GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION

Collection Title: Elizabeth Shidler Collection

Accession Number: 028

Container List

Box 1

File Folder (FF) 1    Envelope stamped March 23, 1932 with stamp of Lake Charles, Old Ironsides, U. S. Frigate
                                    Constitution
                                Program from the dedication of Cities Service and Firestone plants, May 26, 1944
                                Lake Charles Association of Commerce pamphlet, late 1940's
                                John J. Bulloch's weather ledgers - June 1924-November 1925 and November 1925-May 1927
                    FF 2     Tax receipts of A. E. (Edward) Bulloch, 1904-1930, paid to the City of Lake Charles and to
                                    Calcasieu Parish
                    FF 3     Tax receipts of George A. Cramer and Effie (Mrs. George A.) Cramer, 1889 - 1912
                    FF 4     More tax receipts of George A. and Effie Cramer, 1912 - 1933
                    FF 5     Tax returns of Elizabeth Watson Shidler and Eugene Shidler, 1940 - 1949
                    FF 6     Business correspondence, bank statements, and tax receipts, 1886 - 1897
                    FF 7     Personal correspondence, 1871 - 1920
                    FF 8     Lake Charles Public School's report cards, 1897 - 1903
                    FF 9     Program from the Lake Charles Teachers Association meeting, February 26, 1964
                    FF 10   Two booklets on Hurricane Audrey, 1957, and one booklet on the flood in Lake Charles,
                                    May 17-27, 1953

Note: Effie Bulloch Cramer, John J. Bulloch and A. E. Bulloch were brothers and sister. Elizabeth Shidler is the granddaughter of John J.Bulloch

Box 2     Ledgers 1923-1927

Box 3     Ledgers 1927-1931

Box 4     Ledgers 1931-1950

Box 5     Misc. scrapbooks

Box 6     Misc. photos

Box 7    

Misc. - maps, household inventory for insurance company, photocopies of newspaper clippings, calendars from Watson's Machine Shop, 1929-1931, war ration book, booklet from Rice Association, booklets from Association of Commerce, and program of centennial celebration of the First Baptist Church of Lake Charles, 1880-1980, Southern Pacific menu (WWII)

Box 8

G.A. Cramer's bookstore ledger, 1902-1903, includes accounts of purchases from the bookstore such as magazines, books, newspapers, and misc. items

Box 9     Travel Booklets and miscellaneous items
                    The Story of Rockefeller Center - 1939
                    Rhode Island Motor Trips - 1955
                    Summer In New York State
                    The American Wonderland - The Pacific Northwest
                    Hollywood Park Race Track Information and Program - July 19, 1941
                    Explore Southern California - 1955
                    Come To Oregon!
                    A Book of California Bungalows
                    What You Must Know About Morocco
                    Views of Quebec
                    Lake St. John and The Saquenay River
                    The Scrap Book - May, 1906
                    Mount Vernon - 1931
                    Current Events Yearbook and Defense Facts - 1941-42
                    Official View Book - A Century of Progress - Chicago - 1933
                    Covers of the "Coronet" - November, March, June - 1949
                    Pacific Coast Souvenir - January, 1958
                    Montreal
                    Washington - The Nation's Capital
                    Souvenir of Bar Harber and Mount Desert Island
                    The Overland Trail
                    Amsterdam - 1954
                    Colonial Virginia
                    Niagara Falls - A Colorful Souvenir Book - 1937
                    Advertising Cards for The Singer Manufacturing Company showing scenes from around the world
                    Miscellaneous Photos

Box 10     Miscellaneous Items

letters, autograph book, greeting cards, music primers, certificates, articles, Lake Charles schools directory 1957