Manuscript Resources on Politics

Lee, M. Lindley. Letter, 1863 January 2.1 item. Location: Misc. U.S. representative from New York (1859-1861). Letter from Lee on a visit to Washington, D.C., giving his impressions of the city and commenting on a few changes brought about by the Civil War. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1598.

Leonard, Theodule. Papers, 1841-1896. 135 items. Location: C:55. Planter, tax collector, and sheriff of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and captain of Company O of the West Feliciana Regiment of the Louisiana Militia in the Civil War. Letters relate Confederate maneuvers around Columbus, Kentucky. Some papers and letters in French. Available on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 12. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1209.

Lewis, Jones W. Record books. 7 vols. (on microfilm). Location: MSS.MF:L. Notary and Justice of the Peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Record books contain entries for farm and home activities together with community and other news. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2276.

Lindig, Carmen. Papers, 1925-1995 (bulk 1971-1985). 0.3 linear ft. Locations: OS:L, T:110. Baton Rouge, Louisiana educator and women's and patients' rights activist. Collection consists of personal papers and newspaper clippings related to local and national political figures, organizations, topics, and events during the women's rights movement. Also includes personal research conducted for lectures, publications, presentations, and book reviews related to women's history. Mss. 4829.

Lintner, Joseph Albert, 1822-1898, Family papers. 2 linear ft. (106 items, 64 printed vols.). Entomologist of the State of New York. Papers include personal letters, documents and catalogs related to entomology, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets on cultural, political, and travel topics. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1849, 1857, 1897.

Lintner, Mary E. Campbell. Scrapbook. 1819-1832. 1 vol. Location: G:11. Resident of Johnston and Schoharie, New York, and probably the wife of Joseph Albert Lintner. Scrapbook of clippings from British and American newspapers containing a speech of President John Quincy Adams, articles and verse on national holidays, religion, women and marriage, and pictures of prominent persons. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1842.

Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836. Papers, 1801-1836 (bulk 1820-1835). 0.3 linear ft. Location: U:219. U.S. congressman and senator from Louisiana, U.S. Secretary of State, and Minister to France. Documents and letters relating to the controversy over the Batture Ste. Marie in New Orleans. Includes letters from Denis Prieur, mayor of New Orleans, and a photostat of an Aaron Burr letter. Partly in French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 516, 644.

Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836. Letter, 1802 May 20. 1 letter. Location: Misc. Edward Livingston was U.S. Representative for Louisiana (1823-1829), U.S. Senator for Louisiana (1829-1831), U.S. Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Andrew Jackson (1831-1833), and Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1833-1835). Edward Livingston writes Elisha Jenkins, the New York state comptroller, requesting his company at a dinner with Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin and others. Mss. 4130.

Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836. Letter, 1834 Oct. 15. 1 letter. Location: Misc. Edward Livingston was U.S. Representative for Louisiana (1823-1829), U.S. Senator for Louisiana (1829-1831), U.S. Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Andrew Jackson (1831-1833), and Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1833-1835). Edward Livingston writes from Paris to Edwin James promising to deliver a package for him and applauding the scientific pursuits of Americans. Mss. 3712.

Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1866. Letter, 1865 September 8. 1 item. Location: Misc. Republican senator from Illinois. Letter to Major G. K. Pangborn declines an invitation to speak in his state and mentions the possibilities for passage of the constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery in the United States. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2622.

Long, Carolyn Bason. Papers, 1940-2006 (bulk 1969-1986). 6.5 linear ft. Location: 29:, MSS.MF:L. Volunteer activist, wife of Senator Russell B. Long. Papers include personal correspondence, photographs, and materials documenting charitable activities, social engagements, and duties as a senator's wife. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4020.

Long, Catherine Small. Papers, 1985-1986. 15 linear ft. Location: 4:28-34, 34:73. Vault: 54. U.S. congresswoman from Louisiana. Congressional office files of Long representing the Eighth Congressional District. The collection includes correspondence, printed material, photographs, a videotape, and campaign memorabilia. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4051.

Long, Earl Kemp, 1895-1960. Papers, 1937-1977. 511 items, 12 vols., 2 reels of film, 2 videocassettes. Location: 1:43-44, 20:10-, OS:L, 99:, L:30. Papers include scrapbooks of mainly newspaper clippings spanning Long's political and social career, photographs, miscellaneous manuscript and printed items, and 2 films covering early Louisiana history and Long's inauguration (May 1956). Films have been converted to video and are available on videocassette only. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3126.

Long, Earl Kemp, 1895-1960. Letter, 1956 Sept. 24. 2 items. Location: Misc.:L. Governor of Louisiana, 1939-1940, 1948-1952, and 1956-1960. Letter responds to request for an autographed photograph and expresses hope for Democratic victory in coming presidential election. Includes an autographed photograph of Long. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2816.

Long, Earl Kemp, 1895-1960. Recording, 1961. 1 sound disc. Location: LP 11075, vault:12. Governor of Louisiana, 1939-1940, 1948-1952, and 1956-1960. 'The Last of the Red Hot Papas' as recorded by Earl Long. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2624.

Long, Gillis William. Papers, 1923-1985 (bulk 1951-1985). 323 linear ft. Location: 34:74-79, 2-4, vault, OS:L. Member of the U.S. House of Representative from the Louisiana 8th Congressional District. Correspondence, office files, printed material, photographs, electronic media, and memorabilia. Office files include personal files, staff files, legislative files, federal department and independent agency files, grant and project files, press files, committee files, and campaign files reflecting Long's political career. Mss. 4050.

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935, Autograph, 1931 Sept. 14. 1 item. Location: MISC:L. Governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), U.S. senator (1932-1935). Letter to an autograph collector signed by Huey Long. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2732.

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935. Collection, circa 1930-1935. 3 items. Location: MISC:L. This collection consists of a Louisiana Capitol Building Bond for $1,000 payable in 1938 and signed by Huey P. Long (1931), a photograph of Long (circa 1930-35), and a bronze-colored plaster bust of Long by an unknown artist. Mss. 4076.

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935. Letter, 1928 Oct. 12. 1 item. Location: MISC:L. Governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), U.S. senator (1932-1935). Letter from Long to Dan Moody, Texas governor, inviting him or someone appointed by him to attend the Conference of the Board of Governors of the United States, to be held in New Orleans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3309.

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935, Papers, 1915-1936. 49 linear ft. Location: 30:2-26, OS:L, VAULT:13. Governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), U.S. senator (1932-1935). Collection includes general, family, congressional, and legal correspondence, impeachment documents, radio speeches, book and senatorial campaign accounts, Public Service Commission records, printed items, and photographs. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2005.

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935, Papers, 1927-1935. 9 items. Location: MISC.:L. Governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), U.S. senator (1932-1935). Papers include letters (some photocopies) and bills pertaining to Louisiana legislature, broadside, cartoon, and sheet music of 'Every Man a King.' For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 557, 1240, 1350, 1956.

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935, Tape recording, ca. 1928-1935. 1 audio tape reel. Location: W:15. Governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), U.S. senator (1932-1935). Radio broadcast from the files of station WWL, New Orleans, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3037.

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935, Tape recording, ca. 1934-1938. Location: W:15. Governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), U.S. senator (1932-1935). Radio statement on the 'Share the Wealth' program from the files of radio station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3038.

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935, U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1917. 1 item [photocopy]. MISC:L. Governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), U.S. senator (1932-1935). Huey P. Long's selective service registration card completed during World War I. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3409.

Long, Huey. Impeachment scrapbook, 1929-1933. 1 item. Location: S:123. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from THE TIMES-PICAYUNE (New Orleans), Feb. 7, 1933 to May 2, 1933, reporting the hearings and continued political controversy over the hearings and the allegations. Alternate title is John Overton-Edwin Broussard Senate primary hearings scrapbook. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2600.

Long, Rose McConnell, 1892-1970. Silhouette, 1936 Apr. 15. 1 silhouette. Location: E:65. Rose McConnell Long served in the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband and served from January 31, 1936, to January 3, 1937. An ink-on-paper silhouette drawing of Rose McConnell Long while a U.S. Senator. Mss. 4158.

Long, Russell B. Papers, 1774-2004 (bulk 1938-1986). 772 linear ft., 9 microfilm reels. Location: 21:-27:, MAP CAGE, MSS.MF:L, VAULT:47, AA:. Shreveport, Louisiana attorney and U.S. senator. Papers include correspondence; legislative, committee, federal agency, special project, and political campaign files; press releases; speeches; audio tapes; motion picture film; videotapes; and photographs, relating chiefly to Long's senatorial career. Topics include tax reform, petroleum issues, and employee stock options. Materials on the personal and political activities of other Long family members, among them Huey Long, are included. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3700.

Long, Russell B. Papers, Huey Pierce Long phonodisc. 1 audio cassette, 1 phonodisc. Location: 27:61, 29:28. Winnfield, Louisiana, attorney, Louisiana Public Service Commission member, Louisiana governor, and U.S. senator. Transcription (33 1/3 RPM phonograph record and cassette tape copy) of a speech, 'Our Plundering Government,' delivered by Long over the Columbia Broadcasting Company radio network, February 20, 1935 (length 26 minutes). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3700.

Lopez, Andrew. Letter, 1848 Dec. 24. 1 letter. Location: Misc. Andrew Lopez of Canton, Mass., writes to Elijah Dunbar of New Orleans, La., describing a grand torchlight procession in honor of Zachary Taylor held prior to his election, local ladies' balls and societies, and other community news from Canton. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4008.

López, Manuel. Papers, 1802-1835. 0.3 linear ft. Location: U:211, OS:L. Planter of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, superintendent of the Spanish royal warehouse in New Orleans, and Justice of the Peace of East Baton Rouge Parish. Papers of Manuel López, a description of the boundaries of Distrito de la Feliciana (1802), and an inventory of the department of forts. Also included is the will of Juan Perez. In Spanish with English translations. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 721.

Louise, Countess of Albany. Letters, circa 1802-1820. 19 items. Location: 31:. Louise, Countess of Albany, was the wife of exiled Prince Charles Edward Stuart, "Bonnie Prince Charlie," Jacobite claimant to the British throne. Letters written to Elizabeth Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire, document the Countess of Albany's opinions on major political topics and current events, including Napoleon's exile and the political situation in Italy following Napoleon's occupation. The letters also discuss Louise's daily life and activities, and many of the two women's friends, who include notable figures such as Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Madame de Staël, Lady Charlotte Bury, and Lord Byron. There is also one partial letter written to an unknown correspondent. Part of the George DeForest Collection. Mss. 1350.

Louisiana. Legislature, "To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. The memorial of the State of Louisia.," circa 1817. 1 item (13 pages). Location: Misc.:L, Vault:1. Galley proof, with manuscript revisions and additions, of the message of the Louisiana Legislature to the U.S. Congress, requesting that various land claims from territorial days by confirmed. These changes may have been made by Edward Livingston. The final version, which was communicated to the U.S. Senate on December 19, 1817, appears in the American State Papers, Vol. 30, Public lands, vol. 3, pages 282-285. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4530.

Louisiana state and municipal commission books, 1846-1932. 32 vols. (on 11 reels of microfilm). Location: Mss. Mf.:L. State commission books record all commissions issued to state and parish elected and appointed officials, including aldermen, judges, tax collectors, police jurors, etc. Municipal commission books list municipal officers of towns, offices held, etc. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2932.

Louisiana Association of Parliamentarians. Records, 1959-1991. Location: 79:. Non-profit association of parliamentarians that was chartered in 1960 by the National Association of Parliamentarians. Collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, convention information, newsletters, membership lists, financial records, and a scrapbook. Unprocessed. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4555.

Louisiana Commission On Law Enforcement And Administration Of Criminal Justice, Papers. 71 items. Location: W:39. Special commission created by Executive Order 59, issued by Louisiana Governor John McKeithen to assess problems of law enforcement, criminal justice, and corrections. Papers include correspondence, minutes of meetings, agendas, memoranda, imprints, and other materials relative to the work of the Commission. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3205.

Louisiana Congressional election papers, 1812, 1816. 4 items. Location: Misc.:L. Election returns and certifications for the elections of the U.S. Representative for Louisiana in 1812 and 1816 at which Thomas Bolling Robertson was elected each time. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 251.

Louisiana Constitutional Convention document, 1868. 1 item. Location: OS:L. Copy of a document reflecting the African American vote for the ratification of the Constitution of 1868. The document shows a tabulated vote for and against ratification of the constitution by parishes. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1718.

Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898 autograph book, 1898. 1 volume. Location: M:18. Autographs of delegate to the constitutional convention of 1898. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 850.

Louisiana Constitutional Convention petition, 1879. 2 items. Location: OS:L. Petition of the citizens and taxpayers of New Orleans requesting the president and members of the Constitutional Convention of Louisiana to reject illegal debts of the State and to limit state taxation. A letter written by A. Garnier is attached. Letter in French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 231.

Louisiana Constitutional Convention tapes, 1973. 215 reels [audiotape]. Location: 77:110-118. 1/4" audiotape reels contain the proceedings of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2922.

Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN). Records, 1985-1998. 14.5 linear feet. State network of individual citizens and organizations active in the campaign to enforce legislative environmental standards. Collection includes applications for environmental permits submitted by various Louisiana companies to the Department of Environmental Quality and lawsuit records documenting conflicts between companies and the DEQ. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4876.

Louisiana Health Care Campaign Records, circa 1989-2004 (bulk: 1995-2001). Location: X 16 linear feet. Grassroots coalition that advocated for accessible, affordable health care for all Louisianans. Correspondence, reports, newsletters, press releases, and board minutes, and other records of the Louisiana Health Care Campaign, as well as background material on health care reform issues and groups and budgets and reports from allied groups and relevant state agencies, including the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of Insurance. Also includes records of the Louisiana Health Care Commission, of which the campaign was a member. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4957.

Louisiana Historical Society. Notice, 1859. 2 items. Location: E:Imprints. Printed notice announcing a meeting of the Louisiana Historical Society in Baton Rouge together with a copy of the Bill passed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana to organize and grant a charter to the Society. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Louisiana House of Representatives, Special Committee. Minute book, 1867. 1vol. Location: Misc.:L. Minute book of a special committee appointed to hold hearings on a bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Thieneman of New Orleans, prohibiting the establishment of slaughter-houses above the City of New Orleans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1037.

Louisiana House of Representatives, Document. 1 item [also typewritten copy]. Location: Misc.:L. Signed by the secretary of state of Kansas, certifying the foregoing resolution passed by the Louisiana House of Representatives and concurred by the Senate. Document gives an account of the disorder at the opening of the Legislature. The document also endorses a special message of President Grant and expresses confidence in the integrity of General Sheridan in performing his duties. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2232.

Louisiana Leper Home records, 1884-1921 (1895-1920). 11 linear ft.; 16 v. Location: 96:1-6; OS:L; O:18. Correspondence, legal documents, administrative and financial records relate primarily to financial operations. Correspondence also concerns rules governing patients; legal documents contain court orders confining individuals to the Home. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2515.

Louisiana Leper Home. Records, 1890-1921 (bulk 1895-1920). 14 linear ft., 16 ms. Vols. Location: 96:1-6; OS:L; O:18. Louisiana Leper Home was established by the Legislature in 1894. Records consist of correspondence, legal documents, printed items, administrative records, and financial records that relate primarily to the financial operations of the Home. Correspondence also concerns patient care and personal conduct. Legal papers contain court orders confining individuals to the Home. Manuscript volumes include bank books, cashbooks, ledgers, and a register of patients. Some correspondence in French and German. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2515.

Louisiana McGovern for President Organization. Political leaflet, 1972. 1 item. Location: E:Imprints. Leaflet urging Baton Rouge voters to attend the Legislative District 70 Caucus and support the election of those delegates committed to Senator George McGovern to the Democratic National Convention. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2600.

Louisiana People's and White Man's Reform Party. Broadside, 1870 February. 1 printed item. Location: E:Range 8, Ephemera Collection, Subgroup I. Circular petition, probably printed in New Orleans, seeking signatures for the organization of a new political party opposed to radicalism and African American rule and supporting conservative white supremacy. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3030.

Louisiana photograph collection, 1921-1937, undated 19 items. Location: E:. Collection Includes images of Thibodaux, La., Crowley, La., the aftermath of a 1933 tornado in Minden, La., the 1921 Louisiana Constitutional Convention, a Farmer's Dairy Tour with Huey Long, and a ribbon cutting for the Long/Allen Bridge in Shreveport, 1933, and a photo of a Caroline Durieux drawing of a woman's head (1937). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3354.

Louisiana politicians' letters to George McCullough, 1953-1954. 7 letters. Location: Misc. Hale Boggs, Allen J. Ellender, Charles M. Hargroder, F. Edward Hébert, George S. Long, and Theo A. Thompson write George McCullough, a private citizen of New York City, regarding minor political points. Mss. 4158.

Louisiana Purchase collection, 1800-1803. 6 items [photocopies]. Location: OS:L. Photocopies of a treaty between France and the United States and four letters related to diplomacy of the Louisiana Purchase. Letters are signed by James Madison, James Monroe, and others. Copies of an issue of the newspaper, "Washington City," July 4 [1803] announcing the Purchase, are included. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4559.

Louisiana secession document, 1861. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: Map cage. Ordinance of Secession of the State of Louisiana adopted by the Louisiana Secession Convention, January 26, 1861, and signed by the assembled delegates. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 263.

Louisiana Secession Convention, Document. 2 items [photostatic copy]. None Rough draft of the Louisiana Ordinance of Secession prepared by John Perkins, Jr., and in the handwriting of Lemuel Conner. A letter (1936) by Lemuel P. Conner, Jr., of Natchez, Mississippi, explains the part his father had in writing the document. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 405.

Louisiana State Executive Department, Governor's Office record book. 1 vol. Location: F:9. Record of cash expenditures of the governor's office during the administrations of Louis A. Wiltz and Samuel D. McEnery, from the funds remaining from legislative appropriations made to Governor Francis T. Nicholls. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1481.

Louisiana State Executive Department, Governors' correspondence. 1869-1924, 1930. 665 items. C:10. Correspondence of Louisiana governors, including Henry Clay Warmoth, William Pitt Kellogg, Francis Tillou Nicholls, Louis Alfred Wiltz, Samuel Douglas McEnery, Murphy J. Foster, Luther Egbert Hall, and Ruffin G. Pleasant. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1332, 2251.

Louisiana State House of Representatives. Journal, 1861-1862. 1 ms. vol., 1 mf reel. Location: Vault:13., Mss. Mf:L. Manuscript, unpublished proceedings of the Louisiana House of Representatives, November 25, 1861-January 23, 1862. A typewritten copy is also available. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 260.

Louisiana State Treasury Department. Treasurer's office books, 1864-1882. 4 ms. vols. Location: L:13. Fund books recording expenditures under such headings as General Fund, School Fund, Levee Fund, and Poll Tax Fund; journal containing accounts of the State Treasurer with the State of Louisiana; and a letterbook containing official correspondence. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 268, 709.

Louisiana Women's Political Caucus. Records, 1975-1990. 1 linear ft. Location: 77:68. Reports, minutes, manuals, newsletters, clippings, and other papers documenting the activities and political positions of the caucus on issues including women's rights, reproductive rights, and abortion. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4580.

Louisiana. Legislature. House of Representatives. Roster, 1863. 1 item. Location: OS:L. Louisiana House of Representatives roster, containing an alphabetical list of members of the House of Representatives and their vote on the bill to authorize the transfer of certain moneys from the general funds of the treasury to the War Tax Fund for payment of principal and interest. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1702.