Nicholls family papers, 1729-1965 | Louisiana Research Collection

Scope and Contents: The collection consists of correspondence, genealogical material, Navy reports, photographs, pamphlets, sketchbooks, poems, newspaper clippings, copies of letters, journals, notebooks, succession records, bank notes, invitations, programs, Navy records, bound volumes, and certificates of various members of the Nicholls family. There are letters from Cadet Francis Tillou Nicholls when he attended West Point and later as Second Lieutenant at Fort Yuma, California, as well as letters of Lawrence D. Nicholls to his family from Manassas during the Civil War. Also included are the World War II letters of Lieutenant Commander Thomas C. Nicholls from the Pacific War Zone. The collection also contains genealogical papers of various branches of the Nicholls family, including the Pugh, Martin, Morse, Welman, Moore, Drake, Maurin, Prescott, deKay, and Tillou families.