M-120 W.W. DURDEN, PAPERS, 1883-1964.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Materials related to the Ruston, Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and to the history of Ruston, including Chamber of Commerce minutes 1921-1961, financial records 1949-1964, annual reports 1943-1961, Highway 80 Association records, correspondence, photographs, and clippings collected by Durden, a member of the Chamber. 4 boxes.
BOX:001
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:
FOLDER:001
DESCRIPTION:
General information
FOLDER:002-003
DESCRIPTION:
Minutes of meetings, 1921-1961
FOLDER:004
DESCRIPTION:
Activities and programs
FOLDER:005
DESCRIPTION:
Letters to members and speeches
FOLDER:006-009
DESCRIPTION:
Financial reports and bank statements, 1949-1964
FOLDER:010
DESCRIPTION:
Newspaper clippings
FOLDER:011
DESCRIPTION:
Miscellaneous
FOLDER:012-015
DESCRIPTION:
Correspondence to and from W.W. Durden
BOX:002
FOLDER:016-018
DESCRIPTION:
Correspondence to and from W.W. Durden (cont.)
FOLDER:019
DESCRIPTION:
Annual reports, 1943-1961 (with gaps)
FOLDER:020
DESCRIPTION:
The Rustonians, 1943-1935 (with gaps)
RUSTON
FOLDER:021-022
DESCRIPTION:
History of Ruston
FOLDER:023-025
DESCRIPTION:
General information and miscellaneous
FOLDER:026
DESCRIPTION:
Photographs and map of Ruston
FOLDER:027-028
DESCRIPTION:
Newspaper clippings
HIGHWAY 80 ASSOCIATION
FOLDER:029
DESCRIPTION:
Constitutions, by-laws, minutes, and meetings
FOLDER:030
DESCRIPTION:
Programs, financial statements
FOLDER:031-037
DESCRIPTION:
Correspondence
BOX:003
FOLDER:038-042
DESCRIPTION:
Correspondence (cont.)
FOLDER:043
DESCRIPTION:
Newspaper clippings
FOLDER:044
DESCRIPTION:
Miscellaneous
HIGHWAY 167 AND MISCELLANEOUS
FOLDER:045
DESCRIPTION:
Highway 167 information and correspondence
FOLDER:046
DESCRIPTION:
Arkansas maps
FOLDER:047
DESCRIPTION:
Highway information
FOLDER:048
DESCRIPTION:
Book: Louisiana Highway Problem
FOLDER:049
DESCRIPTION:
Book: Freedom of the American Road
Miscellaneous Information on Louisiana
FOLDER:050
DESCRIPTION:
Forestry and Industry
FOLDER:051
DESCRIPTION:
Ford Motor Co. 1916 contract and 1932 sales agreement
FOLDER:052
DESCRIPTION:
Louisiana schools magazine
FOLDER:053
DESCRIPTION:
Louisiana Business Review, June. and August. 1965
FOLDER:054
DESCRIPTION:
Louisiana Water Resources Development, 1961
FOLDER:055
DESCRIPTION:
Newspaper clippings
MISCELLANEOUS
FOLDER:056-059
DESCRIPTION:
General miscellaneous Scrapbook
FOLDER:060
DESCRIPTION:
The Allies France and Great Britain
BOX:004
FOLDER:061
DESCRIPTION:
Certificate of the Kiwanis Club to W.W. Durden Sr.1945
Photographs from a friend to W.W. Durden
Scrapbook: Newspaper Clippings
FOLDER:062
DESCRIPTION:
Chambers activities, 1960-1961
FOLDER:063
DESCRIPTION:
Expansion of Ruston and Lincoln Parish, 1960-1961
FOLDER:064
DESCRIPTION:
Interstate highway, 1959-1960
FOLDER:065
DESCRIPTION:
Miscellaneous
FOLDER:066
DESCRIPTION:
Schools
FOLDER:067
DESCRIPTION:
Peach Festival
