241. Smith, Constance (914)
1940s-1990s
2 linear ft.

Louisiana born Tulane graduate, Constance Pochontas, taught in New York and New Orleans and, during World War II, worked in an army hospital in California. After the war, she worked in Washington with agencies providing relief to war refugees. Later, she spent fifteen years in Ireland and Europe, returning to the United States in 1972. She resumed her education, first through a correspondence program and then at the graduate program at Brandeis University.

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242. Smith-Dufreche Family (278)
1861-1965
27 items

Includes letters of Sarah Smith to and from her son Alfred W. Smith during the Civil War. Also includes other correspondence of Sarah Smith, notably a 1910 letter of Sophie B. Wright.

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243. Sophie L. Gumbel Home (B175)
Records, 1923-1947; 1972
2 volumes

Volume 1 contains 1923-1947 minutes of the Sophie L. Gumbel Home for Feeble-Minded Girls. Volume 2 contains photos of boy students at the Gumbel School in 1972. The home was founded in 1917 as part of the Touro-Shakespeare Almshouse. It became a separate institution in 1922.

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244. Sophie Locquet School (B 268)
1862-1864
1 volume

Composition book of essays written by female students, mostly of a devotional or moral nature. One describes in some detail life on the Hanna Plantation of Terrebonne Parish in the 1850s.

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245. Soulé, Armantine (612)
1838-1854
1 volume (50 pages)

Collection of poems dedicated to Armantine Soulé.

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246. Southern States Art League (11)
1921-1947
66 cubic ft.

Includes the records and papers of an organization that included many women.

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247. Southern Writers Series (535)
2 linear ft.

Encompasses small collections or individual documents by or about Southern writers, including Cecilia Jamison, Amy Frost, Rose Knox, Mary Stuart, Wimmie Smith Evans, Carolyn George North, Beatrix M. Riedel, Alice Moser Claudel, Molly Moore Davis, Barbara May Huey, and others.

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248. Spanish Census of New Orleans (M 1052)
1791
1 transcript, 1 typescript

Translation by Rene Labadie from original census in New Orleans Public Library. Gives number of whites, free people, slaves, occupations. Compilation from census of 1791 by DAR, LA Spirit of '76 chapter. Family names listed.

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249. Standish, Marie Lydia (555)
1892-1953
324 items

Copies of songs, performance notes, programs, letters, articles, clippings, and photographs from a collector, translator, and performer of French folk songs.

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250. Stein, Gertrude (452)
1933-1935
18 pieces

Letters concerning lectures schedule in the U.S. in the period 1933-1935, lists describing content of lectures, and photos. In one letter written in February of 1933, Mrs. Stein discusses her writing techniques.

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251. Stewart, Winnie (B 253)
1937-1941
131 pieces

Personal and family photographs of Winnie Stewart, the Jones family, and others in New Orleans, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Washington, D.C., and Baton Rouge.

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252. Stocks Unlimited (107)
1964-1980
2 volumes

Minutes and financial records of a women's stock and investment club.

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253. Stuart, Ruth McEnery (M 438)
1892-1917
140 items

Letters to actors and writers including George W. Cable. Also included are notes and memoranda, programs of readings from her work, press notices, clippings, and manuscripts of her published works.

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254. Taylor, Aline M and Dick, Jr. (507)
ca. 1940-1976
12,101 items

Notes, drafts and completed manuscripts, correspondence, class and lecture notes, exams, photographs, clippings, and memorabilia of Aline Mackenzie Taylor (1911-1976) and her husband Dick Taylor, Jr. (1910-1962), both professors of English at Tulane University.

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255. Temple Sinai Sisterhood (243 Series II)
1950-1986
1 record storage box, 15 scrapbooks

Records of a Jewish women's group associated with Temple Sinai.

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256. Temple Sisterhoods (no number)
Collection, 1980-present
5 linear ft.

Newsletters and some ephemera of Temple Sisterhoods in Louisiana and surrounding states.

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257. Terhune Family (101)
1784-1938
77 items

This collection of a family involved in publishing in New Jersey contains the copy books of Hannah Van Voorhis and Matilde Zabriskie.

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258. Thibaut, Elmina (817)
1886-1941, 1972, 1986
241 pieces

Collection includes time-wage books for Elmfield, Palo Alto, and Belle Terre Plantations in Assumption Parish; account books, check stubs, and tax returns of J. Numa Thibaut; various personal notes, photos, and scrapbooks of Elmina Thibaut. Also includes correspondence and ledgers of Union of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of Confederacy chapters. Also correspondence from South Improv. & Ferry Co., and Godchaux Sugars, Inc. To J. Numa Thibaut.

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259. Thomas, Ann Raney (440)
1862-1892
87 items

Letters and life story detailing years in Louisiana and Texas.

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260. Thompson, Eleanor (61)
1869-1939
366 items

Clippings and correspondence dealing with social and business life of New Orleans, fairs, expositions, balls, social and religious organizations.