TrueHeart Feliciana (Marston House) Clinton Collection - Southeastern Louisiana University (2024)

Box 1a

Folder 1: Development of Town of Clinton

copy of hand drawn land plot diagram
small poster with picture of John Rhea’s tombstone in Clinton Cemetery with description
5×7 color photograph-John Rhea headstone with description
8×10 color photograph-The Flag of West Florida Republic, 1870; 1 page typed document-history-“The
Republic (briefly) of West Florida 1870; copy of map-LA Purchase and Western Exploration,
1804-1807
1 page typed document- The New Parish Seat 1824-1825
typed description and copies of photographs-First Store and Inn in Clinton, c. 1825,
later called E. F. Currie’s Store/McKnights-c. 1825-1960
1 page typed document- A Real Town 1826-1828
(2) 8×10 photographs, copy of article, and description of Andrews/Nauman/Chase House,
c. 1830
1 page typed document- The Railroad 1833-1837, photograph included; 1 page typed document-The
C. and P.H. Railroad During the War 1862-1865
1 page typed document-R. C. Carman and the Clinton Hotel1840-1855, (2) 8×10 photographs
of Hotel included, c. 1890
8×10 black and white photograph-Stewart and Carroll (formerly Sadler’s), c.1845-1975
5 page typed webpage-David Washington Pipes 1845-1939
1 page typed document-David Washington Pipes 1845-1939

Folder 2: Development of Town of Clinton

2 page typed document- Black in Clinton-A Few Factoids About Life for African-Americans
Prior to Emancipation
2 page typed document- Temperance v. Demon Rum 1850-1859
9 page typed document-Louisiana Year of Statehood: 1812-Demographics and Interview
Questions
1 page typed document-People of Louisiana
Pie charts-1850 Population, Birthplaces of White males 1850 Census; Birthplaces of
White Women, 1850 Census; Occupations-White Males; Male Occupations, 1870 Census
Line graph- Distribution of Wealth of White Males, 1860 Census
Copy of newspaper article-“John W. Koch, Native Son, Recalls Old Days in Letter to
Friend”, April 27, 1951
1 page typed document with 5×7 black and white photograph attached-Judge John McVea
1850, “The Richest Man in Town”
4 page typed document-The Town is Incorporated June 28, 1852-meeting minutes of first
meeting of Clinton Mayor and Board of Alderman
1 page typed document-The Masons and Olive Lodge #52, established 1852
copy of newspaper article-“Clinton”
copy of map-Growth of the United States to 1853
1 page typed document with drawing of pigs attached-Hog Laws
3 page typed document-“’Considered as a Commercial Place…” 1858, abstracted from A.
Mygatt & Co.’s Nola Bus directory-list of local businesses attached
2 page typed document-Secession 1861; 3 pages of photos attached-Sarah Morgan, Owen
Langworthy, Alexander P. Brown, Charles C. P. Delee, Thomas J. Fuqua, James O. Fuqua,
Samuel E. Hunter, Alexander S. Norwood, and Preston Pond, Jr., 4 page typed document
attached-Wartimes 1862-1865
2 page typed document-Bad Boy Peck in Clinton 1864
1 page typed document-War Hospitals Silliman and the Masonic Temple 1862-1865; 5×7
black and white photograph attached-drawing of bed-Nathan Phillips
2 page typed document- Life Goes On 1864-1870
2 page typed document-Clinton in 1870, A Few Observations
2 page typed document-Testimony of George Thomas Norwood, January 10, 1877; 5×7 black
and white photograph included

Folder 3: Development of Town of Clinton

1 page typed document-Back to Boom-The 1800s
copy of newspaper article-Impressions of Clinton, East Feliciana Parish in 1881-The
Watchmen, November 25, 1976
copy of Cashier Check-State of Louisiana Parish of East Feliciana, November 14, 1884
1 page typed document-The Fair 1887-c. 1976
1 page typed document- On a Roll the 1890s
copy of article and photograph of Clinton Brick Yard, 1891
copy of article and photograph of Bank of Clinton
2 page typed document-The Turn of the Century Progress continues 1900-1907
4×6 photograph-Cotton Seed Oil Mill in Clinton c. 1900
8×10 photograph-St. Helena Street-Business Section- c. 1905-Show electric poles and
lines that appeared in Clinton with advent of electricity
1 page typed document-An Example of Clinton’s Evolving Business Community, c. 1900-1974;
copy of newspaper article-Powers building Given “Face-lifting” with repairs, new paint
5×7 black and white photograph- 1905-Clinton gets electricity; 5×7 black and white
photograph-east side of Liberty Street on the square, c. 1910
1 page typed document with a copy of a drawing of a Boll Weevil-The Boll Weevil 1908-1918
2 page typed document-Did the 20s roar in Clinton? You Bet! 1920-1929-2 copies of
drawing included
3 page typed document-Huey Long & 1^st False Battle of Clinton 1930
1 page typed document and 5×7 photograph-McCutcheon’s Garage c. 1937
1 page typed document-Depression 1929-1941 & Beyond-attached-copy of typed document
about “promoters” & Clinton
copy of newspaper article-In 1933: Civil War’s Last Battle; Coricoran’s Store, c.
1836
copy of drawing-East Feliciana Industry Training School (later East High School, built
1938)
1 page typed document-World War II 1941-1945
Bivouac cap worn by Mac Phillips
copy of newspaper article-Clinton has watched electric service improve for 39 years;
L.C. McKnight Store A Clinton Leader-February 1941
1 page typed document-Polio Especially in the Late ‘40s Until 1955; copy of 2 newspaper
advertisem*nts; copy of newspaper articles- “Incomplete Report on Polio Fund Drive
About Polio Victims/Patients Given by Mrs. Dart
copy of 3 pages from book-Wartimes In and Around Clinton, LA by Annie Sanderson Kilbourne, Clinton, LA
1 page typed document- The Post-War Boom-Baby and Otherwise 1946-1950

Folder 4: Civil War-Hunter’s Rifles

5×7 black and white photo-Samuel E. Hunter
2 page typed document-The 4^th LA Battalion-1861-1865
1 page typed document-4^th LA Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.-List of Colonels, Lt. Colonels and Majors
1 page typed document-Samuel Eugene Hunter 1832-70 and the Hunter Rifles
typed list-Companies, Their Parishes, and Their Commanders
copy of handwritten document-Executive Office, Shreveport, LA July 6, 1804; handwritten
note on back
10 page printout of a webpage-Clinton and Port Hudson, LA
1 page typed document-Old Roster Information, List of Commissioned Officers, Privates,
the Hunter Rifles, and Privates; typed letter attached-to Mildred from Edwards Hardesty,
August 1, 1983-articles secured from Elise Walker Appleby; Clinton Paper, 1861

Folder 5

5×7 black and white photo-The Masonic Temple built in 1859 & used as hospital during
war
1 page typed document and 3×5 photograph-The Factory Building 1900
photo and drawing-Clinton Cotton mill from the 1900s “Cotton Factory Souvenir”
copy of newspaper article- “Clinton Military Academy”, The LA Sunday Review, New Orleans,
February 3, 1895
copy of newspaper article- “The New Orleans Times Democrat’s Report of the Commencement
Exercises of the Southern Military Academy”, The Classical Review, Southern Military Academy, Clinton, LA June 1897, Vol. 1 No. 2

Folder 6: Jews in Clinton

photograph-Ernestine Israel Memorial
3 page typed document-Children of Israel The Jews in Clinton, c. 1850-c. 1920
2 8×10 color photographs-stained glass window
8×10 black and white photograph with description-Theo Israel
copy of an advertisem*nt- “Changes…”-Isidor Mayer
5×7 black and white photograph- Theo & Achille Israel (as children) c. 1891
8×10 black and white photograph- Theodore J. Israel c. 1910
5×7 black and white photograph-The Joseph Israel Family in Clinton, c. 1889
copy of handwritten note on stationary-Joseph Israel; June 28, 1906

Folder 7: Clinton Cemetery

typed and handwritten list of people who donated money to get a fence build around
the cemetery

Folder 8: Stonehenge

8×10 black and white photograph with description-“Stonehenge” built by Judge Lafayette
Saunders, 1837
copy of newspaper article-Miss Imogen Stone-Teacher-New Orleans Item, December 13, 1933
8×10 black and white photograph with 1 page typed document-Imogen Stone 1872-1947

Folder 9: St. Andrews

black and white photograph-St. Andrews Episcopal Church
2 page typed document-St. Andrews Episcopal Church 1842-1962
8×10 color photograph-Stained glass window

Folder 10

1 page typed document-The Marston House, built in 1837 (2 copies)
5×7 black and white photograph-Henry Marston
color photo of Marston grave memorial
1 page typed document-Marston house 1837
printout of email with photos of Silliman and Sallie Eaton Daniels
8×10 black and white photograph with description-Marston House, c. 1900
8×10 black and white photograph with description, c. 1980
5×7 photograph with description-Woman and child who rented apartment at Marston House
3×5 color photograph-Wooden staircase
8×10 black and white photograph-Marston House
6 copies of different angles and Marston House
newspaper article-“Marston House Stands Test of Time, Community”, Watchman, April 25, 2014

Folder 11

5×7 black and white photograph-Silliman
4×6 black and white photograph-Silliman, Clinton, LA
5 ½ x 6 black and white photograph with description-Rev. Sereno and Mary Creed Taylor
c. 1852
5×7 black and white photograph-John Piku
5×7 black and white photograph-Clinton, LA Silliman Collegiate Institute for Young
Women
1 page typed document-Silliman 1852
copy of 6 page document- The Hodge Podge, published by pupils of Silliman College,
Vol. 1 No. 1 March 1925
copy of diploma-Sallie C. Montgomery-Silliman Female Collegiate Institute

Folder 12

8×10 black and white photograph-Lawyer’s Row
1 page typed document-The Library Property
1 page typed document-about Lawyer’s Row
5×7 color photograph-Sign about Lawyer’s Row
6 ½ x 7 ½ color photograph-framed document-National Historic Landmark
1 page typed document-The Flower of the LA Bar 1824-2002
5×7 black and white document-East Feliciana Memorial Library

Box 1B

Folder 13

copy of photograph-Courthouse
copy of photograph-Courthouse-2
copy of photograph-Courthouse (front view)
5×7 black and white photograph with description-The Courthouse
copy of 5×7 black and white photograph-Courthouse and Street Scene, Clinton, LA
5×7 color photograph-Courthouse
8×10 black and white photograph with description-The Courthouse c. 1870-Federal troops
pictured in front of building
copy of hand drawn diagram of inside the Courthouse
6 page typed document-about Courthouse history

Folder 14-WWI

copy of newspaper photo-Target Practice, Highschool Cadets, Clinton, LA, Clinton Highschool
Cadets WWI; copy in 8×10
8×10 color photograph of memorial plaque-Memorial of men from East Feliciana Parish
who died in World War of 1917-1918 (2 copies)
1 page typed document-The Great War Era 1914-1919

Folder 15: DeWitt Clinton 1769-1828

3×5 black and white photographs-Map of LA Purchase & DeWitt Clinton
8×10 black and white photograph-DeWitt Clinton 1769-1828
Diagram hand drawn-land plots in Clinton, LA

Folder 16: Clinton Founders

1 page typed document-James Holmes “Founding Father” 1792-1847; includes-3×5 color
photograph of head stone of James Holmes
1 page typed document-Susan Bostwick “Founding Mother” c. 1795-1839
5×7 color photograph and description-bust of her head; includes-information about
contributions of Susan and her husband John, and information about James Holmes

Folder 17: Bad Days-Reconstruction in Clinton

15 page typed document-Clinton’s Culture of violence
1 page typed document-information about cooperation of Clinton
1 page typed document-Seed Cotton
5×8 black and white photograph-a statue
1 page typed document-“Bulldozing” with 2 pictures attached
4 page typed document-The Events of October 1875

Folder 18: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Eliza Mills

copy of obituary-Eliza Mills
5×7 color photograph-headstone of Eliza Mills
1 page typed document-Eliza Mills1806-1877-biography
1 page typed document-Matthias Guy Mills-A Golden Man Dying Young 1827-1857-biography;
attached-4×6 color photograph of headstone of Matthias Guy Mills

Folder 19: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Sarah Morgan

5×7 black and white photograph-Sarah Morgan
copy of book cover- The Civil War Diary of Sarah Morgan; attached-1 page typed document-She Didn’t Like Us-Sarah Morgan 1862-1863

Folder 20: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Mary Winans Wall

8×10 black and white photograph-Mary Susannah Winans Wall 1816-1897
2 page typed document-Wall Family Papers 1829-1921-Bio/History Note (2 copies)
3×5 color photograph-Mary Winans Wall Methodist Church, erected 1903; attached-closer
image of church-First Methodist Church of Clinton
1 page typed document-short bio of Mary Winans Wall
1 page typed document-Mary Susannah Winans Wall 1816-1897-biography

Folder 21: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Julia Hines Dilly

5×7 black and white photograph-Mrs. Julia O. Dilly opened her insurance agency in
1911 on Lawyer’s Row
envelope-Hartford Fire Insurance Company
1 page typed document-Julie O. Hines Dilly 1875-1959-biography
copy of document-Hartford Fire Insurance Company-J. O. Dilly, Inc., Clinton, LA
5×7 black and white photograph-Mr. and Mrs. Dilly in her office

Folder 22: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Ola Fisher

1 page typed document-Ola Fisher honored for service at tea (3 copies)
handwritten note with phone number of B. Hayes
8×10 color photograph-Ola Fisher (2 copies)
program-Ola Banks Fisher Funeral Services, July 17, 1998

Folder 23: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Charlotte Scott Greenup

title page-Charlotte Scott Greenup 1975
8×10 black and white photograph-Charlotte Greenup, 1982-95 years old
2 page typed document-“Mother Greenup”, Charlotte Scott Greenup, 1885-1982
copy of newspaper article (3)-“Bright and Sharp at 90-Plus”-Charlotte Greenup, copy
of photo included

Folder 24: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Mamie Gorda Cravens Record

1 page typed document-Mamie Gorda Cravens Record, 1871-1960-biography
5×7 black and white photograph of Mamie Gorda Cravens Record
newspaper article-“Feliciana Garden Club Sponsoring Silver Tea Honoring Mrs. Record”,
handwritten note attached, copy of photos included-School Days 1959-60, Clinton High
School

Folder 25: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Sally Daniels Munday

5×7 black and white photograph-Sally Daniels Munday, c. 1865
1 page typed document-Sally Daniels Munday 1840-1914-biography

Folder 26: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Carrie Moore Young

1 page typed document-Carrie Moore Young, c. 1885-1953, attached-Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute Diploma to Carrie Moore Young, August 1934
8×10 black and white photograph-Carrie Moore Young in her cap and gown
copy of newspaper article-“Our Colored Friends Pioneer Educator Dies from Accident
Injuries”; attached-biography and a handwritten note

Folder 27: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Inez M. Durham

8×10 black and white photograph-Inez M. Durham
2 copies of recipes; includes-Apricot Nector Cake recipe
8×10 black and white photograph-Inez M. Durham
card-Re-Elect Inez M. Durham-Clerk of Court-Apricot Nector Cake recipe mentioned earlier
on back
card-Re-Elect Inez M. Durham-Clerk of Court-recipe mentioned earlier on back
copy of newspaper article-“Inez M. Durham to Say Adieu to Parish Clerk of Court’s
Office”
8×10 color photograph-Inez M. Durham
oversized paper with following items attached-newspaper headline-East Feliciana Citizen,
Vol. 8 No. 22, February 26, 1943; newspaper article- “L. Stanley Durham Dies this
Morning”; bio-Inez M. Durham 1909-1993; newspaper article- “E. Feliciana gets Records
After 40 Years in Capital” by Richard Munson, November 1974, Morning Advocate; 2 Re-Elect
Inez cards

Folder 28: Significant Women in History of Clinton-Clara E. Sides Hubbs

1 page typed document- Clara E. Sides Hubbs, 1866-1949 (biography)
copy of Primary Election for nomination for parish officers sample ballot, January
15, 1924
8×10 photograph of Clara E. Sides Hubbs

Folder 29: Women

4×6 color photograph-headstone of Sarah Killian
3 page typed document-Vol. III-Biographies/History/Memoirs of LA-Major G. W. Munday
6 handwritten notes
newspaper-“Miss Wilda Remember for Work with Young”, The Watchmen, Vol. 94, No. 19, April 19, 1973
envelope-to Mildred Worrell from Charmaine Dyson, October 7, 2002

Folder 30: Photographs-Engagements/Weddings from Watchmen newspaper

black and white 5×7- Bonnie Joan Tolle
black and white 5×7-Miss Sue Sagely
black and white 5×7- Terry John
black and white 5×7- Miss Gurney
black and white 5×7- Sebrend Williams
black and white 5×7- Peggy Jean Perkins
black and white 5×7- Lisa Diana Falcon
black and white 5×7- woman in wedding dress
color 5×7- Rowan
black and white 5×7- Lisa Falcon
black and white 3×5-Wanda M. Newman and Terry R. Craighead
black and white 5×7- a prenuptial party
black and white 5×7- husband and wife on their wedding day
color 2×3- Miss Janice Claire Chanes
black and white 5×7- Jacqeline Bernadine Green
color 2×3-Sharon Yvette Evans
black and white 3×5- Patti Lynn Mote
color 2×3- Nancy Elizabeth Allen
color 2×3- Mrs. Mamie Woodside
black and white 2×3- Jane Marie Hopkins
black and white 3×5-Jarreau-Perry
black and white 4×6-Tracy Sue Allen
color 2×3-Linda Wright
color 2×3-Karen Foster and James Michael Wilson
black and white 5×7- Janet Olivia Hargin, bride of Racy Robin Gernon
black and white 5×7- Tammy J. Easley
black and white 5×7-Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. McQueen
black and white 3×5-Mrs. James Griffin
black and white 5×7-Kathryn Lee Dennis
color 6×6-Toni Elizabeth Pope
black and white 5×7- Connie Smith Elam
color 2×3-Dawn Jelks
black and white 5×7-Cornelia Celeste Cumbo
black and white 5×7-Schepns-O’Brien
black and white 5×7-Toney-Boother
black and white 2×3-Albritton
color 2×3-Lavri Shaffer
black and white 5×7-unnamed man and woman
black and white 5×7-Rhonda Ranell Woodridge
black and white 5×7-Mary Ellen Broders
black and white 5×7-Kirk Hovor and Lurlene Price
black and white 2×3-Thelma Burton
black and white 4×6-bride
black and white 5×7-Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen Jackson
black and white 5×7-Mrs. Valerie Delatte
black and white 5×7-Edith Marie Quinn
black and white 5×7- Myrna Frances Reynolds
color 5×7-Marilyn Myers
black and white 5×7-Toney
color 4×6-Sherry Marie Garner and Mark James Bradley
black and white 5×7-Patricia Brian
black and white 5×7-Holly Henderson
black and white 4×6-Michael Spillman and Janan Darrow
black and white 3×7-unnamed woman
black and white 5×7-Buckner
black and white 5×7-Buckner
black and white 3×4-Garrett-Travis wedding announcement
black and white 5×7-Mrs. Joseph Meredith Butler
color 5×7-Mary Frances Miller and Frances Lee Snoddy
black and white 2×3-Darney Plunkett
color 4×6-Dorothy Mae Sanders
black and white 4×6-unnamed man and woman
black and white 2×2-Chalasian
black and white 5×7-Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lewis Martin
black and white 2×3-Betty Spillman
black and white 5×7- Mrs. Cynthia R. Goodnight
black and white 4×6 (enclosed in a black sleeve)-Rhonda Michael Ritchie
black and white 5×7-Donna L. Lard
black and white 5×7-Mrs. James Roland Jewell
black and white 5×7-Julie Dunaway Williams
black and white 4×6-Clarissa Rayburn
black and white 5×7-Mrs. Donnie Wilson
black and white 5×7-Anita Louise Lindsay
black and white 5×7-Miss Connie Jean Smith
black and white 5×7-woman on her wedding day
black and white 5×7-Lee Ann Buerger
black and white 5×7-Bolden-Bennett
color 3×5-White-Young
black and white 5×7-Kimberly Plovanich Ritter
black and white 4×6-Karen Walker
black and white 5×7-Michael Gregory
black and white 5×7-Catherine Ann Lofton
black and white 4×6-Phyllis Bryant
black and white 4×6-Daisy Jackson
black and white 2×3-Velma Houston Terrell
black and white 5×7-Anita and Dewalt Wilmer
black and white 5×7-Lori Ann Hardvick and Randie Lynn Blanchard
black and white 5×7-Miss Donna Barker
black and white 5×7-Miss Michael
black and white 8×10-Mrs. Michael K. Darsey
black and white 8×10-man and woman on wedding day
black and white 8×10-woman on wedding day
black and white 8×10-Beverly Browning Gurney-Lyman Fluker
black and white 8×10-Dawn Leigh McQueen
black and white 8×10-woman on wedding day
black and white 8×10-man and woman on wedding day

Folder 31

color 3×5 photograph-Trey
color 3×5 photograph-Chad
color 2×3 photograph-Kristi Dusek
color 2×3 photograph- a little girl
black and white 2×3 photograph- unnamed man on front, unnamed woman on back of photograph
color 4×6 photograph-2 woman and a man on a horse drawn buggy
black and white 4×6 photograph-LSU School of Social Work reception-description attached
5×7 black and white photograph-Easter egg hunt, handwritten note attached
8×10 black and white photograph-Easter egg hunt, handwritten note attached
2×2 color photograph-Rolande Sanders
sheet with photographs taped to it-Classroom #2 Mardi Gras door, grandparents enjoying
their pre-Mardi Gras breakfast
copy of newspaper article-“’Changes’-For Better or Worse” by Paula Trapani Bourg,
The Clinton Watchmen
typed letter about East High School Reunion, 1967
Lane Memorial Hospital Birth Announcement-Brittany Alison Collins, March 24, 1997
typed letter-to parents, from resource center at Clinton Elementary School-invitation
to “Make and Take Workshop”, May 7, 1997
2 page typed document-“The Good Ole Days” by Robert Dawson
typed letter from Coach Willie Lee-thanking the sponsors of Jackson High Relays hospitality
room
3 typed pages-district attorney arrests/court reports-March 10-17, 1997

Box 2

Loose Items:

Frame with 3 USA Bonds of the State of Louisiana- $5 bills; cashier checks-Office
of Discount and Deposit of the Union Bank of Louisiana at Clinton, LA, July 14, 1834;
Confederate States of America $10 bill; bank statement-John C. Morns, July 12, 1838
post about founding of Clinton, LA
copy of map of Louisiana Purchase
3 copies of photographs-1. Post Office of Clinton, LA April 1929; 2. Downtown Street;
3. McCutcheon’s Garage; 4. Copy of Map-West Florida area; 5. copy of Louisiana map
Woolridge Paper-The East Feliciana Parish Courthouse and Lawyer’s Row in Clinton,
LA: A Study in the Greek Revival-A Thesis by Laura Adams Woolridge, March 27, 1973
“How Well I Remember”-book by Armstead Richardson Kilbourne, January 1964
Ledge-J.S. Langeworthy, M.D. Wilson, LA