Judge Leon Ford III
Director's Discretion Archival Collection
JUDGE LEON FORD III COLLECTION (DIRECTOR’S DISCRETION)
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1. Letter from Joy Jackson dated May 3, 1983; RE: Tobin Photo Map
2. Mrs. Ruth Mathews Douglass United States Veterans Bureau correspondence, January 10, 1923-April 13, 1934
3. Deeds:
From Wm. P. Bond to N.O.N. & N. R. Ry.
From David Preston Et Al to the N.O.N. & N.R.R. CO.
From Wm. B. Fletcher and others to the N.O.N. & N. Railroad Co.
From Solomon Killian and Ann Killian to the N.O.N. & N. Railroad Co.
From Wilford B. Sessions and Mrs. Elizabeth Nesom Sessions to New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez Ry. Co.
From Miss Margaret Douglass and Martha Ann McKenzie to N.O., Nat’y & Natchez RR Co.
New Orleans, Natalbany and Natchez Railway Co. Vs C. W. Henry
4. Newspaper clipping "Golden Operettas to Show at Hammond Theatre;" Friday, September 21, 1962.
5. Instructions for using a war ration book, 1 piece
6. Prescription pad for Guess & Kent, Inc.
7. Southeastern Louisiana College Student Activities Book for Leon Ford; 1st & 2nd Semesters 1947-48; 1st
Semester 1948-49
8. Membership Cards; Southeastern Quarterback Club, 1947; Livingston Lodge No. 160; St. James Lodge No. 47
(metal)
9. Rotenberg clothing tag, Hammond, LA
10. Notes (3)—address or phone numbers
11. Contract between American Car and Foundry Co. and The Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Co. to build a
seventy foot steel dining car, 19 January 1924 with attached letter dated February 18, 1924
12. Political cards; Judge Leon Ford III and C. Alvin Tyler
13. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Ry. Co. Contract for four Closets for Tallulah station, 21 December 1911
14. Oak Knoll Country Club History and rules and regulations
15. Letter to the Shareholders of the Hammond Golf Club, Inc. dated August 1946 (3 carbon copies)
16. List of photographs for Leon Ford III from Zoe Kent Hebert on Property Services, Inc. Letterhead
17. Letter from Leon Ford III to Paul R. McDonald about obtaining a drumhead from the original Panama Limited
and a list of Train Names Available, dated August 28, 1972
18. 43 carbons of letters of request for switch keys and other various items, 1969-70
19. Pamphlet from the Deming Army Air Field November 7, 1943 2
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20. The Streetcars of New Orleans 1831-1965 with a receipt from Doubleday Book Shop, dated 29 June 1965
21. Letter from Peter DeNevai, Duchesne, UT, June 17, 1996 along with five matchbook covers from WWI era:
Marianna AAF; Camp McCain, MS; USS New Orleans destroyer; Camp MacKell, NC, Gunter AAF, AL
22. Genesee Lumber Company Railroad Department reports from May -November, 1906
23. Handwritten Notes
24. National Railway Historical Society Membership cards for Leon Ford, III and Virginia Ford
25. John R. Rarick, The "Klan-Man" from Indiana Wants Your Vote for U. S. Congress card
26. 2 maps of Louisiana (undated); Map of North Dakota (1968 highway map)
27. Pages 689 & 690 from The Locomotive up to Date
28. Blueprints: Plan of Sand House, Good Hope, LA
V. S. & P. R. R. Land at Delta Point
V. S. & P. R. R. Land Below Delta, LA in cultivation, Vicksburg, MS, Sept. 19, 1904
Locomotive Coal, Sand and Cinder Plants
Mississippi River Bridge at Vicksburg, MS
Adams Co. Lumber Spur, Aug. 16, 1900 (7)
29. Hammond Vindicator, 5 November 1954
30. Hammond Vindicator, 5 May 1966 (2 copies )
31. Agreement between Illinois Central Railroad Co. and the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. for Constructing
Side Track, dated 16 August 1900
32. Guess & Kent ink blotter with Service Ribbons and Decorations of the U. S. Army on it
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1. The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada,
Mexico and Cuba, July 1943; Travelers Official Railway Guide of the United States and Canada, June 1868
(Facsimile reprint of the first issue of the Official Railway Guide, 1968
2. Correspondence between Judge Ford and S. R. Tedder, August 23, 1986 and January 26, 1987, (along with 33
xerox pages about Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company from Minnesota Logging Railroads, American
Lumberman series, History of Foley, Florida, and copy of a letter to Clark Forrest from Gloster Southern
Railroad Company)
3. Historic Railways of the Powell River Area, by R. Ken Bradley, The British Columbia Railway Historical
Association, (Photocopy) with a letter from Russell Tedder, dated January 11, 1987
4. Meridian & Bigbee Railroad and Connections (map, 13" x 16 ½")
5. Five legal documents for the American Lumber Company vs. Day Lumber and Brick Company
6. Hand drawn map of southeast Louisiana
7. Notes on Gaston Turner Raoul
Article from New Orleans Picayune 15 December 1866 "A Train of Southern Made Cars
"New-Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Rail Road" notice in Confederate Neckties—Louisiana
Railroads in the Civil War, 13 March 1863
Tangipahoa Railroad Chronology, 1834-1900
Photocopy of a train
8. Pedigree Chart, 20 items
9. Two postcards addressed to Miss Marion Ruth Kidder at Siliman College, Clinton, Louisiana from Grandma in
Hammond, postmarked 1949
10. By-laws of the Hammond Country Club, adopted January 1st 1923
11. Map of Louisiana parishes (falling apart)
12. Leon Ford III Photo Collection Negative Identification Project (list); Ford Photograph Collection Location
Index (2 pages); List of Photographs (6 pages)
13. Notable Men of New Orleans in 1905, Photocopy of Alex. Maxwell and Chas. H. Hamilton, Pages 144 & 145
14. E-mail correspondence between Tom Davidson and Cathy Johnson about ICC Archives dated 9 November
1999 (3 pages)
15. 30 handwritten notes
16. Letter from Danny Johnson from the Office of The Engineer of Maintenance; Vicksburg, Mississippi, Dated
January 17, 2000 (thanking Judge Ford for the presentation that he gave at the NRHS banquet)
17. Entries from Hoffman’s Shay list dated January 22, 1999
18. Handwritten notes from Clark Forrest regarding the Banner Lumber Company, Ltd. of Tangipahoa Parish,
dated November 24, 1999.
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19. Handwritten notes (7 sheets)
20. 1933-34 Aviation Atlas, Gulf Refining Company, Third Edition
21. Handwritten letter from Judge Ford to "David" dated December 7, 1999, 7 items
22. Notes regarding the newly appointed Selective Services Board for the 6th, 7th, and 8th wards of Tangipahoa,
3 items
23. Illinois Central Railroad, July 31, 1971 (11" x 17" map)
24. Photocopy of Hammond Depot, April 20, 1954 by C. W. Witbeck, appeared in NRHS, Southeast Louisiana
Chapter, February 1997 (cartoon on back)
25. Handwritten Notes (16 pages about railroads)
26. Map of Louisiana–U.S. Geological Survey, compiled in 1921 and 1922
27. Illinois Central Locomotive diagrams, 1972 (8 pages)
28. Large envelope marked "Leon may keep"
Note
1951-52 Rotary Club membership booklet
Information on the Hammond Rotary Club and its Charter member Chum Anderson along with photos taken in front of Hammond Lumber (37 photocopied pages and articles)
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1. National Exposition of Railway Appliances with an employee’s ticket (1883)
2. The Union Switch and Signal Company catalog of interlocking (1883)
3. Southern Pacific Sunset Limited Coffee Shop and Lounge (plans CR-5)
4. Burlington Pioneer Zephyr (plans CR-2)
5. The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Time Table No. 62 (2 copies)
6. Illinois Central Railroad Valuation Report photographs stored in JPG format on a Sony CD-R
JUDGE LEON FORD III COLLECTION (DIRECTOR’S DISCRETION)
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1. The Eagles Class 44-D, Eagle Pass Army Air Field, Eagle Pass, Texas
2. Newspaper scrapbook including some handwritten papers and pamphlets
3. Land Deeds, 1918 and 1919, 382 pgs.
4. Receipt/account book from August 1, 1930-December 1930
5. Receipt/account book from April 1, 1926-August 11, 1928
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1. Metal clipboard with handwritten notes attached
2. Succession of Thomas A. Owens, 5 items
3. Strawberry Receipts, 1929
4. Partnership Return of Income, 1927 for Tangipahoa Title and Abstract Co.; Individual Income Tax Return, 1927
(duplicate); Individual Income Tax Return, 1928 for Thomas R. Thames;
5. Map of Pine Lands in Livingston Parish, April 1916
6. Morrow Real Estate Company Correspondence, 1928
7. Mr. H. P. Mehler Files, 1927, 5 items
8. Joseph D. Sharp Files, 1870, 19 items
9. Cate Estate Office Copies, 1927, 43 items
10. Sheets Written and Not Used, 17 items
11. Bertrand Files, 3 items
12. Property of J. P. Brashears and L. C. Spencer, 3 items
13. Empty Ledger Sheets; Blank Notary Public Forms; Blank Writ of Provisional Seizure
14. Warranty and Land Deeds, Late 1800- to late 1920, most pertain to Charles E. Cate, Ledgers, Reciepts, Con.
Judge Leon Ford III Collection , 110 items
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1. Warranty and Land Deeds: Official records of the Tangipahoa Title and Abstract Company and Laycock, Holcomb, Borron & Laycocf from late 1800s to late 1920s. Most pertain to Charles E. Cate. Includes ledgers, receipts, correspondence, 66 items
2. Warranty and Land Deeds:Official records of the Tangipahoa Title and Abstract Company and Laycock, Holcomb, Borron & Laycock from late 1800s to late 1920s. Most pertain to Charles E. Cate. Includes ledgers, receipts, correspondence, 132 items
3. Warranty and Land Deeds: Official records of the Tangipahoa Title and Abstract Company and Laycock, Holcomb, Borron & Laycock from late 1800s to late 1920s. Most pertain to Charles E. Cate. Includes ledgers, receipts, correspondence, 113 items
4. Judges Retirement, 152 items
5. Retired State Employees Association, 14 items
6. Louisiana Supreme Court, 42 items
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1. Invitation to the investiture of Burrell Carter as Chief Judge, Court of Appeal, First Circuit, January 14, 1999
with a thank you note to Judge Ford for participating in ceremony and a photograph of Judge Ford leading
the Pledge of Allegiance
2. Legal document regarding the Stimson Veneer and Lumber Co. Inc.–23 June 1923
3. Invoice from Baldwin Locomotive Works, Extra Order #2370–5 May 1905
4. Geological survey map of West Monroe, folded
5. Interstate commerce commission valuation accounts, 1918 and 1919
6. Cash Grocery & Sales Co. blueprint
7. Southern Ry. Diagram, 27"x28", Pacific Type
8. Profile Natchez, Columbia, and Mobile RR (blueprint that’s falling apart)
9. Folder marked "photos airport"
3 blank sheets of letterhead, LEON FORD III, Judge, Retired, Twenty-First Judicial District
Letter from Judge Ford to American Airlines dated, 11 October 1995
Handwritten rough copy of the above letter
7 pages of handwritten notes
7 photocopied pages of a newspaper article
3 B&W photographs and 1 color
Business card for Ray Brandly
3 photos of a Waco airplane
Index card with info from factory sales record of a Waco
Newspaper article "Mardi Gras Visitors Die in Flaming Plane Crash Near Hammond"
10. 3 page handwritten list of WWII veterans to interview
11. Handwritten note regarding 2002 reprint of Hammond Army Air Field
12. Illinois Central RR roster, July/August 1972, pp. 19-22 9
13. Photocopied diagrams of trains (4 sheets)
14. Illinois Central RR system map
15. 20 canceled checks from Amite Bank & Trust Company from Jay P. Wall:
1 written on January 4, 1917
1 written on February 1, 1917
1 written on June 25, 1917
1 written on March 22, 1918
16 written on July 31, 1918
1 charge slip August 18, 1818 from Amite Bank & Trust from Jay Wall
Adding machine receipt
16. Envelope marked "Judge Leon Ford"
Constitution of the International Brotherhood of Maintenance-of-Way Employes (1907)
Illinois Central RR Annual Inspection Report 1908 Maintenance of way Dept. (2 copies)
Photocopy of Louisiana Products, Resources and Attractions with a sketch of the parishes
"Scene at the Unveiling of the Stewart Monument at Hammond, La.," The Daily Picayune, Thursday, 28 January 1909 (p. 12)
Obituary for Charles Brakenridge, The Daily Picayune, Saturday, 28 December 1912 (p. 6)
"C.E. Brakenridge Dies at Hammond," The Daily Picayune, Saturday, 28 December 1912 (p. 14)
17. Photocopy of a floor plan for Gullet Gin Co.
18. Lumber Sold to the American Lumber Co. by Day Lumber & Brick Co. from April 6, 1912 to August 6, 1912
19. 29 court documents pertaining to American Lumber Company and Day Lumber & Brick Company, November
12, 1912-July 31, 1918
20. Supporting documents, letters, and telegrams pertaining to American Lumber Company and Day Lumber & Brick Company, 83 items
21. Correspondence to and from Genessee Lumber Company, 1906, 58 items
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1. Illinois Central Railroad Company bill of landing memorandum dated 2 October 1912
2. Reports for stock killed or injured between 1930-31
Approx. November 6, 1930–owner: Arthur Hoover, Albany–heifer yearling
Approx. December 1930-owner: G. W. McGehee, Slaughter-heifer with calf (claim denied)
1931, death of John Wall in train accident
March 1931–owner Fred Stewart, Independence–hog
March 25, 1931–owner: Sam Overton, Slaughter–cow
October 9, 1931-owner: Eugene Stevenson, Lindsay-horse
3. Reports for stock killed or injured, 1932
August 5, 1932–owner: George Anderson, Slaughter–cow
April 1, 1932–owner: Will Spechy, Slaughter–crippled cow
June 4, 1932–owner: Mrs. Sam Turner, Slaughter–cow
August 22, 1932-owner: A. E. Anderson, Slaughter-heifer
September 21, 1932–owner: Quincy Rayborn, Tickfaw–yearling heifer
December 3, 1932-owner Mrs. J. W. Lapeze, Star Hill-yearling heifer
4. Reports for stock killed or injured, 1933
June 15, 1933–owner: Robert Moore, Ethel-calf
June 15, 1933–owner: Jesse Mitchell, Montpelier–calf
July 6, 1933-owner: Charles George, Independence- bull
July 13, 1933–owner: Wallace Martin, Natalbany–calf
September 6, 1933–owner: Zeek Dumer–male calf
September 9, 1933–owner: W. E. Hornsby, Grangeville–cow
September 14, 1933–owner: W. E. Hornsby, Grangeville–cow
September 22, 1933–owner: W. E. Hornsby, Grangeville–calf
October 23, 1933–owner: F.A. Rowell, St. Francisville–horse
October 24, 1933–owner: Wilton Peavy, Pine Grove–yearling
5. Reports for stock killed or injured, 1934
March 26, 1934–owner: J. A. Stott, Slaughtert–cow
April 13, 1934–owner: D. C. Johnston, Lindsay–cow
April 18, 1934-owner: Judge Charles L. Munson, St. Francisville-steer
May 22, 1934–owner: Will Hornsby, Grangeville–heifer
June 14, 1934–owner: Mrs. L. A. Richardson, Tickfaw–calf
July 23, 1934-owner: Katie C. George, daughter of Hillary K. George, Independence-cow
August 17, 1934–owner: Alva Gaynes(?) –calf
August 23, 1934-owner: Frank Vinci, St. Francisville-yearling
August 24, 1934-owner: W. B. Thompson, Grangeville-calf
September 17, 1934–owner: Wilmer, C. Appleby, Slaughter–2 jersey cows
September 20, 1934–owner: Tom Guy, Montpelier–small steer
November 7, 1934-owner: Ellen Thompson, Oaknolia-horse
November 23, 1934-owner: Frank Vinci, St. Francisville-2 heifers
December 20, 1934-owner: H. Dunlap, Baton Rouge-calf
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6. Reports for stock killed or injured, 1935
February 13, 1935-owner: J. W. Stockett, Turnbull, MS-yearling
February 15, 1935–owner: Will Hornsby, Grangeville–calf
February 20, 1935–owner: Johnnie Bailey, St. Francilville–cow
March 4, 1935–owner: Lubether Sanders, Reiley–calf
March 18, 1935–owner: W. Y. Barnett, Denham Springs–yearling
March 18, 1935–owner: Carey Addison, Albany–heifer
March 28, 1935–owner: J. C. Ashley, Knoxville, MS–calf
April 9, 1935–owner: Henry Starns, Holden–1 sheep
April 9, 1935–owner: B. Drumwright, Holden–3 sheep
April 10, 1935–owner: S. P. Holden, Holden–calf
May 13, 1935-owner: Ora Lea Hutchinson, Tickfaw-mare colt
May 25, 1935–owner: Robert Moore, Ethel–yearling
June 13, 1935–owner: Jesse Ellis, Corbin–1/2 jersey heifer
July 5, 1935–owner: Ben Harrell, Dennis Mills–calf
August 29, 1935–owner: Will Hornsby, Grangeville–heifer
September 24, 1935–owner: F. P. Powers,Grangeville–cow
October 9, 1935–owner: M. C. Calcote, Hamburg, MS–calf
November 3, 1935-owner: Sam Turner, Slaughter-hog
December 2, 1935-owner: M. H. Kinchen, Albany-yearling
December 11, 1935-owner: Henry Stewart, Star Hill-2 yearlings
7. Reports for stock killed or injured, 1936
January 29, 1936-owner: Euell Jones, Independence-jersey cow
February 24, 1936-owner: Marshal Cotton, St. Francisville-2 heifers
March 5, 1936-owner: R. H. Peairs, Slaughter-2 cows and 1 calf
April 3, 1936-owner: Robert H. Sterling, Wakefield-cow
April 5, 1936-owner: Ben Harrell, Dennis Mills-calf
April 29, 1936–owner: Frank Vinci, St. Francisville–cow
May 1, 1936-owner: John R. Booker, Bluff Creek-cow
May 4, 1936-owner: Cleon Addison, Natalbany-mule
May 23, 1936-owner: Will Donald, Pine Grove (colored)-cow
May 18, 1936–owner: Jesse Mitchell, Montpelier–steer
May 28, 1936-owner: W. C. Appleby, Slaughter-yearling
June 12, 1936-owner: L. A. Milford, Tickfaw-calf
June 18, 1936-owner: E. M. Archer, Lindsey-yearling
June 23, 1936-owner: Aron Russell, Independence-calf
July 3, 1936-owner: G. R. White, Norwood-steer
July 13, 1936-owner: Lula Albin, Independence-heifer calf
August 2, 1936-owner: Gaston Jackson, Jackson-calf
August 8, 1936-owner: Henry Reiley, Reiley-calf
August 15, 1936-owner: Oscar Lard, Doyle-calf
August 24, 1936, owner: Sam Turner, Slaughter-heifer calf
September 1, 1936-owner: Jesse Mitchell, Montpelier-steer
September 9, 1936-owner: Mamie B. Fort, Baton Rouge-heifer
September 25, 1936-owner: George Hughes, Livingston-yearling
October 10, 1936-owner: George Hutchinson, Independence-hog
November 2, 1936-owner: S. H. Morgan, Mt. Pelier-heifer
November 7, 1936-owner: Geo. H. Manning, Slaughter-heifer
November 26, 1936-owner: A. Rogers, Albany-yearling
December 10, 1936-owner: Andrew Jackson, Roxie MS-heifer
December 11, 1936-owner: Ella Brown, Hammond-cow 12
December 21, 1936-owner: D. N. Williams, Rosetta, MS-hog
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8. Reports for stock killed or injured, 1937
January 5, 1937-owner: W. C. Appleby, Slaughter-jersey cow
January 5, 1937-owner: Ray Herring, Independence-cow
February 4, 1937-owner: Ben Kinchen, Basile-horse
February 4, 1937-owner: W. E. Hornsby, Grangeville-cow
February 5, 1937–owner: J. W. Stockett, Turnbull, MS–cow
February 7, 1937-owner: T. D. Bickham, Star Hill-cow
March 26, 1937–owner: S. B. McKnight, Bluff Creek–heifer
March 31, or April 1, 1937-owner: Geo. P. Smith, Corbin-hog
April 9, 1937-owner: C. W. Addison, Albany-heifer
April 21, 1937-owner: P. H. Coffman, Pine Grove-heifer yearling
May 16, 1937-owner: C. L. Gray, Hammond-jersey cow
August 26, 1937–owner: Morgan Bailey, Robert–yearling
August 28, 1937-owner: George Hyde, Hammond-small black heifer and Guernsey Heifer
September 1, 1937-owner: Mrs. Lenora Milford, Tickfaw-cow and calf
September 4, 1937-owner: E. J. Ard, Montpelier-calf
November 10, 1937-owner: Neva Herring, Hamburg, MS-yearling
November 28, 1937-owner: J. W. Lapeze, Star Hill-steer and 2 cows
9. Reports for stock killed or injured, 1939
January 21, 1939-owner D. H. Goynes, Pine Grove-dairy cow
10. Railroad Information:
Motive Power of the Louisiana & Arkansas (6 pages)
Illinois Central Systems 35 Report "The following cars were waybilled"
Agreement for constructing side track between VS&PRR and M.M. Morgan, 10 March 1899
11. Certificate admitting Leon Ford, III to practice law in Louisiana, dated 23 July 1952
12. Miscellaneous Items:
The Denver and Rio Grande R.R. Co. engine 409 login sheets (2) 3 and 5 November 1916
Missouri and Arkansas Railway Company blank boiler washing report (2 blank cards)
Illinois Central Railroad notice to the public (3x5 card)
handwritten note
Memphis, Dallas & Gulf Railroad Company report of stock killed or injured (blank)
Alphabetic list of pastors, "W", pp. 612-613
Interstate Commerce Comm. Investigation No. 3033 Accident at St. Gabriel, LA, 3 November 1946 (4 pages)
SI&E Negs to Degolyer (2 pages)
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. Engine specifications for #1 built 1906 (2 pages)
Agreement between the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad and Hunter and Wolfe, 3 November 1886;
RE: for construction of wire fencing 13
Agreement between Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Co., dated 4 April 1918; RE: a tramway
Blank service log
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13. Miscellaneous Items:
1 stamp (Antarctica-1954 Expedition)
4 envelopes
Twenty dollars from Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1 November 1907
Missouri and Arkansas Railway Company Ad and Ink Blotter (2)
The Prescott and Northwestern Railroad Co. (Blank Trip Pass Stub)
1 green Ozarks North Arkansas Route ticket
24 tickets from Missouri and Arkansas Railway Company
1 National Railway Historical Society sticker
5 business cards from Witbeck Photo Service
Business card from George R. Cockle
Business card from B V L Antiques
Business card from G. Jones, Numismatist
book of matches
14. Miscellaneous Publications:
Page 8 from Northwestern Lumberman, 30 April 1892
The National Economist, 23 November 1889
The Crimson Flyer, November 1969 (has a list of Steam Locomotives of the Kirby Lumber Co.)
The Crimson Flyer, April 1970 (3 pages)
Ties: Southern Railway System, May-June 1972
15. Small Maps:
Index card: on front–East Carolina Ry.; on back–a hand drawn map of Industrial Road, 1918
Dixie RY Alexander to Benson (small map)
Arkansas Lumber Co. Wetumpka to Tallapoosa River (map)
Dixie Route Lockhart to Gallagher (map)
Toinette & Western Entire Line (map)
Alabama Pensacola & Missouri Valley R.R. Entire Line (map)
St. Louis and San Francisco RY Empire to Sipsey (map)
Gulf Ports Terminal Muscogee, Fla., to Mobile, Ala.
Florida Pensacola & Missouri Valley Entire Line (map)
Germain & Boyd Lumber Co. Louisiana Railway and Navigation Co. (Photocopied map)
Map of the Portland Division Southern Pacific Co., January 1921
Map of the Shasta Division Southern Pacific Co., 5 August 1926
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1. Roster of Locomotives
Locomotives of the Carter-Kelley Lbr. Co., W. T. Carter & Bro. L. Co., Shreveport Houston & Gulf, M. C. & S. A. R. R., compiled by C. W. Witbeck, 15 November 1955 (2 copies)
Steam Locomotives of The Carter-Kelley Lbr. Co., W. T. Carter & Bros., Shreveport, Houston & Gulf & The Moscow Camden & San Augustine RR, compiled by C. W. Witbeck 7/1971 (3 copies)
W. T. Carter & Bros., M. C. & S. A. R. R. list (2 copies)
Steam Locomotives of The Louisiana & North West Railroad (3 pages)
Locomotives of The Shreveport, Alexandria & Southwestern Ry. System, October 1969 (4 pages)
Louisiana Rosters Listed in Book
Roster of Texas Railroads (9 pages) 2nd copy missing first page
Texas–Logging Railroads–1912, C. W. Witbeck, 4/45 (2 pages)
Logging and Short-Line Railroads of East Texas (8 pages)
Additions to East Texas List of Logging and Short Line RR’s, 1907 Collection C. W. Witbeck (2 copies)
Locomotives of The Gulf & Ship Island Railroad (4 pages)
Gulf & Ship Island RR
Rosters of Texas South Eastern R. R., Southern Pine Lumber Company, Diboll, Texas; Wier-Long Leaf
Lumber Co., Gulf & Northern Railroad, Wiergate, Texas; Sabine Tram Company, Juanita, La. &
Beaumont, Texas in Supplement to The Crimson Flyer, March 1970 (2 pages)
Roster of Locomotives , C. W. Witbeck
Locomotives of The Kirby Lumber Company 1898-1955, (pp. 1, 3-5)
Locomotives of The Missouri & Arkansas Railroad, 1 October 1948 (2 pages)
W. T. Smith Lumber Co. Chapman, Alabama
St. Louis–Southwestern Railway Locomotive Roster (8 pages)
Louisville N. O. & Texas Ry Co. (Sold to Y&MV 24 October 1892) Locomotive Roster 1881-1892 (3 pages)
Colorado Midland Railway Locomotive Dispositions, from files of C. W. Witbeck
List of K. C. S. Locomotives (6 pages)
Crowell & Spencer Lbr. Co., Crowell Long Leaf Lbr. Co., Meridian Lbr. Co., Red River & Gulf R.R. Roster by C. W. Witbeck, 6 March 1965
Illinois Central System List of locomotives from Equipment List No. 1, 1 March 1932 (7 pages)
ICRR Engines sold to NdeM in 1921
Locomotives of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company, 1 January 1925, List compiled February
1942 by C. W. Witbeck (1 original & 5 copies)
Louisiana & Arkansas Engines 1933 (4 copies)
Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroads Assignment of Locomotives, Southern Lines (2)
Tex 1926 (handwritten list of engines)
I. C. Railroad Steam Locomotives, 1 January 1946
Louisiana Roster of Locomotives, 1 February 1960
Sheet three of a list of locomotives
Illinois Central Railroad Company list of engines (pp. 69-70)
Rapides Gravel Co.-Woodworth, LA. On back: Godchaux Sugar Co.-Reserve, 11/47 (handwritten)
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. Engine specifications for #1427
Switch Key Collection
Clement & Bra Swell Gravel Co., Clement Gravel Co. Chinkle, Minden
Roy O. Morten (Martin) Lumber Co., Castor
Louisiana & Pacific Ry., Bonami, La.
List of sales by SI&E and N&W (2 pages)
Photocopied handwritten lists 3 pages (2 copies of 2nd and 3rd pages)
Handwritten note "Random Muttering"
Handwritten note "G&SI"
General Dimensions of Locomotives, 15 February 1945
Data on Illinois Central Office Cars
GM&O Steam Roster, Circa 1950, From information compiled by R. E. Prince
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2. Baldwin Locomotive Works, Extra Order (Purchase Orders)
No. 7415, 28 September 1910
No. 3516, 18 April 1912
No. 8832, 25 November 1914
No. 8883, 28 November 1914
No. 8514, 31 May 1921
No. 8535, 2 June 1921 (2 pages)
No. 8541, 2 June 1921 (2 pages)
No. 11416, 8 July 1926 (2 pages)
3. History of "The St. Louis, Alton and Three Haute Railroad Company" and Leased Lines (Commonly known as
the Cairo Short Line), August 12, 1898
4. The Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co. Condensed Passenger Train Schedules In a large envelope to Mrs. Ruby
Witbeck with a small envelope from Frank Donovan, Jr to Mr. C.W. Witbeck
5. Index to Blue Prints for Illinois Central System
Road #3340-3341 for Extra Order #14447, 1926
Road #1300-1301 for Extra Order #16548, 1926
Road #3966 for Extra Order #16548, 1926
6. Newspaper Clippings
"Logging As It Used To Be," Kentwood News, Thursday, 3 August 1967
"A Farewell Salute To Steam," Dixie Magazine, 15 September 1957, pp. 22 & 23
"Railroad Faces 163 Suits After Train Incident," Morning Advocate, Friday, 15 December 1972
"The Felling of the Last of the Giants," Advocate Sunday Magazine, 6 January 1963 (pp. 1-2E)
"‘Mississippi’ Once His Engine," Illinois Central Magazine, p. 37
Newspaper clipping of a train wreck at Tarsus, near Anniston, Ala.
Advertisement for "The Improved Johnson Railway Heater"
Advertisement for the National Exposition of Railway Appliances, to be held at Chicago from 24 May-23 June 1883, with 3 tickets attached
Log train on way to mill of Hillyer, Deutsch & Edwards, Oakdate, La. (From a magazine)
"Old Engine Reconditioned for Use at Opryland USA, Vulcan Hauled Sugar Outside Thibodaux, Times-
Picayune, New Orleans, LA, Sunday Morning, November 7, 1971
"Strewn Wreckage of a 33-car freight train wreck along IC Railroad, The Sun, Hammond, September 2, 1960
"In Dust And Indignity [Razing of the Rock Island Lines passenger depot]," Times-Democrat, Wednesday,
November 7, 1973
7. Photograph copies from Railroad Magazine, "Raifan Personalities [C. William Witbeck]," pp. 147-149
8. Train Order Forms
Boston & Albany Railroad (5)
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company (1)
Illinois Central Railroad (38)
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company (20)
Missouri-Illinois Railroad Company (1)
Missouri Pacific Lines (5)
The Pennsylvania Railroad (1)
The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (1)
The Union Pacific, Dever & Gulf Railway Co. (2)
Washington and Old Dominion Railroad (6) 16
Western Maryland Railway Co. (1)
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9. Application as a car repairer for the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Co., for John R. Reeves, 1 Nov 1915
10. Register of Engines Made By the Baldwin Locomotive Works (1927 pp. 1-2, 1929 pp. 19-20, 1929 pp. 23-24,
1930 pp. 27-28, 1939 p. 55, 1940 p. 56-58)
11. Illinois Central Railroad Company and The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Agent’s Daily Telegraphic
Car Report (blank forms)
12. Southeastern Railroad Museum, Inc. letterhead (52 blank sheets) and 11 blank dividers
13. Correspondence:
Postcards; 3 to John B. Allen, dated 16 June, 18 June, 27 June 1936 and 4 to C. W. Witbeck, Jackson,
Mississippi, dated 26 November, 30 November, 2 December, and 3 December 1940
Memo from H. T. Evans to C. M. Carter, dated 19 August 1898
Memo from Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad Company to Rand McNally & Co., dated 22 July 1899;
RE: diagram of road laid and proposed
Memo from Alabama Northern Railway Company, dated 21 May 1915
Memo; RE: Toledo, Ohio train schedule, dated 2 May 1934
Wire dated 27 April 1934 (2 copies); RE: observe schedule and special instructions
Line wire dated 14 October 1935; RE: round-trip train fare
Letter to A.W. Sullivan from ICRR, dated 6 January 1893 (3 pages and an attachment); RE: unsatisfactory
work rendered by 6 engines
Letter from Illinois Central’s chief engineer to Rand McNally & Co. dated 24 February 1905; RE: the line
of road from Brookhaven to Monticello owned by this company
Wire from Brookhaven & Pearl River Railway Company to Rand McNally & Co., dated 7 March 1905;
RE: plat showing location of stations on their line (attached to above letter)
Letter from Hicks Locomotive & Car Works to J. T. Harahan, dated 13 May 1909; RE: private cars
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company Circular No. 119, 12 August 1910; RE: half tickets
Letter from Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad to Rand McNally & Co., dated 28 October 1911
Letter from Rand McNally & Co. to Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad, dated 6 November 1911
Letter from Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad to Rand McNally & Co., dated 9 November 1912
Letter to M.P. Blauvelt from ICRR, dated 10 July 1916, RE: dismantling of 52 IC and 6 Y&MV
locomotives (2 pages)
Letter to Newell Lumber Co., dated 12 July 1924, RE: machinery for Morton, Miss.
Letter to Mr. E.F. Feeney from Newell Lumber Co., dated 14 January 1924; RE: answering above letter
Letter from The Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company, dated 1 August 1925; RE: Announcing the
appointment of Mr. W.R. Adams, Agent
Letter from A. B. Cook Company to E. G. Kizzia, dated 20 April 1931; RE: purchase of Shay Locomotive
#11
Letter from the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Company to C. W. Witbeck, dated 19 August
1946; RE: photographing locomotives
Letter from Stanley H. Frost to C. W. Witbeck dated 4 December 1967 with attachments:
List of Lima Order Numbers for "Shay" Locomotives
"Shay" Geared Locomotive Drawing Available (3 pages)
Miscellaneous Old Plan (Erecting) Drawings Available for "Shay" Geared Locomotives (2 pages)
Letter from Leon Ford, III to C. W. Witbeck, dated 15 March 1968; RE: resigning as director of the
Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society,
Letter from Frank L. Brown, Jr. to Wayne Johnston, dated 25 October 1968; RE: centennial week in
Tangipahoa Parish (2 pages-xeroxed)
14. Envelope to Mr. John B. Allen from C. W. Witbeck:
List of lumber companies in Mississippi and Louisiana
List of Louisiana lumber and log companies
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1. Letters
Letter to Keeling from Bill dated 21 January 1964, RE: research on the 1028
Letter to Clark Forest from A. L. Sams of Illinois Central Railroad dated 30 November 1971, RE: the
construction of the Baton Rouge Hammond and Eastern Railroad Company
Letter from Brian D. Lenard to Judge Ford dated 18 May 1990, RE: seminar on child support
Letter from Charles B. W. Palmer to Judge Ford dated 16 November 1990. RE: past judgments appear to
be most sound in future living
Letter from Ronald Wm. Stritzinger to Chairman and members of The Judicial Council, 20 September
1988, RE: Judge Ford stepping down as chairman of the Science and Technology subcommittee
Letter from Carolyn F. Lahr to Judge Ford, dated 10 January 1991, RE: original judgment rendered by
Judge Ford
Letter from John D. Kopfler, dated 13 December 1990, RE: Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center
Letter from Hardy B. Fowler, dated 30 November 1990, RE: donation to the Lance Mitchell Scholarship
Fund
2. Esso Standard Oil Company Blueprints
Right of Way for one 16" Naphtha Pipe Line Crossing, April 2, 1954 (Letter to Paul Sippel attached)
Right of Way for 30" Sewer Crossing Property of L & A Railroad Company, March 19, 1948 (with letters
and other information about project)
Pipe Lines to Maryland Tank Farm Replacement Lines Across Plancor 152, November 29, 1951
Right of Way for a New Pipe Bridge & A New 4", 6"& Two 16" Lines Crossing the L & A Railroad, July
29, 1953 (Letter to Paul Sippel attached)
Ethylene Purification Unit Off Site Facilities Area "K" Plot Plan-Piping, November 15, 1956
Ethylene Purification Unit Off Site Facilities Area "K" Detail E, December 14, 1956
Ethylene Purification Unit Off Site Facilities Area "K" Piping Elevations, December 14, 1956
Ethylene Purification Unit Off Site Facilities Area "K" Piping Elevations & Schedule, December 14, 1956
Ethylene Purification Unit Off Site Facilities Area "K" Piping Plan & Elevation, January 14, 1957
Ethylene Purification Unit Off Site Facilities Area "K" Piping Elevations, January 14, 1957
L & A Railroad Crossing New Guardhouse & Gate Arm Location, Appropriation 4605, 1955
3. Guard Rail Blueprints
Illinois Central System Standard No. 1 Eleven Foot Guard Rail, 15 March 1936
Illinois Central System Standard Straight Guard Rails, 1 May 1941
ICRR Standard No. 1 eleven foot guard rail, 1 December 1908
L. & A. RY. Standard Guard Rail & Fixtures for 85th No. 10 Turnout, December 20, 1924
4. West Wye Yard:
Louisiana & Arkansas RY. Co. Mechanical Yard and Facilities at West Wye Yard New Orleans, April 13,
1950
Louisiana and Arkansas RY Co West Wye Yard New Orleans, Rev. Feb. 24, 1953
5. Turntable Blueprints:
ICRR 85'0" Turntable–1912 Standard Details of End Carriage. Loading Beam & and Cross Frames,
August 6, 1912
Alabama & Vicksburg RY Jackson Plan of Pit for 85 Ft. Turntable, December 16, 1923
Virginia Bridge and Iron Co. erection plan for girder turntable
Virginia Bridge and Iron Co. standard turntables
Virginia Bridge and Iron Co. Girders and Bracing for turntable
American Bridge Company 85'-0 Deck Turntable (2 copies)
American Bridge Company 85'-0 Deck Turntable revised September 1909 (2 copies)
American Bridge Company 85'-0 Deck Turntable I. C. Ry., Gary #3
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6. Station Map Blueprints:
Station Map, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company, June 30, 1917
LA & AR Railway Co., Station Map North Baton Rouge Yards, Louisiana Railway and Navigation
Company, September 7, 1956
Y&MVRR Station Map-Tracks and Structures Delta Point, LA, Rev. August 20, 1932
7. Y&MVRR Blueprints
Y&MVRR Bossier City Plan of proposed engine facilities, 30 March 1931 (2 copies)
Y&MVRR Bossier City proposed additional engine facilities, revised 26 April 1932
Y&MVRR Shreveport Track Connection with H&S RR (Southern Pacific), July 24, 1929
Y&MVRR Shreveport Proposed Relay Yard & Shreveport Fertilizer Factory, March 3, 1928
Y&MVRR Shreveport, retire track connections with H&S RR (Office Copy)
Y&MVRR Greenville, Mississippi, North Yard, Track Location, Piling Plan Profile, Sept. 30, 1925
Y&MVRR Greenville, Mississippi, North Yards, Plan & Section of Scale Pit, Sept. 12, 1925
Y&MVRR Greenville, Mississippi, North Yard, Sections, Sept. 14, 1925
Y&MVRR Vicksburg proposed locker in trainmen’s room, February 23, 1927
8. ICRR Blueprints (Miscellaneous)
ICRR Standard Detail of Planning and Grinding of Switch Points, Rev. May 13, 1926
ICRR Standard Cinder Pit Operated with Clamshell Derrick, March 6, 1906
ICRR Body Side Bearing Barber Type #2, February 25, 1925
ICRR Std. Governor & Bypass Connection To Vacuum Pumps, February 4, 1918
ICRR Concrete Ice Box for use with Sanitary Drinking Fountain (attached is memo from Frank R. Judd to
E W Brown, June 5, 1924)
Illinois Central System Mechanical Department Heating Diagram, 3 May 1938
ICRR 31 copies of Trestle Diagrams
9. Miscellaneous Blueprints
L&A engine specs for various engines (17 pages)
Louisiana & North West Railroad engine specs
Fairmont Railway Motors, Inc. Side Curtain, February 13, 1940
Kansas City Southern and Louisiana & Arkansas lines
Texas and Pacific Railway Company gas line in New Roads
K. C. S. Ry. Co. Standard Track Car Set-Off, June 1948
Track at Ethyl Plant at North Baton Rouge (Letters and blueprint)
Unit Stresses in Standard Timber Trestle Bents
Parallel Sidings, L & A Standard Turnouts
YS&PRR Mile 145-Spur Track for M.M. Morgan, March 7, 1899
Railway map showing Etowah and Cherokee (small and brittle)
LA and ARK RY Co Condensed Characteristics original LA RY & NAV CO Shreveport to New Orleans,
March 21, 1935
L. & A. Ry. Co. Smoke Jack for Quarter Pitch, Shreveport, February 17, 1942
Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co., Standard Clearances, July 1, 1940
Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co., Bridge Clearance Diagram, July 7, 1942
10. National Perishable Freight Committee, Circular 5-K Showing Icing Stations in the United States and Canada:
a) Cancels Circular 5-J, issued November 8, 1960; b) Supplement 44 (Cancels Supplement 40), issued
January 19, 1968; c) Supplement 46 (Cancels Supplement 45), issued June 11, 1968
11. Court Case, State of Louisiana vs. Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co., et al, No. 4687, 1918
12. FRA Track Safety Standards, March 1975; Track Safety Standards, Federal Railroad Adm., November 1980
JUDGE LEON FORD III COLLECTION (DIRECTOR’S DISCRETION)
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1. "Wild Catting" On the Mountain, by Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr., the History of the Whitmer and Steele Lumber
Companies, Book No. 2in the series Logging Railroad Era of Lumbering in Pennsylvania
2. Ghost Lumber Towns of Central Pennsylvania, Laquin, Masten, Ricketts, Grays Run, by Thomas T. Taber, III,
Book No. 3 in the series Logging Railroad Era of Lumbering in Pennsylvania
3. The Goodyears, An Empire in the Hemlocks, by Thomas T. Taber, III, Book No. 5 in the series Logging
Railroad Era of Lumbering in Pennsylvania
4. Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety in Re Investigation of an Accident Which Occurred on The
Illinois Central Railroad at Hammond, LA., on April 18, 1923
5. Steam Locomotive, A Continuing Portrayal of the Steam Tradition, Number 3, April 1960
Steam Locomotive & Railroad Tradition, Number 6, December 1960
Steam Locomotive & Railroad Tradition, Number 15-16, May 1965
Two Subscription Order forms for Steam Locomotive & Railroad Tradition
6. Bulletin, Railroad Station Historical Society, Vol. 1, No. 1, January-February, 1968 through Vol. 5, No. 1,
January-February 1972; "Stations of the New Jersey Short Line Railroads," by Edward H. Weber and
William F. Rapp, Railroad Station Monograph, Number 2, Railroad Station Historical Society, Crete,
Nebraska, 1971 (Supplement to Volume 4)
7. Items filed with Bulletin, Railroad Station Historical Society Newsletters:
Correspondence
Membership Lists, 1970 and 1971
Membership Card, Leon Ford III, December 31, 1971
Postcards (3), Terminal Station, Atlanta, GA; Michigan Central Depot, Detroit; Martisco Station, NY
8. The Bulletin, National Railway Historical Society
Vol. 31, No. 6, 1966
Vol. 35, No. 5, 1970; Vol. 37, No. 1, 1972
National Railway Bulletin, Vol. 47, No. 1, 1982
9. Railroad Magazine, March 1968; June 1968
10. The Ripley Railroad, Mississippi’s Only Narrow-Gauge Common Carrier, by Herbert C. Murdaugh, 1968
11. Kansas City Southern Lines Newsfolder, April 1953
12. Rand McNally Handy Railroad Atlas of the United States, 1955
13. The Story of Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer, by B. W. Overall, 1956
14. Lima Locomotives, 1911 Catalog reproduced by Pacific Railway Journal, Vol. 2, No. 10, May 1960
15. Repair Parts for Shay Geared Locomotives, The Lima Locomotive & Machine Company, Lima, Ohio, USA,
Catalog reprinted 1969
16. Locomotive Advertising in America, 1850-1900, 1960 (2 copies)
17. Brief on Behalf of Arkansas Southeastern Railroad Company, Docket No. 11, I. & S., n. d.
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18. Train Time Tables:
Illinois Central, The Road of Travel Luxury, Electric Suburban Schedules, Between all stations Randolph St.
Matteson South Chicago and Blue Island, No. 351-In Effect July 2, 1933
No. 21, New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, Effective 12:01 A. M. April 30, 1962
19. Correspondence about Turntable at Jackson:
Letter to Mr. E. Ford from J. P. O’Leary, Jefferson Construction Co., October 27, 1923
Letter to Jefferson Construction Company from E. Ford, November 6, 1923
Letter to Mr. H. H. LeRoy from E. Ford, November 7, 1923
Letter to Mr. E. Ford, Assistant to President, November 18, 1923
Correspondence about a Pullman Car for Hammond Exchange Club Meetings:
Letter to C. W. Witbeck from The Pullman Company, March 19, 1959
Letter to C. W. Witbeck from The Pullman Company, March 24, 1959
Letter to General Manager of the Pullman Company from Leon Ford III, April 20, 1961
Correspondence about Genesee to Loranger Railroad:
Letter to Raoul F. Loranger from Leon Ford III, April 5, 1963
Letter to Leon Ford III from Leon Ford III, April 6, 1963
Correspondence about Cane Car:
Note to Leon Ford from W. E. Butler about bill for cane car and hauling
Bid for Cane Car from The National Sugar Refining Co., December 12, 1958
Bill from Elray Kocke Service Inc. for hauling cane car, January 24, 1959
20. Mallory Hope Ferrell:
Handwritten address for Mallory Hope Ferrell
Letter from Mallory Hope Ferrell about a harp switchstnad, March 11, 1973
Advertisement for an 1871 Grant Locomotive Works Catalog
21. Gene Pat Price: Catalogs, correspondence and invoices for antique railroad equipment, 37 items
JUDGE LEON FORD III COLLECTION (DIRECTOR’S DISCRETION)
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1. Livingston Parish Railroads, Talk to Livingston Parish Historical Society, Sunday, November 13, 1977, 3 p.m.
2. McCarroll Lumber Company File, Dispute of Land in Tangipahoa Parish
3. Southeast Louisiana Historical Association–Articles of Incorporation, 1973, 58 items
4. Tokens, 9 items
5. Natalbany Lumber Company, Information from Larry Swofford, 3 items
6. K. G. & S. W., Information from Larry Swofford, 3 items
7. Illinois Central X-2405 Camp Car, 26 items
8. National Railway Historical Society, Southeast Louisiana Chapter, Hammond, Louisiana, 105 items
9. Strawberry Growers Selling Co., Inc. vs. #17960 Ponchatoula Farm Bureau Assn., U. S. District Court, 1925
10. John C. LaRue, Jr. (Letter about negatives of cabooses)
11. Livingston Parish Information, 18 items
12. St. Helena Parish Information, 6 items
13 Henry A. Mentz, Mentz & Ford, 5 items
14. Insurance forms (blank)
JUDGE LEON FORD III COLLECTION (DIRECTOR’S DISCRETION)
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1. Spring Judges Conference, April 10-12, 1991, 27 items
2. Court Reporters, 81 items
3. Supreme Court Judicial Council-Statewide Judicial Court System, 41 items
4. Juvenile Court Task Force, 41 items
5. Railroad Articles, 37 items
6. S. J. Campbell, 10 items
7. Elections: Newspaper Clippings, Campaign Flyers, 14 items
8. Tangi Politics, 17 items
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1. Zachary Taylor Parkway Association, 1 item
2. Friends of the Jackson Barracks Military Museum, 26 items
3. Baton Rouge Model Railway Club, 23 items
4. Southeast Louisiana Chapter, NRHS, 24 items
5. National Railway Historical Society Information, 11 items
6. St. Tammany Historical Society, Inc., 83 items
7. Edward Livingston Historical Association - Correspondence and Publications, 70 items
8. Texas Electric Railroaders’ Association, 41 items
9. Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society Correspondence, 1980s-1990s, 10 items
10. Heliogram - Publication of Council on Abandoned Military Posts, August 1978; January-August 1980, 9 items
JUDGE LEON FORD III COLLECTION (DIRECTOR’S DISCRETION)
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1. District Judge Qualifying Forms, 2 items
2. Judge Ford Campaign Material, 1974, 73 items
3. Judge Ford Campaign Material, 1974, 32 items
4. Judge Ford Campaign Material, 1974, 67 items
5. Judge Ford Campaign Material, 1974, 36 items
6. Judge Ford Campaign Material, 1974, 53 items
7. 1974 Campaign Notes and Contact Information, 47 items
8. Judge Swearing in Ceremony, 31 items
9. Judge Swearing in Ceremony, 1974-1975, 21 items
BOX 16
Folder
1. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 1-4, 95 items
2. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 1-4, 56 items
3. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 1-5, 45 items
4. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 1-6, 42 items
5. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 2-4, 135 items
6. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 2-4, 28 items
7. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 2-5, 64 items
8. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 2-6, 43 items
9. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 3-4, 52 items
10. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 3-5, 61 items
11. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 3-6, 34 items
12. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 4-3, 14 items
BOX 17
Folder
1. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 4-4, 51 items
2. Succession and Miscellaneous Indexes 4-5, 52 items
3. Tangipahoa Parish - Deeds of Real Estate, 1941, 28 items
4. Conveyance Research Conducted for Tangipahoa Parish Police Jury, 126 items
5. Index to Division D - Civil and Criminal Cases - Microfilm, 62 items
6. Kidder Successions #519 (16 JDC) and #25 (25 JDC) Titles H.W. Robinson - Thomas W. Kidder, 88 items
7. Louisiana Supreme Court Material, 1979, 14 items
Chronological File of Information on Family Health, Inc.
JUDGE LEON FORD III COLLECTION (DIRECTOR’S DISCRETION)
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FOLDER
1. Items:
The Hotel Will Rogers
The House of Tomorrow
Midland Hills Country Club
Ye Old Market House
Pope Air Force Base
A Century of Progress
Palmer House
Chicago World’s Fair, 1933
Illinois Host House
Fountain, Chicago World’s Fair
Edgewater Gulf Hotel
M.E. Church South
The St. Tammany Hotel, Mandeville, LA
Education Building, SLU
Mrs. Turner King Butler
Court House, Stand Pipe and Williamson Co. Bank
Tennessee Female College
Ponchatrain Beach
Horticultural Hall, Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA
Magnolia Ave, Hammond, LA
Street Scene, Hammond LA
A message from Ponchatoula
Logging Camp in LA Pine Forrest
Houlton Lumber Co.
2 . Items:
U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois
M-32 Operations Building, Air Corps Basic Flying School, Gunter Field, Montgomery AL
New Orleans, LA Naval Dry Dock
Lighthouse at New Orleans
Quachita River Scene, Monroe LA
Natalbany Lumber Co.
Thomas Street, Hammond, LA
Birdseye View, Natalbany LA
Science Building, Library Building Southeastern Louisiana University
Sunshine Cottage, near Covington LA
St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church, New Orleans LA
Office of Natalbany Lumber Co. Hammond LA
Bridge leading from Abita to Covington LA
Court House Covington LA
New Orleans Canal Street
East Thomas Street
East Thomas Street
Pine Street, Looking west, Ponchatoula LA
U.S.S. Aircraft Carrier Saratoga with Planes in Air and on Deck
Testing Radio Circuits, Scott Field, Belleville Ill
Headquarters at Barksdale Field
East Main Street, Kentwood LA
Beautiful Driveway near Ponchatoula LA
Green Lumber Sorter, Bogalusa LA
Large Plaines Bogalusa LA
West Side Square, Mayfield KY
East Side Square, Mayfield KY
Lovers Lane, Mayfield KY
Rice Hotel, Houston
Administration Building
Bear Cubs Captured at Eagle River
Everett Golf Course, Eagle River
Beauty Spot Near Green Wood Ranch
The Galveston Causeway
Medical Arts Building, Houston TX
Grove Park Inn and Motor Lodge
Hotel Roanoke
3. Items:
Grand Hotel Mackinac Island, Michigan
Unloading bananas, New Orleans LA
New Monteleone Hotel
Morrison Cafeterias
Great Southern Lumber Co. Bogalusa LA
Bridge over Bogue Falaya, Covington LA
Schooner Landing, Covington LA
Lovers Lane, Covington LA
Making Rail Road, Covington LA
Music and Dramatic Arts Building
Hopkins House Beach, Covington LA
Pine Tree Inn, Bogalusa LA
New High School, Hammond LA
Bogue Falaya River, Covington LA
On the upper Bogue Falaya, Covington LA
Rustic Landing, Bogue Falaya River, Covington LA
Great Southern Hotel, Gulfport MS
Hotel Buena Vista and Cottages, Biloxi MS
Back Bay between Biloxi Gulfport MS
Inn by the sea, Pass Christian MS
Cottages on the shore, Pass Christian MS
Lobby Hotel Bentley, Alexandria LA
Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge LA
Hammond Reunion
The Lansdowne Bath House
The New Century Hotel, Dawson Springs, KY
Old Water Mill and Dam, Dawson Springs, KY
New Century Hotel, Dawson Springs KY
Administration Building, Memphis Municipal Airport, Memphis TN
Chapel, Post Exchange and Recreation Hall Camp Shelby, MS
The Sawmill, Bogalusa LA
Pope Air Force Base
4. Miscellaneous Brochures, Articles, and Notes - 66 items
5. Miscellaneous Research, Postcards, and Maps - 7 items
6. Miscellaneous Letters, Bills, and Receipts - 15 items
BOX 19
Folder
1. Fatal Wreck of the Panama Limited Newspaper Clippings
2. Black Scrapbook Containing Clippings of Bud Ford’s Train Wreck
3. (2) Copies of pages 255-260, 483 of Down Brakes by Robert B. Shaw
4. Senate Resolution # 6, May 20,1936 honoring Leon Ford (Bud Ford)
5. West Florida Land Grant Documents, 1770s (1 item)
6. Scrapbook Commemorating Leon Ford’s First Solo Flight. Contains News Clippings and Photographs-Fragile