AM. Archives & Manuscripts

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These papers consist principally of notes Deiler took while researching the history of Germans and German-Americans in Louisiana. They also contain writings by Deiler, a small amount of correspondence, and miscellaneous items. Much of the material is undated; most items probably originated between 1890 and 1909.

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Janet Mary Riley was the first woman to hold a full-time law school faculty position in New Orleans and is credited with helping to change Louisiana law to make women equal partners in their marriages.

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This manuscript was donated by Lyn Hill Hayward, a longtime friend of Walker Percy's, and described by her as the manuscript given Percy by Thelma Toole. It is a typewritten draft entitled "Ignatius Reilly" (the name of Confederacy's protagonist), with a few penciled edits and blanks where the typist could not identify a word (cf. Ignatius Rising pp. 190-1). It is missing pages 3 and 4.

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The John P. Clark Papers consist primarily of correspondence and publications.  These materials include correspondence with political thinkers and book publishers, independently published political pamphlets and zines, and serial periodicals such as “Our Generation”.  The collection also contains a small number of flyers, microfilm reels, and reel-to-reel audio recordings.

Abstract The papers of Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., document the life of a priest, scholar, and social reformer. As a pioneer in the sociology of religion and as a champion of social justice, Father Fichter has frequently found himself embroiled in controversy and conflict. That vigorous engagement with his times is reflected in these papers, which shed light upon the Catholic Church, the Society of Jesus, academic sociology, and the quest for social reform. Fichter has devoted himself primarily to the...

Scope and Contents Special Collections & Archives received this addition following Fr. Fichter’s death in 1994.  This addition complements the original acquisition of Fichter papers organized as Collection 12.  The types of material—mainly correspondence, manuscripts, transcripts of interviews, and printed material—as well as Fr. Fichter’s principal concerns—the sociology of religion and the quest for social justice—remain very much the same. However, this addition does make new contributions to the...

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The collection consists of twenty poems, three song lyrics, and eight newspaper articles written by Kate Holmes and published from 1947 through 1974.

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Lafcadio Hearn was a writer during the closing decades of the nineteenth century and the opening years of the twentieth. His writings--fiction and nonfiction alike--typically drew on his firsthand observations of life in what were then considered exotic places: New Orleans, the West Indies, and Japan.

Abstract The Layton Family Papers pertain to the special relationship that existed between the family of Thomas Layton Sr. and the ecclesiastical hierarchy ofthe Roman Catholic Church. These papers reveal that the Laytons received many favors and privileges for help they gave ecclesiastical authorities in times of crisis. Thomas Layton's wife was Mary Adelaide Layton, and their daughter was Sr. Mary of the Rosary Layton (1853-1875), a Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Although mother and...