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Gladys Means Loyd and family papers

Papers of Gladys Means Loyd include correspondence and genealogical notes on 175 families in Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. A typewritten report (1968) on the Louisiana Leper Home by Gladys Loyd and a fragment of a manuscript entitled "Tanglewood" are included along with newspapers clippings of local historical interest. Photograph albums (1904-1970) kept by Gladys Means Loyd and Cecil Andrew Loyd depict plantations (including Hundred Oaks Plantation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana); levee and canal construction; army training at camps Beauregard and Kearney; LSU alumni, associations, and buildings; cotton harvesting; a Negro baptism; the First Methodist Church Sunday School Class; the Louisiana Leper Home; and friends and family members. The collection includes scrapbooks on the early settlers of and the history of Ida, Louisiana (1907-1970) and on Tensas Parish (1937-1975), and a printed pamphlet on the history of Baton Rouge (1967).

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  • "Papers of Gladys Means Loyd include correspondence and genealogical notes on 175 families in Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. A typewritten report (1968) on the Louisiana Leper Home by Gladys Loyd and a fragment of a manuscript entitled "Tanglewood" are included along with newspapers clippings of local historical interest. Photograph albums (1904-1970) kept by Gladys Means Loyd and Cecil Andrew Loyd depict plantations (including Hundred Oaks Plantation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana); levee and canal construction; army training at camps Beauregard and Kearney; LSU alumni, associations, and buildings; cotton harvesting; a Negro baptism; the First Methodist Church Sunday School Class; the Louisiana Leper Home; and friends and family members. The collection includes scrapbooks on the early settlers of and the history of Ida, Louisiana (1907-1970) and on Tensas Parish (1937-1975), and a printed pamphlet on the history of Baton Rouge (1967)."@en
  • "Ledgers (1925-1931) of the Ida Hardware Store owned by James Taylor Means are included."@en

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  • "Genealogies"@en
  • "Ledgers (account books)"@en
  • "Scrapbooks"@en
  • "Photographic prints"@en
  • "Pamphlets"@en
  • "History"@en

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