41. Chesnier-Duchesne-Smith Family (57)
1780-1892 (bulk 1850-1879)
152 items

Includes correspondence of A.W. Smith with his mother and Sarah Smith's account of a trip from England to New Orleans (1870). Also included is the marriage contract of Francois Alexandre Chesnier Duchesne and Marie Angelique Brunet (1814).

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42. Christian Woman's Exchange (257)
1881-1967, 1977
1,305 items (113 volumes, 5 reels of microfilm)

Correspondence, 1885-1956; administrative papers, 1881-1969; and financial records, 1890-1961. The bulk of the collection relates to the financial dealings of the Exchange, such as real estate, running of the shop, and the operation of the rooming house.

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43. Clarke, Hovey (110)
1849-1922 (bulk 1849-1890)
120 items

Primarily personal correspondence to Hovey Clarke from Martha Upham written before they were married in 1852.

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44. Claudel Family (862)
1817-1988 (bulk 1858-1983)
14 linear ft.

Papers of New Orleans born Alice Moser Claudel (1914-1982), poet and teacher; her husband, Calvin André Claudel (1910-1988), folklorist and teacher; her grandfather, Thomas Hayes; and her son, William Rivera.

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45. Collins, Dorothy Spencer (399)
1908-1974
1,487 items

Personal and social correspondence, the majority of which are invitations, thank-you notes and social letters. Also included are 61 volumes of social diaries with short entries of parties and luncheons attended during 1908 to 1974

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46. Confederate Memorial Association (55-M)
Louisiana Historical Association Collections
1866-1958
5,971 items

Bills and receipts; invitations and programs; and other records of the Confederate Memorial Association; 27 chapter histories; Lee Circle Commission records; Lee Centennial Celebration records; summaries and programs from Memorial and Decoration Day Services; papers of the Moorman Memorial Association; records of the Ladies Confederate memorial Association; charters and by-laws.

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47. Cooley Family (301)
1890-1966
1,177 items

Includes correspondence of Esther Cooley and copies of articles written by her father and herself in Waterways Journal and The Saturday Evening Post.

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48. Copes, Joseph Slemmons
Papers, 1832-1924
38 cubic feet

Professional and personal papers of a Delaware, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and Louisiana planter, businessman, and physician. In 1849 he moved to New Orleans where he practiced medicine, owned an insurance agency, owned a commission merchants firm, and speculated in Texas land. Active in Presbyterian Church, Academy of Science, University of Louisiana (Tulane). Papers contain extensive correspondence with his wife, daughters, and other female relatives.

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49. Coppeé Family (279)
1847-1920
58 items

Includes letters between Letitia Marshall Booth and Mary Marshall Coppeé regarding a loan.

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50. Council of Social Agencies of New Orleans (911)
1921-1966 (bulk 1950-1966)
ca. 50 linear ft. (97 ms boxes)

Minutes, reports, studies, correspondence, and other records of a New Orleans social welfare league. As an umbrella organization, it conducted needs studies and coordinated activities of societies that provided assistance directly to individuals. The records span a period from the founding of the organization in 1921 throughout the mid-1960s. They include the working records of the council and reference materials. The largest section of records (boxes 38-91) is subject files collected to support the research mission of the organization. They contain studies, reports, and other information pertaining to the complete range of the council's research activities. Boxes 2 through 37 contain minutes, reports and other working records of the council's committees and divisions. The records also contain six boxes of pamphlets and five boxes of information on area social welfare organizations.

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51. Craig, Fanny Leverich Eshelman (225)
1765-1958
104 items

Letters concerning members of the Giles-Inskeep-Hampton-Leverich families. The majority of these are those of Maria Giles Inskeep and Fanny Giles Hampton.

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52. Crawford, Harriet Ann (665)
1977
1 volume

Unpublished manuscript of The Flagg Trap, an account of a WAC in World War II. Writing under pseudonym Marie Benton, the author relates how she volunteered in 1943 and found it difficult to adapt to army discipline and communal life.

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53. Creel, Janie and Johnny (947)
1958-1997
12.5 linear ft. (7 boxes; 13 scrapbooks)

Minutes, reports, newsletters, and other records of the Greater N.O. Square Dance Caller's Association, then Metro N.O. Area Square and Round Dance Association; and the Dixie Solos Square Dance.

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54. Cross Keys Plantation (918)
1819-1983 (bulk 1819-1948)
6 linear ft. (6 ms boxes and 2 records boxes)

Correspondence, diaries, financial records, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting the Cross Keys Plantation of Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and the Watson, McCall, and Cook families. The plantation was run by women during most of its existence. Topics documented include soldiers' views of the Civil War and World Wars I and II, plantation life, the role of women in the South, southern agriculture, social life in the rural South, the home-front during World Wars I and II, and other subjects.

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55. Dashiell, Margaret (435)
1940-1941
25 items

Letters, clippings, poems, and original sketches sent by Mrs. Dashiell to Mr. Usher.

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56. Daughters of American Colonists, Thomas Noble Chapter (B 287)
1972-1982
1 volume

Scrapbook, Mrs. Clarkson A. Brown, regent.

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57. Daughters of the American Revolution, New Orleans Chapter (707)
Records, 1912-1994
25 linear feet

Minutes, correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and other records. Also includes documents pertaining to the Louisiana state society.

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58. Daunoy, Marie L. (387)
ca. 1920-1950
134 items

Color slides of gardens in New Orleans.

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59. Davis, Coralie (723)
1954-1964
131 items

Costume designs for carnival balls.

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60. Davis, Jefferson (44-D)
Papers, 1834-1914
40 linear feet

Papers of the Confederate President. The collection is especially strong for the period of his presidency. Particularly noteworthy are significant papers of Varina Howell Davis (wife), Varina Ann Davis (daughter), and other women relatives and acquaintances.