DUNN, VELMARAE, COLLECTION
BOX 1
Folder
1. Peter Hammond and His Descendants
2. Peter Hammond History
3. Peter Hammond History
4. Peter Hammond Material
5. Peter Hammond, Founder
6. A History of Peter Hammond and Hammond, Louisiana
7. Big Oaks From Little Acorns Grow
8. Dedication of Peter Hammond Marker, 1950
9. Invocation–Peter Hammond Cemetery
10. Newspaper Clipping About Fountain Erected To The Memory of
Peter Hammond
11. Jefferson Davis Hughes
12. Introduction of Jefferson Davis Hughes !II
13. Tribute to Jefferson Davis Hughes III
14. Mrs. Walter R. Lovel to Swedish Sources tracing Peter
Hammond and Replies
15. The Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, Vol. XVIII,
October 1967, No. 4
16. Petition to Stop Erection of Charles E. Cate Marker in Cate
Square, c-1965
17. Petition Defending Cate Square Marker (1966)
18. Hammond From 1812 until 1849
19. Early Events of Hammond
20. Early History of Hammond
21. Early History of Hammond
22. A History of Hammond, Louisiana and Woodland Park
Subdivision
23. Newspaper Clipping, Early History of Hammond, October 22,
1948
24. Mrs. Mildred Stewart Observations About Hammond, Peter
Hammond and Cate
25. Landmarks of Old Hammond by Bincks Corbin, Jr.
26. Special Plate Displayed in City Hall, View of North Oak on
Plate
27. Highlights of Hammond and Its Government (Pamphlet,
c. 1960)
28. Hammond’s Transportation
29. “How Hammond Is Helping In War Effort”
30. The Standards of Living in Hammond
31. Hammond, The Strawberry Center of Louisiana-by G. B.
Campbell
32. Baltzell Building
33. Buildings from Hammond’s Past by Donna Evelyne Robbins
34. The Empson Family and Brick-Making in the Florida Parishes
by Jos. H. Fox
35. Conveyance–Books and Will Papers about Hammond
Descendants
36. Souvenir Album of Hammond, Louisiana
37. Fifth Annual Strawberry Festival, 1929
38. Charles Emory Cate
39. Hammond Industries
40. Berry Industry Traced by John A. Cox
41. A History of the Hammond Building and Loan
42. Hammond’s Early Teachers
43. Annie Eastman History
44. Hammond School
DUNN, VELMARAE, COLLECTION
BOX 1 Continued
Folder
45. The High School Echo (Hammond), Jan.. Feb., March,
April-May, 1913
46. Early Hammond School
47. Hammond High School: 1927-1974
48. Hammond High School of 1926, Our Memory Book (2 copies)
49. Class of 1950
50. Southeastern High School
51. Roll Book, September 4, 1944
52.
Roll Book, no date
53. Southeastern High School Honors Miss Velmarae Dunn
54. Thoughts on Teaching Profession
55. English Teaching Program
56. Southeastern Training School
57. First Graduation Exercise–Southeastern Louisiana College
High School
58. Fifth Graduating Exercises, Southeastern Louisiana
College High School, 1947
59. History of the Hammond Branch of the A.A.U.W.
60. Program, Hammond Branch of the A.A.U.W., 1940-41
61. The History of Omicron Chapter (Delta Kappa Gamma)
62. Agri-Dustrial Futurama, 1965 Program
63. The Hanging Gardens of Agri-Dustrial Futurama, 1974
64. Yearbook of Episcopal Churchwomen, 1964-65, Grace
Memorial Church
65. Yearbook of Episcopal Churchwomen, 1966-67, Grace
Memorial Church
66. Episcopal Church Women
67. Episcopal Attendance Record Book, Third Grade, 1965,
Teacher, Mrs. Charles David
68. Grace Memorial Episcopal Church Bulletins, November 21,
1976, December 5, 1976
69. Joyce to Miss Dunn About Church History
70. The Episcopal Church at Southeastern Louisiana
College
DUNN, VELMARAE, COLLECTION
BOX 2
Folder
1. Minutes, St. Margaret’s Guild, Grace Memorial Church
2. My Church as it Grows, by Mary Frances Nesom, 1959
3. Baptist Message, October 17, 1968, Hammond Section
4. Mothers Day 1929, First Baptist Church (Newspaper
Clipping)
5. Holy Ghost Parish Memorial Review, 1962
6. Missions
7. Colored Cemeteries of Hammond
8. Functions and Services of the Police Juries
9. Tangipahoa Parish–Mostly About the Illinois Central
Railroad
10. Tangipahoa Parish, 100th Anniversary Program
11. Excerpts from A Confederate Girl’s Diary
12. What it was Like a Century Ago
13. Tangipahoa Schools
14. Tangipahoa Teacher Salary Schedule, 1946-47
15. Program for Reception Honoring Miss Annie Eastman, May 19,
1939
16. Mrs. Florence Hobson Morrison
17. Morrison Family
18. Corbin Family
19. Mooney-Neelis Families
20. Wilcombe Family
21. Jack Bahm
22. John L. Lewis–Mayor of New Orleans, 1854-56
23. May Addison
24. Miss D Vickers
25. Dr. Gladney J. Tinsley
26. Tom H. Matheny
27. Col. Wayne Smith–Retirement Dinner–Illinois Central
Railroad
28. John Wesley Skinner Obituary
29. Mary Wickham Maddox Obituary
30. Deane Settoon Mernagh
31. Obituary–Lynn Hart Dunn
32. City Clerk’s Wife Claimed by Death
33. John L. Robinson Obituary
34. Oscar Peyton Waldrep Obituary
35. Introduction of C. Howard Nichols
36. Note of Joe Dunster and [Willie] Wall
37. Funeral Rites Are Set Today for Mrs. Dunn
38. Transcripts and Teaching Contracts of Miss Dunn
39. Congressional Record from Jimmy Morrison About Miss Dunn’s
Retirement, 1965
40. Teacher Par Excellente–Velmarae Dunn
41. Course Evaluation
42. Questionnaire from F.E.R.A. in Louisiana
43. Honors, Velmarae Dunn
DUNN, VELMARAE, COLLECTION
BOX 2 Continued
Folder
44. Newspaper Clipping About Velmarae Dunn Receiving Golden
Deeds Award,
Daily Star, November 4, 1976
45. Faculty and Student Body of Hammond City School to Miss
Dunn, April 21, 1933
46. Roy E. Hyde to Miss Dunn, April 5, 1957
47. Tributes to Miss Velmarae Dunn
48. Memorial Dedication–Mrs. Florence Dunn
49. Evon G. Till letter to J. E. Coxe, July 23, 1940,
Recommending Miss Dunn to the Training School
50. Katherine V. Letteer to Miss Dunn, August 30, 1971, November
2, 1970, and December 5, 14, 1969.
51. Katherine V. Letteer to Mrs. Hugh Means, March 9, 1971
52. Betty Cassidy to Miss Dunn, 1970
53.
This was Our Town, Mandeville by Millie Fischer, no
date
54. Great Oaks From Little Acorns May Grow–Poorly
55. Live Oak Society Membership
56. Pine Cone Garden Club
57. Pine Cone Garden Club, 1962-63 and 1975-76
58. By Laws of Care At Home of Hammond, Inc.
59. Care at Home Officials (Photograph)
60. Citation for Meritorious Service, Care at Home, February 11,
1971
61. Round Table Club of Hammond, various years
62. Presentation of Gift to Mrs. McGehee by Round Table Club
63. Boys Town Honorary Citizen, February 1, 1950
64. Holy Ghost Special Education Center
DUNN, VELMARAE, COLLECTION
BOX 3
Folder
1. Greenlawn Cemetery Board Resolution Concerning Frank Peter
Cucchiara
2. Poems by Maggie Bickham
3. The Progress of Delta Kappa Gama (Nationally)
4. What America Means to Me
5. Burning of the Bowling Green House by Mrs. M. B. McGehee,
Oct. 26, 1864
6. Notes on “Louisiana in Folk Lore”
7. Musical Instruments of Shakespeare’s Time by Laughlin
Winkler
8. First Automobile
9. Vachel Lindsay (of Springfield, Illinois) by Elizabeth E.
Graham
10. Christian Symbols
11. Delle to Miss Dunn, January 3 & 4
12. Fam M. Reimers to Miss Dunn, February 24
13. Letters to Miss Dunn
14. Letter to Miss Dunn, June 30
15. Mrs. J. B. Slay to Miss Dunn, April 22, 1940 (About
Position)
16. Hodding Carter to Miss Dunn, August 22, 1955
17. Preston Allison to Miss Dunn, June 6, 1957
18. Elaine Herring Litschgi to Miss Dunn, March 11, 1960
19. Guy W. Nesom to Velmarae Dunn, June 1, 1964
20. George R. Bonnel to Miss Dunn, May 13, 1965
21. Connie to Miss Dunn, June 2, 1965
22. Willie D. Maynor to Miss Dunn, June 7, 1965
23. Henry J. Lacour to Miss Dunn, June 21, 1965
24. Guy W. Nesom to Miss Dunn, June 28, 1965
25. Jimmie Wilcombe to Miss Dunn, June 4, 1965
26. Ray to Miss Dunn, July 8, 1965
27. Jesse and Carlton Faller to Miss Dunn, July 19 [1965]
28. Jay to Miss Dunn, August 9, 1965
29. Letter to Velmarae and Aunt Dora from Goldie and Grant
(1966)
30. Donna to Miss Dunn, October 2, 1966
31. Sadie Mashburn to Miss Dunn, July 11, 1969
32. Delle to Miss Dunn, March 30, 1970
33. Jim Wilcox to Miss Dunn, October 22., 1970
34. Mrs. Ain Bishop to Miss Dunn,,March 18, 1972
35. Letter to Miss Dunn, April 25, 1972
36. Eva H. McCracken to Miss Dunn, July 30, 1913
37. Delle to Miss Dunn, January 14, 1974
38. Delle to Miss Dunn, February 22, 1975
39. Karen Zehnder to Miss Dunn, July 15, 1975
40. A Nephew to Miss Dunn, July 23, 1977
41. John R. Cowan to Miss Dunn, August 31, 1977
42. Lynn and Peg to Miss Dunn, September 1, 1977
43. Bunny to Miss Dunn, September 17, 1977
DUNN, VELMARAE, COLLECTION
BOX 3 Continued
Folder
44. Mrs. Marvin Dunn to Miss Dunn, October 4, 1977
45. Cora Hughes to Miss Dunn, October 11, 1977
46. Letter from Marv and Bunny, October 28, 1977
47. From Opal Hughes Gray October, November 1977
48. Tucker Family Record from Bible
49. The Cowan Family and Descendants
50. Medical Expenses for Dora Dunn Cowan
51. Funeral Expenses for Dora Dunn Cowan
52. Letter dated August 3, 1968, Describing trip to Pa. in
May
53. Lord Genealogy
54. The Lords
55. Recipes of Mary Frances Kelly Lord
56. Lively Family
57. John R. Lord to Mary F. Kelly, July 4, 1864
58. Poems by James H. Kelly
59. Lisa L. Miller to Brother and Sister, February 5, 1866
60. Bureau of Pensions to Mary F. Lord
61. Mary F. Lord to Children, July 16, 1926
62. Births and Deaths
63. In Memory of Lynn H. Dunn, 1890-1977
64. Letter from Norma, Coatesville, January 12, 1904 to her
sister
65. Letter to Miss Dunn and Sister, August 18, 1934 from
mother
66. Southern Oil Refining Assn., Ltd., 1919
67. Medical Bills and Personal from Mrs. Robert H. Hansen
68 G. E. Dunn to Miss Dunn, April 10, 1906
69. “Katherine Steel,” Women of the American Revolution by
Elizabeth Ellet, Vol. III
70. Review of Carl Sandburg
71. Review of the Book
Sunrise-Evening Star written by Katherine Calla
Varnado
72. Reviews–Miscellaneous
73. What is a Coat of Arms
74. Omicron Program
75. Souvenir From Mother Mast’s Kitchen
76. Name tags for Books
77. Sunny Thoughts
DUNN, VELMARAE, COLLECTION
BOX 4
Folder
1. The Town and Gown Players, Inc. presents The Pursuit of
Happiness, 1967
2. Invitation to LSU Commencement, 1950
3. Stratford Canada, 1973
4. Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Shakespeare Country
5. Publicity Handbook, 1972
6. Thanks, A Poem by Louis Untermeyer
7. It Works, 1926
8. Louisiana State Poetry Society, 1966-67
9. Louisiana State Poetry Society, 1970-71
10. Louisiana State Poetry Society, 1971-72
11. Louisiana Poets, Spring-Summer, 1977
12. Rambling Through the Years, Selected Poems by Isavel Nelson
Hatch Lovel
13. Silver Songs by Amy Perrin, 1969
14. Shape of Words by Gertrude May Lutz
15. Homemade Poems by H. Wilbur Carroll, 1949
16. Echoes From the Attic and Poems IV, 1969
17. The Pen Woman, May 1967
18. Poems by Vera Breland, April 1971
19. The University of Oklahoma Summer Convocation, 1937
Program
20. American Cancer Society Home and Garden Tour, Hammond,
Louisiana, April 19, 1970
21. Post Cards
22. Christmas Cards
23. Get Well Cards
DUNN, VELMARAE, COLLECTION
BOX 5
Folder
1. Mother’s Day Cards
2. Birthday Cards
3. Easter Cards, Valentine Day Cards, Thank You Cards, and
Miscellaneous Cards
4. Thinking of You Cards
5. Unused Greeting Cards
6. Invitations and Announcements
7. Miscellaneous
8. Souvenir From U. S. Marines
9. Name tags from Flowers
10. Photographs
11. Plaque, 50th Anniversary, Southeastern Louisiana University,
1940 to 1965, Velmarae Dunn
