Newcomb Archives
Ellis, Dora Bonquois
04-019
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Newcomb Archives
- Creator - Associated name
- Ellis, Dora Bonquois
- Title
- Ellis, Dora Bonquois
- ID
- 04-019
- Date [inclusive]
- 1915-1950
- Extent
- 3.0 Cubic feet
- Language
- English
Biographical/Historical note
Dora Bonquois was from a New Orleans family who lived in the downtown and Lakeview areas. A 1935 graduate of Newcomb, she later received a master’s degree in history at Louisiana State University.
Scope and Contents note
The collection reflects her interest in historical writing, including her own study of the life of Henry Adams Bullard; family history (including ledgers of family businesses); and her education in New Orleans public schools, Newcomb, and LSU.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in seven boxes with three boxes continaing materials damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, copied, as well as radiated.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Newcomb Archives
Newcomb Center for Research on WomenSeltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu
Collection Inventory
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Box 1 of 7 General notePhotographs and clippings, 1921-1950 |
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Box 2 of 7 General note1. School work (McDonogh, 1927-1931) 2. Historical writing and the Louisiana Historical Soceity (1940) 3. Correspondence, 1950 |
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Box 3 of 7 General noteJournals and ledgers from the family business of L. Bonquois, early 1900s |
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Box 4 of 7 General noteScrapbooks, 1924-1952 |
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Box 5 of 7General note1. Scrapbook, "The Girl Graduate," 1931 2. Photos, family photo album, 1910-1950 |
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Box 6 of 7 General noteFamily finances in Day Book, 1910s |
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Box 7 of 7 General noteScrapbook, "Student Memories and Graduation Book," John McDonogh High School, 1931 |
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