragic Death Ends Career of Officer”. Undated
4. Times Picayune. “Hammond Marshal Slain with Own Gun”. Dated May 16th 1933.
5. Daily Courier. May 22nd 1933.
6. Morning Advocate. Includes article titled “Hammond Night Cop is Killed” May
16th 1933.
7. Daily Courier. Includes article “J.W. Ellzey is Appointed as Night Officer”.
Dated 18th 1933.
8. The Centerville Jeffersonian. Includes obituary for J. Gordon Anderson, May
19 1933.
9. Daily Courier. Includes article entitled “Late Marshal Honored by City Court”.
Dated May 19th 1933.
10. Article titled “Gunman Battles Until Felled By Shots as Police Close Upon Him.”
5/16.1933. (2 copies)
11. Morning Tribune. May 16th 1933.
12. Daily Courier. May 20th 1933.
13. Card of thanks section from Mrs. Gordon Anderson.
Folder 5: Smith Family
1. Records of the Rev. Henry Smith (Puritan Pastor) and his family by Jane Tullia
Smith Brady
Folder 6: Charles McDermott material
1. The Dermott News Vol. 61 #36 and Vol. 65 #18 three copies, includes patents
filed by Charles McDermott
2. “Arkansas celebrates the aerospace industry” article
3. “125 Years of History Woven into a Short Story” by Abbott F. Kinney
4. Journal entry from Charles McDermott
5. Newspaper article, “Built an Airplane over 100 Years Ago” no date, two copies
6. Times-picayune, “He flew in 1872” November 22, 1959
7. Second page of an article on Charles McDermott
8. Newspaper article on Charles McDermott
9. Newspaper article, “Dermott Founder: Man of Talent”
10. State-Times, “Old Letters Recall Remarkable Efforts in West Feliciana of One
‘Flying Machine Charlie’” no date
Folder 7: Anderson family history
1. Handwritten notes on the White family
2. Handwritten notes on the McCraine family
3. Copy of a register of marriages and deaths in the Anderson family
4. Notes on the Anderson family, includes photo and Google maps image of Centerville,
Mississippi
5. Family tree of the Way family, two copies
6. Obituary for Anne Carville
7. Handwritten note, two copies
8. File on the Gayle family, two copies
9. Photo of baseball players
10. Photo of St. Charles St. in Hammond
11. Photo of Tom Anderson in elementary school, two copies
12. List of heirs to Sarah E. Anderson September 10, 1978, two copies
Folder 8: Family Vacation Photographs-St. Louis and New York City Trip 1963-1964
1. 4×4 color photograph- Tom Anderson with Snyder family on motor trip to NYC
World’s Fair with cousin Dot Hughes, Hazelhurst, NJ, 1964
2. 4×4 black and white photograph-Tom Anderson, trip to St. Louis with Snyder
family, Marshall and Tom, Aunt, Cousin DJ “Baby” Anderson Snyder, 1963
3. 4×4 black and white photograph-Lincoln Memorial; Baby, Harry, Tom and Marshall;
NYC Trip, July 1964
4. 4×4 black and white photograph-Tom and Marshall in Catskill MT. in NY, July
1964
5. 4×4 black and white photograph-view from Lincoln memorial to Washington Monument,
Harry, Marshall, Tom, and Baby; DC, July 1964
6. 4×4 black and white photograph-Marshall and Tom; Appomattox Courthouse, VA,
July 1964
7. 4×4 black and white photograph-Tom Anderson
8. 4×4 black and white photograph-Tom and Marshall; The Stockade at Williamsburg
VA, July 1964
9. 6 4×4 black and white photographs from vacation
Folder 9: Tom Anderson Headshots
1. 16 sets of photographs-Tom Anderson in grades 1-7, 9, 11; Southeastern Louisiana
University College Freshman, Southeastern Louisiana University College Senior, other
college portraits, law school photograph, and headshot of being mayor in 1977
Folder 10: Miscellaneous Photographs
1. 3×5 color photograph-Vic Anderson and Betty Cutrer, ca. 1977
2. 3×5 color photograph-Tom Anderson as mayor on balloon ride
3. color photograph- Tom Anderson as King Alpha; Hammond’s 1st Mardi Gras parade
February, 1980
4. color photograph- Christmas 1982, Joe Robinson, Vicky Anderson, and Ora Anderson
at Vic Anderson’s house
5. color photograph-Jane and Edna Anderson
6. color photograph-Tom and Joseph Anderson at the pool, 1979
7. 3×5 color photograph- Liz Reno, Jane Anderson, and Doots A. Reno, Christmas
1982
8. 3×4 color photograph-Tom Anderson in Manchac Swamp duck hunting with Ben (dog)
9. 3×4 color photograph-Tom Anderson as Mayor in 1977
10. color photograph-Tom Anderson as an usher at wedding
11. color photograph-Tom Anderson birthday
12. 3×5 color photograph-Tom Anderson and Webb Anderson at Christmas
13. color photograph-Vic Anderson and bird dog-“Daddy picking (something) off Mister
(a dog), January 21, 1966
Folder 11: Starvation Landing Photographs
1. 4×6 color photograph- Webb Anderson, Ashley Anderson, and Clay Cromwell (2)
2. 4×6 color photograph-Ashley and Webb swimming in Manchac River
3. 4×6 color photograph- Joseph, Webb, and Ashley Anderson and friends
4. 4×6 color photograph- Joseph, Webb, and Ashley Anderson and friends on slip-n-slide
5. 4×6 color photograph- Joseph, Webb, and Ashley Anderson and friends on slip-n-slide
6. 4×6 color photograph- Joseph, Webb, and Ashley Anderson and friends on slip-n-slide
7. 4×6 color photograph- Joseph, Webb, and Ashley Anderson and friends on slip-n-slide
8. 4×6 color photograph- Webb Anderson sleeping
9. 4×6 color photograph- Breaux, Lanaux, and Anderson children
10. 4×6 color photograph- Ashley and Tom Anderson
11. 4×6 color photograph- Ashley Anderson on slip-n-slide
12. 4×6 color photograph- Tom and niece Jane Anderson, Joseph Anderson on couch
13. 4×6 color photograph- Kent holding a fish
14. 4×6 color photograph- Bob Lanaux
15. 4×6 color photograph- unknown sailboat (2)
16. 4×6 color photograph- Webb and friends with a bull frog
17. 4×6 color photograph- Webb and friends with a bull frog
18. color Polaroid-Anderson camp
19. 3×5 color photograph-Vic and Tom Anderson eating boiled crabs that they caught
20. 3×5 color photograph-Vic Anderson cleaning catfish
21. 4×6 color photograph-Ashley and Webb Anderson on a boat ride
22. 3 4×6 color photographs-Webb Anderson and friend on slip-n-slide
Folder 12: Fishing at Port Eads 1990 Photographs
1. 4×6 color photograph- Ashley, Webb, and Joseph Anderson, redfish caught at
Port Eads South Pass (2)
2. 4×6 color photograph- fishing of dock
3. 4×6 color photograph- fishing/catching speckled trout, Webb and Joseph Anderson,
old Coast Guard station at Port Eads
4. 4×6 color photograph- fishing/catching speckled trout, Webb and Joseph Anderson,
old Coast Guard station at Port Eads
5. 4×6 color photograph- 2 people reeling in a fish
6. 4×6 color photographs- Joseph Anderson, Rich Cap, and Bubba Lauderdale (3)
7. 4×6 color photograph- Paul Hooks and Dexter Mercante
8. 4×6 color photograph- Tom and sons Joseph and Webb in camp at Port Eads
9. 4×6 color photograph- Richard Capdeboscq fishing
10. 4×6 color photograph- Roseau Cane at Port Eads
11. 4×6 color photograph- someone fishing (too dark to identify)
12. 4×6 color photograph-Tom Anderson driving his boat
13. 4×6 color photograph-Tom Anderson, Port Ead mouth of the Mississippi (South
Pass)
14. negatives of the photographs included
Folder 13: Delta Tau Delta Photographs
1. color photograph-Tom Anderson and Tom Sharp in Canada Delta Tau Delta Convention
2. color photograph-Tom Sharp at Niagra Falls, College trip for Delta Tau Delta
3. color photograph-Tom Anderson and Dick Frohn at Canada Delta Tau Delta Convention,
1970
4. color photograph-Tom Anderson
5. color photograph-Delta Tau Delta Greek Week Awards, Tom Anderson as President
in 1968
6. 4×6 color photograph- Tom Anderson and Andrew Stam at Delta Tau Delta Formal,
2009
7. 4×6 color photograph-Delta Tau Delta brothers-Tom Anderson, Gus Kuntz, Mike
Sharp (big brother), Winky Mowen (roommate), and Bill David, 2009
Box 3
Folder 1: Anderson related newspaper articles
1. Hammond Star, “Two locals head to national convention” no date
2. Daily Star, photo of Vic Anderson, two copies
3. Daily Star, “Community will deeply miss ‘Mr. Vic’” no date
4. Daily Star, “Dateline: Philadelphia-Local faces appear on national television
coverage” July 27, 2016
5. Daily Star, “Anderson’s death ‘shocked entire city’” June 7, 1999. (3 copies)
6. Hammond Vindicator May 2, 1963
7. Daily Star, “Slain lawman’s legacy lives on” March 5, 2008, three copies
8. “Vietnam War Hero Honored at Museum” November 7, 2013
9. Sunday Star, “Everybody knew Mr. Vic Anderson” June 26, 2016
10. Daily Star, “Scrapbook” section, March 4, 1998 two copies
11. Daily Star, “Vic Anderson dies at 85” February 22, 1995, includes obituary, three
copies
12. Daily Star, “Comment held no racial slur, but tribute to giant-hearted man” March
6, 1995
13. “Tors put trio on All-State” no date or newspaper information
14. “Stately Home Built on ‘Bankers Row’ in a Vast Setting of Moss-Draped Oaks” no
date or newspaper information
15. Gumbo Magazine, “Papa Vic” March 27, 1988, 3 copies
16. Photo of Vic Anderson at a football reunion, no date or newspaper information,
two copies
17. Daily Courier, includes a section discussing Dr. Smylie Anderson under “Low-Down,”
February 6, 1934
18. Daily Star, “Oak Knoll Country Club Setting for Lunch.” 5/1/1964.
Folder 2: Miscellaneous articles and papers
1. The Burning of Bowling Green: An Illustrated History by Stella M. and James
N. Pitts
2. Echoes of a Famous Inn and its Flaming Exit by Edna Campbell
3. “My Neighborhood, ‘Bankers’ Row’” by Joe Kent Cook
4. Copy of Records of the Rev. Henry Smith (Puritan Pastor) and His Family by
Jane Tullia Smith Brady
5. Pamphlet titled “Carving Charm with Hammer and Brush: Hammond’s Historic
District and Tangipahoa Parish Vignettes.” Written by Edna Campbell. 1982.
Folder 3: Religious material
1. Cards with the Serenity prayer, two copies of each variation
2. Prayer of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin two copies
3. Sinner’s prayer
4. Slow Me Down, Lord poem
5. Today by Grace E. Easley
6. Funeral card for Winnifred “Doots” Aurora Reno
7. “Selective Sermons of Reverend Steve A. Martin,” First Presbyterian Church,
Hammond 1973
8. “Comfort for those who Mourn” book dedicated to J. Gordon Anderson
9. “How to Use this Book” pamphlet
10. “Consolation for those who Sorrow” dedicated to J. C. Anderson, 1936
11. Treasured memories folder with a funeral book dedicated to Joseph Clarke Anderson
Folder 4: Tom Anderson mayoral campaign material
1. Campaign pamphlet, “Anderson #1 Mayor, New Leadership”
2. Campaign pamphlet, “#1 Mayor Tom Anderson”
3. Primary election poll results, June 4, 1977
4. The Lion’s Roar, “Tom Anderson runs for mayor” January 25, 1973
5. Morning Advocate, “Mayor won’t run again in Hammond” no date
6. Hammond Vindicator, “Tom Anderson runs for mayor in city election” January
22, 1973
7. Times-picayune, “Young Mayor-Elect” June 12, 1977. (2 copies)
8. The Sun, “Anderson is new mayor” includes poll results, June 5, 1977, four
copies
9. Daily Star, “Anderson Fairy Tales” October 1979 two copies
10. Business card, “Tom Anderson, Mayor, City of Hammond.”
11. Morning Advocate, “Derailment costly to city of Hammond.” 6/26/1980.
12. Daily Star, “Anderson elected; 4 council run-offs set.” 6/6/1977.
13. Copy of newspaper advertisement to elect Tom Anderson mayor in 1977.
14. Hammond Vindicator, “Tom Anderson is New Mayor.” 6/9/1977.
15. Hammond Vindicator, “City runoff election Saturday.” 7/7/1977.
16. Hammond Vindicator, “Council tables Anderson’s appointments for study.” 7/21/1977.
17. Newspaper clipping, “Hammond Mayor Tom Anderson…” n.d.
Folder 5: Vic Anderson material
1. Victor G. Anderson, City Marshal business card
2. “Tulane in Figures” football team stats, includes photo of Vic Anderson
3. Photo of Vic Anderson, 1967
4. “Constitution of the Student Body of the College of Arts and Sciences of the
Tulane University of Louisiana” October 1926
5. “Cat Rasslers and Chicken Fighters” newspaper article
6. Sportsman’s Paradise, “TABA Tournament results” include photo of Vic Anderson,
June 1973
7. Photo of Vic Anderson, January 5, 1965
8. Hammond Vindicator, “Anderson to Run for Marshall Post” no date, two copies
9. The Sun, “Office Transfers From Father to Son” January 5, 1975
10. Torn and intact photo of Vic Anderson
11. Photo of Vic Anderson
12. Photo of men holding a turkey, handwritten note reads: “Theifs [author’s spelling],
Stolen from Vic Anderson 1963”
13. “Hammond in the Snow” includes photo of Vic Anderson, no date
14. Copy of a letter sent to Vic Anderson, 1969
15. “Hammond Marshal Vic Anderson Recalls Early Days” February 1970
16. “Vic Anderson: A Career of Friendship” no date or newspaper info
17. Football players list
18. Hammond High Football schedule
19. Sheriff campaign letter by Vic Anderson, December 12, 1951, two copies
20. “Vic Andersons Honored on Golden Anniversary” article (two copies)
21. The News Herald, includes column written by Vic Anderson, May 17, 1951
22. Dissolution of partnership and sale of interest by Vic Anderson, May 20, 1952
23. Manila folder with an original and copy of a photo of Vic Anderson, February
15, 1993
24. “Andersonville, LA” flyer, two copies
25. Letter written by Vic Anderson for reelection campaign for Hammond Marshal, August
23, 1948
26. Photo of 1926 football team
27. Obituary for Victor Gordon Anderson. 2/23/1995.
28. Letter to Tom Anderson from Batesville Casket Company. 3/3/1995.
29. Hammond Vindicator, “Former Football Stars.” n.d.
30. Newspaper clipping, “The Vindicator Endorses Stire for Assessor; Vic anderson
for Sheriff, next Tuesday’s Primary.” n.d.
31. Hammond Vindicator, “Candidate for Sheriff and Family.” n.d.
32. Hammond Vindicator, “Seventh Ward Marshal Vic Anderson…” 4/2/1963. (2 copies)
33. State Times, “Seek Road Improvements.” n.d.
34. Typed short biography of Victor Gordon Anderson. n.d.
Folder 6: High school/college material
1. Delta Tau Delta insignia
2. Freshman class president card
3. Junior class president card
4. Hammond High School commencement pamphlet, May 27, 1969
5. Southeastern Louisiana University commencement pamphlet, May 12, 1973
6. Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet pamphlet, 1968
7. Hammond High School vs. Covington High School booklet, September 5, 1969
8. Hammond High School vs. Reserve High School booklet, October 24, 1968
9. Delta Tau Delta Epsilon Phi Chapter magazine
10. Delta Tau Delta magazine
11. Hammond High School vs. Denham Springs High School booklet, September 8, 1967
12. The Twister, May 23, 1969 Hammond High School newspaper
13. Certificate of Award, 1969-1970, Southeastern Louisiana University
14. “Vote Anderson Jr. Pres.” Flyer
15. Phi Kappa Phi certificate
16. WBRZ Scholastic Football Team Certificate of Achievement 1968
17. Phi Kappa Phi badge
18. Delta Tau Delta badge and Epsilon Phi guard
Folder 7: Christian Sermons
1. 10 typed sermons from the following ministers: Steve A. Martin and Dr. Kenneth
G. Phifer, 1972-1975
2. Booklet-Daily Devotions, prepared by William F. Mansell
Folder 8-Anderson family newspaper articles
1. “Season’s First Snowman,” photo of Tom Anderson
2. Daily Star, photo of Tom Anderson, April 29, 1986
3. Photo of Ashley G. Anderson
4. “To Attend Convention” March 1971
5. Hammond Vindicator, “Fishing is Good at Empire” no date, two copies
6. Daily Star, “DTD Helps Out” no date
7. Lion’s Roar, “DTD Hosts Delt Day” February 24, 1972
8. Lion’s Roar, “Delts Hold Football Game and Chapter Retreat” February 10, 1972
9. “Volleyball League Opens” no date or information
10. Lion’s Roar, “New Class Officers Announced in Senate” September 23, 1971
11. “Greeks Honored” April 1971 no information
12. Lion’s Roar, “DTD Holds Formal” April 20, 1972
13. Lion’s Roar, “Delts Represented in class elections” September 23, 1971
14. Photo of Tom Anderson
15. “Anderson urges involvement” no date or information
16. Photo of Tom Anderson
17. Photo of Vic Anderson, May 30, 1976
18. “1971 Delta Tau Delta Sweetheart Court Chosen” no date or information
19. Photo of pigs
20. Photo of Tom Anderson
21. Photo of Tom Anderson, Sun September 22, 1977
22. Photo of Tom Anderson
23. Photo of kids and sand sharks caught on Vic Anderson’s property, August 22, 1976
24. Daily Star, Photo of Tom Anderson, no date
25. Hammond Vindicator, “City agrees to pave street around Hammond High School” March
8, 1977
26. Daily Star, Photo of Tom and Joseph Anderson, August 8, 1977
27. Sun, Photo of Tom Anderson, September 20, 1977
28. Sun, Photo of Tom Anderson, October 5, 1977
29. Sun, Photo of Tom Anderson
30. Photo of Tom Anderson
31. “Over 350 on SLU list of honor students” Fall 1971 no information
32. “87 Graduate with Highest Honors” no date or information
33. Hammond Vindicator, “Over 350 students on SLU honor lists” January 29, 1973
34. Photo of Tom Anderson
35. “Coastal College Students graduate” September 26, 1993 no information
36. Daily Star, “Dr. Smylie Scott Anderson-One of the Pioneer Doctors” March 1, 1973
37. Hammond Vindicator, “Jimmie Davis Visits Vindicator.” 2/28/1985. Four copies.
38. Lion’s Roar, Photo of Tom Anderson April 13, 1972
39. “Greeks Honored” April 1971 no information
40. Daily Star, “Phi Kappa Phi Initiates” April 25, 1973
41. Daily Star, “Anderson lauds Darouse” April 1, 1974
42. Hammond High School Mixed Chorus photo
43. Daily Star, “Tors lose AAA Game” October 23, 1967
44. Hammond Vindicator, photo of Tom Anderson, October 26, 1967
45. Hammond Vindicator, “SLU Students recognized for marks” October 23, 1972
46. “Over 400 cited as SLU Honor Students” November 2, 1970 no information
47. Times-picayune, “SLU Graduation Exercises Held” May 13, 1973
48. Daily Star, “Champ Tornadoes Honor Stars” no date
49. Daily Star, “Waiting on the Train” photo of Vic Anderson, July 5, 1991
50. Hammond Vindicator, photo of Mary Anderson, original and copy
51. Hammond Vindicator article, no date or title, original and copy
52. Morning Advocate, “Retiring LSU Chief Merits Public Thanks” June 12, 1973 3 copies
53. The Twister, “Smarten Up” November 28, 1967
54. “Roaring Tors from ‘20s share spotlight” no date or information
55. The Twister October 20, 1967
56. Daily Star, “HHS Award Winners” no date
57. The Twister, “Football Banquet Held” December 20, 1968
58. Daily Star, “Toms Law School?” Edwards Campaign flyer no date
59. “Gordon Anderson has lied again Edwards Campaign flyer no date
60. Daily Star, “Kemp subpoenas Anderson’s fiscal records” October 1979
61. Daily Star, “Kemp absolves Anderson, returns subpoenaed records” October 4,
1979
62. Daily Star, political satire of Vic Anderson, October 16, 1979
63. Daily Star, political satire of Gordon Anderson, October 19, 1979
64. Daily Star, political satire of Vic Anderson, no date
65. Daily Star, political satire of Vic Anderson, October 1979
66. Daily Star, political satire of Vic Anderson, no date
67. Daily Star, political satire of Vic Anderson, no date
68. Daily Star, political satire of Vic Anderson, no date
69. “An Open Letter to Gordon Anderson” no date or information
70. “Household Shower given for Mrs. Bailey Jenkins” two copies
71. Sun, “Season to Remember” May 30, 1976
72. Daily Star, “Little Conference Football Wraps Up 1963 Season”
73. “Tom Anderson seeking re-elections as Committeeman” no date or information
74. Hammond Vindicator, August 20, 1987
75. All Southern Conference Football Team for 1926
76. Morning Advocate, “Ex-Mayor credits son with rescue in freak boat accident” December
26, 1991. (2 copies)
77. Daily Star, “Mayor’s race could attract familiar faces” November 5, 1993
78. The Centreville Jeffersonian January 22, 1926
79. Hammond Vindicator, “56 Years Ago-1933 Tragic Death Ends Career of Officer” no
date
80. Hammond Vindicator, “Tragic Death Ends Career of Officer” May 19, 1933
81. Daily Courier, “Marshal Anderson is killed” May 16, 1933
82. Daily Courier, Society and Personals section, no date
83. “Highway Police and Hammond Man Slay Negro Desperado in Gun Fight After Murder”
two copies, no date or information
84. Times-picayune, “Hammond Marshal Slain with Own Gun, Killer Dies in Fight” May
16, 1933
85. Daily Star, “Ex-mayor injured” December 23, 1991
86. State Times, “’Train ferry’ offered unique service in BR river crossing” February
22, 1982
87. The Ponchatoula Times, November 26, 1987
88. Copy of Daily Star, “Springfield High School, 1929.” 3/4/1998.
89. Newspaper clipping, “Little Leagues Battle.” n.d.
90. Newspaper clipping, “Little Conference Foo[tball]…” n.d.
91. Copy of newspaper article, “Heritage Day Part II.” 5/22/1980.
92. Newspaper clipping, “Vote to change street name from Anderson to Savoie passes.”
n.d.
Folder 9: Miscellaneous Documents
1. Handwritten note-William A. Gillon mailing address
2. Copy of 12 page handwritten document-information that was sent to Leon Ford
III by Brad H. Whitacre, 1944 (2)
3. 3 page typed document-about Charles McDermott
4. Copy of 2 page handwritten document-David Anderson’s will, 1784; typed transcription
included
5. Copy of handwritten document-“Codicil”, April 12, 1784
6. Copy of 4 page document-J. John Anderson’s will
7. Typed correspondence-to- Sarah E. Anderson heirs, from-Antoinette Anderson
Yokum, includes information regarding Sarah E. Anderson heirs and family tree, June
1984 (2)
Box 4
Folder 1-First Presbyterian Church material
1. The National Society Magna Charta Dames pamphlet
2. Order form for medals from the “God and Country” program
3. First Presbyterian Church pamphlet, July 17, 1949
4. Sermon by Dr. Walter A. Bennett for St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church,
August 8, 1971
5. Manila folder with sermons written by Joseph Thomas “Tom” Anderson
6. Typed note on Hammond Presbyterians
7. “Did You Know” note on First Presbyterian Church
8. Typed note on the “Women’s Home Missionary Society”
9. “History of Congregational Church: Hammond, Louisiana from 1887 to 1948”
10. Handwritten timeline on First Presbyterian Church
11. Folder with minutes from First Presbyterian Church written by Charles Robert
Anderson
12. “History of Hammond Churches”
13. Constitution and By-Laws of the Federated Congregation of Hammond, Louisiana,
two copies
14. Roll of Pastors, associates Pastors and Stated Supplies
15. Charter of the Federated Church Realty Company, two copies
16. Black and white photo of First Presbyterian Church
17. Black and white photo of the congregation, two copies
Folder 2-Anderson related newspaper articles
1. Daily Star, “Halt Sought On Hammond Elections” April 26, 1973
2. Lion’s Roar, “Tom Anderson Runs for Mayor” January 25, 1973
3. “Tom Anderson Files for Mayor” no date or information
4. “SLC student election results” no date or information
5. Photo of Tom Anderson March 1971
6. Photo of Tom Anderson
7. “Mayor Candidates Speak at Forum” no date or information
8. Tom Anderson for Mayor sticker with articles attached
9. “Tom Anderson On Scholastic Grid All-Stars” no date or information
10. Baton Rouge Advocate, Photo of Tom Anderson
11. State-Times, Photo of Tom Anderson
12. “Anderson to argue at school” no date or information, two copies
13. Photo of Tom Anderson
14. “Jury awards man $301,600” no date or information
15. “Hammond High Present Awards” no date or information
16. “Court awards electrocuted man’s family $1 million” no date or information
17. Sun, article on Tom Anderson, no date
18. Hammond Vindicator, “City council asks cutbacks on lighting” December 6, 1973
19. Photo of Tom Anderson
20. Hammond Vindicator, photo of Tom Anderson, August 1, 1985
21. Daily Star, photo of the Hammond High School class of 1969, May 21, 1969
22. “Anderson Runs” no date or information, stuck to a painting cannot be removed
without damaging the article
23. “Demo primary elections for Municipality” no date or information
24. Daily Star, ad for Tom Anderson for Mayor, May 11, 1977
25. Sun, Thank You letter written by Tom Anderson, June 10, 1977
26. Daily Star, “Anderson elected; 4 council run-offs set” June 6, 1977
27. Daily Star, “Ex-mayor elected to post” November 7, 1983
28. Daily Star, “Attorney Anderson to speak at Jazz Fest” April 25, 2013, two copies
29. Daily Star, “Attorney Anderson to speak at Jazz Fest” April 25, 2013 (4 copies)
30. Daily Star, “Hammond’s Representatives,” 26 June 1980.
Folder 3: Miscellaneous Family Photographs
1. 2×3 color photograph- Joseph Anderson, Hammond High football, 1993
2. 3×5 color photograph- Joseph Anderson and “Thunder” (dog) duck hunt
3. 5×7 color photograph- Webb, Ashley, and Joseph Anderson on ski trip vacation
4. 5×7 color photograph- Ashley Anderson
5. 4×6 color photograph- Ashley Anderson senior at Hammond High School giving
sermon at 1st Presbyterian Church, Hammond, 2000
6. 4×6 color photograph- Webb McDermott Anderson, Jr. “Mac”, baby picture, 2007
7. 5×7 color photograph- Caroline Anderson baby picture, 2010
8. 5×7 color photograph- Vic Anderson
9. 8×10 color photograph- Joseph Anderson, senior picture, Hammond High School,
1994
Folder 4: Hunting Photographs, December 1992
1. 3 4×6 color photographs- Webb, Tom, and Joseph Anderson with their deer they
shot
2. 3 4×6 color photograph- Tom Anderson posing with deer he killed
3. 3 4×6 color photograph- Joseph and Webb posing with deer they killed
4. 3 4×6 color photograph- Tom and Joseph Anderson posing with deer they killed
at Doug’s Hunting Lodge
5. 4×6 color photograph- Joseph Anderson and “Thunder” (dog), goose hunt at Gueydan,
LA
6. 4×6 color photograph- Joseph and Tom Anderson with hunting guide
7. 4×6 color photograph- Webb, Tom, and Joseph Anderson
8. negatives of the photographs included
Folder 5: Singapore and India Mission Trip
1. Tom Anderson pointing to Madras, India on map. Dated 1993.
2. Tom Anderson talking to small child in Madras, India. Dated 1993.
3. City scene in Mardras, India, 1993.
4. Tom Anderson posing with school children in Madras, India. Dated 1933.
5. Photo of bridge in Madras, India. Dated 1933.
6. City scene in Mardras, India. Dated 1993.
7. Photo of Mission Trip Meeting, Tom Anderson on far right.
8. Photo of Tom Anderson in slums, dated 1993.
9. Group photo in Madras, India. Dated 1993.
10. Tom Anderson traveling in a rickshaw through Madras, India. 1993.
11. Tom Anderson in Singapore, Japan. Dated 1993.
12. Tom Anderson in Puerto Rico 1993.
13. Tom Anderson Southeastern Louisiana University Football photo.
14. Tom and Joseph Anderson during Europe trip.
15. Gordon and Vic Anderson.
16. Tom Anderson on his birthday.
17. Hammond High School European Trip.
18. 1st Blue Marlin Trip. L-R: Tom Anderson, Curtis Baham, Gordon Anderson, Rich
Capdebocq.
19. Vic Anderson and Joseph Anderson (13 years old). L.A. state all star Championship
in baseball parade Hammond.
20. Tom Anderson’s Birthday.
21. Ashley and Webb Anderson
22. Ashley Anderson
23. L-R: Webb, Tom, Ashley Anderson on their birthday.
24. L-R: Ashley Anderson, Webb Anderson, Jane Bordelon, and Hart Bordelon.
25. Ashley Anderson. Undated.
26. Unidentified group photo
27. Tom Anderson in front of the fountains of Versailles
28. L-R: Ashley, Tom, Webb Anderson
29. Tom’s Birthday.
30. Christmas. L-R: Vic Anderson, Eloise Anderson and girls.
31. Tom Anderson and children on birthday.
32. Tom Anderson.
33. L-R: Jane, Sarah, Ashley, Webb, Joseph Anderson. Florida Vacation.
34. Tom Anderson on 30th Birthday.
35. Tom Anderson Birthday.
36. Joseph and Webb Anderson
37. Webb Anderson
38. Joseph Anderson and date at Hammond High School Sweetheart Dance. Dated 1994.
39. Cybil Cromwell.
40. Tom Anderson and dogs, Pepper and Ben.
41. Ashley, Joseph, and Webb Anderson
42. Ashley Anderson. Undated.
43. Webb Anderson and date Scarlett at Hammond High School Homecoming, dated 1995.
44. Tom Anderson.
45. Tom and Vicky Anderson and Cub.
46. Web and Tom Anderson.
47. Tom and Ashley Anderson during Hammond High School Homecoming
48. L-R: Don Goblowsky and Tom Anderson
49. Webb Anderson.
50. Ashley and Tom Anderson at Hammond High School Homecoming.
51. Web and Tom Anderson.
52. Tom Anderson.
53. Tom Anderson and Belly Dancer at Birthday.
54. Tom Anderson in front of an Elvis Wax figure.
55. H.H.S. European Trip. Tom, Joseph, Webb Anderson.
56. Tom Anderson and ______.
57. Tom Anderson.
58. Tom Anderson church picture. Dated 1988.
59. Tom Anderson, Cambo?
60. L-R: Sarah, Jane, Ashley, and Tom Anderson at a diner.
61. L-R: Tom Anderson and Suzie Lore at Starvation Landing.
62. L-R: Tom Anderson, Nicke Oralynn, Jeff, Peggy at Starvation Landing.
63. L-R: Tom Anderson and Norma Dupree at Starvation Landing.
64. Lab school D.C. Trip Chaperones. Undated. Tom Anderson 5th from Left.
65. Tom Anderson vacation.
66. Assorted Starvation Landing photos.
67. Group photo at Starvation Landing.
68. Group photo at Starvation Landing.
69. Alligator found at Starvation Landing.
70. Photo of Tom Anderson and ____ at Starvation Landing.
71. Group photo with Tom Anderson on far left at Starvation Landing.
72. Alligator at Starvation Landing
73. Tom Anderson and _____ at Starvation Landing.
74. John Goodman and Joseph Anderson Fishing at Port Eads.
75. SLU bringing back football campaign with Tom Anderson.
76. Hammond High Class of 1969, 10 year reunion. Tom Anderson bottom row 4th from
the left.
77. Hammond High Class of 1969, 20th reunion. Tom Anderson, 3rd row 8th from the
left
78. L-R: Eddie Robinson, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, Tom Anderson.
79. U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu and Tom Anderson.
80. Tom Anderson Mayor Campaign Photo.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous Newspapers
1. The Nashville Musician Vol. 6 No. 4 December 1991-February 1992
2. Sunday Advocate page, November 4, 1984
3. Figaro April 10, 1974
4. Daily Star section, October 1, 1973
5. Country Roads Spring 1984
6. Southeastern Louisiana College Alumni News July 1960
7. Daily Star, “Centennial Cookbook” February 28, 1969
8. Times-picayune, “Creole Cookbook” September 14, 1932
9. Times-picayune, “Creole Cookbook” October 6, 1937, two sections
10. Times-picayune, “Creole Cookbook” September 13, 1933
11. Daily Star section, December 5, 1975
12. The News Digest, December 4, 1975
13. Hammond Vindicator, July 17, 1975
14. Daily Star section, December 5, 1975
15. Sun section, June 5, 1979
16. Sun section, July 2, 1978
17. Daily Star, November 16, 1979
18. Sun section, May 20, 1979
19. Sun, May 20, 1979
20. The Palm Beach Post section titled “The Ultimate Cigar,” April 27, 1997
21. Hammond Vindicator, November 6, 1975.
Folder 7: Family history material
1. Newspaper photo of Annie Clemanti Gayle, no date
2. Scanned photo of Joseph Anderson, includes note “Joseph Anderson great, great
grandfather of little Joseph Anderson”
3. Handwritten note on “ancestor trace” three copies
4. “Abstracts of Testimony for 1876 Reconstruction Cases” March 2010, three copies
5. Scan of a “births” document
6. “Death of an Old Citizen” from the Tri-Weekly Advocate, July 31, 1867. (2
copies)
7. Note on the life of James Gordon Anderson, two copies
8. Note on James Gordon Anderson, two copies, one with handwritten additions
9. Copied article from a newspaper on James Gordon Anderson
10. George Washington White family information
11. Handwritten note on the Gayle family
12. Handwritten letter from Mary Gordon to Edna and Vic Anderson, discusses the White
and Anderson families
13. Handwritten note on Victor Gordon “Vic” Anderson and his family
14. Handwritten family tree of the Anderson family, two copies
15. Handwritten note on Victor Gordon Anderson, dated February 25, 1977, two copies
16. Newspaper clipping, death notice of N. T. White, ND. Identified as Tom White,
Tom Anderson’s maternal grandfather.
17. Typewritten document, “Gayle Kinsmen of Charles L. and Virginia Elam Monget
Gayle,” compiled by John N. Averitt. (3 copies)
18. Various documents of Gayle family genealogical information.
Folder 8: Newspapers pertaining to election records
1. Newspaper containing November 1, 1975 election results-Primary Election-Governor,
Lieutenant, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture, Police
Jury, Commissioner of Insurance, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Elections,
Senator, Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Assessor, Representatives, Constables, Parish Exec.,
State Central C.C., Justice of the Peace, Referendum, Judges, Marshall, and Parish
Executive Committee
2. The Daily Star, November 3, 1975-contains unofficial election returns from
November 1, 1975 election included along with various other newspaper articles
3. The Hammond Vindicator, November 6, 1975-“Edwards, Fitzmorris, Guste, Fowler
win”; includes election results for Governor, Senator, Police Jury, Justice of the
Peace, Lieutenant Governor, Representatives, Secretary of State, Attorney General,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Insurance, Superintendent of Education,
Commissioner of Elections, Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Assessor, Hammond City Judge,
Hammond City Marshal, and Constables (2)
4. pages 3-4 from The Daily Star, August 27, 1975
Folder 9: Miscellaneous correspondence
1. First Presbyterian Church pamphlet sent to Vic Anderson
2. Handwritten note with family names
3. Telegraph from Humble Oil and Refining to Mary Anderson, October 5, 1949
4. Letter from Vic Anderson, July 19, 1949
5. Letter from Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Yokum to Lee and Connie Yokum, April 16, 1981
6. Letter from Eric Pittman to Tom Anderson, March 26, 1969
7. Telegram and letter from Eric Andrews to Tom Anderson, October 10, 1959
8. Letter from Eric Andrews to Tom Anderson, March 12, 1959
9. Letter from Gordon Mathney to Vic Anderson, includes Sale with Assumption
letter, November 13, 1980
10. Undated handwritten letter from Ned to Nick (no family names). Found inside
The 1921 Reveille.
11. Handwritten letter to Winnie Gayle White, Tom Anderson’s maternal grandmother,
from her sister “Birdie,” dated 1968.
12. Handwritten letter on the back of legal paper, dated 1934. Addressed to Walter
from E. L. Gayle.
Box 5
1. Miscellaneous negative slides-includes Webb’s birthday-1977-1994
2. 13 CD’s containing miscellaneous digital photographs- family photos, Goose
Hunt 2005, Tom Anderson-Joseph, Ashley, and Webb
3. SD card with photographs
Box 6
Folder 1: Tom Anderson elementary/high school material
1. “An American citizen is born!” card
2. Vacation Church School certificate of recognition 1953
3. Certificate of promotion, First Presbyterian Sunday school
4. Certificate of promotion, First Presbyterian Sunday school
5. “Happy Mother’s Day” card written by Tom Anderson
6. Vacation Church school award certificate
7. Booklet labeled “My Mother” by Tom Anderson
8. Reading Certificate
9. Certificate of Award, Hammond High, 1966-67
10. Certificate of Award, Hammond Elementary, 1961-62
11. Certificate of Award, Hammond Elementary, 1962-63
12. Football Game Pamphlet, “Hammond High School vs. Bogalusa High School,” 11/4/1966.
13. Football Game Pamphlet, “Hammond High School vs. Independence High School,”
10/4/1968.
Folder 2: Certificates
1. American National Red Cross, Water Safety card August 1971
2. Letter from PGA President Allen Wronowski to Tom Anderson, includes certificate
for a Hole-in-One on March 12, 2011
3. Advocate article showcasing Tome Anderson’s hole-in-one, March 15, 2011, two
copies
4. Certificate of Installation from First Presbyterian Church, 1987
5. Certificate of Appreciation, 1986
6. Southeastern certificate to Tom Anderson
7. DSCC Member, 77th Representative District, Office “B” certificate, March 21,
2000
8. DPEC Member at Large of Tangipahoa Parish certificate, March 21, 2000
Folder 3: Miscellaneous items
1. 18 black and white photo cards of places around the world
2. Preston House Centennial bookmark
3. J.D. “Johnny” Johnson Jude Division “D” pamphlet
4. Handwritten recipe for Oysters Rockefeller
5. Letter from John Ferguson to Tom Anderson, March 19, 1969
6. Card from the Oak Knoll Country Club
7. Photo of Tom Anderson with “Happy Birthday from Mom + Dad”
8. LSU Graduation Announcement letter for Ashley Anderson
9. Various cards and a pamphlet from Tom Anderson’s mayoral campaign
10. Pamphlet on Ethele Lunt Studio
11. Louisiana Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Regulations 1972-73 pamphlet, two copies
12. Card on Springfield Weather Instruments
13. Handwritten notes on “acts”
14. Handwritten recipe, no title
15. Recipe for handmade vanilla ice cream
16. Handwritten note
17. “Hammond High Football Team” newspaper article
18. “Hammond Youth Drowning Victim” newspaper article
19. Children’s Health Conference pamphlet
20. Memorial Record for J. Gordon Anderson
21. Southeastern Louisiana University Commencement booklet, May 12, 1973
22. Loyola University card with newspaper article titled “New Louisiana Lawyers Include
Local Residents” October 1, 1976
23. Loyola University Commencement booklet, May 15, 1976
24. Letter from Harry Snyder to Wayne Landry, July 2, 1969
25. Birthday speech for Tom Anderson written by “Elvis”
26. Handwritten note
27. Charity Football Game note
28. Ethele Lunt Studio dance sketch book, 1949
29. Religious prayer
30. Certificate from The National Society Magna Charta Dames to Antoinette Mitchell
Anderson Yokum, 1981
31. Campaign flyer for Emmett “Joe-Joe” Darouse
32. Letter to Tom Anderson
33. Letter written to the American Magazine by Smiley Anderson, no date
34. Song about LSU, labeled 1939-1940
35. Beat Ponchy flyer, two copies
36. “A Year of Thank Yous 2011” letter
37. Paper titled “My Brothers” by Ashley Anderson, two copies
38. Letter from Gordon Lipscomb to Vic Anderson, February 20, 1977
39. Letter from B.W. Bierman to Vic Anderson, July 6, 1928, includes scan of envelope
40. Letter from J. G. Anderson to the Hammond Sanitarium
41. 1996 All-District 7-4A Football Team list
42. Hammond Antin Jewelers note
43. “Trip to the United Arab Emirates-May16 through May 28, 1981” paper
44. Joseph Anderson English 101 diagnostic essay
45. “Why I Love my America” by Ashley Anderson
46. “This is Your Life Tom Anderson” by Mary Ann and Harry (last name illegible)
47. “The Sky” by Ashley Anderson
48. 8th grade research paper by Tom Anderson “My Chosen Occupation”
49. “My Neighborhood ‘Banker’s Row’” by Joe Kent Cook
50. Tulane pendent. Found inside The 1921 Reveille.
51. Political Cartoon, “Paid for by the Committee to Resist Machine Rule in Tangipahoa
Parish, Thomas T. Gillen Jr., Chairman,” ND.
52. Typewritten essay by Ashley Anderson, “My Brothers,” September 19, 1994, aged
12 (Tom Anderson’s daughter).
Folder 4- Miscellaneous Photographs
1. 3×5 black and white photograph- Mary Gordon Anderson
2. 5×7 black and white photograph- Mary McCrain Anderson (Mrs. James Gordon
Anderson), b. March 1, 1881, d. 1978
3. 5×7 black and white photograph- family-top to bottom-Gordon, Stuart Kent,
Mrs. Judge (Mae) Rownd, Lucille Rownd , Marwood Anderson, Zoe Kent, Mary Gordon, Schorfield
Rownd, Carroll B. Tullius Rownd, and Dorothy Jane “Baby” Anderson/Snyder
4. 5×7 color photograph- Vic Anderson
5. 8×10 color photograph-Edna Blanche White Anderson (2)
6. 8×10 photograph-Edna Blanche White Anderson, married to Vic Anderson; children-Winnifred,
Edna Victoria, Victor Gordon Anderson Jr., and Joseph Thomas (Tom)
7. 3 photographs-Edna Blanche White Anderson
8. 8×10 black and white photograph-Annabelle McDermott Anderson
9. 8×10 black and white photograph-Mary McCrain Anderson
10. 8×10 black and white photograph- Hammond High Football Team-Bob Anderson- QB
and Dermott Anderson-half back
11. 8×10 black and white photograph- Hammond High Football team with 2 cheerleaders-Dorothy
Jane Anderson (left), Bob Anderson (above Dorothy’s left shoulder), Dermott Anderson
3 people over to right from Bob (at gym that is now Neil Corp)
12. 8×10 black and white photograph- Hammond High Football team, circa 1929/1930,
roster on back
13. 8×10 Black and white photograph- Hammond High football team reunion, dated 1980s
(all names listed on back)
14. 8×10 black and white photograph- Warren Bankston-includes written note from Warren
Bankston (of Hammond High School, Tulane, Steelers, and Superbowl Champ Raiders and
team captain) to Vic Anderson
15. 5×7 black and white photograph- Brad Davis (HHS All American, LSU, and Atlanta
Falcons)-with his autograph to Vic Anderson
16. 8×10 black and white photograph- Vic Anderson on Ned McGehee’s Model-A Ford,
circa late 1930s (2)
17. Photo album containing photograph-Presbyterian Church outing in Mississippi,
Wilkinson County, chaperoned by Gordon Anderson with his daughter: Mary Gordon and
niece Dorothy Jane Anderson, early 1920’s
a. photo #7-Dorothy Jane Anderson on far left, W.S. Rownd 3rd from right
b. photo #8- Gordon Anderson
c. photo #11-Lake St. Mary at Fort Adams, MS
d. photo #12-Dororthy Jane and Mary Gordon (front of boat)
Folder 5: Miscellaneous Photographs
1. Photo of Annabelle McDermatt Anderson
2. Tom Anderson 5th Grade Photo.
3. Tom Anderson 6th Grade Photo.
4. Anderson Family Photo, dated 1961. Left-Right: Vicky Anderson, Doots Anderson,
Tom Anderson (in front), Vic Anderson, Gordon Anderson. Taken at 507 E. Thomas Street.
5. New York City World’s Fair Trip, dated July 1961. Left-Right: Harry Snyder,
Bill Hughes, Marshall Snyder, Joseph Thomas, Tom Anderson.
6. Lee Yokum, age 14. Grandson of C.R. Anderson. Dated 1954.
7. Joseph Anderson, age 3yrs. 10 months old.
8. Tom Anderson on Slalom in Pass Manchac. Dated summer 1975.
9. Joseph Anderson Jr. 21 months old.
10. Photo of Ann Bell McDunatre
11. Tom Anderson 2nd Grade Photo.
12. Joseph Anderson Jr. 3 years old.
13. Joseph Anderson Jr. 2 ½ years old. Dated 1979.
14. Photo of Mary Anderson.
15. Photo of two young men (unknown), May 1961.
16. Mary__ and___ Anderson
17. Picture of Mary McCrain Anderson in Car. Undated.
18. James Gordon Anderson, dated 1928.
19. Picture of 606 South Orange, home of J. Gordon Anderson.
20. Photo of unnamed woman, mother to Mary McCraine Anderson.
21. Photo of Carol Anderson, daughter of Dr. Smylie Anderson, in her HHS cheer uniform.
22. Photo of James Clark Anderson, undated. Brother of Victor Gordon Anderson Sr.
Died of burns from firs at the Rex Theater on N. Cate Steet in Hammond, LA. Circa
1930.
23. Mary McCraine Anderson, wife of J. Gordon Anderson. Undated.
24. Mary McCraine’s Mother (named unknown). Undated.
25. ____ McCraine, Father of Mary Anderson.
26. Victor Anderson, 1 year old photos.
27. Scrapbook page with three unidentified photos.
28. Scrapbook page with two photos. Left photo of Benjamin McDermott Anderson and
Mary Gordon Anderson at 606 South Orange Street Hammond, LA. Right photo unknown subject.
29. Scrapbook Page with two photos, left-hand photo unidentified boy and dog, right-hand
photo identified as Grandpa Joe Anderson.
30. Scrapbook page with three photos, the bottom right hand corner photo identified
as a group photo of Mary, Gordon, J.C., Vic, and Dermott Anderson.
31. Scrapbook Page with five photos. Top Row left to right: photo of Dermott, Mary,
and Gordon Anderson, photo of Dermott Anderson, Photo of unknown subject in knickerbockers.
Bottom Row left to right: Group photo with a baby Mary Anderson, J. Gordon Anderson
family photo.
32. Scrapbook page with various childhood photos of Vic, J.C. Mary Gordon, and Dermott
Anderson.
33. Scrapbook page with two photos. Left-hand photo of Dermott Anderson. right-hand
photo of Eileen Hyde Anderson, wife of Dermott.
34. Scrapbook page with various childhood photos of Vic, Marry Gordon, Mary, and
Demott Anderson.
35. Scrapbook page with varied photos. Top row left-right: Family photo of James
Gordon, Mary, J.C., and Vic Anderson.* Photo of Dermott Anderson at 606 South Orange
Street. Bottom row left-right: Photo of J. Gordon Anderson. Photo of unknown house.
i. *J.C. Anderson
was severely burned in the Fire at the Rex Movie Theater on Cate Street in Hammond
during the 1930’s and died two days later.
36. Scrapbook page with two photos. L-R: Photo of unknown woman, Photo of Anderson’s
Floral Garden with unknown woman.
37. Scrapbook page of two photos. L-R: Photo of spoils from a Wolf Hunt in Centerville,
MS conducted by Gordon Anderson. Dated 1900. Unidentified photo.
38. Scrapbook page with two photos. L-R: Photo of family gathering at Lake Marsalis
in Centerville, MS. Group photo in a row boat with Mary McCrain on the right.
39. Scrapbook page of unidentified photos.
40. Scrapbook page with two photos. L-R: Photo of three (unidentified) young women
one of whom has been scribbled over with pen. Photo of Mary McCrain Anderson.
41. Scrapbook page with various photos of Mary McCrain Anderson and family.
42. Scrapbook page with three photos, right-most photo identified as Mary Anderson
and her three children, Vic, Mary Gordon, and Dermott.
43. Scrapbook page with two photos. Unidentified baby photo and a photo of Vic Anderson
and his new bike.
44. Two scrapbook pages of various childhood photos of Dermott Anderson.
45. Photo of James Gordon Anderson, dated 1933. (2 copies)
46. Photo of the Prestor House, 706 E. Charles Street Hammond, LA. Built in 1906,
photo dated 1910.
47. Scrapbook page of unidentified landscape photos.
48. Scrapbook page of unidentified landscape photos.
49. Scrapbook page of unidentified landscape photos.
50. Scrapbook page of unidentified landscape photos.
51. Scrapbook page of unidentified group photos.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous Hunting Photographs
1. 8 men standing in front of cabin 3 with their geese harvested while hunting.
2. A man bending down to organize the geese harvested on a hunting trip for a
photograph.
3. Dr. Herb Plawche with Tom Anderson
4. Left to Right: Tom Anderson, Samir Harmouche of Beirut, and Lebanon
5. 2 men reading ready to load the Northwerlein Flying (A Pontoon Plane)
6. 9 men standing around a flock of harvested geese for a photograph
7. 4 men: on putting on a jacket with a camera around his neck, another with
his back to the camera, one holding a fishing pole, and the next waving to the camera.
8. A man holding a shotgun, while in the woods.
9. Top left to right: Gordon Anderson, guide, Shorty Rogers, Tom Anderson, Plauche,
guide, Tom Stewart, Plauche bro., Samir Harmouche, and Hobart Pardue (Kneeling).
10. 10 men each are holding their harvest of geese for a photograph.
11. 7 men loading up on the Northwerlein Flying (A Pontoon Plane).
12. 5 men posing for a photograph with Tom Anderson at the top right.
13. 7 men each are holding their harvest of geese for a photograph.
14. A man holding his harvest of 4 geese for a photograph.
15. 3 men posing in front of their boat with their harvest of geese for a photograph.
16. Tom Anderson posing for a picture as the sun is almost gone from the sky.
17. Photograph of Gordon and Thunder with their duck harvest
18. 5 men posing for a photograph with Tom Anderson at the far right
19. Photograph of Gordon and Thunder with their duck harvest
20. Photograph of 3 men in a drive way near a house with their duck harvest.
21. Photograph of 5 harvested ducks
22. Maurepas Swamp Hunt 1989: Tom Anderson, Webb Anderson, and Bob Harmouche
23. Maurepas Swamp Hunt 1989: Tom Anderson, Gordon Anderson, and Jim Gele
24. Maurepas Swamp Hunt 1989: Gordon A. with his duck harvest
25. Chet Kolwe and Tome Anderson on a duck hunt in Lake Maurepas Swamp
26. Chet Kolwe and Tome Anderson on a duck hunt in Lake Maurepas Swamp
27. Tom Anderson Driving Bob Harmouche and Chet Kolwe
28. Tom Dupre and Gordon Anderson with their harvest. Photograph took by Tom Anderson
29. Photograph of Alligator going into a trap on a broke bridge.
30. Gordon Anderson with his harvest of greenhead Mallards from Maurepas
31. Webb and Joseph Anderson with dad taking a photo of a duck hunt harvest in 1993,
with the Thunder (Dog).
32. Left to right: Webb Anderson, Joseph Anderson, guide, Tome Anderson, and Hart
Bordelon with their harvest from a goose hunt in Gross Savanne in Calcasieu Parish.
Folder 7: Miscellaneous Photographs from Starvation Landing, Manchac
1. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi
River: Tom Anderson and Webb Anderson Thanksgiving Trip
2. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi
River: Tom Anderson on a boat in 1980’s
3. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi
River: Tom and Gordon Anderson on a boat in 1980’s
4. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi
River: Joseph, Webb, Tom, and Ashley Anderson on a boat with red fish in baskets.
5. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi
River: Mahi Mahi fish in the water
6. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi
River: Something splashing in the water (Times 2)
7. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi
River: Joseph, Tom, and Ashley Anderson on a boat looking at the camera
8. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi
River: Joseph, Tom, and Ashley Anderson on a boat looking away from the camera
9. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi
River: Tom Anderson holding tuna (Times 2)
10. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
Clay Cromwell and Webb Anderson on a boat
11. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
Clay Cromwell and Webb Anderson on a boat holding a Mahi Mahi
12. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
Webb Anderson on a Tuna
13. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
Webb Anderson driving a boat (Times 2)
14. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
A Man driving a boat
15. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
A nice boat driving through some waves on the water (Times 2)
16. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
A nice boat moving through the water in a swampy type area. (Times 2)
17. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
A small boat leaving the house boat to go out into the water.
18. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
A nice boat driving through the water.
19. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
A nice boat speeding up while on the water (Times 2)
20. Fishing Trips to the houseboat at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River:
A nice big boat anchored outside or a houseboat.
21. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: Left to right: Marvin Starkey, Bob Lanaux,
Buddy Causeu, Mike Webb
22. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: Webb Anderson and Tom Anderson at S.L.
on the far right
23. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: Tom and Webb Anderson at S.L. on the far
right
24. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: Joseph and Ashley Anderson
25. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: A man standing on a pier post
26. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: A large gathering of people and boats
in the water.
27. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: Thunder (Dog) at S.L.
28. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: A man decorating the pier (Times 2)
29. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: A group of children/teens/adults sitting
in the pier
30. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: A group of people out in the water eating/cutting
watermelon
31. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: A group of people standing around a table
eating crabs (Times 2)
32. Photos at S.L. on July fourth in 1992: Two girls and two boys sitting in lawn
chairs near the pier.
33. Vic Anderson, Webb Anderson, and Thunder at S.L.
34. Jeff Cromwell and Tom Anderson with a Sail Fish
35. An eagles nest
36. A White Marlin on Tom Anderson’s boot
37. Back Row: Bob, Tom, Cliff Lore, and Gordon. Front Row: Ashley and Webb Anderson
38. Ora Lynn Anderson fishing
39. Rich Capdehosca
40. Eagle’s nest on Duck Tease
41. Tom
42. Beautiful Photograph of swap and cypress trees
43. Stripe Marlin Cabo
44. Curtis Baham’s Catch of a Blue Marlin on Tom’s boat
45. Photograph of the wavy water
46. Stripe Marlin jumping
47. Beautiful Photograph of swap and cypress trees
48. 1st Blue Marlin, 10.5 ft look off port Eads including R. Capdeborg.
49. Tom’s Stripe Marlin at Cabo San Lucas
50. Catching a large sized fish from the side of the boat.
51. Gordon Anderson, Tom Anderson, and Gordon’s buddy Causey at Port Eads
52. 1st boat at Port Eads
53. Roseau Candeou at Port Eads and second boat Kohuna
54. Tom Anderson with a Sail Fish off Port Eads
55. Kahuna
56. Tom and Jeff catching a Tuna Fish
57. Tom and Webb Anderson
58. Gator at S.L.
59. Photo of boat in water
60. Starvation Landing
61. S.L. Gordon on the right
62. Gordon and Tom at Port Eads
63. Tom at Port Eads
64. Tom at Starvation Landing
65. Gator at Starvation Landing (S.L.)
66. Bob Landry and Tom Anderson at S.L.
67. Birddogs: Pepper and Jack at S.L.
68. Ora Lynn Anderson at S.L.
69. S.L. Looking East to Lake P.
70. Tom at the houseboat in Port Eads
71. July 4th at S.L. in 1988
72. Tom at S.L.
73. Light house in 1980’s passed Manchac
74. Tom at Port Eads
Folder 8: Miscellaneous Photographs
1. Tom Anderson reading at Jane Anderson’s wedding to Hart Bordelor.
2. Vic and Tom Anderson at 700 North Hazel Street, Hammond, LA. Dated Easter
1922.
3. Tom Anderson at Starvation Landing
4. Tom Anderson and daughter Ashley Anderson visiting Aunt Amelie on her 90th
Birthday. Undated.
5. Group photo of Webb, Ashley, and Joseph Anderson, dated 1993.
6. Photo of Webb Anderson in New York City during one of Joseph Anderson’s trips
to Dartmouth for Football. Dated 1992.
7. Photo of Tom Anderson.
8. Photo of Tom and Webb Anderson. Undated. (2 copies).
9. Sarah Anderson during HHS Homecoming, undated. (2 copies).
10. Tom Anderson in Puerto Rico 1993. (2 copies).
11. Group photo of Joseph, Ashley, and Webb Anderson on a family trip to New England.
Dated 1993.
12. Photo of Ashley, Joseph, and Webb Anderson on family ski trip dated 1993.
13. Photo of Joseph Anderson in New York City in 1993.
14. Webb Anderson and Scarlett ____ posing for HHS Homecoming. Undated.
15. Joseph Anderson at Christmas Party. Undated.
16. Joseph Anderson with dog Thunder. Undated.
17. Ashley Anderson at MGM Studios at Walt Disney World. Dated.
18. Holiday meal group photo at house boat in Port Eads. L-R: Ashley, Tom, Webb,
Joseph Anderson. Undated.
19. Aspen Mountain Vacation, undated. L-R: Webb and Tom Anderson.
20. Aspen Mountain Vacation, undated. L-R: Tom Anderson.
21. Aspen Mountain Vacation, undated. Tom Anderson.
22. Aspen Mountain Vacation, undated. L-R: Tom, Webb, Ashley Anderson.
23. Aspen Mountain Vacation, undated. L-R: Tom, Webb (in the back), Ashley, Joseph
Anderson.
24. Hammond High School Homecoming, undated. L-R: Tom, Ashley, Joseph Anderson. (2
copies).
25. Group photo taken at Carter Plantation, undated. L-R: Webb, Tom, Joseph Anderson.
26. Photo of Webb Anderson, undated.
27. Joseph Anderson taken on Graduation Trip to Alaska, undated.
28. Orange Beach Vacation dated 1991. Photo of view from Orange Beach. (2 copies).
29. Orange Beach Vacation dated 1991. Group Photo, Tom Anderson in center of group.
30. Photo from Orange Beach Vacation dated 1991.
31. Orange Beach Vacation dated 1991. Tom Anderson reading on beach. (2 copies)
32. Cuba, St. Lucas Vacation, undated. Beach and Sailboat view.
Folder 9: Miscellaneous Photographs
1. Tom Anderson, Hammond Elementary School 2nd Grade photo, dated 1958-59.
2. Gordon Anderson, Hammond East Side School, 3rd Grade photo, undated.
3. Group photo taken at “Aunt Amelie” birthday party. Webb Anderson and Gordon
Anderson top row highest point. Vic Anderson, second row from the back on the right
hand side. Dated 1991.
4. Picture taken in 1991. Left to Right: Vic Anderson, Alex Sziack, Jack Reno,
Mary Virginia White Sziack.
5. Anderson Family Christmas Photo. Undated. Left-right: Vic Anderson, Tom Anderson,
Gordon Anderson, Vicky Anderson, Edna Anderson. Negative of photo included.
6. Tom Anderson Jet skiing on North Pass Manchac. Dated 1975.
7. Group Photo taken in Preston House (current home of Tom and Donna Anderson).
Undated. Mary Anderson-2nd from left (depicted with necklace), Mrs. Nat Kent Lome
–center, Annie Anderson –far right.
8. Family photo taken while on vacation to New York to see the World’s Fair,
dated 1664. Left-Right: Marshall, Harry, Baby Snyner, and Tom Anderson. Taken at Westpoint,
NY.
9. Duck Hunting on Thanksgiving 1981. Left-Right: Tom Anderson, Chet Kolwe, Dennis
McFadden.
10. Tom Anderson, 2009.
11. Birth Announcement of Annabelle Grace Traylor (6/16/12), Tom Anderson’s Granddaughter.
12. Family Photo depicting Victor Anderson with his sons and grandsons. Undated.
Left-Right: Gordon (son), Joseph (grandson), Victor Anderson, Webb (grandson), Tom
(son).
13. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
14. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
15. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
16. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
17. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
18. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
19. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
20. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
21. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
22. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
23. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
24. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
25. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
26. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
27. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
28. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
29. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
30. Costa Rica Fishing Vacation
Folder 10: Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles
1. Copy of newspaper article-“Beg Pardon, These Are Not From Hollywood”
2. Newspaper article-“Deputy marshal granted half a loaf by officials”, The Morning
Sun, February 22, 1979
3. Photograph from newspaper-includes Dan O’Hara, John LaRock, Tom Anderson,
and Alex Berey
4. Sun newspaper, April 11, 1973
5. Newspaper clipping, “Jersey Settlers Memory Feted,” ND. Found inside The 1921
Reveille.
6. Copy of newspaper article, “Old College, Calm Countryside Offered by Washington,
Miss.” ND.
7. Copy of The Spectator, “Beat Ponchy.” Identified as from 1933 and Dermott Anderson as Victor Gordon Anderson’s
younger brother.
Folder 11: Miscellaneous Photographs
1. Photo of Unknown Anderson, dated 3/1971.
2. Bookmark Obituaries of Mary Virginia White Szizak and Amelie White Stalions.
(two copies)
3. Photo of a horse.
4. Left to Right: Sue Watson, Tom Anderson, Camille Dennis. Undated.
5. Photo of Tom and son Joseph Anderson in New Orleans 1988.
6. Photo of Statue of Liberty. Undated.
7. Photo of Manhattan cityscape. Undated.
8. Photo of Unknown man cooking.
9. 1999 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp that Tom Anderson refers to as
“my old stamp”.
10. Photo of Byrne Gayle, undated.
11. Photo dated March 6th
12. Postcard addressed to Miss Amelie Monget, dated 1907.
13. Photo of “Uncle Duke”. Undated.
14. Letter entitled “Mother’s Day” and signed “Duke”. Dated 1945.
15. Photo of young couple. Undated.
16. Photo of older couple. Undated.
17. Photo of Beal White in uniform. Son of Tom and Winnie Gayle White and maternal
uncle of Tom Anderson.
18. Photo of Winnie Gayle White of Centerville, LA. Mother of Edna Anderson and Grandmother
of Tom Anderson. Undated.
19. Photo of a young Winnie Gayle White, wife of Thomas White and mother of Edna
Blanch. (2 copies)
20. Tom and Winnie Mae White Family Photo. Albany, LA. Left-Right: Mary Virgina “Hix”
Szick, Winnie Mae Janey, Gayle White, Winifred Gayle White “Mamaw”, Beal White, Travis
White, Amelie White Stalions, Edna Blanche White Anderson, Norwood “Duke” White. Undated.
21. Zoomed out photo of #20.
22. Photo of black lab in kennel, dated Dec.1992.
23. 2 photos of deer dated Dec. 1992.
24. Photo of Tom Anderson on December 1922 hunting trip.
25. Photo of Tom Anderson and son on December 1922 hunting trip.
26. Joseph Anderson with dog on December 1992 hunting trip.
27. Joseph Anderson and friend on December 1992 hunting trip.
Box 7
Oversized 3-D Items
1. Black bible-Holy Bible, Red Letter Edition
2. Black bible-The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, 1937
3. Small green book-The Student Handbook of Tulane University of Louisiana, 1928-1929-belonged
to Victor Gordon Anderson
4. Black book-The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church
5. Small brown book-New Testament presented to James Gordon Anderson, August
1896, Centerville, MS
6. Brown bible-Holy Bible, American Bible Society
Box 8
Family history folders and books-Gaylord archival cardboard box
1. 1906 Census of the Town of Centreville, Miss., in a blue folder
2. McCutchen-Anderson-Way and Related Families supplement by Allie Anderson McCutchen
McIntosh
3. Anderson-Coryers folder
4. Allen-McCrory-Walker folder
5. Way folder
6. Saunders-Yancey Folder
7. McDermott-Ozenne folder
8. Branch-Bradford folder
9. Cary folder
10. Smylie Anderson folder
11. Benton folder
12. Dunn folder
13. Whitaker Vol. 1 folder
Box 9
1. Starvation Landing Record books and Yearbooks
a. Yearbook 1952
b. Yearbook 1954
c. Yearbook 1955
d. Yearbook 1958
e. Yearbook 1966
f. Record book, May 17, 1968-September 10, 1971
g. Record book, October 29, 1971-August 11, 1974
h. Record book, August 22, 1974-September 10, 1975
i. Record book, September 11, 1975-June 30, 1977
j. Record book, July 1, 1977-November 17, 1979
k. Record book, January 1, 1980-June 28, 1982
l. Record book, July 20, 1982-July 15, 1985
m. Record book, July 16, 1985-September 29, 1989
n. Yearbook 1985 (only 2 entries in book)
o. Record book, May 26, 1995-July 4, 1997
2. Genealogies: McCutchen, Anderson, and Related Families, by Allie Anderson
McCutchen McIntosh (3)
3. Our Children’s Ancestors by Antoinette Anderson Yokum (2)
4. plaque-In Recognition of Outstanding Record as a Student-Thomas Anderson,
presented by The Hammond Rotary Club
5. 2 photographs in frames-James Clark Anderson and Victor Gordon Anderson, Sr.
(brothers)
6. trophy-Exchange Club, Book of Golden Deeds, April 24, 1975-Victor G. Anderson
7. 15 campaign buttons-“I’m Not Guilty! Elect Arden Wells” and “I Ain’t Crazy!
Vote for Uncle Earl!”; “Stronger Together”; 2016 Clinton Campaign Delegate; “Louisiana
Democrats 2016”; “Krewe of Hillary”; “2000 Gore-Lieberman Campaign”; “Louisiana Senate
Campaign for ‘Page’”; “Carter! ‘76”; “Re-elect Carter-Mondale”; “Mondale-Ferraro”;
“The Battle of Spinks vs. Ali”
8. 2 floppy discs and 3 CDs containing Starvation Landing records-included is
a typed letter and inventory regarding the floppy discs and CDs
9. Book-LSU 2016 Military Alumni Hall of Honor, November 5, 2016
10. Four passes to the delegate floor of the 2016 Democratic National Convention,
July 25-28. Identified that both Tom Anderson and H. Clinton were delegates to the
convention.
11. 8 various items – 2016 Democratic National Convention pin; “’84” lapel pin; “Key
to the City of Monroe” charm; “Wilson J. Moosa, Mayor, City of Eunice” charm; “Honor
our POWs/MIAs” coin; peanut pin; peanut pin with a shield and the letter pi; pin with
the letter delta on it
12. DVD of “PSAM Wartime Biographies: Gordon Jenkins” 2015. Identified as Lieutenant
Colonel, retired, Gordon Jenkins, son of Mary Gordon Anderson and Tom Anderson’s first
cousin.
Box 10
Folder 1
- The Daily Courier, May 16,1933, Death of Marshal Anderson
- Letters to and from Louise Hubbard a.k.a “Cousin Louise”
- Handwritten card
- National Law Enforcement Office
- City Court Hammond
- Handwritten letters
- Handwritten letters
- Letters from Victor “Gordon” Anderson
- To Antoinette
- To Miss Porter
- Family Tree, Anderson, Conyers, Way
- Sanitary Cleaners Address
- The Hammond Vindicator, May 19,1993
- The Hammond Vindicator, July 21, 1977
- Arkansas Celebrates the Aerospace Industry, undated
- Pictures of Victor “Gordon” Anderson
- Invitation to Mississippi’s Bicentennial Celebration from The Mississippi American
Revolution Bicentennial Commission, set for July 4, 1976.
Folder 2: National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
- Letters to Gordan Anderson
- Candle Vigil (2 separate years)
- Memorial News, Winter 1991-92, Fall 1992
- Dedication of the National Law Enforcement Memorial, October 15, 1991
- Letters from Chairman Craig W. Floyd
- To Marshal Anderson, March 30, 1993
- To Hammond Police Chief Roddy, April 14, 1995
- February 18, 1993
- Letter from the Director of Operations and Research Robyn M. Porter
- Sketch of Gordon Anderson’s name
- Pamphlet of Memorial
- Roll Call of Fallen Officers, 1993 and 1994
- Inside 1993 program of Candle Vigil
- Inside 1994 original sketch of J. Gordon Anderson
Folder 3: Hammond Tally Sheets for 1969 Election
- Tangipahoa Parish Ward 7 Precinct 15, 1969
- Tangipahoa Parish Ward 7 Precinct 3, 1969
- Tangipahoa Parish Ward 7 Precinct 9, 1969 (City Court)
- Tangipahoa Parish Ward 7 Precinct 10, 1969
- Tangipahoa Parish Ward 7 Precinct 11, 1969
Folder 4: Letters from “Louis” to “Mary Gordon”
- Correspondence from “Louis” to Darling”, Undated
- Letter and Envelope Addressed to Mary Gordon of Hammond, LA from Louise-Allen. Dated
June 1969. Photograph of unnamed young man enclosed. - Letter to Mary Gordon from “Louis”. Undated
Folder 5: Anderson’s maternal genealogy
- Envelope and 2 papers containing maternal genealogy from Louis Maccaroii-Chief Billy
Bravey
Folder 6
- Journal by Tom Anderson from India mission trip 1994
- Sermons written by Tom Anderson. Undated.
- Preston House
- Daily Star Society, “Stately Home Built On ‘Bankers Row’ In A Vast Setting of Moss-Draped
Oaks” Purchased by Tom and Donna Anderson in 1998. - Book mark celebrating Preston House Centennial. Tom and Donna Anderson have lived
in this home from 1998-2020.
- Daily Star Society, “Stately Home Built On ‘Bankers Row’ In A Vast Setting of Moss-Draped
- Paper written by Ashley Anderson (daughter of Tom Anderson) for Louisiana State University
English Class in 1999 - Tom Anderson’s Alumni ID from Southeastern Louisiana University. Southeastern Louisiana
University 75th anniversary edition 2000. - Tom Anderson’s Bible study collection.
- The 12th Man (Prototype) Athletic Donor Program 1988-89.
Folder 7: Tom Anderson’s Candidacy for Mayor in Hammond, Louisiana
- Tom Anderson Joins the Race and election postcard
- TV Spots and Agreement for Political Broadcast forms
- Slaughter, Martin, and Associates letters from Steve A. Martin
- Slaughter, Martin, and Associates letters from Steve A. Martin
- TV Spots and Question and Answer papers
- Outline for Candidate Pamphlet
- Second Commercials and Outline for Candidate paper (full paper)
- Statements for Win or Lose
- Letter from the Chief Justice Supreme Court of LA Joe W. Sanders congratulating Anderson
on win
Folder 8: Tom Anderson’s Candidacy for Mayor Hammond, Louisiana Continued
- Press Release Announcement for Candidacy, January 29, 1973
- Speeches
- January 23,1973
- Speech-draft
- “What America means to me”
- Student Rally Speech
- Map of Ponchatoula, LA
- District Contacts
- Letters from Steve A. Martin and Answers to a Q and A, 1973
- January 16, 1973
- February 12, 1973
- Primary Election voting totals
- Handwritten and typed Speech by Tom Anderson
- Speech, undated
Folder 9: Misc. files
- First Presbyterian Church 2007 Directory
- Marked off are pictures of Tom and Donna Anderson
- First Presbyterian Church 1995 Directory
- Marked off is a picture of Gordon Anderson
- Journal of payments to and from Tom Anderson’s campaign for Mayor
- Letters and Cards
- To Tom from Ashley Anderson, October 6, 2001
- From Tom Anderson to “Beth”, undated
- To Tom Anderson from Donna Gay Anderson, April 4, 2012
- From Tom Anderson, undated
- To Tom Anderson from Charles E. Raynel
- Cards from Tom
- Mayor Candidate card
- Freshman Class President candidate card
- Full description of Hammond, Louisiana
- Old Questions for Tom Anderson
- Letter with notes from first meeting with Sam A. Martin
- Statements from Anderson
Folder 10: Victor Gordon Anderson
- Re-Elect Gordon Anderson Sept. 29th, Oct. 6th
- Special Deputy ID card for J. Thomas Anderson, city marshal
- “Conrad Anderson quits city race”
- The Daily Star, March 26, 2008, “Monument for slain Marshal”
- Letter from Victor G. Anderson, April 7,1971
- Victor Gordon Anderson Death Certificate
- Webb Anderson’s school paper on his grandfather, Victor Anderson’s death
- A Career of Friendship, undated
- Letter from Victor G. Anderson about Successions
- Letter to Victor Anderson about his letter to Senator Long
- Key to the City presented to Victor G. Anderson
- Award for outstanding service in the field of Crime prevention presented to Victor
G. Anderson
Folder 11: Victor Anderson’s Case Files
- Arrest Warrants
- May, June, July, December of 1972
- February, March, April, June, July, August, September, October, November of 1973
- January, April, May, June, August, September, December of 1974
- November 24, 1975
- September 30, no year
- Lloyd A. Marine vs. Donald R. Mars, June 6,1973
- Sammie Dimattia Subpoena March 12,1973
- Roy A. Graham subpoena (original and copy) March, 27,1973
- Eviction notice for Eugne “Buckshot” Fenant Oct. 9,1974
Folder 12
- Charter Constitution and By-Laws, Louisiana City Marshals and Constables Association,
April 8, 1962, revised in April 1967 - State’s Constitution is Viewed as growing obstacle to Progress, December 29, 1970
- Handwritten notes from Victor Anderson from a case, undated
- Letter to Victor Anderson from J. Al Amiss, December 15,1970
- City Court of Hammond Bill January 20, 1971
- Anderson Estate Papers, December 12, 1998
- Vic Anderson Dies at 85, February 12, 1995
- The Hammond Vindicator, November 9, 1979
- Expenses Victor Anderson Louisiana City Marshals and City Constables Association
- Court of limited jurisdiction, undated
- Letters to Victor Anderson
- Executive meeting of Louisiana City Marshals and City Association Minutes, October
7, 1972 - Letters to Victor Anderson when he was serving as Marshal
- Picture of Victor Anderson as President of the Louisiana Justice of the Peace and
Constable Association - House Bill No. 1247, 1970
- Status report, September 1970
- 1970 Session, expense report handwritten by Victor Anderson
- Visitor Registration Card for Louisiana Cypress and Lumber Company,Inc., August 13,1942
Folder 13
- Anderson Obituary, Vic Anderson, undated
- The Times-Picayune, June 17, 1952
- Louisiana Legislative Digest, Morning Advocate, May 12, 1970
- Senators Vote to Delay reshuffle until session End, Morning Advocate, May 13, 1970
- Louisiana Legislative Digest, Morning Advocate, May 14, 1970
- Louisiana Legislative Digest, Morning Advocate, May 19, 1970
- Louisiana Legislative Digest, Morning Advocate, May 20, 1970
- Louisiana Legislative Digest, Morning Advocate, May 21, 1970
- Louisiana Legislative Digest, Morning Advocate, May 22, 1970
- Digest of Final Furry of Bills Introduced, Morning Advocate, May 26, 1970
Folder 14
- Saik, Darouse win in city election, The Hammond Vindicator, May 10,1973
- Precinct Results, 1986
- The Hammond Vindcator, March 8,1973: Tom Anderson pictured on front page HHHH Has
- William J. “Bill” Dodd
- Proposals
- Come meet and talk with “Mr. Education”
- Votes, undated
- Quality form-Candidates for all offices, January 19,1973
- Andersonville, LA 70401,1977
- The Daily Star, HHS Graduation, May 16,1969
Folder 15
- School Paper titled “A man I admire” by Gordon Anderson, dated February 18,1960
- Various Receipts charged to Vic Anderson’s account dated from 1972-1975 (6 items)
- Correspondence
- Letter from Sybil Bannanno – Sectary-treasurer to “Executive Board Members” dated
September 20,1971 - Letter from Robert J.Ourso Jr., Medical Director of Hammond Mental Health the Clinic
to: (Sept. 4,1970)- Nat. G. Kiefer
- Frank M. Edwards
- Letter to Wade O. Martin Jr., Secretary of State from Victor G. Anderson dated July
12, 1974 with attached letter from the Southeast Louisiana Peace Officers Chapter”
dated April 29, 1974 - Letter to Victor Anderson from Jerry Mckernan dated May 7, 1974
- Letter from Steven L. Mekneely of Anderson Law Firm to Peggy Basinger dated September
14,1998 - Letter from Steven L. Mekneely of Anderson Law Firm to attached Life Insurance Firm,
undated - Letter from Glen Beard. Secretary/Treasurer of Louisiana Peace Officer’s Association
to Gordon Anderson Jr. with attached affidavit, dated April 11,1995 - Letter to Gordon Anderson Jr. from Glen Beard of the “Louisiana Peace Officer’s Association”
dated May 5,1995, attached are payment receipts (7 items) - Letter from Steven L. Mekneely of Anderson Law Firm to Michelle Simoneaux, September
3,1998 - Letter from Ruth Darrah of “The Mutual Life Insurance” to Victor G. Anderson Jr. May
28,1998, With Cheat Stub and copy Of check made out to Victor Anderson - Letter to “Liberty Life Insurance Company” from Steven Mckneely, September 1998
- Letter from James DeLee, Director Of Teacher Education, Certification and placement,
to V.G. Anderson, Feb 18,1971 - Letter from William J. Dodd, State Superintendent, Feb. 15, 1971
- Letter from William J. Dodd, State Superintendent to V.G. Anderson, October 12,1971
- Letter of introduction by V.G. Anderson for one Rovan Stanley Sr., May 3,1971
- Letter from Sybil Bannanno – Sectary-treasurer to “Executive Board Members” dated
- Copy of “Oath of Office” for Victor G. Anderson as City Marshal, January 1st,1973
- Correspondence continued
- Handwritten Letter from George Holley to Victor Anderson, Sept. 22 1972
- Copy of Letter by Sybil Bananno with conference preparations, September 22,1972
- Copy of cartoon drawn by Carl Judd that mentions “Vic Anderson” 2 copies
- Stubs for “$5.00 cash donation for Rube “Rooster” Roger Fund” 6 items.
- Certification card for Victor Anderson as “Louisiana City Marshal and Constable Assn.”
April 1972-73 - MRI Results for one Donna Anderson, September 11,2009
Folder 16: Vonnie Borden Lecture Theater
- Photograph of Vonnie Borden
- Newspaper clipping, “SLU buildings to be renamed for 2 pioneers,” ND.
- Program for “Faculty Showcase for Vonnie Borden Scholarship” 01/25/1983
- Program for “Vonnie Borden Lecture Theater Dedication Ceremonies” 03/17/1984 (X2)
- Transcript of “Remembering Vonnie Borden,” a speech by C. Howard Nichols at Vonnie
Borden Lecture Theater Dedication Ceremony 03/17/1984 (X2) - Death certificate for Winnie Scifres Haisty, 1974.
Folder 17: RESTRICTED – DIRECTOR’S DISCRETION
- Passport for Donna Gay Anderson, issued 2004.
- Passport for Lionel Borden, Jr., issued 1979.
- Passport for Donna Gay Borden, issued 1981.
- Passport for Lionel Borden, Jr., issued 1983.
- Passport for Donna Gay Borden, issued 1994.
- Passport for Joseph Thomas Anderson, issued 1978.
- Copy of birth certificate for Joseph Thomas Anderson, January 20, 1951.
- Letter to Tom Anderson from his daughter Ashley Anderson, June 6, 2002.
Box 11
Folder 1: Misc. Photos ranging from the 1900’s-1980’s
- Photo of Mary McCraine Anderson, 1887-1978, undated.
- Photo of “Aunt Jamie”, undated.
- Photo of William Hughes, son of Jamie Anderson Hughes, undated.
- Postcard photograph depicting a family with two small children on a donkey. Inscribed
with “Mom, Dad, J.C, Victor” Undated. - Two tintype photographs of a baby with an envelope addressed to “Vic” from Lucille,
undated. (3 items). - Photo of Mary Victoria McCrane Anderson, undated. Inscribed with “Born March 21st 1887 at Centerville, Miss”.
- Photo of two boys inscribed on back “Joseph Clark Anderson – Born September 3rd 1907-and Victor Gordon Anderson-born April 8th 1909 – Centerville Miss.” Undated. (3 items).
- Photo postcard addressed to Mrs. Gordon Anderson of “J.C. Anderson aged 28 at death”.
- Photo postcard of J.C. Anderson dated 1908 (2 items)
- Photo of “The Anderson Children of Joe & B. Perkins” Undated.
- Photo postcard, undated, from Mrs. Easley depicting “Sally.”
- Cabinet card photograph of two seated men, undated. Taken from J. Burkey Photography
Studio. - Cabinet Card photograph of “Aunt Jamie Shaw” sister-in-law to Jos R. Anderson. Taken
in Jackson, LA by J.A. Kasper. - Cabinet Card photograph of J.C. Anderson and Vic Anderson, undated.
- Cabinet Card photograph with copies, inscribed on back “Chum to H.C.S” (3 items).
- Photograph of Anderson brothers, undated. J.C. Anderson burned in Hammond downtown
theater fire. (2 items). - Photo of an elderly Vic Anderson and unidentified young woman. Undated.
- Various photos from Mary McCrain wife of James Gordon Anderson. Photos of family members
including, “Esther”, “Papa”, “Dad”, “Rosey”, “Rosalie”, “Magie Sue”, “John Perkins”.
(18 items). - Kodak Photo Slides of Anderson Family dated from 1979-1989. (80 slides),
- Photo unidentified woman.
- Group photo outside 606 S. Orange Street, Hammond, La. During Easter in the 1970’s.
Listed bottom to top, left to right: Jon & Vicky Jerkins, Eliz Dralynn, Gordon Jerkins,
Mary Gordon Jerkins, Dermott Anderson, Mary Anderson, Vic Anderson, Eloise Anderson,
Scarlett Anderson, Vicky Anderson, Eileen Anderson, Claire Anderson, Lisa Anderson,
Cathy Anderson, Gordon Anderson, Reid Alloin, Edna Anderson, Goroom M., Mickey Anderson,
Tom Anderson, Jack Reno. - Anderson family photo dated 1910, listed left – right: Mary Anderson, Gordon Anderson,
Vic Anderson, J.C. Anderson. - Photo of Vic Anderson dated 1910.
- Negative of Vic Anderson and unidentified young woman, undated.
- Photo at Presbyterian Church with “Anderson Girls” in bottom row, left – right: Dorothy
Jane “Baby” Anderson, Carol Anderson Mary Gordon Anderson, Marwood Anderson. - Photograph of Springfield High Graduating Class of 1932. Edna White, other to Tom
Anderson, 2nd in top row with no hat Valedictorian of her class, Sister Winnie Mae White, on bottom
Row 4th from the left. - Photo of “Aunt Winnie Mae White Janeu”, undated.
Folder 2: Misc. Photos #28 – #110
- Hammond High School Homecoming Parade, Ashley Anderson and Joseph Anderson
- Hammond High School Homecoming, Ashley and Joseph Anderson, 1997.
- Ashley Anderson, Hammond High School Homecoming Parade, 1997.
- Ashley Anderson, Hammond High Scholl Homecoming Parade, 1997.
33-41. Anderson Family Ski Trip, Aspen 1999. (9 images total)
- Family Ski Trip, Deer Valley UT, undated. L – R: Scarlett Anderson, Webb Anderson,
Ashley Anderson, Mark Mashbarr.
43-48. Anderson Family Easter Gathering at Tom and Donna Gay Anderson’s home,
April 12th 2001. (5 images)
49. Group photo of Jane Anderson, Susan Anderson, Roy and Cathy Anderson, Webb Anderson.
April 12th 2001.
- Group Photo of “Doots” Anderson, Amelie, Vickey Anderson, Elizabeth Rene, Mary Virginia.
April 12th - Photo of “Doots” Anderson, Tom Anderson, Amelie W. Stalions. April 12th
- Photo of Perry and Cindy Snyder, Joseph Anderson, Ashley Anderson, Vicky Anderson.
April 12th - Photo of Bekcy Sziack and unidentified child.
- Photo of Donna Gay Anderson with Amelie and Mary Virginia White, sisters to Edna White
Anderson. 2001. - Photo of Webb, Tom, Joseph, and Ashley Anderson. 2001 (2 copies).
- Tom Anderson and Sabra Matheny, undated.
- Vic and Edna Anderson’s four children. L – R: Tom, Vicky, Doots, and Gordon.
- Photo of Tom Anderson with sons Webb and Joseph, 1984.
- Photo of Tom Anderson with speckled trout at Port Eads, undated.
- Fishing ladies tournament at Port Eads c. 1994.
- Tom Anderson receiving the “Outgoing Pres.” Of LA Trial Lawyers Association. Undated.
- Tom Anderson and Jim Bolin at LA. Association for Justice, undated.
- Photo of Joseph Thomas Anderson, Jr. at 21 months old, Undated.
- Undated Group Photo. Bottom Row L – R: David Thomas, Rick Darouse, Jack Gautier, Mack
Anderson, Tom Anderson. Top Row L – R: Warren Bankster, Carl Waters, David Ramsey,
Doodle Iverstine, Myson Foster, Earl Monchy, Marshall Snyder, Rick Darouse. - Photo of Joseph and Tom Anderson with hunting dog Thunder, 1993.
- Photo of Tom Anderson in South Arizona.
- Photo of Tom and Joseph Anderson-undated.
- Photo of Scarlett Anderson, Webb Anderson, Ashley Anderson, and Mark Mashbarr. Undated.
- Photo of Donna Gay Anderson and Reba McIntyre. Undated.
- Group Photo, L – R: Carolyn Ott, Zoe Waguespack, Chas Genco, Mark Rolling, Tom Anderson,
Robby Carter, Justice Kitty Kimball, Congressman Jimmy Morrison, Curtis Bahor, Chris
Moody, Rodney Cashe. - Annabelle Grace Traylor, daughter of Ashley Anderson. Undated.
- Joseph T. Anderson Jr. Undated.
- Claude Hooks and Vic Anderson on North Pass Manchac. C. 1970.
- Tom Anderson’s Camp Manchac after Hurricane Ike around, 2007. (3 items).
- Group Photo during a dinner at Monte Carlo, L – R: Hans Maissen, Prince Albert of
Monaco, and Tom Anderson, 1997. - Tom Anderson and friends Marlin Fishing in Port Eads, LA, 2001.
- Group Photo with Gaston Lanaux, Vic Anderson, Duffy Borden. Undated.
- Photo of Tom Anderson, undated.
- Canada Goose Hunt with Tom Anderson, Gordon Anderson, Hobart Pardue, undated. (2 images)
- Vic and Edna Anderson with children Tom and Vicky on trip to Tennessee. Undated (9
items). - Vic Anderson at Tulane football Team, 1929.
- Hammond High School Alumni Football team reunion. Vic Anderson in #80 jersey
- Photo of Vic Anderson and Leo Settoon at the 1990 Veterans Day Ceremony at Cate Square,
Hammond LA. - Photo of Vic and Edna Anderson at their 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1985.
- Photo of Tom Anderson, undated.
- Photo of Vic Anderson, Bailey Jenkins, and Tom Anderson. Undated.
- Photo Gordon Jenkins, Vic Anderson, Bailey Jenkins, and Tom Anderson, undated.
- Photo of the Presbyterian Women’s Circle dated 1949. With Mary M. Anderson in top
right corner. - Anderson Family photo with “Doots”, Edna, Vicky, Vic, Gordon, and Tom Anderson.
- Presbyterian Church Ladies Club, 1960, with Lucille Anderson o the far left and Mary
Anderson to far right. - Photo of Tom and Donna Gay Anderson at the Windsor Court Hotel on New Years Day, 2000.
- Wedding Photo of Tom and Donna Gay Anderson, 11-24-1998.
- Photo of Tom Anderson during Hammond’s First Presbyterian Church Mission Trip to Huston
TX. Undated. - Joseph and Webb Anderson at Tom and Donna Gay Anderson’s Wedding. 11-24-1998.
- Photo of Amelie W. Stalione, Edna Anderson, and Sabra Matheny at Vicky Anderson’s
wedding. - Photo of Tom Anderson and fishing boat at Port Eads, LA.
- Photo of Tom Anderson at law office in 1994.
- Tom Anderson’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever “Ben” at Starvation Landing Camp, Pass Manchac
LA, 1976. - Group photo after duck hunting in 1991, L – R: Tom Anderson, Gordon Anderson, Josh
Anderson, Webb Anderson. - Photo of Tom Anderson on Swamp Boat, undated.
- Tom Anderson on fishing trip at Port Eads, La. Undated (2 items).
- Tom Anderson showing fishing haul at Port Eads, LA. UNDATED.
- Tom Anderson’s fishing boat, Port Eads, La. Undated.
- Photo of Vic Anderson and Edward Crouse after quail hunting. Undated.
- Photo of Hammond High School Reunion Class of 1927, dated 1974.
- Anderson Family Photo, dated 1955. L – R: Vic Anderson, Tom Anderson, Gordon
Anderson, Edna Anderson.
- Photo of Donna Gay Borden Anderson, c. 1982.
- Photo of James “Gordon” Anderson. Undated.
Folder 3: Oversized Photo of Tom and Ashley Anderson at Lake Lacern, Switzerland. 2000.
- Lakeside Camera photoworks, undated
- Lakeside Camera photoworks, undated
- Lakeside Camera photoworks, undated
- Lakeside Camera photoworks, undated: All 6 Restorations are burned onto this CD
- First Presbyterian Church, Hammond, Louisiana, Baptism of Kip McInnis Anderson and
Annabella Grace Taylor, September 16,2012 - Gordon Anderson’s Stuttgart Duck Hunt 2014
- Tom Anderson, Christmas, undated
- Hammond Little League, Old Times Game, Tom Anderson and old friends, May 8,2010 Reimers
Field, Hammond - Preparing Your Case for Trial 2014 LAJ Fall Conference CLE Program, Tom Anderson speaker,
September 12,2014 Windsor Court Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana - Southeastern Musical Theatre, Tom Anderson has a Small role, February 2,2011
- Backups Pictures and Documents, undated
- Tom and Donna Gay Anderson Halloween 2013, by Phillip Colwart Photography
- Legendary Crimes and Criminals of the Florida Parishes Part 2, Tom Anderson interviewed
by Sam Hyde about the murder of his grandfather of May 15, 1933 - Friday night Football 1997
- Webb’s interview, December 8,1997
- Framed Photo of Victor Anderson receiving golden deeds award 1975
Folder 4: Miscellaneous Photographs
- Indistinguishable portrait photography, ND. Found inside The 1928 Reveille.
- Portrait of a man standing beside a chair, ND. Identified as “Uncle Bud White.”
- Photograph of thirteen people in front of a car, ND. Identified as George White’s
family. - Photograph of a woman in a rocking chair, ND. Identified as Tom Anderson’s grandmother
Winnie Gayle White on her porch in Albany. - Photograph of a wooden house with a man sitting on the edge of the porch, ND. Identified
as the old Gayle house where Winne Gayle White was born in Centerville, LA near Springfield. - Photograph of a man and two women with a car and a building in the background, ND.
Identified as Tom and Winnie White with their daughter Amelie, Tom Anderson’s mother’s
oldest sister. - Photograph of two young girls, ND. Identified as Tom Anderson’s maternal aunts, Amelie
and Winnie Mae. - Photograph of a young man in a military uniform, ND. Identified as Tom Anderson’s
Uncle Norwood White, Edna’s brother. - Photograph of a young couple and baby sitting on the front bumper of a car. Identified
as Vic, Edna, and Vick Anderson, 1941. - Photograph of a man in a suit, ND. Identified as Norwood White, Tom Anderson’s maternal
uncle. - Print of a smiling couple, ND. Man identified as Norwood White, who had no children.
- Photograph of a young woman in a garden, ND. Identified as Tom Anderson’s maternal
grandmother, Winnie Gayle White. - Photograph of Tom Anderson in elementary school, aged about seven.
- Photograph of four men at Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina dated September 6, 2001. Identified
L – R as Logan Guess, Tom Anderson, Joey Gautier, and Chris Broadwater, the state
representative. - Photograph of a man with two young girls. Identified as Vic Anderson and his two daughters,
Vicky and Winnifred “Doots” in 1941. - Photograph of two men after a hunt, ND. Identified as Victor G. Anderson (L) and Eddie
Crouse (R) after a morning quail hunt near Hammond.
Folder 5: Donna Gay Anderson
- Photograph of Vonnie Borden Lecture Theater Dedication 03/17/1984. Donna Gay Anderson
is pictured. (x2) - Photograph of Donna Gay Borden in a play with a male actor, ND.
- Photograph of Donna Gay Borden in a play with fellow female and male actors, ND.
- Photograph of Donna Gay Borden and escort, ND.
- Photograph of Donna Gay Borden with a crown and bouquet, ND.
- Photograph of a woman pinning a flower onto a man’s lapel with four women watching,
ND. - Photograph of Donna Gay Borden in SLU cheer, ND.
- Photograph of SLU cheerleaders, ND.
- Photograph of Donna Gay Anderson, Tom Anderson, and Randy Moffat at SLU, ND.
- Photograph of Donna Gay Anderson, James Earl Jones, and Randy Moffat, 2001.
- Photograph of Donna Gay Anderson, James Earl Jones, and an unidentified man, 2001.
- Photograph of Donna Gay Anderson and James Earl Jones seated, 2001.
- Newspaper clipping, “SLU Presents ‘Crimes of the Heart’,” ND.
- Newspaper clipping, “Cast announced for ‘Crimes of the Heart’,” ND.
- Program for “Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henley, March 9 – 13, 1993, Vonnie Borden
Theater.
Box 12: Books and Journals
- Southeastern High School presents Le Petit Souvenir-1950
- Southeastern High School presents Le Petit Souvenir-1951
- Southeastern High School presents Le Petit Souvenir-1952
- Southeastern High School presents Le Petit Souvenir-1953
- Southeastern High School presents Le Petit Souvenir-1954
- Southeastern High School presents Le Petit Souvenir-1955
- Vic Anderson’s address book, undated
- Tom Anderson’s Home notebook and diary
- Vic Anderson’s notes,1984+85 up to 1991
- Vic Anderson’s brief notes, 1966 +1968
- Vic Anderson’s home diary and daily notes, 1970
- Tom Anderson’s planner-1973
- Vic Anderson’s planner-1975
- Vic Anderson’s planner-1965
- Vic Anderson’s daily notes-1968
- Vic Anderson’s notes-1982
- Vic Anderson’s planner, 1986-1989
- Vic Anderson’s medicine reminders 1990
- Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, July 11,1992
- The 1921 Reveille. Yearbook of Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. Owned
by L. B. Hughes of Gulfport, Mississippi. - Jambalaya, 1928 Yearbook for The Tulane University of Louisiana.
- Guest book from funeral for Victor Gordon Anderson, Sr.
Box 13: Oversize Photos
- Miramar beach, Florida. Tom Anderson with Ashley, Josh Mac, Webb, Donna gay, 2010
- Prince Albert in Monaco with Hans Massien and Tom Anderson
- Photo of Rev. Dr. Steve A. Martian with members of First Presbyterian Church Hammond,
also photographed tom Anderson, 1970’s - Photo of the Casa De Fresa Fire in 1980. “Mayor Tom Anderson running toward building”
- Handwritten letter from Robert M. Murphy to Tom Anderson for his 50th birthday, January 20, 2001.
- “Utah Copper Mine Panorama – Bingham County, Utah”
- “Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1941, 9th Division Area.” Photograph.
- Photograph Collage of Alexandria Army Air Base, Alexandria, LA, December 1945.
Box 14: Complete Newspapers
- Morning Advocate, August 9, 1974.
- The New York Times, January 17, 1991.
- Times-Picayune, August 31, 1997.
- Times-Picayune, July 18, 1999.
- Times-Picayune, September 12, 2001.
Loose on shelf:
Scrapbooks:
1. Scrapbook 1: Miscellaneous Photographs of Tom Anderson
2. Scrapbook 2: Miscellaneous Photographs of Tom Anderson
3. Scrapbook 3: Tom Anderson as Mayor
4. Scrapbook 4: Tom Anderson as Mayor
Oversized Photographs, Framed Certificates, and Books
1. 11×13 colored photograph – football player #76, Joseph Anderson
2. 4 silver framed 8×10 black and white photographs-unidentified babies
3. framed newspaper article – “Hey! How about that?” by Dewey Dingeldein
4. Framed certificate-Tom Anderson, declared the Choire of the People and Duty
Elected Mayor for the City of Hammond, LA, July 9, 1977
5. Framed certificate – J. Thomas Anderson-Notary in and for Tangipahoa Parish,
October 12, 1976
6. 8 oversized photographs of Court House in Amite City, LA
7. 5 oversized photographs of various locations in Downtown Hammond
8. Oversized copy of the cover of Louisiana Advocates, January 2015, Vol. XXX,
No. 1
9. Oversized photograph of Casa DeFresa fire, 1980 (Mayor Tom Anderson running
towards building)
10. 1929 Tulane University year book, Vic Anderson pictured on page 118-119 & 230-231
11. 1928 Tulane University year book, Vic Anderson pictured on page 144-145.
12. Miramar beach, Florida. Tom Anderson with Ashely, Josh Mac, Webb, Donna Gay, 2010
13. Prince Albert in Monaco with Hans Massien and Tom Anderson
14. Shadow box containing brass printing plate and description.
15. Gayle Kinsmen compiled by John H. Averitt. August 1, 1968.
