Benedict family papers, 1804-1974 | Louisiana Research Collection

By Eira Tansey

Collection Overview

Title: Benedict family papers, 1804-1974Add to your cart.

Predominant Dates:1855-1917

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 461

Primary Creator: Benedict family.

Extent: 1.0 Boxes. More info below.

Arrangement: The collection is arranged as follows: Ada Benedict papers, Alice Benedict papers, other family papers, other items, diplomas and certificates, a scrapbook, and a painting. The collection consists of 1 box and 1 oversized folder. It is 2 linear feet.

Date Acquired: 10/00/1951. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Benedict family., Condolence notes., Education -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Louisiana -- History -- 19th century., Louisiana -- History -- 20th century., Louisiana -- Social life and customs., New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 19th century., New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 20th century., Traditional medicine -- Louisiana.

Forms of Material: Certificates., Clippings (information artifacts), Diplomas., Invitations., Paintings (visual works), Passports., Recipes., School records., Scrapbooks.

Languages: English, Russian

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of papers of Benedict family members in the United States, from the early nineteenth century until the late twentieth century.  Included are school and personal papers, correspondence, home recipes and remedies, land ownership papers, photographs, certificates and diplomas including an 1879 pharmacy diploma from the University of Louisiana, an 1890 Tulane Law School commencement program, invitations, financial papers, clippings, maps, a small painting on wood, printed material, and other miscellaneous papers on various topics, held by Benedict family descendents in New Orleans, Louisiana, through 1974.

Biographical Note

The Benedict family came from Pennsylvania to Louisiana during the nineteenth century. Individuals connected to the family include: Ada V. Benedict Wright, Charles Wright, Alice Benedict Bres, Edward Bres, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Benedict, Mary Ellen Benedict, and Julia Benedict. Alice Moise, a graduate of Newcomb College (1928), is a descendent of the Benedict family as well.

Subject/Index Terms

Benedict family.
Condolence notes.
Education -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
Louisiana -- Social life and customs.
New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 19th century.
New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 20th century.
Traditional medicine -- Louisiana.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Accruals: Additional material given in 1956 and 1989.

Alternate Extent Statement: 2 linear feet

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: Alice Leigh Moise

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Benedict family papers, Manuscripts Collection 461, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection originally processed in 1954 and again in 1989 by ML.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group. Revised by LAC Group 8/8/11.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 496817267

Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Benedict family papers],
[Oversize folder 1],
[All]

Box 1: Benedict family papersAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Ada Benedict, 1870-1879Add to your cart.
Report cards, commencement addresses of Upper Girls School, and compositions of Ada Benedict. Also, Houston Lights Guard Honorary Member's certificate and composition book of Ada Benedict.
Folder 2: Family papers, 1875Add to your cart.
Recipes for medicines, cosmetics, foods and liquors; household hints.
Folder 3: Ada and Charles Wright, 1884-1896Add to your cart.
Marriage certificate of Charles Wright and Ada Benedict; three bank papers of Ada and Charles Wright.
Folder 4: Alice Benedict and Edward Bres, 1877-1918, undatedAdd to your cart.
Wedding invitation; two photos of Lieutenant Edward Bres in uniform, 1918; one notebook of Edward Bres, Engineering Company, 1917-; school papers of Alice Benedict.
Folder 5: Other Benedict family members' papersAdd to your cart.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Benedict's 50th wedding anniversary party, 1886; school records of other Benedict children, 1858-1890, including Commencement Program for Tulane Law School, 1890.
Folder 6: Family papersAdd to your cart.

Letter of introduction from ________, St. Petersburg to ______ Cohen, Hudson River Railroad Company, New York. Introducing Thomas Winans. 1858.

"A statement about arrest in Alexandria, Louisiana by order of General Richard Taylor." Unsigned. 1864.

Folder 7: Family papersAdd to your cart.
Resolution of condolence; letter of condolence to Mrs. James E. Moise from Hopkins P. Breazeale, Jr. on the death of James E. Moise. Attached: article about Single Cell Protein Project. 1974.
Folder 8: Other itemsAdd to your cart.
Pamphlet of President Wilson's War Address to Congress, 1917; invitation to silver anniversary party for Mary Ellen McDonald, principal of Franklin School, 1902; also, passport in Russian, 1858; two maps of Wright County, Iowa, undated; clippings on the Liberty Bell; the death of Jefferson Davis, undated and 1889; and Daily States miniature, undated.
Volume 1: Scrapbook of clippings about family members and Newcomb CollegeAdd to your cart.
Poor condition.
Item 1: Painting on wood, unfinishedAdd to your cart.
4"x7".
Oversize folder 1Add to your cart.
Diplomas for Mary Ellen Benedict, 1855, Julia Benedict, 1861, and Ada Benedict, 1875, from Girls and Upper Girls High Schools, New Orleans. Certificate of membership in Public School Lyceum and Library Society for Julia Benedict, 1863. Pharmacy degree, University of Louisiana, for Charles Wright, 1879. Also, five papers relating to land ownership in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by John, Leonard, and Jacob Sommer, and Samuel Bryan. 1804-1829.

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