81. Old Songs of French and Creole Origin
ca. 1935
92 items

Marie Theard (1892-1975) received her early education at Cenas' Private School and training as a musician at Loyola University of New Orleans. Her collection of French and Creole songs (arranged with piano accompaniment) may be divided into six categories: 1) those of patriotic nature; 2) songs often found in French collections; 3) songs common to Louisiana, but not found in French collections; 4) Acadian songs; 5) Creole songs; and 6) Hymns and Christmas carols. These songs were collected in ca. 1935.

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82. Pforzheimer

(see Keyes)

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83. Phelps, Edwin Ledyard
1783-1969
ca. 200 items

Phelps, an itinerant portraitist, was a native of the Northeast who was educated in Kentucky; he traveled as far south as New Orleans before settling in Ohio. Chiefly correspondence, travel diaries, a sketch of his father, and genealogical research completed ca. 1969 regarding the Phelps family. Contains family correspondence, including letters of Phelps's sisters, and information concerning Phelps's father's Revolutionary War record, his wife Cornelia, and their son. Material provides a picture of family life in the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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84. Phelps, Nancy Brown
1858-1859
14 items

Nancy Brown Phelps left New Orleans in 1858 on a trip to England and India. The letters describe her experiences at sea and in these countries.

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85. Pinckards, Mina
1878-1885
1 volume

Scrapbook containing poetry, prose, and news clippings.

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86. Plauché, Leda Hincks
1903-1980
186 items, 3 volumes

Plauche was a carnival designer, author, and commercial illustrator. The papers contain correspondence, publications, typescripts, memorabilia, photographs, carnival designs, and scrapbooks.

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87. Powers, John
1841
1 item

Powers was subpoened to testify in the case of Patrick Vaughan vs. Margaret Uris in Feliciana Parish.

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88. Quinn, Olivia
1883
1 volume

Letterbook containing letters to and from Olivia Quinn, a student at Academy of the Holy Angels, New Orleans.

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89. Reynes, Celestine
1849
1 volume

Notebook containing schoolgirl manuscript notes.

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90. Ruchel, Miriam Poche
1919-1921
1 volume

Scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, invitations, and souvenirs of Miriam Poche Ruchel, a graduate of Sophie B. Wright High School.