NAPOLEON BONAPARTE HUNTER PAPERS Mss. 2360 Inventory Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Reformatted 2003 Revised 2011
CONTENTS OF INVENTORY SUMMARY... 3 BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE... 4 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE... 4 INDEX TERMS... 5 CONTAINER LIST... 6 Use of manuscript materials. If you wish to examine items in the manuscript group, please fill out a call slip specifying the materials you wish to see. Consult the Container List for location information needed on the call slip. Photocopying. Should you wish to request photocopies, please consult a staff member. The existing order and arrangement of unbound materials must be maintained. Publication. Readers assume full responsibility for compliance with laws regarding copyright, literary property rights, and libel. Permission to examine archival materials does not constitute permission to publish. Any publication of such materials beyond the limits of fair use requires specific prior written permission. Requests for permission to publish should be addressed in writing to the Head, Public Services, Special Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803-3300. When permission to publish is granted, two copies of the publication will be requested for the LLMVC. Proper acknowledgement of LLMVC materials must be made in any resulting writing or publications. The correct form of citation for this manuscript group is given on the summary page. Copies of scholarly publications based on research in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections are welcomed. Page 2 of 7
SUMMARY Size. Geographic locations. 79 items, 14 manuscript volumes, and 14 printed volumes Tensas Parish, La. Inclusive dates. 1841-1952 Bulk dates. 1870-1937 Language. Summary. Restrictions on access. Related collections. Copyright. Citation. English Mayor and merchant of Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Papers include a ledger containing accounts with individuals and plantations in Tensas Parish and a Mayor's Record that extends through the administrations of Hartwig Moss, Joseph Gorton, and Napoleon B. Hunter. Also included are records and printed material of the Order of the Knights of Pythias, Tensas Lodge No. 84, and of the Woodmen of the World. If microfilm is available, photocopies must be made from microfilm. N/A Copyright of the original materials is retained by descendants of the creators in accordance with U.S. copyright law. Napoleon Bonaparte Hunter Papers, Mss. 2360, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La. Stack locations. T:87; P:19 Page 3 of 7
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE Merchant and resident of Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Papers include a ledger (1870) containing accounts with individuals and plantations in Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Mayor's Record (1883-1908) that extends through the administrations of Hartwig Moss, Joseph Gorton and Napoleon B. Hunter, mayors of Waterproof, Tensas Parish. Entries are in consecutive order, and the charge, fine, or settlement of each case is shown. Papers also contain records and printed material of the Order of the Knights of Pythias, Tensas Lodge No. 84 (1888-1935) and the Woodmen of the World. These records are comprised of correspondence, roster books, cashbooks, constitutions, annual reports, and programs of annual conventions. Page 4 of 7
INDEX TERMS Account books. Annual reports. Cashbooks. Correspondence. Gorton, Joseph. Knights of Pythias. Tensas Lodge No. 84. Moss, Hartwig. Programs. Tensas Parish (La.)--History. Waterproof (La.)--Politics and government. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Co. Page 5 of 7
CONTAINER LIST Stack Location Box Folders Contents T:87 1a 1 Correspondence, broadsides, and bills and receipt pertaining to the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World, Waterproof, Louisiana (1912-1928) 2 Oil and gas lease, Troy Plantation; papers of the estate of Dominick G. Massony, and other items (1930-1937) 3 Correspondence, certificate, and related items pertaining to the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World, Waterproof, Louisiana (1940-1952) 4 Blank forms of the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, and Sovereign Camp Fund Report (undated) 5 Printed volume: Brief History of the Order of the Knights of Pythias, compiled and promulgated by Supreme Lodge Extension and Education Commission (undated) 6a Printed volume: Knights of Pythias. Supreme Constitution and Supreme Statutes 1894 1b 6b-d Printed volumes: Knights of Pythias. Supreme Constitution and Supreme Statutes 1894; with general supplement, 1900; 1906; with Amendments enacted at the Conventions of 1908, 1910, 1912 7 Printed volumes: Knights of Pythias. Grand Constitution and Grand Statutes 1895; with supplement, 1899; 1907 8 Printed volumes: Knights of Pythias. Grand Lodge, 47 th Annual Convention, Minden (1926) 49 th Annual Convention, Natchitoches (1929) 57 th Annual Convention, New Orleans (1939) 9 Woodmen of the World. Fifteenth Convention (1937) Manuscript volumes: P:19 -- Vol. 1, Winter & Hunter Ledger (1870) Accounts with individuals and plantations. -- Vol. 2, Mayor s Record (1883-1908) Administrations of Hartwig Moss, Joseph Gorton, Napoleon Bonaparte Hunter. -- Order of Knights of Pythias, Tensas Lodge No. 84: Vol. 3, Cashbook (1888-1933) Vol. 4, Journal (1888-1931) Vol. 5, Minute Book (1907-1935) Vol. 6, Roster Book (1888-1914) 1 Vols. 7-10, Annual Reports (1926-1929) Page 6 of 7
-- Vol. 11, Cashbook: Woodmen of the World (1906-1913) Vol. 12, Minute Book: Woodmen of the World (1900-1906) Vol. 13, Minute Book: Woodmen of the World (1906-1917) 1 Vol. 14, Cashbook (1931-1934) -- Vol. 15, Printed volume: Official Digest of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Louisiana (1892) Page 7 of 7