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Joe Dellmon Collection
Biographical Sketch
Joseph R. Dellmon was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on July 31, 1896, the son of John Henry and Annie House Dellmon. He moved to Alexandria in 1916, and during the remaining years of World War I was in charge of the electrical equipment at the government hospital at Camp Stafford. During this time, Dellmon also owned his own garage and auto storage business, and was a Chrysler and Pierce-Arrow automobile dealer. In 1918 he married Miss Myrtle Groves Huie who was the daughter of Mr. H. M. Huie, one of the founders of the Alexandria Town Talk newspaper.
In the early 1920s Dellmon begin assisting Mr. Huie at the Town Talk with improvement planning and photography. He later became Supervisor of Maintenance and Staff Photographer at the newspaper. During his lifetime, Dellmon engaged in a variety of professional pursuits. In 1929, he organized an aviation club and was instrumental in securing the first airport and airline passenger service in Alexandria. Dellmon was also one of the first twelve Louisiana State Police Troopers, an organization founded in 1922. During World War II, he was a chemical warfare instructor for the area's Civilian Defense Department, as well as District Air Raid Warden for all bases and camps in Central Louisiana.
Organizations in which Dellmon held memberships included: Alexandria Masonic Lodge No. 398, Knights Templar, El Karubah Temple, Woodman of the World, Louisiana Peace Officers Association, The National Rifle Association and The Louisiana Lions League for Crippled Children. He was also an avid photographer and history enthusiast. Dellmon died in Alexandria on November 18, 1976.
Scope and Content
The collection contains approximately 8000 photographs (mostly identified), the majority being originals documenting various facets of life, history and development in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, with specific emphasis on Alexandria, Louisiana. The photographs are presently indexed in Dellmon's original 24-drawer card index. Some of the collection consists only of master negatives. Also included in the collection is Dellmon's personal photographic equipment, some dating to the early nineteenth Century. For details on this material please consult the archivist for regarding access to the internal index.
An inventory is present for a small portion of the collection. This portion includes correspondence, clippings and financial records. This portion contains 252 items dating from 1834 to 1909. Although a little correspondence is present, the majority is made up of business papers of the Huie and Jarreau families of Alexandria. Of particular interest, are fourteen receipts for slaves purchased by Henry Boyce of Rapides Parish in 1834.Inventory
Folder 1 Receipts and invoice of slave purchase, 1834
Folder 2 Huie family business papers, 1860-1865
Folder 3 Huie family business papers, 1866-1868
Folder 4 Huie and Jarreau business papers: bids for the construction of the
courthouse, 1870-1878
Folder 5 Jarreau and Huie business papers, 1880-1889
Folder 6 Jarreau and Huie business papers, 1889-1899
Folder 7 Jonas Rosenthal’s itemized statement to Huie, 1901-1903
Folder 8 H.M. Huie business papers, 1900-1902
Folder 9 H.M. Huie business papers, 1901-1909
Folder 10 Legal papers & correspondence C. Hedden’s bad check, 1905
Folder 11 Undated items
Folder 12 Manuscript memo booklets
Folder 13 Printed booklets, n.d.
Folder 14 Newspaper clippings
Folder 15 Alexandria Town Talk, March 5, 1892
Folder 16 Typescript about John L. Sullivan
Folder 17 Manuscript regarding Alexandria in Civil War
Folder 18 F. Seip: Battle of Mansfield, typescript
Folder 19 Integration clippings, 1960
Folder 20 Various Town Talk cuts
Folder 21 Sketches of Mt. Olivet Church, Pineville, 1963Box
1 Card File: A-S Alexandria History File. Old places in and around Rapides and Alexandria.
2 Card File : T-Z Alexandria History File. Old places in and around Rapides and Alexandria. History pictures and
case numbers.
3 Regular File from A-J back to 1919 of Dellmon’s file.
4 Regular File from L-Z back to 1919 of Dellmon’s file
5 1-399, Dellmon Collection Negatives
6 400-899, Dellmon Collection Negatives.
7 900-1299, Dellmon Collection Negatives.
8 1300-1599, Dellmon Collection Negatives
9 1600-1899, Dellmon Collection Negatives
10 1900-2299, Dellmon Collection Negatives
11 3000-6999, Dellmon Collection Negatives
12 7000-7399, Dellmon Collection Negatives
13 7400-7699, Dellmon Collection Negatives
14 7700-8099, Dellmon Collection Negatives
15 8100-8399, Dellmon Collection Negatives
16 8400-8699, Dellmon Collection Negatives
17 8700-8861, Dellmon Collection Negatives
18 Positives, Dellmon Collection Positives: case 1 file 1 in A-Z
19 Positives, Dellmon Collection Positives: case 2 file 1 in A-M
20 Positives, Dellmon Collection Positives: case 2 file 1 in Mc-Z
21 Positives, Dellmon Collection Positives: case 2 file 2 in A-L
Folder
22 Positives, Dellmon Collection Positives: case 2 file 2 M-Z. Case 2 file 3 A-G
23 Positives, Dellmon Collection Positives: case 2 file 3 H-Z
