Archival Collection

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 1

Folder

Abstracts:

1.
Statistical Abstract of Louisiana. Division of Business
and Economic Research, College of Business Administration,
Louisiana State University in New Orleans. 1965. 294 pp.
Paperback.

2.
Statistical Abstract of Louisiana. Division of Business
and Economic Research, College of Business Administration,
Louisiana State University in New Orleans. 2nd ed. 1967. 374 pp.
Paperback.

Almanacs:

3.
The Hammond Almanac of a Million Facts, Records, Forecasts,
1982. Martin A. Bacheller (ed.). Hammond Almanac, Inc.,
Maplewood, N. J. 1981. 1040 pp. Paperback.

4.
Information Please Almanac, Atlas and Yearbook, 1966. New
York, 1966. 928 pp. Twentieth Edition. Paperback.

5.
Information Please Almanac, Atlas and Yearbook, 1969. Dan
Golenpaul (ed.). Twenty-third Edition. New York. 1968. 944 pp.
Paperback.

6.
Louisiana Almanac and Fact Book: 1954-55. Stuart O. Landry
(ed.). Pelican Publishing Co., New Orleans. 1953. 564 pp.
Paperback.

7.
Louisiana Almanac and Fact Book: 1961-62. Stuart O. Landry
(ed.). Louisiana Almanac and Fact Book, Inc., New Orleans. 1962.
496 pp. Paperback.

8.
The Official Associated Press Almanac, 1975. Laurence
Urdang (ed.). Hammond Almanac Inc., Maplewood, N. J. 1974. 1040 pp.
Paperback.

9.
Reader’s Digest Almanac and Yearbook, 1969.
Reader’s Digest Association, New York, 1968. 1024 pp.
Paperback. Index pg. 1001.

10.
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1968. Luman H. Long
(ed.). Newspaper Enterprise Association, Inc., New York. 1968. 912
pp. Paperback.

BOX 2

Almanacs: Continued

1.
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1969. Luman H. Long
(ed.). Newspaper Enterprise Association, Inc., New York. 1968. 932
pp. Paperback.

2.
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1979. Newspaper
Enterprise Association, Inc., New York. 1978. 976 pp.
Paperback.

3.
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1980. Newspaper
Enterprise Association, Inc., New York. 1979 976 pp. Paperback.

Directories:

4.
Louisiana Directory of Manufacturers. State Department of
Commerce and Industry, Baton Rouge, 1954. 240 pp. Paperback.

5.
Louisiana Directory of Manufacturers. 1965-1966 Edition.
Baton Rouge, 1966. 239 pp. Paperback.

6.
Louisiana Directory of Manufacturers, 1970. Louisiana,
1970. 113 pp. Paperback. Maps.

7.
Louisiana Industrial Directory. State Department of
Commerce and Industry, Baton Rouge, 1951. 173 pp. Paperback.

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 2 Continued

Folder

Directories: Continued

8. Brown, James H. (compiled).
Louisiana Officials 1981 Roster. Baton Rouge. 1981. 391
pp. Paperback.

9. Edwards, Norman H.
Louisiana School Directory, Session 1967-68. State
Department of Public Education, Baton Rouge. 1967. Bulletin No.
1104. 224 pp. Paperback.

10. Gremillion, J. Berton.
State Department of Education of Louisiana School Directory,
Session 1961-62. State Department of Public Education. Baton
Rouge. 1961. 150 pp. Paperback.

Reports:

11.
Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Louisiana Public Service
Commission. January 1, 1967. 136 pp. Paperback.

12.
Jefferson Parish Yearly Review. Joseph Monies (ed.). 1958.
Metairie, La. 1958. Vol. 24. 224 pp. Paperback.

13.
Louisiana State Board of Health Biennial Report,
1954-1955. 267 pp. Paperback. Index p. 265, numerous
charts.

14.
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission. Ninth
Biennial Report 1960-1961. New Orleans, n.d. 209 pp. Paperback.
Illustrations, maps, photographs.

15.
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission. 11th
Biennial Report 1964-1965. New Orleans, 1964. 274 pp. Paperback.
Illustrations, maps, photographs.

16. Edwards, Norman H.
State Department of Education of Louisiana: One Hundred
Seventeenth Annual Report for the Session 1965-66. State
Department of Public Education, Baton Rouge. 1966. Bulletin No.
1081. 359 pp. Paperback.

17. Edwards, Norman H.
State Department of Education of Louisiana: One Hundred
Eighteenth Annual Report for the Session 1966-67. State
Department of Public Education, Baton Rouge. 360 pp. Paperback.

BOX 3

Books:

1. Alsberg, Henry G.
The American Guide. New York, 1949. 1348 pp. Hardback,
Maps.

2.
The American Adventure. Field Educational Publications,
San Francisco, 1970. 352 pp. Hardback. Textbook.

3. Babian, Haid (ed.).
The Permanent Frontier. Institute of Economic Affairs, New
York, 1961. 120 pp. Hardback. Photographs.

4. Barker, Tommie Dora.
Libraries of the South, A Report on Developments
1930-1935. Chicago, American Library Association, 1936. 215
pp. Hardback.

5. Dickey, Dallas C.
Seargent S. Prentiss. Gloucester, Mass. 1970. Hardback.
422 pp. Index, pg. 413.

6. DuBois, W. E. B.
The Suppression of the African Slave Trade. Baton Rouge,
1965 (orig. 1896). 335 pp. Paperback. Index p. 327, appendices.

7. Engle, Gary D.
This Grotesque Essence: Plays from the American Minstrel
Stage. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge and
London, 1978. 200 pp. Hardback. Bibliography.

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 3 Continued

Books: Continued

8. Fryatt, Norma R.
Faneuil Hall; Cradle of Liberty. World Publishing, New
York, 1970. 125 pp. Hardback. Index p. 121.

9. Garnett, Peggy Windsor.
Audubon Trail. Texas, 1951. 76 pp. Hardback,
illustration.

10. Gunther, John.
Inside U. S. A. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1947. 979
pp. Hardback. Maps and index.

11. Koues, Helen.
How to be your Own Decorator. New York, 1944. 148 pp.
Hardback.

12. Krout, John A.
United State Since 1865. College Outline Series, 16th ed.
New York, 1967. 283 pp. Paperback. Index.

13. Linder, B. L.; Selzer, E.; Berk, B. M.; Hodgins, K. N.;
& Shafran, R.
Exploring Civilization: A Discovery Approach. Globe Book
Co., Inc., New York. 1974. 437 pp. Hardback. Illustrations, maps,
photographs, glossary, index.

14.
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Samuel T.
Baird. Government Printing, Washington, 1900. 59 pp.
Hardback.

15. Nelson, Paul David.
General Horatio Gates: A Biography. Louisiana State
University Press, Baton Rouge, 1976. 319 pp. Hardback. Index p.
313.

BOX 4

Books: Continued

1. Oliver, Michel.
La Patisserie est un Jeu D; Enfants. Random House, New
York, 1966. Not Numbered. Hardback.

2. Pilat, Oliver.
Drew Pearson, An Unauthorized Biography. New York, 1973.
Hardback. 332 pp. Index p. 317.

3. Prochnow, Herbert V.
The Public Speaker’s Treasure Chest. Harper &
Brothers Publishers, New York. 1942. 413 pp. Hardback. Index p.
383.

4. Rice, C. Duncan.
The Rise and Fall of Black Slavery. Louisiana State
University Press, Baton Rouge, 1975. 429 pp. Paperback.

5. Ripley, C. Peter.
Slaves and Freedmen in Civil War Louisiana. Baton Rouge,
1976. 237 pp. Hardback, index p. 231, bibliography.

6. Runes, Dagobert D.
A Dictionary of Thought. Philosophical Library, New York.
1959. 124 pp. Hardback.

7. Stokes, Adrian.
Venice. Duckworth & Co., London, 1965. 67 pp.
Hardback. Illustrations.

8. Walett, Francis G.
Economic History of the United States. 2nd ed. College
Outline Series, Barnes and Noble, Inc., New York. 1954 (reprinted
1968) 280 pp. Paperback. Index.

9. Watkins, T. H.
On the Shore of the Sundown Sea. Sierra Club, San
Francisco. 1973. 124 pp. Hardback.

10. Willison, George F.
Saints and Strangers. Reynal & Hitchcok, New York.
1945. 435 pp. Appendix p. 437.

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 5 Louisiana Historical Records Survey

Folder

1.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 2,
Allen Parish (Oberlin), 1938

2.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 6,
Beauregard Parish (Deridder), 1940

3.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 10,
Calcasieu Parish (Lake Charles), 1938

4.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 24,
Iberville Parish (Plaquemine), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, General Index 1850-1935, 1942

5.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 24,
Iberville Parish (Plaquemine), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol. I, 1850-1862, 1940

6.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 24,
Iberville Parish (Plaquemine), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol II, 1880-1901, 1940

7.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 24,
Iberville Parish (Plaquemine), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol III, 1901-1916, 1940

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 6

Louisiana Historical Records Survey

Folder

1.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 24,
Iberville Parish (Plaquemine), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol. IV, 1916-1925, 1940

2.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 24,
Iberville Parish (Plaquemine), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol. V, 1925-1936, 1941

3.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), A Brief History,
1940

4.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), 1940

5.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. I, 1834-1843, 1939

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 7
Louisiana Historical Records Survey

Folder

1.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. III, 1858-1870, 1939

2.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. III-A, 1871-1884, 1940

3. Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. IV, 1870-1879, 1940

4.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. V, 1879-1888, 1940

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 8 Louisiana Historical Records Survey

Folder

1.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. VI, 1889-1895, 1940

2.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. VII, 1895-1904, 1940

3.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. VIII, 1905-1912, 1940

4.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. IX, 1912-1918, 1940

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 9 Louisiana Historical Records Survey

Folder

1.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. X, 1935-1938

2.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. XI, 1924-1929

3.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Parish (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. XII, 1930-1935

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 10 Louisiana Historical Records Survey

Folder

1.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 26,
Jefferson Records (Gretna), Series I, Police Jury
Minutes, Vol. XIII, 1935-1938

2.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 28,
Lafayette Parish (Lafayette), 1938

3.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 29,
Lafourche Parish (Thibodaux), 1942

4.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 36,
Orleans Parish (New Orleans), 1939

5.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 38,
Plaquemines Parish (Point A La Hache), 1939

6.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 44,
St. Bernard Parish (St. Bernard), 1938

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 11 Louisiana Historical Records Survey

Folder

1.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 44,
St. Bernard Parish (St. Bernard), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol. I, 1870-1877, 1941

2.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 44,
St. Bernard Parish (St. Bernard), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol. II, 1880-1895, 1941

3.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 44,
St. Bernard Parish (St. Bernard), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol. III, 1895-1914, 1941

4.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 44,
St. Bernard Parish (St. Bernard), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol. IV, 1914-1922, 1941

5.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 44,
St. Bernard Parish (St. Bernard), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol. V, 1922-1929, 1942

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 12 Louisiana Historical Records Survey

Folder

1.
Transcriptions of Parish Records of Louisiana, No. 44,
St. Bernard Parish (St. Bernard), Series I, Police
Jury Minutes, Vol. VI, 1929-1940, 1942

2.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 45,
St. Charles Parish (Hahnville), 1939

3.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 55,
Terrebonne Parish (Houma), 1941

4.
Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana, No. 59,
Washington Parish (Franklinton), 1940

5.
Inventory of the Municipal Archives of Louisiana, Town of
Franklinton, 1941

6.
Inventory of the Municipal Archives of Louisiana, Town of
Thibodaux, 1942

7.
Directory of Churches and Religious Organizations in New
Orleans, 1941

8.
Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Louisiana, New
Orleans, 1942

9.
Guide to Vital Statistics Records of Church Archives in
Louisiana, Vol. II, Romern Catholic Churches, 1942

10.
Inventory of the Church and Synagogue Archives of
Louisiana, 1939

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 13

Pamphlets: Agriculture

Folder

1. Bolton, Bill.
Resource Use and Adjustment Potential: Rural Families in the
Central Louisiana Mixed Farming Area, Baton Rouge, 1961, 75
pp., Bulletin No. 545

2. Brown, H. B., Louisiana State Department of Agriculture and
Immigration.
A Brief Discussion of the History of Cotton, Its Culture,
Breeding, Harvesting and Uses, Baton Rouge, 1965, 31 pp.

3. Caffey, H. R.
Rice (Revised), Baton Rouge, 1969, 10 pp. Issued and
distributed by Louisiana State Department of Agriculture

4. Chambers, Doyle, LSU Agriculture Experiment Station.
Nineteenth Annual Progress Report: West Louisiana Experiment
Station, Rosepine, Louisiana, 1966, 38 pp.

5. Hudson, James.
Louisiana Cotton Quality Statistics and Related Data,
n.p., 1961, 99 pp., Bulletin No. 549

6.
Louisiana Agriculture, Vol. X (1967), No. 3, Baton Rouge,
15 pp.

7. LSU and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station,
1955-56, Baton Rouge, 1957, 94 pp.

8. Montelaro, Joseph, John C. Taylor, and William A. Young.
Grow Watermelons More Profitably, Baton Rouge, n. d.,
15pp.

9.
National Plant Food Institute. Our Land and Its Care,
1961, 72 pp.

10. Pontif, J. E., et al.
Policies for the Operation of the Louisiana Swine Testing
Station, 1967, 8 pp.

11. U.S.D.A. Louisiana’s Range Resources and Their Proper Use,
September 1964, 16 pp.

Articles, Reprints, and Journals

12. Brink, Florence Roos. “Literary Travellers in Louisiana
Between 1803 and 1860.” Reprinted from
The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 2, April
1948

13. Carleton, Eleanor Beatrice. “The Establishment of the
Electric Telegraph in Louisiana and Mississippi.” Reprinted from
The
Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 2, April 1943
(13 copies)

14. Coker, William and Jack D. L. Holmes. “Sources for the
History of the Spanish Borderlands,” Florida, 1971, 17 pp.
Reprinted from
Florida Historical Quarterly, XLIX (April 1971)

15. De La Vergne, Pierre. “Early Economic Life in Louisiana,
1804-1824 (An Historical Dialogue).” Reprinted from
The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 4,
October 1943 (2 copies)

16. Ewan, Joseph. “A Bibliography of Louisiana Botany,” in
Southwestern Louisiana Journal, Vol. VII, 83 pp.

17. Ewing, Cortez A. M., ed. “Five Early Louisiana
Impeachments.” Reprinted from
The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3, July
1948 (6 copies)

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BOX 14

Pamphlets Continued: Articles, Reprints, and Journals
Continued

Folder

1. Hammer, Carl, Jr. “Goethe, Prevost, and Louisiana.” Reprinted
from
Modern Language Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 4, December 1955,
7 pp.

2. Kendall, John Smith. “The American Siddons.” Reprinted from
The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3, July
1945 (2 copies)

3.
Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 1, New
Orleans, 1942, 286 pp.

4. Massey, William. The New Fanatics, N. Y., National Putnam
Letters Committee, n. d., 30 pp.; an article first published in an
extended form in the October-November issue, 1963 of
Mankind Quarterly

5. Moore, R. Woods, ed. “The Role of the Baron de Bastrop in the
Anglo-American Settlement of the Spanish Southwest.” Reprinted from

The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3, July
1948 (5 copies)

6.
Natchez Trace Parkway Survey. Letter of the Secretary of
the Interior, Washington, 1941, paperback, 167 pp., maps

7. Neu, Louis Kenneth. “Innocent” says Kenneth Neu in his own
Sensational Diary, n. p., 1935, 32 pp.

8.
North Louisiana Historical Association Journal, Vol. IX,
No. 3, 1978

9.
North Louisiana Historical Association Journal, Vol. XIII,
No. 1 Winter; Nos. 2 & 3, Spring-Summer; No. 4 Fall, 1982

10.
North Louisiana Historical Association Journal, Vol. XIV,
1983; No. 1 Winter; Nos. 2 & 3, Spring-Summer; No. 4 Fall

11.
North Louisiana Historical Association Journal, Vol. XV,
1984; No. 1 Winter; Nos. 2 & 3 Spring-Summer; No. 4 Fall

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 15

Pamphlets Continued: Articles, Reprints, and Journals
Continued

Folder

1. Prichard, Walter, ed. “The Origin and Activities of the
`White League’ in New Orleans (Reminiscences of a Participant in
the Movement).” Reprinted from
The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2, April
1940 (4 copies)

2. Prichard, Walter. “The Romance of Research in Louisiana
History.” Reprinted from
The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 3, July
1937 (4 copies)

3. Rutherford, Miss Mildred Lewis.
The South in the Building of the Nation, Thirteen Periods of
United States History. Two addresses delivered at Washington,
D. C., and New Orleans, Louisiana

Court Cases

4.
Before the U. S. Circuit Court, District of Louisiana, No.
7940: Max Grebner versus B. F. Flanders, New Orleans, n. d., 5
pp.

5.
Supreme Court of Louisiana: Henry Simmons versus Inez
Stevens. Brief on the Part of Defendant and Appellant, n. p.,
n. d., 7 pp.

6.
Supreme Court of Louisiana: Henry Simmons versus Inez
Stevens. New Orleans, n. d., 3 pp.

7.
U. S. Circuit Court, District of Louisiana In Equity-No. 8,242,
The State of Louisiana versus B. F. Flanders and Allain Eustis,
Receivers Etc., New Orleans, n. d. [1876], 13 pp.

Forest, Soil, Water, and Clean Air

8. Brown, Clair A.
Commercial Trees of Louisiana, Bulletin No. 10, Baton
Rouge, 1961, 79 pp.

9. Foster, J. H.
Forest Conditions in Louisiana, 1912, 39 pp., U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Bulletin 114

10. Gee, C. W.
The Soil That Went To Town, 1952, 20 pp., United States
Department of Agriculture (2 copies)

11. Hockensmith, R. D. and J. G. Steele.
Soil Erosion-The Work of Uncontrolled Water, 1962, 16
pp.

12. The Louisiana Forestry Association.
Forests and People, Vol. 13 (1963), First Quarter, No. 1,
Alexandria, 136 pp.

13.
Louisiana Tree Primer, 1931, 96 pp., Department of
Conservation

14. Myers, J. Walter, Jr.
Ten Lessons in Forestry, 1962, 55 pp., Louisiana Forestry
Commission

15. Office of the Louisiana Attorney General-Jack P. F.
Gremillion.
Louisiana Tidelands: A Comprehensive Study, 1957, 43
pp.

16. Siegel, William C.
Forest Landownership in Louisiana, Bulletin No. 5,
Louisiana Forestry Commission, 1960, 94 pp.

17. U.S.D.A.-Soil Conservation Service.
Recreation, August 1964, No. 170, 6 pp.

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BOX 15

Pamphlets Continued: General

Folder

18. Archibald, E. H. H.
Travellers by Sea, 1962, 34 pp.

19.
The Arno Press Black Studies Program, New York, n.d., 31
pp.

20.
Bibliography of the American Civil War, 1962, 18 pp.

21. Bolton, Charles Knowles,
American Library History, 1911

22. Browne, P. A.
The Classifications of Mankind by the Hair and Wool of Their
Heads, Philadelphia, 1850, 20 pp.

23. Clark, Thomas D.
Lost Cause Press Microcard Collection, Louisville, 1969,
42 pp.

24. Peet, Stephen.
The History of Explorations in the Mississippi Valley,
1896, pages 124-157

25.
The War of 1812. Jackdaw No. C25, written and compiled by
Richard Howard and Clarke Irwin. (Reprints of newspapers,
broadsides, sppeches.

Government and Politics

26.
Program for Annual Dinner and Gridiron Show, 1982, B. R.,
LA

27.
Report with Senate Bill No. 15, in Senate of the U. S.,
24th Congress, 1st Session, 1835, pg. 37

28.
Report with Senate Bill No. 106, in Senate of the U. S.,
24th Congress, 1st Session, 1836, pg. 99

29.
Report, in Senate of the U. S., 24th Congress, 2nd
Session, 1837, pg. 204

30.
Speeches of Hon. Adolph Meyer, in the 53rd Congress,
1895

31.
Spofford vs. Kellogg: Arguments of Henry M. Spofford before the
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, N. O., 1877, 98
pp.

32.
The True Whig Sentiment and
Gen. Taylor’s Two Alison Letters, 1848, 4 pp. (2
copies)

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 16

Pamphlets Continued: Industry and Commerce

Folder

1. Fortier, Alcee,
Les Planteurs Sucreers de L’Ancien Regime en Louisiane,
Paris, 1906, 10 pp.

2. Louisiana-Arkansas Division–Mid-Continent Oil and Gas
Association,
Louisiana Oil and Gas Facts, Ninth Edition, B. R., n.d.,
16 pp.

3. Louisiana State Board of Commerce and Industry,
Louisiana Horizons, Vol. I (winter, 1966-67), No. 2, 25
pp.

4. Louisiana State Board of Commerce and Industry,
Louisiana Horizons, Vol. I (summer 1967), No. 3, 29
pp.

5. Jones, Owen W. and Leo W. Hough,
The Mineral Industry of Louisiana, Preprint from the 1965
Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook, 20 pp.

6.
Some Views on Sugar by an Old-Fashioned Democrat, 1892, 42
pp. (Correspondence by several Southerners interested in a sugar
tariff)

7. State of Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry,
Louisiana’s Right-To-Profit Laws, 1967, 21 pp.

Louisiana

8.
Along the River, 1970, 7 pp. (Paintings by Robert M.
Rucker)

9.
Annual Report of the State Librarian to the General
Assembly, N. O., 1878, 24pp. (L. A. MacDonald was librarian at
this time)

10. Baton Rouge Commerce & Industry,
A Map Guide to the Right-To-Profit State, 1967, 17
maps

11. Chase, John,
Louisiana Purchase, 1954, 82 pp.

12.
Directory of Louisiana Cities, Towns, and Villages, 1973,
167 pp.

13. Everett, Alexander H.,
Address: Delivered at Jefferson College, New Orleans,
1841, 36 pp.

14.
A Guide to the Development and Historical Architecture of Baton
Rouge, 1966

15. Hastings, John, M. D.,
Lectures on Yellow Fever, 1848, 76 pp.

16.
Kaiser Aluminum in Louisiana, New Orleans, n. d.

17. Kiwanis Club of Opelousas,
Tourist Guide of Opelousas, Louisiana, 1965-66, 56 pp.

18. Le Maire, Francois,
Memoire Inedit Sur La Louisiane, 1717, 1899, 29 pp.

19.
Louisiana, n. d., 28 pp.

20. Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry, Tourist
Bureau,
Louisiana Bayou Wonderland, Baton Rouge, n. d., 21 pp.

21. Louisiana Folklore Society,
Louisiana Folklore Miscellany, Vol. III, No. 2, New
Orleans, 1971, 60 pp.

22. Louisiana State Department of Public Works,
Biennial Report 1966-1967, , 142 pp.

23. Louisiana State Parks and Recreation Commission,
Modern Recreation and Historic Romance, 1964, 34 pp.

24. Louisiana Tourist Commission Bulletins,
Travel News from Louisiana, 1972, 38 issues

25. Meyer, J. Ben, Sr.,
Plaquemines Parish: The Empire Parish, Belle Chasse, 1965,
13 pp.

26.
The Polytechnic and Industrial College of Louisiana,
Report of the Committee of Fifteen, New Orleans, 1872, 4 pp. (2
copies)

27.
Registration Law, State of La., Act. No. 89, 1896, 15
pp.

28.
Report of the Superintendent of Education to the General
Assembly of Louisiana, New Orleans, 1870, 10 pp.

29.
Report of the Superintendent of Public Education for 1853,
1854, unbound, 16 pp. (Attached, but paged separately is the same
document in French)

30.
Report on the Louisiana Library Demonstration, 1925-1930,
by the Louisiana Library Commission, 1931, 89 pp.

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BOX 17

Pamphlets Continued: Louisiana Continued

Folder

1.
Southwest Louisiana, Its Agricultural and Industrial
Development and Its Potential Wealth Along Southern Pacific
Lines, Louisiana for the Settler, New Orleans, 1928, 40
pp.

2. State Department of Education of Louisiana, 1966, Bulletin
No. 1066,
Louisiana Studies, A Multi-Concept Plan for Teaching Geography,
History, Government, and Conservation, 134 pages, spiral
bound

3. State Department of Education of Louisiana,
Official Proceedings of State Board of Education, 1966,
258 pp.

4. State of Louisiana,
Budget 1956-1957 Fiscal Year, 25 pp.

5. Swent, Vivian Hebert (compiler),
Imperial Calcasieu Records I: Antioch Primitive Baptist Church,
Big Wood, Louisiana, Vol. I, 1966, 170 pp.

6.
Where in the World Such Infinite Variety? Louisiana That’s
Where!, n. d., not numbered.

New Orleans

7. Bureau of Governmental Research,
Wards de la Nouvelle Orleans, 1961, 70 pp.

8.
Charter of the City of New Orleans, 1922, 66 pp.

9. Dixon, Richard R., Director, Public Relations Office, City of
New Orleans,
Annual Report of the Mayor, 1961-1962, 65 pp.

10. Field, Eugene, “In New Orleans,” n. d. (Armand Hawkins
printed the little 6 7/8″ by 5 1/2″ Sheet with the permission of
the copyright owners)

11.
Metro New Orleans, Jan. 1973–Special Sports Issue, 114
pp.

12. “New Orleans and Her River,” 1971. Reprinted from
National Geographic, February 1971

13.
New Orleans Spring Feista, New Orleans, 1939, 42 pp.

14. Thuman W. Reeves,
From the Scarlet Past of Fabulous New Orleans Souvenir Edition
of the World Famous Tenderloin Directory, “The Bluebook”,
1951, not numbered.

15.
Report of the Board of Administrators of the Charity Hospital
to the General Assembly of Louisiana, Session of 1875, New
Orleans, 112 pp.

16.
Report of the Board of Administrators of the Charity Hospital,
New Orleans to the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
1913, 164 pp.

17. Speech of the Hon. Michael Hahn, delivered before the Union
Association of New Orleans at Lyceum Hall, New Orleans, 1863, 12
pp.

18.
University of Louisiana, New Orleans, 1847, 16 pp.

Poetry

19. Eleazer, Robert B. (compiler),
Singers in the Dawn, Atlanta, 1937, 23 pp. (A brief
anthology of American Negro Poetry)

20. Odgen, Octavius Nash, Huascar, or the Swimming Courier,
Amite City, Louisiana, 1905 (local print), 51 pp. (A literary
couriosity, being a sort of epic poem set in Inca Peru about 20
years after the Spanish conquest)

Private Land Claims

21.
In Senate of the United State January 20, 1830, 21st
Congress, 1st Session, pg. 31, Private Land Claims, East and West
Feliciana

22.
Report with Senate Bill No. 133, “Private Land Claims, In
Senate of the United States, 24th Congress, 1st Session, 1836, pg.
149

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 18

Pamphlets Continued: Russia and Communism

Folder

1. State Department of Education of Louisiana,
Americanism Versus Communism, Bulletin No. 928, 1961, 36
pp.

2. State Department of Education of Louisiana,
Americanism Vs. Communism, Bulletin No. 928, 1962
(Revised), 28 pp.

3. Sandox, Ellis,
Americanism versus Communism: The Conflict in Depth,
Ruston, 1961, 146 pp.

4. Sandoz, Ellis,
Soviet Communism I, 1961

5. “Why the Red Army Wins,”
The Sunday Times Magazine, December 15, 1968

Wildlife and Fisheries

6. Allen, Robert P.,
The White Ibis Situation in Louisiana, Wildlife Education
Bulletin No. 52, 1963, 5 pp.

7. Brunett, Louis,
Managing Deer Herds, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 47,
1962, 7 pp.

8. Brunett, Louis,
Why Have an Antlerless Deer Season in Louisiana?, Wildlife
Education Bulletin No. 64, 1963, 7 pp. (Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationist, December 1957)

9. Collins, Jack O.,
Oak Mast Boon to Wildlife, Wildlife Education Bulletin No.
45, 1962, 11 pp.

10.
Careers: Commercial Fishing in Louisiana, n.d., 20 pp. (2
copies)

11. Chabreck, Robert,
Better Duck Habitat!, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 92,
1964, 9 pp. (Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationist, April 1962)

12. Davis, James T. and Janice S. Hughes,
Channel Catfish Farming in Louisiana, Wildlife Education
Bulletin No. 98, n. d., 29 pp.

13. Duffy, McFadden,
Catfish by the Acre, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 95,
1966, 15 pp. (Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationist, May-June 1966)

14. Duffy, W. McFadden,
Marshes and Men, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 41, 1962,
15 pp.

15.
From Fry Largemouth Bass to Frying Pan, Wildlife Education
Bulletin No. 72, 1962, 3 pp.

16. Gauthreaux, Sidney A.,
Louisiana Wildlife Scrapbook: Eastern Cottontail Rabbit on
side 1; Collins, Jack O.,
About Cottontails and Swamp Rabbits on side 2, n. d.

17. Gauthreaux, Sidney A., Jr.,
Louisiana Wildlife Scrapbook: Flying Squirrel on side 1,
Gray Fox on side 2, n. d.

18. Glasgow, Leslie L.,
The Barn Owl: What’s On His Grocery List?, Wildlife
Education Bulletin No. 44, 1962, 7 pp.

19. Gresham, Grits,
Bowhunting, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 82, 1963, 11
pp.

20. Gresham, Grits,
The Crappie, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 70, 1964, 7
pp.

21. Gresham, Grits,
The Bluegill, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 87, 1963, 7
pp.

22. Gresham, Grits,
How to Hunt Deer, 1962, 7 pp.

23. Gresham, Grits,
A “Prince” of a fish every month of the year: Largemouth
Bass, n. d., 7 pp.

24. Gresham, Grits,
Wildlife Research: More Fish & Game, Wildlife
Education Bulletin No. 85, n. d., 7 pp.

25. Gunston, David,
Fish Migration, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 33, 1962,
3 pp.

26. Gunston, David,
How Does a Fish Swim?, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 7,
1966, 3 pp.

27. Gunston, David,
How Well Can Fish See?, Wildlife Education Bulletin No.
75, 1963, 3 pp. (Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationish, April 1958)

28. Herring, Joe L.,
Louisiana Wildlife Scrapbook: How to Age and Sex Wild
Turkey, n. d.

29. Herring, Joe and James Taylor,
Wildlife Check Stations, Wildlife Education Bulletin No.
43, 1962, 15 pp.

30. Kelly, Claude,
What Our Court Must Learn: Game Laws Are No. Joke!,
Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 49, n. d., 7 pp. (Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationist, November-December 1952)

DAVIS, LA VERNA R. & EDWIN A., COLLECTION

BOX 18 Continued

Pamphlets Continued: Wildlife and Fisheries Continued

Folder

31. Key, William,
Snake! Almost Everything You Hear About Snakes is Untrue,
Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 66, 1963, 7 pp.

32.
Know Your Hawks: They are among our most Useful Birds, n.
d.

33. LaCaze, Cecil,
Crawfish Farming, Date handwritten on paper 6/29/67, 25
pp.

34. LaCaze, Cecil,
More About Crawfish, Wild Life Education Bulletin No. 96,
1966, 16 pp. (Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationist, May-June 1966)

35. Lambou, Victor W.,
The Alligator Gar, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 30,
1956, 7 pp.

36. Lloyd, Leslie,
10,000 New Martin Houses, Wildlife Education Bulletin No.
61, 1963, 7 pp.

37.
The Merits of Still Hunting, Wildlife Education Bulletin
No. 81, 1963, 7 pp.

38.
Mourning Dove in Louisiana, Wildlife Education Bulletin
No. 94, 1962, 7 pp.

39. Murry, Robert,
Bob-White Protection!, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 48,
1962, 7 pp.

40. Murry, Robert,
Food for Wildlife, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 60,
1962, 7 pp.

41. Perkins, Gwen Kirtley,
Why Women Should be Interested in Wildlife, Wildlife
Education Bulletin No. 78, 1963, 7 pp. (Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationist, July-August 1958)

42. Porter, Wm. T. (ed),
Swallowing an Oyster Alive, New York, 1930, 4 pp. (From
Franklin J. Meine,
Tall Tales of the Southwest, pages 409-411)

43. Posey, Lloyd,
Freshwater Commercial Fishing in Louisiana, Wildlife
Education Bulletin No. 46, 1962, 7 pp. (Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationist, March 1959)

44. St. Amant, Lyles S.,
Louisiana Leads in Oyster Production!, Wildlife Education
Bulletin No. 84, 1964, 11 pp.

45. St. Amant, Lyles,
Shrimp Research in Louisiana, Wildlife Education Bulletin
No. 65, n. d., 7 pp.

46. Schafer, Harry E., Jr.,
Fish Stocking is That the Answer?, n. d., 7 pp.

47. Smith, Kenneth C.,
Beaver in Louisiana, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 83,
1964, 9 pp.

48. Smith, Ned,
Wildlife Self Defense, n. d., 7 pp.

49.
Sound Deer Management, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 88,
1964, 7 pp.

50. Viosca, Percy, Jr.,
Frogs and Toads of Louisiana, 1962, 7 pp.

51. Viosca, Percy, Jr.,
Harmless Snakes of Louisiana, 1962, 7 pp.

52. Viosca, Percy, Jr.,
Is the Sea Inexhaustible?, n. d., 7 pp.

53. Viosca, Percy, Jr.,
Kingfish: Blonde and Brunette, Wildlife Educ. Bulletin No.
58, 1962, 7 pp.

54. Viosca, Percy, Jr.,
Nature’s Fourflushers, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 56,
1962, 3 pp.

55. Viosca, Percy, Jr.,
Poisonous Snakes of Louisiana, Wildlife Education Bulletin
No. 9, 1962, 7 pp.

56. Viosca, Percy, Jr.,
Salamanders in Louisiana, Wildlife Education Bulletin No.
36, 1962, 11 pp. (Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationist, January 1960)

57. Viosca, Percy, Jr.,
Turtles, Tame and Truculent, n. d., 10 pp.

58. Viosca, Percy, Jr.,
Winter at the Chandeleurs, Wildlife Education Bulletin No.
90, 1963, 7 pp.

59. Waldo, Ednard and Percy Viosca, Jr.,
Crabbing and Crabs, n. d., 7 pp.

60.
Waldo, Ednard, Old Baldy, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 77,
1963, 3 pp.

61. Waldo, Ednard, What You Should Know–About Sharks, Wildlife
Education Bulletin No. 91, 1963, 15 pp.

62. Welcome! Wildlife Agents, Wildlife Education Bulletin No.
23, 1961, 7 pp.

63. Yancey, Richard K.,
Alligator in the Marsh, Wildlife Education Bulletin No.
55, 1962, 7 pp.

64. Yancey, Richard,
Marsh Island Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife Education Bulletin
No. 67, 1963, 7 pp. (Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationist, March 1962)

65. Yancey, R. K. and Morton M. Smith,
Woodies, Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 29, 1962, 7 pp.
(Reprinted from
Louisiana Conservationist, September-October 1951)

66. Yates, Hannah,
Official Louisiana Bird–The Brown Pelican, 1966, 3
pp.

67. Yates, Hannah M.,
LOUISIANA–Bird Watchers Paradise, Wildlife Education
Bulletin No. 21, 1962, 7 pp.