Yvonne Lewis Day

Archival Collection

Yvonne Lewis Day Collecton

Box 1 – 17-volume Lewis family history researched & written by Yvonne Lewis Day

Bound index of collection contents and profile of Yvonne Lewis Day

Introduction to the Series: The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 411 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day. Traces family lineage to Wales around 1700. Includes
Revolutionary war transcripts, selected transcriptions from Minutes of Cashaway Church,
Pee Dee, SC, and the journal of the Rev. Evan Pugh. Incorporates the Lewis Family
History written around 1870 at Spring Creek by William Lewis, eldest son of Joseph
Benjamin Lewis, based on family Bibles for three preceding generations (back to 1700).
Also includes selected transcriptions from church records in Pike and Walthall counties
and Washington and Tangipahoa parishes, as well as a full-name index to the 16 volumes
in the series.

Vol. 1: Sarah Lewis McKenzie, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 502 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 2: Lucretia “Lucy” Lewis Harrell, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin
Lewis, 266 pp., Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 3: William Lewis, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 446 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 4: Nancy Lewis McKenzie, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 563 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 5: Britton Lewis, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 247 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Includes a transcription of the Minutes of Liberty Baptist Church, Rankin county,
Miss., 1840-1901, by Yvonne Lewis Day from the source documents.

Vol. 6: Joseph Benjamin Lewis, Jr., The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 441 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 7: Henry Lewis, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 182 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 8: Thomas T. Lewis, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 208 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 9: John J. Lewis, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 224 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 10: Mary Elizabeth “Polly” Lewis Breland, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin
Lewis, 291 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 11: Elizabeth B. Lewis Baygents; Vol. 12: Mark Lewis; & Vol. 13: Martha Lewis
Warmack Butler, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 380 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 14: Hugh W. Lewis, The Descending Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 304 pp., Yvonne Lewis Day.

Vol. 15: Tabitha Levisa Lewis Stringfield; & Vol. 16 Francis Marion Lewis, The Descending
Families of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 356 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Box 2 – Historical publications researched & written by Yvonne Lewis Day

Baton Rouge Directory, 1819-1829, 83 pp., researched and compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day from Baton Rouge newspapers
of the period.

Talk of the Past: Our Town, Ourselves: Vol. 1 – Local News Items from the First Newspapers
of Baton Rouge, La., 1819-1829, 421 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Talk of the Past: Our Town, Ourselves: Vol. 2 – Local News Items from the First Newspapers
of Baton Rouge, La., 1830-1840, 395 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Talk of the Past: Our Town, Ourselves: Vol. 3 – Local News Items from the Baton Rouge
Gazette, 1841-1845 & Democratic Advocate, 1845-1848, Baton Rouge, La., 415 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Talk of the Past: Our Town, Ourselves: Vol. 4 – Local News Items from the Baton Rouge
Gazette, 1846-1853, and The Daily Comet, 1852 (Partial), Baton Rouge, La., 381 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Talk of the Past: Our Town, Ourselves: Vol. 5 – Local News Items from the Daily Advocate,
Daily Comet & Weekly Comet Newspapers of Baton Rouge, La., 1853 Through 1856, 525 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Pressed Between the Pages: Local News Items from the Newspapers of Amite City & Roseland,
La., 1865-1940; 274 pp., transcribed and written by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Beneath the Green Sod: An Annotated Transcription of Spring Creek Baptist Church Cemetery,
Spring Creek, La., 416 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

The White Family’s Coody-Logue Lineage, 357 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Gone but Not Forgotten: Cemeteries of the Town of Kentwood, La., 169 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Gathering Home: The Cemeteries of the City of Amite, La., 227 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Into the Sunset: An Annotated Transcription of Spring Creek Masonic Cemetery, Spring
Creek, La., 113 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

The Soldier’s Grave: Military Burials in the Rural Cemeteries of Tangipahoa Parish,
La., 153 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Gone to be an Angel: The Cemeteries of Tickfaw, La., 52 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

The Minutes of Lee Valley Baptist Church, Osceola, La., 1920-1934, 34 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Death Notices & Obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, 1815-1940, 708 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Mishaps, Misdeeds & More, Selected News Items about Early Tangipahoa Parish, 1837-1900, 356 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Box 3 – Historical publications researched and written by Yvonne Lewis Day

Old Home Scenes: Local News Items from the Kentwood Commercial (1895-1944), 576 pp., transcribed from microfilm by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2010.

Tombstones of Tangipahoa: A Survey of Community, Church & Family Cemeteries in Rural
Tangipahoa Parish, 1800-2000, 859 pp., recorded and transcribed in comprehensive field survey by Yvonne Lewis
Day.

Safely Home: The Cemeteries of the City of Hammond, La., 665 pp., mapped and recorded by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2009.

Not So Gently Down the Stream: Steamboat Losses in Antebellum Louisiana, 300 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Gravestone Rubbings from Tangipahoa Parish [made by Yvonne Lewis Day in the field during survey of all cemeteries in the parish],
41 full-sized pages.

Headstone Inscriptions: Reed-Raines Memorial Gardens, (Tangipahoa Parish) 1896-1999, 9 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Headstone Inscriptions: Briar Patch Cemetery, 1850-2000, 17 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Headstone Inscriptions: Noah Cemetery (biracial), 1875-2000, 20 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Glossary to Old Home Scenes: The Familiar Places at Kentwood, 14 pp., Yvonne Lewis Day, 2010.

Box 4 – Historical publications researched & written by Yvonne Lewis Day

The Mayors of Amite City, Tangipahoa Parish, La., 1861-2021: Historical & Biographical
Sketches, 201 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2021 (two copies).

Louisiana Institute for Administrative Assistants, Semi-Annual Conferences, 1995 through
2019; designed and written by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Le Baton Rouge News & Notes, Monthly Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, researched and written by Yvonne
Lewis Day, 2018-2021.

Early History of Liberty Baptist Church, Rankin County, Miss., 1840-1901, 61 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2008.

Arthur Cullen “A.C.” Lewis & Negro Education in Louisiana, 1903-1948: A Compilation
of News Accounts, 53 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day.

A Brief History of Uneedus, Tangipahoa Parish, La., 1905-1985, 24 pp., by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2022 [with copy of Our Burnt Offerings, cookbook by
Uneedus Volunteer Fire Department, n.d., possibly mid-1970s].

The State Grange of Louisiana, 1872-1886, 35 pp. + 12-pp. appendix, by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2021.

ST. TAMMANY PARISH – “A Question of Color: The Jim Crow Case of the Lee Daughters
of St. Tammany Parish,” paper by Yvonne Lewis Day, 11 pp., 2022.

TANGIPAHOA PARISH – “Morrisania – A Secret Garden by Any Name: The 1886 Tour of a
Storied but Forgotten Retreat – And What Came Before and Afterward,” 18 pp., a research
paper by Yvonne Lewis Day.

Thanksgiving by Yvonne Lewis Day, Nov. 2013.

Box 5 – Papers and articles researched and written by Yvonne Lewis Day

HISTORICAL

Folder #1 – Historical Papers and Transcriptions

Sleeve 1: Historical Papers by Yvonne Lewis Day

“Genealogical Records of Selected member of the Liberty Baptist Church, Rankin County,
Miss., 1840-1901”
“The Night the Stars Fell, 1833: News Clips and Witness Accounts” [2021]
“List of Genealogical Societies & Main Libraries in Louisiana, by Parish” [2017]
“The Door is Open; the Dog is Tied” [2021]
“The Florida Parishes of Louisiana – Post Offices; Landscape Features…” [2014]
“Welsh Ancestry: Online Resources” [2017]
“New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad: The Antebellum Years” [2021]
“List of Heritage Societies in Louisiana” [2016]
“Why We Have Police Jurymen”
“Smoke on the Water: The Role of the USS Louisiana at the Battle of New Orleans”
Newspaper Clipping, “A Wish that Blesses,” n.d.

Sleeve 2: Transcriptions (Historical) by Yvonne Lewis Day

“First Observance of Thanksgiving in Louisiana & Governor’s Proclamation,” January
15, 1846, Gov. Alexander Mouton; and Thanksgiving Proclamation by Gov. Francis Nicholls,
1877.
“General Andres Jackson’s Military Road from Nashville, Tenn., to Madisonville, La.”
[from P.A. Casey]
“Act of Donation: Land for East Baton Rouge Parish Courthouse, 1813” [EBR Clerk of
Court’s Office]
“Living Monuments to Heroes of World War I” [from Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, 1926]
(2 copies) *listed twice originally*
“Edward Douglas White’s Memory to be Preserved in Statue” [from Morning Advocate, 1926]
“Task of Removing Bodies from St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery” [from Morning Advocate, 1926]
“Eight Die Trapped in Hotel Fire” [from Morning Advocate, 1926] (2 copies)
“Mayor Hotel to Close Its Doors Here April 15” [from Morning Advocate, 1926]
“Local News Items on Indian Affairs, 1830-1836” [from Baton Rouge Gazette]
“Singular Phenomenon Seen at Baton Rouge” [communicated by Thomas Jefferson, June
30, 1800], Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1804 (2 copies), and cover page to “Minutes of Liberty Baptist Church, Rankin County,
Miss., 1840-1901.”
“Report of 1925 Health Statistics for Baton Rouge” [from Morning Advocate, 1925]
“Farewell Old Centenary” [from Daily Advocate, March 29, 1903] (2 copies)
“General Jackson’s Route to the Battle of New Orleans” [compiled from field notes]
“The Language of Rings in the Mid-1800s,” from The Copiahan, Hazlehurst, MS, June 24, 1876.
Abstract: “Heroes of Harding Field: A Time Line of Events” [2004]

Folder # 2 – Historical Articles

Sleeve 1: Articles published in Le Baton Rouge (journal) by Yvonne Lewis Day

“Confessions of a Cemetery Junkie” Fall 2006, Vol. 26, No. 4
“Louisiana on Ice: The Great Freezes of 1895 and 1899” Spring 2007, Vol. 27, No. 2
“Fire, Flood, & Felonies: Baton Rouge Calamities, 1819-1829” Summer 2007, Vol. 27,
No. 3
“Domestic Bliss & Blasts: Aspects of Domestic Life in Baton Rouge, 1819-1829” Fall
2007, Vol. 27, no. 4
“Domestic Bliss & Blasts: Aspects of Domestic Life in Baton Rouge, 1819-1829, Part
2” Spring 2008, Vol. 28, No. 1
“In Their Own Words: The History of the Baton Rouge Fire Department” Fall 2009, Vol.
29, No. 4
“Baton Rouge Volunteers in the Mexican War”
“Baton Rouge Reaction to the Death of Andrew Jackson” Fall 2008, Vol. 28, No. 4
“The Day That Buffalo Bill Came to Town” Spring 2009, Vol. 29, No. 2
“Glimpses of Old Baton Rouge” Winter 2010, Vol. 30, No. 1
“The Big Fire in Little Zachary” Spring 2011, Vol. 31, No. 1
“The Baton Rouge Reds [Baseball Team]”
“Joseph Benjamin Lewis: What He Was Doing in 1812” Spring 2012, Vol. 32, No. 1

Sleeve 2: Articles published in La Raconteur (journal) by Yvonne Lewis Day

“Deeds of Emancipation in Baton Rouge Area, 1819-1829” Vol. XXVII, No. 4, Dec. 2007.
(2 copies)
“Advertised Sales of Baton Rouge Area Plantations, 1819-1829” Vol. XXVIII, No. 1,
March 2008 (2 copies)
“Published Accounts of Slaves in Baton Rouge, 1819-1822” Vol. XXIX, No. 1, March 2009
“Published Property Transactions in Baton Rouge in 1848” Vol. XXX, No. 1, March 2010
“1856 Sheriff’s Sale of Little Misery Plantation” Vol. XXXI, No. 4, December 2011
“Deaths in Baton Rouge in 1853: Year of the Great Fever Epidemic” Vol. XXXIII, No.
3, Sept. 2013

Sleeve 3: Articles published in Louisiana Genealogical Register (journal) by Yvonne Lewis Day

“Adults Do the Darndest Things: Fads & Foibles of Our Forebears, 1890-1915” Vol. LIII,
No. 4, Dec. 2006
“U.S. Post Offices in Louisiana on the Eve of the Civil War” Vol. LIV, No. 1, March
2007
“Places of Ease & Entertainment in Early Baton Rouge” Vol. LIV, No. 1, March 2007
“The Explorer Explored: Stanley’s Hall, I Presume?” Vol. LIV, No. 3, September 2007
“When Tangipahoa Was Bloody: Obits & Death Reports, Northern Tangipahoa, 1866-1900”
Vol. LV, No. 2, Winter 2008
“Memorable Camp Hunt at Bear Lake” [transcription by Yvonne Lewis Day] Vol. LVI, No.
2, Winter 2009
“Louisiana’s Great Flood of Molasses” Vol. LXIV, No. 1, Winter 2018
“Last Island Loss: The Devastating Hurricane of 1856”
“Were You Stuck on Green Stamps?” 2014
“In the Wake of War: Bibles Comes to Louisiana,” 2019

Folder #3 – Historical Articles on Native Americans

“Indian Minute” Column by Yvonne Lewis Day in monthly newsletter, John James Audubon,
Daughters of the American Revolution

Indian Minutes, 2009

“Good Times – Indians at Play,” Jan. 2009
“Best Dressed Louisiana Indians,” Feb. 2009
“What’s for Dinner?” Mar. 2009
“The Home Front – Louisiana Indian Housing,” Apr. 2009
“The Tangipahoa Indians,” May 2009
“The Great Seal of the Choctaw,” June 2009
“The Caddo Indians,” July 2009
“Louisiana Indian Dwellings,” Aug. 2009
“1803 Census of Louisiana Indians,” Sept. 2009
“Poverty Point Artifacts,” Oct. 2009
“Elusive Gods,” Nov. 2009
“No Man’s Land: Atakapas-Ishak Screaming Eagle Mound,” Dec. 2009.

Indian Minutes, 2010 (Published also in Circles of Friendship, Service, and Commitment, DAR)

“The Choctaw Snake Dance,” Jan. 2010
“Ride with the Tide – Indian Allies,” Feb. 2010
“Trade Practices with Indians in Spanish Louisiana,” Mar. 2010
“The Red Bones of Louisiana,” Apr. 2010
“The Bayou People,” May 2010
“Tracing your American Indian Ancestry,” June 2010
“Choctaw at the Battle of New Orleans,” Sept. 2010
“Indian Population in Louisiana,” Oct. 2010
“Losing Their Shirts: Indian Lacrosse,” Nov. 2010
“Most Costly Campaign: The War in Florida,” Nov. 2010
“The Kettledrummer,” Dec. 2010

Indian Minutes, 2011

“Blackhawk, Celebrity,” Jan. 2011
“Obituary for Betty Mae Tiger Jumper,” Feb. 2011
“The Last Noodles,” Mar. 2011
“The First Native American Newspaper,” Apr. 2011
“Where Did Native Americans Originate?,” May 2011
“School Supplies for Chemawa,” Sept 2011 – with photographs
“Tracing Your Indian Ancestry,” Oct. 2011
“Native American Thanksgiving,” Nov. 2011 – with photographs
“The Persimmon – with recipes,” Nov. 2011
“Natchez Suns & Stinkers,” Dec. 2011

Indian Minutes, 2012

“Role of Indian Grandparents,” Jan. 2012
“Missionary to the Choctaw,” Feb. 2012
“The Cherokee Pitcher,” Mar. 2012
“The Old Montegut School,” Apr. 2012
“The Calumet,” May 2012
“The Summer Moons,” 3-part article, June-Aug. 2012
“A Man & His Camera: Capturing Vanishing Native Americans,” Sept. 2012
“The Importance of Dancing,” Nov. 2012
“The Art of Face Painting,” Dec. 2012

Indian Minutes, 2013

“Universal Circle of Life,” Jan. 2013
“The Importance of Hair,” Feb. 2013
“Artifacts of Fort St. John,” Mar. 2013
“Washington in Upper Louisiana,” Apr. 2013
“Lost Tongues: Languages at Risk,” May 2013
“The First Immigrants,” Aug. 2013
“Rock Writing,” Sept. 2013
“Jefferson’s Indian Hall,” Sept. 2013
“Cow Creek Surrender,” Oct. 2013
“The Five-C Indians in the American Revolution,” Nov. 2013
“Louisiana’s 47th Annual Fall Powwow,” Dec. 2013

Indian Minutes, 2014

“A Woman to be Reckoned With,” Jan. 2014
“New Evidence of Indians at Woodville, Miss.,” Feb. 2014
“Prehistoric Indian Village Found,” Mar. 2014
“The Alibamu at Baton Rouge,” Apr. 2014
“Bitter Journey into Freedom,” May 2014
“Powerful Medicine,” Sept. 2014
“Hidden Nations Among Us,” Oct. 2014
“Naia from the Black Hole,” Nov. 2014

Indian Minutes, 2015

“Louisiana’s Oldest City,” June/July 2015
“Louisiana’s First Hunters,” Nov. 2015
“Baskets of Imagination,” Dec. 2015 – with photographs and program

Indian Minutes, 2016

“Christmas with the Mandan,” Jan. 2016
“Five Thousand Years at Podunk,” Feb. 2016
“An Unexpected Hero,” Mar. 2016
“White Deer at New Moon,” Apr. 2016
“General Jackson’s Military Road,” May 2016
“Counting Indians, The Census,” Aug. 2016
“The Pipe Ceremony,” Sept. 2016
“Equal Time,” Oct. 2016
“Lingering Trace of Yore,” Dec. 2016

Indians Minutes, 2017

“Temple Ruins in Baton Rouge?,” Feb. 2017
“Donaldsonville Relics,” Mar. 2017
“The Wigwam Hotel, 1854 & 1940,” Apr. 2017
“Ouachita Remains,” May 2017
“Remembering the Monmouth,” May 2017
“Etzanoa – Massive Mystery of the Plains,” June 2017
“Indian Dugout Discovery in Louisiana,” July 2017
“Istrouma, Dog, and Black Water People,” Sept. 2017
“The Iron-Handed Fool & the Kettledrummer,” Oct. 2017
“Where the Buffalo Roam?,” Nov. 2017
Notice of Program on Capt. John Smith, Nov 20, 2017
“Clinging to the Coast – and Ancient Heritage,” Dec. 2017 – with photos

Indian Minutes, 2018

“A Man Between Nations,” Feb. 2018
“A State of Terrestrial Paradise,” Mar. 2018
“Davy Crockett: Lion of the West,” May 2018
“Jefferson’s Stolen Treasure,” June 2018
“Smoking Out the Facts of American Barbecue,” July 2018
“A Doomed People [the Cherokee],” Aug. 2018
“What’s So Funny?,” Sept. 2018
“Oramaika’s love – and the Singing River,” Oct. 2018
“Wistful Melodies,” Nov. 2018

Indian Minutes, 2019

“Nothing But the Truth,” Jan. 2019
“Lost Mission of the Houmas,” Feb. 2019
“The 1,500-Year Journey,” Mar. 2019
“Climate Refugees’ in Conflict,” Apr. 2019
“It’s in the Blood [Elvis],” May 2019
“A Game of (Naked) Passion and Pride,” Sept. 2019
“The Weeping Woman of Grady Hill,” Oct. 2019
“The First American Bible,” Nov. 2019
“The First Christmas in Colony Louisiane,” Dec. 2019

Indian Minutes, 2020

“Quackery in the Name of the American Indian,” Jan. 2020
“Mystery of the Chief in the Vault – History or Hoax?”
“Who Will sing My Name?” [narrative of the wreck of the steamboat Monmouth]
“Searching for Your Indian Ancestors in Federal Records”
“Summary Report of the American Indians Committee,” John James Audubon Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, 2011.
“Contents of Complete Annual Report of the American Indians Committee,” John James
Audubon Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 2011.
“Medal of Honor Winners, American Indians, Nov. 2010” (2 copies)
“Native American Participants in the War of 1812,” Nov. 2010

GENERAL INTEREST ARTICLES

Folder #4 – General Interest Articles by Yvonne Lewis Day

The Toastmaster Magazine

Letters to Yvonne Lewis Day from Toastmaster Magazine, Sept. 1981 & Dec. 1982
COVER STORY: “The Economics of Writing,” [reprinted in textbooks & several other magazines
and journals; for example: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Vol. 1, March 1983; and Writing & Speaking in the Technology Professions, by David F. Beer] (2 copies)
“Slipping with Sigmund,” Sept. 1983

Elks Magazine

“How Long Will It Last?,” July/August 1983

The Regents Report: Issues for the ‘80s, Louisiana Board of Regents

“Wrestling Alligators”

Sunday Magazine, Morning Advocate

25 weekly columns on new products, titled “Try It!” – 1984, multiple copies of each
article

New Orleans Magazine

“Triskaidekaphobia”

Jefferson Business

“How to Use Circumlocution Effectively”
“Code: How to say what you don’t mean,” 20 Jan. 1983

Louisiana Parish Government

“Program of Progress for Local Government”

The Braille Mirror

Reprint of “Slipping with Sigmund,” 1984 (2 copies)
Reprint of “How Long Will It Last,” 1983. 2 letters to Yvonne Lewis Day from the Braille
Institute

The National Education Secretary

Reprint of “The Economics of Writing,” Dec. 1981, reprinted by permission. Includes
letter to Yvonne Lewis Day from the Louisiana Association of Educational Office Personnel.

Facing South [syndicated column]

“The Toothless Invader” (4 copies)

PR Reporter

Reprint of “The Economics of Writing,” Sept. 1983. Includes two letters to Yvonne
Lewis Day from the PR Reporter.

Sunday Magazine, Morning Advocate [selected articles]

“There’s Many a Lip from Political Slip,” Nov. 2, 1980
“Love Foods, Fact or Fiction” They Go Back in Time,” Feb. 14, 1982
“Slipping with Sigmund,” May 30, 1982
“All About Armadillos,” 1982 (2 copies)
“Phobiacs Beware: Tomorrow is Friday, the 13th,” Aug. 13, 1982 (2 copies)
“The Great Lineup,” 1982.
“Danger and Stress on the Job,” Sept. 5, 1982
“Elevator Etiquette,” Feb. 6, 1983
“Wait Until You Spring into 13 Months,” 1983
“Making Things Last,” Jan. 1, 1984
“The Lovebugs are Coming,” Apr. 1, 1984
“The Bees Are Coming, The Bees Are Coming,” July 22, 1984
“Dollars and Scents,” Nov 11, 1984 [a perfume manufacturer in Baton Rouge]

Baton Rouge Magazine [selected articles]

“Off Camera with Gates, L’Heureux, Mahaffey and Young”
“The Pennington Research Center: The City’s New Multi-Million Biomedical Facility”
“Hope and Help for Learning Disabilities”
“Interview: Kathy Screen” [Mayor’s wife]
“Greyhounds” [Ray Ferguson, breeder, Prairieville]
“Help! Emergency” [EMS, Baton Rouge]
“Couples in Business Together”
“CDUs: A New Hope”
“Marie Bickham: The Lady Who Manages Million$”
“All’s Fair in ’84” – The World’s Fair, New Orleans
“Arming and Alarming Against Intruders”
“The City’s Savings and Loan Presidents” – Interviews
“Hello? Hello” – new phone technology
“Now You Can Buy Your House in the Shopping Mall”
“Billet Doux: Writing Love Notes”

Ascension Magazine [selected articles]

“Van and Grace Broussard: Leaving It All Up to Music”
“Allen R. Saltus: Tracking the Past”
“St. Jude Chapel: Offering Hope for the Hopeless”
“Wedding Charms, Folklore & Magic”
“Hickley Waguespack: Legendary Lawman”
“Governor Quiett: An Ageless Artisan”
“Inside Ormet Corporation”
“The Media in Ascension Parish”
“Neese Industries: Building on Success”
“Nicky Prejean: Life in the Fast Lane”
“The Festival of the Saints”
“The American Legion: Devotion to Mutual Helpfulness”
“Bo-Pic Foods: It’s in the Bag – Snack Foods, That Is”
“Friday the 13th”
“Something Old, Something New: New Parish Administrator”
“Gonzales United Methodist Church”
“James Owens: Living with a Legacy” [Manager, Bocage Plantation]
“Lynn C. Conner: Success in the Works”
“Kelly Falcon: The Snake Man of Louisiana”
“The Taranto Family: Music, Music, Music!”
“Dressing America’s Workforce” [garment manufacturing company]
“Attorney Vic Marcello: Fighting for the Veterans”
“Texaco: Starring in Profit and Growth”
“The Play’s the Thing: Gonzales Little Theatre”
“Sweet Talk: The Language of Flowers and Perfume”
“Blue Runner: A Winner”
“George Bitzer: The Bee-Gee’s Keyboard Man”
“Judith P. Betts: The Art of Success”

Folder #5 – Reprints, Editorial Work & Research/Project Administration

Sleeve 1: Reprints of Articles by Yvonne Lewis Day [selected items]

Reprint of Article, “Wrestling Alligators” by Yvonne Lewis Day, in: Readings & Cases in Business Communications, by Steven P. Golen, Ross Figgins, and Larry R. Smeltzer, John Wiley & Sons
“Effective Writing Skills” by Yvonne Lewis Day, in: Just Writing – Grammar, Punctuation, and Style for the Legal Writer, 5th edition, Part I and Part II, by Anne Enquist, Laurel Oates, Jeremy Francis. Title page.
“Redundant Phrases: Distinguishing Similar Words” by Yvonne Lewis Day, included in
course material at University Writing Center, University of Central Florida, 2021.
“Common Redundances,” adapted from “The Economics of Writing” by Yvonne Lewis Day,
in: Three Tips for Concise Writing, by Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff, Concordia University School of Law, 2017.
“Speech Deadwood,” adapted from “The Economics of Writing” by Yvonne Lewis Day, in:
The Inside News of PR & Marketing Communications by Fraser Seitel, 2015
“Dog Puppies: A List of Common Redundancies,” by Yvonne Lewis Day, in: The Legal Writing Handbook – Analysis, Research, and Writing, 2nd Edition, Chapter 29, by Laurel Currie Oates, Anne Enquist, and Kelly Kunsch, 1998. Title
page.

Sleeve 2: Editorial Work by Yvonne Lewis Day [selected items]

International Journal of Business & Information (IJBI), intro & content pages.
This quarterly journal was edited by Yvonne Lewis Day for 14 years, from 2006 to 2019,
which included graphic design, formatting, and typesetting for 284 papers for scholars
globally.
Quarterly Newsletter of the Louisiana Association of School Business Officials (LASBO)
Edited by Yvonne Lewis Day for 12 years.
Quarterly Newsletter of the Louisiana Government Finance Officers Association (GFAO)
Edited by Yvonne Lewis Day for 17 years.
George M. Frankfurter & Wai K. Leung, “Further Analysis of the Put-Call Parity Implied
Risk-Free Interest Rate,” The Journal of Financial Research, Fall 1981. Edited by Yvonne Lewis Day.
Strategic Plan 2012-2017, College of Commerce, National Chengchi University. Edited by Yvonne Lewis Day.
Executive Summary, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Business School. Edited by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2017.
AACSB International, 5th Year Report, National Chengchi University. Edited by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2011.

Sleeve 3: Research & Project Administration by Yvonne Lewis Day [selected items]

Project Director, Pilot Study, Youth Violence Reduction Program, Office of the Mayor-President,
Baton Rouge, 1997-2005.
Researcher & author, East Baton Rouge Parish Resource Directory for Youth Re-Entry Services, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, 2006.

Box 6 – Presentations & Programs by Yvonne Lewis Day

Folder #1 – Historical Programs

“Basics of Genealogy Research,” Louisiana State Archives
“Commemoration of the 230th Anniversary of the Battle of Baton Rouge”
“Researching Your Welsh Ancestry”
“Picture This: Preserving Photographs for All Time”
“The Three-Chop Trail: The Way West After the Revolution”
“Pocahontas: The Louisiana Connection”
“Old Rough and Ready: The Baton Rouge Years”
“Grave Matters: The History & Art of the American Obituary”
“The Anglos Are Coming! The Anglos Are Coming!”
“First Places, Lost Faces – The Indigenous Tribes of Louisiana”
“The Little Church at Half Moon”
“The Mystery of the Monmouth” [steamboat that sank with loss of 400 American Indians]
“The Return of the Conquering Hero: General Jackson’s Visit to New Orleans in 1840”
“Before and After Pocahontas: The New World Adventures of Capt. John Smith”
“What My Lady Wore” [colonial dress during the War of 1812]
“Death of a Princess – The Wreck of a Luxury Steamboat”
“Judah P. Touro – An Unlikely Hero at the Battle of New Orleans”
“The Forgotten Settlement of Dironburg [Baton Rouge]”
“Beneath the Green Sod & the Leaf-Mold of Time – Recording Cemeteries” [Flyer for
program]
“Madame Legendre: Hostess to History”
“20 Names You Should Know from the War of 1812 in Louisiana”
“Presentation on Tunica-Biloxi Indians” – On site at Museum
“Presidential Pets” – interactive program
“Presidential Last Words” – interactive program
“Commemorative Program: The Choctaw at Dancing Rabbit Creek”
“You Name It: Naming Patterns in Colonial America”
“Crime and Punishment in Early Baton Rouge, 1800-1840”
“George Washington & Smallpox in the American Revolution”
“The Life and Times of Old Glory”
“I Am Woman – Let Me Vote!”
“Indians in the White House”
“Life & Times in the World of Henry VIII”
“Nature of the Beast: Wildlife in Colonial Louisiana & the Florida Parishes”
“Wildlife in the World of the Louisiana Indian”
“Whistling Dixie: The History & Heritage of the Bonnie Blue Flag”
“Who’s on First?” History Workshop of Presidential Firsts
“The Miracle of New Orleans, 1814-1815”

Folder #2 – Professional Development Programs

List of Professional & Executive Programs by Yvonne Lewis Day
Partial List of Workshops & Presentations by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2008-2020

—List of Selected Presentations—

“The Trouble with Writing,” Participant Evaluations, 1980.
Biographical Sketch of Speaker, Biloxi, Miss., 1980
“Workshop Evaluation, “The Trouble with Writing,” Oct. 1980 – Clerks of Court”
“The Trouble with Writing,” correspondence from SLU, 1981
“Professional Writing Skills,” feedback from LSU Medical Center, 1981
Feedback on TV interview, 1981
Address to the OJJDP National Conference, Washington, D.C., 2003
ACI Conference, “Channels of Communication,” 2004
Keynote, 61st Annual Conference, International Institute of Municipal Clerks, 2007
Presentations to 25th Conference, Ohio & West Virginia Clerks, 2007
Workshops for 32nd Louisiana Municipal Clerks Institute, 2007
“As I Recall: Building Memory Skills,” 2007
Two Sessions – Ohio Municipal Clerks Association, 2008
38th Session, Louisiana Clerks of Court Institute, 2008
“You Don’t Say” – Exchange Club of Baton Rouge, 2009
“Write to the Top,” 2009 Annual Conference, International Institute of Municipal Clerks,
Chicago
“Report Rapport: Writing Reports that Count,” 2010
“Write to the Top,” 2010 & Advanced Session, Ohio Municipal Clerks Association, 2015
“Communicating with Style,” circa 2010
Luncheon Speaker, Capital City Rotary, 2012
Keynote Speaker, 25th Annual Conference, Continental Society of Indian Wars, 2015
Luncheon Address, Jamestowne Society 2016
Two Sessions: Ohio Municipal Clerks Association, 2016
Advanced Sessions, Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Academy, 2017
Louisiana Institute for Administrative Assistants, annual lectures, 1995-2019
“Three-Chopped Trail,” Dialogues at St. Alban’s Chapel, LSU Campus, 2017
“Let’s Face It,” Two-Part Program for Louisiana Clerks of Court Institute, 2020

—Sample of Programs by Yvonne Lewis Day—

“Effective Emails”/ also “E-Mail Etiquette”
“Creating a Positive Work Environment”
“Professionalism – Becoming the Very Best at What You Do”
“How to Operate a Blue Pencil”
“The Secrets of Effective Communication”
“Coloring Outside the Lines: Creativity in the Workplace”
“The Case of the CAFR that Cared”
“Setting and Accomplishing Goals”
“Protecting Yourself from Poor Communication”
“Write to the Top – A Pro’s Approach to Business Writing”
“First Impressions: How to Transform Your Image”
“Effective Writing Skills: Style & Substance”
“Meetings that Work: Your Survival Guide”
“How Men & Women Communicate Differently”
“The Advanced Art of Taking Minutes”
“Do You Hear Me Now? Listening: A Tool for Better Job Performance”
“Letter Perfect: How to Write a Business Letter”
“Writing the Million Dollar Memo”
“Organizing for Productivity in the Google Era”
“Speaking Up: Pronunciation Pitfalls”
“Grammar in the 21st Century”
“Numbers: Write and Left”
“Making Dollar$ and Cents of Grant Writing”
“The Anatomy of a Bad Decision: 25 Missteps That Lead to Disaster”

Folder #3 – Selected 1980s Correspondence

Letters from David Treen, Dale Brown, Edwin Edwards, Jerry Stovall, Pat Evans, Henson
Moore, Ossie Brown regarding “On Riding Elevators,” a feature article by Yvonne Lewis
Day.
Letter from Carol Coltharp, Louisiana Board of Regents, Jan. 14, 1981
Letter from Publisher, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, June 1, 1981
Letter from Nurse Epidemiologist, LSU Medical Center, July 6, 1981
Correspondence from LSU Office of Budget & Planning, Dec. 16, 1981
Letter from Louisiana Association of Educational Office Personnel, May 1981
Letter from Dean of College of Humanities, Southeastern Louisiana University, Mar.
26, 1981, and letter from Malissa Turner, SLU Professor, Mar. 26, 1981.
Note from Dan Walsh, Division of Continuing Education, LSU, Oct 8, 1981
Note and Clipping from Kathleen Randall, Louisiana Legislative Council, Mar. 23, 1981
Letters from Lefthanders International, July 20, 1982 & Aug. 26, 1982
Letter from Vice President of Academic Affairs, SLU, Aug 11, 1982 & Letter from Reader
of Lefthanders Article

Folder #4 – Awards and Recognitions (Selected)

Part 1: Awards

Honorary Mayor-President of City of Baton Rouge/ Parish of East Baton Rouge, 2002
Award of Achievement, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2004
25 Selected Awards, 2007-2013, Daughters of the American Revolution
National Spirit of 1812 Award – 1st person to receive this award
National History Award, Daughters of 1812, 2014
Good Citizenship Medal, Sons of the American Revolution, 2014
Women in American History Award, 2018
Award of Distinction, Government Finance Officers Association of Louisiana 2015
Certificate of Appreciation, Sherwood Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, 2012
Certificate of Achievement, Louisiana Community Policing Institute & LSU Shreveport,
1999
Certificate of Recognition, VII National Conference on Juvenile Justice, Sinaloa,
Mexico, 2003
Certificate of Achievement, National Council of Juvenile Court Judges & National District
Attorneys Association, 1999
Certificate of Achievement in Juvenile Justice Programs, Office of the Governor, Louisiana,
2004
Certificate of Appreciation, Gen. Philemon Thomas Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution,
2012
Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Daughters of 1812 National Library, 2016
Certificate of Appreciation, Baton Rouge Genealogical & Historical Society, 2011 &
2017
Citation of Support, National Center for the Advancement of Prevention, Rockville,
MD, 2002
Ceremony of Recognition & Appreciation, Louisiana Municipal Clerks Institute, 2016
Award of Appreciation, Capital City Rotary Club, 2013 (replica of billboard on I-10)

Part 2: Patriotic Quilts Receiving Recognition

“President’s Quilt,” 2003
“Colonial Motifs,” 2007
“True Colors,” 2008
“Patchwork of Liberty,” DAR State Award Winner, 2009
“First Ladies Quilt,” 2019

Box 7 – The Lewis Family

Descendants of Joseph Benjamin Lewis (1763-1845)
Son of William Lewis (born in Wales; d. circa 1790, SC)
Grandson of Josiah Lewis (b. circa 1705 in Wales – d. 1767, SC)

Folder #1 – The First Lewis Generations, 1745-1845

“A Memory Sketch of the Lewis Family,” by William Lewis, 1871
“A Memory Sketch of the Lewis Family,” printed by Kentwood Commercial, 1905
“The Lewises of Wales,” commentary by archivist A.G. Hughes, Aberystwyth, Wales, 1974
“Genealogy of the Josiah Lewis Family from Wales to Mississippi,” Wilbur R. Sumrall,
1977
“Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834” [covering period Josiah Lewis in the Penn’s Welsh
Tract]
“Minutes of Cashaway Church, Pee Dee, SC, 1757-1772” [reference Lewis & Burton families]
“Cashaway Church – first Church Home of Lewis Family in America”
“A Roster of Patriot Who Served with Francis Marion”
“History of the Joseph Benjamin Lewis Family (as told by George Morgan)”
“Index to Headright & Bounty Grants for Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 1756-1809”
“Land Grants in Screven County, Ga., to Joseph Benjamin Lewis”
“Census Records on Josiah Lewis Jr., Son of Josiah Lewis by 2nd Wife”
“Georgia Passports for Lewis Family, 1810 & 1811”
“Westward Ho! The Joseph Benjamin Lewis Family on the Old Post Road & Three-Chopped
Way”
“Profile of Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 3rd Generation in America”
“Half Moon Bluff Baptist Church: History by E. Russ Williams, Ph.D., & Selected Notes”
“Early Description of Half Moon Bluff Baptist Church”
“History of Half Moon Bluff Baptist Church, 1812-1830,” by Zuma F. Magee & Dixie S.
Moss, 1978
Excerpt from: A House Upon a Rock, About Southern Baptists in Louisiana, by Glen Lee Greene, 1973, pp. 47-68, Half Moon Bluff/ Joseph B. Lewis
“200th Anniversary of Half Moon Bluff Baptist Church”
“Mississippi territory in the War of 1812” [as it relates to William Lewis, 1791-1874]
“Lewis Family in First Marriage Records, Copiah Co., Miss., 1823-1839”
“Lewis Family Members in the Minutes of New Zion Baptist Church, Pike County, 1823-1859”
“Copiah County, Mississippi, Marriages, 1823-1865,” by Irene S. Gillis, n.d.
“Towns of Copiah County, Miss.,” by Yvonne Lewis Day (2 copies) *had been listed twice*
“Profile of Copiah County, Miss., 1844,” compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Genealogical Notes on Selected Settlers on 1817 Tax Roll for Old Pike Co., Miss.,”
by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Residents of Pike County, Miss., in 1816,” compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day
“1817 Tax Roll for Pike County, Miss.,” Yvonne Lewis Day
“Purchase of Land by Lewis Family, Copiah County, Miss., 1827-1857,” Yvonne Lewis
Day (2 copies)
“Mississippi Land Records for Britton Lewis, 1835 & 1841”
“Affidavit of Noah Morris (Ref. Sarah Morris, mother of 4 daughters who married Lewis
brothers)”
Excerpt: A History of the Baptists of Louisiana (p. 74: Half Moon Bluff/ Joseph B. Lewis)

Folder #2 – The Lewis Family in Mississippi & Louisiana

“Land Patent for Joseph B. Lewis, Sr., Copiah county, Miss., Jan. 15, 1827”
Selected Lewis Land Records, Copiah County, Miss.
Affidavit of Noah Morris, Miss., Dec. 13, 1830
“Land Patent for Britton Lewis, Simpson County, Miss., Sept. 5, 1835”
Minutes of Historic Liberty Baptist Church, Rankin Co., Miss., 1840-1901 – copy of
original minutes book
Sale of Property of Hugh W. Lewis, 1837, Copiah County, Miss.
Joseph Benjamin Lewis Honored at Celebration, July 1844
Probate of the Estate of Joseph Benjamin Lewis (1762-1845)
Land Patent for Joseph B. Lewis Jr., Pike County, Miss., Aug. 1, 1853
Land Patent for Rebecca Ann McKenzie, Pike County, Miss., Nov. 30, 1855
“McKenzies of Sandy Hook, Miss.,” by Dewey McKenzie [reference: David & Sarah Lewis
McKenzie]
“Magee’s Creek Baptist Church: The McKenzie Family in Darbun Community”
“Land Patent for William S. McKenzie, Miss., Feb. 1, 1859”
“Family of Edmund Rayford Lewis II, Son of Albert Clayton Lewis Sr. & Virginia A.
Gillis Lewis”
Land Patent for William A. McKenzie, Miss., May 11, 1895
Selected Obits of McKenzie Family Members – various dates – Columbia Progress, Miss.
McKenzie Family Photos (various dates) from James W. McKenzie of Tylertown, Miss.
McKenzie Men in U.S. Military, various issues, Columbia Progress, Miss., May 1945
“The Ancestors of Robert Melton Breland & Cora Esther Peirce Breland,” by David Edward
Breland
“First Century of Friendship Baptist Church, Fishville, Grant Parish, La. 1870-1974,”
by Yvonne Lewis Day [church pastored by Joseph Benjamin “Little Joe” Lewis III]
Pages from the Crews Family Bible [reference: Thomas Lewis], Port Gibson, Miss.
Succession (Probate) of Moses Baygents, 1871 [reference: Elizabeth Lewis]
“Declaration for Pension of Widows of War of 1812,” filed Mar. 25, 1878 [reference:
Britton Lewis]
Selected Cemetery Records for Lewis Family in Mississippi
Selected Early Census Records for Lewis Family in Mississippi
Photo: John Azarell McKenzie, Son of Nancy Lewis & Daniel McKenzie, 1807-1890
Land Patent for Samuel T. Rushing, Pike County, Miss., 1906
Application for Civil War Pension by J. B. Lewis, Aug. 15, 1922
Letters from W. R. Sumrall to Irene R. Morris of Kentwood, regarding John Lewis &
Morris Families, 1973
“Obituary: Murray Latimer: U.S. Pension Architect, New York Times, Oct. 5, 1985 [descendant
of John Lewis]
Assorted Notes on the Thomas Lewis Family of Mississippi by Thelma Barland, Hermanville,
Miss., 2007
“1838 Copiah Co. Property Taxes Paid by Lewis Heads of Household”

Folder #3 – The Lewis Family in Lewiston & Spring Creek, Tangipahoa Parish

Lewis Photos: William Lewis & Sons Dr. George Washington Lewis & John Jefferson Lewis
The William Lewis Bible & Notes on 3rd Wife, Samantha Clower
“Capt. George Washington Lewis, M.D.: A Confederate’s Letter Home,” Sept. 11, 1863”
Dr. George Washington Lewis, 3rd Wingfield’s, Prisoner of War
“Fruitland Farm, The H. W. L. Lewis Estate at Lewiston, Tangipahoa Parish,” by Yvonne
Lewis Day
“Lewis’s Prize Cotton” – developed by William Benjamin Franklin “Billy” Lewis (1856-1931)
“H.W.L. Lewis: Witness for Homestead Application of Moses Brumfield,” 1874
Henry William Leander Lewis NSDAR Genealogical Sheet
“Master of the Grange” H.W.L. Lewis of Tangipahoa Parish,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
F&AM Resolutions on the death of H.W.L. Lewis, St. Helena & Spring Creek Lodges, 1889
John Jefferson Lewis Bible, selected pages
Obituary of Sarah Ann Lewis Brumfield (1835-1888)
Lewis Families in Ward 1 & Ward 2, Tangipahoa Parish, Census of 1900
Map of Lewiston Community, Mid-1900s, by Gerald “Jerry” Lewis
Joseph Benjamin “Ben” Lewis, Town Marshal of Kentwood, 1900-1906, Court Testimony
“History of Spring Creek Lodge F&AM 184,” by George Douglas Lewis, 1908 (2 copies)
“Lewiston Church Sets Homecoming,” Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, Aug. 29, 1940
Worshipful Masters of Spring Creek Lodge, 1866-1974
“William Stringfield & Tabitha Levisa Lewis,” from Richard Stringfield Family by Zuma Magee
“History of Lewiston Baptist Church, Founded July 18, 1921,” by Gerald C. Lewis, with
architectural notes
“History of Lewiston Community as Told by Morris Denman Lewis at Age 93 (1883-1979)”
(2 copies)
Franklin Malachi Lewis, 1856-1931
Family connection of John Q. Ricks, 1916
“Angelina Smith Hope Dykes,” by Irene Morris, Kentwood, 2001 [reference: James M.
Lewis”
Notes on William Dawsey Lewis by Gerald “Jerry” Lewis, 2004
Biography of A.C. Lewis, A.R. Lewis, 7 W.B.F. Lewis
“The Lewis Family,” narrative from George Morgan notebook, with pencil notes by Irene
Morris, Kentwood
Biography of Ruby May Lewis, Baptist Missionary from 1925 to 1955
George Douglas Lewis: In the News
Ralph Walter McGee, Jr.: Notre Dame Football Player & CIA Agent
“Morris D. Lewis, Age 91, Proud Achievement is Garden,” Kentwood Ledger, May 30, 1974
Frank Brown Reviews Book on Lewis Family History by Katherine Letteer, 1975
Transcription of Letter by Katherine Calla Letteer, written Dec. 30, 1978
“Lewiston Cemetery & Persons Related to Those Buried There,” by Gerald C. Lewis, 1997
“History of Lewiston (Lewis Bros. Sawmill, School & Post Office),” by Gerald c. Lewis,
1997
“The Story of James M. Lewis & Lelia McGehee Lewis,” by Gerald C. Lewis, 1997
“Local Lore & Legend,” columns by Irene Morris, Kentwood [reference Chastain Lewis],
1997

Folder #4 – The Lewis Family in Tangipahoa & Elsewhere

Another (Unrelated) Lewis Lineage in Old Marion County, Miss., by Yvonne Lewis Day
Document from Succession of William Lewis of Tangipahoa
What Grandma Elizabeth Estess Lewis Grew in Kitchen Garden, compiled by Yvonne Lewis
Day
The John Jefferson Lewis Orchard at Spring Creek
Critters Around the Farm of John Jefferson Lewis, Spring Creek
“The Dawsey Lewis Brickyard,” article by Yvonne Lewis Day
“What is a Cow?” A School Boy’s Essay, Spring Creek School
Copy of photo, Raborn home near H.W.L. Lewis’s Fruitland Farm
Selected Items about crime & mishaps, Tangipahoa Parish, 1890s, by Yvonne Lewis Day
Recipes from Long Ago, transcribed from news clippings by Yvonne Lewis Day
Truett Lewis & 4-H Clubs in Southeast Louisiana, 1938
Succession of William J. Lewis & Mary Hart, 1940
Photo: Rosa Mae Lewis Varnado & Husband, Conor C. Varnado
Spring Creek Baptist Church Centennial, The Register, Baton Rouge, Sept. 1960 (2 copies)
Photos: The George Douglas Lewis Family
Personal Correspondence: James Morris Lewis
Lewis Family Members from Tangipahoa on World War I Bonus List
Family Photos: William Thomas Jefferson Lewis, at Spring Creek, 1902
Succession of William Thomas Jefferson Lewis (d. 1917); succession in 1957
Photo: Ada Evelyn Lewis Easley Braud Shelton
Reminisces about Simeon Harvey Lewis
Photos: Family Members, Simeon Harvey Lewis, New Orleans
Photo: Ruby Lillian Lewis, daughter of Simeon Harvey Lewis & Sarah Geneva Bannister
Reminisces about Chester Lewis, son of Simeon Harvey Lewis & Sarah Geneva Bannister
Photo: Lewis family physician in New Orleans, 1950s: Henry Andrew Larocca, M.D.
Recollections of Old New Orleans, 1920s to 1950s, compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day
The Bannister Story, by Yvonne Lewis Day
Succession of Leslie Bannister, father of Sarah Geneva Bannister Lewis
Leslie Ezekiel Bannister & Sarah V. Seale Bannister, parents of Sarah Geneva Bannister
Lewis
Recipes from the American Centennial, by Sarah Geneva Bannister Lewis
Excerpt from: The White Connection, 1802-1998, Vol. 1, by W. Paul White 1998
News Article, “Couple Tries to Recapture Era at Home,” Hammond Daily Star, 2004
The Old Lewis Store near S. Lewiston Road, with photos
Obituary of Ted Carroll Lewis, Lewiston
BOOK: Battlegrounds of Memory: A Memoir of a Southern Family [about Hugh W. Lewis, son of Joseph Benjamin Lewis], by Clay Lewis, 1998

Box 8 – Tangipahoa Parish & Washington Parish

Part 1 – Tangipahoa Parish

Folder #1 – Early Tangipahoa

Affidavit of Nathan Joiner for passport to cross Creek Indian Nation, Feb. 18,1807:
Transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day
Recommendation for Governor’s Passport, State of Georgia, for Leonard & Moses Varnado,
1809: Transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day (2 copies)
Jacob Threeton (1811-1896), birth certificate
Adriel Mixon: Genealogical Notes by Yvonne Lewis Day
Tangipahoa Parish Post Offices, U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS, 2000
Tangipahoa Parish Post Offices, from: Louisiana Post Offices by John J. Germann, et al., Lake Grove, Ore., 1990
Selected Chapters from Early History of Tangipahoa Parish, by Lee Lanier, Amite City, La.
Tangipahoa Parish Place Names & Histories, Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, various issues, 1954-1973
Legal Documents Relating to Land on Which Amite City was built
History of the Town of Kentwood, with material provided by Irene R. Morris
“The Town of Kentwood,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
Mayors and Officials of the Town of Kentwood, 1895-1944, compiled by Yvonne Lewis
Day from Kentwood Commercial, various issues
Hammond Branch Prisoner of War Camp #10, 1944-1946, compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day
Towns of Tangipahoa, Poetry (Tangipahoa, Kentwood, Amite City, Independence, Hammond,
Ponchatoula) by William Hutchinson McClendon (1855-1942)
Profile of Rhoda Singleton “Granny” Mixon, by Dr. E. Russ Williams
Public Schools in Tangipahoa Parish 1939, transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day, from Tangipahoa
Parish School Board report
U.S. Patents Issued to Joseph Kopfler, Amite City, La., 1881: Compiled by Yvonne Lewis
Day, from Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents, 1881, p.113
U.S. patent to Elisha Spiller, #257, 889, Amite City, La., 1882
“Some Early Highlights in Amite City History” n.d.
“Scenes from Yesteryear,” assembled by Yvonne Lewis Day
“The Towns of Tangipahoa,” from manuscript by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Early Times in Tangipahoa Parish,” from manuscript by Yvonne Lewis Day
Amite City Town Map

Folder #2 – More Tangipahoa People & Places

“Tangipahoa Crossroads” – n.d.
Ancestral Information of Hiram Lewis Family
“The Peirce Family,” photocopy, pp. 7-18, from Lewis family papers
“List of Worshipful Masters, Spring Creek Lodge F&AM, 1866-1974”
History of Independence – miscellaneous sources
Photocopy: From Italy to the United States, by Mary & Edward Sandel
“The Mounted Partisan Rangers & Wingfield’s 9th Infantry,” pp. 177-190
“The Third Louisiana Cavalry of the CSA – History and Roster,” downloaded www.cnnw.net
on March 3, 2003
“Muster Roll of Band and Hospital, Tangipahoa Parish,” downloaded from USGenWeb
“William Brown & Elizabeth Joiner Family Records,” Dixie S. Moss, Louisiana Genealogical Review, September 1972
Schools of Tangipahoa Parish, 1939 – compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day, from Tangipahoa
Parish School Board
Genealogical Information on Bailey Family of Southern Tangipahoa Parish
“Peter Hammond and His Descendants,” from papers of late Velmarae Dunn, English teacher,
Southeastern Laboratory School
“Early History of the Village of Tangipahoa,” by Carolyn G. North
“Village of Tangipahoa Officials, 1868-1976,” by Dr. E. Russ Williams
“Centennial Souvenir – A Hammond History Source Book, 1889-1989,” by Hammond Centennial
Committee
“The Ellis Reid Story,” autobiographical sketch by Ellis Reid, Folsom, La.
“Cranky Corner – A Place name in Uneedus Community,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
“The Story of Singing Waterfall, Husser, La., by Yvonne Lewis Day
“A Brief History of Tickfaw, La.,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Death on the Slow Train,” excerpt from manuscript by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Trapping Gasperou in Tangipahoa river,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Shipment of California Salmon-Fry to Tangipahoa Parish, La.,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
(2 copies)
“A Camel Walked into a Bar in Amite City…” by Yvonne Lewis Day
“The 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Tangipahoa Parish, La.,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Police Jury Presidents,” by Gordon Burgess
List of Pensioners on the Roll as of Jan.1, 1883,” transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day
Marriage License of A.J. Pierre & Odile Populis
“Landmarks of Tangipahoa,” 1982 Calendar by First Guaranty Bank, Hammond, La.

Folder #3 – Photos & News Clippings, Tangipahoa Parish

Photo: Amos Kent Lumber & Brick Yard with Depot of Kentwood, Greensburg, & SW Railroad
Photo: Fall harvest at model farm at Loranger, LA., circa 1920s
Photo: Model farm at Loranger, La., Winter 1915 (with snow on the ground)
Photo: Loranger High School Candy Store, circa 1960
Photo: John Dunn & wife Annie at House in Roseland, La.
Photo & Article: Burris Murder in Kentwood, 1929; transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day
News Articles, Collection of “Local Lore & Legend,” items published in Kentwood News, various dates, by Irene R. Morris of Kentwood, La.
News Article: “Up and Down the Roads of Tangipahoa,” Amite City Times, Sat., Sept. 28, 1867
News Article: “Arcola Hospital & Aid Society,” Daily Southern Crisis, Jackson, Miss., Feb. 8, 1863, p.1, col. 2; also: in newspaper archives at LSU (1:24-2:23)
News Articles: “A Case of Abortion in Tangipahoa Parish,” Transcribed from newspapers,
by Yvonne Lewis Day
News Article: “300-Year Live Oak Loses Huge Limb,” [in Peter Hammond Cemetery, Hammond],
Baton Rouge Advocate, July 18, 2003
News Article: “Commits Suicide to Avoid Serving,” Era-Leader, Franklinton, La., Sept. 20, 1917 – Transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day
News Article: “Political Dispute Result in Tragedy,” Livingston Times, March 13, 1908
News Article: “Vetiver is Widely Used Scented Root,” by Rex Laney, Dec. 1942
News Article: “Tracing Family Roots – Library Contains Genealogy Treasures,” Hammond Daily Star, March 9, 2005
News Article: “Piece of History Returns to Life – 1930s Loranger Auditorium,” Baton
Rouge Sunday Advocate, Nov. 25, 2007
News Article: “Azaleas, Lake Highlight Louisiana’s Zemurray Gardens,” Baton Rouge
Sunday Advocate, March 22, 1998
News Article: “The Cave Woman of Tangipahoa – Bertha Corneille”
Assorted News Clippings with penciled notes by Irene Reid Morris, Kentwood, La.
News Article: “Round & About – How the Town of Amite was Born,”
News Articles – old clippings about Amite City, from State-Times, Baton Rouge, 1958
News Articles – old clippings about Hammond, La., from State-Times, Baton Rouge, 1958
News Articles about Hammond – not dated – from family papers
News Article: “Our Secret Garden,” Sunday Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., Mar. 22, 1998
“The Ponchatoula Area in 1870”: Transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day from Times-Picayune (Daily Picayune), New Orleans – from correspondence of the New York Evening Post, Jan. 1871
BOOK: A Pictorial History of Tangipahoa, La., published by Daily Star, Hammond, La.

Folder #4 – Tangipahoa Parish Churches & Cemeteries

Corp. John H. Jaycox (1834-1912), New York Infantry, Civil War; buried at Arcola-Roseland
Cemetery
“Some Early Churches,” excerpt from manuscript by Yvonne Lewis Day
“History of St. Dominic Catholic Church, Husser, La.,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
Photo: Benedictine Father Odilo Alt (1891-1969), Missionary
Beulah Baptist Church, est. 1833, Tangipahoa Parish
History of Spring Creek Baptist Church, 1859-1985, by Spring Creek Baptist Church committee
New Tickfaw Baptist Church, est. 1888, Tangipahoa Parish
Line Creek Baptist Church of Christ, est. 1839, Tangipahoa Parish, from: Kentwood Ledger, 1969
“Historical Sketch of Lee Valley Baptist church,” old Osceola community, Tangipahoa
Parish, from Church Records
“The Rev. McCauley, ‘M.C.,’ ‘Buck,’ Thomas” – pastor of some churches in Tangipahoa
Parish, Compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Layout of Amite City Cemetery,” Diagram by Yvonne Lewis Day, from her book Gathering Home, April 2002
Gathering Home: The Cemeteries of Amite City, La., by Yvonne Lewis Day, April 2002
Gone But Not Forgotten: Cemeteries in Town of Kentwood, La., by Yvonne Lewis Day, February 2002
Colonial Cemetery & Mausoleum, Independence, La., by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2004
“The German Cemetery and the Business of Jews at Osyka, Miss.,” by Yvonne Lewis Day,
2002 (4 copies)
“Peter Hammond Cemetery,” Hammond, La., recorded by Yvonne Lewis Day, June 2003
“Veterans Buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Hammond,” compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day from
survey, 2003

Part 2 – Washington Parish

Folder #5 – Washington Parish History

“Indenture of William Coursey & Hardy Richardson,’ Screven County, Ga., 1796,” transcribed
by Yvonne Lewis Day
Postmasters, St. Tammany & Washington Parishes, 1815-1832, transcription
“Chapter Five: Washington Parish Settlers, 1805-1860,” History of Washington Parish, Louisiana, 1798-1992: The Story of a Land and People
on Three Rivers: The Pearl, the Bogue Chitto, and the Tangipahoa in Southeast Louisiana, by E. Russ Williams, Williams Historical and Genealogical Publications, 1994
“Chapter Six: Intellectual and Social Life in Washington Parish 1810-1860,” History of Washington Parish, Louisiana, 1798-1992: The Story of a Land and People
on Three Rivers: The Pearl, the Bogue Chitto, and the Tangipahoa in Southeast Louisiana, by E. Russ Williams, Williams Historical and Genealogical Publications, 1994
“1898 Voter’s Registration, Washington Parish, La.,” submitted by Edie McKinney Talley
Photo & News Clipping: “Main Street, Mt. Hermon, La.,” from Franklinton Era-Leader,
n.d. (2 copies)
Photo & News Clipping: “Great Southern Pine Forest,” from Franklinton newspaper, n.d.
Original newspaper clipping, “1900 Flood Destroyed Every Bridge in Washington Parish,”
The Daily News, Hammond, La., Sun., Nov. 22, 1987
Artist’s Sketch of the Courthouse at Franklinton, n.d.
Photocopy of flyer, “Historic Mile Branch Settlement, Washington Parish”
Work Copy: “Abstracts of Articles from Washington Parish’s Era Leader in Franklinton, La., 1894-1920, Washington Parish, La.,” submitted by Carolyn Brumfield
Henderson, July 2000, transcribed by Anne Galloway Gill, Submitted by Bonnie Dier,
77 pp.
“Era Leader (1945-1950) Obituaries, Washington Parish, La.,” submitted by Bonnie Dier, 20 pp.
Transcriptions of Various Cemeteries in Washington Parish:

Baughman Cemetery, by Claudette Nobles Rogers

W. W. Breland Cemetery, by Carolyn Brumfield Henderson

Crain State-Line Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley

Foil-Stringfield Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley

Ellis Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley, 26 pp.

Fussell Cemetery #1, by Edie McKinney Talley

Fussell Cemetery #2, by Edie McKinney Talley

Hilltop Church Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley

Martin Cemetery, by Edie Morse

McGeehee Cemetery, copied by Zuma F. Magee & Dixie S. Moss, 1976, published
in Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. V, pp. 31-57, submitted by Edie McKinney Talley

Miley Cemetery, by Claudette Nobles Rogers

Mrs. Jane Miller Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley

Mizell Cemetery, submitted by Edie McKinney Talley for Washington Parish
Genealogical & Historical Society

Mt. Hermon Cemetery, by Edie Talley for Washington Parish Genealogical
& Historical Society

Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, by Edie Talley for Washington Parish Genealogical
& Historical Society

Nobles Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley for Washington Parish Genealogical
Historical Society

Pierce, Andrew Jackson, Cemetery, submitted by Bart Boutwell

Pine First Baptist Church Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley

Star Hill Church Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley for Washington Parish
Genealogical & Historical Society

Stringfield I Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley

Thomas Mausoleum, copied Dec. 27, 1979, by Zuma F. Magee & Dixie S.
Moss, submitted by Edie McKinney Talley

Thomas Cemetery, compiled by Zuma F. Magee & Dixie S. Moss in 1980,
published in Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. VI, pp. 68-79, submitted by Edie McKinney Talley

Thomas Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley for Washington Parish Genealogical
& Historical Society

Warner Cemetery, by Edie McKinney Talley

14. “Minutes of Magee’s Creek Baptist Association, Washington Parish, at Terry’s
Creek Church, Oct. 14th & 15th, 1888,” prepared by Carolyn Brumfield
Henderson, submitted by Don W. Johnson

15. “Twenty Fourth Annual Session, Magee’s Creek Association, 1904,” printed by Kentwood Commercial Print, Kentwood, La.

16. “Franklinton First Baptist Church,” prepared by Sandy Corkern, submitted by Bonnie
M. Dier

17. “Minutes of Bogue Chitto Baptist Association, Mt. Hermon Church, Commencing Oct.
3, A.D. 1874,” prepared by Carolyn B. Henderson, submitted by Don W. Johnson

18. Photocopy: State Line Baptist Church 1856-1900, Its People and Cemeteries, by
E.H. Hines, 1989

19. Kennedy Cemetery, Washington Parish

20. Seal Cemetery, Washington Parish

21. Washington Parish, Mt. Hermon, La., Cemeteries

Box 9 – Baton Rouge & State of Louisiana

Folder #1 – Baton Rouge Early History

“Journal of Samuel Donnell Describing Trip Downriver from Bayou Sara, 1806”
Transcription of Samuel Donnell Journal, March-April 1806
1806 Town Map of Baton Rouge & Early History of Town
Early Maps & Series of Towns within the Town of Baton Rouge
“First Council of the American City of Baton Rouge, 1817,” transcribed by Yvonne Lewis
Day
“The Baton Rouge Theatre of 1817,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
1831 Succession of Pierre Malochee, owner, Jackson Gardens, Baton Rouge, transcribed
by Yvonne Lewis Day
1845 Succession of Madame Adelaide Legendre, Baton Rouge, transcribed by Yvonne Lewis
Day
Three items relating to Madame Adelaide Legendre:

a. 1811 Act of Sale for slave named Celestin, purchased by Adelaide Labauve Legendre

b. Three-page narrative about Madame Legendre by Yvonne Lewis Day

c. News clipping about Andrew Jackson visit to Baton Rouge, with refreshments at
Madame Legendre’s; from Morning Advocate, Dec. 15, 1942

10. “Places of Ease & Entertainment in Early Baton Rouge,” by Yvonne Lewis Day; published
in Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, March 2007

11. 1850 Federal Census of East Baton Rouge Parish

12. 1850 Census of Louisiana Penitentiary, compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day from 1850
federal census and newspaper articles

13. 1850 Census of U.S. Army Barracks in Baton Rouge, compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day
from 1850 federal census and military archives

14. Lutheran Benevolent Society – Selected news items transcribed by Yvonne Lewis
Day

15. “Bad Moon Rising,” article about 1858 disasters in Baton Rouge area by Yvonne
Lewis Day (2 copies)

16. BOOK: Surname Index, 1860 Federal Census, East Baton Rouge Parish, La.

17. BOOK: Civil Birth & Death Registers, Baton Rouge, 1874-1918

18. FINAL REPORT: Architectural & Archeological Survey, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., Louisiana Division of Archaeology Report No. 22-5224, for Federal
Transit Administration, Fort Worth, Tex., and Baton Rouge City/Parish
Government, May 2016

19. Historic Neighborhoods of Baton Rouge – unnumbered, loose pages from report to
National Register of Historic Places

20. “One Family’s Heartbreaking Tragedy: Transcription of Newspaper Accounts of the
Deadly 1925 Tornado in Baton Rouge,” transcribed by Yvonne Lewis
Day

21. “Health Statistics for Baton Rouge, November 1925,” transcribed by Yvonne Lewis
Day

22. “Catholic High School, Class of 1929,” photograph [formerly St. Vincent’s Academy,
1894-1929], with narrative by Yvonne Lewis Day

23. Photos of Pollock Statue in Galvez Plaza; part of editorial consulting project,
Yvonne Lewis Day

24. Magazine article: Joe Blanchard, “A Story of Monte Sano Plantation, Town, Now
a Subdivision,” Morning Advocate Magazine, March 24, 1950

25. Map of Monte Sano Subdivision, Baton Rouge, early 1900s

26. Three Color Photos from 1970s

Folder #2 – More Baton Rouge History

BOOK: Forgotten Baton Rouge, by Douglas L. Villien Sr., Images of America Series, autographed copy
BOOK: Smiley! A Laughing Matter, by Smiley Anders, columnist, The Advocate
Research Notes on Abraham Bird of Baton Rouge, by Yvonne Lewis Day
Article: “The Life & Times of Col. William Louis Stevens, Stevensdale, La.,” by Yvonne
Lewis Day
Pamphlet: Pronunciation Guide, by Fidelity National Bank, Baton Rouge, n.d.
News clipping: “Zachary, Small Town Existence,” Sunday Advocate, Baton Rouge, May 23, 1999
Newsletter: “Zachary Community Life,” Zachary High School, 2 issues, 1915
News clipping: “As Lovely as a Tree,” Sunday Advocate, Baton Rouge, May 23, 1999
News clipping: “Cultural Mix in Florida Parishes Piney Woods,” Sunday Advocate, May 23, 1999
News clipping: “You’re SO Baton Rouge,” Sunday Advocate, Baton Rouge, May 23, 1999
News clipping: Full-page color ad for Piccadilly Restaurant, Sunday Advocate, May 23, 1999
News clipping: “Baton Rouge Runs Hot, Cold,” Sunday Advocate, Baton Rouge, May 23, 1999
News clipping: “Baptists in Baton Rouge,” Sunday Advocate, Baton Rouge, May 23, 1999
The Historic Paramount Theatre, Baton Rouge, notes by Yvonne Lewis Day
News clipping: Photocopy of map of property owners at corner of Essen Lane and Perkins
Road, State Times Advocate, Baton Rouge, Oct. 3, 1939
4 publications from Sherwood Baptist Church, Baton Rouge

a. Together We Build (circa early 1970s) [Charles E. Morris, Pastor]

b. Sherwood Baptist Church Directory (circa 1980) [Jeryl B. Hartt, Th. D., Pastor]

c. Sherwood Baptist Church Directory, May 19, 2002, [David Leon Womack, Pastor]

d. Sherwood Baptist Church Directory, May 30, 2003 [David Leon Womack, Pastor]

17. Our Mother’s Recipes – A Collection of Treasured Recipes, by Women on Mission, Sherwood Baptist Church, Mother’s Day, May 10, 2009

18. Treasured Memories of the Men of Sherwood Baptist Church, Father’s Day, June 24, 2009

19. Documents & News Clippings: Gulf South Research Institute (GSRI), Baton Rouge

a. Research Divisions & Specialties [Yvonne Lewis Day, editor then publications manager,
1967-79]

b. “New Iberia Research Center, University of Lafayette at Lafayette,” previously
GSRI Life Sciences Division, New Iberia

c. News Clippings on Origin of GSRI – Dec. 17, 1964; Feb. 16, 1965; Mar. 6, 1965;
Sept. 24, 1965; Mar. 25, 1966

20. News clippings: “Louisiana and New Industry,” The Shreveport Times, Aug. 14, 1966; and “Old Problems and New Growth,” States-Item, New Orleans, Aug.
13, 1966

21. Staff Directory, Gulf South Research Institute (GSRI), Baton Rouge office, Mar. 1968

22. The Grapevine, GSRI Newsletter, Vol. II, No. 1, Feb. 1, 1968

23. News Clippings, assorted: Gulf South Research Institute, Baton Rouge

24. Assorted Documents, Gulf South Research Institute:

a. U.S Patents Assigned to GSRI, 1976-1086

b. Publication: Barrier Islands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States: An Annotated
Bibliography by Gulf South Research Institute, Yvonne Lewis Day, publications manager, 1978

c. Article: “Leprosy in the Armadillo: New Model for Biomedical Research,” by Eleanor
E. Storrs, G.P. Walsh, Harry P. Burchfield, and C.H. Binford, Science, Vol. 183, No.
4127, Mar. 1974, by American Association for the Advancement of Science/Yvonne Lewis
Day, publications manager

d. Final Report: Pilot Student-Teacher Aide Program for the Lincoln Parish School Board GSRI Project No. HL-210], Aug. 23, 1968 – edited by Yvonne Lewis Day

25. Publication: Methanol Requirements and Temperature Effects in Wastewater Denitrification, by Gulf South Research Institute, New Iberia office, for the U.S. Water
Quality Office, 1970/ Yvonne Lewis Day, editor

26. Technical Report: Sub-chronic Test of t-butanol (c55367) in B6C3F1 Mice and Fischer 344 Rats in Drinking
Water, by Gulf South Research Institute, New Orleans office, for U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1979

27. Telegram: Notice of Grant Award to Eddie Wren, Gulf South Research Institute,
Feb. 22, 1968

28. The Innovator, GSRI Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 3, June 1969 (2 copies)

29. Newsletter, Louisiana Archaeological Society, Winter 2016/2017, Vol. 44, No. 3

30. The Guns of Port Hudson, by David C. Edmonds, title page & appendices, Acadiana Press, 1984

31. You Know You Live on the Gulf Coast When…” compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day

32. Program Brochure: Sixth Annual Joint ROTC Awards Ceremony, LSU, Apr. 20, 2017

Folder #3 – The Other Florida Parishes

The Earliest Churches in the Florida parishes, with color map of Territory of Orleans,
1805
“Some of the Early Settlers of the Florida Parishes Area,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Petition for the Annexation of West Florida to the Mississippi Territory,” American
State Papers Miscellaneous, No. 155, 1811, transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day
“A Trip to Springfield,” [Livingston Parish], Baton Rouge Gazette, May 22, 1852, Vol. XXXIV, No. 16, transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day
Selected Obituaries for Livingston Parish, 1900-1925, transcribed from Daily Advocate, Baton Rouge, by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Livingston News Items,” abstracted by Yvonne Lewis Day from Baton Rouge newspapers
for years 1857-1927
“Whig Wheels from Livingston,” from Proceedings of the East and West Baton Rouge Historical Society, 1917; transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day
“The Livingston Horse-Eater,” transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day from Daily Picayune, New Orleans, Nov. 12, 1867
Mandeville: The Steamboats and the Beach, 1890-1925, A Guide to the Historical Photographic
Exhibit [at the Council Chamber, Mandeville Town Hall]
“St. Tammany Parish: Historical Profile,” by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2011
Photo: Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Dudley, circa 1915
Money Hill Plantation & German POWs – miscellaneous pages
“St. Helena American Revolution Veterans,” prepared by D.N. Pardue, submitted by Inez
Bridges Tate
“St. Helena Civil War Veterans,” St. Helena Historical Association Quarterly, Part
II; submitted by Inez Bridges Tate
Publication: “Letter from the Secretary of War Regarding the Tchefuncte River, La.,
to the U.S. House of Representatives,” 71st Congress, 2nd Session, No. 427, dated
June 21, 1930
Publication: The St. Helena Rifles, by A.P. Richards, 1968

Folder #4 – Louisiana General Interest

Booklet: A Modern History of the Louisiana Pelican Flag, by Glenn Duncan with Curtis Vann and Jay Dardenne, Nov. 2010 – autographed copy
Booklet: Louisiana’s Tobacco Heritage, by The Tobacco Institute, Washington, D.C. (2 copies)
Booklet: Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana: A Driving Trail Guide, Louisiana Division of Archaeology, June 2018 (2 copies)
Book: General Lafayette, Citizen of Louisiana, by Leroy E. Willie, 1997
Pamphlet: Fight the Blight: A Guide to Addressing Common Public Nuisances, Louisiana City Attorneys Association & Louisiana Municipal Association, contributions
and editing by Karen Day White, LMS Executive Council
“List of Heritage Societies in Louisiana,” compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2015
“Louisiana Military Units in the Mexican War, 1846,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Research Notes on Adriel Mixon & Gunn Family Cemetery,” by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Research Notes on the Noble Family of Louisiana,” compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Pierre J. Laiche,” by Numa R. Laiche, Jr.
“Jewish Families in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, La.,” 2017, Goldring/Woldenberg Institute
of Southern Jewish Life, Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities
Photocopy: Louisiana Volunteers in the War of 1898, by Wright Shannon Publications, Houma, La.
Photocopy: Title page and preface from 1890 Louisiana Veterans Census Index, 2nd ed., by Bryan Lee Dilts, Precision Indexing, Inc., Bountiful, Utah
Photocopy: Bicentennial License Plate, Louisiana, 1812-2012
Photocopy: “Diary of William A. Duncan, Liberty County, Texas, November 4, 1854, through
February 15, 1855,” transcribed from the original by Julia Duncan Welder, San Jacinto
Museum of History, Houston, Tex., 1940
“Biography of the Rev. Charles M. Menard,” transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day from The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, La., Feb. 11, 1892
Photocopy: “Chapter X: Grant Parish,” History of Louisiana, pp. 497-506, published by J&W Enterprises, Shreveport, La.
Photocopy: “Records of the Commissioners of Claims, Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880”
Maps of Plantations Along the Mississippi River in Louisiana, adapted by Yvonne Lewis
Day from maps published by the Mississippi River Commission, 1883-1895
“Treatment for Yellow Fever,” by Lasaliniere Cherot, M.D., of Lafourche, from the
French notes of the Rev. Charles M. Menard, translated by Clay Knoblock, Esq., Attorney
at Law, Thibodaux, La.; published in: Official Report of the Deaths from Yellow Fever as Reported by the New Orleans Board
of Health, transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day
“Annual Expense of a Sugar Plantation Containing 1,200 Acres in Cane by 80 Negroes,
1859,” transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day from undated news clipping from the Franklin Planters’ Banner
Photocopy: 1847 Map of Plantations Along the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to
New Orleans, by Charles J. Pike, 1847
News clipping: “Sunshine Bridge Open to Traffic,” Sunday Advocate, Baton Rouge, Oct. 11, 1964
Photocopy: As They Remembered, compiled by Neil A. Womack, April 1965 [history of Chatham, La.] & typeset copy,
n.d.
Photocopy: Marriage Bond for Hosea Kemp & Ida Bates, Natchitoches, La., Oct. 21, 1849
Photocopy: Names of German Habitants on Both Banks of the Mississippi River Above
New Orleans, Official Census of 1724, Genealogy Trails, March 21, 2011

Box 10 – Books About Louisiana

Folder #1

Why Louisiana Has…, by Andre Cajun, 1947
Creole and Cajuns, Stories of Old Louisiana, by George W. Cable, 1959
The French Quarter, by Herbert Asbury, 1973
French Acadian Cookbook, State of Louisiana, 1976
Bicentennial Cookbook, 1776-1976
Video: “An Enduring Legacy: Louisiana’s Croatian-Americans,” by James V. Catano Tesvich,
et al.

Folder #2

Natchitoches Colonials, A Source Book, 1722-1803, by Elizabeth S. Mills & Ellie Lennon
Bayou Sara, Use to Be, by Anne Butler & Helen Williams
The Story of Arpadon Hungarian Settlement, La., 1896-2006, by Royanne Kropog
Italian Louisiana: History, Heritage, & Tradition, by Alan G. Gauthreaux
Bayou Manchac & Its People, by Leroy Willie
A Summer of Birds: John James Audubon at Oakley House, by Danny Heitman
A Guide to Steamboat Boiler Explosions in the USA, 1813-2003, by Jerry Canavit

Folder #3

The Story of Libuse and Kolin, Louisiana, by Frances Hazmark, 2012
Jefferson Davis Parish: An Oral History, by Jeff Davis Arts Council 2000
Lincoln in New Orleans: The 1828-1831 Flatboat Voyages, by Richard Campanella
The Louisiana Proud Collection of Sweet Things, by Andy Smith, 1993

Folder #4

A History of the Charity Hospitals of Louisiana, by J. Roberts & Thomas Durant
Louisiana Speak, by the Foundation for Historical Louisiana
Who’s Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and Can You Make a Roux? by Marcelle Bienvenu
Louisiana Rocks! The True Genesis of Rock and Roll, by Tom Aswell

Box 11 – Baton Rouge Genealogical & Historical Society (BRGHS) & Louisiana Genealogical
& Historical Society (LGHS)

Folder #1 – BRGHS

History of the Baton Rouge Genealogical & Historical Society, 1953-2009, by Yvonne Lewis Day
Annual Calendar of Speakers, BRGHS, 2008-2018, by Yvonne Lewis Day, program chair
Newspaper Clipping, “Finding Family,” The Advocate, August 22, 2010 *the only clipping in the above folder*
Brochure, BRGHS, designed by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2019
Workshop Material: “The Heroes of Harding Field,” compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day for
William A. Spedale
Workshop Material: “Cattle Industry in Southwest Louisiana,” abstracted by Yvonne
Lewis Day for Bill Smith
BRGHS Flyer, 2011
Workshop Material: “Tips for Finding Your Ancestors in Genealogy Databases,” by Yvonne
Lewis Day, 2010
Obituary for Leroy Willie, long-time BRGHS member 2010
Workshop Discussion: “Can You Solve this Mystery? An Interracial Murder Case” (Baton
Rouge, Nov. 1906), transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day
Workshop Material: “What’s in Your Genes: All About DNA,” by Robert Noles, 2015
Workshop Material: “Early Louisiana Surveys: Slogging Through the Gumbo,” by Ralph
Gipson, May 2008
Flyer for Christmas Social, 2010
Le Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. 26, No. 4, Fall 2006

Folder #2 – BRGHS

Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. III, No. 2, Apr. 1983
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. III, No. 2 [sic], July 1983
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. III, No. 4, Oct. 1983
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. IV, No. 1, Jan. 1984
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. IV, No. 2, Apr. 1984
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. IV, No. 3, July 1984
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. IV, No. 4, Oct. 1984
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. V, No. 1, Feb. 1985
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. V, No. 2, May 1985
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. V, No. 3, Aug. 1985
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. V, No. 4, Nov. 1985
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VI, No. 1, Feb. 1986
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VI, No. 2, May 1986
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VI, No. 3, Aug. 1986
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VI, No. 4, Nov. 1986
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VII, No. 1, Feb. 1987
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VII, No. 2, May 1987
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VII, No. 3, Aug. 1987
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VII, No. 4, Nov. 1987
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VIII, No. 2, Spring 1988
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VIII, No. 3, Summer 1988
Baton Rouge Newsletter, Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society, Vol. VIII, No. 4, Fall 1988

Folder #3 – LGHS

Officers & Board Members, Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society, 1953-2018, compiled by Yvonne Lewis Day
Selected News Clippings & Photos, Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society
Declaration by Gov. Edwin Edwards, Jan. 29, 1993
Louisiana Genealogical Register, Subject Index, 1953-2003, by Michael K. Smith, editor
Brochure, designed by Yvonne Lewis Day (4 copies)
Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812, by the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society
Be It Known and Remembered, The Bible Project by the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society
Be It Known and Remembered – Bible Records, Vol. 1, Part 1
Be It Known and Remembered – Bible Records, Vol.1, Part 2
Be It Known and Remembered – Bible Records, Vol. 1, Part 3
Be It Known and Remembered – Bible Records, Vol. 2

Folder #4 – LGHS

LGHS Brochure, 46th Annual Conference, Apr. 5, 2014 (designed by Yvonne Lewis Day,
program chair) (3 copies)
LGHS Flyers for Annual Fall Program, 2014-2019 (designed by Yvonne Lewis Day, program
chair)
Workshop Material: “Piney Woods Parlance,” by Yvonne Lewis Day, Fall Seminar, Oct.
2014
Workshop Material: “Profile of the Florida Parishes,” by Yvonne Lewis Day, Fall Seminar,
Oct. 2014
Workshop Material: “Hammond Branch, Prisoner of War Camp No. 10,” compiled by Yvonne
Lewis Day
LGHS Brochure, 47th Annual Conference, May 2, 2015 (designed by Yvonne Lewis Day,
program chair)
Workshop Material: “Louisiana Pirates & Stories of Treasure,” compiled by Yvonne Lewis
Day, May 2, 2015
Workshop Material: “96 Old Towns & Places with a Storied Past,” by Yvonne Lewis Day,
May 2, 2015
Workshop Material: “Louisiana Earthquakes & Tremors,” for 47th Annual Conference,
May 2, 2015
Workshop Material: “Eight Louisiana Pirates You’ve Never Heard Of,” compiled by Yvonne
Lewis Day, 2015
Workshop Material: “Tales of (Elusive) Buried Treasure: Can You Dig It?” complied
by Yvonne Lewis Day
Workshop Material: “Map of Plantations Along Mississippi River South of Baton Rouge,”
photocopy from 1847 map titled Coastal Directory by Charles Pike
LGHS Brochure, 48th Annual Conference, March 5, 2016 (designed by Yvonne Lewis Day,
program chair) (3 copies)
LGHS Brochure, 49th Annual Conference, April 1, 2017 (designed by Yvonne Lewis Day,
program chair)
Workshop Material: “Know Your Scottish Ancestors,” by Ruby G. Campbell, Ph.D., Apr.
1, 2017
Workshop Material: “Tracing Your Canary Islands Ancestors,” John Hickey, Apr. 1, 2017
(2 copies)
Workshop Material: “Searching for Your Indian Ancestors in Federal Records,” abstracted
from Kent Carter, Director, National Archives, Fort Worth Branch, Apr. 1, 2017 (2
copies)
Workshop Material: “Preserving Works on Paper,” from office of Louisiana Secretary
of State, 2017
Workshop Material: “Resources for Tracing Your German Ancestry,” 2017
Workshop Material: “Tracing Your Welsh Ancestry,” by Yvonne Lewis Day, 2017
Workshop Material: “Tracing Your Indian Ancestry,” by J.D. Colbert, Muscogee-Creek
Nation, 2017
Flyer for 4th Annual Fall Conference, Oct. 7, 2017
LGHS Brochure, 50th Annual Conference (marking 65th Anniversary of LGHS), Apr. 7,
2018 – designed by Yvonne Lewis Day, president & program chair
Flyer for 5th Annual Conference, Oct. 6, 2018, designed by Martin Guidry, LGHS vice
president Flyer for 6th Annual Fall Conference, Nov. 9, 2019
Flyer for 51st Annual Conference, Apr. 6, 2019, designed by Martin Guidry, program
chair & Flyer for 52nd Annual Conference, Apr. 4, 2020
Paper, “Stranger Things Have Happened…Backward Glances,” by Yvonne Lewis Day

Folder #5 – LGHS

The Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. XXXV, No. 1, March 1988
The Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. XXXV, No. 2, June 1988
The Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. XXXV, No. 3, September 1988
The Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. XXXV, No.4, December 1988 + 1988 Index
The Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. LXI, No. 1, Winter 2015
The Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. LXI, No. 2, Summer 2015
The Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. LXII, No. 1, Winter 2016
The Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. LXII, No. 2, Summer 2016
The Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. LXIII, No. 1, Winter 2017
The Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. LXIII, No. 2, Summer 2017

Box 12 – Genealogy, Miscellaneous

Folder #1 – Journals, Various States

National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Sept. 2017
New Mexico Genealogist, Sept. 2017
Oklahoma Genealogical Society Quarterly, Sept. 2017
Idaho Genealogical Society Quarterly Newsletter, 2017
Ansearchin’ News: The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine (2 issues), summer 2016 & summer 2017
Historic Roads of Virginia: The Route of the Three-Notched Road, Virginia Highway Dept., Jan. 1976
Footprints, Quarterly Journal, Fort Worth Genealogical Society (2 issues), Aug 2017 & Nov 2017
Kansas History, A Journal of the Central Plains (2 issues), summer 2016 & fall 2017
Trend & Tradition, the Magazine of Colonial Williamsburg (3 issues), fall 2018, spring 2019, & winter 2019
“German Immigrants to Texas,” news article from Gallatin, Miss., Aug. 1844
“Family Christmas Program,” 13th Church of Christ, Seattle, Washington, 1994
“Membre’s Melleoke and Milwaukee County Historical Society’s Archives,” by Juliet
Hills

Folder #2 – Mississippi Items

“Mississippi on Ice: An Account of Conditions in 1816, The Year without a Summer,”
by Yvonne Lewis Day
Sunday comics, Sunday Mirror, Columbia, Miss., Sept. 19,1948
Photo: Victoria & Jesse Reyer, Columbia, Marion County, Miss., c. 1955
“The Tashapiathacho Question,” by Dennis K. Boswell, Sept. 26, 1999
Counties of Mississippi & Choctaw Session, 1817 & Counties of Mississippi, 1823
News articles (2) on wool carding, 1844 & 1874, transcribed by Yvonne Lewis Day
DeSoto Descendants (2 copies), Genealogical Society of DeSoto County, Miss., Aug. 2017 (Vol. 35, No.
3) & Nov. 2017 (Vol. 35, No. 4)
“Three-Chopped Way and Representations of Yesteryear,” by Jack D. Elliott, Jr., The Journal of Mississippi History, Vol. LXI, No. 3, Fall 1999
“Towns Incorporated, 1803-1925,” State of Mississippi
“Descendants of Levi Richmond Rushing, Walthall and Pike Counties,”
“Ancestors of George and Hazel Mullins,” selected chapters, by Phillip Mullins

Folder #3 – Louisiana Society, Daughters of 1812

List of Ancestors for Louisiana Members of the Daughters of 1812, compiled by Yvonne
Lewis Day

News-Letter, Vol. 93, No. 2, Aug. 2016

News-Letter, Vol. 94, No. 1, Feb 2017

News-Letter, Vol. 94, No. 2, Aug. 2017

News-Letter, Vol. 95, No. 2, Aug. 2018

News-Letter, Vol. 97, No. 1, Feb. 2020

News-Letter, Vol. 97, No. 2, Aug. 2020

News-Letter, Vol. 98, No. 1, Feb. 2021

News-Letter, Vol. 98, No. 2, Aug. 2021

News-Letter, Vol. 99, No.1, Feb 2022

Folder #4 – Miscellaneous Publications

Greater Circus – reprint of vintage book, Hallmark Publishing Co., 1990
Selected Recipes by First Ladies of the U.S.
Favorite Foods of U.S. President’s
Indian Doctor Book, by Nancy Locke Doane, n.d.
Indian Cooking, by Herb Walker, 1977
Floral Alphabet, miscellaneous, from the late 1800s
Colonial Occupations,” by Sam Behling, 2003
The Scottish Genealogist, quarterly journal of the Scottish Genealogy Society, Sept. 2017

Folder #5 – Miscellaneous Publications

1. Video: “The Great Indian Wars, 1540-1890, a 5-part documentary series”

2. Selected Issues of New Orleans Historic Collection Quarterly:

a. Vol. XXXI, No. 4, Fall 2014

b. Vol. XXXII, No. 2, Spring 2015

c. Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, Winter 2016

d. Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, Spring 2016

e. Vol. XXIV, No. 4, Fall 2017

f. Vol. XXXV, No. 1, Winter 2018

g. Vol. XXXV, No. 2, Spring 2018

h. Vol. XXXV, No. 3, Summer 2018

3. Selected Issues of Bible Archeology Review:

a. March/April 2019 Vol. 45 No. 2

b. May/June 2019 Vol. 45 No. 3

c. Fall 2019 Vol. 45 Nos. 4 & 5

d. Jan/Feb 2020 Vol. 46 No. 1

e. Spring 2020 Vol. 46 No. 2

f. Summer 2020 Vol. 46 No. 3

g. Fall 2020 Vol. 46 No. 4

h. Winter 2020 Vol. 46 No. 5

i. Spring 2021 Vol. 47 No. 1

j. Summer 2021 Vol. 47 No.2