Mardi Gras

Overview Correspondence, ledgers, and other papers of Selma, Alabama, businessmen, George O. Baker, his son, Joseph M. Baker, and their various companies and businesses.

Overview Handwritten script outlining an 1847 initiation ceremony conducted by Mobile, Alabama's earliest mystic society, the Cowbellian de Rakin Society.

Overview A scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning Mardi Gras in 1941 and other Louisiana topics.

Abstract Collection consists of 1708 stereocards depicting scenes from all over the world.

Overview Research material for the book, The Herndon and Inge Families: Genealogical, Historical, Biographical.

Scope and Contents Letters from Luther Norton, written primarily from Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas, to Lottie Irene Hooks Norton, dating from the period of their courtship through their marriage and the births of their children. The letters recount information about family matters, difficult economic times, and provide news of Norton's recreation activities including attending fashion shows, circuses, baseball games, and sight-seeing. Although married during the dates of the majority of the letters, husband and...

Scope and Contents Letters from Luther Norton, written primarily from Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas, to Lottie Irene Hooks Norton, dating from the period of their courtship through their marriage and the births of their children. The letters recount information about family matters, difficult economic times, and provide news of Norton's recreation activities including attending fashion shows, circuses, baseball games, and sight-seeing. Although married during the dates of the majority of the letters, husband and...

Scope and Contents Letters from Luther Norton, written primarily from Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas, to Lottie Irene Hooks Norton, dating from the period of their courtship through their marriage and the births of their children. The letters recount information about family matters, difficult economic times, and provide news of Norton's recreation activities including attending fashion shows, circuses, baseball games, and sight-seeing. Although married during the dates of the majority of the letters, husband and...

Scope and Contents Letters from Luther Norton, written primarily from Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas, to Lottie Irene Hooks Norton, dating from the period of their courtship through their marriage and the births of their children. The letters recount information about family matters, difficult economic times, and provide news of Norton's recreation activities including attending fashion shows, circuses, baseball games, and sight-seeing. Although married during the dates of the majority of the letters, husband and...

Scope and Contents Letters from Luther Norton, written primarily from Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas, to Lottie Irene Hooks Norton, dating from the period of their courtship through their marriage and the births of their children. The letters recount information about family matters, difficult economic times, and provide news of Norton's recreation activities including attending fashion shows, circuses, baseball games, and sight-seeing. Although married during the dates of the majority of the letters, husband and...

Abstract Articles and other writings of this Mobile, Alabama, artist, journalist, folklorist, and muralist who was known for his work to increase awareness of Mobilian Joe Cain who revived Mardi Gras after the Civil War.