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A Monday afternoon sneak peek into what our researchers are looking at this week 👀 Today we have a creative grab bag of...
06/15/2026

A Monday afternoon sneak peek into what our researchers are looking at this week 👀 Today we have a creative grab bag of ornamentation, customized mailing envelopes (for sending zines), and French Quarter photography.

Pictured 📷:
Plates from Owen Jones’ landmark design book The Grammar of Ornament, seven-volume edition, 1868

Decorated mailing envelopes from Factory Direct, a New Orleans zine collective and subscription service, n.d., Meredith Stern radical feminist zine archive, LaRC-1178

Contact prints of New Orleans buildings on Dauphine street (6&7) and Camp street (8) by Richard Koch, c.1930s-1960s, Richard Koch Papers and Photographs, SEAA-080

Today, we have a sneak peek! These marbling examples were found in books pulled for research for a special TUSC projec...
06/08/2026

Today, we have a sneak peek!

These marbling examples were found in books pulled for research for a special TUSC project in the works 👀

Pictured 📷 :
Emblemata D. A…. 1551. Alciati, Andrea.

Plan Topographique et Raisonné de Paris. 1788. Pasquier, J.J.

Manuel complet théorique et pratique du dessinateur et de l’imprimeur lithographie. 1834. Brégeaut, L. R.

Illustrations of the public buildings of London. 1825. Britton, John and Taylor, J.

This we’re looking back on some of the summer jobs students have taken over the years! ☀️ 🕶️☀️From laying new turf in...
05/28/2026

This we’re looking back on some of the summer jobs students have taken over the years! ☀️ 🕶️☀️
From laying new turf in the stadium to processing papers in the archives, students have found many ways to keep busy through the long New Orleans summer.

Pictured 📷:
Students working summer jobs- new turf, undated, University Archives

Students working summer jobs- archives, undated, University Archives

Students working summer jobs- auto mechanic, undated, University Archives

For our Monday Sneak Peek into what our researchers are requesting, we looked through some of the interesting ephemera i...
05/18/2026

For our Monday Sneak Peek into what our researchers are requesting, we looked through some of the interesting ephemera in the Lyle Saxon papers.

Saxon (1891-1946) was a journalist and author of fiction and nonfiction relating primarily to historical Louisiana and New Orleans. He was associated with the literary circle of the French Quarter throughout the early twentieth century.

Pictured 📷:
Painted sketch of a reclining woman by Muriel Moore, 1927, Lyle Saxon papers, LaRC-4

Three watercolor sketches of a woman in various poses, artist unknown, date unknown, Lyle Saxon papers, LaRC-4

Cutout print of the St. Charles Hotel, originally drawn and engraved for the Southern Ladies’ Book, undated, Lyle Saxon papers, LaRC-4

Handmade “Get Well” card addressed to Lyle Saxon, undated, Lyle Saxon papers, LaRC-4

Romantic postcard, undated, Lyle Saxon papers, LaRC-4

Sepia selections from today’s Monday Sneak Peek into what our researchers are exploring this week 👀 Pictured 📷:Mounted p...
05/11/2026

Sepia selections from today’s Monday Sneak Peek into what our researchers are exploring this week 👀

Pictured 📷:
Mounted print of the Musson Residence, Esplanade Avenue, undated, attributed to Theodore Lilienthal, photographer. Louisiana Architecture Photographs, SEAA-097

Mounted print of the French Opera House, Bourbon Street, interior, undated, photographer unidentified. Louisiana Architecture Photographs, SEAA-097

Matted print (conserved in 2014), foot of Baronne Street, 1864, Reverend C. Booker, photographer. Louisiana Architecture Photographs, SEAA-097

Matted print of the second St. Charles Hotel, undated, J.D. Edwards, photographer. Louisiana Architecture Photographs, SEAA-097

Matted print of the Robb residence, Washington Avenue and Camp Street, undated, J.D. Edwards, photographer. Louisiana Architecture Photographs, SEAA-097

“Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking” 💐Today, we’re featuring illustrations from the Stella Henriques collection that wo...
05/06/2026

“Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking” 💐

Today, we’re featuring illustrations from the Stella Henriques collection that would surely pass Miranda Priestly’s inspection!

Henriques studied painting, drawing, design, and sculpture at Louisiana State University, graduating with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1973 and Master of Fine Arts in 1975.

She went on to work as a fashion illustrator for two New Orleans department stores before moving to New York City where she continued her art.

Pictured:
Various illustrations by Stella Henriques, c. 1982, Stella Henriques designs, LaRC-727

We're celebrating the 2026 with a look back through TUSC’s collections:• Ernie K-Doe greets an audience, 1976, photo by...
04/29/2026

We're celebrating the 2026 with a look back through TUSC’s collections:

• Ernie K-Doe greets an audience, 1976, photo by Mark J. Sindler, Louisiana Image Collection LaRC-1081

• Dancers, 1976, photo by Mark J. Sindler, Louisiana Image Collection LaRC-1081

• Mahalia Jackson and the Eureka Brass Band in Beauregard Square at the inaugural Jazz Fest, April 23, 1970, photographer unidentified, Laurraine Goreau collection HJA-059

• Louisiana Heritage Fair Stage 5, with band featuring Danny Barker (banjo), Blue Lu Barker (vocals), and Frank Naundorf (trombone), 1974, photographer unidentified, Mina Lea Crais collection HJA-060

• Posters for 1973 evening concerts featuring April 13 headliners B.B. King and the Staple Singers, and April 14 headliner Stevie Wonder, Hogan Archive poster and calendar collection HJA-095

• Food booth, photographer unidentified, Tulane Jambalaya, 1979

• Fairview Baptist Church Band with Grand Marshall Darriel Harris and band, 1973, photo by Michael P. Smith, Robert Palmer collection HJA-027

It’s time for our Monday sneak peek! 👀 This week, our researchers are covering a wide range of subjects, from the stage ...
04/27/2026

It’s time for our Monday sneak peek! 👀 This week, our researchers are covering a wide range of subjects, from the stage to the railway and beyond. 🚂

Pictured:
Tipitina’s posters, ca. 2000-2002, Hogan Archive poster and calendar collection, HJA-095

Issue of the Railway Clerk journal and advertisement, 1912, Railroad documents collection, LaRC-526

Photographs of oil tankers in Logtown, Mississippi, 1945, Louisiana Image Collection, LaRC-1081

Heading into the evening with a look back at Earth Day celebrations of decades past! 🌍 Pictured: Students participating ...
04/22/2026

Heading into the evening with a look back at Earth Day celebrations of decades past! 🌍

Pictured:
Students participating in Earth Day cleanup activities, photograph, 1970, University Archives

Article about Tulane Earth Day presentations, Tulane Hullabaloo, April 24, 1970, University Archives

Cartoon in the Fifth Cornice, a publication of the Ecology Center of Louisiana, December, 1970, LaRC Ephemera collection

Earth Week Extravaganza flyer, the Ecology Center of Louisiana, 1972, LaRC ephemera collection

Earth Day pamphlet printed on recycled paper, 1990, LaRC ephemera collection

Now open for research: The David Elliott Draper collection on Mardi Gras Indians (HJA-113)Containing field recordings, p...
04/15/2026

Now open for research: The David Elliott Draper collection on Mardi Gras Indians (HJA-113)

Containing field recordings, photographs, and research compiled by David Elliott Draper for his 1973 Tulane dissertation, the archival collection documents Mardi Gras Indian culture in the early 1970s, including members of the Black Eagles, Golden Arrows, Golden Eagles, and Wild Magnolias.

Discovered by Draper’s family in 2024 and later donated to TUSC, the materials were preserved and digitized to support long-term access. Leaders of the Mardi Gras Indian and Black Masking Indian tribes represented in the collection were also able to access the digitized materials prior to publication.

Explore the digital collection featuring recordings digitized from reel-to-reel and cassette tapes, photographs digitized from negatives, research notes, and related materials: libguides.tulane.edu/DigitalCollections/MardiGrasIndians-1970s

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