Paul Conrad papers, 1869-1893 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Paul Conrad papers, 1869-1893

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 463

Primary Creator: Conrad, Paul, b. 1840.

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically. The collection consists of one box.

Date Acquired: 08/00/1955

Subjects: Conrad, Paul, b. 1840., Crescent Club (New Orleans, La.), Dauphin, M. A., Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894., Louisiana State Lottery Company., New Orleans. Common Council., Packard, Stephen B. (Stephen Bennett), 1839-1922., Veterans -- Confederate States of America.

Forms of Material: Broadsides., Correspondence., Insurance records., Receipts (financial records)

Languages: English, French

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, a vendor's certificate, a lottery ticket, a broadside, insurance papers, photographs, notes, and architectural sketches. Paul Conrad was finance secretary of the Common Council of New Orleans from 1868 to 1870. He was then an employee of the Louisiana State Lottery Company from 1870 on, becoming president in 1890. Louisiana Governor S. B. Packard commissioned Conrad as Captain in his "Governor's Life Guard." Conrad's careers are reflected in many pieces of correspondence, including letters from Louisiana State Lottery Company president M.A. Dauphin and General Jubal A. Early, who helped supervise the lottery drawings, as well as letters from the Louisiana Guard Artillery and the Washington Artillery.

Biographical Note

Paul Conrad was finance secretary of the Common Council of New Orleans from 1868 to 1870. Louisiana Governor S. B. Packard commissioned Conrad as Captain in his "Governor's Life Guard." Conrad became an employee of the Louisiana State Lottery Company from 1870 on, becoming president in 1890 upon the death of M.A. Dauphin. That same year, the United States Congress banned the interstate transportation of lottery tickets and lottery advertisements, which composed the majority of the company's revenue. As a result, the company remained in Louisiana until its charter ran out and then Conrad moved its operations to Honduras where it was finally shut down in 1907.

Subject/Index Terms

Conrad, Paul, b. 1840.
Crescent Club (New Orleans, La.)
Dauphin, M. A.
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894.
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
New Orleans. Common Council.
Packard, Stephen B. (Stephen Bennett), 1839-1922.
Veterans -- Confederate States of America.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Preferred Citation: Paul Conrad papers, Manuscripts Collection 463, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1955 and reprocessed in 1977 by KFP.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 803997583

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1: Paul Conrad papers

Folder 1: Letters to Conrad, 1869-1872: Letters to Conrad as secretary of the Common Council, also vendor's certificate, Louisiana State Lottery Company, and two receipts for payment from New Orleans doctors.
Folder 2: Letters to Conrad, 1874-1880: Letters to Conrad from Louisiana Guard Artillery and the Washington Artillery. Also Conrad's papers and commission as Captain in Governor S.B. Packard's "Governor's Life Guard." Also, letters from Bellemore Plantation and from Baltimore.
Folder 3: Other papers, 1881-1889: Receipts, letters, from John A. Morris in New York, one asking Conrad to fill in for M.A. Dauphin at "The Business." Also, a fire insurance policy of Conrad's and a contract for sinking an artesian well.
Folder 4: Other papers: Insurance papers, receipt for payment for building a "banquette," broadside on Conrad's election as president of Louisiana State Lottery, letter from General Early, statement from Leon Queyrouze and Company, merchants, letter from W.K. Richardson, letters from M.A. Dauphin, and from Conrad's niece, Sophie, and from Bourges.
Folder 5: Other papers, 1892-1893: Pictures of and notes on J.A. Early, Louisiana Lottery ticket, 1892, notice of meeting of Crescent Club, resolution of Common Council, undated, calling card of M.A. Dauphin, architectural sketches of unknown house or building, (Pinac Institute?), and other papers.

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