201. Pontalba Family (590)
1796-1914
1 linear ft.

Documents pertaining to Joseph Pontalba and Micaela Almonester (later, Pontalba, daughter-in-law). Includes letters of Joseph to his wife; lawsuits concerning Micaela; description of attempted murder of Micaela by Joseph; and more. See also the Kuntz Collection.

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202. Posey, Zoe (430)
1874-1940
37 items

Notes on voodoo customs taken from New Orleans newspapers and city records.

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203. Poydras Home (69)
1816-1959
44,336 items and 199 volumes

Minute books, admission records, correspondence, and other records of the Female Orphan Society, now known as Poydras Home.

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204. Poydras Home for Elderly Ladies (457)
1960-1986
ca. 100 items

Includes minute books, bills, receipts, bank statements, cancelled checks, financial and auditor's reports, and other records.

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205. Precinct Register for Women, 17 Ward, 2nd Precinct New Orleans (M 1117)
1931-1935
1 volume (ca. 50 pages, approx. 20 of which contain data)

Official Precinct Register for Women, 17th Ward, 2nd Precinct New Orleans, 1931-1935 (copy). Lists date, name, age, race, address, and party affiliation for registered female voters in the 17th Ward, 2nd Precinct of Orleans Parish, from January 2, 1931 to April 10, 1935.

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206. Priestly, Charles (111)
1813-1926 (bulk 1866-1901)
270 items

Primarily correspondence from Priestly's wife, Rosa Knight Priestly.

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207. Pritchett-Larose Family (916)
1861-1973 (bulk 1860s-1880s)
1 ms box

Correspondence, genealogical notes, photographs, and other family papers of Reverend Edgar Herndon Pritchett, Methodist minister, and his wife Jennie Harrison; also, several letters of Augustin Larose to his wife Amelie. Of special interest are glass photographs of Augustin Larose.

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208. Provosty-LeDoux Family (9)
1822-1949
78 items

Includes correspondence of Adele LeDoux Provosty, New Roads, Louisiana and her cousins in France, Emma Hall and Alice de Meaulne (1927-28, 1932). Also includes marriage licenses and other family letters.

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209. Quarante Club (401)
1888-1986
12 cubic ft.

Minutes, membership files, financial records, and courses of study of a New Orleans Women's Club. See also the Pherabe Kolb Collection.

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210. Raleigh, Marie (136)
1931-1959
210 items

Letters from her nephew in Germany about the Hitler Jugend, his experiences as a prisoner of war in England, and the postwar years in Germany.

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211. Raymond, Clara Compton (M 766)
ca. 1930
1 volume

Copy of Raymond's memoirs in which she recalls the period of 1857 to 1930, including memories of Native-Americans, plantations and plantation life, river travel, soldiers, slaves, and social life. Much of the activities take place in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and Switzerland.

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212. Ready, Mary Amis (761)
1965-1966
1 volume

Diary notes detailing the work of her son, Will Ready, a civil rights lawyer in Meridian, Mississippi. She discusses his actions, individuals involved in both sides of the Civil Rights Movement, events, and attitudes.

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213. Reclus, Elisée (M 1060)
Fragment d'un voyage a la Nouvelle Orleans
1855
typescript, 22 pages

1939 translation of portion of Fragment d'un voyage a la Nouvelle Orleans, 1855 by Elisée Reclus. Translation by Mrs. F. Peterson for Federal Writers Project, WPA. Topics include Mississippi delta, Mississippi River, New Orleans, and vegetation.

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214. Remington, Ambert O. (89)
1861-1863
55 items

This collection consists mainly of Civil War letters to and from his sister and mother.

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215. Renshaw, Mary Collection of Panama Canal Bond Receipts (M 1101)
1901, 1909-1911
1 folder, 28 items

Receipts for French Panama Canal bonds purchased by Mary Renshaw in 1901, 1909-1911.

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216. Richardson, Caroline Frances (428)
1916-1930
30 items

Correspondence from editors and publishers, copies of an article "Serials and Sequels" and a play (The Charm's The Thing), and one letter concerning Newcomb Relief Unit Work in Paris after World War I.

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217. Richardson, Sophia Roach (351)
1768-1943
188 items

Deed documents, correspondence, and memorabilia of the Roach Family. Of note are two diaries written in England, 1826-1827 and scrapbooks from 1828-1884.

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218. Robertson, Anne McKinne (241)
1918
44 items

43 personal bookplates and one calendar depicting New Orleans.

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219. Robinson, Martha Gilmore (678)
1859-1961 (bulk 1888-1961)
93 cubic ft.

Correspondence, scrapbooks, and other papers of a New Orleans leader in historic preservation, good government, politics, and cultural and charitable projects.

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220. Rogers Family (724)
1931-1959
33 cubic ft.

Includes academic papers of Myra Clara Rogers, professor of Latin at Newcomb College.

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