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| Size | 41.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 16,375 items) |
| Abstract | Prudhomme family members were planters in Natchitoches Parish, La., with interests in slaves, cotton, corn, hay, lumber, livestock, and a general store. Six generations of Prudhommes, spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, lived at Bermuda plantation (later called Oakland). Among the important members of the Prudhomme family were Phanor Prudhomme (1807-1865); his son, J. Alphonse Prudhomme I (1838-1919); his grandson, P. Phanor Prudhomme II (1865-1948); and his great grandson, J. Alphonse Prudhomme II (1896-1991), who carried on the various agricultural operations and the general store until the early 1980s; and J. Alphonse II's wife, Lucile Keator Prudhomme (1906-1994). The collection includes correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and photographic materials, 1828-1993, document plantation life, courtship and marriage, sickness, social activities, travel, and general news of the Prudhomme family; the Keator family of Webster Groves, Mo.; and other related families in the Natchitoches area, including the Cloutiers, Lecomtes, and Metoyers. Financial and legal materials include loose papers and volumes, 1765-1989, that document various agricultural and general store operations at Bermuda/Oakland plantation; accounts with sharecroppers, tenants, and hired laborers, many of whom were freedmen; relationships with other local plantation owners and businesses across the country; and the succession of ownership through several generations of the family. There is also documentation of the accounting of plantation physician, James A. Leveque, and miscellaneous personal financial records. Other materials relate to the social life and interests of the Prudhomme and Keator families; they include the extensive genealogical research and historic preservation work of Lucile Keator Prudhomme and the school, religious, military, political, and club materials of many family members. Also included are a small amount of maps and plats, chiefly of the Cane River plantations and Natchitoches, La.; family photographs; and audio cassettes and films documenting the family's activities. Many 18th- and 19th-century materials are in French. |
| Creator | Prudhomme family. |
| Language | English. French. |
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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'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 owned a total of 146 slaves, 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.
Materials in the collection suggest that the Prudhommes experienced a relatively smooth transition from a slave to a tenant economy after the Civil War. 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, 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 its 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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Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, financial materials, legal papers, genealogical, photographic, and other materials relating to the Prudhomme family of Natchitoches Parish, La. and the Keator family of Webster Groves, Mo., chiefly during the 19th and 20th centuries. Among the important members of the Prudhomme family were Phanor Prudhomme I (1807-1865); his son, J. Alphonse Prudhomme I (1838-1919); his grandson, P. Phanor Prudhomme II (1865-1948); and his great grandson, J. Alphonse Prudhomme II (1896-1992), who carried on various the agricultural operations and the general store until the early 1980s; and J. Alphonse II's wife, Lucile Keator Prudhomme (b. 1906).
Correspondence, 1828-1993, documents life at Bermuda plantation (later called Oakland), including 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 women, especially young 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, 1765-1989, include loose papers and volumes that document the financial operations of a plantation with interests in slaves, cotton growing, ginning and pressing, corn, hay, lumber, livestock, and a general store. The collection also documents relationships with other plantation owners and businesses; the accounts of day laborers, sharecroppers, and tenants, many of whom were freedmen; the records of 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. In addition to Bermuda/Oakland plantation, there is some scattered information about other nearby plantations, including Gente Place, Magnolia, Shallow Lake, Coco Point, Homeplace, Cognac, Vienna and others. There is a small amount of maps and plats, chiefly of the Cane River plantations and Natchitoches Parish, La.
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.
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.
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 collection documents 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.
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.
Series 1 has been divided into two subseries. Subseries 1.1 contains all substantive correspondence from 1837 to 1993, and includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards. Subseries 1.2 covers the time period from 1880 to 1993, and is comprised of greeting cards, calling cards, gift cards, and decorative cards. Materials in Subseries 1.2 typically are signed, but lack substantive content.
Correspondence previously filed with subject-related material has not been integrated with Series 1. Accordingly, other correspondence may be found in Series 3.1.1 Financial Materials, Series 4 Legal Materials, Series 5.1 Genealogical Materials, Series 7.9 Oakland and Other Historic Natchitoches Materials, and Series 7.14 Scrapbooks.
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Subseries 1.1. Correspondence, 1837-1993.
Arrangement: Chronological.
The 19th-century materials were written chiefly by young 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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Subseries 1.2. Greeting Cards, Calling Cards, Gift Cards, and Decorative Cards, circa 1880-1993.
Arrangement: Chronological by decade.
Cards typically are signed, but lack dates and/or substantive content.
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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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Series 3. Financial Materials, 1788-1989.
Documents 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.
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. 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.
Contains materials that relate to the plantation organization and planning, long term accounting, or the plantation store. Includes correspondence, account ledgers, plantation journals, daybooks, cash account books, receipts, and tax assessments.
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Subseries 3.1.1. Correspondence, 1802-1989.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Nineteenth-century correspondence pertains chiefly to land sales and mortgages, and includes an 1862 overseer report, a mortgage on slaves and land, and a letter requesting that slaves be sent to work for the Road Commissary. Several items with 1890s dates discuss sale of swamp lands for timber. Many items 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.
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Subseries 3.1.2. Account Ledgers, 1836-1911.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Accounts of laborers, tenants, sharecroppers, and other plantation owners in business with Prudhomme family. Some slave records 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.
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Subseries 3.1.3. Cash Account books, 1894-1944.
Arrangement: Chronological.
A record of extensions of credit granted until the customer could pay, probably when able to bring cotton for ginning at Prudhomme gin.
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Subseries 3.1.4. Day books, 1876-1975.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Daily record of cash and credit sales at the plantation store is listed by date and then name with items purchased. There are no daybooks for years 1886-1919 and 1972-1973.
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Subseries 3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988.
Arrangement: By format, then chronological.
Journals provide daily record of farm work completed, slave information, reports of weather and how it affected plantation work. Slave records often include names, ages, births, deaths, monetary value, health, and work records. 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 hands, chickens sold, corn hauled, rainfall, household inventories, and weather summaries.
| Folder 267 |
Slave work record, including daily picking records, 1836 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 267 |
| Folder 268 |
Plantation journal, including slave lists and scattered accounts, 1837-1839 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 268 |
| Folder 269 |
Plantation journal containing scattered journal entries, accounts, slave lists, and notes, 1839-1842 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 269 |
| Folder 270 |
Ambrose Lecomte, 1852 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 270Ledger with inventory, supplies purchased, births and deaths of slaves, age and monetary value of slaves 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." |
| Folder 271 |
P. Phanor Prudhomme I, 1852, 1854, 1866-1867 (bulk, 1852, 1866) #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 271Affleck ledger with daily record of events includes description of work completed on plantation, weather, cotton picked by each slave, bale weights, births, deaths, ages, monetary value of slaves, rations issued. Entries for 1852 are in ink; entries for 1866-1867 are written in pencil. |
| Folder 272 |
P. Phanor Prudhomme I, 1857 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 272Affleck ledger with record of weather and labor performed on plantation, remarks on various crops, cotton picked by each slave, births and deaths of slaves, physician visits with explanation as to purpose, and livestock increases. |
| Folder 273 |
Plantation journal, 1856-1863 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 273Contains farm work records, accounts, slave lists, and other records. |
| Folder 274 |
1860 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 274Affleck ledger with daily record of activities on Prudhomme properties, weather reports, information about slaves, livestock. |
| Folder 275 |
1861 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 275Affleck ledger with daily record of activities on Prudhomme properties, weather reports, information about slaves, livestock. |
| Folder 276 |
1862 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 276Affleck ledger with daily record of activities on Prudhomme properties, weather reports, information about slaves, livestock. |
| Folder 277 |
1863-1864 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 277Affleck ledger with daily record of activities on Prudhomme properties, weather reports, information about slaves, livestock. |
| Folder 278 |
P. Phanor Prudhomme I, 1864-1866 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 278Daily weather and labor account, how much corn given and to whom, slave lists accounting for death and desertion to the Yankees. |
| Folder 279 |
J. Alphonse Prudhomme I, 1867 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 279Affleck ledger with plantation records. The format is similar to those used in 1860-1864 but the forms were modified to reflect the demise of slavery. |
| Folder 280 |
P. Phanor Prudhomme II, 1942-1961 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 280Record of when and where crops were planted and by whom, poisons applied. |
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1964 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 281Daily record of activities on plantation. |
| Folder 282 |
1965 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 282Daily record of activities on plantation. |
| Folder 283 |
1966-1968 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 283Daily record of activities on plantation. |
| Folder 284 |
1969-1973 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 284Daily record of activities on plantation. |
| Folder 285 |
1974-1978 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 285Daily record of activities on plantation. |
| Folder 286 |
1979-1984, 1987-1988 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 286Daily record of activities on plantation; includes account of James Alphonse Prudhomme III's cancer. |
| Folder 287 |
Miscellaneous records, 1839-1880 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 287 |
| Folder 288 |
Miscellaneous records, 1915-1982 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Journals and Records, 1836-1988. " Folder 288 |
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Subseries 3.1.6. Plantation and Store Ledgers, 1873-1982.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Record of 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.
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Subseries 3.1.7. Receipts, 1788-1950.
Arrangement: Chronological, except for the unbound 20th-century items, which are arranged alphabetically.
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 slaves 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.
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Subseries 3.1.8. Tax Statements and Other Assessments, 1851-1960 (bulk 1945-1960).
Arrangement: Chronological.
Recapitulations and tax returns detailing plantation assets, income, and expenses.
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Subseries 3.2. Plantation Operations and Personal Financial Materials, 1837-1977.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject, then chronological.
Materials gathered in this subseries 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.
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Subseries 3.2.1 Articles-Needed Books, 1884-1887.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Record of grocery, hardware, dry goods, and drug merchandise to be added to the store inventory.
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Three books, 1884-1887 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.1 Articles-Needed Books, 1884-1887. " Folder 392 |
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Subseries 3.2.2. Corn Books, 1882-1890.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Record of store accounts to be paid in corn by customers.
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Subseries 3.2.3. Cotton Records, 1831-1977.
Arrangement: By format.
Materials 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. 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.
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Subseries 3.2.4. Gin Records, 1893-1961.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Record of 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 3.1.6 for ginning between 1912 and 1920.
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Subseries 3.2.5. Hay Books, 1876-1888.
Arrangement: Chronological.
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.
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Subseries 3.2.6. Ice Book, 1926-1931.
Record of sale of ice at store.
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1926-1931 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.6. Ice Book, 1926-1931. " Folder 454 |
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Subseries 3.2.7. Inventory Books, 1872-1970.
Arrangement: Chronological.
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.
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Subseries 3.2.8. Licenses and Memberships, 1873-1962.
Arrangement: Chronological.
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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1873-1962 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.8. Licenses and Memberships, 1873-1962. " Folder 461 |
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Subseries 3.2.9. Livestock Records, 1882-1959.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Chiefly record of horse breeding, with some entries for cattle breeding and mules loaned to be gentled. Poultry book records weight and sale of turkeys and hens.
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Subseries 3.2.10 Lumber and Sawmill Books, 1860-1883.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Sale of lumber, including size and price.
| Folder 468 |
1860-1862 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.10 Lumber and Sawmill Books, 1860-1883. " Folder 468 |
| Folder 469 |
1882-1883 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.10 Lumber and Sawmill Books, 1860-1883. " Folder 469 |
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Subseries 3.2.11 Market Reports, 1859-1894.
Printed reports on cotton, tobacco, and other crops for St. Louis and New Orleans markets.
| Folder 470 |
1859-1894 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.11 Market Reports, 1859-1894. " Folder 470 |
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Subseries 3.2.12 Order Books, 1842-1881.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Merchandise ordered for the house and store and for individual customers. Several books document accounts with J. B. Planche in New Orleans.
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Subseries 3.2.13 Pocket Notebooks, 1841-circa 1925.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Chiefly personal expense notebooks.
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Subseries 3.2.14 Post Office Records, 1908-1944.
Arrangement: Chronological.
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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Subseries 3.2.15 Press books, 1917-1940.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Record of bags and ties received and issued, seeds pressed, and reports to government.
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Subseries 3.2.16 Seed Book, 1916, 1950-1961.
Record 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.
| Folder 505 |
1916, 1950-1961 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.16 Seed Book, 1916, 1950-1961. " Folder 505 |
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Subseries 3.2.17 Stock Investment Book, 1924-1934.
P. 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.
| Folder 506 |
1924-1934 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.17 Stock Investment Book, 1924-1934. " Folder 506 |
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Subseries 3.2.18 Store Notebooks, 1878-1893.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Record of merchandise and cash advances purchased at store on credit by day laborers and farmers, then repaid in labor, crops, or cash.
| Folder 507 |
1878-1879 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.18 Store Notebooks, 1878-1893. " Folder 507 |
| Folder 508 |
1879-1880 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.18 Store Notebooks, 1878-1893. " Folder 508 |
| Folder 509 |
1880 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.18 Store Notebooks, 1878-1893. " Folder 509 |
| Folder 510 |
1880-1881 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.18 Store Notebooks, 1878-1893. " Folder 510 |
| Folder 511 |
1892-1893 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.18 Store Notebooks, 1878-1893. " Folder 511Chiefly accounting for W.W. Breazeale, Jr., but other accounts included, viz. Metoyer and Hertzog. |
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Subseries 3.2.19 Succession Records, 1845-1875.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Records documenting succession accounting. See also subseries 3.3 for succession records of non-Prudhomme family members.
| Folder 512 |
Division of Jean Pierre Emmanuel Prudhomme and Catherine Lambre Prudhomme estate, 1845-1860 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.19 Succession Records, 1845-1875. " Folder 512Includes 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. |
| Folder 513 |
1868-1875 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.19 Succession Records, 1845-1875. " Folder 513Succession and personal accounts of the children of Achille Prudhomme and Estelle Prudhomme; J.Alphonse Prudhomme I served as executor. |
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Subseries 3.2.20 Time Books, 1882-1920.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Record of work performed by day laborers and store charges against their earnings.
| Folder 514 |
1882-1883 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.20 Time Books, 1882-1920. " Folder 514 |
| Folder 515 |
1884 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.20 Time Books, 1882-1920. " Folder 515 |
| Folder 516 |
1887 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.20 Time Books, 1882-1920. " Folder 516 |
| Folder 517 |
1880s #00613, Subseries: "3.2.20 Time Books, 1882-1920. " Folder 517 |
| Folder 518 |
1915-1920 #00613, Subseries: "3.2.20 Time Books, 1882-1920. " Folder 518Includes record of time worked and lost by month hands. |
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Subseries 3.3. Other Financial Materials, 1836-1918.
Financial materials 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. The Leveque materials include medical accounts and other records of the doctor who lived at Oakland and served the local community. 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.
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Subseries 3.3.1 Leveque Medical Accounts and Other Records, 1867-1897.
Arrangement: By format.
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 in this subseries 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.
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Subseries 3.3.2. Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1836-1918.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
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.
| Folder 537 |
Alexis Cloutier, 1836-1839 #00613, Subseries: "3.3.2. Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1836-1918. " Folder 537Succession book documenting account with City Bank of New Orleans. |
| Folder 538 |
Emile Cloutier and Fulbert Cloutier, 1868-1869 #00613, Subseries: "3.3.2. Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1836-1918. " Folder 538Account 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. |
| Folder 539 |
Emile Cloutier and Fulbert Cloutier, 1870-1876 #00613, Subseries: "3.3.2. Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1836-1918. " Folder 539Account 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. |
| Folder 540 |
Emile Cloutier and Fulbert Cloutier, 1882-1886 #00613, Subseries: "3.3.2. Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1836-1918. " Folder 540Account 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. |
| Folder 541 |
James E. Keator, 1877-1879 #00613, Subseries: "3.3.2. Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1836-1918. " Folder 541Medical ledger with ailment and treatment descriptions accompanying bookkeeping in some cases; broken bones, neuralgias, abortions, and various infections are documented; approximately two-thirds of the pages are obscured by newspaper clippings because the ledger had been used as a scrapbook. |
| Folder 542 |
James T. Keator, 1896-1918 #00613, Subseries: "3.3.2. Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1836-1918. " Folder 542Horse breeding book tracks lineage and offspring of horses. |
| Folder 543 |
Achille Lebreton, 1854 #00613, Subseries: "3.3.2. Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1836-1918. " Folder 543Succession book; in French. |
| Folder 544a |
A. Lecomte, 1838-1849 #00613, Subseries: "3.3.2. Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1836-1918. " Folder 544aBank book. |
| Folder 544b |
1890 #00613, Subseries: "3.3.2. Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1836-1918. " Folder 544bList of expenses, gifts for family members, and miscellaneous jottings; author unknown, but possibly belonging to a Keator. |
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4. Legal Papers, 1810-1971.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject, then chronological.
Chiefly agreements and indentures, deeds of property and land, judgments and suits, marriage contracts, mortgages, wills and successions. Photocopies of legal materials held by other institutions are in Series 5.2 Genealogical Research Notes.
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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. The series has been divided into five subseries. Subseries 5.1 contains the extensive correspondence of Lucile and family members and other genealogists with whom she exchanged genealogical information. Subseries 5.2 contains Lucile's research notes for both her birth family and the Prudhommes. Of note are the lineage scrapbooks created by family researchers. Subseries 5.3 contains family mementos, such as birth, death, and marriage announcements and notices and miscellaneous clippings about family members. Subseries 5.4 contains records of genealogical societies in which Lucile was an active member. Lastly, subseries 5.5 contains a sampling of the published materials used by Lucile in her genealogical research.
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Subseries 5.1. Correspondence, 1911-1992.
Arrangement: Chronological, except for volumes, which are grouped together after unbound materials.
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.
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Subseries 5.2. Research Notes, 1842-1984.
Arrangement: By format.
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. folder dates for notebooks represent approximate beginning date for collection of information. Many materials in this subseries are undated.
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Subseries 5.3. Family Mementos, 1877-1988.
Arrangement: By subject, then alphabetically by name.
Published and unpublished materials recording births, deaths, religious ceremonies, marriages, and various family celebrations. Oversized items, including a succession chart and various religious certificates, have been separated. These materials reflect the family's multi-generational interest in historical record keeping.
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Subseries 5.4. Genealogical Society Materials, 1920-1993.
Arrangement: By format, then chronological.
Lucile Keator Prudhomme researched both her birth family and her husband's to prove lineage in order to join various genealogical societies. This subseries includes membership materials, notebooks recording the minutes of two societies in which Lucile was active, and miscellaneous records pertaining to society history and activities.
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Subseries 5.5. Publications, 1961-1992.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by title.
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. Includes a copy of her Natchitoches Cemeteries (1977).
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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.
| Folder 679 |
1816-1977 #00613, Series: "6. Maps and Plats, 1816-1977. " Folder 679 |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-613/1 |
Maps and plats, circa 1830-1977 and undated #00613, Series: "6. Maps and Plats, 1816-1977. " XOPF-613/1 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-613/8 |
Maps and plats, circa 1840s-1850s #00613, Series: "6. Maps and Plats, 1816-1977. " OPF-613/8 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-613/4 |
Maps and plats, 1840-1867 #00613, Series: "6. Maps and Plats, 1816-1977. " OPF-613/4 |
| Folder 680 |
Undated #00613, Series: "6. Maps and Plats, 1816-1977. " Folder 680Includes survey of crop boundaries. |
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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 |
1906-1957 #00613, Subseries: "7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s." PA-613/23Includes 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 |
1918-1954 #00613, Subseries: "7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s." PA-613/24Prudhomme and Keator family and friends. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/25 |
1919-1922 #00613, Subseries: "7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s." PA-613/25Lucile Keator Prudhomme at school, with friends and relatives in Bermuda, La., and Webster Groves, Mo. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/26 |
Circa 1920 #00613, Subseries: "7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s." PA-613/26Chiefly Keator family photos, including some swimming scenes. |
Image Folder PF-613/95-97
PF-613/95PF-613/96PF-613/97 |
Circa 1940-1969 #00613, Subseries: "7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s." PF-613/95-97Prudhomme family and friends, travel, and weddings (disassembled album). |
Image Folder PF-613/98-100
PF-613/98PF-613/99PF-613/100 |
1963-1964 #00613, Subseries: "7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s." PF-613/98-100Oakland 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 |
1950-1983 #00613, Subseries: "7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s." PF-613/101-103Oakland 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," 1961-1966 #00613, Subseries: "7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s." PF-613/104Vivian 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 1985 #00613, Subseries: "7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s." PF-613/105-109Travel; family gatherings, including weddings; Oakland plantation; genealogical society events (disassembled album). |
| Image Folder PF-613/110 |
"Our Golden Wedding Anniversary", 9 August 1974 #00613, Subseries: "7.3. Photograph Albums, 1906-1980s." PF-613/110Lucile Keator Prudhomme and J. Alphonse Prudhomme II's 50th wedding anniversary mass and reception (disassembled album). |
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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, 1986 #00613, Series: "8. Audio Materials, 1986-1989. " C-00613/1Audiocassette 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 1989 #00613, Series: "8. Audio Materials, 1986-1989. " C-00613/2Audiocassette 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 1963 #00613, Series: "9. Film Materials, 1963. " F-00613/1Includes 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 #00613, Series: "9. Film Materials, 1963. " F-00613/2 |
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Series 10. Other Materials, 1811-1995.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject.
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.
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Subseries 10.1. Address Books, circa 1926-1965.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Includes addresses, telephone numbers, and miscellaneous jottings.
| Folder 681 |
Mayo S. Keator, circa 1946-1947 #00613, Subseries: "10.1. Address Books, circa 1926-1965." Folder 681 |
| Folder 682 |
Lucile Keator Prudhomme, circa 1926 #00613, Subseries: "10.1. Address Books, circa 1926-1965." Folder 682Includes list of items in J. Alphonse Prudhomme III's layette and a gift list. |
| Folder 683 |
Lucile Keator Prudhomme, 1932-circa 1965 #00613, Subseries: "10.1. Address Books, circa 1926-1965." Folder 683 |
| Folder 688 |
Peter L. Prudhomme, 1930 #00613, Subseries: "10.1. Address Books, circa 1926-1965." Folder 688 |
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Subseries 10.2. Advertising Materials, 1880-1960.
Decorative cards, calendars, bookmarks, business cards, and broadsides advertising products and services.
Folder 689-690
Folder 689Folder 690 |
Circa 1875-1960 #00613, Subseries: "10.2. Advertising Materials, 1880-1960. " Folder 689-690 |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/3 |
Broadside advertisement for "Avery Bee-Line Bursters" #00613, Subseries: "10.2. Advertising Materials, 1880-1960. " OP-613/3 |
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Subseries 10.3. Blueprints and Designs, 1873-1963.
Blueprints and design specifications for buildings, a gin press, and bridge. The building specifications were written for a Lecomte store in Natchitoches, a Keator house in Webster Groves, Mo., and an unidentified house in Natchitoches, possibly owned by Antoine Prudhomme.
| Folder 691 |
Specifications, 1873, 1916, 1963, and undated #00613, Subseries: "10.3. Blueprints and Designs, 1873-1963." Folder 691 |
| Folder 692 |
Volume of Mayo S. Keator's notes on house in Webster Groves, Mo., 1916 #00613, Subseries: "10.3. Blueprints and Designs, 1873-1963." Folder 692 |
| Folder 693 |
Enclosure from above volume, 1916 #00613, Subseries: "10.3. Blueprints and Designs, 1873-1963." Folder 693Contains footing specifications. |
| Oversize Paper OP-613/48 |
Blueprint for a bridge, undated #00613, Subseries: "10.3. Blueprints and Designs, 1873-1963." OP-613/48 |
Oversize Paper OP-613/49-52
OP-613/49OP-613/50OP-613/51OP-613/52 |
Blueprints for a gin press, undated #00613, Subseries: "10.3. Blueprints and Designs, 1873-1963." OP-613/49-52 |
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Subseries 10.4. Club Records, 1896-1949.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Materials documenting the clubs in which the Prudhomme and Keator families participated. 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. See also Subseries 5.4 for materials related to participation in genealogical societies.
| Folder 694 |
1896-1920 #00613, Subseries: "10.4. Club Records, 1896-1949. " Folder 694 |
| Folder 695 |
1922-1939 #00613, Subseries: "10.4. Club Records, 1896-1949. " Folder 695 |
| Folder 696 |
1940-1945 #00613, Subseries: "10.4. Club Records, 1896-1949. " Folder 696Notebook with membership and activities of American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, of which Lucile Keator Prudhomme was unit president, 1940-1941. |
| Folder 697 |
1940-1949 #00613, Subseries: "10.4. Club Records, 1896-1949. " Folder 697 |
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Subseries 10.5. Day Planners and Calendars, 1897-1991.
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.
Folder 698-699
Folder 698Folder 699 |
James E. Keator, 1897-1898 #00613, Subseries: "10.5. Day Planners and Calendars, 1897-1991. " Folder 698-699 |
| Folder 700 |
Mayo S. Keator, 1904-1906 #00613, Subseries: "10.5. Day Planners and Calendars, 1897-1991. " Folder 700Includes expenses and engineering notes and sketches, river reports. |
Folder 701-708
Folder 701Folder 702Folder 703Folder 704Folder 705Folder 706Folder 707Folder 708 |
Lucile Keator Prudhomme, 1925-1991 #00613, Subseries: "10.5. Day Planners and Calendars, 1897-1991. " Folder 701-708 |
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Subseries 10.6. Field Books, 1912-1918.
Mayo 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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Subseries 10.7. Invitations, 1839-1992.
Chiefly wedding showers, baby showers, dances, and "at home" invitations. See also Scrapbooks Subseries 10.14 for more invitations.
| Folder 718 |
1839-1899 #00613, Subseries: "10.7. Invitations, 1839-1992. " Folder 718 |
| Folder 719 |
1902-1992 #00613, Subseries: "10.7. Invitations, 1839-1992. " Folder 719 |
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Subseries 10.8. Military Materials, 1828-1957.
Arrangement: Chronological, except for Voiers and oversized materials.
At 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. Oversized materials include certificates of appointment and promotion, including J. Alphonse Prudhomme I's 1862 appointment as adjutant in the Confederate Army. 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.
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Subseries 10.9. Oakland and Other Historic Natchitoches Materials, 1901-1995.
Arrangement: By format.
Documents 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, guestbooks signed by visitors to Oakland, and miscellaneous notes, printed material, and clippings describing historic tour programs and Oakland's importance to Natchitoches, La.
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Subseries 10.10. Political Papers, 1811-1921.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Includes 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.
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Subseries 10.11. Recipes, Remedies, and Instructions, 1896-1972.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject.
Cooking recipes, remedies for ailments, and instructions for domestic arts.
Folder 762-763
Folder 762Folder 763 |
Crochet and knitting instruction book, 1896 #00613, Subseries: "10.11. Recipes, Remedies, and Instructions, 1896-1972." Folder 762-763Chiefly newsprint pasted over an old stock account ledger. |
Folder 764-765
Folder 764Folder 765 |
Recipe book, undated #00613, Subseries: "10.11. Recipes, Remedies, and Instructions, 1896-1972." Folder 764-765Mable B. Keator's handwritten and newsprint recipes pasted over Latin lessons notebook. |
| Folder 766 |
Recipe book, undated #00613, Subseries: "10.11. Recipes, Remedies, and Instructions, 1896-1972." Folder 766Handwritten. |
| Folder 767 |
Recipes (unbound), 1972, and undated #00613, Subseries: "10.11. Recipes, Remedies, and Instructions, 1896-1972." Folder 767Handwritten. |
| Folder 768 |
Remedies, 1939, and undated #00613, Subseries: "10.11. Recipes, Remedies, and Instructions, 1896-1972." Folder 768Chiefly in French. |
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Subseries 10.12. Religious Materials, 1850-1986.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Religious 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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Subseries 10.13. School Materials, 1853-1992.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Commencement announcements, diplomas, tuition bills and receipts, and report cards.
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Subseries 10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980.
Comprised of 39 scrapbooks of announcements and clippings about the family, the plantation, Bermuda and Natchitoches history and social life, war, religion, and genealogical society activities. Many scrapbooks include poetry, greeting cards, postal cards, and other mementos. Earliest scrapbooks are a good source for girls' and women's interests, 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.
| Photograph Album PA-613/1 |
Fanny Bossier Prudhomme, 1860 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/1Poetry and cut out pictures, correspondence. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/2 |
Angela Lambre, 1881 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/2A gift from Cecilia Dauphin, with poetry, cut-out figures, calling cards. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/3 |
Marie Coralie Cloutier, 1890 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/3 |
| Photograph Album PA-613/4 |
P. Phanor Prudhomme II, 1885-1887; 1896 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/4Clippings of cartoons, advice, and etiquette, writings, political party tickets; previously an expenses ledger from the 1880s. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/5 |
Women's invitations, ribbons, advertising, circa 1900 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/5Enclosures 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 |
Elma Lambre, 1896-1906 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/6Postcards, cut out pictures, correspondence. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/7 |
Lucile Keator Prudhomme, circa 1924 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/7Wedding gift cards, dance cards, invitations, greeting cards, napkins. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/8 |
Historical images, 1920s #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/8 |
| Photograph Album PA-613/9 |
Religious-themed cut out figures and scenes, 1910-circa 1930 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/9 |
| Photograph Album PA-613/10 |
Lucile Keator Prudhomme, 1930-1950 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/10Anniversary, birthday, and holiday greeting cards. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/11 |
Greeting cards sent to Mabel Keator, circa 1930 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/11 |
| Photograph Album PA-613/12 |
Lucie Prudhomme, 1933 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/12A gift from her mother, Laure Cloutier Prudhomme, with greeting cards and quilt and crochet patterns clipped from newspapers. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/13 |
Daughters of the American Revolution family and place histories, 1935 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/13 |
| Photograph Album PA-613/14 |
Daughters of the American Revolution meetings and social activities, 1935-1942 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/14Includes a short history of Oakland. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/15 |
Mayo K. Prudhomme, circa 1940 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/15Child's scrapbook of cut out pictures. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/16 |
Circa 1900-1950 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/16Clippings of war, religious images, women's enfranchisement in England, relations with England, political cartoons. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/17 |
Circa 1930-1940 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/17Religious and historical images; many pages have been laid out but not glued in. |
| Photograph Album PA-613/18 |
P. Phanor Prudhomme II, circa 1940-1960 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/18Clippings 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 |
Road trip from Bermuda, La. to western United States, 1963 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/19-20Includes 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 |
Colonial Dames XVII Century, 1971-1973, 1979 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/21Events, 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 |
Colonial Dames XVII Century, 1977-1978 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " PA-613/22State conference, clippings, certificates, pages from other Louisiana chapters (Lucile K. Prudhomme was state president, 1977-1978). |
| Folder 775 |
"Bermuda Gleanings," 1890 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 775Newspaper clippings with social news of social comings and goings of Bermuda's residents; some business news. |
| Folder 776 |
December 1918 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 776Adele Prudhomme and Eliza Elizabeth Prudhomme compiled jokes printed in newspaper and then pasted into a notebook for J. Alphonse Prudhomme II. |
| Folder 777 |
Circa 1890-1920 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 777Program from band concert, French fashion, photocopy of prisoner of war release, deed for sale of land, poetry, school programs. |
Folder 778-779
Folder 778Folder 779 |
Invitations, printed cards for marriages and birthdays, religious materials, death notices, valentines #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 778-779 |
Folder 780-781
Folder 780Folder 781 |
Clippings, including genealogical information #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 780-781 |
Folder 782-783
Folder 782Folder 783 |
Clippings, writings, and family history #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 782-783 |
Folder 784-787
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Emma Cloutier: postcards, circa 1905-1910 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 784-787 |
Folder 788-794
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J. Alphonse Prudhomme II, from his grandmother, circa 1908-1926 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 788-794Scenic vistas, advertisements, holidays, historic sites; includes Lucile Keator Prudhomme's postcards. |
Folder 795-799
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Adele Prudhomme and Lise Prudhomme, 1910-1926 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 795-799Approximately 350 postcards. |
Folder 800-814
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Adele Prudhomme, 1926 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 800-814Summer in St. Louis, Mo. |
Folder 815-830
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Postcards, circa 1900-1920 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 815-830 |
Folder 831-838
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Postcards, circa 1900-1920 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 831-838 |
Folder 839-852
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Postcards, circa 1900-1930 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 839-852 |
| Folder 853 |
Essay on historic homes of Louisiana with postcard illustrations, by Catherine Hooker or Flora Hooker, 1947 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 853 |
Folder 854-863
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Postcards, circa 1950-1970 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 854-863 |
Folder 864-867
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Postcards, circa 1970 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 864-867Original scrapbook has been photocopied to capture Lucile Keator Prudhomme's annotations. |
| Folder 868 |
Collection of typed transcriptions of letters, legal documents, and an article about Hot Springs National Park #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, circa 1880-1980. " Folder 868Probably assembled as a scrapbook of genealogical research. |
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Subseries 10.15. Miscellaneous, 1845-1981.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject.
Contains miscellaneous material collected by the Prudhommes. Individual interests are reflected in sports, gardening, travel, and other leisure activities.
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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 #00613, Series: "11. Microfilm, 1990. " Reel R-613/1-3 |
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Additions of 2001.
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Subseries 1. Correspondence, 1828-1917.
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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Subseries 1.1. Correspondence, 1828-1914.
Materials chiefly relating to the Lecomte and Hertzog families. Included are one letter describing feelings about the Civil War, anniversary greetings, and a few letters with news of home. Several items are in French.
| Folder 887 |
1828-1914 #00613, Subseries: "1.1. Correspondence, 1828-1914." Folder 887 |
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Subseries 1.2. Greeting Cards, Calling Cards, Gift Cards, and Decorative Cards, 1914; 1917.
Birthday greetings and anniversary announcement.
| Folder 888 |
1914; 1917 #00613, Subseries: "1.2. Greeting Cards, Calling Cards, Gift Cards, and Decorative Cards, 1914; 1917." Folder 888 |
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Subseries 2. Writings, 1855-1864.
Included are an autograph book, commonplace book, two diaries, and a religous composition.
Folder 889-890
Folder 889Folder 890 |
Eliza Lecomte: Autograph book, 1858-1864 #00613, Subseries: "2. Writings, 1855-1864." Folder 889-890 |
| Folder 891 |
Elise Lecomte?: Commonplace book, 1860 #00613, Subseries: "2. Writings, 1855-1864." Folder 891 |
Folder 892-893
Folder 892Folder 893 |
J. Alphonse Prudhomme I: Diary, 1855-1858 #00613, Subseries: "2. Writings, 1855-1864." Folder 892-893Includes lists of letters written and expenses while a student at the University of North Carolina. |
| Folder 894 |
J. Alphonse Prudhomme I: Diary, 1861 #00613, Subseries: "2. Writings, 1855-1864." Folder 894Written while working on Mississippi and Pacific Railroad. |
| Folder 895 |
Composition, undated #00613, Subseries: "2. Writings, 1855-1864." Folder 895 |
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Subseries 3. Financial Materials, 1765-1895.
Materials include correspondence, promissory notes, receipts and other accounting records, cotton records, and miscellaneous plantation records. Included are some slave records documenting the sale, rental, manumission, and medical expenses of slaves. Other materials of interest include undated slave lists, household and personal inventories, land valuations, and other plantation records. Many of these materials relate to Ambrose Lecomte's Magnolia, Shallow Lake, and Vienna plantations. Many items are in French.
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Subseries 3.1. General Plantation Materials, 1765-1895.
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 slave lists, household and personal inventories, and land valuations. Included are some slave records documenting the sale, rental, manumission, and medical expenses of slaves. Many of these materials relate to Ambrose Lecomte's Magnolia, Shallow Lake, and Vienna plantations. Also of interest are receipts documenting the expenses of Eliza Lecomte, a young woman in the 1840s and 1850s. Many items are in French.
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Subseries 3.1.1. Correspondence, 1783-1880s.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Chiefly letters from overseers and factors. Included is a description of a slave who was punished for going to Cloutierville for a drink. Many items are in French.
| Folder 896 |
1783-1828 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.1. Correspondence, 1783-1880s." Folder 896 |
| Folder 897 |
1830s #00613, Subseries: "3.1.1. Correspondence, 1783-1880s." Folder 897 |
Folder 898-899
Folder 898Folder 899 |
1840s #00613, Subseries: "3.1.1. Correspondence, 1783-1880s." Folder 898-899 |
Folder 900-901
Folder 900Folder 901 |
1850s #00613, Subseries: "3.1.1. Correspondence, 1783-1880s." Folder 900-901 |
| Folder 902 |
1860s #00613, Subseries: "3.1.1. Correspondence, 1783-1880s." Folder 902 |
| Folder 903 |
1880s #00613, Subseries: "3.1.1. Correspondence, 1783-1880s." Folder 903 |
| Folder 904 |
Undated #00613, Subseries: "3.1.1. Correspondence, 1783-1880s." Folder 904 |
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Subseries 3.1.2. Account Ledgers, 1895.
Store account book belonging to May Prudhomme.
| Folder 905 |
Account book, 1895 #00613, Subseries: "3.1.2. Account Ledgers, 1895." Folder 905 |
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Subseries 3.1.5. Plantation Records.
Materials include undated slave lists, household and personal inventories, land valuations, and other plantation records. Items of note include an 1841 inventory of effects belonging to Dominique, a slave of Ambrose Lecomte.
| Folder 906 |
Plantation records, undated #00613, Subseries: "3.1.5. Plantation Records." Folder 906 |
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Subseries 3.1.7. Receipts, 1765-1891.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Materials include store accounts, promissory notes, doctor bills for treating slaves, receipts for store purchases, school tuition, music lessons, taxes paid, and other financial transactions. Some early materials relate to the sale, rental, manumission, and medical expenses of slaves. Also included is a permit allowing a slave to go to Coin-Coin, a free woman, for four days. The expenses of a young woman in the 1840s and 1850s are documented in the receipts belonging to Eliza Lecomte. Many items are in French.
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Subseries 3.2. Plantation Operations and Personal Financial Materials, 1820s-1850s.
Chiefly 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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Subseries 3.2.3. Cotton Records, 1820s-1850s.
Chiefly receipts of cotton sales and shipments. Also included are a few issues of New Orleans Prices Current, Commercial Intelligencer and Merchants' Transcript.
| Folder 930 |
Cotton records, 1820s-1850s #00613, Subseries: "3.2.3. Cotton Records, 1820s-1850s." Folder 930 |
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Subseries 4. Legal Materials, 1809-1868.
Materials include deeds, lawsuits, succession papers, a marriage contract, and work contracts with freedmen. Some items are in French.
| Folder 931 |
Legal materials, 1809-1868 #00613, Subseries: "4. Legal Materials, 1809-1868." Folder 931 |
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Subseries 5. Genealogical Materials, 1846-1923.
Research notes, background material, and family mementos relating to Prudhomme family genealogy.
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Subseries 5.2. Research Notes.
Research notes and other background material to Prudhomme family genealogy.
| Folder 932 |
Research notes, undated #00613, Subseries: "5.2. Research Notes." Folder 932 |
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Subseries 5.3. Family Mementos, 1846-1923.
Materials relating to baptism, death, and marriage.
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Subseries 6. Maps and Plats, 1768.
Plat of land between Bermuda, La. and Natchitoches, La..
| Oversize Paper OP-613/20 |
1768 #00613, Subseries: "6. Maps and Plats, 1768." OP-613/20 |
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Subseries 7. Photographic Materials, circa 1900.
Photographs of Eliza Lecomte, Julia Prudhomme, and Noelie Prudhomme of the fifth generation of Prudhomme family.
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Subseries 7.1. Photographs, circa 1900.
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 #00613, Subseries: "7.1. Photographs, circa 1900." PF-613/35b |
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Subseries 10. Other Materials, 1838-1872.
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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Subseries 10.8. Military Materials, 1863.
Materials include permission to proceed to Texas with exemption from impressment of property, and an application to United Confederate Veterans.
| Folder 935 |
Military materials, 1863 and undated #00613, Subseries: "10.8. Military Materials, 1863." Folder 935 |
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Subseries 10.9. Oakland and Other Historic Natchitoches Materials.
A history of Oakland Plantation.
| Folder 936 |
Oakland Plantation history, undated #00613, Subseries: "10.9. Oakland and Other Historic Natchitoches Materials." Folder 936 |
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Subseries 10.10. Political Papers, 1838-1872.
Chiefly election results and voter registrations; includes an address to Central Democratic Committee of Natchitoches, La.
| Folder 937 |
Political papers, 1838-1872 #00613, Subseries: "10.10. Political Papers, 1838-1872." Folder 937 |
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Subseries 10.11. Recipes, Remedies, and Instructions.
Recipes, remedies, and instructions. Chiefly in French.
| Folder 938 |
Recipes, remedies, and instructions, undated #00613, Subseries: "10.11. Recipes, Remedies, and Instructions." Folder 938 |
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Subseries 10.14. Scrapbooks, 1797-1866.
Scrapbook of of 18th- and 19th-century personal and financial correspondence and receipts. Chiefly in French.
| Folder 939 |
1797-1866 #00613, Subseries: "10.14. Scrapbooks, 1797-1866." Folder 939 |
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Subseries 10.15. Miscellaneous, 1851-1860.
Chiefly 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. Other miscellaneous items include vocabulary lists and a document listing the mileage between towns.
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Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, April 2001
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, April 2001
Finding aid updated by Kathryn Michaelis, October 2010
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.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
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