Avalon Daggett

Florence Avalon Daggett (1907–2002) was an American filmmaker and philanthropist. She is associated with Avalon Daggett Productions, a film production company based in Los Angeles which specialized in short documentary films, and educational films. Many of her later films were produced for the state of Louisiana.

Biography Florence Avalon Daggett born in Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana and was raised on a plantation. She lived in Switzerland for a few years. She was described as being diminutive in stature.

Daggett also made films about sights in her home state of Louisiana, and about Mississippi.

Philanthropy After she died in 2002, the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter) was left with an endowment for professorships by Daggett. Peaceful Ones (1952) Warriors at Peace (1952) Tribe of the Turquoise Waters (1952) Apache (1953) Navajo Canyon Country (1954) America the Beautiful, series Mississippi Magic (1954) 66th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade (1954) Arizona Adventure (1954) Weavers of the West (1954) Herds West (1955) Father of the Southwest (1957) Copper, Steward of the Nation (1959) Marshes of the Mississippi (1961) A Way of Life (1961), for the Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission Rice, America’s Food For the World (1962) The Big Span (ca. 1963) Signs, Signals and Safety (1966) School Bus Driver VIP (1967) Big Piers (1968), for the Louisiana Department of Highways Big River Crossing (1968), for the Louisiana Department of Highways Swamp Expressway (1972)