Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Monroe History

  • School Integration…in 1908?

    This article made me smile! Daily Enterprise-Leader (New Iberia) December 19, 1908, Page 6 Whites in Negro School. Monroe, Dec. 19. – Two Italian children are attending a private negro…

  • Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana

    This is a great little history book, done in 1942, that gives a short history of the parish along with some statistics and a list of every Parish and City…

  • First Woman Registered to Vote

    Last week was the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. I did a program on the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Facebook page about Women’s Suffrage to mark…

  • Northeast Louisiana During the Civil War

    Google books is a beautiful thing! I found this book: https://www.google.com/books/edition/British_and_American_Claims/pT9HAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Tuesday night and I am fascinated by it! Basically, it is full of testimony of people living in Northeast…

  • Armistice Day Celebration Program, November 11, 1937

    This one is incredible! It is a program of the Disabled American Veterans group for Armistice Day, celebrated at the old Monroe Colored High School. Some of the names of…

  • Voting ballots of Ouachita Parish

    Among the items my colleague has found going through the vertical files are some very old political items. Among them are some old sample ballots: April 7th, 1931 Democratic Primary…

  • The Hour Glass

    Want to know what was going on in Monroe in 1933? You would have picked up the magazine called “The Hour Glass”. I think of it as the grandmother of…

  • Monroe Illustrated

    This is another book I have posted pictures from. Last week I encouraged my boss to scan it and put it on the Louisiana Digital Library. I know of no…

  • Monroe Photos

    Take a look at the photos in this little booklet! See how many buildings you can identify. There is even one of the old Selman field airport! https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A20

  • Another early booklet about Monroe.

    The photos in this one are incredible! https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A17