51. Mayo, Sara T. Family Bible (RG 313)
1833-1930
1 item

Standard New Testament published in 1832. Contains family genealogy, and holographic note on verso of Sara T. Mayo, one of New Orleans' first women physicians.

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52. McPheeters, Phyllis (RG 469)
1863-1928
0.25 linear ft.

Documents relating to claims to the US Congress for the recovery of money lost by Samuel Templeton, owner of a cotton plantation in Carroll Parish, following the confiscation of cotton during the Civil War. After Templeton's death, his niece Emma Templeton Wood continued his fight for damages.

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53. Miller, G. (RG 304)
1818-1841, 1863-1893
1 box

This collection includes two account books of Dr. A. Davis, physician in New Orleans. Books note names of patients, descriptions of ailments, medicines prescribed, and charges for treatments. Many slaves and Free People of Color were patients.

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54. New Orleans Grand Opera Association (SB 36)
1912-1956
2 volumes

Included are notices of women artists and one issue of the Morning Star, Jan. 13, 1912, "The Ursuline Convent Edition."

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55. Ogilvy, Avis Reynick (RG 292)
1974
3 boxes

Includes two scrapbooks kept by donor on her debut in New Orleans in 1947. Also includes The Debutante Register of 1947 and an autograph book of Marion Hooey, 1880-1886.

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56. O'Keefe, Victoria M. (RG 275)
1815-1886
4 items

Includes record of donation of slaves by John Mitchell, and pension circular to Mary Mitchell.

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57. Parker, Dorothy (SB 39)
1920-1924
1 item

Scrapbook relating to Dorothy Parker's experiences at Miss Miller's School, including invitations, party favors, empty dance cards, bridge card game tallies, and place cards.

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58. Peirce Family (RG 440)
Feb 24, 1790-1941, n.d
0.25 linear ft.

This collection, the majority of which is dated 1790-1842, houses correspondence of members of the Levi and Israel Peirce (now spelled Pierce) families of Salem and Boston Massachusetts. Levi Peirce was the father of Margaret Peirce Cenas, wife of Hilary B. Cenas, a well-known antebellum New Orleans attorney. Included in the collection are letters from John and William Peirce (uncles of Margaret Peirce Cenas), John Tichenor, Ann Marie Peirce (sister of MPC), and Humphrey Peirce, Jr. cousin of MPC. Additional documents include Church Rules for Ladies,.. n.d., and the definition of a "pull-back" (type of woman's clothing).

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59. Pierce

(see Peirce)

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60. Pontalba, Micaela et. al. vs. Copeland, Robert et. al. CASE # 12170 (RG 470)
(New Orleans Canal and Banking Co.)
1839-1873
12 items

Documents of a multi-party suit concerning an unidentified property. The collection consists primarily of notices and a ratification of Mrs. E. M. Lanusse regarding property in Jefferson Parish, which she sold to the New Orleans Canal and Banking Co. (Lanusse's husband, Charles Barthelemy Lanusse was Micaela Pontalba's cousin.)