HORNOR (JOSEPH P.) PAPERS Mss. 1471 Inventory Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Reformatted 2003 Revised 2011
CONTENTS OF INVENTORY SUMMARY... 3 BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE... 4 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE... 4 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION... 5 INDEX TERMS... 7 CONTAINER LIST... 8 Use of manuscript materials. If you wish to examine items in the manuscript group, please place a request via the Special Collections Request System. Consult the Container List for location information needed on the call slip. Photocopying. Should you wish to request photocopies, please consult a staff member. The existing order and arrangement of unbound materials must be maintained. Publication. Readers assume full responsibility for compliance with laws regarding copyright, literary property rights, and libel. Proper acknowledgement of LLMVC materials must be made in any resulting writing or publications. The correct form of citation for this manuscript group is given on the summary page. Copies of scholarly publications based on research in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections are welcomed. Page 2 of 8
SUMMARY Size. Geographic locations. 229 items New Orleans, Louisiana Inclusive dates. 1867-1933 Bulk dates. 1867-1902 Language. Summary. Organization. Restrictions on access. Related collections. Copyright. Citation. Stack location(s). English Materials pertaining to social clubs of which Joseph P. Hornor was a member. Arranged by type. None. Joseph P. Hornor Collection, Mss. 2036, 2055, 2107 Copyright of the original materials is retained by descendants of the creators in accordance with U.S. copyright law. Joseph P. Hornor Papers, Mss. 1471, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La. UU:104 Page 3 of 8
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE Joseph P. Hornor was an attorney and resident of New Orleans, Louisiana. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Invitations, programs, cards, badges, and related manuscript items reflect Hornor's membership in Masonic and Mardi Gras organizations and social clubs in New Orleans. Organizations represented in the collection include the Louisiana Jockey Club, the Metairie Jockey Club, the Shakespeare Club, the Strikers Club, the Washington Artillery (a Confederate Army unit from Louisiana), the Knights Templar, the Scottish Rite Masons, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Page 4 of 8
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION Date Contents 1886 Calendar undated Disciples of Thespis (2 items) 1872, 1876 Louisiana Hose Company, New Orleans, invitation to christening of new steam engine 1876 Firemen s Charitable Association, New Orleans, invitation to participate in 39 th anniversary of Fire Department 1906 German American National Bank Menu: dinner at Antoine s Restaurant, New Orleans, honoring Albert Breton Invitations: 1872 Admit card to Ste. Rose de Lima Church for [wedding] of Frederick A. Brode and M. A. Virginie Terregrossa 1873 Homer and Benedict invitation to launching of Dry Dock, Algiers, Louisiana, 1873 Mechanics and Agriculture Fair Association admit card to 7 th State Fair, Mechanics Institute, New Orleans 1876 Thalian Coterie, New Orleans (2 items) 1876 Paul Cuchanne and Elenore Trotot wedding invitation, St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans 1877 Dinner invitation from Hornor 1877 Nebraska State Board of Agriculture Fair admit card, Lincoln undated Society Ball, New Orleans 1873 Louisiana Jockey Club Menu, New Orleans 1877 Louisiana State National Guard Certificate, New Orleans (signed by Fred N. Ogden) undated May Day program 1870 Metairie Jockey Club Invitation 1933 New Orleans Mardi Gras, Apollo 1898-1902 New Orleans Mardi Gras, Atlanteans (4 items) 1872-1874, 1876-1877 New Orleans Mardi Gras, Comus (6 items) Page 5 of 8
Date 1872-1873, 1881 1874-1875, 1877, 1879 Contents New Orleans Mardi Gras, Momus (3 items) New Orleans Mardi Gras, Rex (5 items) 1875 Phoenix House Wedding Supper 1873-1876 Shakespeare Club (17 items) 1876-1879 Washington Artillery invitations to celebrations (5 items) 1867-1868 Knights Templar Grand encampment, St. Louis, Missouri, 1868 (9 items) 1871 Knights Templar Grand encampment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1871 (9 items) 1873 Knights Templar (3 items) 1874 Knights Templar Grand encampment, New Orleans, 1874 (32 items) 1875-1876 Knights Templar (9 items) 1877 Knights Templar Grand encampment, Cleveland, Ohio, 1877 (17 items) 1878 Knights Templar (2 items) 1874, 1877 Knights Templar badges (21 items) undated undated Knights Templar badges (13 items) Knights Templar cards (40 items) 1869 Scottish Rite Masons admit card and program of the Lodge of Sorrow held by the Grand consistory of the State of Louisiana, 32 nd Degree, of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 1879 Independent Order of Odd Fellows program and admit card. 1879 Philomathean Society of Louisiana (2 items) Page 6 of 8
INDEX TERMS Carnival--Louisiana--New Orleans. Confederate States of America. Army. Washington Artillery Battalion (New Orleans, La.) Hornor, Joseph P. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Invitations. Knights Templar (Masonic order) Louisiana Jockey Club. Metairie Jockey Club. New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs. Programs. Scottish Rite (Masonic order) Shakespeare Club (New Orleans, La.) Strikers Club. Page 7 of 8
CONTAINER LIST Stack Location Box Folder(s) Contents (with dates) UU:104 1 1-19 Programs, Invitations, and Admit Cards (1872-1906, 1933) 2 20-32 Knights Templar, Freemason, and Odd Fellows materials (1867-1879) Page 8 of 8