21. Brown, Adella Angela Brunet (605)
1900-1929
24 items

Diplomas, commencement invitations, memorabilia, and three photos of time spent at Newcomb (1904) and Tulane (1924).

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22. Brown, Nancy, letter (B18)
1804
1 item

Copies of two letters from Nancy Brown, one from Washington and one from New Orleans, to her sister, Susan Price, of Lexington, Kentucky, discussing family and social problems. Mentions Mrs. Henry Clay and General Wilkinson.

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23. Bull, Mrs. Howard H. (581)
1931, 1934
46 items

Correspondence regarding Chalmette Battlefield and its designation as a national monument. Mrs. Bull was president of the Chalmette Chapter of the U.S. Daughters of 1812.

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24. Burruss Family (105)
1827-1902
101 items

Includes letters of Mary Burruss McGehee of Woodville, Mississippi to her brother while he was a student in Connecticut.

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25. Butler, Pierce (56)
1778-1951 (bulk 1902-1943)
2,706 items

Includes correspondence with his wife Cora Waldo Butler and with his daughters. Also includes photographs of Cora Waldo (Smith College, Class of 1898) and her classmates. Butler was an English professor and Dean of Newcomb College.

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26. Butler, Sarah D. (381)
1926-1963
399 items

Drafts of gardening articles, correspondence, research notebooks of New Orleans Garden Society and the Garden Study Group.

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27. Byers, Sibyl Hargis (349)
1885-1900
29 items

Short story, biography, and family story; army papers of brother and father's matriculation ticket to medical school in 1885; diary of brother during army service.

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28. Cable, George Washington (2)
1863, 1871-1947
22,283 items and 7 volumes

Includes much correspondence to and from women. Especially noteworthy is the correspondence with his first wife, Louise Bartlett, and his second wife, Rebecca Boardman. Also includes Dora Richards Miller's diary of the siege at Vicksburg.

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29. Cahn, Gladys Freeman - 1901-1964 (907)
1940-1984 (bulk 1950s-1960s)
3 ms boxes, 1.5 linear ft., and 4 scrapbooks

Speeches and committee reports of Chicago born Gladys Freeman, who married Moise S. Cahn and spent her life in New Orleans working in social welfare and for the National Council for Jewish Women, serving as National President from 1949 to 1955. She also held offices in Civil Rights Commission, Louisiana Civil Liberties Union, UNESCO, American Cancer Society, Louisiana Conference of Social Welfare, and other organizations.

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30. Calder, Gertrude (128)
1868-1962
2,015 items

Letters and postcards from relatives to Gertrude Calder, her sister Helen, her Aunt Mary Ann, and her Great Aunt Mary Ann. Of special interest are letters referring to a smallpox epidemic in Mermentau, Acadia Parish in 1900, and the 1905 yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans. Also contains material received by Ms. Calder from Sacred Heart Church in New Orleans and various Catholic organizations.

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31. Caldwell, Sylvia Ann D. (M 1048)
affidavity
1833, Oct. 7
manuscript, 1 page

Statement swearing that spices and currency belonging to Mr. R. Beckwith, valued at $530, were stolen from Caldwell's room in New Orleans, presumably by Arthur Man.

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32. Cancer Crusaders (no number)
Records, 1977-present
10 linear feet

Records of a women's organization devoted to raising money for cancer research.

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33. Carmouche, Annie Jeter (585)
1853-1913
1 volume (288 pages)

Unpublished memoir that gives special attention to the yellow fever epidemic of 1853 and to social life prior to and during Butler's occupation of New Orleans. Also contains poems and clippings from 1866 to 1876 and the muster roll of her husband's company in the Confederate Army.

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34. Carnival Collection (900)
1857-present
c. 100 linear feet

The Tulane Carnival Collection primarily encompasses two broad categories of materials: an extensive collection of Carnival ephemera (invitations, programs, dance cards, etc.) and possibly the largest collection of original Carnival float and costume designs. Women's carnival organizations represented include the Krewes of Iris, Venus, Muses, Shangri-La, Aphrodite, Isis, and others. Women carnival designers whose original works are preserved in the collection include Carlota Bonnecaze, Virginia Wilkinson (Jennie) Wilde, Ceneilla Bower Alexander, Louis Fischer, Leda Hincks Plauche, Olga Peters, Coralie Davis, Ann Henriques, and others.

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35. Carpenter-Turley Family (120)
1845-1959 (bulk 1893-1937)
435 items

Includes correspondence and notes of Edna Carpenter and Edna Turley, which describe family life in Tennessee and Texas.

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36. Carroll-McClure Correspondence (M 1033)
1828-1833
3 typescript items, 6 pages

Copies of letters from or about Mary Carroll in New Orleans and William McClure in Tampico, Mexico. Topics include cholera and yellow fever.

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37. Catchings, Thomas (37)
1862-1925
3,028 items, 42 volumes

Included within this collection of legal and business papers are letters to and from Catching's wife, Florence Shearer Catchings.

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38. Chaille-Jamison Family (302)
1847-1962
184

Includes documents relating to the activities of Mrs. Stanford Chaille Jamison in the Orleans Club and the Orleans Parish Medical Auxiliary.

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39. Charless, Charolotte Blows (647)
1831-1863
1 item

Typescript of letters and notes written by Charless to her grandchildren. She describes her father and husband, life in St. Louis, and the 1840s and 1850s in Pascagoula and Mobile. Also included is Adele Le Bourgeois Chapin's description of Belmont Plantation.

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40. Chesky, Doris Lurie (833)
1950-1975
3 ms volumes

Photocopies of volumes depicting the accomplishments of Doris L. Chesky, vocal music teacher at Alcee Fortier High School, New Orleans, LA and active worker for racial understanding during the early days of integration.