BROWNELL LAND COMPANY RECORDS Mss. 5112 Inventory Compiled by Megan M. Atkinson Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University 2014
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BROWNELL LAND COMPANY RECORDS Mss. 5112 Inventory
Compiled by Megan M. Atkinson
Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library
Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University
2014
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CONTENTS OF INVENTORY SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ 3 BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE .......................................................................... 4 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE ....................................................................................... 6 LIST OF SUB-GROUPS, SERIES, AND SUBSERIES .................................................... 7 SERIES DESCRIPTIONS .................................................................................................. 8 INDEX TERMS ................................................................................................................ 13 CONTAINER LIST .......................................................................................................... 15
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SUMMARY Size. 34 linear feet; 131 volumes Geographic locations.
Morgan City, Louisiana; Berwick, Louisiana; New Orleans, Louisiana
Inclusive dates. 1843-1997, undated Bulk dates. 1890-1970 Language. English Summary. Records of the Brownell Land Company include lumber company
records, ice and cold storage business records, foundation records, and oil and gas lease records.
Restrictions on access.
If microfilm is available, photocopies must be made from microfilm.
Related collections.
Springfield Lumber Company Records, Mss. 3191; King-Edwards-Fuller Lumber Company Records Mss. 4151,
Copyright. For those materials not in the public domain, copyright is retained by
the descendants of the creators in accordance with U.S. Copyright law. Citation. Brownell Land Company records, Mss. #5112, Louisiana and Lower
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BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE The Brownell Land Company was the 21st century legacy of the numerous business ventures of the Brownell family in Louisiana beginning in 1880. The business ventures began when Charles Richard Brownell (1840-1929) and Robert M. Moore, both Michigan lumbermen, purchased large tracts of land in Louisiana for lumber after the Louisiana Timber Act of 1876, and subsequently organized the Berwick Lumber Company in 1886. The Berwick Lumber Company consisted of a lumber and shingles mill in Berwick City, Louisiana, and a sash, door, and blind factory in New Orleans. Charles Horace Brownell, (1865-1934) son of Charles Richard Brownell, managed the latter. This early business was the start of the Brownell family’s establishment in Morgan City and Louisiana. Charles Richard Brownell later partnered with his son and Gustave Drews and chartered the Brownell Drews Lumber Company in 1900. Charles Russell Brownell Sr. (1890-1947), son of Charles Horace Brownell, aided in the family business working at the Berwick Lumber Company from 1911 to 1916 and acted as vice president and secretary/treasurer of the Brownell Drews Lumber Company, but he was also the president and manager of another business venture, the Peoples Ice and Cold Storage Company in Morgan City, which manufactured and supplied ice predominately to local shrimpers. Charles Russell Brownell Sr. also began leasing land to the oil industry. This was a lucrative move because by 1925, the lumber business in Louisiana declined due to cypress deforestation. Brownell Drews Lumber Company liquidated in 1930 and Morgan City gradually ceased being part of the lumber industry and moved into shrimping and petroleum. Charles Russell Brownell Sr. later partnered with Roland E. Kidd Sr., son of Ella Drews, Gustave Drews’ sister, and Robert E. Kidd, to form Brownell Kidd Company. The company provided oil, mineral, and gas leases to oil companies, enabling the companies to drill on Brownell Kidd Company’s property. Charles Richard Brownell, the first of the Brownell family to move to Louisiana in 1886, practiced law in Michigan before becoming a lumberman in Louisiana. With his first wife, Clarissa Moon, he had one son, Charles Horace Brownell. Charles Horace Brownell, aside from working for the family’s lumber business, was also a banker. He resided in New Orleans and operated the Berwick Lumber Company’s New Orleans warehouse. He married Frances Pierson and they had two children, Charles Russell Brownell Sr. and Claire Horatio Brownell (1903-1972). Charles Russell Brownell Sr. worked in the lumber business, began the Peoples Ice and Cold Storage business, and initiated the leasing of property to oil companies. Charles Russell Brownell Sr. served the Louisiana legislature from 1936 until his death in 1947. He also participated in banking and real estate interests, both commercial and residential. Charles Russell Brownell Sr. and his wife, Anna Widmer (1892-) had one son, Dr. Charles Russell Brownell Jr. Like his father, Dr. Charles Russell Brownell Jr. (1913-1989) was actively engaged in politics. He was mayor of Morgan City from 1951 to 1983 and served for the State House of Representatives from 1948 to 1952. He had a medical practice in Morgan
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City and served as the president of Morgan City Lakewood Hospital. He also served in World War II for the US Army Medical Corp. Since Charles Richard Brownell’s arrival in Louisiana in 1886, the Brownell family participated in philanthropic activities and charities. The family began the Brownell Foundation, a nonprofit that supports education and religious activities. One of the works of this foundation was the donation of Brownell Memorial Park, a gift from Claire Horatio Brownell in 1971. The Brownell Foundation also gave to local schools and churches. The Brownell Foundation and the Brownell Land Company were active in 2013. The Brownell Land Company was a trust management/real estate company. The CEO, Michael Vanover, was the grandson of Dr. Charles Russell Brownell Jr. The Brownell Land Company participated in many lawsuits against oil companies, forcing the companies to return to their previously leased properties and plug abandoned orphan wells to alleviate potential and realized environmental problems.
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Brownell Land Company records date from 1843 to 1997, with the bulk of the records dating 1890 to 1970. The Brownell Land Company records document the everyday business transactions of the numerous businesses created and operated by the Brownell Family. The records reveal the Brownell family’s change from lumbermen to oil lessors and illustrate the mark left by lumbermen and oil lessors on the Louisiana coast and terrain in St. Martin, Assumption, St. Mary, Iberia, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, and Terrebonne Parishes. The records also reflect how the Brownell family used the resources in Louisiana, such as waterways, lumber, fishing, and oil to create wealth. The records are arranged in the following series represented by businesses: Berwick Lumber Company (1875-1955, 1965, undated); Brownell Drews Lumber Company ((1843-1982, undated (bulk 1910-1940)); Brownell Foundation, (1968-1990, undated); Brownell Kidd Company, (1915, 1923-1997, undated); and People’s Ice and Cold Storage, (1926-1967). The series are divided into subseries. Descriptions for individual series and subseries are under Series Descriptions. Although the series are organized by business, records of individual business occasionally overlap in series because many businesses resulted from previous businesses and they often had an overlap in operating years and shared property. The result is that occasionally a record from another series is located in a different series. The records include financial records, such as taxes, journals, ledgers, cash books, and annual reports; land records including deeds, leases, sales, and titles; lumber records including tallies from the mill and tallies from what is pulled from the land and water; and administrative and legal records such as correspondence, court cases, and meeting minutes. There is also a significant number of employee records, which document changes in labor standards.
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LIST OF SUB-GROUPS, SERIES, AND SUBSERIES Series I. Berwick Lumber Company 1875-1955, 1965, undated Subseries 1. Correspondence, 1893 Subseries 2. Financial Records, 1875-1920 Subseries 3. General and Administrative Records, 1888-1955, 1965, undated Series II. Brownell Drews Lumber Company 1843-1982, undated (bulk 1910-1940) Subseries 1. Administrative and Legal Records, 1860-1950, 1982 Subseries 2. Financial Records, 1892-1951, undated Subseries 3. Property Records, 1843-1956, 1979, undated Subseries 4. Lumber Records, 1891-1955, undated Series III. Brownell Foundation, 1968-1990, undated Series IV. Brownell Kidd Company, 1915, 1923-1997, undated Subseries 1. Administrative and Legal Records, 1923-1984, 1997, undated Subseries 2. Financial Records, 1932, 1950-1987 Subseries 3. Property Records, 1933-1991, undated Subseries 4. Geologist, Clifton A. Cowan, Records, 1915, 1941-1993, undated Series V. People’s Ice and Cold Storage, 1926-1967 Subseries 1. Administrative Records, 1931-1966 Subseries 2. Employee Records, 1931-1966 Subseries 3. Financial Records, 1926-1962 Subseries 4. General Records, 1931-1942, circa 1960 Subseries 5. Legal Records, 1930-1964
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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS Series I. Berwick Lumber Company 1875-1955, 1965, undated The Berwick Lumber Company was a lumber and shingles mill located in Berwick City, Louisiana, and a warehouse and a sash, door, and blind factory in New Orleans on Clio and Freret Street. Two lumbermen from Michigan, Robert M. Moore and Charles Richard Brownell, organized the Brownell Moore Lumber Company in 1886. It was later authorized to operate in Louisiana and became the Berwick Lumber Company and a stock company in 1889. Charles Richard Brownell was the president and the board was comprised of other lumbermen from Michigan. The company owned tracts of cypress timber expected to last fifteen years,1 bought after the Louisiana Timber Act 1876, which made land previously owned by the federal government for sale as low as 25 cents an acre. Charles Horace Brownell, son of Charles Richard Brownell, was the manager of the New Orleans business, which contracted work for interior finishes and products from the lumber. In 1918, the factory burnt down and the company dissolved. Later, Norgress Menefee Cypress Company purchased the mill in Berwick City. In 1900, Charles Richard Brownell entered a joint venture called the Brownell Drews Lumber Company with Charles Horace Brownell, and Gustave Drews’ family. Records are arranged into three subseries: Correspondence, Financial, and General and Administrative Records. Correspondence includes orders and complaints about cypress from furnishing and shingle manufacturers and orders from other lumber mills. There are also letters inquiring about employment. The correspondence is only for 1893 and correspondence for other years of operation are not present in the records, with the exception of a few letters tipped in throughout the other series. The financial records primarily consist of primarily ledgers, journals, cash books, and tax receipts for land owned in Louisiana and its many parishes. Receipts document acreage owned by the Berwick Lumber Company. General and administrative records mostly relate to the Ramos Lumber Company, run by Edward Everett Moberly. Ramos Lumber Company would pull lumber from Berwick Lumber Company lands and split the lumber with Berwick. The overlap in business and operating years of Berwick Lumber Company and the Brownell Drews Lumber Company results in the individual series containing some overlapping records with the other series. Folders are arranged alphabetically within the subseries. Series II. Brownell Drews Lumber Company 1843-1982, undated (bulk 1910-1940) Charles R. Brownell, Gustave Drews, and Charles Horace Brownell chartered the Brownell-Drews Lumber Company in 1900. Prior to this joint venture, the Brownells operated the Berwick Lumber Company and the Drews operated Drew’s Pieux Island Saw and Shingle Mill. Brownell Drews Lumber Company was in Morgan City, Louisiana, on Front and Brashear Street. Brownell Drews Lumber Company had an
1 Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p. 291.
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estimated annual output of 12 million feet of saw lumber, shingle, and lathe.2 The company had a steamer, the William Drews, and numerous pull boats. It voluntarily liquidated April 23, 1930, but operated into the middle of the century.
The Brownell-Drews Lumber Company harvested trees from its properties, but it also harvested trees from properties that it leased. The company would offer money to land owners in return for clearing their property of lumber. The majority of the wood harvested was cypress and tupelo. The lumber was harvested on land, but in most cases the lumber was cleared in the swamp with a pull boat and log boom. Lumber companies built canals and waterways to help with moving the lumber through areas and booms created barriers at the mouth of the waterways to collect the lumber. Cypress harvested was used for fine carpentry wood while smaller pieces were used for shingles. The Brownell Drews Lumber Company typically sold this wood to Texas and the North. Schooners and then railroads moved the lumber to markets. The Brownell Drews Lumber Company records are divided into four subseries arranged in the following order: Administrative and Legal, Financial, Property, and Lumber Records. The overlap in business years and business dealings between the Berwick Lumber Company, the Brownell Drews Lumber Company, and the Brownell Kidd Company resulted in this series containing overlapping business records with other series. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order by title in subseries. The bulk of the administrative and legal records include court cases, correspondence, and board of directors meeting books. Some property and financial records are included. The Financial Records subseries contains ledgers, journals, cashbooks, tax records, and payroll records. Included in this subseries are records relating to the liquidation. Property records reflect the increased property resulting from the partnership between the Drews and the Brownell’s and document the Brownell Drews Lumber Company’s negotiated leases with other properties, such as Rebecca Plantation and Rebecca Planting and Manufacturing Company. Property records include deeds, sales, and surveys. There are numerous records that document the location and amount of land owned by the company, including folders titles “Description and classification of the lands in Louisiana owned by Brownell Drews Lumber Company;” and “Stenographer’s notebooks,” and “Swamp land, worksheets.” Records show negotiations as well as disputes over property lines. Lumber records include tallies of lumber cut from the mill and tallies of lumber harvested from a variety of locations, especially via timber float and pull boat. Tallies of lumber harvested are called by numerous names including log tallies, lumber tallies, and timber books. Log tallies from the May Brothers comprise of a large number of the records in this subseries. The May Brothers and the Brownell Drews Lumber Company had a working partnership in some areas in regards to lumber collected. Records that reflect a sample of the lumber cut at the mill include mill tallies, which detail the amount and type of lumber processed at the mill dating from 1921 to 1928; scattered mill tallies wanting. 2 15 cypress
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Samples of these records were taken and months were missing in the original run. Additional records regarding pull boat activities are included in the Financial Records subseries in payroll. Series III. Brownell Foundation, 1968-1990, undated Brownell Foundation records document the establishment of Brownell Memorial Park and Campanile, a gift from Claire Horatio Brownell. The park, located in Morgan City, contains a carillon tower and 9.5 acres of native swampland dedicated for use of a non-denominational worship in a natural setting. Claire Horatio Brownell was the daughter of Charles Horace Brownell and Frances Pierson Brownell. Brownell Foundation records document the establishment of the park with board of director minutes, annual reports, and park plans. Slides depicting the park are found in the box titled “Slides depicting family, bayou, hunting camps, and Memorial Tower construction” in the subseries Property Records in the Brownell Drews Lumber Company series. Folders are arranged alphabetically by title. Series IV. Brownell Kidd Company, 1915, 1923-1997, undated Charles Russell Brownell Sr. and Roland E. Kidd Sr. founded the Brownell Kidd Company in 1951. The Brownell Kidd Company managed the property previously owned by the Brownell Drews Lumber Company. On this land, the company provided oil, mineral, and gas leases to oil companies, enabling the companies the right to drill on Brownell Kidd Company property. A rent was paid for the use of the property by the lessee and royalties were paid for the minerals removed based on an agreed upon rate in the lease. The Kidd family was, by marriage, an extension of the Drews family. Ella Drews (1870), daughter of William and Margaret Drews, married Robert E. Kidd, a timberman. The couple had six children, Hugh (1891), Roland E. Sr. (1893- ), Arleigh, Margaret, Ella, and Douglas. Roland E. Kidd Sr. and Annie would have a son Roland R. Kidd Jr. (1925), who also worked for the Brownell Kidd Company. Records in the series reflect both the needs of the oil companies and land owners, but also reflect how some government regulations, both state and federal effected the business operations. Records contain information on the Federal Power Commission, which originally regulated electricity, but after the Natural Gas Act of 1938, regulated the sale and transportation of natural gas. These regulations expanded in 1954, when the Federal Power Commission gained jurisdiction over natural gas sold through interstate commerce (Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin). The Division of Conservation in Louisiana also regulated exploration and gas production. These state and federal regulations effected royalty payments for oil companies and Brownell Kidd Company. Records are divided into four subseries arranged in the following order: Administrative and Legal, Financial, Property, and Geologist, Clifton A. Cowan Records. The bulk of
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all the records concern leases and legal matters. Folders in subseries are arranged alphabetically by title. Administrative and legal records are primarily correspondence. The correspondence includes transactions between Brownell Kidd Company and individuals and companies negotiating oil, gas and mineral lease. Related records include leases, which are in the Property Records subseries. Records include requests to survey properties and negotiations for royalty and interest rates. Financial records include annual reports, cash books, and financial statements. There are also records documenting the oil and gas royalties that the Brownell Kidd Company received from the lessees on its property. Property records include leases for oil, mineral, and gas; seismic permits; right of way permits; and abstracts of titles. Records are arranged alphabetically by folder title, with the bulk being leases. There is a section for leases and cancelled leases. Leases are written using a tract of land called a production unit, which is the combination of multiple tracts of land in an area that produce as much natural gas from a combined number of tracts as possible. These multiple tracts will be put in an agreement called a division order, which reflects all the properties in the production unit and the royalties agreed upon for these properties. Leases are mostly from oil and gas companies, but there are also leases given to hunting camps. These hunting camps did not provide a very large income for Brownell Kidd Company, but their presence on the land enabled Brownell Kidd Company to monitor for illegal use of its land. The seismic permits are permits for data to be collected that reflects rock formations and fluids around the rock. The subseries Geologist, Clifton A. Cowan Records includes records of the geologist hired by the Brownell Kidd Company to negotiate leases, royalties, and potential outputs of wells located on its properties. The geologist watched over the well, looked at the units, and mad sure that no one else is taking what is below Brownell Kidd Company property. Clifton A. Cowan originally worked for Atwater, Cowan and Associates Consulting Geologists and later, Geoscience Consulting services International, Inc. Cowan reviewed the data for Brownell Kidd Company, often suggesting a better deal for the property value, and his data was supported further by a geophysicist hired by the oil and gas company. Topics discussed in the records include improperly plugged wells left on the property. Brownell Kidd Company and later, Brownell Land Company, sued oil companies that drilled on its property so that the wells were not environmental hazards. Series V. People’s Ice and Cold Storage, 1926-1967 Charles Russell Brownell formed People’s Ice and Cold Storage, located on Front Street in Morgan City, in 1930. The company manufactured ice and had cold storage for sale. The majority of the business was sales of manufactured block and crushed ice to shrimpers and it did a smaller business selling ice to peddlers.
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The People’s Ice and Cold Storage records are divided into five subseries arranged in the following order: Administrative, Employee, Financial, and General, and Legal Records. Records include board of director’s minutes, stock certificates, financial statements, tax reports, contracts and leases. Of interest is the subseries Employee Records. These records reflect the changing nature of labor standards in the United States, specifically due to the wage and hour division. Many of the records contain information regarding the Fair Labors Standards Act. People’s Ice and Cold Storage argued that because it sold ice to fishing boats, its product was interstate commerce and not subject to the law of minimum wage or maximum work week. This argument was unsuccessful and People’s Ice and Cold Storage was forced to pay back wages to employees, some of whom were off to war and difficult to locate.
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INDEX TERMS Lumber trade—Louisiana—Berwick. I Lumbermen—Michigan—Allegan County. I Lumber trade—Louisiana—Morgan City. II Lumber—Louisiana. I, II Cypress—Louisiana. I, II Tupelo—Louisiana. I, II Lumber—Transportation. I, II Lumber camps—Louisiana. I, II Lumbermen—Louisiana. I, II Timber—Rafting—Louisiana. I, II Booms (Log transportation)—Louisiana. I, II Merchants—Louisiana—New Orleans. II Nonprofit organizations—Louisiana—Morgan City. III Family foundations—Louisiana—Morgan City. III Memorials—Louisiana—Morgan City. III Carillons—Louisiana—Morgan City. III Bell towers—Louisiana—Morgan City. III Oil and gas leases—Louisiana. IV Oil and gas leases—Law and legislation. IV Unit operation of oil fields—Louisiana. IV Petroleum law and legislation—Louisiana. IV Ice manufacture. V
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Ice industry—Louisiana—Morgan City. V Cold storage industry—Louisiana—Morgan City. V Shrimp industry—Louisiana—Morgan City. V Labor policy—Louisiana. V Shrimpers (Persons)—Louisiana. V
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CONTAINER LIST
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Series I. Berwick Lumber Company 1875-1955, 1965, undated Subseries A. Correspondence, 1893
37:2 1 1-19 Correspondence, 1893 March 4-1893 November Subseries B. Financial Records, 1875-1920
37:2 1 20 Account with Waddell-Williams Lumber Company, 1914 21 Bank statement, 1913
22 Bank statement (Gustave Drews and William Drews miscellaneous), 1904-1910
4 Ramos Lumber Company, Gustave Drews and William Drews, bill of items for skidder, 1902-1903
5 Sale of property, Schwing, Samuel and Edward, 1913 Series II. Brownell Drews Lumber Company 1843-1982, undated (bulk 1910-1940) Subseries A. Administrative and Legal Records, 1860-1950, 1982
37:2 2 6-8 Board of Director's meeting book, 1930-1950
9 Contract, King, E. T. and E. A. Davis, deadening and trailing floating cypress timber, 1905
10-11 Correspondence, land sales, legal matters, and taxes, 1913-1919
12-13 Correspondence mostly regarding timber sales and agreements, 1924-1925
14 Correspondence, mostly legal, 1904, 1923-1927
15 Correspondence, regarding sales, proposals, and estimates, 1923, 1940
16 Court case, Brownell Drews Lumber Company v. Arthur Bourge, 1914
17 Court case, Brownell Drews Lumber Company v. Emily Petty, 1915
18 Court case, Brownell Drews Lumber Company v. John Krey, 1908 19 Court case, Burch, Wilson Company v. Maggie Hach, 1913
20 Court case, Charles L. Triche, et al. v. Kennedy Brand and Sydney Brand, et al., 1923
73 Taxes, public welfare revenue tax return, 1938-1940 74 Taxes, social security state, 1942-1946
37:2 2 75 Taxes, social security tax reports, 1937-1941 38:8 87 87-93 Time book, 1908 February-1930 March 37:7 32 1-3 Voucher record and journal, 1926-1951
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Subseries C. Property Records, 1843-1956, 1979, undated
37:3 3 1 Abstract of title, 1878, 1897, 1932-1941 3 2 Abstract of title for Tiger Island, 1926
3 3-6 Abstract of title of lands in Section 65, Township 16 South, Range 14 East, Assumption Parish, 1928-1939
3 7 Abstract of Title, Stansbury, Albert from 1857, undated 3 8-9 Act of sale, deed of real estate, 1883-1917 3 10 Act of sale, deed of real estate, 1890s 3 11 Agreement and sale George W. Suiter and J. Clifton Cappel, 1911 3 12 Agreement between Gus Drews and Daniel McKay, 1894
37:1 30 6 Assessment, Gustave Drews, 1908-1914 37:3 3 13 Assessment list, St. Martin Parish, 1927
14 Assumption Parish, audit and description of lands, 1918-1923 15 Atchafalaya Basin, 1900-1921 16 Berwick Lumber Company land records, sales and purchases, 1908
17-18 Berwick Lumber Company receivership Brownell Drews in liquidation, St. Martin Parish, Pat Riley, title contractor papers, 1955
19-20 Berwick, Louisiana, 1891-1912
21 Brownell Drews Lumber Company v. Wilson T. Peterman, Sheriff et al., 1904
22 Certificate of mortgages, 1923 23 Certificate of mortgages and Non-Alienation, 1926 September 24 Certificate of mortgages, Brown, Edward and Ida, 1925
25 Deed and correspondence regarding sale from E. William Dreibholz to Brownell Drews Lumber Company, 1919
27-28 Deed of real estate, 1889-1897 29-30 Deed of real estate, 1890-1912 31-32 Deed of real estate, capital stock, and general file, 1856-1941 33-41 Deeds, 1849-1922 42 Deeds, Gustave Drews and William Drews, 1881-1898
37:1 30 7 Deeds, various including Gustave Drews, 1844-1882
37:3 3 43 Description and classification of cypress lands belonging to the Brownell Drews Lumber Company Limited in Iberia Parish, 1916
44 Description and classification of the lands in Louisiana owned by Brownell Drews Lumber Company, 1929
37:18 Vol. 94 Description of Lands, circa 1900
37:3 3 45 Drew, Gustave, property sale, recorded book "kk" conveyances, Page 672 from 1900 April 2 (copy), undated
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49 Land records, notes, and papers, miscellaneous, undated 50 Land records, notes, and papers, miscellaneous, undated 51 Land records, notes, and papers, miscellaneous, undated 52 Lands belonging to Brownell-Kidd Company, undated 53 Lands belonging to Brownell-Kidd Company, undated
3 54 Lands belonging to Brownell Drews Lumber Company, descriptions and classification, 1929
55 Laura Dreibholtz v. C.R. Brownell, West Lake Long Area, St. Martin Parish, 1979
37:3 4 1 Lease, Bay View fish Company, 1936 April 16 2 Lease, timber, 1900 3 Lease, timber dispute, 1923 4 Lease, timber, McKay, Daniel, Iberville Parish, 1895 5 Lease, trapping, Terrebonne and Assumption Parish, 1948, 1950 6 Lease, War Department, United States Engineer Office, 1941-1942
7 Leased and open Brownell Drews Lumber Company lands in various parishes, undated
8 Leases and sales, timber, 1900, 1922 9 Leases and sales, timber, 1905-1913 10 Lots owned by H. E. Lawrence and Gustave Drews, undated 11 Maps, undated 12 Miller, Bloch, and Martin, 1934 13 Morgan City, 1903-1937
14 Mortgage leases, the Thornton Grab and Derrick Company, 1911-1915
20 Redemption of land sold for taxes and bid in the state, 1935 21 Right of way, 1922-1923 22 Sale of property, 1870 May 14 23 Sale of property, Levy-Maier, 1930
37:3 4 24 Sale of property, Otto J. Zuelke, 1916 25 Sale of property, Cross and Mayor Johnson to Bass Thomas, 1913 26 Section 8, Township 13 South, Range 9 East, 1926
27 Section 13, Township 12 S Range 12 East, Assumption Parish, 1848-1925
4 28 Section 29, Township 11 South, Range 13 East, surveyors correspondence, 1905 March 29
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34 Survey, Charles Gutekunst, Township 13 South, Range 12 East, 1906
35-37 Swamp land, worksheets, general, 1910-1936 38 Township 9 South, Range 8 East, St. Martin Parish, 1889 39 Township 10 South, Range 8 East, St. Martin Parish, 1923 40 Township 11 South, Range 1 East, St. Mary Parish, 1862 41 Township 11 South, Range 8 East, St. Martin Parish, 1924 42 Township 12 South Range 11 East, notes, undated
43 Township 13 South, Range 11 East, St. Martin Parish Section no. 15, 1904-1917
44-45 Township 13 South, Range 12 East, 1873-1906
46 Township 13 South, Range 13 East, South Eastern District of Louisiana West of Mississippi, 1913
47 Township 14 South, Range 10 East, 1890 48 Township 14 South, Range 11 East, 1895, 1936 49 Township 14 South, Range 12 East, St. Martin Parish, 1843-1913
2 Log tally, 1927 July 3 Log tally and Tete Gaspard account, 1924
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4 Log tally for Higgins Incorporated from Belle River, 1955 March 12
5 Log tally for Jimmy Kane and Nova, Pierre Part, circa 1922 6 Log tally for Kyle Lumber Company from Big Forks, 1942 7-8 Log tally for May Brothers, 1947-1948 9-10 Log tally for May Brothers from Pierre Part, 1947-1948 11 Log tally for May Brothers from Pierre Part and Bay Natchez, 1945 12 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 1, 12, and 35, 1946
13 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 5, Bayou Big Fork, Township 14 South, Range 12 East, 1945
14-16 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 5, Bayou Big Fork, Township 14 South, Range 12 East, 1945-1946
17 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 5, Township 14 South, Range 12 East, Section 8, Township 14 South, Range 12 East, 1947
18 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 8, 1947
19 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 8, Township 14 South, Range 12 East, 1947
20 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 11, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, 1946
21 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 12, 1946 22 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 12 and 35, 1946 23 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 13 and 36, 1947
24 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 15, North Fork, 1945 July 6
25 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 19, Big Pigeon, 1945
26-27 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 19 and 30, Lake Palourde, 1945
28 Log tally for May Brothers from Section 35 and 36, Pierre Part, 1947
29 Log tally for May Brothers from Sections 35 and 36, Pierre Part, 1947 August 29
30 Log tally for May Brothers from various sections, 1945 31 Log tally for May Brothers on Brownell Drews land, 1945 32 Log tally for Section 3, Township 14, Section 13, 1920s 33 Log tally for Section 12 and 13, undated
37:4 5 34 Log Tally for Section 33 and 27, undated 35 Log tally for Section 36, Township 13 South, Range 12 East, 1944
36 Log tally for various locations including Pierre Part, Little Pigeon, and Darnell Lands, 1920s
37:5 8 1 Board of Directors, correspondence to news magazines regarding gratitude for publication,
2 Board of Directors, meeting minutes, 1970 October 23 3 Board of Directors, meeting minutes correspondence, circa 1972
4 Botany Bay Corporation in liquidation from Claire H. Brownell, 1975-1986
5 Brochures, requests for, 1980-1984 6-7 Brownell Memorial Park and Carillon Towers dedication, 1971
37:5 8 8 Brownell Memorial Park and Carillon Towers dedication program, 1971
OS:B 1 Brownell Memorial Park horticulture plan, circa 1972 37:5 10 Brownell, Claire H., 1971
11 Brownell, Claire H. correspondence regarding succession of, 1973 12 Brownell, Claire H. judgment of possession, 1975 13 Carillon Tower bid and Brownell Memorial Park, 1980 14 Chalstrom, Horace B. and Sandra, 1970-1971
37:5 8 15 Chalstrom, Horace B., correspondence, 1972-1975 16 Coburn, Ida Tours, Metairie, Louisiana, park visit, 1972-1973 17 Collector of revenue, State of Louisiana, proof of exemption, 1969 18 Concerts at Brownell Memorial Park, 1972 19 Contribution, correspondence accompanying, 1968-1972 20 Correspondence regarding construction, 1971 21 Correspondence regarding dedication and media, 1971-1972 22 Correspondence to the directors, 1988-1989 23 Correspondence, Burk, Sally, Slidell, Louisiana, 1972-1977 24 Cross, Wilbur R. Richmond, Virginia 23215, 1968-1971
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25 Easter sunrise service, 1972-1973\ 26 Economic censuses, 1972 27 Financial papers, 1971 28 Fire department, 1972 July 12 29 Frees Construction Company, Franklin, Louisiana, 1972-1977 30 Frees Construction Company, Franklin, Louisiana, 1971-1972 31-32 Gift shop supplies, including postcards, 1972 33-35 Gift, requests for, 1972, 1975 36 Gifts in memory of Claire H. Brownell, 1972 37 Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, 1973-1977 38 Guild of Carillonneurs condolence, 1972 September 23 39 Hold harmless agreements (blank), undated 40 Information returns, 1974-1975 41 Ladd, Hudson, University of Michigan, 1972-1973 42 Lease from Brownell-Kidd Company, 1970 July 16 43 Lease of land from Brownell-Kidd Company, 1970, 1976 44 Lease, property for caretaker's house, 1976, 1986
45 Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service (Minus J. Granger, County Agent), 1973 May 31
46 Newspaper regarding tower bells, 1971 December 47-48 Photographs of tower construction, 1971, 1989 49-50 Pierson, G. H. Jr. (Milling, Saal, Brenson, Woodward), 1968-1971
51 Pierson, G. H. Jr. (Milling, Saal, Brenson, Woodward, and Hillyer, Whinery Building, New Orleans), 1972-1977
52 Pierson, G. H. Jr. a/c succession of Claire H. Brownell, 1975-1976 53 Postcard, Brownell Memorial Carillon Tower, circa 1972 54 Sanders, Stephen G., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1972 55 Shivers Construction Company, Patterson, Louisiana, 1972 56 Tax exemption application, 1968-1969 57-58 Verdin, I.T. Company (Carillon) , 1971-1985
17 Correspondence, Cities Service Oil Company, 1957-1982
18-19 Correspondence, Cities Service Oil Company, Bay Natchez Field, 1974-1975
20-22 Correspondence, Cities Service Oil Company, Brownell-Kidd C-1 Well and La Barre A-1 well, Assumption Parish, 1974-1978
23 Correspondence, Cities Service Oil Company, Brownell-Kidd C-1 Well, Section 23, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, 1973-1974
24 Correspondence, Cities Service Oil Company, correspondence miscellaneous, 1975
25 Correspondence, Cities Service Oil Company, offer for section 34, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, 1974-1975
26-27 Correspondence, Cities Service Oil Company, suit for return of Section 22, 23, 26, Township 12 South, Range 13 East (Gordon, Arata, and McCollum), 1970-1971
44 Correspondence, Wolf, Robert, 1974 45 Department of Conservation, 1973 46 Department of Conservation orders, 1959-1962 47 Electric Service, Louisiana Power and Light Company, undated 48 Index Geophysical Survey Corporation, 1972 49 Fairbanks, Morse, and Company, 1957-1959 50 Heck, Carl Engineers v. Brownell Kidd Company, 1969-1970 51-52 Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs, and Company, 1954-1967
53 Humble Oil and Refining Company v. Brownell Kidd Company et al., 1960
54 Humble Oil and Refining Company, referrals, gas royalties, correspondence, and miscellaneous, 1963-1965
55 Intercoastal Waterway from Port Allen to Morgan City, 1958-1959 56 Maryland Casualty Company, 1960 57 Notice for accidental injury or death reports, 1950
58 Notice to the commissioners of conservation and others regarding Lower Camerina 2 Sand, Reservoir A, East Palourde Field, Union Exploration Partners, 1989
37:8 11 59 Port Barre Lumber Company, 1959-1960 11 60 Shalett, Harold T. v. Brownell Kidd Company, 1960-1961
37:17 42 Scrapbook, Morgan City, 1964-1967
37:8 11 61 St. Martin Parish, proposed extension of Road 6-2, southward, north of Stephenville, 1965-1966
22 Financial statements, joint accounts of C.R. Brownell Jr. and Mrs. Claire Brownell and Norma B. Chalstrom, 1972-1973
23 Gas royalties, 1951-1974 24 Ledger, superseded, oil royalties, 25-33 Oil and gas royalty detail, 1960-1967
37:9 13 1-3 Oil and gas royalty detail, 1960-1967 4-5 Oil and gas royalty detail, 1961-1977 6-9 Oil and gas royalty detail, 1969 June 1-1972 May 31 10 Oil royalties, 1951-1974 11 Tax receipts for state and parish, 1932-1950 12 Taxes, United States Information Reports, 1962
13 Taxes, United States Information Reports, 1963 Subseries C. Property Records, 1933-1991, undated
37:13 34 1 Abstract no. 2451. Part I of II. Abstract of Title Covering: Section 32: NE/4 Township 13 South, Range 11 East, Southwestern Land District, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, 1970 June 19
37:13 34 2 Abstract no. 2451. Part II of II. Abstract of Title Covering: Section 32: NE/4 Township 13 South, Range 11 East, Southwestern Land District, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, 1970 June 19
37:13 35 1
Abstract no. 2619, Abstract of Title covering Section 32: E/2 of SE/4 Township 14 South, Range 12 East, Southwestern Land District, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana from May 21, 1958 to April 17, 1975, 1976
2
Abstract no. 6634, Supplemental of Abstract of Title, land owned by Brownell-Kidd Company, A Partnership in Bayou Pigeon Field, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, covers June 24, 1982 to February 22, 1984, inclusive, 1976
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37:13 36 1
Abstract of Title Covering: Section 21: E1/2 of NE1/4, Section 22, W1/2 of NW1/4, SE1/4 of NW1/4, NW1/4 of SW1/4, E1/2 of SW1/4, All in Township 13 South, Range 11 East, Southwestern Land District of Louisiana, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Abstract no. 2814, Part I of III Parts, 1979
2
Abstract of Title Covering: Section 21: E1/2 of NE1/4, Section 22, W1/2 of NW1/4, SE1/4 of NW1/4, NW1/4 of SW1/4, E1/2 of SW1/4, All in Township 13 South, Range 11 East, Southwestern Land District of Louisiana, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Abstract no. 2814, Part I of III Parts, 1979
37:13 35 3
Abstract of Title Covering: Section 21: E1/2 of NE1/4, Section 22, W1/2 of NW1/4, SE1/4 of NW1/4, NW1/4 of SW1/4, E1/2 of SW1/4, All in Township 13 South, Range 11 East, Southwestern Land District of Louisiana, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Abstract no. 2814, Part I of III Parts, 1979
37:13 37 1 Abstract of Title, Volume 1, Pages 1-259, 2 Abstract of Title, Volume 2, Pages 260-559,
37:13 38 1 Abstract of Title, Volume 3, Pages 560-869, 2 Abstract of Title, Volume 4, Pages 870-1180,
37:17 39 1 Abstract of Title, Volume 5, Pages 1181-1480, 2 Abstract of Title, Volume 6, Pages 1481-1782,
37:17 40 1 Abstract of Title, Volume 7 Pages 1783-2052, 2 Abstract of Title, Volume 8 Pages 2053-2391,
37:17 41 1 Abstract of Title, Volume 9 Pages 2392-2659, 2 Abstract of Title, Volume 10 Pages 2660-2886,
37:9 13 14 Contract Gas purchase between Dow Chemical Company and American Quasar Ratification, Dow Chemical Company and Brownell Kidd, 1978-1981
55-56 Leases and permits, Cowan, Edwin, Union Texas Company and Union Producing Company proposed unit revisions, Pierre Pass Field, legal hearing, 1966-1967
57 Leases and permits, crawfish ponds, Harold Blanchard, 1972-1975
58 Leases and permits, Carmouche and Martin Attorneys at Law, Bayou Pigeon, Iberia Parish, 1963
OS:B 3 Bayou Pigeon Field survey maps, 1963, 1965,
Leases and permits, Department of Conservation for the State of Louisiana in Reapplication of Union Oil Company of California, East Lake Palourde Field, Assumption, St. Martin, and St. Mary Parish, 1961-1962
4 Leases and permits, Drew Cornell, Incorporated, 1948 May 311962-1963
5 Leases and permits, Exchange Oil and Gas Company, Northeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 12 East, Assumption Parish, 1966
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6 Leases and permits, Exxon Corporation, Division Order no. 36931, 1975
7 Leases and permits, Gulf Oil Company, Division Order no. 2264800, 22653m 22654, Bayou Pigeon East Field, Iberia Parish (Formerly Cenard Oil and Gas), 1975
8 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 18430, Assumption Parish, 1958, 1963
9 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 18728, Iberia Parish, 1960, 1969
10 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 18729, 1960
11 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 18730, 1960
12 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 18849, Discorbis no. 3, Gas Unit, 1965
13 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 19020, 1960
14 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 19297, St. Martin Parish, 1959-1963
15 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 19330, Iberia Parish, 1960-1962
16
Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 19793, Section 18 and 19, /N 12 South, Range 11 East, Iberia Parish (F. A. Gallery Incorporated, Discorbis J-1 Sand Unit), 1961
17 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 27575, NE/4 and E/2 of Range W/4 of Section 18 /E 12 and Range 11 East, Iberia Parish, 1963-
18 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 29512, Shell Oil Company, "C" Sand Unit "B", 1965
19 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 29513, EE RB Sand Unit A, Landry no. 9-10, Iberia Parish, 1965
20 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 30017, Sections 7, 8, 17, and 18, /E 12 S Range 11 East, Iberia Parish, 161.58 acres, 1965-1966
37:9 14 21 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 32329, 1967
22 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Division Order no. 32750, 1967
23 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Unit Agreement Discorbis no. 3 Sand Unit, East Palourde Field, Southern Fault Block, 1961-1962
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24 Leases and permits, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Section 25, 31, and 36, East Lake Palourde Field, Assumption Parish, 1964
25 Leases and permits, Inexco Oil company, Iberia Parish, Township 12 South, Range 10 East, 1978 October 16
26 Leases and permits, Kilroy Company of Texas, exhibit "B,", 1975 27 Leases and permits, Kilroy Properties Incorporated, circa 1960
28 Leases and permits, Kilroy Properties, Brownell-Kidd Well no. 2, (NW/4) of Section 19, Township 12 South, Range 11 East, Iberia Parish, circa 1960
29 Leases and permits, Kilroy Properties, Division Order L-498, Discorbis 10 (00) Sand Unit VII, Bayou Pigeon Field, Iberia Parish, 1960
30 Leases and permits, Kilroy Properties, Section 17, 18, 19, and 20, /N 12 S Range 11 East, 543.299 Acres, "B" Sand Unit no. 1, 1960
31 Leases and permits, Ohio Oil Company (Republic) (Plymouth Oil Company), 1961-1962
32 Leases and permits, Ohio Oil Company, Lease no. 700, "N" Sand Unit, Bayou Pigeon, Section 13 and 24, /N 12 S Range 10 East, Iberia Parish, 29.518 acres, 1962
33 Leases and permits, Ohio Oil Company, Lease no. 700, "P" Sand Unit 2 in Bayou Pigeon Field (Plymouth Oil Company), 1962
34 Leases and permits, other, 1964-1971
35 Leases and permits, Oxy Petroleum Company, Royalty Division Order, Section 27, Township 14 South, Range 11 East, St. Martin Parish, 1978
36 Leases and permits, Petro-Lewis Corporation, Division Order LA-DA 02-007-001, 1975
37 Leases and permits, Petro-Lewis Corporation, Division Order LA-DA 02-800-01, 1977
38 Leases and permits, Pierre Pass Field, Assumption Parish, Exhibit no. 1 for Docket 67-21, 1967 January 12
39 Leases and permits, Ranger Oil Company, Royalty Division Order W/2 Section 2, Township 13 E Range 12 East, Assumption Parish, 1976
2 Leases and permits (cancelled), Bader, Leo R., 1964 37:10 15 3 Leases and permits (cancelled), Bagby, Logan Jr., 1935
4 Leases and permits (cancelled), Beck, Charles L., Sections 23 and 24, Township 12 South, Range 10 East, Iberia Parish, 1978-1979
5 Leases and permits (cancelled), Bernard, A. C., 1948-1953 6 Leases and permits (cancelled), Bernard, A. Lewis, 1955, 1957 7 Leases and permits (cancelled), Bernard, A. Lewis, 1974-1976
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8 Leases and permits (cancelled), Bernard, Lewis B. Incorporated, Section 15, Township 15 South, Range 13 East, 1981-1984
9 Leases and permits (cancelled), Bristow, L. C., 1947
10 Leases and permits (cancelled), British American Oil Producing Company, 1963
11 Leases and permits (cancelled), Brock Exploration Corporation, Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 11 East, Iberville Parish, 1976
12 Leases and permits (cancelled), Brown, George R., 1959 13 Leases and permits (cancelled), Brown, Warren L., 1965
14 Leases and permits (cancelled), Brownell-Chalstrom, Anna W. Brownell and Dr. C.R. Brownell, 1953-1973
15 Leases and permits (cancelled), C & M Energy Corporation, Section 26 and 27, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, Assumption Parish, 1983-1984
16 Leases and permits (cancelled), The California Company, 1942-1967
17 Leases and permits (cancelled), Callery Properties Incorporated, 1961-1962
18 Leases and permits (cancelled), Carnahan, H. L., 1949
19 Leases and permits (cancelled), Cenard Oil and Gas Company, 1976-1979
20 Leases and permits (cancelled), Cenergy Exploration Company, Section 15, Township 13 South, Range 11 East, St. Martin Parish, 1984
21 Leases and permits (cancelled), Chenoweth, Robert A., 1965 22 Leases and permits (cancelled), Chevron Oil Company, 1970
23 Leases and permits (cancelled), Chevron Oil Company, Section 22 and 23, Township 14 South, Range 11 East, 1975-1978
24 Leases and permits (cancelled), Chevron Oil Company, Section 34, Township 13 South, Range 11 East, 1974
26-27 Leases and permits (cancelled), Cities Services Oil Company, Section 22, 23, and 26, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, 1971-1984
28 Leases and permits (cancelled), Colvin, A.L., 1952
37:10 15 29 Leases and permits (cancelled), Conoco Incorporated, Section 23, Township 14 South, Range 11 East, E/2 of SW/4, St. Martin Parish, 1983-1984
30-31 Leases and permits (cancelled), Conquest Exploration Company, 1983-1986
32 Leases and permits (cancelled), Continental Oil Company, 1958
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33-34 Leases and permits (cancelled), Continental Oil Company, 1974-1976
35 Leases and permits (cancelled), Continental Oil Company, Section 13 and 15, 1976-1979
11 Leases and permits (cancelled), Edwards, Danny R., Section 27, Township 14 South, Range 11 East, St. Martin Parish, 1984-1985
12 Leases and permits (cancelled), Entex Incorporated, Section 5, Township 14 South, Range 12 East, St. Martin Parish, 1981-1983
13 Leases and permits (cancelled), Entex Incorporated, Section 5, Township 14 South, Range 12 East, St. Martin Parish, 1981-1983
14 Leases and permits (cancelled), Exchange Oil and Gas Corporation, 1968
15 Leases and permits (cancelled), Exchange Oil and Gas Corporation, 1975-1979
16 Leases and permits (cancelled), Exeter Exploration Company, Sections 3, 4, and 10, Township 10 South, Range 12 East, Assumption Parish, 1979
17-18 Leases and permits (cancelled), Exploration Group Incorporated, Section 35, 36, and 2, Township 12 South, Range 1 East, and Township 13 South, Range 10 East, 1981-1989
19 Leases and permits (cancelled), Exxon Company, 1988 20 Leases and permits (cancelled), Fehlman, Bryant A., 1959-1961 21 Leases and permits (cancelled), Fitch, L. A., 1957-1958
22 Leases and permits (cancelled), General American Oil Company, Texas, 1969
23 Leases and permits (cancelled), Glassell, Alfred G., 1949 24 Leases and permits (cancelled), Gulf Refining Company, 1945 25 Leases and permits (cancelled), Halbouty, Michel T., 1974 26 Leases and permits (cancelled), Hancock, Robert B., 1958
27 Leases and permits (cancelled), Harkins and Company, NE/4, Section 65, Assumption Parish, 1988-1989
37:10 16 28 Leases and permits (cancelled), Hawkins, Cecil, 1951-1954 29 Leases and permits (cancelled), Hawkins, W. W., 1948
30 Leases and permits (cancelled), Hawn Brothers, Section 35, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, 1984-1986
31 Leases and permits (cancelled), Hawsey, Lemuel E., 1951-1953 32 Leases and permits (cancelled), Hawsey, Lemuel E., 1953-1954
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33 Leases and permits (cancelled), Hawthorne Oil and Gas Corporation, Section 25 and 36, Township 12 South, Range 10 East, Iberia Parish, 1978-1983
34 Leases and permits (cancelled), Henderson, J. Harry, 1963 35 Leases and permits (cancelled), Hilliard, C. P., 1955-1958
36 Leases and permits (cancelled), Humble Oil and Refining Company, 1952-1967
37 Leases and permits (cancelled), Independent Exploration Company, Section 2 and 3, Township 13 South, Range 12 East, 1980-1982
38 Leases and permits (cancelled), Inexco Oil Company, Sections 22 and 23, Township 14 South, Range 11 East, St. Martin Parish, 1981-1983
39 Leases and permits (cancelled), Inexco Oil Company, Sections 26, Township 12 South, Range 10 East, Iberia Parish, 1978-1980
40 Leases and permits (cancelled), Inexco Oil Company, Sections 35 and 36, Township 12 South, Range 10 East, Iberia Parish, 1978-1981
37:11 17 1 Leases and permits (cancelled), Inexco Oil Company, Sections 35, 36, 1, and 2, Iberia and St. Martin Parish, 1976-1980
2 Leases and permits (cancelled), Keystone Oil and Gas Corporation, Section 4, Township 14 South, Range 12 East, St. Martin Parish, 1980-1981
3 Leases and permits (cancelled), Keystone Oil and Gas Corporation, Section 5 and 8, Township 14 South, Range 12 East, St. Martin Parish, 1980
4 Leases and permits (cancelled), Lake Palourde Scout Development Association Incorporated, 1985-1987
5 Leases and permits (cancelled), Lamson and Bennet, 1959
6 Leases and permits (cancelled), Linder Oil Company, Section 1, Township 13 South, Range 12 East, Iberia Parish, 1989-1990
7 Leases and permits (cancelled), Linder Oil Company, Section 19, Township 12 South, Range 11 East, Iberia Parish, 1985-1987
8-9 Leases and permits (cancelled), Linder Oil Company, Section 24, Township 12 South, Range 10 East, Iberia Parish, 1985-1989
10 Leases and permits (cancelled), Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, 1942
11 Leases and permits (cancelled), LVO Corporation, 1971
13 Leases and permits (cancelled), McCormick Operating Company, Right of Way, Section 4 and 8, Township 14 South, Range 12 South, St. Martin Parish, 1980
14 Leases and permits (cancelled), McCormick Properties, 1978-1979
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15 Leases and permits (cancelled), McMoran Oil and Gas Company, Section 13, Township 13 South, Range 12 East, Assumption Parish, 1979-1982
OS:B 4 South Eastern District of La. surveys, copies, undated
37:5 16 Leases and permits (cancelled), Minter, Larry S., Section 17, Township 12 South, Range 11 East, Iberia Parish, 1984
17 Leases and permits (cancelled), Miscellaneous, 1950-1966
18 Leases and permits (cancelled), Natural Gas and Oil Company, 1953
19 Leases and permits (cancelled), NRM Petroleum Corporation, Section 33 and part of Section 34, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, Assumption Parish, 1982
20 Leases and permits (cancelled), Occidental Petroleum, 1971
21-22 Leases and permits (cancelled), Olin Oil and Gas Corporation, 1956-57
23 Leases and permits (cancelled), Oliver, Gene T., 1973-1975 24 Leases and permits (cancelled), Oxy Petroleum, 1974-1975
25 Leases and permits (cancelled), Oxy Petroleum, Section 27, Township 14 South, Range 11 East, St. Martin Parish, 1977-1979
26 Leases and permits (cancelled), Pan American Production Corporation, 1941
27 Leases and permits (cancelled), Pan American Production Corporation, 1960-1964
28 Leases and permits (cancelled), Paret, G. L., 1948-1957 29 Leases and permits (cancelled), Pel-Tex Oil Company, Section 5,
15 South-12 East, St. Martin Parish, 40 acres, 1985-1986
30 Leases and permits (cancelled), Phillips Petroleum Company, 1953-1965
31 Leases and permits (cancelled), Pickens, W. C. and R. H., Section 26, 27, and 29, Township 11 South, Range 12 East, Iberville Parish, 1977-1979
32 Leases and permits (cancelled), Pioneer Production Corporation, Section 19, Township 12 South, Range 11 East, SW/4, 1984-1985
33 Leases and permits (cancelled), Pioneer Production Corporation, Section 24, Township 12 South, Range 10 East, Iberia parish, 1984-1985
34 Leases and permits (cancelled), Plumb Oil Company, Sections 3 and 10, Township 14 South, Range 13 East, Township 14 South, Range 13 East, Assumption Parish, 1978-1980
OS:B 4 Pogo producing company well map, undated
37:11 17 35 Leases and permits (cancelled), Prairie Production Company, Section 35, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, Assumption Parish, 1980-1981
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36 Leases and permits (cancelled), Prentice Oil and Gas Company, Section 11, Township 17 South, Range 13 East, Terrebonne Parish, 1981-1983
37 Leases and permits (cancelled), Price, I. R., 1942-1945 38 Leases and permits (cancelled), Price, I. R. and Richard F., 1945 39 Leases and permits (cancelled), Price, Richard F., 1949 40 Leases and permits (cancelled), Pure Oil Company, 1948-1949
41 Leases and permits (cancelled), Ranger Oil Company, Section 4 and 10, Assumption Parish, 1977
42 Leases and permits (cancelled), Ranger Oil Company, Section 22 and 23, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, one year lease extension, 1976-1977
43 Leases and permits (cancelled), Ranger Oil Company, Section 22, 23, and 26, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, 1975-1977
44 Leases and permits (cancelled), Reese, S. Gordon, 1955
45-46 Leases and permits (cancelled), Rettig, John to Ranger Oil Company, 1975-1981
47 Leases and permits (cancelled), Rousseau, Jules A, 1971-1973
48 Leases and permits (cancelled), Rucks, W. W. III, section 29, Township 11 South, Range 12 East, Iberville Parish, 1975-1976
49 Leases and permits (cancelled), Ruffin, James C., 1968
50 Leases and permits (cancelled), Sandefer Oil Company, section 12, Township 13 South, Range 11 East, St. Martin Parish, 1989-1991
51 Leases and permits (cancelled), Scott, A. P., 1970 52 Leases and permits (cancelled), Scott, W. E., 1943 53 Leases and permits (cancelled), Secure trusts, 1965 54 Leases and permits (cancelled), Shell Oil Company, 1936-1970 55 Leases and permits (cancelled), Simmons, A. N., 1963 56 Leases and permits (cancelled), Simonim, A. H., 1953
57 Leases and permits (cancelled), Sinclair Oil and Gas company, 1959
58 Leases and permits (cancelled), Sohio Petroleum Company, 1948-1988
3 Leases and permits (cancelled), Sohio voluntary unit, 1984-1987
4 Leases and permits (cancelled), South Louisiana Production Company Incorporated, Section 10 and 15, Township 15 South, Range 13 East, St. Martin Parish, 1980-1982
37:11 18 5 Leases and permits (cancelled), South Louisiana Production Company Incorporated, Section 32 and 33, Township 14 South, Range 13 East, St. Martin Parish, 1981-1983
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6 Leases and permits (cancelled), Southern Natural Gas Company, 1964
7 Leases and permits (cancelled), Stockstill, Stanley, Section 27, Township 14 South, Range 11 East, St. Martin Parish, 1979-1980
8 Leases and permits (cancelled), Teneco Oil Company, Section 20 and 21, Township 3 South, Range 7 East, Point Coupee Parish, 1982-1983
9 Leases and permits (cancelled), Ultramar Oil and Gas Limited, Sections 28, 32, and 33, Township 14 South, Range 13 East, St. Martin Parish, 1985
10 Leases and permits (cancelled), Voyager Petroleum, 1988
11 Leases and permits (cancelled), Westland Oil Development Corporation, Sections 11 and 14, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, Assumption Parish and Iberville Parish, 1986-1987
12 Leases and permits (cancelled), Wise, Leonard C., 1963 13 Leases and permits index, 1961
14 Parish, Assumption, Lake Natchez Pass, Bayou Pierre Part, Freshwater Canal Bridge, 1960-1965
OS:B 4 Parish, Assumption, Lake Natchez Pass, Bayou Pierre Part, Freshwater Canal Bridge, 1963.
20 Bay Natchez Field, original works and maps for hearing, 1981 OS:B 5 Surveys and structure maps, 1981 37:12 21 Bay Natchez Field, planulina 3 sand, 1981
22 Bay Natchez hearing, 1981
23 Bay Natchez hearing, appraisal of Brownell, Anne Estate, 1959 May 13
24 Bay Natchez hearing, docket no. 81-663, 1981 25 Bay Natchez hearing, general, 1957-1970 26 Bay Natchez hearing, Quintana's proposed unit outline, 1981 27 Bayou Grosbec, 1978
28 Bayou Grosbec Field, Assumption Parish, Florida Gas Exploration Company and Exchange Oil and Gas, Induction Spherically Focused Log, 1977
29 Bayou Grosbec Field, maps, 1976 30 Bayou Long Field, Union Oil Company of California, 1976 31-34 Bayou Pigeon Field, 1983-1985 35 Bayou Pigeon Field, Bernard, J., 1986 December 26 36 Bayou Pigeon Field, Correspondence, 1985 37 Bayou Pigeon Field, dockets, 1964, 1981-1985
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46 Bayou Pigeon Field, Linder Oil Company, A Partnership, 1985-1987
47 Bayou Pigeon Field, Y gas sand, 1976 48-50 Bayou St. Vincent Field, 1978-1985 51 Bayou St. Vincent Field, planulina 3 Sand, 1979 May 21 52 Bayou St. Vincent Field, proposed unit, Plan 4 Sand, undated
37:12 19 53 Bayou St. Vincent Field, prospect, Louisiana 1756, abandonment recommendations, 1989
37:12 20 1 Correspondence regarding Bayou St. Vincent, 1979 August 2 Big Bayou Pigeon Field, 1977-1978 3 Big Bayou Pigeon Field, 1984
OS:B 6 Big Bayou Pigeon Field structure map, 1980 37:12 4 Big Bayou Pigeon Field oil reports, 1983
5 Big Bayou Pigeon Field, Inexco Oil Company, 1980 OS:B 6 Big Bayou Pigeon Field sand unit surveys, 1980
37:12 6 Big Bayou Pigeon Field, Inexco Oil Company, 13,300' Sand Docket no. 78-738, 1979 January 10
44 Crude Oil Windfall Profit, Tax Act of 1980, 1980 45 Deltas: Models for Exploration, 1982
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Developmental Potential for Devonian Shale Oil and Gas in Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood, and Calhoun counties, West Virginia, and Washington and Monroe counties, Ohio, by APEC, 1984
47-50 Dow Chemical Company, 1977-1988 37:14 21 1 Dow Chemical Company, drilling timeline, 1977-1984
2 Dow Chemical Company, [Ivoil] cost, 1989
3-4 Dow Chemical Company, Petro-Log Incorporated, Bayou St. Vincent, 1979, undated
5 Duck Lake Field, 1977-1978 6 Duck Lake Field, Marginulina Sand Unit, map, 1977
7 Duck Lake Field, St. Martin Parish, Oxy Petroleum Incorporated, Proposed Unit, Marg. Oil Sand, Docket no. 77-746, 1977
8 Duck Lake Prospect and Hunt Oil Company lease offer, 1991 9 Dynamic Exploration Incorporated, 1980, 1984
15 East Lake Palourde Field, existing unit well, depleted, circa 1985 16 East Lake Palourde Field, general, 1960, undated
OS:B 7 East Lake Palourde Field structure maps, seismographs, surveys,1960, undated
37:14 17 East lake Palourde Field, Non-Associated Gas units, Docket no. 57-183, 184, 1957 October 15
18 East Lake Palourde Field, proposed lease, 1989 19 East Lake Palourde Field, Rob. 6 Sand, undated
OS:B 7 East Lake Palourde Field, Rob, structure map of Discorbis 3 sand, undated
37:14 20 Exxon Company regarding Iberia Parish, 1987 October 19 21-22 Florida Gas Exploration Company, 1977-1979
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23 Florida Gas Exploration Company, 1978 OS:B 7 Bayou Pigeon structure map, 1978 37:14 24 General file, 1985
25 Harold J. Anderson Incorporated oil, gas and mineral lease, Iberia Parish, 1990 August 27
26 INEXCO, monthly gas and condensation report, 1985-1986 27-28 Information returns, 1979-1985 29 L & B Oil Company, Incorporated, 1981 30 Lake Palourde, miscellaneous, 1979-1989 31-34 Lease correspondence, 1971-1979 35 Lease, Young Memorial Vocational-Technical School, 1977
4 Oil and Gas Production Decline Curves for Devonian Shale Iberia, Big Injun, and Gordon Sandstone Wells and other Production Data from APEC, 1984
5 Oil and gas units created by the Louisiana Office of Conservation, 1985
6 Oil and gas units created by the Louisiana Office of Conservation that affect Brownell-Kidd Company lands in the Bayou Pigeon Field, Iberia Parish, 1985
7 Oil and gas units created by the Louisiana Office of Conservation that affect certain Brownell-Kidd Company Lands located in 10 oil and gas fields, 1985
8 Oil gas income 1987-1990, 1990 OS:B 6 Bayou Pigeon Field revised Discorbis, July 22, 1963 37:14 9 Partnership, 1959 May 31
10 Personal file, 1984, 1983, 1989
37:14 22 11 Pierre Pass Field, Union Texas Petroleum Company, H Sand Docket no. 77-47, 1977 February 8