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E. B. and N. Philip Norman Collection NORMAN (E. B. AND N. PHILIP) COLLECTION Mss. 1084, 2458, 2578 Inventory Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Reformatted 2003 Revised 2010, 2021 NORMAN (E. B. AND N. PHILIP) COLLECTION Mss. 1084, 2458, 2578 1833-1969 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CONTENTS OF INVENTORY SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 3 BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE ...................................................................................... 4 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE ................................................................................................... 4 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 5 INDEX TERMS ............................................................................................................................ 20 CONTAINER LIST ...................................................................................................................... 21 APPENDIX A: Alphabetical List of Steamboat Photographs in Groups I-VI ............................. 23 APPENDIX B: List of Steamboat Photographs and Postcards .................................................... 39 Use of manuscript materials. If you wish to examine items in the manuscript group, please place a request via the Special Collections Request System. Consult the Container List for location information. Photocopying. If 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. 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 42 NORMAN (E. B. AND N. PHILIP) COLLECTION Mss. 1084, 2458, 2578 1833-1969 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SUMMARY Size. 1,994 items and 225 volumes Geographic Mississippi River, Louisiana, Ohio locations. Inclusive dates. 1833-1969 Bulk dates. 1929-1960 Language. English Summary. Collected materials, including photographs, books, and articles, mostly pertaining to steamboats and their operation along the Mississippi River, its tributaries, and other rivers. Restrictions on Access to negatives and items in vault is restricted and requires the access. permission of a curator. Newspapers are restricted due to their condition. Most are available on microfilm instead. Note the MF number after each title for their respective call numbers. Copyright. Copyright of the original materials is retained by descendants of the creators in accordance with U.S. copyright law. Citation. E. B. and N. Philip Norman Papers, Mss. 1084, 2458, 2578, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La. Stack location(s). O:71-80; 77:60-62; OS:N; Map Cage: Map Case 1, Drawer 8; 102:; 98:; Vault:44, 88 Page 3 of 42 NORMAN (E. B. AND N. PHILIP) COLLECTION Mss. 1084, 2458, 2578 1833-1969 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE Eloi Benjamin Norman, the son of John P. and Adzelle Dupre Pomalow Norman, was born on August 21, 1854, at Cassandra, Louisiana, one of the oldest steamboat landings on the Red River (founded in 1827). In his youth, he bought a farm about 10 miles (by river) above Cassandra and named the landing he built there “Norman’s Bar.” Norman’s Bar became a popular stopping point for steamboats to load cotton, cottonseed, corn, peas, poultry, mill feed, and other farm products and to unload freight of all kinds. Norman became intimately acquainted with many steamboat captains. It was during these years that Norman began collecting waybills, newspaper articles, and books concerning the navigation of the Red River SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Contained in the collection are a number of steamboat photographs, research materials, and artifacts compiled by E. B. Norman of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and his son, Dr. N. Philip Norman of New York City. The material pertains mainly to the history of steamboating on the Lower Mississippi and Red Rivers and includes 587 photographs of steamboats; notes and historical data relative to various boats; 80 published volumes on rivers, steamboating, the histories of Louisiana parishes and regions, and travel in the South; periodicals on waterways, including National Waterways, Waterways Journal, and Waterways; newspapers and newspaper clippings concerning river news and transportation, 1833-1941; miscellaneous waybills and bills of lading, and correspondence. Page 4 of 42 NORMAN (E. B. AND N. PHILIP) COLLECTION Mss. 1084, 2458, 2578 1833-1969 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS COLLECTION DESCRIPTION Location Box Contents Steamboat photographs: For full alphabetical list of steamboat photographs -- see APPENDIX A O:71-80 1 Group I (115 items): Photographs of steamer ships, ferries, and other nautical vessels, military and civilian, including Gordon C. Greene, President, Georgia Lee, James Lee, etc., undated. 2 Group II (101 items): Photographs of nautical vessels, including interiors, cabins, and miscellaneous items associated with the ships, including J. M. White, Natchez, Robert E. Lee, Queen City, and others, undated. 3 Group III (86 items): Photographs of ships and Mississippi River scenery, including a traffic bridge at Alexandria, the wreck of H. N. Carter, the ships City of Camden, Natchez, Lafourche, Black Hawk, and others, undated. Steamboat ‘Round the Bend mementos (10 items): Items, including scenes from the film Steamboat ‘Round the Bend, starring Will Rogers, and photographs of scenery and steamers used in the film, undated. Group IV (56 items): Photographs of steamers, riverfront scenery, a magazine article concerning 19th century boating, newspaper clippings concerning boating topics, and a map of the Ohio River containing landings between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, undated. 4-5 Groups V and VI (225 items): Loose photographs of steamers and some interiors, civilian and one unidentified military gunboat, alone and in groups; natural scenery and cities; wharfs, and a woodcut of a steamer, Mississippi. 6 Group VII (72 items), loose manuscripts, 1860-1943, undated: 3 waybills and bills for purchases by Dr. J. J. Wade and Mrs. O. R. Wade at Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, for shipment by steamer, 1860- 1862; waybill for freight shipped on the Robert E. Lee, 1866; 51 waybills and receipts from various steamers for E. F. Golsand and Co., New Orleans, 1867-1869; 1 receipt for R. H. Smith and 1 receipt for J. H. Gresham for shipments on steamers, 1869; 3 freight bills and receipts for Golsan Brothers and Co., 1874; broadside advertising the steamer Hallette for Cane River Shippers, circa 1890; waybill issued to Norbert Badin, 1893; letter, bill of lading and 3 invoices to Mrs. L. W. Brandon from cotton factors and commission merchants in New Orleans, 1902; waybill issued to E. B. Norman, 1902; 3 waybill forms sent to Dr. Page 5 of 42 NORMAN (E. B. AND N. PHILIP) COLLECTION Mss. 1084, 2458, 2578 1833-1969 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Location Box Contents Norman, 1941; letter transmitting steamboat materials to Fred Way, Jr., 1943; and 1 photograph of N. Philip Normand. O:71-80 6 Group VII (39 items), mounted manuscripts, 1850-1891, undated: 21 loose pages on which are mounted 39 items, including 25 letters concerning sale of cotton, bills for purchases by commission merchants in New Orleans an charges for shipment by steamer to Mr. E. F. A. Shackelford and later to his widow Mary H. Shackelford, Plaisance, Cotile, Deloach Landing, William Carnahan’s Landing and other landings on the Red River, 1850-1861; photostatic copy of “Duties and Liabilities of Pilots Licensed Under the Steamboat Law of August 30, 1852;” oath of George W. Rhea to defend the United States Constitution and government, 1862; and 12 waybills and bills for freight on various steamers, 1867-1891, including one for the Robert E. Lee. 7 Photograph of steamboat Alabama (1929) in Riverton Lock with letter from Dick Lemen (February 15, 1971) on verso. 9 Negatives *RESTRICTED: Do note page (prints of negatives are found within the collection). Manuscript volumes: 8 Vol. 1: Scrapbook, 1929-1935. Vol. 2: Scrapbook, 1931-1940. -- Vol. 3: Scrapbook (stored on shelf), 1935-1940. 8 Vol. 4: Scrapbook, 1938. Includes newspaper articles by Captain Louis Rosche, Old Man River, 1938; also advertisements for excursion boats, including Capitol De Luxe, J. S., St. Paul, and President. Published albums: Cap’n Hughes Steamboat Sketchbook (1951) and Mississippi Stern-Wheelers (undated). -- Vol. 5: Capt. Jesse K. Bell Rea, Red River Way Landings: Channels, Maps of River Sections, Which Were Hazardous. Last survivor of Capt. George Washington Rea’s family, who grew up on his father’s steamboats (stored on shelf), undated. Newspaper files: Newspapers are restricted due to their condition. Most are available on microfilm instead. Note the MF number after each title for their respective call numbers Baton Rouge: 98: 12 Louisiana Capitolian. September 27, 1879 (Use microfilm 724). Morning Advocate. August 10, 1940
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