Historic Iberville, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Mary Parishes Collection
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HISTORIC IBERVILLE, ST. JAMES, ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, AND
ST. MARY PARISHES COLLECTION
(1846-1985)
MS.00019
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Bio/History Note
Iberville Parish is named for Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, who founded the French colony of
Louisiana. It was founded 10 April 1805. The parish has a total area of 653 square miles, of
which 619 square miles is land and 34 square miles (5.21%) is water. Its largest city and parish
seat is Plaquemine. St. James Parish is part of the Acadian Coast and is one of the state's
nineteen original parishes, created by act of the territorial legislature on 31 March 1807. The
original seat of government was the community of St. James on the west bank of the Mississippi,
but was moved in 1869 to Convent on the east bank. The parish has a total area of 258 square
miles, of which 246 square miles is land and twelve square miles (4.52%) is water. St. John the
Baptist Parish was established in the early 1720s by a group of German colonists and is also one
of the original nineteen parishes of the Territory of Orleans, which later became the State of
Louisiana. This parish was the second permanent settlement in Louisiana and considered part of
the German Coast. The parish seat is Edgard and the largest city in this parish is Laplace. The
parish has a total area of 348 square miles, of which 219 square miles is land and 129 square
miles (37.07%) is water. St. Mary Parish was founded in 1811 and has a total area of 1,119
square miles with 613 square miles of land and 506 square miles (45.23%) of water. The parish
seat is Franklin, while its largest city is Morgan City.
Scope and Content
This collection spans 1846-1985 and covers one linear foot. It contains contains poll tax receipts,
photographs, correspondence, account ledger from Z. and H. Breaux Co., sketch of Sophie
Mitchell Gay, diary of Mary Dickinson, newspaper dedicated to Whitecastle Centennial
celebration, issues of The Bayou Catholic, brochures, and program for the dedication of the St.
Mary Parish Courthouse.
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Inventory
Box
Item
Iberville Parish
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Photograph of Iberville Parish Health Unit (ca.1940). Taken by Mae
Buckel Wainwright, a public health nurse.
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Photographs (22) of Belle Grove Plantation House, White Castle,
Louisiana.
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"Centennial Celebration, Town of White Castle" (May 4-6, 1984).
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Sketch of Sophie Mitchell Gay written by Lavinia Maria Cron Reilly;
Diary of Mary A. Dickinson (1859). (typescript copy)
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Journal of Z & H Breaux Company (August 1849 through
January 1851).
Located at the end of the ledger are seven letters from H. Dufresne to J.
Breaux, from Georgetown College (1846). Last two letters mutilated.
St. James Parish
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Dural F. Woods receipts.
-Poll tax receipts, St. James Parish (1925, 1933).
-Tax receipt, St. James Parish (1925).
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Photographs and negatives (9) of Christmas bonfires on the levee near
Lutcher and Gramercy in St. James Parish (Dec. 23, 1985).
St. John the Baptist Parish
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Photographs (16) of St. John the Baptist Parish scenes (1976).
St Mary Parish
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Photographs:
-John Dalton's Morgan City Fish and Oyster Depot (ca. 1895).
-Steamboat “Mamie D.” excursion to Belle Isle Salt Dome (ca.1909).
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St. Mary Parish Courthouse dedication program (May 23, 1970) (4
copies).
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Morgan City (1885-1985), Bayou Catholic
(Aug. 21, 1985).
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Photographs (29) of the 1927 flood in Morgan City and the Jolley family.
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Index Terms:
Becnel, Albert T
Boudousquié, Antoine
Boudousquie, Norbert
Breaux, J.
Dalton family
Desloudes family
Dickinson, Mary A.
Dufresne H.
Jolley family
Jolley, Margaret
Mitchell, Sophie
Shannon family
Slidell, John, 1793-1871
Wainwright, Mae Buckel
Bayou Black (Saint John the Baptist Parish, La.)
Belle Grove Plantation (White Castle, La.)
Belle Pointe Plantation (Saint John the Baptist Parish, La.)
Brothers of the Sacred Heart (Donaldsonville, La.)
C. Alexandre and Bro. (Laplace, La.)
Iberville Parish Health Unit (Iberville Parish, La.)
John Dalton's Morgan City Fish and Oyster Depot (Morgan City, La.)
Les Allemands settlement (La.)
Mamie D. Riverboat (La.)
Reserve Plantation (Reserve, La.)
Saint Hubert's Catholic Church (Garyville, La.)
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church (Laplace, La.)
Saint John the Baptist Church (Saint John the Baptist Parish, La.)
Saint Peter Catholic Church (Reserve, La.)
Saint Peter's School (Reserve, La.)
Z. and H. Breaux Company (La.)
Courthouses - Louisiana - Saint Mary Parish
Floods - Louisiana - Morgan City - 1927
Salt domes - Louisiana - Belle Isle
Iberville Parish (La.)
Pass Manchac (La.)
Saint James Parish (La.)
Saint John the Baptist Parish (La.)
Saint Mary Parish (La.)
White Castle (La.)
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Genre
Black-and-white photographs
Brochures
Color photographs
Correspondence
Diaries
Ledgers (account books)
Negatives
Receipts (financial records)
Added Titles
The Bayou Catholic
White Castle Centennial
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