Laffite Society Collection

Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/29305

The Laffite Society is a not-for-profit organization devoted to the study of the privateers Jean and Pierre Laffite and their contemporaries, and to the geographical locales and chronological era associated with them.

Laffite Society publications include: A description of the materials included in the Laffite Society Papers can be found here

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    Handbook of the Laffite Society: how to find out about Jean and Pierre Laffite and the Laffite Society
    (1/10/2017) Mooty, Helen D.; MacBeth, Lou Graves
    HANDBOOK OF THE LAFFITE SOCIETY How to Find OutAbout fean and Pierre Laffite And the Laffite Society! This Handbook was compiled in support of the program given at the Laffite Society general meeting on January 10,2017. Links, phone numbers, email addresses, and other specifics are correct as of the date of the presentation. Note that these are subject to change in the future. Much of the material in this Handbook is representative of what our resources have to offer. The contents are by no means exhaustive. Please take a look at all these resources, just to broaden your knowledge of our subject matter. I hope you keep this Handbook for reference when you need to find out information on the brothers Laffite or about the Society and how it operates.
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    Laffite Society Papers, 1806-2016 (Bulk 1995-2015)
    (1806-2016 (Bulk 1995-2015)) Laffite Society
    Organized in 1975 as the Laffite Study Group by a group of historians, it reorganized in 1994 as the Laffite Society in Galveston, Texas, as a study and social group researching the lives, descendants and associates of privateer brothers Jean and Pierre Laffite who lived on Galveston Island, 1817-1821. The records include the publications of both organizations, membership rosters, programs and copies of presentations, photographs and other materials. In addition, members and historians have contributed research files containing copies of articles and correspondence pertaining to facts and myths about the Laffites. They include information about descendants of the Laffites; friends and associates of their group; significant locales and topics of interest, such as slavery, piracy, privateering; connections in Louisiana, France, Mexico, and South America; and political associations dating from the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, Napoleon and many others.
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    Minutes
    (Laffite Society, 1994) --, --
    Included here are minutes of the meetings held by the Laffite Society, from 1994 to 2012
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    Champ d'Asile; Report by Castaneda to Gov. Martinez
    (2003-07) Kindall, Sheldon; translator; Castaneda, Juan de
    This is a second translation of an original in Spanish. The original translation that this translator was working with is described as a hard to read Zerox copy of a handwritten translation - translator not known. The original translation is in the files of the Sam Houston Regional Library & Research Center in Liberty, TX. the original document is a Report given to this Government by Capt. Don Juan de Castaneda, Commandante of the Division, that marched upon enemies located in the areas of the Trinity [River].
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    Wilsons honored by Laffite Society
    (The Vindicator (newspaper in Liberty, Texas), 2012-10-04) Schaadt, Robert L.
    Members of the Laffite Society gathered at the Magnolia Ridge Country Club in Liberty to honor Dr. Reginald and Betty Wilson on September 29, 2012. Dr. Wilson is an expert on the life and times of the buccaneers Jean and Pierre Laffite.
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    Champ d'Asile Collection; an inventory of the Champ d'Asile Collection at the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center 1807-1999, bulk 1815-1820
    (Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, 2006) Mott, Darlene; Meisch, Lisa; Young, Lynda
    This collection consists primarily of photocopies of articles, correspondence, research papers, manuscripts, newspaper articles, maps and excerpts from publications pertaining to the French settlement of Champ d'Asile, located in present day Liberty County, Texas.
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    Champ d'Asile bibliography (by collection)
    (Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, 2006) --
    Bibliography of resources and holdings of the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center pertaining to the abandoned settlement of Champ d'Asile along the Trinity River in Texas.
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    Laffite Society Research Collection
    (Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, 2002) --
    This is a listing of the contents of the "Laffite Society Collection" housed at the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center. Many of these items are photocopies of originals owned by the Laffite Society in Galveston, Texas and used as references by Society members.
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    An Inventory of the Jean and Pierre Laffite Collection at the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, 1765-1992; Finding aid by Lynda Young, Lisa Meisch, August 2006
    (Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center., 2006-08) Young, Lynda; Meisch, Lisa
    The Jean and Pierre Laffite Collection consists primarily of articles, manuscripts, and newsletters concerning the lives and family history of the pirates/privateers Jean and Pierre Laffite and the alleged journal of Jean Laffite.
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    Foch Lafitte, Sr. Collection
    (Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, 1930) Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center
    Date of this list is unknown - 1930 is an estimate. This is an inventory of the Foch Lafitte collection housed at the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center in Liberty, Texas.
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    Laffite Society: an inventory of the organization records
    (2012-04-17) --
    Organized in 1975 as the Lafitte Study Group, it reorganized in 1994 as the Lafitte Society in Galveston, Texas, as a study and social group researching the lives, descendants and associates of privateer brothers Jean and Pierre Laffite who lived on Galveston Island, 1817-1821. The records include the publications of both organizations, membership rosters, programs and copies of presentations, photographs and other materials. In addition, members and historians have contributed research files containing copies of articles and correspondence pertaining to facts and myths about the Laffites. They include information about descendants of the Laffites; members of their group; significant locales and topics of interest, such as slavery, piracy, privateering; connections in Louisiana, France, Mexico, and South America; and political associations dating from the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, Napoleon and many others
Copyright the Laffite Society. All rights reserved. Except for brief citations accompanied by proper attribution, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means - electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise - without the written permission of The Laffite Society.