M.V. Haulard family papers, 1800s-1922 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: M.V. Haulard family papers, 1800s-1922

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 169

Primary Creator: Haulard family.

Extent: 3.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged into two sections: New Orleans Railway and Light Company records (Box 1) and Haulard family papers (Boxes 2 and 3). The first section is arranged chronologically, followed by volumes. The family papers are arranged as follows: photographs, printed materials, a photograph album, volume, and other photograph albums. The collection consists of three boxes.

Date Acquired: 08/00/1966

Subjects: Construction projects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Engineers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Haulard, M. V., Haulard family., New Orleans Railway and Light Company (New Orleans, La.)

Forms of Material: Bills of sale., Correspondence., Invitations., Memorial cards., Photograph albums., Photographs., Postcards.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of the professional and family papers of M.V. Haulard, engineer with the New Orleans Railway and Light Company from 1904 to 1922. Materials include correspondence, cost estimates, memos, bills, construction books, photographs and photograph albums, invitations, postcards, and memorial cards. There is also a volume entitled "Determination of the Earth's Horizontal Magnetic Component."

Biographical Note

Marcel Valentine Haulard was an engineer with the New Orleans Railway and Light Company from 1904 to 1922. He was later Municipal Repair Plant Superintendent during Robert Maestri's time as mayor of New Orleans (1936-1937). He belonged to and was secretary of the New Orleans Camera Club. He married Marie Hermance Brieugne (b. 1881), daughter of J.A. and Emma Craigg Brieugne, in New Orleans in 1907.

Subject/Index Terms

Construction projects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Engineers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Haulard, M. V.
Haulard family.
New Orleans Railway and Light Company (New Orleans, La.)

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.

Acquisition Source: M.V. Haulard and Dorothy Whittemore

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: M.V. Haulard family papers, Manuscripts Collection 169, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1966.

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

Box and Folder Listing

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[Box 1: New Orleans Railway and Light Company],
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Box 1: New Orleans Railway and Light Company

Folder 1: Correspondence, cost estimates, memos, supplies, notes, 1917-1922
Volume 3: Magnolia Extension Construction, undated
Volume 4: Level Book
Volume 5: Cross Section book, undated
Volume 6: Bills to be rendered, 1914-1920, 1922
Volume 7: Estimates, 1905-1919
Volume 8: Construction book number 1, 1905-1908
Volume 9: Construction book number 2, 1908-1909
Volume 10: Construction book, 1912-1915, 1918

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