301 ROBINSON PLANTATION RECORDS, 1885-1945.

30 linear ft.

John M. Robinson, Caddo Parish planter, born at Cotton Point, Louisiana in 1887; graduated from Washington and Lee University; married Miss Mattie G. Hutchinson. Managed large plantation properties in Caddo Parish, including a commissary which grew into an extensive mercantile business. These records consist of 78 ledgers consisting of: day books, plantation accounts, personal accounts, cotton accounts, merchandise sales, freight and ginning accounts, and cash-credit accounts.

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302 WRAY FORD PHOTOGRAPHS, 1918-1970.

Photograph Collection

Eighty-five views of Wray Ford buildings, cars, car lots, displays, sponsored events and advertisements, 1918-1970.

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303 PRIMITIVE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MINUTES, 1847-1989.

1.5 linear ft.; Film 72: 4 reels microfilm.

The Louisiana Primitive Baptist Association was organized September 11, 1851 at Pilgrim’s Rest Church in Jackson Parish. Elders from the individual Primitive Baptist Churches met to form an association. They prepared the Constitution, Abstracts of Faith and Rules of Decorum. The Association meets once a year, and member churches send three delegates each to the annual meeting. These records consist of minutes of the Louisiana Primitive Baptist Association annual meetings, as well as minutes from individual member churches. Also included are minutes of other Primitive Baptist Associations in Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

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304 SHREVEPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT RECORDS, 1899-1990.

43.5 linear ft.

The Shreveport Fire Department was organized as a professional department in 1891. Included in this collection are daily records, yearly reports, and correspondence from the early fire department and Chief Chris O’Brien’s administration. Additionally, the collection comprises station books from Central Fire Station (#2) such as day books written by the "House Captain," apparatus books, fire alarm records, miscellaneous log books, financial ledgers, and pay roll listings.

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305 ST. PAUL’S BOTTOMS PHOTOGRAPHS, 1984.

.5 linear ft.

These photographs were produced as a part of a Junior League of Shreveport project documenting the "Bottoms" area of Shreveport, known also as Ledbetter Heights. Many of the photographers were used in a booklet entitled St. Paul’s Bottoms To Ledbetter Heights; A Succession of Changing Attitudes.

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306 DILLARD P. EUBANK PAPERS, 1900-1984.

1 linear ft.

Collection Inventory

Assorted materials of Eubank’s insurance and real estate business, items relating to Caddo Prohibition League (pre-1920), some photographs, maps, programs, and pamphlets.

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307 HISTORIC PROFILE; SHREVEPORT, 1850. MANUSCRIPT AND WORKING PAPERS. 1846-1885; 1923; 1982.

1 linear ft.

Includes manuscript for book, block plans with exhibits, maps, notes, and newspaper clippings.

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308 GLEN OAKS HOME RECORDS, 1909-1985.

.5 linear ft.

Includes ledger of expenses, donations, lists of some of the residents, and newspaper clippings.

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309 HOLICE HENRICI RESEARCH MATERIALS FOR: Shreveport: The Beginnings.1808-1864.

.5 linear ft.

Photocopies of documents: wills, deeds, marriage licenses, bills of sale, conveyance records, maps, etc. dealing with the establishment of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana. These documents were used as sources for the book: Shreveport: The Beginnings, by Holice Henrici.

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310 CHAMBERLAIN-CORNELL CORRESPONDENCE, 1853-1986.

1 linear ft.

Correspondence between Mary Jane Chamberlain, a governess from the North, living on a plantation near Natchez, Mississippi, and Nathan Cornell, a teacher at Union College in Schenectady, New York, and Fayette Seminary in Iowa. Cornell was also an itinerant preacher in Mississippi. These letters chronicle their relationship and discuss some significant events of the 1850’s such as yellow fever, slavery, and the presidential election of 1856.

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