GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION

Collection Title: CALCASIEU PARISH LIBRARY COLLECTION

Accession Number: 030

Container List

Box 1
        Garden Club of Lake Charles
            Guest Log 1937-38
            Board Meeting Reports 1950-51
            Publicity Scrapbook 1950
            Scrapbooks 1939-49, 1946-47

Box 2
        Garden Club (continued)
            Scrapbooks 1949-50, 1951
        Lake Charles Junior Garden Club
            Scrapbook 1938-41

Box 3
        Lake Charles City School System
            Publicity Scrapbooks 1951-52 to 1952-53, 1953-54

Box 4
        Lake Charles City School System (continued)
            Publicity Scrapbooks (continued) 1955-56, 1958-59

Box 5
        Lake Charles City School System (continued)
            Scrapbooks 1959-60 to 1960-61, 1961-62

Box 6
        Lake Charles City School System (continued)
            Scrapbooks (continued) 1962-63, 1963-64

Box 7
        Lake Charles City School System (continued)
            Scrapbooks (continued) 1964-65, 1965-66

Box 8
        Lake Charles City School System (continued)
            Scrapbooks (continued) 1966-67
        Lake Charles Teachers Association Information Booklet 1946-67
        Lake Charles Teachers Association News and Views
            1949-50, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54 (in one booklet)
            1954-55 to 1955-56, 1956-57 to 1957-58, 1958-59 to 1959-60
            1960-61 to 1966-67

Box 9
        Day by Day News Items of Interest of the Spanish American War, published in the Daily Picayune
        of New Orleans, Louisiana
            April 1898, May 1898

Box 10
        Day by Day (continued)
            November 1898, December 1898

Box 11
        Miscellaneous items including: inventory of property and slaves of Charles Sallier, 1825;
        war ration books;
        civilian defense certificate;
        copy of Thomas Rigmaiden's expense book, 1829, and account books 1851-56, 1858-60;
        items regarding Leesburg, Cameron Parish, Calcasieu Pass, and Johnson Bayou Sowela
        TV Week - Numbers 4,5,6,12,15,17,19, Dec. 1 - Mar. 21 incomplete, no year given
        Charter and Ordinances of Lake Charles, Jan. 1906
        Lake Charles Traffic Survey, 1947
        Calcasieu Parish: A Proposed Home Rule Charter, 1971
        Audrey: A Pictorial Account, 1957
        Annual Report of the Association of Commerce, 1945-46
        Annual Fall Conference, Southwest Louisiana Graduate Medical Assembly, 1956
        Elks Minstrels, Arcade Theatre, 1920
        Lake Charles Power Squadron Roster, 1970-71
        Oak Leaves, 1967 (Oak Park Junior High School)
        Contraband Days, 1967 (2 copies)
        Annual Report, Calcasieu Area Safety Council, 1971
        1957 State AAA Championship Play-Off, LaGrange Gators vs. Istrouma Indians
        Miss Lake Charles Pageant booklets, 1977, 1968
        Zoning Map Lake Charles, 1956, and Zoning District Pamphlet Program for Lake Charles
        Carnegie Association Book Fund, June 17, 1935
        letter to Kathie Bordelon from Gene DiCarlo

Box 12
        This is Lake Charles booklets - July 1966 (2 copies), Sept.-Oct. 1966, Jan. 1967
        Port of Lake Charles Magazine - Dec. 1966, Aug. 1968, Jan. 1969, Feb. 1969, Mar. 1969
        Booklets concerning the Port of Lake Charles:
            Thirty-two Years of Progress 1926-58;
            The Nation's Newest Port;
            Shortest Gateway to the Sea;
            American Flag: World Steamship Services, Jan. - Feb. 1927;
            Port Opening Celebration, Nov. 1926
        Rotary Club Programs, 1930, 1931
        Central High School Programme for Graduation Exercises, 1914
        A collection of miscellaneous papers, leases, receipts
        Uncle John Buhler's German Prayer Book
        Miscellaneous unidentified photographs
        Engraving of C.D. Moss home

Box 13
        Souvenir Edition Daily American, Lake Charles 1905
        Souvenir Booklet of Lake Charles, 1909
        Another smaller souvenir booklet, no date
        Westlake High School graduates, photograph, 1967
        Photos from Public Information Office at Fort Polk
        Lake Charles Daily Press, Special Edition, 1895 (outside box)
        Calcasieu Press, Lake Charles, LA, August 30, 1856 edition
        Mrs. Henry (Virginia) Huffman's scrapbook containing misc. mementos,
        misc. items belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mims and Miss Norma Lee, including photographs

Box 14
        Southwest Louisiana Heritage Festival held on June 12, 1988 in conjunction with the Arts Fest at Bord du Lac Park
        at the Lake Charles Civic Center
        List of photographs taken at the Heritage Festival of various exhibits and demonstrations
        (NOTE: Division of the Arts have copies of negatives of pictures)
            1. Espera Broussard - fiddle maker/accordion maker
            2. Mary Chisolm - hand spun wool
            3. Elma Wood Cooper - Fagotting (dress yokes) and pine needle baskets
            4. Nancy Cooper - horsehair ropes
            5. Luderin Darbone - Hackberry Ramblers
            6. Paul "Dud" Faulk - duck calls
            7. Hershal Frazier - gospel band; Lou Alice Royer's Brothers; Sacred Sounds String Band
            8. Lucille and Suzanne Gregory - The art of weaving
            9 & 10. Indians (Coushatta?) - milling, dancing, making baskets, crafts
            11. Freda Johnson - corn shuck dolls
            12. Cotton Marcantel - Leather working saddle making
            13. Latin Miller (?) - accordion making
            14. Sundown Playboys - Cajun Band; Lesa Cormier
            15. Edith Roy - tatting

Box 15
        Photos continued
            16. A.J. Theriot - wooden guitar
            17 & 18. several unidentified ladies - spinning and weaving
            19. unidentified miscellaneous photos - includes one photo of DeQuincy Railroad Museum
            20. unidentified rodeo pictures - A.J. West Memorial Arena
            21. unidentified miscellaneous photos
            VHS film of demonstrations and exhibits held at SWLA Heritage Festival
                (see FF 2 for more information on film)
File Folder
        (FF) 1  Calcasieu Parish Library grant application for SWLA Heritage Festival, Calcasieu Parish Library Project
                     Director's Final Evaluation, Mailing List Proof Report dated January 12, 1988, Imperial Calcasieu Folklife
                     Survey Report - prepared by Amy B. Brassier for Calcasieu Parish Library on February 15, 1988                     
                     Review of exhibits and demonstrations prepared by Daniel E. Sutherland, History Professor at McNeese
                     State University dated May 9, 1988, correspondence between Ursula Jones, Calcasieu Parish Librarian,
                     and Kathie Bordelon, McNeese State University Archivist
        FF 2     List of Oral History tapes of interviews of participants at the Festival
                    (tapes located in the Oral History File in the Archives Office)
                     List of exhibits and demonstrations on VHS film and numbers where located on film
        FF 3     Miscellaneous items including:
                        Information on cattle brand recordings dated from 1809 to 1811
                        E.C. Reeds information on cattle homestead certificates for Joseph M. Vincent dated Oct. 19, 1870,
                            Flourance Bertrand dated Oct. 19, 1870, and another for Flourance Bertrand dated Sept. 16, 1876
                        homestead certificates for John P. Ocoin dated Nov. 25, 1889, Benjamin Elender dated June 14, 1897, and
                            Asa O. Quin dated Sept. 10, 1890
                        genealogy information on the Elender and Vincent families prepared by Flavia Vincent Reeds
                        Baptism Certificates for:
                            Juan Layens - 1797, Julie Lyon - 1804, Marguerite Fostin - 1774, Margarita Trahan - 1792, Christine
                            Rayens - 1812, Maria Rayens - 1804, Maria Elander - 1804
                        Marriage Certificates for:
                            Miquel (Michel) Trahan and Marguarite Faustin - Jan. 18, 1791, Jacques Faustinand Francoise Trahan -
                            July 18, 1772, Xavier Benoit and Marguarite Trahan - Sept. 8, 1807, Jean Baptiste Duhon and Peloqie
                            Trahan - May 22, 1820, Charles Hebert and Peloqie DuMenis - Apr. 10, 1804
                        Death Notices for:
                            Jacob Ryan died Dec. 17, 1899, Albert Rigmaiden died Jan. 13, 1910, Claude Broussard died
                            Oct. 14, 1819, Michel Ellander died Apr. 27, 1818, Mrs. Mary Louisa Elender died Feb. 25, 1896
                        copy of picture of Parish School Board including John McNeese and Albert Rigmaiden
                        miscellaneous documents relating to the Vincent and Elender families

        Microfilm (8mm) Roll #1 containing:
            1. Southwest Louisiana Health Counseling Service, Inc. Organized 1975,
                Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and Bylaws, grant applications
            2. Calcasieu Council of Federated Garden Clubs, organized 1950, minutes 1950-75
            3. Diggers and Weeders Garden Club, organized 1954, contains organization information, constitution and bylaws
            4. Lake Charles Garden Club, organized 1933, minutes 1963-75, brief description of activities, 1933-63
            5. Leaf and Petal Garden Club, organized 1951, originally called The Garden Study Club and The Lake City
                Gardeners, minutes 1951-75
            6. Moss Bluff Garden Club, organized 1973, constitution, minutes 1973-75
            7. Green Thumb Garden Club, later The Rake and Hoe Garden Club, organized 1950, minutes 1950-75
            8. JOY Club of DeQuincy, organized 1966, (JOY -Just Over Youth), History of the club 1966-72,
                scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, photographs 1966-75
            9. Lake Charles Council and SOWELA Area Council Camp Fire Girls, Golden Jubilee Pageant Program 1961,
                1st group organized in Lake Charles in 1913, history of Camp Fire in Lake Charles 1913-60, Camp Fire
                Publicity Book 1940-43, scrapbook (through 1975) containing clippings, photographs, list of officers (1940-74)
            10. Martha Rebekah Lodge #11, Independent Order of Odd Fellows 1894-1976, history of the organization
                  in Lake Charles, Krause Endowment Fund, information through 1976
            11. Business and Professional Women's Club of Lake Charles, charter members, organized 1931, minutes 1931-45

        Microfilm (8mm) Roll #2 containing:
            1. Lake Charles Little Theatre scrapbooks 1951-52 containing programs, telegrams, photographs from
                plays "Rain," "Twentieth Century," and "The Voice of the Turtle"
                Lake Charles Little Theatre mixed variety of nine major productions from 1937-38,
                "Lightnin,"
                "A Bill of Divorcement,"
                "The Barker,"
                "The Rehearsal,"
                "The Revealing Moment,"
                "The Drunkard,"
                "The Cock Robin,"
                "The Three Cornered Moon,"
                "The Ghost Train,"
                "Trial of Mary Dugan"
                "Springtime for Henry" 1938-39
                "Great Big Doorstep" 1947-48
                "Summer Suckers" 1950-53
                "Born Yesterday" 1953-54
                "King Henry The Fourth" 1953-54
                "Out of the Frying Pan" 1953-54
                "The Pursuit of Happiness" 1949-50
                Four plays, "Elizabeth the Queen" 1940-41, "Over 21" 1949-50, "Fatal Weakness" Memphis Little Theatre, 1950,
                 "Two Blind Mice" 1950
                "The Hasty Heart" 1954, and "The Little Foxes" 1950
                "Mister Roberts" 1953
                Miscellaneous letters, programs, pictures, articles, etc., includes
                ROSA by Charles Placide Martin

                2. Microfilm of Lake Charles Garden Club 1939-51 (scrapbooks already in collection, see Box 1)
                3. Incorporation of the Lake Charles Community Chest, organized 1940, minutes 1940-54, Calcasieu United
                    Appeals, minutes and correspondence 1954-74

        Microfilm (8mm) Roll #3 containing:
                1. Maude Reid scrapbook on Lake Charles, information on Lake Charles in the 1860's, the 1870's, and the 1880's
                2. Maude Reid scrapbook containing information on early Lake Charles including proceedings of the police
                    jury 1846-56 (The original scrapbooks and additional microfilm copies are contained in the Maude Reid
                    Collection, Acc.#011)

        Tube Case 1-2
            Blueprints and architectural drawings of various downtown Ryan Street stores
                Tube 1 - Gordon's Jewelry Store, 1946 - Dunn & Quinn, Architects; Singer Store, 1959 - Robert L. Miller,
                    Architect; Ames Store, 1940
                Tube 2 - Walgreen's Drug Store, 1953; Kaufman and Oddfellow Building, 1964 - Robert L. Miller, Architect