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| Size | 41.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 16,375 items) |
| Abstract | The Prudhomme family of Natchitoches Parish, La., were the French Creole owners of a plantation based on a workforce of enslaved people and later tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and day laborers, with interests in cotton, corn, hay, lumber, livestock, and a general store. Six generations of Prudhommes and enslaved people and their descendents, spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, lived at Bermuda plantation (later called Oakland). The collection documents life and labor on the plantation from the perspective of the plantation owning family members. Topics include courtship and marriage; sickness; social activities; travel; agricultural and general store operations at Bermuda/Oakland plantation, including accounts with sharecroppers, tenants, and hired laborers, many of whom were freedmen; relationships with other Cane River plantation owners and businesses across the country; the succession of plantation ownership; accounting records of the plantation physician, James A. Leveque; genealogy and historic preservation; and school, religious, military, political, and club activities. Other families represented in the collection are the Cloutiers, Lecomtes, and Metoyers of Natchitoches area, and the Keator family of Webster Groves, Mo. Other plantations represented in the collection are Magnolia, Shallow Lake, Vienna, Gente Place Coco Point, Homeplace, and Cognac in Natchitoches Parish and nighboring parishes. Collection materials include correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, photographic materials, financial records, genealogical and family history materials, maps and plats, and audiovisual materials. Many 18th- and 19th-century materials are in French. |
| Creator | Prudhomme (Family : Natchitoches Parish, La.) |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English. French. |
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Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, April 2001
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, April 2001
Revisions: Kathryn Michaelis, 2010; Nancy Kaiser, March 2020 and January 2021.
Conscious Editing Work by: Nancy Kaiser, March 2020. Updated abstract and scope and content notes.
This inventory incorporates parts of the inventory to the Phanor Prudhomme Papers, which was compiled in the 1960s and reprocessed in the 1980s. The 1938 and 1948 deposits have been integrated with the 1999-2001 donations to form the Prudhomme Family Papers.
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Biographical Information
The nearly 200 year history of the Prudhomme family as plantation owners began with Jean Pierre Emanuel Prudhomme (1762-1845), the son of Jean Baptiste Prudhomme (1736-1786), a physician, captain in the militia, and planter, and the grandson of Jean Pierre Philippe Prudhomme (circa 1673-1739), a merchant and trader who settled in the Natchitoches area in 1716. Emanuel married Marie Catherine Lambre (1763-1848) in 1782, and around 1792 he purchased land that straddled the Red River thirteen miles south of Natchitoches. He planted indigo and tobacco crops, and in 1795 introduced cotton to the region. He was the first planter to grow cotton on a large scale west of the Mississippi River in the Louisiana Purchase territory. In 1818 he began building a plantation house and in 1821 the family moved in. The house and plantation were called Bermuda until 1873, when it was partitioned by the family. The house and the land on the right bank of the Red River thereafter became known as Oakland.
Emanuel's son, P. Phanor Prudhomme I (1807-1865), appears to have taken over the family plantation in the 1840s. Phanor I was married to Suzanne Lize Metoyer (d. 1855) in 1835. The Metoyer family also seems to have owned considerable acreage in Natchitoches Parish, and may also have been active in commercial endeavors, such as cotton factorages and stores. The Prudhommes had five children: Adeline (1836-1878); J. Alphonse I (1838-1919); Emma (d. 1854); Henriette, (1848-1922); and Emanuel (1844-1934).
Besides the main plantation, materials in this collection suggest that Phanor Prudhomme I had other business ventures, including a sawmill that was widely used by his neighbors. Prudhomme's stature in the community can be surmised from an 1855 letter in which he declined the offer of a Democratic Party nomination to Congress. Near the end of his life, Phanor I's property was listed for war tax purposes. This 1862 assessment shows Phanor in possession of the following: 900 acres in cultivation; 1200 woodland acres; 100 acres directly fronting the Red River; 1000 acres of pine woods; and a lot and townhouse at Natchitoches. In addition, he enslaved 146 people and owned several gold watches, considerable silver and gold plate, a piano, and miscellaneous farm and pleasure conveyances, both animal and vehicular. His children were well educated, with his daughters attending the Ladies of the Sacred Heart School in Natchitoches (mid 1850s), and his sons the University of North Carolina (J. Alphonse, 1858-1860) and Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. (Emanuel, 1861).
Upon Phanor Prudhomme I's death in 1865, J. Alphonse I took control of Bermuda plantation and other family interests. It is not clear how the other children shared in the inheritance. J. Alphonse I married Eliza Elizabeth Lecomte (1840-1923) in 1864. The Lecomte family, like the Prudhommes and the Metoyers, owned considerable acreage, across Natchitoches and in surrounding parishes. Magnolia, Shallow Lake, and Vienna plantations were among their holdings at that time.
J. Alphonse I and Eliza had eight children: P. Phanor II (1865-1948); Jules Lecomte (1867-1916); Edward Carrington (1869-1941); Marie Cora (1871-1952); Marie Attala (1875-1958); Marie Julia (1878-1933); Marie Maie (1880-1964); and Marie Noelie (1883-1978). J. Alphonse I proved to be a highly successful cotton planter. In 1904 he received a gold medal at the St. Louis World's Fair for growing the highest grade of cotton in the South.
After the Civil War, the Prudhommes transitioned from enslaved labor to a tenant economy. Many freedmen became sharecroppers and hired laborers on the plantation. Cotton planting, ginning, and pressing remained the chief operations on the plantation, but it appears that livestock, hay, and timber also were important agricultural activities, especially during the 1880s.
Phanor II assumed plantation responsibilities probably during the 1910s, but certainly by 1919 when J. Alphonse I died. Before that, Phanor II attended Notre Dame (1886-1888). In 1891 he married Marie Laure Cloutier (1871-1941). The Cloutier family owned land in Natchitoches parish, although it is not clear how much. Materials in the collection indicate that after the Civil War and into the 1870s the Cloutiers contracted with freedmen to work the family land.
Phanor II and Laure had nine children: J. Alphonse II (1896-1991); Louise Vivian (1898-1904); Elisa Elizabeth (1900-1953); Marie Adele (1903-1974); Marie Leanore (born and died 1904); P. Phanor (born and died 1908); P. "Pete" Phanor III (1909-1978); Marie Lucile (1911-1976); and Louis Donald (1913-1993).
During Phanor II's tenure as patriarch of Oakland, cotton and the general store were the chief operations. Phanor II retired and sold the family business to his son, J. Alphonse II ("Phonsie"), in 1942. Materials in the collection suggest that cotton and the store remained the primary focus of Prudhomme business interests after the 1940s. Cotton farming can be tracked until around 1960, and the store records extend to 1982.
Phonsie married Rosalie Lucile Keator (sometimes called "Lu" or "LuLu") in 1924. Lucile grew up in Webster Groves, Mo., with her parents Mabel and Mayo Sands Keator, an engineer. She also had Keator relations living in Bermuda, La., including her grandfather, Dr. James E. Keator, and her uncle, Dr. James T. Keator. In 1920 Lucile attended St. Mary's Academy in Natchitoches, La., where she befriended classmate Adele Prudhomme and her older brother. Phonsie and Lucile had four children: James Alphonse III (1927-1988); Kenneth Andrew (b. 1929); Mayo Keator (b. 1932); and Rose Vivian (b. 1934). The children of Phonsie and Lucile were the sixth and last generation of Prudhommes to live at Oakland. All four children married and moved from Oakland.
Lucile Keator Prudhomme was an active advocate for Prudhomme and Oakland plantation history. She conducted much of the historic preservation and genealogical research activity at Oakland. Her family research interest dates to the 1920s when she joined as a charter member of the St. Denis chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Lucile would go on to join several more genealogical societies and remain active in them until the 1980s. Her concern for the preservation of Oakland began in 1940 when a museum of the plantation's artifacts was arranged in a couple of rooms in the house. Her devotion to the preservation of Oakland culminated in it being placed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1979. In 1997 Oakland was purchased by the National Park Service to become part of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park.
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The collection documents the Prudhomme family of Natchitoches Parish, La., the French Creole owners of a plantation based on a workforce of enslaved people and later tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and day laborers. Six generations of Prudhommes and enslaved people and their descendents, spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, lived at Bermuda plantation (later called Oakland). The collection documents life and labor on the plantation from the perspective of the plantation owning family members. Collection materials include correspondence, writings, financial materials, genealogical and family history materials, maps and plats, photographic materials, and audiovisual materials. Many 18th- and 19th-century materials are in French.
Correspondence, 1828-1993, documents life at Bermuda plantation (later called Oakland), from the perspective of the plantation owners. Topics include courtship and marriage, school life, social activities, sports, weather, travel, and general news of the Prudhomme, Keator, Cloutier, Lecomte, Metoyer, and other related families. Writings, 1850-1991, include diaries, commonplace books, school composition and lesson notebooks, poetry, and sheet music. The materials in these two series chiefly illustrate the education, interests, and concerns of white women, especially young white women, in the late 19th through mid 20th century. There are few materials relating to the Civil War. Among them are three letters that describe the effects of the war and an 1864 diary with entries describing military life.
Financial materials include ledgers and a variety of volumes, receipts, and loose papers, documenting the everyday financial operations of a plantation with interests in cotton, corn, hay, lumber, livestock, and a general store. In addition to Bermuda plantation (later called Oakland), there is some scattered information about other nearby plantations, including Gente Place, Magnolia, Shallow Lake, Coco Point, Homeplace, Cognac, Vienna, and others. The collection also documents relationships with other plantation owners and businesses; the plantation physician, James A. Leveque; and miscellaneous personal financial records of various Prudhomme family members and several persons related through marriage to the family, but otherwise financially distinct from the plantation economy records. As a group, the financial materials largely document the perspective of the plantation owners; however, there is demographic, social, and economic information, such as names, birth and death dates, health status, work areas and production, consumer purchases, and financial precarity of the enslaved and later free people who performed the labor.
Legal papers, 1810-1971, are comprised of agreements and indentures, deeds of property and land, judgments and suits, marriage contracts, mortgages, and wills and successions. These materials chiefly concern interactions of the plantation owners with the legal system, but there is some evidence of their intersection with the lives of the people who performed the labor on the plantation as well, and typically in regard to the terms of the labor.
Genealogical materials, 1842-1993, document Lucile Keator Prudhomme's interest in family history throughout her adult life. Included are her extensive genealogical correspondence; research notes on the Prudhomme, Keator, and other related families; lineage scrapbooks created by family researchers; family mementos; records of genealogical societies in which she was active; and a small sampling of the published materials used by Lucile in her genealogical research.
Maps and plats are chiefly of the Cane River plantations and Natchitoches Parish, La.
Photographic materials include color and black-and-white photographs, slides, and albums of multiple generations of family members, travels, social activities, and Oakland plantation. There are some 19th-century portraits, but the bulk of the photographic materials document the 20th-century (1910s-1980s). Nearly all of the materials are annotated.
Also included are two audio cassettes, two 16 mm home movies, and 3 reels of microfilm of the original Phanor Prudhomme collection at the Southern Historical Collection.
Other materials, 1811-1995, relate to the social life and non-business interests of the Prudhomme and Keator families. Materials document interest and active participation in education, religion, military service, politics, historic preservation, literary pursuits, domestic arts, sports, and travel.
Many of the 18th- and 19th-century materials are in French.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1837-1993.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Correspondence documents everyday personal and family life and social activities of six generations of the Prudhomme family in Natchitoches Parish, La. These materials were chiefly written and exchanged by the women of the family. The surname of correspondents is uncertain in many cases, though the genealogical volume compiled by Lucile Keator Prudhomme in Series 5.2 may provide some clarifications.
The 19th-century materials were written chiefly by young white women and men in their teens and twenties. Repeated themes include sickness; feelings of isolation when apart from sisters, cousins, and peers; school life; courtship and marriage; diversions such as balls, riding, and sewing; and the effect of weather on plantation work and life. The few letters written by males concern school and work interests, the local baseball teams, and occasionally plantation operations. The Civil War is mentioned in two letters, giving the general effects of the war in Louisiana and the prevailing pessimism. Correspondence from the 1890s is comprised chiefly of letters written to Laure Cloutier Prudhomme. Some items in French.
The 20th-century materials introduce correspondence written by Lucile Keator Prudhomme and the Keator family. Life in St. Louis and Webster Groves, Mo., and Baltimore, Md., are documented, in addition to happenings in Natchitoches Parish, La. Repeating themes include courtship, sickness, loss of loved ones, and aging parents. The dissolution of multi-generational plantation life as family members left Natchitoches to settle elsewhere in the state and country is also reflected in these materials.
The heaviest correspondence is exchanged between J. Alphonse Prudhomme II and Lucile Keator during their 1923-1924 courtship. Also of note are postcards sent by Laure Cloutier Prudhomme to her son, J. Alphonse Prudhomme II, while he served in the U.S. Army during and after World War I, and his postwar correspondence with a French mother and daughter he befriended during his stay in Paris. Other war-related correspondence includes letters from Randall R.D. Keator to his aunt and uncle, Mabel Keator and Mayo S. Keator, and from J. Alphonse Prudhomme III to his father, J. Alphonse Prudhomme II. Also of note is Lucile Keator Prudhomme's extensive correspondence with non-family members, including tourists who had visited Oakland.
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Greeting cards, 1880-1993Includes miniature calling, gift, and decorative cards. |
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Greeting cards, 1880-1993Includes miniature calling, gift, and decorative cards. |
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Series 1A. Correspondence, 1828-1917 (Additions of 2001).
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 99119, 99147
Materials chiefly relating to the Lecomte and Hertzog families. Included are one letter describing feelings about the Civil War, anniversary and birthday greetings, and a few letters with news of home. Several items are in French.
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2. Writings, 1850-1991.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by last name.
Includes diaries, commonplace books, school composition and lesson notebooks, original and handwritten copies of poetry, and sheet music. Of note are Fulbert Cloutier's Civil War diary describing military life, and the commonplace books and diaries created by teenage girls such as Eulalie Buard and Lucile Keator Prudhomme. Some items in French.
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Writings, 1852-1948Authors include Pauline Amelie Bossier, Coralie Buard, Eulalie Buard, Amelie Cloutier, Fulbert Cloutier, Laure Cloutier, James E. Keator, Kate Agnes Keator, Mayo S. Keator, Marie Julia Buard Lecomte, Lise Lecomte, Lise Metoyer, Adele Prudhomme, Angella Prudhomme, J. Lawrence Prudhomme, and J. Alphonse Prudhomme. Items of note: Folder 102: Fulbert Cloutier diary with description of military life near Alexandria, La., during Civil War, September-October 1864. Folder 104: Lucile Cloutier diary of a teenage girl, 1894 Folder 105b: James E. Keator valedictory address for New Orleans School of Medicine, 1858. Folder 108: Mayo S. Keator journal with an account of World's Fair, 1904. Some items are in French. |
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Sheet music for "Charley's Dream of the Fair," by Charles D. Keator, 1904 |
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Writings, 1830-1991Authors include J. Alphonse Prudhomme, J. Alphonse Prudhomme II, Lucile Keator Prudhomme, Mayo Keator Prudhomme, Nina Prudhomme, P. Phanor Prudhomme I, P. Phanor Prudhomme II, Topics include chemistry, anatomy, grammar, arithmatic, rhetoric, astronomy, French lessons, World War I, teenage girls, and a 50th wedding anniversary. Items of note: Folder 121: Lucile Keator Prudhomme notebook with descriptions of classmates at Saint Mary's Academy; accounts of conversations and handwritten copies of poetry by Adele Prudhomme and others. Folder 133: P. Phanor Prudhomme II diary written while a student at the University of Notre Dame, concerning visits with sister Cora Prudhomme and possibly Fanny Bossier at Saint Mary's Academy in South Bend, Ind.. |
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Series 2A. Writings, 1855-1864 (Additions of 2001).
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 99119, 99147
Included are an autograph book, commonplace book, two diaries, and a religous composition.
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Writings,Folder 892-893: Diary includes lists of letters written and expenses while J. Alphonse Prudhomme was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1855-1858. Folder: 894: Diary of J. Alphonse Prudhomme written while working on Mississippi and Pacific Railroad. |
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Series 3. Financial Materials, 1788-1989.
Financial materials document the everyday financial operations of a plantation based on a workforce of enslaved people and later tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and day laborers, with interests in cotton, corn, hay, lumber, livestock, and a general store. In addition to Bermuda plantation (later called Oakland), there is some scattered information about other nearby plantations, including Gente Place, Magnolia, Shallow Lake, Coco Point, Homeplace, Cognac, Vienna, and others. These materials document the perspective of the plantation owners; however, some financial records also provide insight into the lived experiences of the plantation workforce. There is demographic, social, and economic information, such as names, birth and death dates, health status, work areas and production, consumer purchases, and financial precarity of the people who performed the labor.
Material has been divided into three subseries. Subseries 3.1 contains overview materials that relate to the plantation business as a whole, organization and planning, long term accounting, and the plantation store. Accordingly, correspondence, account ledgers, plantation journals, daybooks, cash account books, receipts, and tax materials are located in this subseries. Subseries 3.2 contains financial materials that describe the specific details of various plantation operations. Accordingly, cotton records, gin, press, corn, and hay books, inventory and order books, and other like materials that pertain to specific crops or day to day functions of the plantation, general store accounting excluded, are collected here. There are also time books, which concern the work of day laborers. Also, this subseries contains materials pertaining to the personal finances of Prudhomme family members, including pocket notebooks, a stock book, and succession records. Subseries 3.3 contains financial materials created by individuals related to and/or living near the Prudhommes at Bermuda/Oakland, but do not pertain directly to the organization and running of the Prudhomme properties. The medical and financial materials of the plantation doctor, for example, are collected in this subseries.
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Subseries 3.1. General Plantation Materials, 1788-1989.
Arrangement: By format.
General plantation materials relate to the plantation organization and planning, long term accounting, or the plantation store. Materials include correspondence, account ledgers, plantation journals, daybooks, cash account books, receipts, and tax assessments.
Nineteenth-century correspondence pertains chiefly to land sales and mortgages, and includes an 1862 overseer report, a mortgage on enslaved people and land, and a letter requesting that enslaved people be sent to work for the Road Commissary. Several items with 1890s dates discuss sale of swamp lands for timber. Many items are in French.
Twentieth-century materials pertain chiefly to orders, notice of receipt of goods, and inquiries and advertising sent to and from merchandise and service vendors, including Standard Oil, in business with the Oakland plantation store. Other notable items include the mercantile reports filed with Louisiana Tax Commission, gin equipment instructions, and materials related to the food stamp program during the 1930s.
There are also account ledgers of laborers, tenants, sharecroppers, and other plantation owners in business with Prudhomme family. Some of the documentation about enslaved people can be found here. The names of freedmen fill the account books after the Civil War as the plantation made the transition to tenant, sharecropper, and a day labor work force.
Cash account books record extensions of credit granted until the customer could pay, probably when able to bring cotton for ginning at Prudhomme gin.
Day books provide a daily record of cash and credit sales at the plantation store and are listed by date and then name with items purchased. There are no daybooks for years 1886-1919 and 1972-1973.
Plantation journals and records provide a daily record of farm work completed, information about enslaved people, reports of weather and how it affected plantation work. The records about enslaved people often include names, ages, births, deaths, the monetary value assigned to them, and information about their health and work. Other information includes poison schedules, rent records, equipment lists, hay and cotton sales, cotton picked and ginned, tenant accounts, football bowl game results, cattle counts and tagging, and bills. Miscellaneous records include information about bales of cotton hauled, measurements of uncultivated land, cabin residents of Oakland, Cognac, and Gangre Place, acres in cultivation, list of gin laborers, chickens sold, corn hauled, rainfall, household inventories, and weather summaries.
Plantation and store ledgers record sales and purchases at the Prudhomme plantation store. The daily sales to individuals were recorded first in the daybooks and cash account books and then copied by customer name to these ledgers. At various times plantation expenses, day worker accounts, merchandise reports (in some cases by item, e.g. pecans), credit and cash sales reports, vendor accounts, crop records, and taxes paid to FICA social security tax and the Internal Revenue Service also were recorded in these ledgers. Occasionally temperature, rainfall, and brief weather descriptions were recorded on inside covers. There are no ledgers for 1895-1915, 1918-1919, or 1924.
Receipts are chiefly 19th-century promissory notes, orders, account summaries, bank receipts, bills of lading, and transfers of credit that document crops, brands, merchandise, and services bought and sold. In addition, there are some miscellaneous succession receipts and tax receipts, a record of enslaved people lent to work on fortifications during the Civil War and purchases made by the Confederate Army, and some 20th-century handwritten merchandise orders from local customers. Volumes contain a representative sample of 20th-century receipts that document merchandise purchased to stock the store. Many 19th-century items in French.
Recapitulations and tax returns detail plantation assets, income, and expenses.
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Correspondence, 1932-1989, and miscellaneous accountsItems of note: Folder 163: Phanor Prudhomme I accounts, 1836-1852 Folder 164: Account book, 1845-1860, with entries relating to Prudhomme and Lecomte family properties, includes the Magnolia, Shallow Lake, and Vienna plantations with lists of enslaved people with age, gender, and monetary value assigned. Folder 165: Account book, 1858-1865, of Phanor Prudhomme I with various individuals, including sawmill accounts and records of Confederate States of America bonds purchased. Folder 166: Miscellaneous accounts, 1866-1878, including freedmen accounts with days worked, money earned, and school tax, records relating to the estate of Phanor Prudhomme I, and other records. |
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Account books, 1878-1893By customer name with debits and credits by date. Items of note: Folder 170-171: Account book, 1911-1913, with record of day laborer store credits and debits, store rent revenue, ginning and seed expenditures, stock information. |
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Enslaved work record, 1836Includes daily picking records. |
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Plantation journal, 1837-1839Includes lists of enslaved people and scattered accounts. |
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Plantation journal, 1839-1842Contains scattered journal entries, accounts, lists of enslaved people, and notes. |
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Ambrose Lecomte, 1852Ledger with inventory, supplies purchased, births and deaths of enslaved people, age of and monetary value assigned to enslaved people on Vienna Plantation. Records were kept in printed books called The Cotton Plantation Record and Account Book by Thomas Affleck. Printed in New Orleans, these books offered the opportunity to make entries under titles such as "Daily Record of Passing Events,""Daily Record of Cotton Picked," and "Planter's Annual Record of His Negroes." |
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P. Phanor Prudhomme I, 1852, 1854, 1866-1867 (bulk, 1852, 1866)Affleck ledger with daily record of events includes description of work completed on plantation; weather; cotton picked by each enslaved person; bale weights; births, deaths, ages of, and monetary value assigned to enslaved people; and rations issued. |
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P. Phanor Prudhomme I, 1857Affleck ledger with record of weather and labor performed on plantation, remarks on various crops, cotton picked by each enslaved person, births and deaths of enslaved people, physician visits with explanation as to purpose, and livestock increases. |
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Plantation journal, 1856-1863Contains farm work records, accounts, lists of enslaved people, and other records. |
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1860Affleck ledger with daily record of activities on Prudhomme properties, weather reports, information about enslaved people, livestock. |
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1861-1864Affleck ledger with daily record of activities on Prudhomme properties, weather reports, information about enslaved people, livestock. |
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P. Phanor Prudhomme I, 1864-1866Daily weather and labor account, how much corn given and to whom, lists of enslaved people with an accounting for death and desertion "to the Yankees." |
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J. Alphonse Prudhomme I, 1867Affleck ledger with plantation records. The format is similar to those used in 1860-1864 but the forms were modified to reflect the end of slavery. |
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P. Phanor Prudhomme II, 1942-1961Record of when and where crops were planted and by whom, poisons applied. |
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Folder 281-282 Folder 281Folder 282 |
1964-1965Daily record of activities on plantation. |
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1966-1988Daily record of activities on plantation. Item of note: Folder 286: Includes account of James Alphonse Prudhomme III's cancer. |
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Miscellaneous records, 1839-1982 |
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Ledger, 1873Includes inventory of barterable goods and list of plantation laborers in account with J. Alphonse Prudhomme I. |
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Ledgers, 1877-1882Includes some invoice tracking, cash reporting, summarizes accounts in balance in biweekly reports. |
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Ledgers, 1882-1886 |
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Ledger, 1883-1884 |
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Ledger, 1887-1892 |
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Ledgers, 1892-1894, 1916Items of note: Folder 306a-306b: Includes accounting for succession of A. L. Prudhomme. |
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Ledgers, 1917-1926 |
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Ledgers, 1927-1932 |
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Ledgers, 1933-1937 |
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Ledgers, 1938-1943 |
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Ledgers, 1944-1948 |
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Ledgers, 1949-1953 |
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Ledgers, 1954-1958 |
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Ledgers, 1959-1963 |
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Ledger, 1964-1971 |
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Ledgers, 1972-1974, 1977-1982 |
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Receipts, 1788-1858 |
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Receipts, 1859Some receipts arranged by name: H. Gillie, Emma Lambre, P. A. Prudhomme, P. Placide Prudhomme, J. Reginald Prudhomme. |
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Receipts, 1895-1918 |
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Tax statements and assessments, 1851-1916 |
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The Democratic Review Supplement: State Tax Sales on Movable Property, 1849 |
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Assessment list of Mrs. F. A. Prudhomme, 1916 |
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Certificate of purchase for public land by Daniel Sparks, 1849 |
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Subseries 3.2. Plantation Operations and Personal Financial Materials, 1837-1977.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject, then chronological.
Plantation operations and personal financial materials constitute a microeconomic approach to the Prudhomme plantation and store records. These materials demonstrate the various operations on Prudhomme properties in minute, day-to-day detail. Included are cotton crop, gin, and press records, time books and store accounts for laborers, corn books, hay books, store inventory books, customer order books, ice, lumber, and seed books, market reports, personal expense notebooks, and succession records.
Articles-needed books are a record of grocery, hardware, dry goods, and drug merchandise to be added to the store inventory.
Corn books are a record of store accounts to be paid in corn by customers.
Cotton records include notebooks, a ledger, receipts and correspondence. Cotton books document store accounts paid for with cotton and sometimes include notes on cotton bale tag numbers and crop yields for tenants and sharecroppers at Oakland and Coco Point plantations. Some items also contain information about corn, hay, and lumber crops. The cotteon ledger is an account book of cotton grown at nearby plantations. Receipts and correspondence consist chiefly of bills of sale and lading, account summaries, Cotton Producers Association contracts, Louisiana Farm Bureau Cotton Growers Cooperative Association materials, sales agreements, and bank deposits.
Gin records concern cotton ginned for tenants and sharecroppers on the Prudhomme's plantation, and for other cotton growers on nearby plantations. Materials include gin books, a ledger, receipts and reports. Volumes and receipts record ginning expenses and profits. Reports, which record the bale weight and tag numbers for cotton ginned at the Prudhomme gin, were required by the Agricultural Adjustment Act to demonstrate compliance with the cotton quota. See also the plantation and store ledgers in Subseries 3.1. for ginning between 1912 and 1920.
Hay books are a record of work performed by day laborers and store charges against their earnings. Laborers earned 75 cents per day, which generally was credited to a store account, but appears to have been paid out in cash on occasion. Some books contain records of sale and purchase of hay bales, amounts brought up, amounts pressed, the weight of the bales, number of bales sold and where distributed or stored.
Inventory books are lists of the groceries, drugs, dry goods, hardware, gasoline and oil, and notions in stock in the store, usually inventoried the first of the year.
Livestock records chiefly concern horse breeding, with some entries for cattle breeding and mules loaned to be gentled. The poultry book records weight and sale of turkeys and hens.
Lumber and sawmill books record the sale of lumber, including size and price.
Order books are a record of merchandise ordered for the house and store and for individual customers. Several books document accounts with J. B. Planche in New Orleans.
Press books are a record of bags and ties received and issued, seeds pressed, and reports to government.
Store notebooks are a record of merchandise and cash advances purchased at store on credit by day laborers and farmers, then repaid in labor, crops, or cash.
Time books are a record of work performed by day laborers and store charges against their earnings.
Other materials include tax assessments, records documenting succession accounting for family members, personal notebooks, an ice book, seed book, stock investment book, and Post Office records. J. Alphonse Prudhomme I became the second postmaster of Bermuda, La., in 1903. J. Alphonse Prudhomme II succeeded him as the third postmaster, and J. Alphonse Prudhomme III served as the fourth, from 1962-1966.
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Articles-needed books, 1884-1887 |
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Corn books, 1882-1890 |
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Cotton books, 1877-1878, 1888-1889, 1910-1912, 1933-1941 |
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Cotton ledger, 1882-1902Record of cotton purchased from tenants and sharecroppers at Oakland, Gente Place, and Shallow Lake Plantations, and from land of Lucie Ayres, James A. Leveque, Cora Lambre, and P. Felix Prudhomme. |
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Cotton receipts and correspondence, 1831-1897, 1923-1977 |
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Gin book, 1893 |
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Gin ledger, 1894-1900Includes expenses for ginning, taxes, rent, building repair and renovation charges, insurance; accounting information for succession of August Lambre Prudhomme. James Alphonse Prudhomme I acted as executor of the succession and accountant for August Lambre Prudhomme's widow, Lucie Prudhomme, and then the remarried Mrs. Lucie Ayres (who was guardian to daughter June Prudhomme by August Lambre Prudhomme). |
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Gin books, 1899-1910 |
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Gin books, 1911-1938 |
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Gin book, 1934 |
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Folder 434 |
Gin reports, 1938 |
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Gin book, 1939-1940 |
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Folder 436-441 Folder 436Folder 437Folder 438Folder 439Folder 440Folder 441 |
Gin receipts, 1950-1961 |
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Folder 442-445 Folder 442Folder 443Folder 444Folder 445 |
Hay books, 1876-1882 |
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Folder 446-453 Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448Folder 449Folder 450Folder 451Folder 452Folder 453 |
Hay books, 1883-1888 |
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Folder 454 |
Ice book, 1926-1931Record of sale of ice at store. |
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Folder 455-460 Folder 455Folder 456Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460 |
Inventory book, 1920-1928, 1949-1970 |
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Folder 461 |
Licenses and memberships, 1873-1962Includes permits to sell alcohol, tobacco, soft drinks, and retail goods; memberships in various organizations, including Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Louisiana Cotton Ginners Association. |
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Folder 462-464 Folder 462Folder 463Folder 464 |
Stud book, 1847-1857, 1882-1911 |
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Stud book, 1912-1919 |
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Folder 467 |
Poultry book, 1956-1959Records of weight and sale of turkeys and hens. |
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Folder 468-469 Folder 468Folder 469 |
Lumber and sawmill book, 1860-1862 |
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Folder 470 |
Market reports, 1859-1894Printed reports on cotton, tobacco, and other crops for St. Louis and New Orleans markets. |
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Folder 471-476 Folder 471Folder 472Folder 473Folder 474Folder 475Folder 476 |
Order books, 1842-1881 |
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Folder 477-483 Folder 477Folder 478Folder 479Folder 480Folder 481Folder 482Folder 483 |
Pocket notebooks: P. Phanor Prudhomme I,1841-1925P. Phanor Prudhomme I, P. L. Prudhomme. Items of note: Folder 479: P. Phanor Prudhomme I xxpenses during a visit to Mammoth Cave In French. Folder 482: P. L. Prudhomme notes on car fare, gambling loss at the horse races, remedies, job advertisements. |
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Folder 484 |
Post Office cash book, 1923-1924 |
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Folder 485 |
Post Office money order register, 1908-1944 |
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Folder 486-496 Folder 486Folder 487Folder 488Folder 489Folder 490Folder 491Folder 492Folder 493Folder 494Folder 495Folder 496 |
Press books, 1917-1928 |
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Folder 497-504 Folder 497Folder 498Folder 499Folder 500Folder 501Folder 502Folder 503Folder 504 |
Press books, 1929-1940 |
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Folder 505 |
1916, 1950-1961Record of seed bought from or by sharecroppers. Includes a 1950 journal of weather, personal activities, clock and jewelry repair by P. Phanor "Pete" Prudhomme III for 1950-1951 and 1955-1961. |
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Folder 506 |
Stock investment book, 1924-1934P. Phanor Prudhomme II's record of shares purchased and dividends for Peoples Bank, Natchitoches Sanitorium, and John Henry Oil and Gas, Inc. Also, record of money borrowed from Dr. E. G. Lawton, the husband of his sister Cora Prudhomme Lawton, to make payment on equipment for gin press and to pay succession, land leased, and royalties. |
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Folder 507-508 Folder 507Folder 508 |
Store notebooks, 1878-1880 |
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Store notebooks, 1880-1881, 1892-1893Folder 511: Chiefly accounting for W. W. Breazeale, Jr., but other accounts included, viz. Metoyer and Hertzog. |
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Folder 512 |
Division of Jean Pierre Emmanuel Prudhomme and Catherine Lambre Prudhomme estate, 1845-1860Includes entries for notes collected and paid out, interest collected, assets, and notes of auction; additional entries record Phanor Prudhomme I's administration of the successions of N. C. Levoy and Achille Lebreton, and the accounts of Phanor's children (1853-1860); accounting for a saw mill and a dairy in Texas. Chiefly in French. |
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1868-1875Succession and personal accounts of the children of Achille Prudhomme and Estelle Prudhomme; J. Alphonse Prudhomme I served as executor. |
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Time books, 1880sIncludes record by month of time worked and lost by laborers. |
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Subseries 3.3. Other Financial Materials, 1836-1918.
Other Financial Materials were created by individuals related to and/or living near the Prudhommes at Bermuda/Oakland plantation, but do not pertain directly to the organization and running of the Prudhomme properties. Materials in this subseries have been divided into James A. Leveque materials and miscellaneous materials. James A. Leveque served as doctor for Oakland community and the surrounding community. Around 1879, the doctor began recording the sale of merchandise, perhaps at that time beginning a store partnership of some sort with the Prudhommes. Materials include the following: account summaries of customers in debt to Leveque; daybooks with daily records of medical services provided and merchandise sold, and some documentation of livestock breeding; ledgers with accounting information for medical services, expenses, and contracts, which were paid in cash, draft from someone else, labor, liens, and merchandise; notebooks with medical and store accounting records; a succession book; and miscellaneous items pertaining to professional and personal finances, including promissory notes, receipts, a drug price list, requests for house calls, and court judgments against non-paying clients.
Miscellaneous materials consist of a few other notebooks belonging to Alexis Cloutier, Emile Cloutier, Achille Lebreton, James E. Keator, A. Lecomte, and one of unknown authorship, but possibly belonging to a member of the Keator family. These financial materials were created by individuals related to and/or living near the Prudhommes at Bermuda/Oakland, but do not pertain directly to the organization and running of the Prudhomme properties
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Account summaries, circa 1880-1893 |
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Folder 520-521 Folder 520Folder 521 |
Day books, 1873-1888Item of note: Folder 521: Includes notes on medical treatment of diptheria cases in August 1885. |
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Day book, 1888-1893 |
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Folder 523-527 Folder 523Folder 524Folder 525Folder 526Folder 527 |
Ledgers, 1867-1876Item of note: Folder 523: Includes record of workers hired for 1868; notes on feed expenditures for horses. |
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Folder 528 |
Ledger, 1876-1879 |
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Folder 529 |
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Ledger, 1879-1884 |
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Ledger, 1885-1886 |
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Ledger, 1885-1892 |
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Notebooks, 1872-1891Items of note: Folder 530: Includes notes on tree grafting experiments, livestock breeding, medical notes on a miscarriage, vaccinations, treatment for pneumonia, typhoid fever. Folder 531: Includes notes on tree harvesting in swamp. Folder 533: Includes recipes (chiefly in French), fence law for livestock, horsebreeding records, house dimensions for floors, roof, hay workers accounting, and a hunting report. |
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Succession Book, 1893-1900Record of notes, judgments, rights on credits, cash payments, livestock and furniture inventories, and a continuing account with Leveque's widow; includes inventory of medical supplies, household furniture, and tools; succession administered circa 1894 by J. Alphonse Prudhomme I. |
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Folder 535-536 Folder 535Folder 536 |
Miscellaneous, 1876-1899 |
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Alexis Cloutier, 1836-1839Succession book documenting account with City Bank of New Orleans. |
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Folder 538 |
Emile Cloutier and Fulbert Cloutier, 1868-1869Account notebook tracking cotton and corn yields and sales, store expenses, medical bills, equipment and livestock rental, and poll taxes credited or charged to freedmen and other sharecroppers. |
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Emile Cloutier and Fulbert Cloutier, 1870-1876Account notebook tracking cotton and corn yields and sales, store expenses, medical bills, equipment and livestock rental, and poll taxes credited or charged to freedmen and other sharecroppers. |
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Emile Cloutier and Fulbert Cloutier, 1882-1886Account notebook tracking cotton and corn yields and sales, store expenses, medical bills, equipment and livestock rental, and poll taxes credited or charged to freedmen and other sharecroppers. |
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Folder 541 |
James E. Keator, 1877-1879Medical ledger with ailment and treatment descriptions accompanying bookkeeping in some cases; broken bones, neuralgias, abortions, and various infections are documented. |
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Folder 542 |
James T. Keator, 1896-1918Horse breeding book tracks lineage and offspring of horses. |
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Folder 543 |
Achille Lebreton, 1854Succession book; in French. |
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A. Lecomte, 1838-1849Bank book. |
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1890List of expenses, gifts for family members, and miscellaneous jottings; author unknown, but possibly belonging to a Keator. |
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Series 3A. Financial Materials, 1765-1895 (Additions of 2001).
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 99119, 99147
Materials include correspondence, chiefly from overseers and factors; a store account book; promissory notes; receipts and accounting for store purchases, school tuition, music lessons, taxes paid, and other financial transactions; and miscellaneous plantation records, including undated lists of enslaved people, household and personal inventories, and land valuations. Included are some records documenting the sale, rental, manumission, and medical expenses of enslaved people. Many of these materials relate to Ambrose Lecomte's Magnolia, Shallow Lake, and Vienna plantations. Also of interest are a permit allowing an enslaved person to go to Coin-Coin, a free woman, for four days, and the receipts documenting the expenses of Eliza Lecomte, a young white woman in the 1840s and 1850s. Many items are in French.
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Correspondence, 1783-1828Includes a description of an enslaved person who was punished for going to Cloutierville for a drink. Many items are in French. |
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Correspondence, 1930s |
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Correspondence, 1840s-1880s |
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Account book, 1895Store account book belonging to May Prudhomme. |
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Plantation records, undatedMaterials include undated lists of enslaved people, household and personal inventories, land valuations, and other plantation records. Items of note include an 1841 inventory of effects belonging to Dominique, who was enslaved by Ambrose Lecomte. |
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Receipts, 1765-1816 |
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Receipts, 1830s |
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Receipts, 1830s |
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Receipts, 1830s |
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Receipts, 1840s |
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Receipts, 1840s |
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Account sheet for Ambrose Lecomte, 1847 |
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Account sheet for Ambrose Lecomte, 1841 |
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Account sheet, undated |
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Plantation records, 1850s |
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Plantation records, 1850s-1870s |
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Cotton records, 1820s-1850sChiefly receipts of cotton sales and shipments. Also included are a few issues of New Orleans Prices Current, Commercial Intelligencer and Merchants' Transcript. |
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4. Legal Papers, 1810-1971.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject, then chronological.
Legal papers include agreements and indentures, deeds of property and land, judgments and suits, marriage contracts, mortgages, wills and successions. These materials chiefly concern interactions of the plantation owners with the legal system, but there is some evidence of their intersection with the lives of the people who performed the labor on the plantation as well, and typically in regard to the terms of the labor.
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Correspondence, 1840-1973Chiefly concerning a land dispute, denial of patent, power of attorney, and a legal challenge to the arrest of a local doctor. |
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1867-1881Worker agreements, planting agreements, tenant liens. |
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Deeds, 1810-1859, 1871-Land and property, includes the sale of enslaved people by a free Black person. |
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Judgments and suits, 1809-1878Includes documentation of a divorce. |
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Leases, 1937-1971Includes agreement with Standard Oil for drilling on property. |
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Marriage contracts, 1855, 1875Handwritten copies. |
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Mortgage, 1933P. Phanor Prudhomme II's copy of loan documents from Federal Land Bank of New Orleans covering primary and secondary mortgages on Oakland plantation. |
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Folder 553 |
Wills and successions, 1848-1871 |
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Wills and successions, 1919-1924J. Alphonse Prudhomme I, Eliza Prudhomme. |
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Wills and successions, 1933-1948Julia Prudhomme, Phanor Prudhomme II, and a list of people who attended S. Hyams's estate sale and purchases made. |
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"Tableau of Distribution Amongst the Heirs of Remy Lambre," undated |
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Passport of Achille Lebreton, 17 February 1837In French. |
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Series 4A. Legal Materials, 1809-1868.
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 99119, 99147
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Legal materials, 1809-1868Materials include deeds, lawsuits, succession papers, a marriage contract, and work contracts with freedmen. Some items are in French. |
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Series 5. Genealogical Materials, 1842-1993.
Arrangement: By format.
The materials in this series document Lucile Keator Prudhomme's interest in genealogy throughout her adult life.
Correspondence is chiefly exchanges of genealogical information between Lucile Keator Prudhomme and family members, various archives in the eastern United States and in England and France, members of various genealogical societies, and other genealogists. Notebooks contain copies of Lucile's outgoing letters and include some unrelated letters and genealogical notes.
Research notes are chiefly jottings of genealogical information collected by Lucile Keator Prudhomme through correspondence and during research visits to archives and cemeteries. Lucile kept track of information in notebooks by subject, on miscellaneous scraps of paper, and on lineage charts. She also collected photocopies of 18th- and 19th-century court documents regarding the families associated with Oakland and other Cane River area properties. This subseries also contains three scrapbooks in which genealogical information has been gathered into a coherent narrative or chart form.
Family mementos include published and unpublished materials recording births, deaths, religious ceremonies, marriages, and various family celebrations. These materials reflect the family's multi-generational interest in historical record keeping.
Genealogical society materials document Lucile Keator Prudhomme's research on both her birth family and her husband's to prove lineage in order to join various genealogical societies. Included are membership materials, notebooks recording the minutes of two societies in which Lucile was active, and miscellaneous records pertaining to society history and activities.
There is also a sampling of archival publications, genealogical newsletters, photocopies of book chapters, newspaper articles, and other published materials used by Lucile Keator Prudhomme in her genealogical research. Included is a copy of her Natchitoches Cemeteries (1977).
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Genealogical correspondence, 1911, 1939-1969, and undated |
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Folder 560-567 Folder 560Folder 561Folder 562Folder 563Folder 564Folder 565Folder 566Folder 567 |
Genealogical correspondence, 1971-1992 |
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Folder 568-577 Folder 568Folder 569Folder 570Folder 571Folder 572Folder 573Folder 574Folder 575Folder 576Folder 577 |
Genealogical notebooks, 1967-1988 |
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Folder 578-579 Folder 578Folder 579 |
Baptismal records notebooks, 1940s, 1969 |
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Folder 580 |
Birthdays notebook, circa 1991 |
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Folder 581-583 Folder 581Folder 582Folder 583 |
Cemetery records notebook, 1960s-1972 |
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Folder 584 |
Church records notebook, 1950sIncludes Cloutier family in Canada |
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Folder 585 |
Court house records (marriages) notebook, 1960s |
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Folder 586-587 Folder 586Folder 587 |
Daughters of the American Revolution notebook, 1957, 1977 |
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Folder 588 |
Research notebook, circa 1970Excerpts from diaries of William S. Tourney and Adolphe Prudhomme, various genealogical publications, cemetery notes, and biographical histories of Northwest Louisiana. |
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Marriage records notebooks, 1953, 1970sFolder 590: Includes list of Natchitoches enslavers in 1862, and an essay on first gas well discovery by enslaved people in 1823. |
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Family name research notebook: Cloutier family records, 1950s-1970s |
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Folder 594 |
Family name research notebook: Hyams family records, 1950s-1970s |
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Folder 595a |
Family name research notebook: Keator and Bass family records, 1950s-1970sIncludes a guest list for fiftieth wedding anniversary party of J. Alphonse Prudhomme II and Lucile Keator Prudhomme |
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Family name research notebook: Keator and Blake family records, 1950s-1970s |
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Family name research notebook: Prudhomme family records, 1950s-1970s |
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Folder 597-600 Folder 597Folder 598Folder 599Folder 600 |
Family name research notebook: Miscellaneous family records, 1950s-1970s |
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Folder 601-613 Folder 601Folder 602Folder 603Folder 604Folder 605Folder 606Folder 607Folder 608Folder 609Folder 610Folder 611Folder 612Folder 613 |
Unbound research notes |
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Folder 614-617 Folder 614Folder 615Folder 616Folder 617 |
Unbound research notes |
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Folder 618-619 Folder 618Folder 619 |
Charts |
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Folder 620 |
Agreements, 1772-1897 (photocopies) |
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Folder 621 |
Birth, death, and baptism certificates, 1905-1974 (photocopies; arranged alphabetically) |
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Folder 622-624 Folder 622Folder 623Folder 624 |
Deeds, 1786-1942 (photocopies) |
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Folder 625 |
Judgments and suits, 1826-1906, and undated (photocopies) |
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Folder 626-627 Folder 626Folder 627 |
Marriage contracts, 1758-1831, 1845-1883, 1905, 1907, 1924 |
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Folder 628-629 Folder 628Folder 629 |
Mortgages, 1888-1923 (photocopies) |
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Folder 630 |
Wills and successions, 1814-1893, 1902 (photocopies) |
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Folder 631 |
Miscellaneous, 1903-1980, and undated (photocopies) |
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Folder 632 |
Lambre family lineage, 1842-1944Brief narrative written by Emma Breazeale Lambre. |
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Folder 633-634 Folder 633Folder 634 |
Prudhomme-Keator genealogical scrapbook, 1955-1975Traces both family trees across many generations; includes pictures, postcards, newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous bits of information that have been glued to pages; compiled by Lucile Keator Prudhomme. |
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Folder 635 |
Solomon Williams family lineage, 1984Research compiled by Carol Lee Thomas on the family tree of Solomon Williams, an enslaved person who worked as a blacksmith on the Phanor Prudhomme I plantation. Compiler documents sources used; disassembled album. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/53 |
John Lanier family lineage |
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Folder 636-639 Folder 636Folder 637Folder 638Folder 639 |
Birth announcementsCards, clippings. |
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Folder 640 |
Marriage recordsSee also subseries 7.7 Invitations. |
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Folder 641 |
P. Phanor Prudhomme II, 50th wedding anniversary guest book, 1941 |
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Folder 642 |
Samuel M. Hyams and Marie Emma Cloutier Hyams, 50th wedding anniversary guest book, 1957 |
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Folder 643-647 Folder 643Folder 644Folder 645Folder 646Folder 647 |
Death announcements, programs, obituaries |
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Folder 648-649 Folder 648Folder 649 |
Mass cards, 1964, 1968Samuel M. Hyams, J. Alphonse Prudhomme III. |
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Folder 650 |
Memorial book for J. Alphonse Prudhomme III, 1988 |
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Folder 651-653 Folder 651Folder 652Folder 653 |
Miscellaneous records and clippingsIncludes certificates for honorary offices, selective service, Knights of Columbus. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/11a-19 |
Family communion and confirmation certificates, 1909-1945 |
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Folder 653 |
Membership applications, 1931-1985Various societies |
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Folder 654 |
Membership cards, circa 1920-1960Daughters of the American Revolution |
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Folder 655-657 Folder 655Folder 656Folder 657 |
Colonial Dames XVII Century, Louisiana Society and Daughters of the American Revolution activities, 1978-1982 |
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Folder 658-665 Folder 658Folder 659Folder 660Folder 661Folder 662Folder 663Folder 664Folder 665 |
Yearbook for Daughters of the American Revolution, St. Denis Chapter, 1935-1964 |
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Folder 666-669 Folder 666Folder 667Folder 668Folder 669 |
Miscellaneous, 1939-1993 |
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Folder 670 |
Cloutier Collection, 1966 |
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Folder 671 |
Huit Premieres Generations de la Genealogie Descendante de Denis Cloutier, 1984 |
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Folder 672 |
Denison, miscellaneous |
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Folder 673 |
Keator Family in America, 1961 |
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Folder 674 |
Natchitoches Cemeteries, 1977, by Lucile Keator Prudhomme |
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Folder 675 |
Papers of the Fifth Grand Reunion of the Descendants of the Founders of Natchitoches, 1984; Papers of the Sixth Grand Reunion of the Descendants of the Founders of Natchitoches, 1985; Selected Papers of the Seventh Grand Reunion of the Descendants of the Founders of Natchitoches , 1986 |
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Folder 676 |
Reflections, June 1984-April 1992, newsletter of the founders of Natchitoches |
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Folder 677 |
World Book of Prudhommes, 1991 |
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Folder 678 |
Miscellaneous pamphlets, articles, and clippings |
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Series 5A. Genealogical Materials, 1846-1923.
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 99119, 99147
Research notes, background material, and family mementos relating to Prudhomme family genealogy.
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Folder 932 |
Research notes, undated |
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Folder 933 |
Family mementos, 1846-1923 |
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Folder 934 |
Folder number not used |
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Series 6. Maps and Plats, 1816-1977.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Chiefly copies of mid-1800s plats of the Cane River plantations, probably issued for administration of successions. Included are an undated survey with measurement points for crop boundaries; also, a 1977 aerial map of Oakland plantation, an undated oil and gas map of Natchitoches Parish, La., and an undated annotated map of plats in part of Natchitoches Parish.
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Series 6A. Maps and Plats, 1768.
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 99119, 99147
Plat of land between Bermuda, La. and Natchitoches, La..
| Extra Oversize Paper XOP-613/20 |
1768 |
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Series 7. Photographic Materials, circa 1880-1993.
Arrangement: By format.
Documents Prudhomme family and neighbors, including the Keator and Hyam families, the big house and renovations, World War I, travel, quilting, anniversary celebrations. There are some 19th-century materials, but materials date chiefly from the 20th century (1910s-1980s).
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Subseries 7.1. Photographs, circa 1880-1993.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by family name, then subject.
Extended Prudhomme and Keator families are documented. Chiefly portraits of individuals and families and images of their gatherings, such as for holidays, birthdays, weddings, recreation, and travel. Nineteenth-century portraits have cardboard backing. Architectural images include interior and exterior views of Oakland and its 19th-century tools. Renovations of 1953 and 1964 are documented. Other architectural images document various Keator homes. Genealogical society activities also are documented. Miscellaneous images include pets, World War I, and construction scenes. Nearly all photographs are annotated with names and dates. Some negatives are available.
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Subseries 7.2. Slides, 1904-1980.
Arrangement: Chronological (family images and historic Oakland plantation images are separated).
Chiefly images of family gatherings for weddings, holidays, and other events, and travel. Oakland plantation images include 19th-century tools, miscellaneous outdoor views. Images are in black-and-white and color.
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Subseries 7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s.
Albums chiefly document the extended family and friends of the Prudhommes and Keators and their holiday and social gatherings from the 1920s to the 1980s. Photographs of recreation activities, family weddings, and travel are numerous. Also included are childhood and young adult photographs of Lucile Keator Prudhomme, her children, who represent the 6th generation of Prudhommes, and her grandchildren, the 7th generation. Many photographs were annotated by Lucile Keator Prudhomme. Some albums have been disassembled for preservation. Negatives are available for some photographs.
| Photograph Album PA-613/23 |
1906-1957Includes photographs of Lucile Keator Prudhomme as a child; sixth generation Prudhommes as children; J. Alphonse Prudhomme III's wedding; World War II training camp; Oakland plantation renovations; miscellaneous Keators and Prudhommes. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/24 |
1918-1954Prudhomme and Keator family and friends. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/25 |
1919-1922Lucile Keator Prudhomme at school, with friends and relatives in Bermuda, La., and Webster Groves, Mo. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/26 |
Circa 1920Chiefly Keator family photos, including some swimming scenes. |
Image Folder PF-613/95-97
PF-613/95PF-613/96PF-613/97 |
Circa 1940-1969Prudhomme family and friends, travel, and weddings (disassembled album). |
Image Folder PF-613/98-100
PF-613/98PF-613/99PF-613/100 |
1963-1964Oakland plantation scenes with various Prudhomme and Keator friends and relatives (disassembled album). |
Image Folder PF-613/101-103
PF-613/101PF-613/102PF-613/103 |
1950-1983Oakland plantation in the snow; 7th generation Prudhommes; genealogical society events; Mayo S. Keator's inventions; filming of Horse Soldiers (disassembled album). |
| Image Folder PF-613/104 |
"Grandma's Gallery,"1961-1966Vivian Prudhomme Flores's children (disassembled album). |
Image Folder PF-613/105-109
PF-613/105PF-613/106PF-613/107PF-613/108PF-613/109 |
1969-circa 1985Travel; family gatherings, including weddings; Oakland plantation; genealogical society events (disassembled album). |
| Image Folder PF-613/110 |
"Our Golden Wedding Anniversary", 9 August 1974Lucile Keator Prudhomme and J. Alphonse Prudhomme II's 50th wedding anniversary mass and reception (disassembled album). |
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Series 7A. Photographic Materials, circa 1900.
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 99119, 99147
Photographs of Eliza Lecomte, Julia Prudhomme, and Noelie Prudhomme of the fifth generation of Prudhomme family.
| Image Folder PF-613/35b |
Prudhomme family, 5th generation |
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Series 8. Audio Materials, 1986-1989.
Audio recordings of Prudhomme family.
| Audiocassette C-00613/1 |
Appreciation Mass for Papa and Lu Lu, 1986Audiocassette Recording of Catholic mass said in honor of J. Alphonse Prudhomme and Lucile Keator Prudhomme. |
| Audiocassette C-00613/2 |
"Battle of Bermuda Bridge,"9 December 1989Audiocassette Recording of Paul Harvey describing battle in which three children, J. Alphonse Prudhomme III, Kenneth Prudhomme, and Mayo Prudhomme, defeated the U.S. Army under George S. Patton in "war games" training near Oakland plantation in September 1941; interview with Kenneth Prudhomme and Mayo Prudhomme recorded November 1994. |
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Series 9. Film Materials, 1963.
| Film F-00613/1 |
Oakland plantation, August 1963Includes roof work and seventh generation Prudhommes. |
| Film F-00613/2 |
Home movie of road trip to western United States and British Columbia, September-October 1963 |
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Series 10. Other Materials, 1811-1995.
Primarily materials that relate to the social life and non-business interests of the Prudhomme and Keator families. Address books, day planners and calendars, club records, and invitations evidence the breadth and depth of social contacts and activities engaged in on a regular basis. The political papers, Oakland and other historic Natchitoches materials, scrapbooks, recipes, remedies, and instructions, advertising materials, and the miscellaneous materials document a wide range of interests, from political leadership in the community to historic preservation and domestic arts to sporting activities and travel. School, military, and religious materials suggest three important undercurrents valued by every generation of the Prudhomme and Keator families: education, service to country, and the Catholic faith. Finally, blueprints and designs and field books illustrate Mayo S. Keator's engineering work with railroads and his interest in architecture.
There are scrapbooks with announcements and clippings about the family, the plantation, Bermuda and Natchitoches history and social life, war, religion, and genealogical society activities. Many of the scrapbooks include poetry, greeting cards, postal cards, and other mementos. The earliest scrapbooks are illustrative of the interests of white girls and women, particularly in the 1880s and 1890s. Postal card scrapbooks have been disassembled for preservation and to provide access to verso annotations. Postal cards are stored in original order.
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Folder 681-688 Folder 681Folder 682Folder 683Folder 684Folder 685Folder 686Folder 687Folder 688 |
Address books, 1926-1946Mayo S. Keator, Lucile Keator Prudhomme, J. Alphonse Prudhomme, Peter L. Prudhomme. |
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Folder 689-690 Folder 689Folder 690 |
Advertising materials, 1875-1960Decorative cards, calendars, bookmarks, business cards, and broadsides advertising products and services. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/3 |
Broadside advertisement for Avery Bee-Line Bursters |
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Folder 691-693 Folder 691Folder 692Folder 693 |
Blueprints and design specifications, 1873, 1916, 1963, and undatedIncludes specification for a Lecomte store in Natchitoches, a volume of Mayo S. Keator's notes on house in Webster Groves, Mo., and an unidentified house in Natchitoches, possibly owned by Antoine Prudhomme. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/48 |
Blueprint for a bridge, undated |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-613/49-52
XOP-613/49XOP-613/50XOP-613/51XOP-613/52 |
Blueprints for a gin press, undated |
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Folder 694-697 Folder 694Folder 695Folder 696Folder 697 |
Club materials, 1896-1949Materials include membership cards, activity programs, minutes, meeting notices for various groups, including Knights of Columbus, Order of the Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, Catholic Cemetery Association, Social Tennis Club, Harmony Literary Club of St. Louis, St. Louis Tercentenary Shakespeare Society, Webster Groves Garden Club. |
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Folder 698-705 Folder 698Folder 699Folder 700Folder 701Folder 702Folder 703Folder 704Folder 705 |
Day books and calendars, 1897-1991Day planners and calendars are brief records of daily social and work activities, birthday and death dates, comings and goings of family members, weather, addresses, and other miscellaneous information, such as children's layettes. |
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Folder 706-708 Folder 706Folder 707Folder 708 |
Day books and calendars, 1897-1991Day planners and calendars are brief records of daily social and work activities, birthday and death dates, comings and goings of family members, weather, addresses, and other miscellaneous information, such as children's layettes. |
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Folder 709-717 Folder 709Folder 710Folder 711Folder 712Folder 713Folder 714Folder 715Folder 716Folder 717 |
Field books, 1912-1918Mayo S Keator's notes on work he supervised as a civil engineer for Terminal Railroad Association; contacts with contractors, expenses, and payments. |
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Folder 718-719 Folder 718Folder 719 |
Invitations, 1839-1992Chiefly wedding showers, baby showers, dances, and "at home" invitations. See also Scrapbooks Subseries 10.14 for more invitations. |
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Folder 720-725 Folder 720Folder 721Folder 722Folder 723Folder 724Folder 725 |
Military materials, 1828-1957At least four Prudhommes across three generations served in the military between the Civil War and the 1950s. World War I materials include souvenir programs that document J. Alphonse Prudhomme II's social life in postwar Paris, materials produced by the U.S. Army to provide information about uniforms, military discipline and etiquette, life insurance, reacculturation, and social events for soldiers, paperwork assigning him to Motor Transport Corps, leave passes, letter of commendation, pay record book, and some issues of the "Kroonland Daily Wireless" from September 1919. World War II-related materials include a selective service card for Donald L. Prudhomme and a guide to the armed forces. The Newton Voiers and Warren Voiers folder relates to the military service of these Prudhomme neighbors and relatives through marriage. Included are identification cards, photographs, and memoranda from the Veterans Administration upon death of Warren Voiers in 1957. See also war time correspondence in Subseries 1.1, Fulbert Cloutier's Civil War diary in Series 2, and World War I-related photographs in Series 7. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/32 |
Appointment of Ambrose Lecomte as Second Lieutenant in the Natchitoches Artillery, 18th Regiment, 1828 |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/33 |
J. Alphonse Prudhomme appointment as adjutant in the Confederate Army, 1862 |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/34 |
Roster, Advance MTC Supply Depot 702, Paris, France, undated |
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Folder 726-730 Folder 726Folder 727Folder 728Folder 729Folder 730 |
Oakland and Other Historic Natchitoches Materials, 1941-1997Documents the Prudhommes' long interest and active participation in historic preservation activities and reenactment events in Natchitoches. Included are correspondence and drawings related to preservation of Oakland plantation and its listing on the National Registry of Historic Places, and miscellaneous notes, printed material, and clippings describing historic tour programs and Oakland's importance to Natchitoches, La. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/35 |
Holiday card featuring Oakland, 1988 |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/36 |
Oakland drawing, 1959 |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/37 |
Map of historic Natchitoches, 1967 |
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Folder 731-740 Folder 731Folder 732Folder 733Folder 734Folder 735Folder 736Folder 737Folder 738Folder 739Folder 740 |
Guestbooks, 1901-1995 |
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Folder 741-746 Folder 741Folder 742Folder 743Folder 744Folder 745Folder 746 |
Guestbooks, 1901-1995 |
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Folder 747 |
Undated notesIncludes descriptions of the plantation, its buildings and furnishing, probably written by Lucile Keator Prudhomme for historic tour presentations. |
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Folder 748-749 Folder 748Folder 749 |
Clippings (unarranged) |
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Folder 750-752 Folder 750Folder 751Folder 752 |
Printed material, 1950-1989 and undated |
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Folder 753 |
Printed material, 1950-1989 and undated |
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Folder 754-761b |
Political papers, 1811Political papers include voter registrations, code of local law for Natchitoches, an 1833 list of parish voters, an 1860 census, and election results submitted by the parish judge to the secretary of state of Louisiana for local, state, and national offices, and adoption of the 1845 state constitution. Also of note are the minutes of the Taxpayer Association/Conservative Democrat Party. The Taxpayer Association formed in opposition to the "Radical Party" in 1874 to reform the tax schedule. Within a short time the group reorganized as the People's Party, a political party with the intention of electing delegates to the state nominating convention. In 1876, the group reorganized again and renamed itself the Conservative Democrat Party. Some items in French. Items of note: Folder 758: Census ledger tracks name, sex, age, skin color, profession, value of personal and real estate, place of birth, at school, disabilities (deaf, mute, and blindness), and literacy for approximately 350 families, probably in Natchitoches Parish, La. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/38 |
List of members of House of Representatives in Louisiana, undated |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/39 |
Justice of the peace form |
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Folder 762-763 Folder 762Folder 763 |
Crochet and knitting instruction book, 1896Chiefly newsprint pasted over an old stock account ledger. |
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Folder 764-767 Folder 764Folder 765Folder 766Folder 767 |
Recipe books, undatedMable B. Keator's handwritten and newsprint recipes pasted over Latin lessons notebook. |
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Folder 768 |
Remedies, 1939, and undatedChiefly in French. |
Folder 769-771
Folder 769Folder 770Folder 771 |
Religious materials, 1850-1986Religious materials demonstrate an intense affiliation of nearly 200 years with the Catholic Church. Included are handwritten copies of prayers; prayer cards depicting saints and religious scenes, which were given to and by recipients of the sacraments; and a small sampling of miscellaneous programs and printed materials for religious events and sites of importance to family members. Some items in French. See also Subseries 10.14 Scrapbooks for additional collections of religious materials. |
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Folder 772-774 Folder 772Folder 773Folder 774 |
School materials, 1853-1992Commencement announcements, diplomas, tuition bills and receipts, and report cards. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/40 |
Peter P. Prudhomme telegraphy certificate from Notre Dame, undated |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/41 |
"Testimonial of Satisfaction" to Peter P. Prudhomme's good behavior at Notre Dame, undated |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/42 |
E. W. Breazeale medical license, 1903 |
| Extra Oversize Paper XOP-613/43 |
Pauline Bossier diploma from Nazareth Female Academy, 30 June 1853 |
| Extra Oversize Paper XOP-613/44 |
Peter P. Prudhomme diploma from University of Notre Dame, 20 June 1888 |
| Photograph Album PA-613/1 |
Scrapbook: Fanny Bossier Prudhomme, 1860Poetry and cut out pictures, correspondence. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/2 |
Scrapbook: Angela Lambre, 1881A gift from Cecilia Dauphin, with poetry, cut-out figures, calling cards. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/3 |
Scrapbook: Marie Coralie Cloutier, 1890 |
| Photograph Album PA-613/4 |
Scrapbook: P. Phanor Prudhomme II, 1885-1887; 1896Clippings of cartoons, advice, and etiquette, writings, political party tickets; previously an expenses ledger from the 1880s. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/5 |
Scrapbook: Women's invitations, ribbons, advertising, circa 1900Enclosures include postcards, correspondence, calling cards, greeting cards, gift cards for 30 April 1907 wedding of Emma Hyams and Samuel M. Hyams. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/6 |
Scrapbook: Elma Lambre, 1896-1906Postcards, cut out pictures, correspondence. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/7 |
Scrapbook: Lucile Keator Prudhomme, circa 1924Wedding gift cards, dance cards, invitations, greeting cards, napkins. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/8 |
Scrapbook: Historical images, 1920s |
| Photograph Album PA-613/9 |
Scrapbook: Religious-themed cut out figures and scenes, 1910-circa 1930 |
| Photograph Album PA-613/10 |
Scrapbook: Lucile Keator Prudhomme, 1930-1950Anniversary, birthday, and holiday greeting cards. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/11 |
Scrapbook: Greeting cards sent to Mabel Keator, circa 1930 |
| Photograph Album PA-613/12 |
Scrapbook: Lucie Prudhomme, 1933A gift from her mother, Laure Cloutier Prudhomme, with greeting cards and quilt and crochet patterns clipped from newspapers. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/13 |
Scrapbook: Daughters of the American Revolution family and place histories, 1935 |
| Photograph Album PA-613/14 |
Scrapbook: Daughters of the American Revolution meetings and social activities, 1935-1942Includes a short history of Oakland. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/15 |
Scrapbook: Mayo K. Prudhomme, circa 1940Child's scrapbook of cut out pictures. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/16 |
Scrapbook, 1900-1950Clippings of war, religious images, women's enfranchisement in England, relations with England, political cartoons. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/17 |
Scrapbook, 1930-1940Religious and historical images; many pages have been laid out but not glued in. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/18 |
Scrapbook: P. Phanor Prudhomme II, circa 1940-1960Clippings of social record, obituaries, calling cards, get well, sympathy, birthday, and anniversary greeting cards. |
Photograph Album PA-613/19-20
PA-613/19PA-613/20 |
Scrapbook: Road trip from Bermuda, La., to western United States, 1963Includes Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and British Columbia; includes postcards, placemats, photographs, receipts, brochures, maps, matchbooks (matches have been removed), and drink stirrers, all with annotations; enclosures include a small notebook with notes on expenses, itinerary, and mileage. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/21 |
Scrapbook: Colonial Dames XVII Century, 1971-1973, 1979Events, meetings, and correspondence (Lucile Keator Prudhomme was president of the local chapter, 1971-1973); annual historic tour of Oakland and Natchitoches, La. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/22 |
Scrapbook: Colonial Dames XVII Century, 1977-1978State conference, clippings, certificates, pages from other Louisiana chapters (Lucile K. Prudhomme was state president, 1977-1978). |
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Folder 775 |
Scrapbook: "Bermuda Gleanings,"1890Newspaper clippings with social news of social comings and goings of Bermuda's residents; some business news. |
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Folder 776 |
Scrapbook, December 1918Adele Prudhomme and Eliza Elizabeth Prudhomme compiled jokes printed in newspaper and then pasted into a notebook for J. Alphonse Prudhomme II. |
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Folder 777 |
Scrapbook, circa 1890-1920Program from band concert, French fashion, photocopy of prisoner of war release, deed for sale of land, poetry, school programs. |
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Folder 778-779 Folder 778Folder 779 |
Invitations, printed cards for marriages and birthdays, religious materials, death notices, valentines |
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Folder 780-783 Folder 780Folder 781Folder 782Folder 783 |
Clippings, including genealogical information |
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Folder 784-787 Folder 784Folder 785Folder 786Folder 787 |
Emma Cloutier: postcards, circa 1905-1910 |
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Folder 788-794 Folder 788Folder 789Folder 790Folder 791Folder 792Folder 793Folder 794 |
J. Alphonse Prudhomme II, from his grandmother, circa 1908-1926Scenic vistas, advertisements, holidays, historic sites; includes Lucile Keator Prudhomme's postcards. |
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Folder 795-799 Folder 795Folder 796Folder 797Folder 798Folder 799 |
Adele Prudhomme and Lise Prudhomme, 1910-1926Approximately 350 postcards. |
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Folder 800-803 Folder 800Folder 801Folder 802Folder 803 |
Adele Prudhomme, 1926Summer in St. Louis, Mo. |
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Folder 804-814 Folder 804Folder 805Folder 806Folder 807Folder 808Folder 809Folder 810Folder 811Folder 812Folder 813Folder 814 |
Adele Prudhomme, 1926Summer in St. Louis, Mo. |
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Folder 815-818 Folder 815Folder 816Folder 817Folder 818 |
Postcards, circa 1900-1920 |
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Folder 819-835 Folder 819Folder 820Folder 821Folder 822Folder 823Folder 824Folder 825Folder 826Folder 827Folder 828Folder 829Folder 830Folder 831Folder 832Folder 833Folder 834Folder 835 |
Postcards, circa 1900-1920 |
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Folder 836-852 Folder 836Folder 837Folder 838Folder 839Folder 840Folder 841Folder 842Folder 843Folder 844Folder 845Folder 846Folder 847Folder 848Folder 849Folder 850Folder 851Folder 852 |
Postcards, circa 1900-1930 |
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Folder 853 |
Essay on historic homes of Louisiana with postcard illustrations, by Catherine Hooker or Flora Hooker, 1947 |
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Folder 854-867 Folder 854Folder 855Folder 856Folder 857Folder 858Folder 859Folder 860Folder 861Folder 862Folder 863Folder 864Folder 865Folder 866Folder 867 |
Postcards, circa 1950-1970 |
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Folder 868 |
Collection of typed transcriptions of letters, legal documents, and an article about Hot Springs National ParkProbably assembled as a scrapbook of genealogical research. |
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Folder 869 |
Amusements, 1946 and undated |
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Folder 870 |
Appointments, 1845, 1867, 1925Includes notices of appointment to police jury, postmaster, and New Orleans Police Department. See also Subseries 10.8 Military Materials. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/45 |
Appointment of James A. Prudhomme to Postmaster at Bermuda, La., 1924 |
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Folder 871 |
Baseball, 1899Includes scorecards and clippings. |
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Folder 872 |
Booklists, 1930sHandwritten list of books with antebellum imprints in Prudhomme library. |
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Folder 873a |
Garden notebook, circa 1908Location and name of rosebushes and other flowers in garden. |
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Folder 873b |
Horse racing materials, 1848-1860 and undatedJockey subscription list, pedigree advertisement, clippings, correspondence, and race announcement. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/46 |
Horseracing notice, undated |
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Folder 874 |
Inventions and patents, 1892-1942Correspondence related to Mayo S. Keator's warfare inventions, and Doctors Leveque and Lawton's patent application for "Dr. L.M. Leveque's Night Pill". |
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Folder 875 |
Postcards: Natchitoches and other Louisiana locations |
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Folder 876-885 Folder 876Folder 877Folder 878Folder 879Folder 880Folder 881Folder 882Folder 883Folder 884Folder 885 |
PostcardsWorld War I, Paris, a road trip to western United States and British Columbia. |
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Folder 886 |
Travel itineraries, 1981 and undated |
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Series 10A. Other Materials, 1838-1872.
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 99119, 99147
Chiefly undated materials relating to military service; historic Oakland plantation; Louisiana politics; recipes, remedies, and instructions; horse racing; and other miscellaneous interests of the Prudhomme family.
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Folder 935 |
Military materials, 1863 and undatedMaterials include permission to proceed to Texas with exemption from impressment of property, and an application to United Confederate Veterans. |
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Folder 936 |
Oakland Plantation history, undated |
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Folder 937 |
Political papers, 1838-1872Chiefly election results and voter registrations; includes an address to Central Democratic Committee of Natchitoches, La. |
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Folder 938 |
Recipes, remedies, and instructions, undated |
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Folder 939 |
1797-1866Scrapbook of of 18th- and 19th-century personal and financial correspondence and receipts. Chiefly in French. |
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Folder 940 |
Horse racing materials, 1851-1860, and undatedChiefly materials pertaining to horse racing, including pedigrees, meeting minutes, rules and regulations, and newspaper accounts of races at Metairie Jockey Club in New Orleans, La. |
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Folder 941 |
Miscellaneous, undated |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/7 |
Timeline of American history from 1764-1841, 1855 |
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Series 11. Microfilm, 1990.
Reel R-613/1-3
R-613/1R-613/2R-613/3 |
1990 microfilm of original Phanor Prudhomme Papers collection, 1804-1940 |
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