Southeast Louisiana (Florida Parishes) Archives

History

African Americans in the Civil War

Louisiana's African Americans, both freed and enslaved, played critical roles in the Civil War.

Architecture

Afton Villa Plantation and Gardens

Only the gardens and fragments of foundations survive from the fire that destroyed the Afton Villa plantation house in 1963.

Karen Kingsley

Government & Politics

Alejandro O'Reilly

This entry provides a biographical overview of Alejandro O'Reilly, the second Spanish governor of Louisiana.

Catherine Mizell-Nelson

Government & Politics

Alexandre Mouton

Alexandre Mouton, the first Democratic governor of Louisiana, served from 1843 to 1846.

Joseph G. Tregle Jr.

Folklife

All Saints Day

All Saints Day or All Hallows Day is a Catholic tradition honoring the saints and also deceased family members each November 1.

Ryan Brasseaux

Government & Politics

Alvin King

Alvin King served as governor of Louisiana for five months during a political power struggle between Huey P. Long and Lieutenant Governor Paul Cyr.

Carl Brasseaux

Art

Andrew Lytle

Based in Baton Rouge, early photographer Andrew Lytle spent a half-century chronicling the quotidian and exceptional events and faces of the city.

John H. Lawrence

While Louisiana began as a French colony and its dominant culture remained Creole French well into the nineteenth century, Anglo-Americans began to form a significant minority in region the late colonial period.

Lo Faber

History

Antebellum Louisiana

The Antebellum period in Louisiana begins with statehood in 1812 and ends with Louisiana joining the Confederacy in 1860.

John M. Sacher

Government & Politics

Anti-Longism

Huey P. Long was one of the most colorful and controversial politicians in Louisiana history. Admiration of his leadership was strong, but so was contempt; the contempt ultimately resulted in his death at the hand of a disgruntled citizen.

Samuel C. Hyde