Sue Eakin papers

Abstract

The Sue Eakin papers (dated 1930-1997, undated; 16.11 cubic feet; 28 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 1 folder) consist of correspondence, office files, manuscripts, and student work relating to the career of Louisiana historian and professor Sue Eakin.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Sue Eakin papers
Date
1930-1997, undated (inclusive)
Extent
16.11 Cubic Feet
Subjects
Women in higher education
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by format.
Finding Aid Author
Megan Mummey
Preferred Citation
2007ms060: [identification of item], Sue Eakin papers, 1930-1997, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
Sue Eakin (1918-2009) was a historian and professor from Louisiana, who taught at Louisiana State University at Alexandria for over 25 years. Eakin is particularly noted for re-publishing an enhanced version of Solomon Northup's memoir Twelve Years a Slave (1968).
Scope and Content
The Sue Eakin papers (dated 1930-1997, undated; 16.11 cubic feet; 28 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 1 folder) consist of correspondence, office files, manuscripts, and student work relating to the career of Louisiana historian and professor Sue Eakin. The majority of the collection consists of student papers and projects primarily relating to local Louisiana history. Some of these papers may relate to Sue Eakin oral histories held by the Louie B. Nunn Center. The papers also include manuscripts and research relating to a book about Jack Gremillion, a Louisiana State Attorney General; files relating to plantation history conferences in the 1980s; and general research files.

Restrictions on Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Use Restrictions
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.

Contents of the Collection

Office files, 1930-1997, undated

Jack Gremillion Book - Background Information - Court Information, 1972

  • Case 1, box 1, folder 1
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Jack Gremillion Book - Background Information - Miscellaneous, 1956-1993

  • Case 1, box 1, folder 2
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Jack Gremillion Book - Background Information - Photocopies, undated

  • Case 1, box 1, folder 3-4
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Jack Gremillion Book - Background Information - Tidelands Oil Controversy, 1953-1963

  • Case 1, box 1, folder 5
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Jack Gremillion Book - Biographical Background Material, 1983, undated

  • Case 1, box 1, folder 6
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Jack Gremillion Book - Copies of Photographs, undated

  • Case 1, box 1, folder 7
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Jack Gremillion Book - Correspondence, 1993-1995

  • Case 1, box 1, folder 8
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Jack Gremillion Book - Drafts, undated

  • Case 1, box 1, folder 9-11
  • Case 1, box 2, folder 1-5
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Jack Gremillion Book - Grant, undated

  • Case 1, box 2, folder 6
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Jack Gremillion Book - Gremillion's Biannual Reports, 1958-1972

  • Case 1, box 2, folder 7
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Jack Gremillion Book - Gremillion Scrapbook Descriptions, 1993

  • Case 1, box 2, folder 8
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Jack Gremillion Book - Newspaper Clippings, undated

  • Case 1, box 2, folder 9
  • Case 1, box 3, folder 1
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Jack Gremillion Book - Notes, 1992, undated

  • Case 1, box 3, folder 2-3
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Jack Gremillion Book - A Primer on the Tidelands Oil Controversy and Louisiana's Experience in the Dispute, undated

  • Case 1, box 3, folder 4
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Jack Gremillion Book - Tidelands Oil Controversy Speeches, 1958-1969

  • Case 1, box 3, folder 5-9
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Jack Gremillion Book - Transcripts of Interviews (handwritten), 1992, undated

  • Case 1, box 3, folder 10-12
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First World Plantation Conference, 1984

  • Case 2, box 4, folder 1-10
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Second World Plantation Conference, 1986

  • Case 2, box 5, folder 1-7
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Third World Plantation Conference, 1989

  • Case 2, box 5, folder 8-11
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Fourth World Plantation Conference, 1996

  • Case 2, box 6, folder 1-8
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Office Files - Barbados, 1935-1958

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 1
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Office Files - Cuba, 1936-1997

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 2
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Office Files - Children Born to Caleast Rougeot and his wife, Mary A. Paul, undated

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 3
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Office Files - Correspondence, 1984-1988

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 4
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Office Files - Hadacol Company Booklet, circa 1990

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 5
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Office Files - History of Avoyelles Parish, undated

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 6
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Office Files - History of Bunkie, Louisiana, undated

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 7
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Office Files - The Life of Euzebe Vidrine, undated

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 8
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Office Files - Louisiana State University, 1984-1990

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 9
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Office Files - The Louisiana Unification Movement of 1873, undated

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 10
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Office Files - Miscellaneous, undated

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 11
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Office Files - One World, One Institution: The Plantation, 1989

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 12
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Office Files - "Paul Carrington Cameron as Planter", 1979

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 13
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Office Files - Plantations, 1930-1985

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 14
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Office Files - Smith Family Genealogical Information, undated

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 15
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Office Files - "Who Killa Da Kingfish", undated

  • Case 3, box 7, folder 16
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Student projects, 1966-1989, undated

  • Case 3-13
  • Box 29
Scope and Contents

The Student projects series contains student projects completed for Sue Eakin's history courses at Louisiana State University at Alexandria. The projects include papers, scrapbooks, and other local history projects. The projects in this series may also correspond to student oral histories held in the Sue Eakin oral history projects held at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History.

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