Ralph Shaw Collection

Box 1

Folder 1

1. Ninth annual banquet of the Loranger High School Alumni Association. 3/22/1930.
2. Blank Citizens National Bank Check. N.d.
3. Photocopy, Ralph Shaw Honorable Discharge Papers, Louisiana State Guard. 9/16/1940.
4. Photocopy, Enlisted Record of Pvt. Ralph Shaw. 3/11/1943.
5. Photocopy, Certificate of Environment in Louisiana State Guard for Ralph Shaw. 3/25/1943.
6. Letter of recommendation from Dr. R.E. Warren, Hammond, LA. Regarding Ralph Shaw.
   3/13/1923.
7. Letter of recommendation, O.F. Schleef, Hammond Dairy Products, for Ralph Shaw. 3/13/1923.
8. Letter of recommendation, The Oaks Hotel. Regarding Ralph Shaw. 3/13/1923.
9. Handwritten letter to Ralph Shaw from Oliver Neel. 2/28/1946.
10. Louisiana Income Tax receipts, Ralph Shaw. 5/30/1939.
11. Handwritten letter to Ralph Shaw from Oliver Neel. 2/25/1947. (3 items)
12. Typed note to Ralph Shaw. Sender unknown. 2/13/1941.
13. Handwritten note from Oliver Neel to Ralph Shaw, regarding land assessment. 2/19/1942.
14. Typed letter of recommendation for Ralph Shaw from T.J. Shroder. 3/12/1923.
15. Information request from Confidential Information Bureau for Messrs. Ely and Shaw.
    5/27/1932.
16. Handwritten letters to Ralph Shaw from Oliver Neel regarding furniture and rental
    house. August 25 & 26, 1944.
17. Typed note from R.W. Russell, Tangipahoa Parish School Board. Regarding Shaw’s sabbatical
    leave. 4/20/1944.
18. Typed flyer, Hammond Rotary Club Award for Outstanding Achievement.
19. Typed and handwritten documents, Ralph Shaw & Oliver Neel. Regarding land sale in
    Hammond. 9/23/1946. (5 items)
20. Deposit slips, Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. for Ralph Shaw. 1942. (17 items)
21. Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. Account balance slip, Ralph Shaw. 7/2/1943.
22. Handwritten notes from Oliver Neel to Ralph Shaw. August & October 1946. (2 items)
23. Typed note from R.W. Russell (Tangipahoa Parish School Board Superintendent) to Ralph
    Shaw, regarding Shaw’s resignation from Hammond High School. 5/22/1944.
24. Typed note from Ralph Shaw to Tangipahoa Parish School Board. Shaw’s letter of resignation.
    5/17/1944.
25. Handwritten prescription for Ralph Shaw. 7/28/1934.
26. Handwritten letter to Ralph Shaw from Oliver Neel regarding weather and school attendance.
    2/5/1945.
27. Bill of Sale for 1938 Ford, sold to Ralph Shaw on June 12, 1941. Includes mortgage
    note. (2 items)

Box 1

Folder 2

1. Payment agreement letters, Ralph Shaw & R.W. Russell. Includes deposit slip and life
   insurance receipt. May 1943. (6 items)
2. Typed correspondence between W.W. Stevens of Missouri Fruit Exchange, and Ralph Shaw,
   regarding a man named Reece. Includes typed note from A.R. Allman, regarding Ralph
   Shaw. May & June 1943. (4 items)
3. Correspondence between Ralph Shaw and Jim Lawson. Includes deposit slip and typed/handwritten
   letters. July 1943. (7 items)
4. Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. deposit slip, Jim Lawson. N.d.
5. Handwritten note from a Mrs. Herring to Ralph Shaw. Regarding her daughter Elaine,
   a student in his class. N.d.
6. Typed page, “Directions for Making a Good Cup of Coffee.” N.d.
7. Handwritten note from Oliver Neel to Ralph Shaw, regarding furniture insurance. 7/2/1945.
8. Typed poems from Ralph Shaw students. N.d. (2 items)
9. Receipt for Ralph Shaw payment to Wiginton Infirmary, 1943.
10. Photocopy of Ralph Shaw’s Louisiana Teaching Certificate, issued May 1925.
11. Typed letter to an “Enver” from Ralph Shaw. Regarding land in Hammond, La. 1/29/1942.
    (2 items)
12. Typed note from N.P. Vernon, Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court, to Ralph Shaw. Regarding
    land of George Riter. N.d. (2 items)
13. Envelope of mouth/teeth x-rays for Ralph Shaw from E.E. White, Hammond dentist. (11
    items)
14. Typed paper, “Special Instructions for Contrast Baths.”
15. Receipt from Drs. Fortier and Gately, Radiologists, for Ralph Shaw. $10, paid in full.
    11/2/1938.
16. Handwritten letter from Oliver Neel to Ralph Shaw, regarding life in Hammond, including
    a recent city election. 4/18/1945.
17. Handwritten letter from Oliver Neel to Ralph Shaw, regarding Hammond-area tracts of
    land & insurance. 10/12/1944.
18. Agreement for the sale of The World Book Encyclopedia to Ralph Shaw. 6/21/1941.
19. Receipt and deposit slip for Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. Also includes payment agreement
    between Citizens National Bank & Ralph Shaw, & receipt from M.C. Wiginton for Ralph
    Shaw. April 1943. (4 items)
20. Typed note from Superintendent R.W. Russell to Ralph Shaw, regarding sabbatical leave
    for the 1943-44 school year. 7/7/1943.
21. Handwritten letter from Oliver Neel to Ralph Shaw. Update on life in Hammond, LA,
    including updates on various coworkers and friends. 9/24/1945. (3 items)
22. Handwritten letter from Oliver Neel to Ralph Shaw. Update on Hammond life, and informing
    Gladys Shaw of work opportunities in Louisiana. 11/7/1945. (2 items)
23. Handwritten letter from Oliver Neel to Ralph Shaw, regarding tax report. 2/26/1948.
24. Receipts, Hammond Wholesale Co. n.d. (4 items)
25. Advertisement, “Beat the Heat with a set of 1941 B.F. Goodrich Seat Covers.”
26. Purchaser’s Endorsements for passenger tires. Jack Mashburn & Ralph Shaw. May & July
    1943. (2 items)
27. Application for Homestead Exemption for the Year 1941. State of Louisiana, Tangipahoa
    Parish. Ralph Shaw. 2/3/1941.
28. Handwritten letter from Nancy Shaw to “Aunt Ina.” Includes a sketch titled “Court
    House, East Feliciana Parish, Clinton, LA.
29. Handwritten letter from Nancy Shaw to “Aunt Ina.” 8/4/1972. Includes a sketch titled
    “Lawyer’s Row, East Feliciana Parish, Clinton, LA.
30. Envelope address to Miss. Ina B. Shaw from Ralph Shaw, Department of Physical Sciences,
    Southeastern Louisiana College. 11/6/1964.

Folder 3: 

1. Bound booklet, 1994 Mile Branch Settlement. 81^st Washington Parish Fair, Franklinton, Louisiana. 

2. Bound book, The Economy of British West Florida, 1763 – 1783. Robin F.A. Fabel.

3. Newspaper article “Mrs. E. Greene Davis: Memories of a Plantation” by Katy Carroll
Star Staff Writer. Oct. 1969. with hand-written note on E. Greene Davis’ background
(2 items)

Box 2: 3-D Artifacts

Folder 1:

1. Framed 8”X10” print. “View of the Fort of the Natchez.” B&W. Gen. G.H.V. Collot original
   printed in 1796. Reprinted 1976.

Folder 2:

2. Framed 8”X10” print. “Town and Fort of Natchez.” B&W. Gen. G.H.V. Collot original
   printed in 1796. Reprinted 1976.

Folder 3:

3. Framed 9”X12” print. “Map of the Course of the Mississippi by Gen. G.H.V. Collot 1796.”
   B&W. Reprinted 1976.