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Saline High School Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Histories of towns and communities in Bienville Parish, compiled by Saline High School students and the Bienville Parish Planning and Development Board; abstracts and deeds of land in Bienville Parish; a few records of the Bienville Parish School Board and the Saline High School

Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church roll, 1850-1907, and minutes, 1878-1907, of an early Union Parish church. [See M-064.]

Society Of American Foresters, North Louisiana Chapter, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials for professional training sessions; letters to North Louisiana Chapter

Mike Schofield Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Reminiscences and clippings from Tech alumnus about his student days as announcer for the Tech Radio Players in the 1940's and 1950's

T.H. Waters Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Group photographs of Louisiana Industrial Institute 1906 junior class, Louisiana Polytechnic Institute 1933 football team, and swimming team, and 44 snapshots of L.P.I. athletes and coaches from the 1930's.

Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994

Thesta Hogan Kappa Epsilon Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Mounted photograph of Kappa Epsilon members

Virgil And Myrtis Chandler Orr Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Remembrances of the Orr's; from their university and professinal days.

Virgil Orr Handwriting Analysis Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Items relating to the analysis of handwriting.

Virgil Orr Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Memorabilia from the donor's student days at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, [1940], and from his service in the U.S. Army during World War II, 1944-1945.

Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994

Letters From The “Gentlemen Of The Press,” 1810-1845, David E. Latane

English Publications

A collection of letters by men and women associated with the periodical press in England in the first half of the nineteenth century, transcribed, annotated, and presented with scans of the original letters. Notable contributors include Times editors Thomas Barnes and John Delane, Fraser's Magazine writers William Maginn and John Heraud, Charles Molloy Westmacott editor of The Age, Stanley Lees Giffard of The Standard , and Mary Russell Mitford.

The Causes And Consequences Of The South Carolina Negro Seamen's Act, Brandon Boyle

Bridges: A Journal of Student Research

On December 21, 1822, South Carolina's legislature passed the Negro Seamen's Act in response to the Denmark Vesey conspiracy, a slave uprising that was thwarted five months earlier in Charleston, South Carolina. The Negro Seamen's Act was designed to prevent the local slave population from revolting against the authorities. As a result free black sailors entering the port of Charleston were apprehended upon arrival to prevent them from spreading ideas of revolution and freedom to local slaves. Northern states and foreign nations whose seamen were imprisoned in Charleston jails without committing a crime were appalled. Attorney Benjamin Hunt stressed that …

Gone Fishing: Military Brass In The High Sierra, 1944, Jack Fisher

Eastern Sierra History Journal

Shortly after DDay, Generals George C. Marshall and H.H. (Hap) Arnold flew to Bishop CA for a fishing trip in the High Sierra. In this little-known episode, historian Jack Fisher explores the manifold significance of the generals' recreational trip, not least their need to get away from the wartime pressures.

Heroism And Indeterminacy In Oliver Stone's Jfk And Don Delillo's Libra, Tim Engles

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Presbyterian Church, Vernon, Louisiana Records, 1891- 1899, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Session minutes

Roland Jones Family Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Papers of prominent attorney, U.S. Congressman, district judge of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and a pioneer resident of Shreveport; include mainly correspondence of Roland Jones (1813-1869) and his wife, Anne Neville Stokes, and that of their descendants in Louisiana. Letters cover political, professional, social and family matters.

Ruston Civic Symphony Financial Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Records of the Ruston (Louisiana) Civic Symphony, including the bulk of financial records

Ruston College Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Records of Ruston College

Ruston State Bank 105th Anniversary Exhibit And Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials concerning exhibit celebrating the 105th anniversary of Ruston State Bank

Suzanne Norred Philley Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Collection includes a sweatshirt with Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and a silver mug with Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.

T.W. Ray Johnson Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Belongings of the late professor T.W. Ray Johnson donated by his sister, Miss Ruth Johnson. These items can be found at the Alumni Center.

Thomas M. Wade Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials related to the history of Tensas Parish, Louisiana; notes of "The Bowies and Their Kindred" (1899), sketches of Bowie family members (including Jim Bowie)

Thomas W. Jenkins Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Tech commemorative programs discovered by donor, a maintenance technician, in attic of Howard Auditorium.

Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994

Zeta Tau Alpha Letter, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Letter establishing the first national sorority at Louisiana Industrial Institute.

William C. Boone Letters, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Letters written from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by the Claiborne Parish state senator and attorney to his wife during the first two years of the Huey P. Long administration; correspondence deals with political matters including the impeachment proceedings against Governor Long

William A. Marbury, Jr., History Of The Ruston State Bank, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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"Many Happy Returns: A Salute to Ruston State Bank" written by Nancy A. Bergeron for the 100th year anniversary

Riley Joe Wilson Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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"Crimefighters: Centennial History of the Ruston Police Department"

Samuel Worth Jones Family Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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The journal of a prosperous farmer in Webster Parish, Louisiana, kept 1870-1925; and the personal, legal, and business records and correspondence of Jones, his father John Jones III, his son Floyd and other members of the family

Zion Hill Baptist Church Committee Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials relatiing to Zion Hill Baptist Church of Union Parish, Louisiana

T.L. James Company, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Video recording on James Company history and current operations and organization, c.1990

Truett Lynn West Centennial Brick, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Tech Alumnus commemorative brick