Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: WPA

  • The History of the American Legion Building

    Have you ever been interested in the history of the big white building standing at Forsythe Park? Yesterday, a colleague discovered another WPA paper in our files about the American…

  • Monroe History

    This last WPA document I want to share concerns the history of Monroe. https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A10 This is the last of the Monroe related WPA papers up at the moment, but if…

  • Tuberculosis Sanitarium

    A couple of weeks ago, I shared a link to a photo of G.B. Cooley Sanitarium under construction. The WPA compiled a history of facility and you can read it…

  • Northeast Center of Louisiana State University (ULM)

    This next WPA document is about the brand new (at the time) college in Monroe. https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A11

  • Industrial Ouachita

    This next one, I’ll let my boss’ description of it speak: “Draft notes of a tour of industrial plants in Ouachita Parish including Southern Carbon, Columbian Carbon, Monroe Packing, Union…

  • Ouachita and Monroe History

    I like this WPA document! I can’t vouch for the veracity of some of the information the WPA collected, but most of it is correct. It is a fairly large…

  • Louisiana Training Institute (LTI)

    Here is a nice little history of LTI: https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A8

  • Layton Home (Layton Castle)

    This next document concerns the “Layton Home”, aka Mulberry Grove, aka Layton Castle. https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A7

  • John B. Filhiol Home (Logtown Plantation)

    This next WPA document is about Logtown Plantation, referred to here as the John B. Filhiol Home (he owned it at the time.) https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A5 .

  • Ingleside Plantation

    This next document concerns the old Ingleside Plantation home, which still stands near the Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home. https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A3