Notebooks

Explore the Jefferson History Notebooks! Published periodically by the Jefferson Historical Society since 1979, these insightful publications are a benefit of membership – free to all members in good standing.

 

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Vol. 1 No. 1 – The Great Mace-Allen Fight: When Kenner Was the World’s Boxing Capital

Author
Nathaniel F. Belloni, Jr.
Date
1979
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
4
Price
$1.00
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Vol. 1 No. 2 – Jefferson Parish’s Gallic Roots

Author
Rev. Msgr. Henry C. Bezou
Date
1979
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
4
Price
$1.00
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Vol. 2 No. 1 – A Tribute to Derbigny

Author
Gertrude M. Beauford
Date
1980
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
4
Price
$1.00
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Vol. 3 No. 1 – Carrollton: East Jefferson’s Last Lost Property

Author
Rev. Msgr. Henry C. Bezou
Date
1984
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
4
Price
$1.00
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Vol. 4 No. 1 – Lady Liberty — America’s Image

Author
Charles L. Dufour
Date
1986
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
4
Price
$1.00
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Vol. 5 No. 1 – The Legacy of the Bonnabels to Jefferson Parish

Author
M. Bonnabel, L. Buchler
Date
2000
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
10
Price
$4.00
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Vol. 6 No. 1 – Seven Oaks Plantation: A Lasting Legacy

Author
Marc R. Matrana
Date
2002
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
8
Price
$4.00
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Vol. 6 No. 2 – Jefferson Parish Courthouses

Author
Mary Grace Curry, Ph.D.
Date
2002
Pubiisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
16
Price
$5.00
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Vol. 7 No. 1 – On Cane and Coolies

Author
Marc R. Matrana
Date
2003
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
8
Price
$4.00
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Vol. 8 No. 1 – Jefferson Parish Sheriffs: A Collection of Biographies of Jefferson Parish’s Chief Law Enforcement Officers

Author
Frank J. Borne, Jr.
Date
2004
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
32
Price
$5.00
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Vol. 9 No. 1 – Jefferson Parish Clerks of Court: A Collection of Biographies of Jefferson Parish’s Keepers of the Public Record

Author
Frank J. Borne, Jr.
Date
2005
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
31
Price
$5.00
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Vol. 9 No. 2 – Remembering Hurricane Betsy: Recollections of a Storm That Affected a Generation

Author
Frank J. Borne, Jr.
Date
2005
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
37
Price
$5.00
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Vol. 10 No. 1 – Jefferson Parish Assessors: A Collection of Biographies of Jefferson Parish’s Property Tax Appraisers

Author
Frank J. Borne, Jr.
Date
2006
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
30
Price
$5.00
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Vol. 11 No. 1 – Avondale-Waggaman: The Legacy of a Family and Its Land

Author
Frank J. Borne, Jr.
Date
2007
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
13
Price
$3.00
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Vol. 11 No. 2 – Conrad Albrizio’s “Industries of Louisiana”: A Master Artisan’s Jefferson Parish Legacy

Author
Frank J. Borne, Jr.
Date
2007
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
13
Price
$3.00
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Vol. 11 No. 3 – Jefferson Parish Coroners: A Collection of Biographies of Jefferson Parish’s Chief Forensics Examiners

Author
Frank J. Borne, Jr.
Date
2007
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
20
Price
$5.00
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Vol. 12 No. 1 – Terrytown: A New Residential Concept for Jefferson Parish Approaches its 50th Year

Author
Judy Dobbins Mills
Date
2009
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
18
Price
$5.00
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Vol. 12 No. 2 – Pierre A.C.B. Derbigny: Frenchman Rose to Prominence in Louisiana

Author
Frank J. Borne, Jr.
Date
2009
Publisher
Jefferson Historical Society
Pages
10
Price
$3.00
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