Morel family papers, 1807-1977 | Louisiana Research Collection
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Collection Overview
Title: Morel family papers, 1807-1977
ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 813
Primary Creator: Morel family.
Extent: 1.0 Boxes
Arrangement: The collection is arranged by family, then chronologically, as follows: Morel and de Armas families, Walker and McCarty families, and Vera Walker Morel papers. The collection consists of one box.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1972. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: De Armas family -- Genealogy., McCarty family -- Genealogy., Morel, Vera Walker., Morel family -- Genealogy., Walker family -- Genealogy.
Forms of Material: Certificates., Correspondence., Estate inventories., Marriage certificates., Notes., Obituaries., Research notes.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Biographical Note
Subject/Index Terms
De Armas family -- Genealogy.
McCarty family -- Genealogy.
Morel, Vera Walker.
Morel family -- Genealogy.
Walker family -- Genealogy.
Administrative Information
Repository: Louisiana Research Collection
Accruals: Additional material added to the collection in 1977.
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: Vera W. Morel.
Acquisition Method: Gift.
Preferred Citation: Morel family papers, Manuscripts Collection 813, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.
Processing Information: Collection processed in 1990 by WEM.
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: Morel family papers
- Folder 1: Marriage contract between Pierre Louis Morel and Victorine de Armas, 1807 October 14
- In French, photostatic copy.
- Folder 2: Photostat and typescript of the will of Christoval de Armas, 1812 June 13
- From the New Orleans Notarial Archives.
- Folder 3: Obituary of Pierre Louis Morel, 1826 May 13
- Typed copy.
- Folder 4: Inventory of the estate of Pierre Louis Morel, 1826 August 23
- Xerox copy.
- Folder 5: Octave Morel regarding the settling of the estate of his mother, 1845 May 17
- In French.
- Folder 6: Octave Morel, Rennes, France to his brother, 1845 November 4
- In French with English translation.
- Folder 7: Octave Morel, Rennes, France to his brother, 1846 June 27
- In French with English translation.
- Folder 8: ...Morel to his nephew, 1847 April 3
- In French with English translation.
- Folder 9: Madrid, Spain. Power of attorney given to Leopoldo Barrie from his wife Amalia Laborde on matters concerning the estate of Juan Ignacio Laborde, 1869 May 8
- Folder 10: Notes on Pierre Louis Morel by Edouard Morel, 1873 October 22
- In French, very fragile.
- Folder 11: Genealogical table of the Morel family in New Orleans and France by Edouard Morel, 1881 November 2
- In French with English translation.
- Folder 12: Edouard Morel statements concerning the expenses of hotel l'Aubriere from the 1850s and 1860s, plus fragments, 1881 December 9
- In French.
- Folder 13: Notes on the acquisition of hotel l'Aubriere by Jean Morel; made by Edouard Morel, 1882 February 15
- In French, very fragile with xerox copy.
- Folder 14: Statement of Octave Morel concerning a land transfer to Christoval Morel, undated
- In French.
- Folder 15: Notes on the Morel family since 1636, undated
- Typescript and translation from Edouard Morel with notes by Vera Morel.
- Folder 16: Document regarding volunteers of Orleans at the Battle of New Orleans, undated
- Typescript copied from the Louisiana State Museum.
- Folder 17: Notes on the Morel family by Vera Morel, undated
- Folder 18: Notes regarding Pierre Louis Morel, undated
- Folder 19: Notes on document containing references to the de Armas family at the Louisiana State Museum
- Folder 20: Photograph of Marie Morel, d. 1896, undated
- Folder 21: McCarty family tree, undated
- Folder 22: Memoranda book of John Caffery Walker giving his family history
- Folder 23: Reminiscences of John Caffery Walker about the last days of the Civil War in Louisiana and East Texas, 1896 November 10
- From the Texas Historical Society. Photostatic copy.
- Folder 24: Newspaper clipping regarding Vera Walker Morel as a medical illustrator, 1962
- Folder 25: Fifteen honorary certificates regarding Vera Walker Morel, one card, 1945-1975
- Folder 26: Sam Smith, Editor, Papers of Andrew Jackson, Hermitage, Tennessee, to Vera Morel, thanking her for her research, 1977 November 28
- Folder 27: Vera Walker Morel's Descent from the Magna Charta Barons
- Folder 1: Marriage contract between Pierre Louis Morel and Victorine de Armas, 1807 October 14
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