Prudhomme Family Papers
Prudhomme family members were planters in Natchitoches Parish, La., with interests in slaves, cotton, corn, hay, lumber, livestock, and a general store. Six generations of Prudhommes, spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, lived at Ile Breville (later called Oakland). Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and photographic materials, 1837-1993, document plantation life, courtship and marriage, sickness, social activities, travel, and general news of the Prudhomme family… [from abstract in finding aid]
Prudhomme family members were planters in Natchitoches Parish, La., with interests in slaves, cotton, corn, hay, lumber, livestock, and a general store. Six generations of Prudhommes, spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, lived at Ile Breville (later called Oakland). Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and photographic materials, 1837-1993, document plantation life, courtship and marriage, sickness, social activities, travel, and general news of the Prudhomme family… [from abstract in finding aid]